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European Politics

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Interview with scholars of modern European politics about their new books.

Caroline Kuzemko, "Climate Politics: Can't Live with It, Can't Mitigate without It" (Cambridge UP, 2026)

May 1, 2026

Climate Politics

Caroline Kuzemko
Hosted by Stephen Pimpare

By exploring the dynamic relationships between politics, policymaking, and policy over time, Climate Politics: Can't Live with It, Can't Mitigate with…

The British General Election of 2024: A Conversation with Robert Ford and Paula Surridge

April 27, 2026

The British General Election of 2024

Robert Ford, Paula Surridge, Will Jennings, and Tim Bale
Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Why and how did Labour win the 2024 election? In The British General Election of 2024 Robert Ford, a Professor of Politics at the University of Manche…

Assessing Global Democratic Health Amidst a Growing Shadow of Autocracy

April 27, 2026

Assessing Global Democratic Health Amidst a Growing Shadow of Autocracy

Tom Carothers and Yana Gorokhovskaia

This week on Democracy Dialogues, host Maya Tudor speaks with two democracy experts at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Freedom House to…

Ida Susser, "The Yellow Vests and the Battle for Democracy: Taking to the Streets of Paris in the 21st Centurythe Yellow Vests" (Routledge, 2026)

April 26, 2026

The Yellow Vests and the Battle for Democracy

Ida Susser
Hosted by Jolon Timms

Written under the shadow of growing authoritarianism in the United States and Europe, this book is an effort to understand resistance movements of the…

Radio ReOrient 14:4: The Coconut Trial with Marieha Hussain, hosted by Fatima Rajina and Stephen Lawrence Research Centre

April 24, 2026

Radio ReOrient 14:4: The Coconut Trial with Marieha Hussain, hosted by Fatima Rajina and Stephen Lawrence Research Centre

Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode, Dr Fatima Rajina is joined by Marieha Hussain to talk about her experience of the Coconuts trial. A case that saw the political acti…

Kristan Stoddart, "Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West" (de Gruyter, 2025)

April 19, 2026

Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West

Kristan Stoddart

Kristan Stoddart's Russia's Hybrid Warfare Offensive Against the West (de Gruyter, 2025) is a timely and systematic analysis of Russian hybrid warfare…

Audrey Borowski, "Leibniz in His World: The Making of a Savant" (Princeton UP, 2026)

April 16, 2026

Leibniz in His World

Audrey Borowski

Described by Voltaire as “perhaps a man of the most universal learning in Europe,” Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) is often portrayed as a ratio…

Donald Sassoon, "Revolutions: A New History" (Verso Books, 2025)

April 14, 2026

Revolutions

Donald Sassoon

Revolutions: A New History (Verso Books, 2025) is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history. We think of revolutions in terms…

Katharina Wiedlack, "Under Western Eyes: Vulnerable Minorities and the Russian State in New Cold War Cultures" (Academic Studies Press, 2025)

April 12, 2026

Under Western Eyes

Katharina Wiedlack
Hosted by Amber Nickell

Under Western Eyes: Vulnerable Minorities and the Russian State in New Cold War Cultures (Academic Studies Press, 2025) examines the New Cold War betw…

Jasper Bernes, "The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising" (Verso Books, 2025)

April 12, 2026

The Future of Revolution

Jasper Bernes

How might a twenty-first-century revolution against class society succeed? Communism comes from the future, but its hopes haunt our past. Reading rev…

Marta Lorimer, "Europe As Ideological Resource: European Integration and Far Right Legitimation in France and Italy" (Oxford UP, 2024)

April 5, 2026

Europe As Ideological Resource

Marta Lorimer

How did the far right go from illegitimate fringe to contender for public office, and did Europe have anything to do with it? Europe As Ideological Re…

Mark Pennington, "Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom" (Oxford UP, 2025)

March 30, 2026

Foucault and Liberal Political Economy

Mark Pennington

This highly original and innovative book is the first to comprehensively engage the ideas of the French social theorist and philosopher Michel Foucaul…

Colloquies on European Civil Procedure: A Conversation with Marco de Benito

March 28, 2026

Colloquies on European Civil Procedure

Marco de Benito
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin

This volume brings law to life through a free and lively dialogue on the new Model European Rules of Civil Procedure. In it, some of Europe's leading …

Joanna Siekiera ed., "NATO Stability Policing: Beneficial Tool in Filling the Security Gap and Establishing the Rule of Law, and a Safe and Secure Environment" (NATO Stability Policing Centre Of Excellence, 2024)

March 25, 2026

NATO Stability Policing

Joanna Siekiera ed.

Since the end of the Cold War and the resurgence of great power competition on the world stage, NATO has been in a period of transition to adapting to…

Susanne Vees-Gulani, 'Icon Dresden: Baroque City, Air War Symbol, Political Token" (U Michigan Press, 2026)

March 23, 2026

Icon Dresden

Susanne Vees-Gulani
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Icon Dresden: Baroque City, Air War Symbol, Political Token (University of Michigan Press, 2026) by Dr. Susanne Vees-Gulani explores how memory and po…

David Bather Woods, "Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist" (U Chicago Press, 2025)

March 23, 2026

Arthur Schopenhauer

David Bather Woods

Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy’s Greatest Pessimist by David Bather Woods An engaging biography of one of the most influenti…

Andrew I. Port, "Germany" (Polity, 2025)

March 22, 2026

Germany

Andrew I. Port
Hosted by Kelly McFall

Few countries are more haunted by the darker aspects of their history than Germany. Nazi crimes continue to cast a long shadow at home and abroad. Ger…

H. S. Jones, "Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect" (Princeton UP, 2025)

March 17, 2026

Liberal Worlds

H. S. Jones

James Bryce (1838–1922) was a leading figure in Britain’s Liberal Party and a distinguished historian, a versatile scholar-politician who moved seamle…

Gudrun Persson, "Russian Military Thought: The Evolution of Strategy Since the Crimean War" (Georgetown UP, 2025)

March 15, 2026

Russian Military Thought

Gudrun Persson

The development of the Russian military's strategic thought is an understudied and thus misunderstood subject in the West. Strategy in Russia encompas…

Alec Ryrie, "The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It" (Reaktion, 2025)

March 15, 2026

The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It

Alec Ryrie

Examining everything from popular novels to politics, an investigation of persistent fascination with Nazis—and where it might take us. We live in an…