Politics and Government

Taking the Great Rift Valley - the geological fault that will eventually tear Africa in two - as his central metaphor, Alex Perry explores the spli...

How corrupt is the West? Europe and North America's formal self-perception is one of high standards in public life. And yet, corruption is receivin...

They were the most powerful rulers on earth. The mighty Qin Shi Huangdu (r. 221-210 BC), who began the construction of the Great Wall. The long-liv...

Ever since Greece's 1974 transition to democracy there has been constant talk of reforms. Major changes in its economy, society and polity have att...

*WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2014*A young army captain who risked execution to swim from free-market Taiwan to Communist China.A barber who m...

The most intimate account of a serving prime minister ever published, this is the gripping inside story of David Camerons government as told by sen...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA LITERARY HIGHLIGHT FOR 2021 IN THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER''The best biography yet of the media mag...

Professor Allan J. Lichtman, who has correctly forecasted thirty years of presidential elections, makes the case for impeaching the 45...