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The Antiliberal Revolution

Reading the Philosophers of the New Right

 By Charles King

 

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China’s Weaponization of Trade: Resistance Through Collective Resilience

This pathbreaking book documents how Beijing uses its market power to try to force international actors to align with Chinese policy preferences.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Economy

 
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Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today’s Supreme Court

Isgur, the editor of the popular legal commentary site SCOTUSblog, reviews the U.S. Supreme Court’s history and legal philosophies and makes it all easy reading.

Reviewed by Jessica T. Mathews

 

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The Last Humans: UFOs, Global Security, and the Threat to State Sovereignty

 

From Alexander Wendt, one of the world’s most influential international relations scholars, comes a bold examination of how confirmation of extraterrestrial intelligence could trigger a crisis of sovereignty and global order. The real existential danger, Wendt argues, is not alien invasion but the fragility of our current fragmented geopolitical order.

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The Last Humans: UFOs, Global Security, and the Threat to State Sovereignty

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From Alexander Wendt, one of the world’s most influential international relations scholars, comes a bold examination of how confirmation of extraterrestrial intelligence could trigger a crisis of sovereignty and global order. The real existential danger, Wendt argues, is not alien invasion but the fragility of our current fragmented geopolitical order.

 

Global Governance Under Fire: How International Organizations Resist the Populist Wave

In this deeply researched study, Carnegie and Clark explore the ways that multilateral institutions are fighting back against the assaults of their populist, nationalist detractors.

Reviewed by G. John Ikenberry