Political and Legal
In this intriguing little book, Mazower argues that the United Nations, like the League of Nations before it, did not emerge from a pristine liberal vision of universal rights. Instead, it was a manifestation of Victorian-era "imperial internationalism."
In this spirited manifesto, Ferris, a science journalist, argues that science and the rise of "science societies" are the fundamental drivers of liberty and democracy.
Edited by David Edward Tabachnick and Toivo Koivukoski
By reaching back to the imperial histories of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, this fascinating collection explores the passages that global powers traverse as they rise and fall.
Even though it will take years for the melting of the Arctic ice sheets to trigger widespread coastal flooding, other effects have already appeared: warming in the region has ignited a scramble by neighboring states for resources and ownership. Byers, a Canadian scholar of international law, surveys the emerging lines of conflict, focusing on territorial and sovereignty disputes.
In this exhaustive study, Luttwak shows how the rulers of the eastern half of the late Roman Empire were the true masters of the grand strategy.
