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New Books in World Affairs

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“The acme of skill,” Sun Tzu wrote in The Art of War, is not “to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles,” but “to subdue the enemy without fighting.” The author of Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare (Portfolio, 2025)... more

In 2007, Tim Weiner published the book Legacy of Ashes. It was a history of the CIA from its founding to the early 2000s. As a university student in Italy, I bought the book as soon as it came out. The second non-fiction book I ever bought in English... more

Dr. Jon Mills, has had an impressive career as practicing professional, researcher, educator and writer in the psychology and psychoanalytic field.

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Tim Weiner
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and expert on American intelligence and national security
Episode: Tim Weiner, "The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century" (Mariner Books, 2025)
Dani Belo
Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security at Webster University
Webster University
Episode: Dani Belo, "Russian Warfare in the 21st Century" (Routledge, 2025)
Michael Poznansky
Professor at the U.S. Naval War College
U.S. Naval War College
Episode: Michael Poznansky, "Great Power, Great Responsibility: How the Liberal International Order Shapes US Foreign Policy" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Vera Michlin-Shapir
Author of Fluid Russia and scholar focused on Russian identity and globalization
Cornell University Press
Episode: Vera Michlin-Shapir, "Fluid Russia: Between the Global and the National in the Post-Soviet Era" (Cornell UP, 2021)
Aidan Forth
Professor of History at MacEwan University
MacEwan University
Episode: Aidan Forth, "Camps: A Global History of Mass Confinement" (U Toronto Press, 2024)
Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl
History professor at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland
University of Lausanne
Episode: Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl, "Crusading for Globalization: US Multinationals and Their Opponents Since 1945" (U Pennsylvania Press, 2025)
Dr. Matthew Bowser
Assistant Professor of Asian History at Alabama A&M University, author of 'Containing Decolonization'
Alabama A&M University
Episode: Matthew Bowser, "Containing Decolonization: British Imperialism and the Politics of Race in Late Colonial Burma" (Manchester UP, 2025)
Lucy Delap
Reader in Modern British and Gender History at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge University
Cambridge University
Episode: Lucy Delap, "Feminisms: A Global History" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
David Bosco
Professor of International Studies, author of The Poseidon Project
Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University
Episode: David Bosco, "The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World's Oceans" (Oxford UP, 2021)

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  • Slanted against Russia and ignoring Corporate control of capitalist economies and disinterested in the countries of the Global South. Monopoly financial capitalism is almost wholly dismissed as a factor in the collapse of "liberal" ideology.

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    3 years ago
  • Slanted against Russia and ignoring Corporate control of capitalist economies and disinterested in the countries of the Global South. Monopoly financial capitalism is almost wholly dismissed as a factor in the collapse of "liberal" ideology.

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George Papaconstantinou and Jean Pisani-Ferry, "New World New Rules: Global Cooperation in a World of Geopolitical Rivalries" (Agenda, 2024)
Q: Can we think about international institutions allowing them to function better?
We can improve them by creating mechanisms that mimic WTO principles without needing formal unanimity, and honoring agreements like the global minimum tax, despite US non-participation.
George Papaconstantinou and Jean Pisani-Ferry, "New World New Rules: Global Cooperation in a World of Geopolitical Rivalries" (Agenda, 2024)
Q: What led you to write this book and why did you find it necessary?
We felt there is a fundamental mismatch between the needs for collective action and the reluctance of nation-states to engage in it, particularly for issues like climate action and data governance.
Dani Belo, "Russian Warfare in the 21st Century" (Routledge, 2025)
Q: What is the future of Western-Russian relations?
Future relations will likely remain strained, as changes in leadership will not necessarily alter Russia's imperial ambitions or perceptions of existential threats.
Dani Belo, "Russian Warfare in the 21st Century" (Routledge, 2025)
Q: What are some misconceptions about Russian power and military power?
There has been speculation about Russia's capabilities, often reducing its actions to simple geopolitical calculations, overlooking the ideological and affective components involved.
Dani Belo, "Russian Warfare in the 21st Century" (Routledge, 2025)
Q: How would you personally define gray zone operations?
Gray zone operations are a format of conflict that escape the definition of total war, existing between peace and full-scale conflict, involving strategies like cyber warfare and lawfare.

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