Category: World Politics

30 January, 2012

Ursula Hackett

The Power of Invisibility

Suzanne Mettler's The Submerged State explores the hidden side of governmental intervention.


17 October, 2011

Nakul Krishna

The Basket Case

Anatol Lieven's Pakistan: A Hard Country casts a knowledgeable and sympathetic eye over a troubled state.


Alexander Barker

International Deceit

John Mearsheimer's Why Leaders Lie attempts to account for the habit among politicians to lie to their constituents.


Maria Pasholok

Under Eastern Eyes

Luke Harding's Mafia State takes on organized crime in Russia, finding a country still subject to its Cold War clichés.


25 July, 2011

Charne Lavery

The Monument and the Man

David James Smith's Young Mandela offers an intimate perspective on the formative years of the elder statesman.


16 May, 2011

Joel Krupa

Transparency Terrorist

Leigh and Harding draw on their close ties with WikiLeaks to analyse the personality and impact of Julian Assange.


Naomi Pendle

Old Conflict in a New State

On the eve of independence from Khartoum, inter-community violence undermines the unity of South Sudan.


14 March, 2011

Frederick Deknatel

Baghdad Chassis

An exhibition of a car destroyed by a bomb in Baghdad provokes conversations about civilian suffering in war.


7 March, 2011

Alexandra Popescu

Changing the Climate

Targeting pragmatic outcomes


22 February, 2011

Tom Cutterham

The Bushes

Why does she love him?