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Book Review | Made in China

Elizabeth O’Brien Ingleson‘s Made in China examines the development of the trade partnership between the US and China after the Cold War, ushered in by President Richard Nixon in the late 1960s and...

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Book Review | Mediatizing the Nation, Ordering the World

Mediatizing the Nation, Ordering the World by Andrew Dougall explores how developments in communication technology influence and facilitate nationalist movements. Comparing Trump’s breakthrough via the...

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Book Review | Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men 

Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men by Patricia Owens reveals how men diminished women’s role in shaping International Relations as an academic discipline in Britain. Drawing on...

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Book Review | Conscience Incorporated

Michael Posner‘s Conscience Incorporated makes the case for strengthening corporate responsibility in an era of political and economic upheaval, from labour rights and ESG investment to AI regulation...

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Book Review | Participatory Spaces Under Urban Capitalism

Markus Holdo’s Participatory Spaces Under Urban Capitalism examines how citizens engage with and leverage power through participatory institutions in capitalist societies. The book is meticulously...

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Book Review | Extractive Capitalism

Laleh Khalili’s Extractive Capitalism examines how the extractive industries like oil and mining have enriched corporations and governments while fuelling inequality, exploiting workers and causing...

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Book Review | Taming Silicon Valley

Taming Silicon Valley by Gary Marcus examines the growing influence of AI, controlled by profit-driven Big Tech companies, on society and the dangers of AI’s unchecked development. Marcus’s insights...

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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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