Polity

The world is entering a new nuclear age. Nuclear weapons are returning to the fore of international statecraft in ways unseen since the Cold War. W...

Political parties that once dominated Western democracies have been shaken to the core. Many have suffered electoral debacles, as in France, Italy ...

Political parties that once dominated Western democracies have been shaken to the core. Many have suffered electoral debacles, as in France, Italy ...

We are told that this is a new world, with which old theories cannot cope. But the dynamic driving the current global transformation is not as new ...

We are told that this is a new world, with which old theories cannot cope. But the dynamic driving the current global transformation is not as new ...

After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin’s moti...

After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin’s moti...

Once marginalized in the world economy, Africa today is a major global supplier of crucial raw materials like oil, uranium and coltan. China's part...

This important new book deals with the changing nature of war in the post-Cold War era and the emergence of new forms of warfare in which warlords,...

This important new book deals with the changing nature of war in the post-Cold War era and the emergence of new forms of warfare in which warlords,...

In this seminal new work, Martin Shaw, a leading expert on the sociology of war, argues that the new Western way of war is in crisis. He charts the...

In this seminal new work, Martin Shaw, a leading expert on the sociology of war, argues that the new Western way of war is in crisis. He charts the...

This illuminating analysis by one of the world's leading intellectuals addresses fundamental questions about the new world disorder exemplified by ...

This illuminating analysis by one of the world's leading intellectuals addresses fundamental questions about the new world disorder exemplified by ...

The daily news plays a major role in the continuously changing mix of thoughts, feelings and behavior that defines public opinion. The News & P...

The daily news plays a major role in the continuously changing mix of thoughts, feelings and behavior that defines public opinion. The News & P...

The idea was simple: pack a suitcase, go to another city where you have no connections and try to find a job, anonymously. That was the idea that t...

November 9th 1938 is widely seen as a violent turning point in Nazi Germany’s assault on the Jews. An estimated 400 Jews lost their lives in the a...

November 9th 1938 is widely seen as a violent turning point in Nazi Germany’s assault on the Jews. An estimated 400 Jews lost their lives in the a...

Non-Alignment is back with a vengeance. In recent years, the number of countries embracing this venerable approach to foreign policy has increase...

Non-Alignment is back with a vengeance. In recent years, the number of countries embracing this venerable approach to foreign policy has increase...

The civil sphere is a distinctively democratic field in modern societies, one that sustains universalizing cultural aspirations and organizational ...

The civil sphere is a distinctively democratic field in modern societies, one that sustains universalizing cultural aspirations and organizational ...

This is a brilliant study of the nature of love in modern society. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim argue that the nature of love is changi...