Reviews

Review – Reconstructing the Responsibility to Protect

Alexander Hall • Feb 1 2025 • Features

Butler argues that while R2P has its shortcomings, the doctrine has not failed, however questions about the practical pathways for its revival in global politics remain.

Review – Spying in South Asia

Dhruv Gadhavi • Jan 27 2025 • Features

By avoiding half-baked narratives and using rich archival research, this book convincingly reveals how Cold War intelligence shaped India’s politics and security.

Review – To Run the World

Constantine Pleshakov • Jan 20 2025 • Features

While Radchenko’s examination of Russia’s struggle for recognition is compelling, the juggling of interpretive and narrative histories throughout the book lacks cohesion.

Review – Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Duffy • Jan 7 2025 • Features

This film is an evocative portrayal of indigenous strife in the early 20th century, and its genuineness and accuracy highlights its value for international relations.

Review – New Cold Wars

Andrew Latham and Logan Leybold • Dec 23 2024 • Features

A vivid analysis of US foreign policy challenges that relies too heavily on Cold War analogies, oversimplifying the complexities of modern geopolitics.

Review – Autocracy, Inc.

Stephen G. F. Hall • Dec 2 2024 • Features

Applebaum describes the threat to democracy from rising collaborations among autocracies, but could offer more depth on certain important case studies and solutions.

Review – Governing the Feminist Peace

Isabel Hernandez Pepe • Nov 24 2024 • Features

A valuable and nuanced account of the WPS agenda that employs innovative methods but could use a more accessible style and engage further with non-Western perspectives.

Review – Mrs Robinson

Martin Duffy • Nov 17 2024 • Features

This celebratory biographical account presents successes and controversies encountered over Mary Robinson’s career in an honest and open, if sometimes impersonal, way.

Review – India’s Near East

Prashant Singh • Nov 9 2024 • Features

Paliwal sheds much needed light on seven decades of India’s policies towards its near east, but overlooks the role of communal policies and global power shifts.

Review – Lives of Circumcised and Veiled Women

Shireen Manocha • Nov 3 2024 • Features

Chatterjee’s timely book explores the global discourses on female genital cutting and Islamic veiling, but could have further detailed the origins of these discourses.

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