International

Cobblestone streets, foreign kitchens, and the quiet tensions of lives lived across borders — International literature brings the richness of the world's cultures and landscapes directly to your reading chair. These are stories rooted in specific places and peoples, exploring what it means to belong, to be a stranger, or to navigate the beautifully complex terrain of another way of life.

International ملخصات الكتب

The Volatility Machine

بقلم Michael Pettis • 2001

A country's debt is a machine that turns small external shocks into full-blown financial collapses.

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🏦 Emerging Markets 💸 Sovereign Debt 📉 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management 🌍 Global Capital

The Volatility Machine

A country's debt is a machine that turns small external shocks into full-blown financial collapses.

بقلم Michael Pettis 2001 272 صفحة

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🏦 Emerging Markets 💸 Sovereign Debt 📉 Financial Crises 🛡️ Risk Management 🌍 Global Capital

The Inevitability of Tragedy

بقلم Barry Gewen • 2020

Kissinger fled the Nazis and learned a lesson America still ignores: tragedy shapes world affairs.

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🌐 Foreign Policy 🏛️ Realpolitik ⚖️ Balance Of Power 🎭 Tragic Realism 📜 Diplomatic History

The Inevitability of Tragedy

Kissinger fled the Nazis and learned a lesson America still ignores: tragedy shapes world affairs.

بقلم Barry Gewen 2020 480 صفحة

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🌐 Foreign Policy 🏛️ Realpolitik ⚖️ Balance Of Power 🎭 Tragic Realism 📜 Diplomatic History

International Law

بقلم Malcolm N. Shaw • 1991

From treaty-making to the laws of war: how international law governs relations between states.

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🌐 International Law 🏛️ State Sovereignty 📜 Legal Positivism 🩺 Humanitarian Law ⚖️ International Courts

International Law

From treaty-making to the laws of war: how international law governs relations between states.

بقلم Malcolm N. Shaw 1991 1434 صفحة

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🌐 International Law 🏛️ State Sovereignty 📜 Legal Positivism 🩺 Humanitarian Law ⚖️ International Courts

The Strategy of Denial

بقلم Elbridge A. Colby • 2021

China's plan: seize Taiwan before anyone can stop them. The defense: make the grab fail.

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🏛️ Military Strategy 🌏 Us China Rivalry 🇹🇼 Taiwan Strait ⚔️ Limited War 🎯 Grand Strategy

The Strategy of Denial

China's plan: seize Taiwan before anyone can stop them. The defense: make the grab fail.

بقلم Elbridge A. Colby 2021 384 صفحة

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🏛️ Military Strategy 🌏 Us China Rivalry 🇹🇼 Taiwan Strait ⚔️ Limited War 🎯 Grand Strategy

Six Billion Shoppers

بقلم Porter Erisman • 2017

E-commerce took off where roads and trust barely existed, not in rich nations.

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🌍 Emerging Market E-Commerce 🏗️ Platform Business Models 💬 Social Commerce 📱 Mobile Money 🐸 Leapfrogging

Six Billion Shoppers

E-commerce took off where roads and trust barely existed, not in rich nations.

بقلم Porter Erisman 2017 256 صفحة

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🌍 Emerging Market E-Commerce 🏗️ Platform Business Models 💬 Social Commerce 📱 Mobile Money 🐸 Leapfrogging

Cobra II

بقلم Michael R. Gordon • 2006

How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.

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🏜️ Iraq War 🛡️ Defense Policy 🌐 Us Foreign Policy 🗺️ Military Planning ⚔️ Civil-Military Relations

Cobra II

How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.

بقلم Michael R. Gordon 2006 640 صفحة

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🏜️ Iraq War 🛡️ Defense Policy 🌐 Us Foreign Policy 🗺️ Military Planning ⚔️ Civil-Military Relations

How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place

بقلم Bjørn Lomborg • 2006

Climate change or malaria? Economists priced both; the returns were not what anyone assumed.

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🧮 Effective Altruism ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🌍 International Development 🏥 Global Health 🌡️ Climate Economics

How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place

Climate change or malaria? Economists priced both; the returns were not what anyone assumed.

