Geography Books & Reviews

The Truth About China

Andrew J. Nathan | Dec 16, 2009
Martin Jacques’s just-released tome breathlessly informs us that China will soon rule the world. Its culture will dominate the West. Its military will threaten our own. Its authoritarian system will become an alternative to liberal democracy.

The Soviet Abroad

Anatol Lieven | Aug 25, 2009
A book by former–Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov gives an insider’s account of espionage and intrigue in the Middle East.

Of Democracy & Dinero

Jorge Castañeda
Patricio Navia
| Jul 02, 2008
Latin America’s post-independence history has been a bumpy ride. Things are getting better thanks to solid growth of late, but inequality threatens to bring the whole thing down.

The Changing of the Guard

Rajan Menon | Jan 02, 2008
Rajan Menon evaluates the latest works on the future of East Asia and its impact on the world. Is Pax Americana in decline, and are we on the verge of a Pax Sinica?

Remember Prussia?

William Anthony Hay | Aug 29, 2007
The improbable ascent, sudden collapse and subsequent re-imagination of Prussia.

Doctrinal Faith

Colin Dueck | May 01, 2007
Unflinching loyalty to the Bush Doctrine leads Robert Kaufman astray in his study of American foreign policy—and Truman, Reagan and Bush do not make a three-of-kind.

Patriot Games

Zeyno Baran | Mar 01, 2006
The Tom Clancys of Turkey have a clear and present bias.

China's Power Paradox

Warren I. Cohen | Mar 01, 2006
China has striven to moderate at least the appearence of its global ambitions.

Dreaming Europe in a Wide-Awake World

James C. Bennett | Dec 01, 2004
When it comes to Europe's gilded future, success is always just around the corner. Europeanists need to wake up--or risk being left behind by an unlikely coalition.

Davos Man Meets Homo Balcanicus

Gordon N. Bardos | Sep 01, 2003
Sumantra Bose, Bosnia After Dayton: Nationalist Partition and International Intervention (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002), 352 pp.

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