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European Politics
Interview with scholars of modern European politics about their new books.
March 17, 2026
Liberal Worlds
James Bryce (1838–1922) was a leading figure in Britain’s Liberal Party and a distinguished historian, a versatile scholar-politician who moved seamle…
March 15, 2026
Russian Military Thought
The development of the Russian military's strategic thought is an understudied and thus misunderstood subject in the West. Strategy in Russia encompas…
March 15, 2026
The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It
Examining everything from popular novels to politics, an investigation of persistent fascination with Nazis—and where it might take us. We live in an…
March 14, 2026
Coercing Syria on Chemical Weapons
In 2012, US President Barack Obama stated that the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons on its population would cross a red line that would req…
March 12, 2026
States of Injury
A sympathetic critique that attempts to free Left politics from its own snares, States of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity (Princeton Unive…
March 10, 2026
Populism, Polarization and Politics: Hungary on the Eve of Elections
How and why do leaders like Hungary’s Viktor Orban not only come to power, but remain in power for so long (in Orban’s case 16 years)? And why does th…
March 2, 2026
Global Governance Under Fire
Populist leaders around the world increasingly reject international organizations, decrying them as constraints on state power and rallying followers …
February 16, 2026
How Corporate Lobbyists are Capturing EU Institutions
Brussels is full of lobbyists. Over decades, big companies have been using their financial might not only to influence EU policies but even to shape h…
February 13, 2026
Competing Visions for International Order
Are we living in an era of competing international orders? A new book, entitled Competing Visions for International Order: Challenges for a Shared Dir…
February 12, 2026
Politics Without Politicians
Host Jun Wei Lee speaks with Hélène Landemore about her book, Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule (Penguin, 2026). An acclaimed po…
February 6, 2026
China’s Climate and Air Quality Governance and EU-China Cooperation
When it comes to the global challenges posed by climate change and environmental issues, China has been presented both as a source of problems and a p…
January 30, 2026
Memoirs of a Palestinian Communist
In the public eye, Najati Sidqi was known as a journalist and writer, a translator of Russian classics, and an outspoken opponent of Nazism. However, …
January 30, 2026
All You Need to Know about Russian Politics Today
Host Licia Cianetti talks to two Russian experts, Vladislav Gorin and Alexandra Prokopenko, about the state of Russian domestic politics today. As Rus…
January 22, 2026
Liberating the United Nations
The United Nations (UN) has always loomed large in international conflicts, but today accepted wisdom declares that the organization has lost its way.…
January 21, 2026
NATO’s Meaning and Existence
NATO’s Meaning and Existence: Within the Interstate Intersubjectivity (Vernon Press, 2026) a forthcoming 2026 book by Yunus Emre Ozigci, offers a deep…
January 19, 2026
Worlds of Wartime
Worlds of Wartime: The First World War and the Reconstruction of Modern Politics (Oxford University Press, 2025) by Duncan Kelly is a new intellectual…
January 18, 2026
The Fabric of Fear
Jorge Marco and Gutmaro Gomez Bravo's book The Fabric of Fear: Building Franco's New Society in Spain, 1936-1950 (Liverpool UP, 2023) deals comprehen…
January 14, 2026
In Stalin's Shadow
Most people on the contemporary left see Stalin as an unfortunate stain on the history of the global left, a part of the historical process that w…
January 13, 2026
The New Fascist Body
The success of new far-right movements cannot be explained by fear or rage alone – the pleasures of aggression and violence are just as essential. As …
January 12, 2026
Europe Against Revolution
Contemporary Europe seems to be divided between progressive cosmopolitans sympathetic to the European Union and the ideals of the Enlightenment, and c…