• International Relations Books - Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics by Cynthia Enloe
  • International Relations Books - Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy by Stephen D. Krasner
  • International Relations Books - Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination by Adom Getachew
  • International Relations Books - International Relations and Non-Western Thought ed. Robbie Shilliam
  • International Relations Books - Once Within Borders: Territories of Power, Wealth, and Belonging since 1500 by Charles S. Maier

International Relations Books, recommended by Natasha Saunders

War, diplomacy, and foreign affairs perforate our news on a daily basis—from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to post-Brexit trade deals. The formal study of international relations seeks to make sense of these phenomena. We asked Natasha Saunders of the University of St Andrews to recommend five books that will introduce readers to the field of international relations.

  • The best books on The Non-Aligned Movement - The Non-Aligned Movement: Genesis Organization and Politics. by Jurgen Dinkel
  • The best books on The Non-Aligned Movement - Southern Constellations: The Poetics of the Non-Aligned by Bojana Piskur
  • The best books on The Non-Aligned Movement - The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World by Vijay Prashad
  • The best books on The Non-Aligned Movement - Race and the Yugoslav Region: Postsocialist, Post-Conflict, Postcolonial? by Catherine Baker
  • The best books on The Non-Aligned Movement - Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination by Adom Getachew

The best books on The Non-Aligned Movement, recommended by Paul Stubbs

The Non-Aligned Movement was a loose alliance of more than 100 member states whose heyday was during the Cold War, though it continues to exist today. Here, sociologist Paul Stubbs chooses five books to illustrate the cultural, political and economic influence of the Non-Aligned Movement and argues the ideas that animated it are still of vital importance.

  • The best books on Ukraine and Russia - Ukraine and Russia: From Civilied Divorce to Uncivil War by Paul D'Anieri
  • The best books on Ukraine and Russia - Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know by Serhy Yekelchyk
  • The best books on Ukraine and Russia - Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament: A History by Yuri Kostenko
  • The best books on Ukraine and Russia - Ukraine in Histories and Stories: Essays by Ukrainian Intellectuals
  • The best books on Ukraine and Russia - The Orphanage: A Novel by Serhiy Zhadan

The best books on Ukraine and Russia, recommended by Serhii Plokhy

Thousands of people have been killed since 2014 in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, in a war that has been rife with disinformation, misleading narratives and false flag operations. Here Serhii Plokhy, Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University, recommends books to better understand the conflict, from an introductory work by an eminent historian to the latest work of some of Ukraine’s leading novelists.