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Book Review
September 15, 2016
Black Wind, White Snow: Imagining Eurasia
By Casey Michel
“Eurasia was a ‘dog whistle,’ a cipher, a deniable but clear goal: to remake the Russian Empire in all but name.”
March 29, 2016
The Quran, As Seen by the Muslims
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Discovering how most Muslims see their holy book means treading between the two extremes of radical Islam and liberal Western scholarship.
May 23, 2015
Review: The Tears of the Rajas: Mutiny, Money and Marriage in India 1805-1905
By Nigel Collett
An excellent new book considers some of the less salutary aspects of Britain's history in India.
July 09, 2014
The New Decentralized World Order
By Oliver Stuenkel
Just because rising powers have benefited from the U.S.-led global order does not mean they will leave it intact.
June 25, 2014
The US Should Celebrate Its Decline
By Oliver Stuenkel
The Upside of Down argues that the U.S. is declining — and that’s a good thing, especially for Washington.
March 17, 2014
Implosion: Cataloguing Modern India
By Sanjay Kumar
Is India's national narrative fundamentally one of decay or of hope?
February 22, 2014
The Air-Sea Battle Debate Heats Up
By Zachary Keck
Plus, contemporary nuclear strategy and correcting misconceptions on Iran. Weekend links.
December 21, 2013
India and China Are Not Destined to Clash
By Oliver Stuenkel
In Samudra Manthan, C. Raja Mohan predicts that Sino-Indo rivalry will extend to the maritime domain. That's questionable.
December 05, 2013
Failure Won’t Deter US Nation-Building Complex
By Oliver Stuenkel
Jeremi Suri shows that US nation-building is too deeply rooted to be impeded by the Iraq and Afghanistan debacles.
September 22, 2013
Cyber War: Why More May Be Better
In Cyber War Will Not Take Place, Thomas Rid argues that cyber attacks will bring peace.
August 26, 2013
Debating Mahan in the 21st Century
A new edited volume of Mahan’s work will hopefully revive a discussion on the naval theorist’s continued relevance.
September 03, 2012
Book Review- The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future
Despite some limitations, Victor Cha provides the most comprehensive and current book on this paradoxical state.
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