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Международные отношения Саммари книг

A New Foreign Policy

— Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2018

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

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🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity ☮️ Anti-Interventionism 🎯 Regime Change

A New Foreign Policy

The world became multipolar. America didn't notice. Here is the cost and the way out.

— Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018 274 стр.

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🦅 American Exceptionalism 🏛️ Us Foreign Policy 🌐 Multipolarity ☮️ Anti-Interventionism 🎯 Regime Change

The Fourth Political Theory

— Alexander Dugin • 2009

Liberalism abolished politics. The way out runs through chaos, tradition, and a multipolar world.

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🏛️ Radical Traditionalism 🗺️ Eurasianism ⚡ Critique Of Modernity ✝️ Political Theology 🌅 Counter-Enlightenment

The Fourth Political Theory

Liberalism abolished politics. The way out runs through chaos, tradition, and a multipolar world.

— Alexander Dugin 2009 211 стр.

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🏛️ Radical Traditionalism 🗺️ Eurasianism ⚡ Critique Of Modernity ✝️ Political Theology 🌅 Counter-Enlightenment

International Relations

— Paul Wilkinson • 2007

States remain the main event, but the stage is crowded. Why nukes, NGOs, and identity matter.

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🏛️ State Sovereignty 🤝 Multilateralism ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌐 Non-State Actors ⚖️ Human Rights

International Relations

States remain the main event, but the stage is crowded. Why nukes, NGOs, and identity matter.

— Paul Wilkinson 2007 160 стр.

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🏛️ State Sovereignty 🤝 Multilateralism ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌐 Non-State Actors ⚖️ Human Rights

Becoming Kim Jong Un

— Jung H. Pak • 2020

Why Kim Jong Un won't denuclearize: a CIA officer on his ruthless survival strategy.

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🔴 North Korean Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 💻 Cyber Warfare 👑 Personality Cults

Becoming Kim Jong Un

Why Kim Jong Un won't denuclearize: a CIA officer on his ruthless survival strategy.

— Jung H. Pak 2020 336 стр.

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🔴 North Korean Politics 🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes ☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 💻 Cyber Warfare 👑 Personality Cults

The Inevitability of Tragedy

— 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.

— Barry Gewen 2020 480 стр.

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

International Law

— 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.

— Malcolm N. Shaw 1991 1434 стр.

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

The Strategy of Denial

— 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.

— Elbridge A. Colby 2021 384 стр.

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

International Relations

— Joshua S. Goldstein • 1993

War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.

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🌐 International Relations 🏛️ Political Realism 🕊️ Liberal Internationalism 🧱 Constructivism 🤝 Collective Action

International Relations

War, trade, climate: one puzzle runs through them all. How nations cooperate when selfishness pays.

— Joshua S. Goldstein 1993 624 стр.

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🌐 International Relations 🏛️ Political Realism 🕊️ Liberal Internationalism 🧱 Constructivism 🤝 Collective Action

Per la pace perpetua

— Immanuel Kant • 1795

A Dutch inn sign with a cemetery: Kant's starting point for a plan to end war.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🌐 International Relations 📜 Kantian Ethics 🌍 Cosmopolitanism 🕊️ Peace Theory

Per la pace perpetua

A Dutch inn sign with a cemetery: Kant's starting point for a plan to end war.

— Immanuel Kant 1795 142 стр.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🌐 International Relations 📜 Kantian Ethics 🌍 Cosmopolitanism 🕊️ Peace Theory

Power, Terror, Peace, and War

— 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.

— Walter Russell Mead 2004 256 стр.

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

The Ages of Globalization

— Jeffrey D. Sachs • 2020

What if globalization began with the first human migration? Its latest chapter could be its last.

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🌍 World History 🌐 Globalization 🧬 Human Origins ⚙️ Technological Change 📈 Inequality

The Ages of Globalization

What if globalization began with the first human migration? Its latest chapter could be its last.

— Jeffrey D. Sachs 2020 280 стр.