بقلم Bjørn Lomborg 2006 206 صفحة

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🧮 Effective Altruism ⚖️ Cost-Benefit Analysis 🌍 International Development 🏥 Global Health 🌡️ Climate Economics

Anti-Pluralism

بقلم William A. Galston • 2018

When economies stop delivering, democracies start falling. Populism is the symptom, not the disease.

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🏛️ Liberal Democracy 📢 Populism Studies 💸 Economic Anxiety ⚡ Cultural Backlash 🏢 Elite Disconnect

Anti-Pluralism

When economies stop delivering, democracies start falling. Populism is the symptom, not the disease.

بقلم William A. Galston 2018 176 صفحة

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🏛️ Liberal Democracy 📢 Populism Studies 💸 Economic Anxiety ⚡ Cultural Backlash 🏢 Elite Disconnect

Putinism

بقلم Walter Laqueur • 2015

Oil wealth, Orthodox faith, and a KGB veteran filled the vacuum the Soviet Union left behind.

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🏛️ Post-Soviet Politics 🌍 Russian Foreign Policy 🛢️ Petrostates ⛓️ Authoritarian Governance 🪪 National Identity

Putinism

Oil wealth, Orthodox faith, and a KGB veteran filled the vacuum the Soviet Union left behind.

بقلم Walter Laqueur 2015 288 صفحة

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🏛️ Post-Soviet Politics 🌍 Russian Foreign Policy 🛢️ Petrostates ⛓️ Authoritarian Governance 🪪 National Identity

The Spymasters

بقلم Chris Whipple • 2020

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

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📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Intelligence Ethics

The Spymasters

Fourteen men and one woman, one brutal job: telling presidents what they don't want to hear.

بقلم Chris Whipple 2020 400 صفحة

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📜 Intelligence History ❄️ Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Covert Operations 🚨 Crisis Leadership ⚖️ Intelligence Ethics

The Retreat of Western Liberalism

بقلم Edward Luce • 2017

Western democracy's real threat isn't China. It's the voters who no longer believe it works.

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🏛️ Liberal Democracy Crisis 🌐 Globalization Backlash 📉 Middle Class Stagnation 🗳️ Populist Nationalism ⚔️ US China Rivalry

The Retreat of Western Liberalism

Western democracy's real threat isn't China. It's the voters who no longer believe it works.

بقلم Edward Luce 2017 234 صفحة

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🏛️ Liberal Democracy Crisis 🌐 Globalization Backlash 📉 Middle Class Stagnation 🗳️ Populist Nationalism ⚔️ US China Rivalry

A Great Place To Have A War

بقلم Joshua Kurlantzick • 2017

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

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🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History 🎭 Proxy Warfare 🏛️ American Foreign Policy

A Great Place To Have A War

Laos was where the CIA learned to wage war without asking Congress. The lesson stuck.

بقلم Joshua Kurlantzick 2017 336 صفحة

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🔍 Cia History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🧊 Cold War History 🎭 Proxy Warfare 🏛️ American Foreign Policy

Pakistan on the Brink

بقلم Ahmed Rashid • 2012

The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.

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🏔️ Afghanistan War 🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🏛️ State-Sponsored Extremism 💣 War On Terror

Pakistan on the Brink

The Afghan war cannot be won without confronting the deeper crisis inside Pakistan.

بقلم Ahmed Rashid 2012 257 صفحة

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🏔️ Afghanistan War 🇵🇰 Pakistani Politics 🪖 Counterinsurgency 🏛️ State-Sponsored Extremism 💣 War On Terror

Los señores del narco

بقلم Anabel Hernández • 2010

Mexico's drug war is a staged conflict, waged by the government on behalf of its preferred cartel.

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📦 Drug Cartels 🇲🇽 Mexican Politics 🏛️ State Complicity ⚔️ Failed Drug War 💰 Money Laundering

Los señores del narco

Mexico's drug war is a staged conflict, waged by the government on behalf of its preferred cartel.

