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Book Review | Contest for the Indian Ocean and the Making of a New World Order

Darshana M. Baruah’s Contest for the Indian Ocean and the Making of a New World Order explores 21st-century Indian Ocean geopolitics, focusing on trade, political power shifts and maritime security....

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Book Review | Growth: A Reckoning

Daniel Susskind‘s Growth: A Reckoning examines modernity’s relentless pursuit of economic growth, both its benefits (like mass poverty alleviation and technological development) and its harms (like...

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Book Review | Nation Branding in the Americas 

Nation Branding in the Americas by Efe Sevin, César Jiménez-MartÍnez and Pablo Miño explores how countries across the Americas use branding to shape their image internationally, attract investment and...

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Book Review | Chokepoints 

Chokepoints by Edward Fishman explores how the US leverages control over financial, technological, and maritime infrastructure through invisible “chokepoints” to increase its global power. Though...

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Book Review | Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters

Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters is a wide-ranging discussion between economist Thomas Piketty and philosopher Michael J. Sandel on ways to think about and achieve real equality. Though its...

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Book Review | The Lure of Economic Nationalism

In The Lure of Economic Nationalism, Kenneth A. Reinert looks at the historical roots of economic nationalism and its consequences for international trade, politics and cooperation. Reinert provides a...

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Book Review | They Called It Peace

Lauren Benton‘s They Called It Peace explores how imperial powers legitimised violence as a necessary means of peacekeeping. She argues that powerful countries continue this legacy through the liberal...

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Book Review | On Truth in Politics

With the rise of social media and populist leaders like Trump who have undermined the authority of facts in politics, many say we’re living in a “post-truth” era. In On Truth in Politics, Michael...

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Book Review | Nationalism: A World History

In Nationalism: A World History, Eric Storm examines the global evolution of nationalism, from the rise of the nation-state in the eighteenth century through to the resurgence of nationalist ideas in...

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Book Review | Breaking the Engagement: How China Won and Lost America

In Breaking the Engagement: How China Won and Lost America, David Shambaugh tracks the US-China relationship, from the early Cold War origins of engagement to a more confrontational relationship after...

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