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🌍 World History 🌐 Globalization 🧬 Human Origins ⚙️ Technological Change 📈 Inequality

International Organizations

— Margaret P. Karns • 2004

How global cooperation actually works: the UN, regional bodies, and the NGOs bridging state limits.

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🏛️ Global Governance 🏢 International Organizations 🤝 Multilateralism 🇺🇳 United Nations 📚 IR Theory

International Organizations

How global cooperation actually works: the UN, regional bodies, and the NGOs bridging state limits.

— Margaret P. Karns 2004 603 стр.

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🏛️ Global Governance 🏢 International Organizations 🤝 Multilateralism 🇺🇳 United Nations 📚 IR Theory

Shopping for Bombs

— Gordon Corera • 2006

Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.

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☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌍 International Security 🕸️ Global Crime Networks 🕵️ Nuclear Espionage 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Shopping for Bombs

Pakistan's bomb architect ran a global nuclear black market that armed Iran, Libya, and North Korea.

— Gordon Corera 2006 304 стр.

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☢️ Nuclear Proliferation 🌍 International Security 🕸️ Global Crime Networks 🕵️ Nuclear Espionage 🔍 Investigative Journalism

World on Fire

— Amy Chua • 2002

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

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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.

— Amy Chua 2002 368 стр.

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

Patterns of Democracy

— Arend Lijphart • 1999

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

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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.

— Arend Lijphart 1999 368 стр.

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

The Accidental Superpower

— Peter Zeihan • 2023

The global free-trade era was a U.S. military subsidy. It expires as the Baby Boomers retire.

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🗺️ Geopolitics 📉 Demographic Decline ⚡ Energy Policy 🏔️ Geographic Determinism 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy

The Accidental Superpower

The global free-trade era was a U.S. military subsidy. It expires as the Baby Boomers retire.

— Peter Zeihan 2023 409 стр.

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🗺️ Geopolitics 📉 Demographic Decline ⚡ Energy Policy 🏔️ Geographic Determinism 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy

Treacherous Alliance

— Trita Parsi • 2007

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

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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.

— Trita Parsi 2007 384 стр.

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

The Jungle Grows Back

— Robert Kagan • 2018

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

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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.

— Robert Kagan 2018 192 стр.

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

Blowback

— Chalmers Johnson • 2000

Covert empire: why policies hidden from the American public keep producing violent retaliation.

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🏛️ Foreign Policy 🇺🇸 American Empire 🕵️ Covert Operations 📉 Imperial Overreach 💰 Economic Hegemony

Blowback

Covert empire: why policies hidden from the American public keep producing violent retaliation.

— Chalmers Johnson 2000 268 стр.

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🏛️ Foreign Policy 🇺🇸 American Empire 🕵️ Covert Operations 📉 Imperial Overreach 💰 Economic Hegemony

The Great Delusion

— John J. Mearsheimer • 2018

Liberal dreams of peace ignore two immovable forces: the nation and the anarchy between states.

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🌍 International Relations 🏛️ Foreign Policy 🎯 Political Realism 🏴 Nationalism Studies 🇺🇸 American Empire

The Great Delusion

Liberal dreams of peace ignore two immovable forces: the nation and the anarchy between states.

— John J. Mearsheimer 2018 328 стр.

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🌍 International Relations 🏛️ Foreign Policy 🎯 Political Realism 🏴 Nationalism Studies 🇺🇸 American Empire

States and Power in Africa

— Jeffrey Herbst • 2000

Europe built states through war. Africa skipped that step, and its borders now protect failure.

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🏛️ Comparative Politics 🌍 African Politics 🏗️ State Formation 🗺️ Political Geography ⚠️ State Failure

States and Power in Africa

Europe built states through war. Africa skipped that step, and its borders now protect failure.

— Jeffrey Herbst 2000 296 стр.

