Review – First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace
A meticulously researched, revelatory, and engrossing account of how South Sudan’s pursuit of statehood became a struggle for survival.
Review – Globalizing Morocco: Transnational Activism and the Postcolonial State
An important contribution to the history of nationalism in Morocco, especially US-Moroccan history.
Review – Imagining Afghanistan: The History and Politics of Imperial Knowledge
Manchanda’s book, which dissects the imperialism of colonial knowledge cultivation, is an essential read for any knowledge practitioner.
Review – The Far Right Today
Mudde’s book presents a detailed account of the fourth wave of far right politics and considers a range of examples that look beyond stereotypes.
Review – Sufism: A Theoretical Intervention in Global International Relations
A fascinating book which covers a new ontological, epistemological and methodological approach for IR, as well as more empirically grounded studies of Sufism in practice.
Review – British World Policy and the Projection of Global Power, c.1830-1960
This edited collection provides a diverse assessment of British power, both geographically and across time, serving as a fitting tribute to Keith Neilson’s memory.
Review – The Scientist and the Spy
Hvistendahl’s book charts the story of Robert Mo, the subject of an FBI investigation into industrial espionage, presenting a rich example of an everyday lived experience of the reality of international relations.
Review – Technology and Agency in International Relations
This collection successfully bridges the gap between IR, Science and Technology Studies and New Materialism, highlighting topical examples and policy debates.
Review – The New World Disorder and the Indian Imperative
This ambitious and incisive book details the changing international order and offers a succinct analysis of the state of the world today, which is now in complete flux.
Review – War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics
Bowen provides a masterful contribution through his presentation of a Clausewitzian spacepower theory.
