Best International Relations Books of 2012

The Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University selects the most important books on political and legal topics published during the last year.

The Maurits C. Boas professor of international economics at Harvard University selects the most important books on Economic, Social, and Environmental Subjects published during the last year.

The professor of War Studies at King's College, London selects the most important books on military, scientific, and technological topics published during the last year.

The James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and the Humanities at Bard College selects the most important books on the United States published during the last year.

The professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University selects the most important books on Western Europe published during the last year.

The professor of international political economy and chair of the Global Leadership Institute at the University of California San Diego selects the most important books on the Western Hemisphere published during the last year.

The Marshall D. Shulman professor emeritus at Columbia University selects the most important books on Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics published during the last year.

L. Carl Brown, the professor emeritus of history at Princeton University, was Middle East reviewer for Foreign Affairs for the January/February through May/June issues this year. John Waterbury, the William Stewart Tod professor of Politics and International Affairs emeritus at Princeton became Middle East reviewer with the September/October issue.

The Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University selects the most important books on Asia published during the last year.

The professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University selects the most important books on Africa published during the last year.