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🏛️ Comparative Politics 🌍 African Politics 🏗️ State Formation 🗺️ Political Geography ⚠️ State Failure

Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse

— William Neuman • 2022

How a nation sitting on the world's largest oil reserves starved its own people.

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🛢️ Petrostates 🇻🇪 Venezuelan Politics ⛓️ Resource Curse 💰 State Corruption 🗣️ Populism

Things Are Never So Bad That They Can't Get Worse

How a nation sitting on the world's largest oil reserves starved its own people.

— William Neuman 2022 352 стр.

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🛢️ Petrostates 🇻🇪 Venezuelan Politics ⛓️ Resource Curse 💰 State Corruption 🗣️ Populism

The Triangle of Power

— Alexander Stubb • 2026

The old East-West binary is dead. A third bloc, the Global South, holds the balance.

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🌐 Global Order ⚔️ Great Power Competition ⚖️ Balance Of Power 🌍 Global South 🏛️ Multilateralism

The Triangle of Power

The old East-West binary is dead. A third bloc, the Global South, holds the balance.

— Alexander Stubb 2026 216 стр.

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🌐 Global Order ⚔️ Great Power Competition ⚖️ Balance Of Power 🌍 Global South 🏛️ Multilateralism

The Muslim Brotherhood and the West

— Martyn Frampton • 2018

The West tried suppressing, bribing, and ignoring the Muslim Brotherhood. Every approach backfired.

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🕌 Political Islam 🕋 Muslim Brotherhood 🌍 Western Intervention 📜 Egyptian History 🏛️ Islam And The West

The Muslim Brotherhood and the West

The West tried suppressing, bribing, and ignoring the Muslim Brotherhood. Every approach backfired.

— Martyn Frampton 2018 672 стр.

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🕌 Political Islam 🕋 Muslim Brotherhood 🌍 Western Intervention 📜 Egyptian History 🏛️ Islam And The West

Unholy Trinity

— Richard Peet • 2003

Wall Street's enforcers: how three institutions built an economic order the poor never chose.

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🏦 Neoliberal Critique 🌐 Global Governance 📉 Structural Adjustment 📊 Political Economy ⚖️ Global Inequality

Unholy Trinity

Wall Street's enforcers: how three institutions built an economic order the poor never chose.

— Richard Peet 2003 272 стр.

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🏦 Neoliberal Critique 🌐 Global Governance 📉 Structural Adjustment 📊 Political Economy ⚖️ Global Inequality

Destined for War

— Graham Allison • 2017

Three out of four great-power transitions end in war. America and China are mid-transition.

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🏛️ International Relations 🌍 Geopolitics 🤝 Us-China Relations ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

Destined for War

Three out of four great-power transitions end in war. America and China are mid-transition.

— Graham Allison 2017 364 стр.

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🏛️ International Relations 🌍 Geopolitics 🤝 Us-China Relations ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

Hidden Hand

— Clive Hamilton • 2020

Beijing doesn't compete with the West. It quietly co-opts and captures its institutions from within.

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🏴 Political Warfare 💰 Economic Coercion 🌏 Diaspora Politics 📢 State Propaganda 🎭 Soft Power

Hidden Hand

Beijing doesn't compete with the West. It quietly co-opts and captures its institutions from within.

— Clive Hamilton 2020 320 стр.

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🏴 Political Warfare 💰 Economic Coercion 🌏 Diaspora Politics 📢 State Propaganda 🎭 Soft Power

Why Leaders Lie

— John J. Mearsheimer • 2010

Leaders don't often lie to foreign enemies. Their most dangerous deceptions target their own public.

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🌍 Foreign Policy 📜 Realist Theory 🗣️ Political Deception 📢 State Propaganda 🛡️ National Security

Why Leaders Lie

Leaders don't often lie to foreign enemies. Their most dangerous deceptions target their own public.

— John J. Mearsheimer 2010 160 стр.

