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Author William R Polk writes an easy to read overview of a country often misunderstood.

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This short book gives us a picture of the political uncertainty present in the world’s smallest ocean.

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In a new book out this month from Oxford University Press, “What I Believe,” Ramadan attempts to clarify his ideas...

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That the present is defined by the past is nothing new. In Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History, released this month by Random House Publishing Group, Margaret MacMillan reminds us of the true power of history.

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Americans are obsessed with their southern socialist neighbor. But what do most Americans really know about Cuba itself?

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Civilizations have feelings, too. According to French policy theorist Dominique Moisi, emotional friction could explain the tectonic shifts in geopolitics since 9-11.

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Richard J. Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, offers an authoritative, personal account of how U.S. foreign policy is made, what it should seek, and how it should be pursued.

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This month the Brookings Institute Press will release Daniel Drezner's Avoiding Trivia: The Role of Strategic Planning in American Foreign Policy. Drezner, a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, takes a critical look at the past and future of long-term strategic planning in U.S. foreign policy.

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In March, Harper Collins released Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy, the new book by Leslie Gelb, veteran journalist and President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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