Reviews

Review – How Migration Really Works

Alice Fill • Sep 15 2024 • Features

De Haas robustly deconstructs migration myths, challenges preconceptions and provokes reflection, but alternatives to a solutionist policy perspective remain understated.

Review – Baltimore

Martin Duffy • Sep 11 2024 • Features

Baltimore highlights the contrast between the personal and political during the Irish conflict, but opportunities to understand the roots of radicalisation are limited.

Review – The Problem of Twelve

Ingo Walter • Sep 1 2024 • Features

A credible narrative of the concentration of 12 financial players supported by anecdotal evidence, which would benefit from more attention to the underlying hypothesis.

Review – Navigating Uncertainty

Anthony Toh Han Yang • Aug 18 2024 • Features

Joseph Liow details the global power dynamics shaping Southeast Asia, but adopts an oversimplified framework to analyse the impact of the US-China conflict on the region.

Review – Rebel Governance in the Middle East

Francis O'Connor • Aug 11 2024 • Features

Despite some lingering inconsistencies, this is a substantial contribution to the field, strengthened by the inclusion of a diverse range of locally-informed authors.

Review – Through the Darkest of Times

Jane Kirkpatrick • Jul 20 2024 • Features

This emotive and thought-provoking videogame successfully recognises the complexities and significance of lesser-known efforts to resist the Nazi regime within Germany.

Review – Capital Hates Everyone

Cristóbal Ortiz Würth • Jul 2 2024 • Features

Maurizio Lazzarato details why revolution is the necessary alternative to modern fascism borne of capitalism, but fails to provide an effective alternative to capitalism.

Review – Friends With Benefits

Frédéric Grare • Jun 26 2024 • Features

Seema Sirohi comprehensively describes the India-US relationship, from past to present, but could provide more context surrounding the global status of both countries.

Review – China’s Rise in the Global South

Matt Kuhlman • Jun 11 2024 • Features

Dawn Murphy explores the under-analysed rise of China as an actor in the Middle East and Africa, but underplays the competitive nature of China’s military ventures.

Review – Disappearances and Police Killings in Contemporary Brazil

Flavia Guerra Cavalcanti • Jun 2 2024 • Features

Sabrina Villenave details the history of policing through colonial mindsets in Brazil, but could do with more philosophical exploration of perceptions of the dead body.

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