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🌍 Foreign Policy 📜 Realist Theory 🗣️ Political Deception 📢 State Propaganda 🛡️ National Security

Iran's Grand Strategy

— Vali Nasr • 2025

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

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🏛️ Iranian Foreign Policy 🗺️ Middle East Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🎯 Proxy Warfare ✊ Anti-Imperialism

Iran's Grand Strategy

Iran looks like a religious crusade. It operates as a nation-state with calculated grand strategy.

— Vali Nasr 2025 408 стр.

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🏛️ Iranian Foreign Policy 🗺️ Middle East Geopolitics ♟️ Grand Strategy 🎯 Proxy Warfare ✊ Anti-Imperialism

The Eurasian Century

— Hal Brands • 2025

Round two of the grim loop: autocracies reach for Eurasia, democracies scramble to stop them.

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🗺️ Geopolitical History ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry 🧭 Classical Geopolitics 📉 Authoritarian Resurgence 🎯 Cold War Containment

The Eurasian Century

Round two of the grim loop: autocracies reach for Eurasia, democracies scramble to stop them.

— Hal Brands 2025 320 стр.

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🗺️ Geopolitical History ⚔️ Great Power Rivalry 🧭 Classical Geopolitics 📉 Authoritarian Resurgence 🎯 Cold War Containment

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

— Oliver Ramsbotham • 2005

The Cold War ended. Wars moved inside states. Conflict resolution rebuilt itself for what came next.

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🕊️ Conflict Resolution 📚 Peace And Conflict Studies 🌍 Intrastate Conflict 🏗️ Peacebuilding 🤝 Peace Mediation

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

The Cold War ended. Wars moved inside states. Conflict resolution rebuilt itself for what came next.

— Oliver Ramsbotham 2005 424 стр.

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🕊️ Conflict Resolution 📚 Peace And Conflict Studies 🌍 Intrastate Conflict 🏗️ Peacebuilding 🤝 Peace Mediation

Against the World

— Tara Zahra • 2023

Globalism was not undone by accident. Voters, left out of its gains, dismantled it on purpose.

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🌍 Interwar Europe 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🗳️ Mass Politics ⚔️ Aftermath Of War

Against the World

Globalism was not undone by accident. Voters, left out of its gains, dismantled it on purpose.

— Tara Zahra 2023 384 стр.

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🌍 Interwar Europe 🏭 Economic Nationalism 🌐 Anti-Globalism 🗳️ Mass Politics ⚔️ Aftermath Of War

The Unquiet Frontier

— Jakub J. Grygiel • 2016

Abandoning allies does not bring safety; it invites tests that slowly unravel American power.

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🗺️ Grand Strategy 🤝 Alliance Politics ☢️ Deterrence Theory 🌍 Geopolitics 🏛️ Political Realism

The Unquiet Frontier

Abandoning allies does not bring safety; it invites tests that slowly unravel American power.

— Jakub J. Grygiel 2016 240 стр.

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🗺️ Grand Strategy 🤝 Alliance Politics ☢️ Deterrence Theory 🌍 Geopolitics 🏛️ Political Realism

How States Think

— John J. Mearsheimer • 2023

Rational foreign policy: a sound theory plus a real debate. The outcome is a separate question.

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🌐 International Relations Theory 🏛️ Foreign Policy Analysis 🦅 Political Realism ♟️ Grand Strategy ⚡ Crisis Decision-Making

How States Think

Rational foreign policy: a sound theory plus a real debate. The outcome is a separate question.

— John J. Mearsheimer 2023 304 стр.

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🌐 International Relations Theory 🏛️ Foreign Policy Analysis 🦅 Political Realism ♟️ Grand Strategy ⚡ Crisis Decision-Making

Unrestricted Warfare

— Qiao Liang • 1999

Two Chinese colonels explain how to beat a superpower by weaponizing trade, media, and hackers.

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⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare ⚔️ Hybrid Warfare 💰 Economic Warfare 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 4️⃣ Fourth Generation Warfare

Unrestricted Warfare

Two Chinese colonels explain how to beat a superpower by weaponizing trade, media, and hackers.

