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When are borders justified?
ON BORDERS (@OUPPolitics) argues that we shouldn't see territories as property, but as as interconnected systems where institutions, people, biota, and land create overlapping civic duties. @POchoaEspejo joins @geofflgordon👇
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On this episode of the podcast @profmikedavis, author of MAKING HONG KONG CHINA(@ColumbiaUP), joins @JaneRichardsHK. Listen in as he breaks down the political, legal, and informal events that have shaped #HongKong under China’s ever expanding controls ⬇️
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The history of modern Israel is a fiercely contested topic. MYTHOLOGIES WITHOUT END (@OUPPolitics) takes stock of it all, arguing that US policies in the region are a product of mythologies that are often flatly wrong.🎙️Jerome Slater joins @KirkMeighoo👇
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In 1955, 29 countries came together for a diplomatic conference in Bandung, Indonesia, intending to define the direction of the postcolonial world. MAKING a WORLD AFTER EMPIRE (@OhioUnivPress) explores the diverse repercussions of this event. Learn more👇
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🛢️Robert Vitalis has written a new book, OILCRAFT: The Myths of Scarcity and Security that Haunt U.S. Energy Policy (@stanfordpress). Find out why U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf is more like witchcraft than statecraft as he joins us on the podcast ⤵️
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TEA WAR (@yalepress) offers a fascinating new history of a ubiquitous beverage, leveraging its production, consumption and global circulation to offer a fresh and compelling account of capitalist accumulation. @andybliu discusses the book with @lrieppel👇
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Brush up on your Middle East knowledge as @MQuentinMorton joins @mideastsoccer to discuss his new book, MASTERS of the PEARL (@reaktionbooks), a history of 🇶🇦Qatar filled with tribal intrigue, regional and historic animosities and big power rivalries.🎧⬇️
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Daryl G Press and @KeirLieber join @johnnysaks130 to discuss THE MYTH of the NUCLEAR REVOLUTION (@CornellPress), which tackles the central puzzle of the nuclear age: the persistence of intense geopolitical competition in the shadow of nuclear weapons.👂👇
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NIGERIA and WORLD WAR II (@cambUP_History) demonstrates how the colonial intensification of extractive policies pushed Nigerians to make broader claims for citizenship, self-determination and independence. Chima J. Korieh joins @paulbjerk on the podcast⤵️
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Myanmar will hold general elections in November. On this SSEAC Stories (@seacsydney) podcast, Roger Lee Huang talks about Myanmar's ongoing regime transition, arguing that the country’s "disciplined democracy" remains authoritarian at its core. Tune in ↙️
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On this episode @JaneRichardsHK interviews Jana K. Lipman, author of IN CAMPS (@ucpress), an in-depth study of the fate of the nearly 800,000 Vietnamese refugees who left their country by boat and sought refugee in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Listen👇
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While standard narratives of the Cold War focus on the Soviet-American rivalry, Lorenz M. Lüthi's COLD WARS (@cambUP_History) offers a radically different account, restoring agency to regional powers in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Lüthi joins us ⤵️
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Both a sweeping work of history and an insightful guide to US diplomacy past & present, AMERICA in the WORLD (@twelvebooks) offers a history of American diplomacy since 1776 from a leading foreign policy practitioner. Tune in as @authorzoellick joins us👇
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In HAS CHINA WON? (@public_affairs), @mahbubani_k writes about the relationship between China and the US, the structural reasons for tensions, the misconceptions and mistakes each has made and how further conflict can be avoided. He joins @nickrigordon↙️
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What are the identity conflicts that define contemporary society?
In BREXITLAND (@CUP_PoliSci), @ProfSobolewska and @robfordmancs explore the long term, structural changes impacting British society. Give their conversation with @DrDaveOBrien a listen ↙️
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FERTILITY & FAITH (@Baylor_Press) maps the demographic revolution that has taken hold of many countries around the globe in recent decades and explores its implications for the development of the world’s religions. Philip Jenkins joins @CarrieLynnLand👇
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If the US is, per Madeleine Albright, the “indispensible nation,” then the economic, democratic and institutional alliance between the US and EU is the “essential partnership." @tonylgardner discusses STARS with STRIPES (@Palgrave) with @timjgwynnjones👇
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TRADE WARS ARE CLASS WARS (@yalepress) co-author @michaelxpettis joins @nickrigordon. Tune in as they discuss the cause of trade imbalances, the situations where they harm national economies, and what kinds of policies might resolve them on the podcast ⤵️
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