The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts is on the road this week, so writing about current events will be somewhat reduced. It has been a while since I recommended some books, however. Living in ...

A “Short List of Books on International Relations” recommended by the Education Committee of the League of Nations Union (15, Grosvenor Crescent, S.W.I) includes 141 titles arranged in two lists, the ...

One of the oldest divides in the study of foreign policy is between realism (the pursuit of power) and idealism (the pursuit of moral or legal ideals). These thoughtful books by distinguished scholars ...

International education is often seen as an important plank of public diplomacy. By hosting international students, the thinking goes, the U.S. can cultivate goodwill. By educating future leaders, the ...

The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts will be on vacation next week. Not a staycation, but a real one! I would ordinarily crack a joke here about how it would be nice if the world did not fall ...

International Affairs is Britain's leading journal of international relations. Founded by and edited at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, it has not only developed a much valued ...

Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 44, No. 2, Special Issue: Southeast Asia in Global IR: A Reflexive Stocktaking in Research and Teaching (August 2022), pp. 184-206 (23 pages) This article examines ...

Friends and family often ask, “So why a PhD?” It is a common question for doctoral students in any field, one posed by earnest relatives over the holidays, concerned parents fretting financial futures ...