بقلم Anabel Hernández 2010 592 صفحة

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📦 Drug Cartels 🇲🇽 Mexican Politics 🏛️ State Complicity ⚔️ Failed Drug War 💰 Money Laundering

Agonistics

بقلم Chantal Mouffe • 2013

Consensus is the liberal dream. Real democracy thrives on adversaries and a good fight.

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🏛️ Democratic Theory ✊ Radical Democracy ⚔️ Agonistic Politics 🧱 Hegemony And Power 🌐 Multipolar World Order

Agonistics

Consensus is the liberal dream. Real democracy thrives on adversaries and a good fight.

بقلم Chantal Mouffe 2013 176 صفحة

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🏛️ Democratic Theory ✊ Radical Democracy ⚔️ Agonistic Politics 🧱 Hegemony And Power 🌐 Multipolar World Order

The Miracle of the Kurds

بقلم Stephen Mansfield • 2014

After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.

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🏔️ Kurdish History 🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction 🕊️ Genocide And Recovery ☪️ Moderate Islam 🚩 Kurdish Nationalism

The Miracle of the Kurds

After surviving genocide, a forgotten people built the freest, most hopeful society in Iraq.

بقلم Stephen Mansfield 2014 272 صفحة

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🏔️ Kurdish History 🏗️ Postwar Reconstruction 🕊️ Genocide And Recovery ☪️ Moderate Islam 🚩 Kurdish Nationalism

Power, Terror, Peace, and War

بقلم Walter Russell Mead • 2004

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

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🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🕊️ Israel Palestine Peace

Power, Terror, Peace, and War

America's soft power will not recover via Hollywood, but via microfinance in Khayelitsa.

بقلم Walter Russell Mead 2004 256 صفحة

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🗽 American Foreign Policy 🧭 Grand Strategy 💡 Soft Power 🛡️ Counterterrorism 🕊️ Israel Palestine Peace

The Scramble for Africa

بقلم Thomas Pakenham • 1991

Livingstone begged to save Africa. Within a generation, it was carved up for rubber and gold.

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📜 African History 👑 European Imperialism 🛡️ Anti-Colonial Resistance 🌍 Partition Of Africa ⛏️ Resource Extraction

The Scramble for Africa

Livingstone begged to save Africa. Within a generation, it was carved up for rubber and gold.

بقلم Thomas Pakenham 1991 800 صفحة

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📜 African History 👑 European Imperialism 🛡️ Anti-Colonial Resistance 🌍 Partition Of Africa ⛏️ Resource Extraction

50 Battles That Changed the World

بقلم William Weir • 2001

From Marathon to Stalingrad, fifty clashes that decided who rules and what we believe.

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⚔️ Decisive Battles 🌍 World History 🎯 Military Strategy 🔄 Turning Points 🔧 Military Technology

50 Battles That Changed the World

From Marathon to Stalingrad, fifty clashes that decided who rules and what we believe.

بقلم William Weir 2001 320 صفحة

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⚔️ Decisive Battles 🌍 World History 🎯 Military Strategy 🔄 Turning Points 🔧 Military Technology

International Law

بقلم Jan Klabbers • 2013

International law: no sovereign, no police. How it works, and the imperial logic it still carries.

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🌿 Natural Law ⚖️ Legal Positivism 👑 Sovereignty 🌐 Global Governance 🏛️ International Relations

International Law

International law: no sovereign, no police. How it works, and the imperial logic it still carries.

بقلم Jan Klabbers 2013 368 صفحة

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🌿 Natural Law ⚖️ Legal Positivism 👑 Sovereignty 🌐 Global Governance 🏛️ International Relations

1494

بقلم Stephen R. Bown • 2011

A secret royal wedding, a corrupt pope, and one line that carved the world in two.

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🌍 Iberian History ⛵ European Exploration 🚢 Maritime Empires ⛪ Papal Politics 👑 Spanish Empire

1494

A secret royal wedding, a corrupt pope, and one line that carved the world in two.

