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New Books in National Security
Eliot Borenstein, “Plots Against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism” (Cornell UP, 2019)
Eliot Borenstein
Plots Against Russia
Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism
Cornell University Press, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies April 16, 2019 Diana Dukhanova

Since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, conspiratorial thinking has taken deep root in contemporary Russia, moving from the margins to the forefront of cultural, historical, and political discourse and fueled by centuries-long prejudices and new paranoias. In his characteristically witty, irreverent style, Eliot Borenstein (Professor of Russian... Read More
Dilip Hiro, “Cold War in the Islamic World: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Struggle for Supremacy” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Dilip Hiro
Cold War in the Islamic World
Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Struggle for Supremacy
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in HistoryNew Books in Islamic StudiesNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network April 16, 2019 Charles Coutinho

In recent years, the concept of a ‘Cold War’ has been revived to describe the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the two most influential states occupying positions of geopolitical importance in the Persian Gulf, who lay claim to leadership over the Islamic world. In the years after the 1979... Read More
Elizabeth Schmidt, “Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War: Sovereignty, Responsibility, and the War on Terror” (Ohio UP, 2018)
Dr. Elizabeth Schmidt
Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War
Sovereignty, Responsibility, and the War on Terror
Ohio University Press, 2018

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network April 15, 2019 Zeb Larson

Of all the blank spots in the mental maps of many Americans, Africa is one of the largest. Informed by a number of misconceptions and popular myths, knowledge of the continent’s complexity is poorly understood not just by ordinary citizens but by policymakers as well. This ignorance informs foreign relations... Read More
Federico Varese, “Mafias on the Move: How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories” (Princeton UP, 2011)
Federico Varese
Mafias on the Move
How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories
Princeton University Press, 2011

New Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in Italian StudiesNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network April 12, 2019 Mark Lauchs

Tonight we are talking with Federico Varese about his new book Mafias on the Move: How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories (Princeton University Press, 2011). Whenever you read a book about transnational crime one of the themes will be about how globalisation has made it easier for organized crime groups... Read More
Hennie van Vuuren, “Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit” (Hurst, 2019)
Hennie van Vuuren
Apartheid Guns and Money
A Tale of Profit
Hurst, 2019

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network April 10, 2019 Bekeh Utietiang Ukelina

In his new book, Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit (Hurst, 2019), Hennie van Vuuren examines the final decades of the apartheid regime in South Africa. He weaves together archival material, interviews and newly declassified documents to expose some of the darkest secrets of apartheid’s economic crimes and... Read More