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Review Feature – Understanding Iran: A Summary of Recent Scholarship
From perspectives on Nixon, Kissinger and the Shah to the current nuclear stand-off, the four books in this feature offer the latest scholarship on US-Iranian relations.
Interview – Kimberly Hutchings
Prof. Hutchings talks about the usefulness of debates in international theory, violence, and ethics, and the importance of challenging gender discrimination in academia.
Review – Recalling the Caliphate: Decolonization and World Order
Sayyid’s lucid account of Islam acquaints readers with a religion which is marred by a colonial past but whose future depends on reforms only Muslims can initiate.
Review – The New Terrain of International Law: Courts, Politics, Rights
Some lack of definition in Alter’s book does not diminish her valiant and highly successful effort to sketch the architecture of the international legal regime.
Review – Maritime Diplomacy in the 21st Century
Le Mière sheds light on an area of diplomacy that has largely been overlooked despite its growing importance in the maritime century.
Interview – Steven Pinker
Professor Pinker answers questions on mankind’s tendency toward violence, Darwinism, the rights of women in Islamic societies, and his new book – The Sense of Style.
Review – Spheres of Influence in International Relations
Hast uses the vision behind Russia’s foreign policy as an example to illustrate the continuity of world politics in clear and informative ways.
Review – The Long Peace of East Asia
Although Kivimäki neglects regional interaction his book is a must-read for any student of East Asia, because it masterfully combines data with theoretical insight.
Interview – Kurt Mills
Dr Mills talks about R2P, neo-humanitarianism, the limits of norms, the practicality of the International Criminal Court, and the importance of academic networks.
Review – The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World
Despite the book’s omission of Pakistan’s ISI, T.V. Paul’s account of a highly armed yet insecure state is fundamental reading for any scholar concerned with South Asia.