بقلم Stephen R. Bown 2011 304 صفحة

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🌍 Iberian History ⛵ European Exploration 🚢 Maritime Empires ⛪ Papal Politics 👑 Spanish Empire

Overthrow

بقلم Stephen Kinzer • 2006

America has toppled 14 governments since 1893; the reasons it gave were almost never real.

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🌎 American Foreign Policy 🔄 Regime Change 💰 Economic Imperialism 💥 Blowback 🥶 Cold War History

Overthrow

America has toppled 14 governments since 1893; the reasons it gave were almost never real.

بقلم Stephen Kinzer 2006 384 صفحة

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🌎 American Foreign Policy 🔄 Regime Change 💰 Economic Imperialism 💥 Blowback 🥶 Cold War History

The Accidental Admiral

بقلم James G. Stavridis • 2014

What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.

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📖 Military Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Politics ⚔️ Military Strategy 🛡️ Counterinsurgency

The Accidental Admiral

What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.

بقلم James G. Stavridis 2014 288 صفحة

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📖 Military Memoir 🎖️ Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Politics ⚔️ Military Strategy 🛡️ Counterinsurgency

Goliath

بقلم Max Blumenthal • 2012

How Israel traded democracy for demographic purity, and why its own citizens cheered.

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🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 📋 Military Occupation 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🎖️ Militarism

Goliath

How Israel traded democracy for demographic purity, and why its own citizens cheered.

بقلم Max Blumenthal 2012

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🇮🇱 Israeli Politics 🌍 Middle East Conflict 📋 Military Occupation 🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🎖️ Militarism

Bending Adversity

بقلم David Pilling • 2013

A forty-foot wave erased a town and revealed the hidden cracks in Japan's economic miracle.

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🇯🇵 Modern Japan 💴 Japanese Economy 👥 Japanese Society 🎋 National Resilience 🌏 Asian Geopolitics

Bending Adversity

A forty-foot wave erased a town and revealed the hidden cracks in Japan's economic miracle.

بقلم David Pilling 2013 416 صفحة

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🇯🇵 Modern Japan 💴 Japanese Economy 👥 Japanese Society 🎋 National Resilience 🌏 Asian Geopolitics

The Tech Coup

بقلم Marietje Schaake • 2024

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

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🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Authoritarianism 🌐 Internet Governance

The Tech Coup

When tech companies became the state, democracy became a user agreement no one reads.

بقلم Marietje Schaake 2024 336 صفحة

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🏛️ Tech Regulation 🏢 Corporate Power 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🔒 Digital Authoritarianism 🌐 Internet Governance

What Really Happened in Wuhan

بقلم Sharri Markson • 2021

A Wuhan lab studying bat viruses had sick workers in November; then the pandemic began.

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🔬 Pandemic Origins 🚫 Chinese Censorship 📰 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers 🏥 Public Health Failures

What Really Happened in Wuhan

A Wuhan lab studying bat viruses had sick workers in November; then the pandemic began.

بقلم Sharri Markson 2021 352 صفحة

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🔬 Pandemic Origins 🚫 Chinese Censorship 📰 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers 🏥 Public Health Failures

[(The Coup

بقلم Ervand Abrahamian • 2013

Oil, not communism, drove the 1953 Iran coup. Its buried logic still poisons US-Iran relations.

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📜 Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Politics 🌐 Us-Iran Relations 🌍 Imperialism

[(The Coup

Oil, not communism, drove the 1953 Iran coup. Its buried logic still poisons US-Iran relations.

بقلم Ervand Abrahamian 2013

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📜 Iranian History 🕵️ Covert Operations 🛢️ Oil Politics 🌐 Us-Iran Relations 🌍 Imperialism

Inside Money

بقلم Zachary Karabell • 2021

The private bank that shunned speculation, survived every panic, and built the American century.

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🏦 Private Banking 🗽 Wall Street History 🏛️ American Establishment 👨‍👦‍👦 Family Business 🌎 Dollar Diplomacy

Inside Money

The private bank that shunned speculation, survived every panic, and built the American century.

