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Andrew Sorota
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Office of Eric Schmidt
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Richard Bennet
Senior Research Associate at the Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland
University of Maryland
Episode: Richard Bennet and Alexander Noyes, "War at Arm's Length: How America Can Build Effective Partners Through Military Assistance" (Yale UP, 2026)
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Episode: Richard Bennet and Alexander Noyes, "War at Arm's Length: How America Can Build Effective Partners Through Military Assistance" (Yale UP, 2026)
Christopher Devine
Co-editor of Second in Command, Reevaluating the Role of Vice Presidents and Running Mates in Modern American Politics
University of Michigan Press (co-editor with Karine Premont)
Episode: Karine Premont and Christopher J. Devine eds., "Second in Command: Reevaluating the Role of Vice Presidents and Running Mates in Modern American Politics" (U Michigan Press, 2026)
Robert Templer
Writer and former professor at the Central European University, founder of a research center on post-conflict recovery
Author, The Shah's Party and The Iranian Revolution That Followed
Episode: Robert Templer, "The Shah's Party: And the Iranian Revolution That Followed (Hurst, 2026)
Arlene Saxonhouse
Professor of Political Science Emerita, University of Michigan
University of Michigan
Episode: Arlene W. Saxonhouse, "Athenian Democracy: Modern Mythmakers and Ancient Theorists" (U Notre Dame Press, 2026)
Maria Sobolewska
Professor of Political Science
University of Manchester
Episode: Brexit Britain: 10 Years on from the Referendum
Monika Brusenbauch Meislova
Associate Professor in International Relations and European Studies
Masaryk University, Brno
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Charlotte Galpin
Associate Professor in German and European Politics
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Joe Williams
Host of The New Books Network; frequent facilitator for scholarly discussions.

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  • Good selection

    Fine selection of relevant books, concise reviews and well informed discussion of conclusions.

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    Jasper Klapwijk
    Netherlands2 years ago
  • Expands your horizons. Interviews of authors. They cover a lot of good books that don't get attention from the more popular podcasts or book reviews.

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    curious
    4 years ago
  • John Yoo?

    No.

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    Concerned Political Scientist
    United States6 years ago
  • Syrian

    Big thank you Political Science.

    To Blumenthal’s critics:

    Keep your dirty petrodollars, your crazed Takfiri radical militants from China, Chechnya, and from all over the world, keep the mountains of media campaigns of deception, cynicism, and lies. Keep those maniac sectarian psychos who deny the river of blood shed at the hands of your “Moderate Rebels.”

    But give us “Management of Savagery.”

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    A Syrian NoOne
    United States6 years ago
  • Brilliant

    excellent resource for new academic pol-sci books and ideas

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    Nipsey_Russell_
    United Kingdom6 years ago

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AI, Algocracy, and Democracy's Challenging Road Ahead with Andrew Sorota
Q: How should policymakers think about enabling AI to support deliberation without sacrificing accountability and human oversight?
Use AI to enlarge deliberation and the public sphere while maintaining human accountability and meaningful avenues for recourse, balancing efficiency with democratic virtues.
AI, Algocracy, and Democracy's Challenging Road Ahead with Andrew Sorota
Q: What are the pros and cons of e-democracy, and can AI help or hinder deep deliberation at scale?
E-democracy can broaden participation but risks shallow engagement if not paired with deep deliberation; AI could help map consensus and provide evidence-based deliberation, but requires careful design to avoid fatigue and superficial outcomes.
Richard Bennet and Alexander Noyes, "War at Arm's Length: How America Can Build Effective Partners Through Military Assistance" (Yale UP, 2026)
Q: Why Ukraine, and what does its case imply for future military assistance policy?
Ukraine was not included as a full case due to the ongoing war, but it is treated as a central reference point for the book's argument. The scale of assistance, alongside strong interest alignment and prewar defense reforms, shows that when both factors are present, Washington can place larger bets and accelerate aid with greater confidence in how it will be used.
Richard Bennet and Alexander Noyes, "War at Arm's Length: How America Can Build Effective Partners Through Military Assistance" (Yale UP, 2026)
Q: Walk us through how the book was built empirically and what surprised you in the process.
We conducted semi-structured interviews with over 130 practitioners from both the US and partner nations, using those insights to shape case studies (Colombia, Georgia, the Philippines) and to perform process-tracing that reveals nuanced historical dynamics behind how aid translates into battlefield outcomes. A surprising finding was how intensive coordination among many different US and partner actors can be both a challenge and a driver of security gains when institutions function well.
Robert Templer, "The Shah's Party: And the Iranian Revolution That Followed (Hurst, 2026)
Q: How did international guests reflect Iran's foreign policy at the time?
Invitations drew a mix of Cold War-era leaders and monarchs, but many big names declined, reflecting caution about protocol and the distraction of the event from substantive political outcomes; some leaders attended while others sent junior representatives.

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The show curates scholarly conversations around recently published political science books, featuring authors or researchers discussing their work with established experts. Episodes cover definitional debates in the field, international relations dynamics, elections, nationalism, climate politics, constitutional history, and peacebuilding, with a steady emphasis on how new research reframes old questions. Listeners can expect rigorous, book-centered discussions that balance theory with concrete case studies, often drawing on cross-disciplinary methods and contemporary global issues. A notable strength is its ability to translate specialized scholarship into accessible, idea-forward conversations for educated audiences and students alike, wh... more

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