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New Books in World Affairs

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The Politics Of Evaluation
International Organizations
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Sustainable Development Goals
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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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Recent Guests

Vojta Hybl
Geologist turned illustrator, author of Rocks, A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell
Rocks on Paper / Edinburgh connections
Episode: Vojta Hybl, "Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell" (Frances Lincoln, 2026)
Kristin Ciupa
Author of The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela, Associate Professor (implied by discussion)
Brill (publisher)
Episode: Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)
David Ost
Author of Red Pill Politics, Demystifying the Far Right from Fascism to Right-Wing Populism
New Press
Episode: David Ost, "Red Pill Politics: Demystifying Today's Far Right" (New Press, 2026)
Stanley Reed
Energy and Middle East journalist based in London for The New York Times
The New York Times
Episode: On Our Continuing Age of Oil with Journalist Stanley Reed
Pär Zetterberg
Professor of political science, University of Uppsala
University of Uppsala
Episode: How Authoritarians Exploit Gender
Elin Bjarnegård
Professor of political science, University of Uppsala
University of Uppsala
Episode: How Authoritarians Exploit Gender
John B. Judis
Author and political analyst
Author of The Populist Explosion; Columbia Global Reports
Episode: On Trump as a “World Historical Individual” with author John B. Judis
Nana Osei-Opare
Author, Historian
Rice University
Episode: Nana Osei-Opare, "Socialist De-Colony: Black and Soviet Entanglements in Ghana's Cold War" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
Kenneth Roberts
Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government
Cornell University
Episode: A Year of Autocratization: Steep Declines in Democracy Registered in 2025 V-Dem Report

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4.2 out of 5 stars from 64 ratings
  • Fascinating research.

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    tkoenig
    a year ago
  • Condescending boringness

    Boring and flat out bad

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    kouroshde
    Canadaa year ago
  • TURN DOWN THE VOLUME ON ADS

    They’re way louder than the podcast. I have to reach for my phone and then down the volume every time an advert comes on on have my ear drums popped. There’s no way you’re making advert more effective by turning up the volume, if anything you’re just upsetting listeners.

    Apple Podcasts
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    Ochtapas
    United States3 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.

    Podcast Addict
    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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A sometimes dense but highly informative source for policy researchers and scholars.
Thoughtful, rigorous interviews with careful synthesis of theory and practice.
Ad reads can be disruptive, but the interviews offer deep content and useful perspectives.

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Talking Points

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Stephen G. Brooks, "The Political Economy of Security" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Q: What motivated you to map 16 pathways from economic variables to three security outcomes?
Brooks explains that his aim was to systematically organize a wide set of potential mechanisms so that scholars and policymakers can understand where simple generalizations fail and where context matters, moving beyond one-variable theories to a more nuanced, multi-pathway framework.
Vojta Hybl, "Rocks: A Guide to the Stones Around Us and the Stories They Tell" (Frances Lincoln, 2026)
Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book? Why might we be rock blind and how do you think we can fix it with tools like this?
Vojta describes his background as a geologist and illustrator, explains that his book aims to blend scientific rigor with storytelling and visual guides, and emphasizes making rocks approachable by focusing on practical identification methods and the broader stories rocks tell about Earth's history and our relationship to the planet.
Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)
Q: What were the factors that led to the nationalization of the oil industry in Venezuela, and what challenges followed?
Nationalization accelerated due to a domestic consensus around state control and the expiration of concessions, but it faced the cost of upgrading a decayed industry and losses of some managerial expertise, leading to a state-owned company that sometimes operated like a state within a state and relied heavily on foreign experience.
Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)
Q: Can you please describe how you theorize this resource curse affecting countries like Venezuela in your book, and how it compares to other explanations?
The book argues that the state acts as a landlord to oil resources, with rent channeled through the state to support a particular class structure. This differs from simple 'oil luck' narratives by showing how state form, class conflict, and international geopolitics interact to reproduce dependence on oil revenues, even amid modernization attempts.
Joanna Siekiera ed., "NATO Stability Policing: Beneficial Tool in Filling the Security Gap and Establishing the Rule of Law, and a Safe and Secure Environment" (NATO Stability Policing Centre Of Excellence, 2024)
Q: Could you just give us like a rough summary of what stability policing is and its relevance to NATO and how each member state performs it?
Stability policing is a police-related activity designed to reinforce or temporarily replace indigenous police to restore public order and security, with a focus on training, empowerment, and legitimacy of local forces, rather than traditional battlefield goals; NATO codified it in a doctrine, and members implement it through various specialized forces and collaborations, adapting to regional and cultural contexts.

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