بقلم Zachary Karabell 2021 448 صفحة

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🏦 Private Banking 🗽 Wall Street History 🏛️ American Establishment 👨‍👦‍👦 Family Business 🌎 Dollar Diplomacy

The Dollar Trap

بقلم Eswar S. Prasad • 2013

Why poor countries keep lending to the richest one, and why no one can stop.

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🌍 International Finance 🌐 Global Monetary System 💵 Reserve Currencies 🔄 Capital Flows 📋 Sovereign Debt

The Dollar Trap

Why poor countries keep lending to the richest one, and why no one can stop.

بقلم Eswar S. Prasad 2013 432 صفحة

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🌍 International Finance 🌐 Global Monetary System 💵 Reserve Currencies 🔄 Capital Flows 📋 Sovereign Debt

صعود وسقوط النظام النيوليبرالي

بقلم غاري غيرستل • 2022

How free-market ideology conquered America, then collapsed under the weight of its own crises.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Neoliberalism 🔄 Political Realignment ⚖️ Economic Inequality

صعود وسقوط النظام النيوليبرالي

How free-market ideology conquered America, then collapsed under the weight of its own crises.

بقلم غاري غيرستل 2022 432 صفحة

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🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Neoliberalism 🔄 Political Realignment ⚖️ Economic Inequality

Sheila Lukins All Around the World Cookbook

بقلم Sheila Lukins • 1994

Two years. Thirty-three countries. A cookbook that treats the whole world as one pantry.

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🌍 World Cuisines ✈️ Travel-Inspired Cooking 🛒 Market-To-Table 🌶️ Spice Blending 🫙 Condiment Making

Sheila Lukins All Around the World Cookbook

Two years. Thirty-three countries. A cookbook that treats the whole world as one pantry.

بقلم Sheila Lukins 1994 591 صفحة

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🌍 World Cuisines ✈️ Travel-Inspired Cooking 🛒 Market-To-Table 🌶️ Spice Blending 🫙 Condiment Making

Grave New World

بقلم Stephen D. King • 2017

Globalization collapsed once. History shows it is collapsing again.

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🌐 Globalization 🌍 Geopolitics 📢 Populism 📜 Economic History 📊 Inequality

Grave New World

Globalization collapsed once. History shows it is collapsing again.

بقلم Stephen D. King 2017 304 صفحة

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🌐 Globalization 🌍 Geopolitics 📢 Populism 📜 Economic History 📊 Inequality

The Brothers

بقلم Stephen Kinzer • 2013

The Secretary of State and CIA director were brothers. They ran the Cold War as a family crusade.

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📜 Cold War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🕵️ Covert Operations 💣 Regime Change 🏛️ Eisenhower Era

The Brothers

The Secretary of State and CIA director were brothers. They ran the Cold War as a family crusade.

بقلم Stephen Kinzer 2013 416 صفحة

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📜 Cold War 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🕵️ Covert Operations 💣 Regime Change 🏛️ Eisenhower Era

Palestine

بقلم Jimmy Carter • 2006

The peace treaty Carter brokered was honored. The promises to Palestinians inside it were not.

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🗺️ Israel Palestine 🤝 Middle East Diplomacy 🚧 Occupied Territories 🔗 Us-Israel Relations 🌐 Liberal Internationalism

Palestine

The peace treaty Carter brokered was honored. The promises to Palestinians inside it were not.

بقلم Jimmy Carter 2006 288 صفحة

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🗺️ Israel Palestine 🤝 Middle East Diplomacy 🚧 Occupied Territories 🔗 Us-Israel Relations 🌐 Liberal Internationalism

After the Fall

بقلم Ben Rhodes • 2022

America's post-Cold War mistakes taught the world's authoritarians how to dismantle democracy.

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🧭 Post-Cold War Order 🌍 Global Authoritarianism 🚧 Democratic Erosion 📡 Information Warfare 🗳️ Nationalist Populism

After the Fall

America's post-Cold War mistakes taught the world's authoritarians how to dismantle democracy.

بقلم Ben Rhodes 2022 384 صفحة

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🧭 Post-Cold War Order 🌍 Global Authoritarianism 🚧 Democratic Erosion 📡 Information Warfare 🗳️ Nationalist Populism

Except for Palestine

بقلم Marc Lamont Hill • 2021

Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.

