Review – The Routledge Handbook of European Security
Despite some problems, this volume systematically captures and delineates the complexity that makes up the structures and outcomes of European security institutions.
Review – Modernism and Totalitarianism
Shorten’s case for considering totalitarianism a modern phenomenon is scholarly in the best sense, providing an insightful overview of the evidence and drawing a qualified conclusion.
Interview – Graeme Snooks
Professor Snooks answers your questions about his dynamic-strategy theory, what past financial crises can tell us about the world’s current economic turmoil, and the future of great power clashes.
Review – Routledge Handbook of African Politics
The editors should be congratulated on recruiting such a calibre and range of expertise for their project and merging this knowledge and experience into a cohesive and accessible volume.
Review – Somalia: The New Barbary?
Unfortunately, Murphy’s book is a neo-colonial rendering of piracy: neither a worthy introduction to piracy and Islam in Somalia, nor does it provide new material or analysis for the trained eye.
Review – Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus
Schaefer delves into the breadth and depth of the Chechen-Russian conflict using his military expertise to offer a detailed examination of the conflict.
Interview – Tariq Ramadan
Professor Ramadan answers your questions about the compatibility of Islam and liberal democracy, prospects for the Arab Spring, and the ongoing crisis in Syria.
Review – Feminist Security Studies
Wibben’s advocacy for a more self-reflexive approach in which the researcher actively listens to her subjects constitutes a democratization of research in a field very much in need of it.
Review – US Special Forces and Counterinsurgency in Vietnam
Ives’ strange book tells and retells the same story about U.S. Special Forces and counterinsurgency, repeating traditional criticisms of U.S. strategy in Vietnam.
Review – Ontological Security in International Relations
Steele’s well-researched book convincingly appends the field’s more materialist notions of security, but the merits lie as much with its novel conclusions as they do with the ideas it inspires.
