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Populism and the Politicization of the COVID-19 Crisis in Europe

Populism and the Politicization of the COVID-19 Crisis in Europe

Populism and the Politicization of the COVID-19 Crisis in Europe is a successful discourse analysis of populist parties. The authors’ clean...

Turkey s Electoral Geography Trends Behaviors and Identities

Turkey’s Electoral Geography: Trends, Behaviors and Identities

The most important contribution of Turkey’s Electoral Geography is that it covers not only elections but also a variety of understudied topics such...

Controversial Actor of the International System Iran

Controversial Actor of the International System: Iran

The three works examined here deal with Iran’s interaction with the international system from a historical perspective and across many dimensions....

Sovereign Soldiers How the U S Military Transformed the Global

Sovereign Soldiers: How the U.S. Military Transformed the Global Economy after World War II

In this book, Madsen assesses the economic policies of the military governments established in these two countries and discusses American policy...

Refugia Radical Solutions to Mass Displacement

Refugia: Radical Solutions to Mass Displacement

Refugia is a utopian fiction, as its authors emphasize. By blurring the distinction between reality and fiction, the book aims to weave a network...

How Democracies Die What History Reveals about Our Future

How Democracies Die: What History Reveals about Our Future

How Democracies Die is an explicit account of carefully arranged historical facts about the processes and observed failings of democratic...

Whatever Happened to the Third World A History of the

Whatever Happened to the Third World? A History of the Economics of Development

The book is very well organized and divided into seven chapters. In his detailed and comprehensive work, de Haan lays out the main terms related to...

Al-Quds History Religion and Politics

Al-Quds: History, Religion, and Politics

Al-Quds: History, Religion, and Politics makes a great contribution to understanding the latest conflicts in the region by taking a...

China s Foreign Policy Since 1978 Return to Power

China’s Foreign Policy Since 1978: Return to Power

China’s Foreign Policy Since 1978: Return to Power demonstrates how China has projected power and countered external initiatives that undermine its...

Modern Geopolitics of Eastern Mediterranean Hydrocarbons in an Age of

Modern Geopolitics of Eastern Mediterranean Hydrocarbons in an Age of Energy Transformation

Modern Geopolitics of Eastern Mediterranean Hydrocarbons in an Age of Energy Transformation provides a very broad picture of the Eastern...

Islam Gender and Democracy in Comparative Perspective

Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective

The edited book presents multiple perspectives and a coherent research agenda characterized by an interdisciplinary approach. It is a major...

The Imperial Discipline Race and the Founding of International Relations

The Imperial Discipline: Race and the Founding of International Relations

The book provides a much-needed disruption in the discipline of IR, whose hegemonic nature too often goes unnoticed and unchallenged. The authors...

Citizenship Territoriality and Post-Soviet Nationhood The Politics of Birthright Citizenship

Citizenship, Territoriality and Post-Soviet Nationhood: The Politics of Birthright Citizenship in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Moldova

Citizenship, Territoriality, and Post-Soviet Nationhood contribute much to the debate on nationalism and citizenship policies with its...

Understanding Eurasia in Multiple Perspectives

Understanding Eurasia in Multiple Perspectives

The three works reviewed in this article address Eurasia in different periods and different areas of concentration. Each one provides valuable...

Precarious Hope Migration and the Limits of Belonging in Turkey

Precarious Hope: Migration and the Limits of Belonging in Turkey

Precarious Hope by Ayşe Parla is the outcome of fieldwork that Parla conducted over years with post-1990s Turkish migrants from Bulgaria, who...

Brexit and Internal Security Political and Legal Concerns on the

Brexit and Internal Security: Political and Legal Concerns on the Future UK-EU Relationship

In conclusion, Brexit and Internal Security is a comprehensive and objective analysis that fills the gaps in security matters of Brexit. The issues...

The United States and Military Coups in Turkey and Pakistan

The United States and Military Coups in Turkey and Pakistan: Between Conspiracy and Reality

The United States and Military Coups in Turkey and Pakistan delivers a profound analysis of the issue it addresses. By exploring the background of...

Russia and the Media The Makings of a New Cold

Russia and the Media: The Makings of a New Cold War

Russia and the Media is a well-rounded source of analysis. Referring to so many media sources through a wide time frame makes the study empirically...

Cinema and the Cultural Cold War US Diplomacy and the

Cinema and the Cultural Cold War: US Diplomacy and the Origins of the Asian Cinema Network

In Cinema and the Cultural Cold War, the U.S. cultural diplomacy in Asia during the Cold War is discussed from a different point of view, and Sang...

Migration and the Refugee Dissensus in Europe Borders Security and

Migration and the Refugee Dissensus in Europe: Borders, Security, and Austerity

Migration and the Refugee Dissensus in Europe: Borders, Security, and Austerity’s contribution is that it speaks across disciplines and explores...

Europe at the Crossroads Confronting Populist Nationalist and Global Challenges

Europe at the Crossroads: Confronting Populist, Nationalist, and Global Challenges

Europe at the Crossroads is useful for readers interested in populism and the transformations and challenges of the European political atmosphere....

Syria The Tragedy of a Pivotal State

Syria: The Tragedy of a Pivotal State

Syria: The Tragedy of a Pivotal State, written by Rajendra M. Abhyankar, seeks to provide readers with comprehensive details on Syria, with a focus...

Sensible Politics Visualizing International Relations

Sensible Politics: Visualizing International Relations

Sensible Politics is an excellent read for anyone trying to understand changing international relations in a post-pandemic scenario. In terms of...

The Economics of the Middle East A Comparative Approach

The Economics of the Middle East: A Comparative Approach

Rauch’s book contributes to the literature on the Middle East’s economics from a broad perspective. However, some tables, such as those related to...

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