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August 5, 2022
East Timorese Politics
A New Dawn or Return to Business as Usual?
Michael Leach
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Natali Pearson
As the newest nation in Southeast Asia, Timor-Leste has been independent for just over 20 years. Timor-Leste is regularly ranked the most democratic nation in the region, and since reclaiming …
Political Science
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Interviews with political scientists about their new books.
Middle Eastern Studies
August 5, 2022
Oil, the State, and War
The Foreign Policies of Petrostates
Emma Ashford
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Miranda Melcher
Oil, the State, and War: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates (Georgetown University Press, 2022) by Dr. Emma Ashford presents a comprehensive challenge to prevailing understanding of international implications of oil …
Indian Religions
August 4, 2022
Gods in the Time of Democracy
Kajri Jain
Hosted by
Raj Balkaran
In 2018 India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the world's tallest statue: a 597-foot figure of nationalist leader Sardar Patel. Twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, it is …
Biography
August 4, 2022
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
Corey Robin
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Caleb Zakarin
Most people can tell you two things about Clarence Thomas: Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, and he almost never speaks from the bench. Here are some things they …
Economics
August 4, 2022
The Effect
An Introduction to Research Design and Causality
Nick Huntington-Klein
Hosted by
Peter Lorentzen
The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality (Routledge, 2021) is about methods for using observational data to make causal inferences. It provides an extensive discussion of causality and …
Political Science
August 4, 2022
The Knowledge Polity
Teaching and Research in the Social Sciences
Paul A. Djupe, Anand Edward Sokhey, and Amy Erica Smith
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Lilly Goren
Paul A. Djupe, Anand Edward Sokhey, and Amy Erica Smith, The Knowledge Polity: Teaching and Research in the Social Sciences (Oxford UP, 2022) explores a more holistic understanding of knowledge production in …
Latin American Studies
August 3, 2022
The New Pan-Americanism and the Structuring of Inter-American Relations
Juan Pablo Scarfi and David M. K. Sheinin
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Steven Rodriguez
In The New Pan-Americanism and the Structuring of Inter-American Relations (Routledge, 2022), David Sheinin and Juan Pablo Scarfi bring together articles that reconsider many aspects of U.S.-Latin American history. Pan-Americanism …
General History
August 3, 2022
Left in the Center
The Liberal Party of New York and the Rise and Fall of American Social Democracy
Daniel Soyer
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Robert Snyder
The history of small political parties and the history of the American left are closely intertwined, especially in the book Left in the Center: The Liberal Party of New York …
Middle Eastern Studies
August 3, 2022
Second-Generation Liberation Wars
Yaniv Voller
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Dilan Okcuoglu
The formation of post-colonial states in Africa, and the Middle East gave birth to prolonged separatist wars. Exploring the evolution of these separatist wars, In Second-Generation Liberation Wars Cambridge UP, 2022),Yaniv …
Critical Theory
August 1, 2022
Producing Politics
Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us
Daniel Laurison
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Dave O'Brien
Who runs American politics? In Producing Politics: Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us (Beacon Press, 2022), Daniel Laurison, an associate professor …
Philosophy
August 1, 2022
Spying Through a Glass Darkly
The Ethics of Espionage and Counter-Intelligence
Cécile Fabre
Hosted by
Robert Talisse
On its face, spying and counter-intelligence activities seem morally suspect. They tend to involve sneaking, deceiving, and manipulating, as well as various forms of betrayal, treachery, and disloyalty. Yet intelligence …
Intellectual History
August 1, 2022
Social Science for What? (Part 2 of 2)
Battles over Public Funding for the “Other Sciences” at the National Science Foundation
Mark Solovey
Hosted by
Keith Krueger
This is part two of a two part interview. Mark Solovey’s Social Science for What? is essential reading for anyone in either the history of science policy or the history of …
Nordic Asia Podcast
August 1, 2022
The Implications of the Ukrainian War for Taiwan’s Relations with China
A Discussion with Sean King
Sean King
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Julie Yu-Wen Chen
Is a Chinese invasion on Taiwan a storm on the horizon when the West is busy with the Ukrainian war? Will Nancy Pelosi’s plan to visit Taiwan in August, the …
African American Studies
July 29, 2022
Insurrection
Rebellion, Civil Rights, and the Paradoxical State of Black Citizenship
Hawa Allan
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Brittney Edmonds
The little-known and under-studied 1807 Insurrection Act was passed to give the president the ability to deploy federal military forces to fend off lawlessness and rebellion, but it soon became …
Nordic Asia Podcast
July 29, 2022
Indonesia’s Response to the War in Ukraine
A Conversation with Radityo Dharmaputra
Radityo Dharmaputra
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Nordic Asia Podcast
With the upcoming G20 summit this November, all eyes should be on Indonesia – the fourth largest country in the world and current holder of G20 presidency. How has Indonesia …
General History
July 28, 2022
The Pursuit of Europe
A History
Anthony Pagden
Hosted by
Charles Coutinho
The European Union, we are told, is facing extinction. Most of those who believe that, however, have no understanding of how, and why, it become possible to imagine that the …
Political Science
July 28, 2022
Ugly Freedoms
Elisabeth R. Anker
Hosted by
Lilly Goren
Freedom is often considered the cornerstone of the American political project. The 1776 revolutionaries declared it an inalienable right that could neither be taken nor granted, a sacred concept upon …
National Security
July 27, 2022
The Influence of Foreign Wars on U.S. Domestic Military Policy
The Case of the Yom Kippur War
Robert W. Tomlinson
Hosted by
Samuel Canter
How do military organizations learn? Robert W. Tomlinson's book The Influence of Foreign Wars on U.S. Domestic Military Policy (Lexington, 2022) covers an important instance of military learning in which the …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones
July 26, 2022
The Future of Al Qaeda
A Discussion with Nelly Lahoud
Nelly Lahoud
Hosted by
Owen Bennett-Jones
The 9/11 attacks mean Al Qaeda will always have a place in history. But it that it? Or might it have the capacity to endure? Its striking that the UN …
General History
July 26, 2022
Russia Resurrected
Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order
Kathryn E. Stoner
Hosted by
Charles Coutinho
Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nation's cards are better than we know. Russia ranks significantly behind the US and China …
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