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New Books in World Affairs

New Books Network
The Politics Of Evaluation
International Organizations
United Nations
United States
Bureaucratic Influence
Evaluation Politics
Decolonization
NATO
Philippines
China
Sustainable Development Goals
Democracy
Cold War
Taiwan
Us-China Geoeconomic Rivalry
Eurasia
Eurafrica
Afroasia
Artificial Intelligence
Global Power Dynamics

This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to ... more

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Climate change is devastating the planet, and globalisation is hiding it. Laurie Parsons's book Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown (Manchester UP, 2023) opens our eyes. 

Around the world, leading economies are announcing... more

Ines Prodöhl’s Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900-1950 (Routledge, 2023) is a history of how, why, and where the soybean became a critical ingredient in industry and agriculture in the first half of the twentieth century.... more

Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail But Some Succeed (Columbia UP, 2021) offers a new perspective on our most pressing environmental and social challenges, revealing the gaps between abstract concepts like sustaina... more

How did modern territoriality emerge and what are its consequences? From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality (Cambridge UP, 2025) examines these key questions with a unique global perspective. Kerry Goettlich ... more

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Recent Guests

Ines Prodöhl
Author of Globalizing the Soybean, Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food
Routledge
Episode: Ines Prodöhl, "Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950" (Routledge, 2023)
Gonzalo Lizarralde
Author of Unnatural Disasters, architect and educator
Columbia University Press
Episode: Gonzalo Lizarralde, "Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail But Some Succeed" (Columbia UP, 2021)
Dr. Kerry Gottlich
Lecturer in International Politics
City St George's, University of London
Episode: Kerry Gottlich, "From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Dr. Bruno Strasser
Historian and Professor at the University of Geneva
University of Geneva
Episode: Bruno J. Strasser and Thomas Schlich, "The Mask: A History of Breathing Bad Air" (Yale UP, 2025)
Dr. Thomas Schlich
Historian with a background in medicine, specializing in the history of surgery
University of Geneva
Episode: Bruno J. Strasser and Thomas Schlich, "The Mask: A History of Breathing Bad Air" (Yale UP, 2025)
Harold James
Professor in European studies at Princeton University and author of "Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization"
Princeton University
Episode: Harold James, "Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization" (Yale UP, 2023)
Andrew Port
Professor of History at Wayne State University, author of multiple books on German history.
Wayne State University
Episode: Andrew I. Port, "Never Again: Germans and Genocide After the Holocaust" (Harvard UP, 2023)
Peter Frankopan
Professor of Global History at Oxford University and author of 'The Earth Transformed: An Untold History'
Oxford University
Episode: Peter Frankopan, "The Earth Transformed: An Untold History" (Knopf, 2023)
Aaron Bateman
Assistant professor of history and international affairs
George Washington University
Episode: Aaron Bateman. "Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative" (MIT Press, 2024)

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Adnan Husain
Host of Radio ReOrient.

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4.2 out of 5 stars from 63 ratings
  • Fascinating research.

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    tkoenig
    10 months ago
  • Condescending boringness

    Boring and flat out bad

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    kouroshde
    Canadaa year ago
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    Ochtapas
    United States2 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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    Harold N.
    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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    3 years ago

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Kerry Gottlich, "From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Q: What do you think historical insights offer us?
Historical insights can help understand current challenges in border governance, especially how technical expertise and political authority are intertwined.
Kerry Gottlich, "From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Q: Why do you think it's confused?
The concept of territorial sovereignty can cause confusion because it assumes boundaries are a basic aspect of political modernity, but that overlooks the complexities of how historical boundaries were established.
Bruno J. Strasser and Thomas Schlich, "The Mask: A History of Breathing Bad Air" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: What kinds of masks did people actually wear?
People historically wore cloth masks soaked in aromatic substances to protect against bad odors, not filtering masks as we know them today.
Bruno J. Strasser and Thomas Schlich, "The Mask: A History of Breathing Bad Air" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: What were these images supposed to represent?
The images of plague doctors with beaked masks were satirical representations rather than factual accounts.
Bruno J. Strasser and Thomas Schlich, "The Mask: A History of Breathing Bad Air" (Yale UP, 2025)
Q: Could we start off with some introductions?
Bruno and Thomas introduce themselves and explain how they came to write the book together.

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A channel focused on the intersection of scholarly research and contemporary affairs, frequently featuring insightful discussions between academics about their latest works. The episodes cover a diverse range of topics, primarily in international relations, political science, and societal issues, making it a rich resource for listeners interested in understanding complex global dynamics. Noteworthy is its commitment to public education through accessible dialogues surrounding new and relevant literature, fostering deeper engagement with issues affecting the world today.

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