In his recent article, “Borders, States, and Armed Conflicts in Europe and Northeast Asia Since 1945: The Moral Hazard of Great-Power Encroachments,” Mark Kramer discusses the significance and perils of international borders in Europe and Northeast Asia over the past eight decades. He explores the crises and conflicts that erupted when states or other entities... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
As reviewers Alice D. Ba, Andrew S. Erickson, and Yuan-kang Wang agree, Brian Fong’s US-China Rivalry is a timely and impressive volume in terms of its analytical scope and empirical depth. The book’s main strength lies in its effective synthesis of system-level and unit-level factors behind US-China competition by meticulously compiling a wide array of... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
In February 2002, as the administration of George W. Bush was making its case for war against Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld enumerated three “knowns” that informed US foreign policymaking: “known knowns…things we know we know,” “known unknowns…things we do not know,” and “unknown unknowns…[things] we don’t know we don’t know.” “History,” he averred, had... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Despite the time gap of more than 35 years, the fall of Communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe attracts the interest not only of experts but also of the general public. There remains a large number of historical events that have not yet been explored; the passage of time has made possible their exploration... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and its long aftermath is one of the defining events of the twenty-first century to date. Iraq’s politics were fundamentally reshaped through violence, voting, and displacement; regional competitions swirled in alignment with and opposition to domestic factions, the rise of the Sunni jihadist group ISIS (Islamic State of... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Military alliances are a central feature of international politics, and have been for centuries, at least since the time of Thucydides.[1] After the Cold War ended, security-focused scholars in political science gravitated towards politics within countries, with a focus on civil war, and away from politics between them. As this trend unfolded, alliance politics was... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Politics of Play is most easily understood as a political philosopher’s foray into the world of wargaming, specifically wargaming that is conducted for military analysis. In drawing these two elements together, this book lays the groundwork for understanding the effect of wargaming on players of games. Aggie Hirst indicates that in order to do so... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
David E. Sanger’s New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West offers a compelling account of the afterlives of the Cold War era and how its legacy has spurred an era of “new cold wars” between the United States, China and Russia. Sanger is an accomplished reporter with a... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Millions of Hong Kongers (including the author of this review) witnessed both the 2014 Umbrella Movement and the 2019 anti-extradition bill protests.[1] These tumultuous events caused many both inside and outside Hong Kong to reflect not only on the future of city, but also on the conditions that led to the creation of “one country,... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
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Robin E. Möser’s article “‘A Fly in the Ointment’: Apartheid South Africa’s Transnational Nuclear Network during the Cold War, 1953–1976” makes an important contribution to the emerging literature on nuclear proliferation in general, and, more specifically, to the literature which focuses on the relationship between different nuclear suppliers and nuclear clients. The question of how... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
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Thomas Parker, George Washington University 16 July 2025 | PDF: http://issforum.org/to/RE134 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse | Commissioning Editor: Daniel R. Hart |…| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Guy D. Middleton, Newcastle University and Durham University 15 July 2025 | PDF: http://issforum.org/to/RE133 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editor: Daniel R.| H-Diplo|RJISSF
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9 July 2025 | PDF: http://issforum.org/to/RE132 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editor: Birgit Schneider Production Editor: Christopher Ball Pre-Production Copy…| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Jeffrey A. Friedman, Dartmouth College 3 July 2025 | PDF: http://issforum.org/to/RE131 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editor: Daniel R. Hart Production Editor…| H-Diplo|RJISSF
1 July 2025 | PDF: http://issforum.org/to/RE129 | Website: rjissf.org | X: @HDiplo Editor: Diane Labrosse Commissioning Editor: Daniel R. Hart Production Editor: Christopher Ball Pre-Production Copy…| H-Diplo|RJISSF
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