The Russia Conundrum: How the West Fell For Putin's Power Gambit - and How to Fix It by Mikhail Khodorkovsky
40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
An urgent analysis of the battle between Russia and the West, by former Kremlin insider and now vocal Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. 'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Voice of Russia Radio and heard that the Kre ...Show more
Why Governments Get It Wrong: and how they can get it right by Dennis C. Grube
40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Sometimes governments seem clueless. At other times, they are able to project a sense of calm competence. Some decisions leave people confused, whilst others make sense even to those who oppose them. Why? Why Governments Get it Wrong argues that governments are at their most effective when they get the ...Show more
Xi: A Study in Power by Kerry Brown
25.00 NZD
Category: Politics
A timely political primer on Xi Jinping by acclaimed author and academic, Professor Kerry Brown.
How To Stage A Coup: And Ten Other Lessons from the World of Secret Statecraft by Rory Cormac
37.00 NZD
Category: Politics
An engaging and incisive investigation into the shadowy world of secret statecraft and covert action, by a leading expert on the topic. Today's world is in flux. Competition between the great powers is back on the agenda and governments around the world are turning to secret statecraft and the hidden ha ...Show more
Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace by Christopher Blattman
38.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Based on two decades of research, the five causes of wars and two ways to stop themThe truth is, warfare shouldn't happen - and most of the time it doesn't. Around the world there are millions of hostile rivalries at any given moment and yet only a tiny fraction erupt into prolonged fighting. Most books ...Show more
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson
32.00 NZD
Category: Politics
'Magisterial ... Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial Times'Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant' New York TimesA compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences, from 'the most brilliant British historian of his generation' (The Times)Disasters are inherent ...Show more
The World According to China by Elizabeth C. Economy
60.00 NZD
Category: Politics
An economic and military superpower with 20 percent of the world’s population, China has the wherewithal to transform the international system. Xi Jinping’s bold calls for China to “lead in the reform of the global governance system” suggest that he has just such an ambition. But how does he plan to rea ...Show more
Recessional - The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch by David Mamet
58.00 NZD
Category: Politics
"Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air." The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross, who wrote the classic films The Verdict and Wag the Dog sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates. In Recessional he calls out, ...Show more
The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World by Andrew Doyle
38.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Engaging, incisive and acute, The New Puritans is a deeply necessary exploration of our current cultural climate and an urgent appeal to return to a truly liberal society.The puritans of the seventeenth century sought to refashion society in accordance with their own beliefs, but they were deep thinkers ...Show more
The Fourth Man: The Hunt for the KGB's CIA Mole and Why the US Overlooked Putin by Robert Baer
38.00 NZD
Category: Politics
For the first time ever, New York Times bestselling author and former CIA operative Robert Baer tells the explosive story of how insiders believe a KGB mole rose to the highest ranks of the CIA. In the aftermath of the Cold War, US intelligence caught three high-profile Russian spies. However, these arr ...Show more
Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win by Peter Schweizer
58.00 NZD
Category: Politics
How the Biden family bagged some $31 million from individuals with direct ties to the highest levels of Chinese intelligence-and Joe Biden personally benefited while softening his position on China, How the families of congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle have secured hundreds of millions ...Show more
Liberalism and its Discontents by Francis Fukuyama
40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
A defence of liberalism by the renowned political philosopher.