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From classical Greece to Roe v. Wade, a long-overdue history of abortion. An ancient entertainer ...

For Washington, China is a strategic competitor: the only country with both the will to reshape t...

Based on interviews and body-cam footage, a gripping account of British and American volunteers f...

A no-holds-barred biography of Viktor Orbán, the most successful--and arguably most dangerous--p...

The Syrian Civil War in all its ghastly twists and turns, from initial optimism to barrel-bombing...

What distinguishes the Horn of Africa from the rest of the continent and explains its political f...

A powerful case for the enduring value of diplomacy from one of America's most distinguished stat...

After the Second World War, Germany was an international pariah. Today, it has become a beacon of...

A gracefully written reflection on how small states can pack a punch that belies their size.

The gripping story of a turning point in global affairs, as politicians belatedly awaken to serio...

An incisive study of one of the world's most important, and rapidly complexifying, international ...

One summer's night in 1946, over 1,000 European Jews waited silently on an Italian beach to board...

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Artificial intelligence is being used, on a massive scale, to decide who gets hired, fired and pr...

Walton argues that there is a fundamental ambivalence in Buddhist thought towards the legitimacy ...

This is a timely study of 'small wars,' such as the current situation in Afghanistan. It is wide-...

A historically grounded account, from de Gaulle onwards, of how France's neocolonial influence cr...

Is journalism dead? This age-old question followed the emergence of the internet and 24-hour broa...

The Somali people are fiercely nationalistic. Colonialism split them into five segments divided b...

A fresh take on Greece's forgotten Near Eastern past-and its enduring cultural, political and eco...

Drawing on examples from sport, diplomacy, business and more, the authors explore how strategic t...

The story behind the unstoppable rise of the French far right-from the woes of French society to ...

The epic story of Helsinki--founded by Sweden, refashioned by Russia, forever shaped by the sea.

Charts Qatar's key role in shaping and determining diplomatic initiatives in Afghanistan, Gaza an...

A fun and fascinating history of an island best known for tropical rainforests and captivating wi...

Only about a century old, fascism-bogeyman of ideologies-has been both over- and under-attributed...

A gripping social and political chronicle of Syria before and after revolution, as the global sho...

In April 2019, following over six months of persistent youth-led protests, Sudanese president Oma...

Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia are on the rise in twenty-first-century Europe, but these notions ...

Argues that an understanding of the origins of ethnic politics in Nigeria requires a rigorous his...

If you are reading this, you are a chronic concept-user. You have at your disposal a staggering r...

How Russia's post-Soviet economy, engineered to stagnate, explains its conflict with Ukraine and ...

A fascinating account of how Saudi Arabia leveraged its massive oil wealth to alter the balance o...

When President George H.W. Bush and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev convened in Malta in Dece...

Explains how, against the odds, pioneering start-ups have taken on established firms and revoluti...

Charts the evolution of the Russia-Iran relationship in the twenty-first century, from tenuous al...

A vibrant tapestry of Srinagar's rich historical and cultural heritage.

What can we learn from India's postcolonial experience of fashioning a democracy despite its exte...

A revelatory account of the cohabitation of religious traditions and practices in South Asia.

A stark warning: Washington is at real risk of strategic defeat in any war with China.

An absorbing journey through a region caught between history, geography and ideology. What is 'Ce...

A tale of violent terror and chilling unrepentance, from the only woman convicted of crimes again...

A renowned social scientist reflects on democratisation theory as applied in the Middle East.

From the colonial period to today, Javed Gaya analyses how political and legal decisions have shi...

A brilliant analysis of identity politics by world-renowned thinker Olivier Roy.