Review – Obama and the Middle East
As Barack Obama prepares to enter a second term Fawaz Gerges assesses his first term in relation to the Middle East, examining the major themes and historical constraints of Obama’s foreign policy.
Review – Why Leaders Lie
Does lying in international politics occur? How often? Who benefits? What are the consequences? There are many questions to be considered in Mearsheimer’s Why Leaders Lie and it provides a starting point for further research and discussion.
Review – The Routledge Handbook of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
Paul B. Rich and Isabelle Duyvesteyn’s new handbook offers an opportunity to survey the state of the art in ‘orthodox’ counterinsurgency thinking.
Review – Democracy, Islam, And Secularism in Turkey
Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey illuminates some of the most compelling and significant questions driving the central debates in contemporary Turkey.
Review – Peacebuilding Through Community-Based NGOs
This book by Max Stephenson Jr. and Laura Zanotti discusses the contribution that NGOs, and civil society more generally, can make to peacebuilding.
Review – Ill-gotten Money and the Economy
Yikona et al. examine the efforts and effectiveness of Namibia and Malawi in fighting against money laundering, fraud, tax evasion, and corruption. Their brevity makes for a very fast, and engaging, read.
Review – The European Union in the Security of Europe
Marsh and Rees’ book is a welcome contribution to the literature – empirically rich, insightful and compelling – recommended reading for any EU foreign policy student.
Review – Neopatrimonialism in Africa and Beyond
This volume moves beyond orthodox presentations of neopatrimonialism and the African state, but it does not offer anything particularly new or radical in its approach, whether theoretical or empirical.
Review – War Beyond the Battlefield
David Grondin’s edited collection represents a variety of perspectives that aim to demonstrate that the locus of battle is not on the traditional battlefield in the War on Terror.
Review – Gender, Sex and the Postnational Defence
In Gender, Sex and the Postnational Defence, Annica Kronsell challenges an assumption that gender mainstreaming is more achievable than gender parity in military organisations.