— Qiao Liang 1999 208 стр.

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⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare ⚔️ Hybrid Warfare 💰 Economic Warfare 🌫️ Gray Zone Conflict 4️⃣ Fourth Generation Warfare

The Hell of Good Intentions

— Stephen M. Walt • 2018

After the Cold War, America tried to lead the world. It overreached, failed, and learned nothing.

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🗺️ Grand Strategy 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy ⚔️ Military Overreach 🌍 Post-Cold War Era 🏛️ Foreign Policy Elite

The Hell of Good Intentions

After the Cold War, America tried to lead the world. It overreached, failed, and learned nothing.

— Stephen M. Walt 2018 400 стр.

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🗺️ Grand Strategy 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy ⚔️ Military Overreach 🌍 Post-Cold War Era 🏛️ Foreign Policy Elite

War Without Rules

— Robert Spalding • 2022

China's 1999 war manual mapped global victory without battle. Every move since has followed it.

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🌍 Great Power Competition 🇨🇳 Chinese Strategy 🎯 Asymmetric Warfare 🧬 Hybrid Warfare 💻 Cyber Warfare

War Without Rules

China's 1999 war manual mapped global victory without battle. Every move since has followed it.

— Robert Spalding 2022 256 стр.

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🌍 Great Power Competition 🇨🇳 Chinese Strategy 🎯 Asymmetric Warfare 🧬 Hybrid Warfare 💻 Cyber Warfare

Ill Winds

— Larry Diamond • 2019

Democracy is being dismantled not by tanks but through courts, captured media, and laundered money.

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🏚️ Democratic Backsliding 🏦 Kleptocracy And Corruption 🗳️ Electoral Reform 🐻 Russian Interference 🇨🇳 Chinese Influence

Ill Winds

Democracy is being dismantled not by tanks but through courts, captured media, and laundered money.

— Larry Diamond 2019 368 стр.

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🏚️ Democratic Backsliding 🏦 Kleptocracy And Corruption 🗳️ Electoral Reform 🐻 Russian Interference 🇨🇳 Chinese Influence

War and Change in World Politics

— Robert Gilpin • 1999

International order never lasts. Uneven growth among states eventually demands a reset by war.

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🏛️ Power Transitions 🔭 Realist Theory 📉 Great Power Decline 🏗️ State Formation 💱 International Political Economy

War and Change in World Politics

International order never lasts. Uneven growth among states eventually demands a reset by war.

— Robert Gilpin 1999 288 стр.

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🏛️ Power Transitions 🔭 Realist Theory 📉 Great Power Decline 🏗️ State Formation 💱 International Political Economy

The Sovereign State and Its Competitors

— Hendrik Spruyt • 1994

The sovereign state won not by conquest but by keeping promises and enforcing uniform rules.

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🏛️ State Formation 🌐 International Relations Theory 🔄 Institutional Change 📊 Historical Sociology 💰 Political Economy

The Sovereign State and Its Competitors

The sovereign state won not by conquest but by keeping promises and enforcing uniform rules.

— Hendrik Spruyt 1994 302 стр.

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🏛️ State Formation 🌐 International Relations Theory 🔄 Institutional Change 📊 Historical Sociology 💰 Political Economy

[Brotherhood of Kings] [By

— Amanda H. Podany • 2010

The great kings never met; letters, gold, and dynastic marriages held the peace.

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🏛️ Ancient Diplomacy 🏺 Ancient Near East 👑 Royal Marriages 🌐 International Relations 🏜️ Egyptian History

[Brotherhood of Kings] [By

The great kings never met; letters, gold, and dynastic marriages held the peace.

— Amanda H. Podany 2010

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🏛️ Ancient Diplomacy 🏺 Ancient Near East 👑 Royal Marriages 🌐 International Relations 🏜️ Egyptian History

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

— Andrew Leigh • 2021

A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.

