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Counterintelligence at Its Core: Assessing and Preventing Foreign Espionage

Homeland Security Intelligence: Where We Are, How We Got Here, What Lies Ahead

China Moves West: The Evolving Strategies of the Belt and Road Initiative

Ending the Nuclear Arms Race: A Physicist's Quest

Tech Cold War: The Geopolitics of Technology

Essential books on RUSSIA . . .

Putin's Rise: The Evolution of an Authoritarian Modernizer

The Russo-Ukrainian War: Follies of Empire

Russia and the West: Ideology, Economy, and Politics in the Post-Soviet Era

Failed State: A Guide to Russia's Rupture

How Russia Loses: Hubris and Miscalculation in Putin's Kremlin

Latin American Democracies in Danger: Threats and Practical Defenses

Latin American Democracies in Danger:
Threats & Practical Defenses by Heraldo Muñoz

“Heraldo Muñoz knows Latin American politics like few others. His new book offers keen insights into the threats faced by democracy in the region, along with a set of useful recommendations for ways to counter those threats.”
—Gerardo L. Munck, USC

►Drawing on his experience as a political dissident, scholar, and then participant at the highest levels of Chilean and international politics, Muñoz addresses the reasons for the current democratic backsliding in Latin America (and globally) and proposes ways to reverse this trend.

3rd edition coming in August!
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“A book that is relevant not only to teaching but to broader scholarship and research as well.” —Journal of Modern African Studies

“Will no doubt become the standard text for years to come: a sharply written, well-informed, and completely up-to-date book that should find a wide audience beyond the classroom, as well.” —Foreign Affairs

►A comprehensive, state-of-the-art introduction to contemporary African politics.

News & Notes

We are delighted to be a sponsor of the Asian Studies Association of Australia's 2026 conference taking place in July! With the theme of “Beyond Borders: Reimagining Asian Societies in and across a Shifting World,” panels will explore the evolving connections within and between Asian societies in an era marked by rapid change—geopolitical realignments, climate challenges, digital transformation, and shifting cultural identities.

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Afshin Rattansi host of the TV show New Order interviewed political scientist and Russia scholar Richard Sakwa, author of The Russo-Ukrainian War: Follies of Empire, examines the shifting contours of the global order, the future of Western power, and the geopolitical consequences of the war in Ukraine. Drawing on decades of research into Russian and European politics, Sakwa reflects on the challenges facing the international system, the rise of emerging powers, and the tensions reshaping relations between the West and the rest of the world.

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