New Books in National Security

Interviews with Scholars of National Security about their New Books

Science
Social Sciences
451
Rachel M. Gillum, "Muslims in a Post-9/11 Ameri...
Gillum examines how public fears about Muslims in the United States compare with the reality of American Muslims’ attitudes on a range of relevant issues...
33 min
452
Justin Q. Olmstead, "The United States' Entry i...
Why did America enter the First World War? The author presents a new theory...
38 min
453
Victor McFarland, "Oil Powers: A History of the...
The relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia is a critical feature of the modern international system...
61 min
454
Nadine Strossen, “Hate: Why We Should Resist it...
Strossen dispels misunderstandings plaguing our perennial debates about "hate speech vs. free speech," showing that the First Amendment approach promotes free speech and democracy, equality, and societal harmony...
70 min
455
Sean Roberts, "The War on the Uyghurs: China’s ...
Who are the Uyghurs? Sean Roberts explains...
65 min
456
Philip Nash, "Breaking Protocol: America's Firs...
Nash examines the history of the "Big Six" and how they carved out their rightful place in history..
64 min
457
Oumar Ba, "States of Justice: The Politics of t...
Ba theorizes the ways in which states that are presumed to be weaker in the international system use the International Criminal Court (ICC) to advance their security and political interests....
54 min
458
Thomas A. Schwartz, "Henry Kissinger and Americ...
Over the past six decades, Henry Kissinger has been America's most consistently praised--and reviled--public figure...
42 min
459
A. Meleagrou-Hitchens, "Incitement: Anwar al-Aw...
Anwar al-Awlaki was, according to one of his followers, “the main man who translated jihad into English.”
61 min
460
Caron Gentry, "Disordered Violence: How Gender,...
Gentry argues that mainstream Terrorism Studies must contend with the growing misogynist and racialized violence against women...
52 min
461
Post Script: A Deep Dive on China
How should we understand what's going on in China? Listen in....
99 min
462
W. J. Perry and T. Z. Collina, "The Button: The...
As we enter the third decade of the 21st century, American nuclear policy continues to be influenced by the legacies of the Cold War...
46 min
463
Daniel P. Aldrich, "Black Wave: How Networks an...
Aldrich illuminates two critical factors that had a direct influence on why survival rates varied so much across the Tōhoku region...
44 min
464
H. Eric Schockman, "Peace, Reconciliation and S...
This book explore ways that leaders and followers can bring forth pacifism, peace building, nonviolence, forgiveness, and social cooperation...
51 min
465
Sigurd Neubauer, "The Gulf Region and Israel: O...
Shunned by Arab states for much of its existence, Israel has become in recent years a key factor in efforts by Gulf states to punch above their weigh...
59 min
466
Gregory Afinogenov, "Spies and Scholars: Chines...
Afinogenov offers a trove of insights into the centuries-long entanglements which have shaped Sino-Russian relationships up to the present...
62 min
467
Andreas Fulda, "The Struggle for Democracy in M...
The key question Fulda poses is to what extent political activists in these three domiciles have made progress in their quest to liberalize and democratize their respective polities...
73 min
468
Evy Poumpouras, "Becoming Bulletproof" (Atria P...
Former Secret Service agent and star of Bravo’s Spy Games, Evy Poumpouras, shares lessons learned from protecting presidents...
43 min
469
S. Moskalenko and C. McCauley, "Radicalization ...
The authors propose twelve mechanisms that can move individuals, groups, and mass publics from political indifference to sympathy and support for terrorist violence...
56 min
470
David Shimer, "Rigged: America, Russia, and One...
Shimer narrates in meticulous but page-turning detail a century of covert electoral interference, by both the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and continuing to this day...
52 min
471
Vincent Bevins, "The Jakarta Method" (Public Af...
The Jakarta Method joins a growing body of scholarly work on what some call a “political genocide” and what a 1968 CIA report deemed “one of the worst mass murders of the 20th century”.
82 min
472
Michael Schuman, "Superpower Interrupted: The C...
The biggest question of the twenty-first century is: What does China want?
50 min
473
E. Bruce Geelhoed, "Diplomacy Shot Down: The U-...
What if the Soviets had not shot down the American U-2 spy plane and President Dwight D. Eisenhower had visited the Soviet Union in 1960 as planned?
51 min
474
Catherine Belton, "Putin's People: How the KGB ...
The Russian state is back.
34 min
475
George Lawson, "Anatomies of Revolution" (Cambr...
What causes revolutions?
81 min