New Books in World Affairs

1888 Episodes

1. Zarina Burkadze, "Great Power Competition and the Path to Democracy: The Case of Georgia, 1991-2020" (U Rochester Press, 2022)

   Published: 6/8/2022
2. The Future of Strongmen: A Conversation with Gideon Rachman

   Published: 6/7/2022
3. Gernot Wagner, "Geoengineering: The Gamble" (Polity, 2021)

   Published: 6/7/2022
4. Erich Schwartzel, "Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy" (Penguin, 2022)

   Published: 6/6/2022
5. Thomas J. Misa, "Leonardo to the Internet: Technology and Culture from the Renaissance to the Present" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022)

   Published: 6/6/2022
6. Are We Entering a "Neo-Medieval" Era?: A Conversation with Greg Lewicki

   Published: 6/3/2022
7. Jeffrey Herf, "Israel's Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945–1949" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

   Published: 6/2/2022
8. Mohammed Ayoob and Danielle N. Lussier, "The Many Faces of Political Islam: Religion and Politics in Muslim Societies," Second Edition (U Michigan Press, 2020)

   Published: 6/2/2022
9. Rob Dunn, "A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species" (Basic Book, 2021)

   Published: 6/2/2022
10. Pierre Penet and Juan Flores Zendejas, "Sovereign Debt Diplomacies: Rethinking Sovereign Debt from Colonial Empires to Hegemony" (Oxford UP. 2021)

    Published: 5/31/2022
11. Elisabeth Ervin-Blankenheim, "Song of the Earth: Understanding Geology and Why It Matters" (Oxford UP, 2021)

    Published: 5/31/2022
12. Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg, "Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World" (Oneworld, 2021)

    Published: 5/30/2022
13. Daniel J. Burge, "A Failed Vision of Empire: The Collapse of Manifest Destiny, 1845-1872" (U Nebraska Press, 2022)

    Published: 5/30/2022
14. Audrey L. Comstock, "Committed to Rights: UN Human Rights Treaties and Legal Paths for Commitment and Compliance" (Cambridge UP, 2021)

    Published: 5/30/2022
15. Greg Brennecka, "Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong" (William Morrow, 2022)

    Published: 5/30/2022
16. Jonathan Fulton, "Routledge Handbook on China–Middle East Relations" (Routledge, 2021)

    Published: 5/27/2022
17. Andrew Doig, "This Mortal Coil: A History of Death" (Bloomsbury, 2022)

    Published: 5/27/2022
18. Richard Seymour, "The Disenchanted Earth: Reflections on Ecosocialism and Barbarism" (Indigo Press, 2022)

    Published: 5/27/2022
19. Stefan Auer, "European Disunion: Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency" (Oxford UP, 2022)

    Published: 5/26/2022
20. Adam Day, "States of Disorder, Ecosystems of Governance: Complexity Theory Applied to UN Statebuilding in the DRC and South Sudan" (Oxford UP, 2022)

    Published: 5/25/2022