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🌍 Middle East Policy 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Anti-Imperialism ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance

Except for Palestine

Why American progressives, fierce on injustice everywhere, stay quiet when it comes to Palestine.

بقلم Marc Lamont Hill 2021 227 صفحة

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🌍 Middle East Policy 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Anti-Imperialism ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance

Business Over Turkish Coffee

بقلم Zafer Parlar • 2001

Relationships before deals, meals before meetings: the unwritten rules of Turkish business.

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🏢 Cross-Cultural Business 🧠 Cultural Intelligence 🤝 Relationship Building 🎩 Business Etiquette 💬 Communication Styles

Business Over Turkish Coffee

Relationships before deals, meals before meetings: the unwritten rules of Turkish business.

بقلم Zafer Parlar 2001 142 صفحة

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🏢 Cross-Cultural Business 🧠 Cultural Intelligence 🤝 Relationship Building 🎩 Business Etiquette 💬 Communication Styles

The Sleepwalkers

بقلم Christopher Clark • 2012

Why Europe's leaders, watching the storm gather in 1914, walked their nations straight into it.

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🌍 Wwi Origins 📜 Diplomatic History 🤝 Alliance Politics ⚖️ War Guilt Debate 💥 Balkan Conflicts

The Sleepwalkers

Why Europe's leaders, watching the storm gather in 1914, walked their nations straight into it.

بقلم Christopher Clark 2012 706 صفحة

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🌍 Wwi Origins 📜 Diplomatic History 🤝 Alliance Politics ⚖️ War Guilt Debate 💥 Balkan Conflicts

Spin Dictators

بقلم Sergei Guriev • 2022

Modern autocrats rule by deception, not terror. How they fake democracy and hide the violence.

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🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🌐 Comparative Politics 🎭 Disinformation Tactics 📺 Media Manipulation 🔇 Soft Repression

Spin Dictators

Modern autocrats rule by deception, not terror. How they fake democracy and hide the violence.

بقلم Sergei Guriev 2022 360 صفحة

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🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes 🌐 Comparative Politics 🎭 Disinformation Tactics 📺 Media Manipulation 🔇 Soft Repression

A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders

بقلم Jonn Elledge • 2024

Guesses, grudges, and a pope: 47 borders that explain why the map looks this way.

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🗺️ Political Geography 🧭 Cartographic History 🌍 Popular Geopolitics 🏛️ Imperial Partition 🗾 Partition Trauma

A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders

Guesses, grudges, and a pope: 47 borders that explain why the map looks this way.

بقلم Jonn Elledge 2024 368 صفحة

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🗺️ Political Geography 🧭 Cartographic History 🌍 Popular Geopolitics 🏛️ Imperial Partition 🗾 Partition Trauma

Madam Ambassador

بقلم Eleni Kounalakis • 2015

Orbán's supermajority could rewrite Hungary. She was the American ambassador inside the room.

3.77

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🏛️ Diplomatic Memoir 👩‍💼 Women In Diplomacy 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe 📜 Historical Reckoning

Madam Ambassador

Orbán's supermajority could rewrite Hungary. She was the American ambassador inside the room.

بقلم Eleni Kounalakis 2015 320 صفحة

3.77

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🏛️ Diplomatic Memoir 👩‍💼 Women In Diplomacy 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏚️ Post-Communist Europe 📜 Historical Reckoning

World on Fire

بقلم Amy Chua • 2002

Markets enrich minorities; elections enrage majorities. Exporting both is a global powder keg.

3.82

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🌋 Ethnic Conflict 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Wealth Inequality 📊 Free Market Critique 🌍 Post-Colonialism

World on Fire

Markets enrich minorities; elections enrage majorities. Exporting both is a global powder keg.

