Geopolitics

The history of the modern social sciences can be seen as a series of attempts to confront the challenges of social disorder and revolution wrought ...

Tibet's enduring myth, animated by the tales of Himalayan adventurers, British military expeditions, and the novel, Lost Horizon, remains an inspir...

A Sunday Times and FT Book of the Year When a rising power threatens to displace a ruling one, the most likely outcome is war. In this razor-shar...

In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings shook the Middle East and North Africa in what would become known as the Arab Spring. Few could pred...

In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the ...

'Should be prescribed reading in the Foreign Office and on the foreign desk of newspapers and the BBC' ALLAN MASSIE 'Perfectly placed and wonderfu...

Long regarded as an empty and inhospitable environment, the deep ocean is rapidly emerging as an ecological hot spot with a remarkable diversity of...

Long regarded as an empty and inhospitable environment, the deep ocean is rapidly emerging as an ecological hot spot with a remarkable diversity of...

Adopting a constructivist approach, this book argues that China's prospects for achieving 'great power' status peacefully depend more on perception...

Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West. Strategically located in the heart of Central Asia...

'An intimate portrait ... Critical, generous and heartfelt' Ahdaf Soueif, Guardian 'An intriguing account of an alluring but evasive character Dail...

'A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises - which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global cri...

If democracy liberates individuals from their inherited bonds, what can reunite them into a sovereign people? In The Virtues of Violence, Kevin Duo...

While unravelling the mystery of her father - a Master Spys - death, an investigative journalist reveals the truth behind an era of endless wars in...

Our understanding of civil war is shot through with the spectre of quagmire, a situation that traps belligerents, compounding and entrenching war's...

In developing democracies, political parties built around charismatic personalities, coupled with populist campaigns, often ascend to power. This t...

In the 21st century, the Indo-Pacific region has become the new centre of the world. The concept of the 'Indo-Pacific', though still under construc...

For decades, Africa was falling apart. But now it is coming together, and Africans are achieving greatness. Despite the advances, though, the twent...

''''An exceptional account.'''' Prospect''''Enlightening.'''' SpectatorFor the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doe...

Meth, murder and pirates: the coder who became a crime boss. A world that lurks just outside of our everyday perception, in the dark corners of the...

Nathaniel Richs account starts in Washington in the 1990s and tells the story of how climate change could have been stopped back then, if only the ...

A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the frontlines of Hong Kongs revolution. Through the long, hot su...