Interviews with scholars of diplomacy, international relations, and geopolitics about their new book
How to sustain an international system of cooperation in the midst of geopolitical struggle? Can the
As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Yeme
Mutual Perceptions and Images in Japanese-German Relations, 1860-2010 (Brill, 2017) examines the mut
Human rights are among our most pressing issues today. But rights promoters have reached an impasse
The United States and the Origins of World War II in Europe (Taylor & Francis, 2025), spans 191
When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the world witnessed the “creative, freewheeling, darkly humorou
The Diplomacy of Détente: Cooperative Security Policies from Helmut Schmidt to George Shultz (Routle
Richard Sorge is one of history’s most famous spies. This hard-drinking, womanising, motorcycle-cras
Professor Brian Blankenship comes back to the New Books Network to talk about what his book, The Bur
This book examines the dynamic evolution of Western détente policies which sought to transform Europ
In 2016 the United States was stunned by evidence of Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential elect
The Vietnam War cast a shadow over the American psyche from the moment it began. In its time it spar
China and India have had a tense relationship, disagreeing over territory, support for each other’s
This reader brings to light newly discovered archival material compiled by the Soviet Consulate in I
A new history of Middle East oil and the deep roots of American violence in Iraq. Iraq has been the
Peoples & Things host, Lee Vinsel, talks with Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy at
Why did so many rulers throughout history risk converting to a new religion brought by outsiders? In
In a multipolar world where America wields less relative power, the United States can no longer get
This podcast episode, hosted by Kikee Doma Bhutia from the University of Tartu, features journalist
How did Britain cease to be global? In Untied Kingdom: A Global History of the End of Britain (Cambr
