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A New Foreign Policy Summary
A New Foreign Policy
Beyond American Exceptionalism
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018 274 pages
3.88
337 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Becoming Kim Jong Un Summary
Becoming Kim Jong Un
A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
by Jung H. Pak 2020 336 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Covert Regime Change Summary
Covert Regime Change
America's Secret Cold War
by Lindsey A. O'Rourke 2018 330 pages
4.14
85 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
International Law Summary
International Law
by Malcolm N. Shaw 1991 1434 pages
4.20
434 ratings
Law
International Relations
Textbooks
The Inevitability of Tragedy Summary
The Inevitability of Tragedy
Henry Kissinger and His World
by Barry Gewen 2020 480 pages
4.00
490 ratings
History
Politics
Biography
International Relations Summary
International Relations
by Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 pages
3.81
441 ratings
Politics
International Relations
Textbooks
The Fourth Political Theory Summary
The Fourth Political Theory
by Alexander Dugin 2009 211 pages
3.29
500+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Russia
Power, Terror, Peace, and War Summary
Power, Terror, Peace, and War
America's Grand Strategy in a World at Risk
by Walter Russell Mead 2004 256 pages
3.67
108 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
The Strategy of Denial Summary
The Strategy of Denial
American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict
by Elbridge A. Colby 2021 384 pages
3.79
500+ ratings
Politics
China
History
Per la pace perpetua Summary
Per la pace perpetua
by Immanuel Kant 1795 142 pages
3.59
2k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Classics
International Organizations Summary
International Organizations
The Politics and Processes of Global Governance
by Margaret P. Karns 2004 603 pages
3.53
162 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Textbooks
Shopping for Bombs Summary
Shopping for Bombs
Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network
by Gordon Corera 2006 304 pages
3.80
123 ratings
Politics
History
Asia
The Ages of Globalization Summary
The Ages of Globalization
Geography, Technology, and Institutions
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2020 280 pages
3.89
404 ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse Summary
Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse
Inside the Collapse of Venezuela
by William Neuman 2022 352 pages
4.13
1k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Jungle Grows Back Summary
The Jungle Grows Back
America and Our Imperiled World
by Robert Kagan 2018 192 pages
4.09
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Accidental Superpower Summary
The Accidental Superpower
Ten Years On
by Peter Zeihan 2023 409 pages
4.46
1k+ ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Unholy Trinity Summary
Unholy Trinity
The IMF, World Bank and WTO
by Richard Peet 2003 272 pages
3.57
147 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Contemporary Conflict Resolution Summary
Contemporary Conflict Resolution
by Oliver Ramsbotham 2005 424 pages
3.73
180 ratings
Politics
Textbooks
School
Blowback Summary
Blowback
The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
by Chalmers Johnson 2000 268 pages
4.06
2k+ ratings
Politics
History
War
Treacherous Alliance Summary
Treacherous Alliance
The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States
by Trita Parsi 2007 384 pages
4.12
500+ ratings
Politics
History
Iran
The Great Delusion Summary
The Great Delusion
Liberal Dreams and International Realities
by John J. Mearsheimer 2018 328 pages
4.10
1k+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
World on Fire Summary
World on Fire
How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
by Amy Chua 2002 368 pages
3.82
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Patterns of Democracy Summary
Patterns of Democracy
Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries
by Arend Lijphart 1999 368 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Politics
Political Science
Academic
States and Power in Africa Summary
States and Power in Africa
Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control
by Jeffrey Herbst 2000 296 pages
3.99
269 ratings
Africa
History
Politics
Hidden Hand Summary
Hidden Hand
Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World
by Clive Hamilton 2020 320 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
China
Politics
History
The Muslim Brotherhood and the West Summary
The Muslim Brotherhood and the West
A History of Enmity and Engagement
by Martyn Frampton 2018 672 pages
3.69
13 ratings
Middle East
History
Islam
The Unquiet Frontier Summary
The Unquiet Frontier
Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power
by Jakub J. Grygiel 2016 240 pages
4.01
87 ratings
Politics
Military Fiction
International Relations
Against the World Summary
Against the World
Anti-Globalism and Mass Politics Between the World Wars
by Tara Zahra 2023 384 pages
3.96
254 ratings
History
Politics
World History
The Eurasian Century Summary
The Eurasian Century
Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World
by Hal Brands 2025 320 pages
3.98
264 ratings
History
Politics
Asia
The Hell of Good Intentions Summary
The Hell of Good Intentions
America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy
by Stephen M. Walt 2018 400 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Destined for War Summary
Destined for War
Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
by Graham Allison 2017 364 pages
4.19
7k+ ratings
Politics
History
China
The Triangle of Power Summary
The Triangle of Power
Rebalancing the New World Order
by Alexander Stubb 2026 216 pages
4.16
289 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Iran's Grand Strategy Summary
Iran's Grand Strategy
A Political History
by Vali Nasr 2025 408 pages
4.19
387 ratings
History
Politics
Iran
Ill Winds Summary
Ill Winds
Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency
by Larry Diamond 2019 368 pages
3.99
274 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Why Leaders Lie Summary
Why Leaders Lie
The Truth About Lying in International Politics
by John J. Mearsheimer 2010 160 pages
3.47
500+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
What's the Worst That Could Happen? Summary
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Existential Risk and Extreme Politics
by Andrew Leigh 2021 240 pages
3.81
53 ratings
Politics
International Relations
[Brotherhood of Kings] [By Summary
[Brotherhood of Kings] [By
Podany, Amanda H.] [January, 2012]
by Amanda H. Podany 2010
4.48
122 ratings
History
Ancient History
Middle East
How States Think Summary
How States Think
The Rationality of Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer 2023 304 pages
3.68
500+ ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe Summary
War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe
by Victoria Tin-bor Hui 2005 310 pages
4.02
46 ratings
History
China
Politics
War Without Rules Summary
War Without Rules
China's Playbook for Global Domination
by Robert Spalding 2022 256 pages
4.04
318 ratings
China
Politics
Military Fiction
War and Change in World Politics Summary
War and Change in World Politics
by Robert Gilpin 1999 288 pages
3.97
362 ratings
International Relations
Politics
War
Our Dear Friends in Moscow Summary
Our Dear Friends in Moscow
The Inside Story of a Broken Generation
by Irina Borogan 2025 336 pages
4.15
176 ratings
Russia
History
Politics
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors Summary
The Sovereign State and Its Competitors
An Analysis of Systems Change
by Hendrik Spruyt 1994 302 pages
4.03
124 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
Unrestricted Warfare Summary
Unrestricted Warfare
China's Master Plan to Destroy America
by Qiao Liang 1999 208 pages
3.64
500+ ratings
China
Politics
Military Fiction
The Rise of the Western World Summary
The Rise of the Western World
A New Economic History
by Douglass C. North 1973 180 pages
3.85
171 ratings
History
Economics
Political Science
A World Safe for Democracy Summary
A World Safe for Democracy
Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order
by G. John Ikenberry 2020 432 pages
3.80
143 ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
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