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Science & Technology Nov 16, 2018 Review Essay

Beyond the AI Arms Race

AI Superpowers risks feeding the zero-sum arms race thinking that he himself warns could hurt humanity’s ability to harness AI for good.

Remco Zwetsloot, Helen Toner, and Jeffrey Ding

Economics November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty-Year Fall—and Those Fighting to Reverse It

Brill blends journalism and history to tell a complex but vital story: how the stable world of postwar U.S. capitalism transformed into the volatile and often ruthless...

Walter Russell Mead

Politics & Society November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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African Actors in International Security: Shaping Contemporary Norms

This collection of essays argues that most commentators underestimate the extent to which Africans help shape contemporary norms about international peace and security.

Nicolas van de Walle

Health November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak

The 2013 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed at least 11,000 people, mostly in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. As this excellent book shows, the international...

Nicolas van de Walle

Natural Resources November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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The Politics of Deforestation in Africa: Madagascar, Tanzania, and Uganda

The value of Horning’s book comes from its linking of the local, national, and international levels of policy, showing that the three must be properly integrated for...

Nicolas van de Walle

Politics & Society November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Blood Papa: Rwanda’s New Generation

This is Hatzfeld’s fourth book on the Rwandan genocide. In this book, Hatzfeld focuses on young Rwandans who were born either right before or right after the genocide.

Nicolas van de Walle

Foreign Aid November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Food Aid in Sudan: A History of Power, Politics, and Profit

Jaspars documents how ideas about food aid have changed over the decades but shows that successive reforms have failed to address key problems in Sudan.

Nicolas van de Walle

Politics & Society November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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What Is China? Territory, Ethnicity, Culture, and History

This erudite polemic targets the aggressive nationalism that is widespread in China today.

Andrew J. Nathan

Religion November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Blessings From Beijing: Inside China’s Soft-Power War on Tibet

Internal divisions among Tibetan exiles are even more threatening than China’s repression.

Andrew J. Nathan

Economics November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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China, the United States, and the Future of Latin America; The Red Star and the Crescent: China and the Middle East

China’s influence is growing in different ways in different regions with different implications for U.S. interests.

Andrew J. Nathan

Human Rights November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Human Rights in Thailand

Selby rejects the “Asian values” thesis, the idea that human rights are a foreign transplant alien to Asian societies.

Andrew J. Nathan

Corruption November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Political Corruption and Scandals in Japan

The authors identify three types of corruption in Japan and assess what kinds of reforms have been effective in reducing each.

Andrew J. Nathan

Science & Technology November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Censored: Distraction and Diversion Inside China’s Great Firewall

Roberts disputes the conventional wisdom that the Chinese government exerts near-total control over the Internet. Instead, she shows that Beijing uses “porous...

Andrew J. Nathan

Political Development November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Tunisia: An Arab Anomaly

Tunisia is the only Arab state to remain on the path to democracy after the Arab Spring. Masri tries to explain why.

John Waterbury

Economic Development November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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The Political Economy of Reforms in Egypt: Issues and Policymaking Since 1952

This outstanding book puts Egypt’s economic history in the context of those of other developing countries, comparing it to such histories in East Asia and Latin America.

John Waterbury

Political Development November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East

There are many accounts of the Egyptian revolution of 2011, the country’s first free elections the next year, and the subsequent military coup that deposed the new...

John Waterbury

Politics & Society November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Salman’s Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia

The merit of this collection of essays comes from the critical stance it takes toward the Saudi ruling family.

John Waterbury

Politics & Society November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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State of Repression: Iraq Under Saddam Hussein

In this carefully structured analysis, Blaydes draws on Iraqi secret police files to argue that Saddam, brutal as he was, was trapped by Iraq’s unique characteristics...

John Waterbury

Europe November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times

Fryderyk Chopin’s music is one of Europe’s great cultural legacies.

Andrew Moravcsik

Europe November/December 2018 Capsule Review

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The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire

This graceful account of Habsburg diplomacy from 1700 to the outbreak of World War I explains how the empire survived so long: its diplomats dampened threats through...

Andrew Moravcsik

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