In his new book, “Pacific Power Paradox,” Van Jackson seeks to correct our vision of the past through his argument that the US has not just been Asia’s firefighter for peace, but also its arsonist. Is the US an impediment to the pursuit of regional peace and security?

In Enemies Near and Far, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Thomas Joscelyn provide a theoretical framework for how terrorist groups innovate their tactics to become deadlier and more destructive. This remarkable book addresses an area of counterterrorism that has not yet been examined in the literature.

This book recenters the role of historians in the debate on foreign policy and political significance. To address the challenges the nation faces, historical context matters. 

It is easy to think and talk about drones and warfare in terms of distances and lives saved. This volume demonstrates that for those in command of remotely piloted aircraft, the outcomes are as real and life-threatening as they are for soldiers on the ground. 

This volume offers a compelling analysis of how neoliberalism has impacted conservative, nationalistic movements and the gendered and racialised violence that these movements impose. The authors argue for a transnational feminist response that is emancipatory, an important project considering the attacks on democratic institutions and the targeting of educational systems in local and global contexts.

In their book, Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China, Hal Brands and Michael Beckley argue that China is passing its economic peak. It is this factor that may be more dangerous than a rising China, and that conflict may happen sooner than most believe.

This important book returns the rich and contextually valuable perspectives of different peoples to the policy forefront. The broad divisiveness witnessed globally, but with specific emphasis on democratic nations, could be better managed if we were all willing to be a little foxier. 

The latest book by Richard Hanania examines American historic and contemporary foreign policy decisions through the lens of public choice theory. When it comes to decisions about national security, often the outsized role of foreign actors, weapons manufacturers, and bureaucrats is the deciding factor. 

It has recently become fashionable in Washington and other defence and foreign policy establishments to view China as eternally devious. Susan Shirk rejects this as historical revisionism, emphasising how domestic politics have pushed China towards overreach.

Julia Margaret Zulver’s  High-Risk Feminism in Colombia comes at just the right moment. Over the last decade, Latin America’s bottom-up feminist movements have begun again to rise to the forefront of advancing gender justice in the world.