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Die Renaissance des Carl von Clausewitz
Strategie für Entscheidungsträger im 21. Jahrhundert Lennard Souchon, (Hamburg, 2024). 348 pp. Lennard Souchon’s Die Renaissance des Carl von Clausewitz is an ambitious and timely exploration of how the Prussian theorist’s ideas continue to shape modern strategic thought. Far from being a dusty relic of nineteenth-century military theory, Souchon presents Clausewitz as a figure experiencing… Read more →
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India and Asian Geopolitics
The Past, Present Shiv Shankar Menon, (Place of publication: Brookings Institution Press, 2021). 416 pp. Amidst the geopolitical turmoil in Asia and beyond, India must carefully reconsider its past and present to brace itself for new future challenges. Case in point, the former foreign secretary and National Security Advisor, Shiv Shankar Menon, published a dispassionate… Read more →
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India’s China Challenge
A Journey Through China’s Rise and What it Means for India Ananth Krishnan, (HarperCollins India, 2020). pp. 420. Ananth Krishnan’s “India’s China Challenge” offers readers a deep and nuanced exploration of the complex dynamics between India and China. Krishnan, a correspondent in Beijing for a decade, provides a unique and first-hand perspective on China’s remarkable… Read more →
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The ISI War Crimes And Murder Of Civilian Culture Of Intelligence In Pakistan
Musa Khan Jalalzai, (New Delhi, 2021). pp. 236. amazon.com The ISI War Crimes And Murder Of Civilian Culture Of Intelligence In Pakistan presents a comprehensive examination of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Established in 1948 to safeguard national security, the ISI holds considerable influence over the defense and foreign policy decisions in Pakistan, which often… