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February 4, 2010 | Dan Reiter: How Wars End

Stefanie Jennifer Tetenburg: In “How Wars End”, Dan Reiter sets out a theory of war termination behaviour. Whereas the topic of why wars/conflicts start, has been much theorized upon and debated about, war termination remains a relatively unexplored field of study. Central to ...More

January 25, 2010 | Sergio Fabbrini: Negative Dialectic

John Feffer: The election of Barack Obama seems to have healed transatlantic relations. Even the disagreements—for instance, on the war in Afghanistan—now seem manageable. Was it really so easy to get Europe and the United States back on the same ...More

July 8, 2009 | Paul M. Barrett: American Islam

Crystal Oswald-Herold: In his book "American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion," Paul M. Barrett depicts the lives of seven very different Muslims' experiences in the United States. He sheds light onto their daily routines while simultaneously providing a ...More

July 8, 2009 | Fareed Zakaria: The Post American World

Ethan Christian Arrow: Opening with a quote from Arnold J. Toynbee’s A Study of History, Fareed Zakaria poses the thesis that America is standing at the crossroads between a new leadership role and a frustrated obscurity. “Growth takes place whenever ...More

February 4, 2009 | Bobo Lo: Axis of Convenience: Moscow, Beijing and the New Geopolitics

Eimear O'Casey: Bobo Lo's "Axis of Convenience" examines the relationship between Russia and China and offers a fresh and grounded perspective on a much misunderstood partnership. Lo is a seasoned expert in Russia and ...More

December 8, 2008 | Ahmed Rashid: Descent Into Chaos

Sepideh Parsa: In his book "Decent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia" Ahmed Rashid depicts the reasons for the United States' failure in rebuilding Afghanistan after 9/11. He provides his ...More

December 1, 2008 | Reconsidering Africa

Andreas Eckert: James Ferguson: Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order; John Illiffe: The African AIDS epidemic: A History; Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet: Die Afrikapolitik der Europäischen Union. Neue Ansätze und Perspektiven; Andrew Wallice: Silent ...More

October 20, 2008 | Markus Kaim: Great Powers and Regional Orders

Leonie Holthaus: Markus Kaim, head of the research division European and Atlantic Security at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), is the editor for the book Great Powers and Regional Orders. The United States and the ...More

October 14, 2008 | Paul Krugman: The Conscience of a Liberal

Natalia Ruban : If you look at the figures, you will find out that inequality in America is now approaching the level of the 1920s, before all social reforms were conducted. Even though the productivity of an average American worker has risen since 1973 by ...More

October 2, 2008 | Barack Obama: The Audacity of Hope

Benjamin Lucas Schoo: With the current presidential nomination process under way, Barack Obama's second book, the Audacity of Hope, might help shed light on who the junior senator from Illinois and the Democratic Party's presidential contender really is and what he stands ...More