بقلم Amy Chua 2002 368 صفحة

3.82

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🌋 Ethnic Conflict 🏛️ Political Economy 💸 Wealth Inequality 📊 Free Market Critique 🌍 Post-Colonialism

Patterns of Democracy

بقلم Arend Lijphart • 1999

Democracies that share power broadly govern better than winner-take-all systems, on every measure.

3.68

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📊 Comparative Politics 📜 Democratic Theory 🗳️ Electoral Systems 🤝 Power Sharing 🏛️ Institutional Design

Patterns of Democracy

Democracies that share power broadly govern better than winner-take-all systems, on every measure.

بقلم Arend Lijphart 1999 368 صفحة

3.68

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📊 Comparative Politics 📜 Democratic Theory 🗳️ Electoral Systems 🤝 Power Sharing 🏛️ Institutional Design

The Management of Savagery

بقلم Max Blumenthal • 2019

Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.

4.29

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🏛️ American Empire ↩️ Blowback 🔄 Regime Change 📢 War Propaganda ☪️ Political Islam

The Management of Savagery

Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump: three products of the same American national security machine.

بقلم Max Blumenthal 2019 400 صفحة

4.29

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🏛️ American Empire ↩️ Blowback 🔄 Regime Change 📢 War Propaganda ☪️ Political Islam

Treacherous Alliance

بقلم Trita Parsi • 2007

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

4.12

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🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism ♟️ Cold War Proxy Wars 📜 Historical Revisionism

Treacherous Alliance

Israel and Iran wage a cold war for regional dominance, not an ancient religious feud.

بقلم Trita Parsi 2007 384 صفحة

4.12

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🕌 Middle East Politics 🇺🇸 Us Foreign Policy 🌍 Geopolitical Realism ♟️ Cold War Proxy Wars 📜 Historical Revisionism

Russian History

بقلم Geoffrey Hosking • 2012

Constant invasions, one Russian answer: centralize power. The pattern from the Mongols to Putin.

3.64

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🏛️ Russian History 🌏 Eurasian Geopolitics 👑 Autocracy And State Power 🗺️ Imperial History 🏭 Modernization And Tradition

Russian History

Constant invasions, one Russian answer: centralize power. The pattern from the Mongols to Putin.

بقلم Geoffrey Hosking 2012 154 صفحة

3.64

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🏛️ Russian History 🌏 Eurasian Geopolitics 👑 Autocracy And State Power 🗺️ Imperial History 🏭 Modernization And Tradition

An Economy and a State for Lebanon

بقلم Charbel Nahas • 2020

Behind Lebanon's crisis: a currency illusion, a sectarian spoils system, and a generation that fled.

4.33

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🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 💥 Financial Crises 🏗️ State Building 🛢️ Rentier States

An Economy and a State for Lebanon

Behind Lebanon's crisis: a currency illusion, a sectarian spoils system, and a generation that fled.

بقلم Charbel Nahas 2020

4.33

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🏛️ Political Economy 🌍 Middle Eastern Politics 💥 Financial Crises 🏗️ State Building 🛢️ Rentier States

Freezing Order

بقلم Bill Browder • 2022

A murdered lawyer, a trillion in dirty money, and the man Putin tried to trade for spies.

4.34

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🐻 Russian Corruption 💰 Money Laundering 🔍 Forensic Accounting 🩸 Political Killings 🕵️ Kremlin Intrigue

Freezing Order

A murdered lawyer, a trillion in dirty money, and the man Putin tried to trade for spies.

بقلم Bill Browder 2022 332 صفحة

4.34

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🐻 Russian Corruption 💰 Money Laundering 🔍 Forensic Accounting 🩸 Political Killings 🕵️ Kremlin Intrigue

The Jungle Grows Back

بقلم Robert Kagan • 2018

The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.

4.09

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🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌐 Liberal Internationalism 🕊️ Pax Americana 🦅 Neoconservatism ⚔️ Great Power Competition

The Jungle Grows Back

The global peace is a fluke. American power built it; without constant effort, it collapses.

بقلم Robert Kagan 2018 192 صفحة

4.09

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🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🌐 Liberal Internationalism 🕊️ Pax Americana 🦅 Neoconservatism ⚔️ Great Power Competition

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