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💥 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🏛️ Democratic Erosion 📢 Populism 🧘 Modern Stoicism

What's the Worst That Could Happen?

A one in six chance of extinction this century. The cause is not technology but politics.

— Andrew Leigh 2021 240 стр.

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💥 Existential Risk ⏳ Longtermism 🏛️ Democratic Erosion 📢 Populism 🧘 Modern Stoicism

The Rise of the Western World

— Douglass C. North • 1973

The West did not rise because of technology. It rose because of property rights.

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📊 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔑 Property Rights 🤝 Transaction Costs 🏰 State Formation

The Rise of the Western World

The West did not rise because of technology. It rose because of property rights.

— Douglass C. North 1973 180 стр.

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📊 Economic History 🏛️ Institutional Economics 🔑 Property Rights 🤝 Transaction Costs 🏰 State Formation

War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe

— Victoria Tin-bor Hui • 2005

Ancient China unified; Europe stayed divided. The hinge: how states chose to fund their wars.

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🏛️ Comparative History 🏗️ State Formation 🌐 International Relations Theory 🗺️ Geopolitics 💪 State Capacity

War and State Formation in Ancient China and Early Modern Europe

Ancient China unified; Europe stayed divided. The hinge: how states chose to fund their wars.

— Victoria Tin-bor Hui 2005 310 стр.

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🏛️ Comparative History 🏗️ State Formation 🌐 International Relations Theory 🗺️ Geopolitics 💪 State Capacity

Perception and Misperception in International Politics

— Robert Jervis • 1976

The reason states stumble into war is not malice, but a pattern of predictable misperceptions.

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🧠 Political Psychology 🌐 International Relations 📈 Conflict Escalation 📜 Historical Analogy 👁️ Perceptual Error

Perception and Misperception in International Politics

The reason states stumble into war is not malice, but a pattern of predictable misperceptions.

— Robert Jervis 1976 464 стр.

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🧠 Political Psychology 🌐 International Relations 📈 Conflict Escalation 📜 Historical Analogy 👁️ Perceptual Error

A World Safe for Democracy

— G. John Ikenberry • 2020

The liberal order cracked from success, not failure. A case for rebuilding, not abandoning it.

3.80

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📜 Liberal Internationalism 🌍 World Order 🕊️ Democratic Peace 🏛️ Global Governance 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy

A World Safe for Democracy

The liberal order cracked from success, not failure. A case for rebuilding, not abandoning it.

— G. John Ikenberry 2020 432 стр.

3.80

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📜 Liberal Internationalism 🌍 World Order 🕊️ Democratic Peace 🏛️ Global Governance 🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy

The Politics of Collective Violence

— Charles Tilly • 2003

Violence isn't chaos; it's politics, shaped by regimes and the relationships leaders exploit.

3.85

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✊ Contentious Politics 🔗 Relational Sociology 💥 Political Violence 🏛️ Regime Analysis 📜 Historical Sociology

The Politics of Collective Violence

Violence isn't chaos; it's politics, shaped by regimes and the relationships leaders exploit.

— Charles Tilly 2003 290 стр.

3.85

151 оценок

✊ Contentious Politics 🔗 Relational Sociology 💥 Political Violence 🏛️ Regime Analysis 📜 Historical Sociology

The Coming Storm

— Odd Arne Westad • 2026

The world before 1914 is a map of our own: multipolar, jingoistic, wired for catastrophe.

3.83

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🏛️ Great Power Rivalry 📜 Pre-WWI History 🌐 Multipolar World ⏳ Historical Parallels 🛡️ Deterrence Theory

The Coming Storm

The world before 1914 is a map of our own: multipolar, jingoistic, wired for catastrophe.

— Odd Arne Westad 2026 256 стр.

3.83

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🏛️ Great Power Rivalry 📜 Pre-WWI History 🌐 Multipolar World ⏳ Historical Parallels 🛡️ Deterrence Theory

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