Geopolitics

A fast-paced, gripping history of meddling, manipulation, and skulduggery among great power rivalsIn 2016, the United States was stunned by evidence of Russian meddling in the US presidential elections.

A powerful and sophisticated analysis of how Western professionals have enabled kleptocratic elite networks and undermined the rule of law.

The United States' ignominious exit from Afghanistan in 2021 topped two decades of failure and devastation wrought by the war on terror.

An authoritative account of Xi Jinping's worldview and how it drives Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage.

The United States' ignominious exit from Afghanistan in 2021 topped two decades of failure and devastation wrought by the war on terror.

An internationally recognized scholar provides a powerful explanation of the Breaking the Engagement: How China Won & Lost America between the United States and China.

The digital has emerged as a driving force of change that is reshaping everyday life and affecting nearly every sphere of vital activity.

A remarkable examination of an understudied aspect of the Syrian conflict that traces the genealogy of one of the most radical social experiments in self-governance of our time.

A remarkable examination of an understudied aspect of the Syrian conflict that traces the genealogy of one of the most radical social experiments in self-governance of our time.

An engaging and original historical portrait of eight of the most influential political figures of the twentieth century: Woodrow Wilson, Lenin, Hitler, Churchill, FDR, Gandhi, David Ben-Gurion, and Mao.

A fast-paced, gripping history of meddling, manipulation, and skulduggery among great power rivalsIn 2016, the United States was stunned by evidence of Russian meddling in the US presidential elections.

This political analysis exposes the fanciful logic that the United States can use nuclear weapons to vanquish nuclear adversaries or influence them when employing various coercive tactics.

This political analysis exposes the fanciful logic that the United States can use nuclear weapons to vanquish nuclear adversaries or influence them when employing various coercive tactics.

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A sweeping history of Islamism in Central Asia from the Russian Revolution to the present through Soviet-era archival documents, oral histories, and a trove of interviews and focus groups.

A sweeping history of Islamism in Central Asia from the Russian Revolution to the present through Soviet-era archival documents, oral histories, and a trove of interviews and focus groups.

An internationally recognized scholar provides a powerful explanation of the Breaking the Engagement: How China Won & Lost America between the United States and China.

Dying by the Sword explores the US's evolving foreign policies from the Founding era to the present in order to ring the alarm on the US's increasing reliance on "e;kinetic"e; global diplomacy.

Dying by the Sword explores the US's evolving foreign policies from the Founding era to the present in order to ring the alarm on the US's increasing reliance on "e;kinetic"e; global diplomacy.

Fear pervades dictatorial regimes.

The definitive account of the Chinese government's response to the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan.

A powerful and sophisticated analysis of how Western professionals have enabled kleptocratic elite networks and undermined the rule of law.

In the middle of the twentieth century, liberal intellectuals and policymakers in the United States came to see poverty as a global problem.

Sober, balanced, rigorously researched, and eminently readable, Defending Taiwan is a definitive guide to preventing World War III.

A powerful new explanation of China's rise that draws from the business world to show that China is not simply copying established great powers, but exploiting geopolitical opportunities around the world that those other powers had ignored.

Sober, balanced, rigorously researched, and eminently readable, Defending Taiwan is a definitive guide to preventing World War III.

The story of Russia's historic opening to the West (1992-2022), where it succeeded and why it has failed, the impact of war and sanctions, and the prospects for Russia's future.

A vivid portrayal of what drove George W.

A vivid portrayal of what drove George W.

An engaging and original historical portrait of eight of the most influential political figures of the twentieth century: Woodrow Wilson, Lenin, Hitler, Churchill, FDR, Gandhi, David Ben-Gurion, and Mao.

Combining decades of diplomacy and world-renowned scholarship, Inside the Situation Room bridges the gap between politics and academia to illuminate how world leaders make decisions in times of crisis.

Un documentado retrato del enigmático personaje que lidera Palantir, una de las compañías tecnológicas más inquietantes y poderosas de la era de la vigilancia digitalFundada en 2003 para ayudar al gobierno de Estados Unidos en la guerra contra el terrorismo, Palantir se ha convertido desde entonces en un coloso global valorado en 400 000 millones de dólares, que ofrece su software a importantes servicios de inteligencia, entre los que se encuentran el Mossad, la CIA y el ejército estadounidense, pero también el Servicio Nacional de Salud del Reino Unido y grandes corporaciones.

A richly detailed collection of transcripts of Henry Kissinger's secretly recorded phone conversations from his time in the Nixon administration that touch on every important issue of Kissinger's day and provide a sweeping view of his era.

A richly detailed collection of transcripts of Henry Kissinger's secretly recorded phone conversations from his time in the Nixon administration that touch on every important issue of Kissinger's day and provide a sweeping view of his era.

In the middle of the twentieth century, liberal intellectuals and policymakers in the United States came to see poverty as a global problem.

An authoritative examination of "e;Xi Jinping Thought"e;--now the official dogma of the Chinese Communist Party--that marshals Xi's personal words and writings to reveal his plan to make "e;the China Dream of national rejuvenation"e; a reality in the coming decades.

The definitive account of the Chinese government's response to the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan.

Food has been crucial to the functioning and survival of governments and regimes since the emergence of early states.

An authoritative account of Xi Jinping's worldview and how it drives Chinese behaviour both domestically and on the world stage.

A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from a New York Times bestselling author and an expert on U.

Between one third and half of voters in Sub-Saharan Africa do not vote for their ethnic group's party.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

Many nations that are rich in oil and natural resources are plagued by undemocratic politics, war and civil conflict, corrupt governments, and volatile economies.

Between one third and half of voters in Sub-Saharan Africa do not vote for their ethnic group's party.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.

Many nations that are rich in oil and natural resources are plagued by undemocratic politics, war and civil conflict, corrupt governments, and volatile economies.

A robust yet accessible history of US involvement in the world's most dangerous waterway, and a guide for what to do about it.

A robust yet accessible history of US involvement in the world's most dangerous waterway, and a guide for what to do about it.

Fear pervades dictatorial regimes.