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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleBook 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....
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View ArticleBook 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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