Summer Reading

Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (2023)

Van Jackson, Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of the Asian Peace (2023)

James Crawford, The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World (2023)

Andy Greenberg, Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency (2022)

Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (2023)

Monica Duffy Toft and Sidita Kushi, Dying by the Sword: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy (2023)

Jonathan Blitzer, Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis (2024)

Ya-Wen Lei, The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China (2023)

M. E. Sarotte, Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate (2021)

Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell, Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise (2020)

Adam Tooze, Shutdown: How COVID Shook the World’s Economy (2021)

Maxine Bédat, Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment (2021)

Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (2023)

Peter Zeihan, The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization (2022)

Van Jackson, Pacific Power Paradox: American Statecraft and the Fate of the Asian Peace (2023)

James Crawford, The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World (2023)

Payal Arora, The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West (2019)

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice (2021)

George Packer, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century (2019)

Séverine Autesserre, The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World (2021)

M. E. Sarotte, Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate (2021)

Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell, Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise (2020)

Adam Tooze, Shutdown: How COVID Shook the World’s Economy (2021)

Maxine Bédat, Unraveled: The Life and Death of a Garment (2021)

Payal Arora, The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West (2019)

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice (2021)

George Packer, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century (2019)

Séverine Autesserre, The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World (2021)

Mara Hvistendahl, The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI and Industrial Espionage (2020)

Nada Bakos, The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House (2019)

Daron Acemoglu et. al., The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty (2019)

Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States (2019)

Mara Hvistendahl, The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI and Industrial Espionage (2020)

Nada Bakos, The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House (2019)

Daron Acemoglu et. al., The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty (2019)

Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States (2019)

Raj Kumar, The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry (2019)

William J. Burns, The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal (2019)

Jeffrey Lewis, The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States (2018)

Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (2018)

Raj Kumar, The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry (2019)

William J. Burns, The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal (2019)

Jeffrey Lewis, The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States (2018)

Masha Gessen, The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (2018)

Steve Coll, Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2018)

Lawrence Freedman, The Future of War: A History (2017)

Alexander Betts and Paul Collier, Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World (2017)

Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (2018)

Dambisa Moyo, Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It (2018)

Steve Coll, Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2018)

Lawrence Freedman, The Future of War: A History (2017)

Alexander Betts and Paul Collier, Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World (2017)

Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World (2018)

Dambisa Moyo, Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth – and How to Fix It (2018)

Richard Baldwin, The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization  (2016)

Richard Haass, A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order (2017)

David Shambaugh, China’s Future (2016)

Jay Solomon, The Iran Wars: Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals That Reshaped the Middle East (2016)

Richard Baldwin, The Great Convergence: Information Technology and the New Globalization  (2016)

Richard Haass, A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order (2017)

David Shambaugh, China’s Future (2016)

Jay Solomon, The Iran Wars: Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals That Reshaped the Middle East (2016)

William McCants, The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State (2015)

Michael Mandelbaum, Mission Failure: America and the World in the Post-Cold War Era (2016)

Ted Piccone, Five Rising Democracies and the Fate of the International Liberal Order (2016)

Ben Rawlence, City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp (2016)