The rise of populists, a growing number of authoritarian regimes and an apparent loss of confidence in democratic politicians have all contributed to the idea that democracy is in serious trouble.

Despite the coming demise of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, this volume reminds us of the limited efficacy of armed force and its devastating effects.

A transnational textbook illustrates the complexity of current-day diplomacy at a time of unprecedented disruption.

This book makes for an excellent primer on issues of Asia-Pacific security, with 12 chapters exploring both traditional and non-traditional topics.

Understanding Indonesia's political processes is a daunting yet critical task. With general elections due next April, how do politicians succeed in a democracy just two decades’ old with 260 million citizens?

Although it joins a growing list of jeremiads about the possible end of Western civilisation, Edward Luce’s book usefully puts the debate in context. He argues that President Trump is a symptom, not cause, of many of America’s and the world’s problems.

Asia is commonly depicted as the most rapidly growing and economically dynamic region in the world. John West's book offers a useful corrective to the Asian Century hypothesis and a strong challenge to the notion that the 21st century will inevitably belong to Asia.

While it comes out 60 years after most of the events it describes, this book shows that the fate of the earth is still in the hands of a few war planners in Washington and Moscow and the automatic doomsday machine they created. Nuclear winter could still wipe out humanity from the world.

Nostalgia paints 1948-1958 as a golden era of economic growth and modernisation in Venezuela. Lisa Blackmore challenges these views by examining the deceptive ideology of the Jiménez military dictatorship.

Against the backdrop of the Doklam plateau standoff last year, P.S. Suryanarayana’s book is a timely, comprehensive and judicious volume that provides a detailed analysis of both historical and contemporary India-China relations.