Review – Hans Kelsen’s Political Realism
Schuett’s work highlights Kelsen’s often overlooked contributions to IR, but raises questions over the conflation of strands of realist thought and the pessimism of mid-century thinkers.
Review – Warlord Survival: The Delusion of Statebuilding in Afghanistan
Malejacq’s book presents a lively and detailed narrative of four significant ‘warlords’ and how they demonstrate the failings of external statebuilding in Afghanistan.
Review – We Are Bellingcat
In this accessible and engaging read, Higgins outlines the history of his organisation and highlights some effective online investigation tools availble to citizens.
Review – International Relations from the Global South
Arlene Tickner and Karen Smith give us a tool that enables us to teach IR in a way that transcends the conventional western-centric lens.
Review – Singapore Is Not An Island
Veteran diplomat Bilahari Kausikan explores the foreign policy dynamics of the island city-state of Singapore, including how it creates and maintains relevance in the region and beyond.
Review – Anticolonial Afterlives in Egypt: The Politics of Hegemony
Using the work of Antonio Gramsci and Franz Fanon, Salem’s book analyses postcolonial Egypt and explores how the failures of this period contributed to the 2011 revolution.
Review – Latin American Extractivism
Steve Ellner’s edited work provides an insightful, if not wholly convincing, argument against dismissing the pink tide and the associated approach to extractivism in Latin America.
Review – The Cult of Smart
Fredrik deBoer’s book presents a progressive vision for the future of education however it fails to address educational inequality.
Review – Pluralist Democracy in International Relations
Holthaus explores the work of three British thinkers, Hobhouse, Cole, and Mitrany, and highlights their relevance to today’s democracies.
Review – Embattled Dreamlands: The Politics of Contesting Armenian, Kurdish and Turkish Memory
Leupold deals with the complex relationships between Armenians, Kurds and Turks, uncovering the nuances of memory, nationalism and conflict.
