Reviews

Review – Liberal Realism: a Realist Theory of Liberal Politics

James Wakefield • Jul 7 2015 • Features

An engaging, perceptive and well-judged contribution which will give even those who disagree with the realist critique a reason to reflect on their own principles.

Review – Communism in Pakistan: Politics and Class Activism 1947-1972

Darren Atkinson • Jul 2 2015 • Features

Kamran Asdar Ali provides superb documentary evidence and a rich detailed analysis to construct a forgotten history of class struggle and political activism in Pakistan.

Review – The Sino-Soviet Alliance: An International History

Wonhee Lee • Jun 27 2015 • Features

Jersild provides an excellent multidimensional analysis of the Beijing-Moscow relationship and valuable strategic insights which demarcate this book from earlier titles.

Review – The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia’s New Geopolitics

Kunal Mukherjee • Jun 24 2015 • Features

Small gives us a fresh and well-researched book on Chinese, Indian, Pakistani and Afghani politics and the key geopolitical security issues of the Asian region.

Review – The Cuban Embargo

Alessandro Badella • Jun 20 2015 • Features

One of the few examples of a monograph on the US embargo of Cuba, this short and readable text helps us understand key internal dynamics which drive this policy.

Review – Debating Human Rights

Elise Carlson-Rainer • Jun 15 2015 • Features

Chong addresses the complexities of universal human rights and presents contemporary debates that are excellent springboard into the much contested rights discourse.

Review – Sexing War/Policing Gender

Federica Caso • Jun 8 2015 • Features

Åhäll’s volume explores cultural representations of female political agency and female political violence through the metanarrative of motherhood.

Review – Imperial Subjects: Citizenship in an Age of Crisis and Empire

Vanessa Andreotti • Jun 4 2015 • Features

Mooers’ book offers a refreshing revisited critique of capital and of the varied contradictions of neoliberalism and its impact on ideas of national/global citizenship.

Review – The Gatekeepers

Oren Barak • May 31 2015 • Features

Although this esteemed documentary raises important issues, the claims of its six protagonists are based on several problematic assumptions which must be questioned.

Review – US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion

Alessandro Badella • May 26 2015 • Features

This ready-to-use edited handbook provides a good and complete introduction to the history and evolution of US democracy promotion abroad.

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