Andrew Moravcsik

EU   March/April 2020 Capsule Review

Braver, Greener, Fairer: Memos to the EU Leadership, 2019–2024

In this collection, analysts from Bruegel, one of Brussels’s most respected think tanks, review 11 issues and offer concrete policy recommendations for EU leaders.

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EU   March/April 2020 Capsule Review

European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union

Although the EU has surmounted crises in the past, Webber suggests that the breadth, depth, and length of the recent crises will make a full recovery difficult. 

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Politics & Society   March/April 2020 Capsule Review

After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present

How should Germans feel about the Berlin Wall?

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Race & Ethnicity   March/April 2020 Capsule Review

Learning From the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil

Neiman compares the German response to the Holocaust since World War II to the southern response to slavery and segregation in that same period.

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Politics & Society   March/April 2020 Capsule Review

For the Record

In his new memoir, Cameron comes across as a sincere and decent fellow severely lacking in the Machiavellian foresight, ruthlessness, and savvy required for political...

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EU   March/April 2020 Capsule Review

The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World

Bradford shows how the European Union’s stringent regulations raise the standards of producers in China, the United States, and other countries across the globe.

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Brexit   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

Agent Running in the Field: A Novel

The former MI6 intelligence officer John le Carré takes up Brexit through a complex plot involving Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs. 

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Brexit   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

A Short History of Brexit

O’Rourke recounts the history of British involvement with Europe over the last 60 years, contextualizing Brexit.

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United Kingdom   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

Twelve Days That Made Modern Britain

Hindmoor romps through 12 transformative moments in the last 40 years of British life.

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Refugees & Migration   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

The Outsiders: Refugees in Europe Since 1492

Ther, a historian, studies how refugees to Europe have been received over the years.

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Ideology   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

Metternich: Strategist and Visionary

Siemann tries to explain Metternich’s uncompromising reactionary views as a sincere response to early trauma suffered.

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Economics   January/February 2020 Review Essay

Ever-Further Union

There is little reason to put stock in Robert Menasse’s vision of Europe’s past, present, or future in The Capital.  

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Politics & Society   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

The Future of British Foreign Policy: Security and Diplomacy in a World After Brexit

This book by a respected Cambridge professor seeks to predict how Brexit will affect the United Kingdom’s diplomacy and geopolitical standing. 

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Politics & Society   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

Hitler: A Global Biography

Simms argues that Hitler did not see the Soviet Union as the primary obstacle to his expansionist ambitions.

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Economics   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

The Silk Road Trap: How China’s Trade Ambitions Challenge Europe

Holslag claims that China poses a mortal economic threat to Europe and the West.

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Politics & Society   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party

Kogan examines the shifts in the British Labour Party. 

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Politics & Society   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History

This biography traces the life of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the greatest historians of the twentieth century and an unrepentant communist

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Refugees & Migration   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

The Unsettling of Europe: How Migration Reshaped a Continent

Gatrell's book puts today’s levels of migration to Europe in historical perspective.

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Environment   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

The Alps: An Environmental History

Jon Mathieu tells the exceptional story of the Alps, a mountain range that humans have inhabited for longer, more densely, and in more economically productive ways...

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Finance   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

1931: Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler

In this engaging book, Straumann, a leading Swiss economic historian, examines the role of market forces in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.

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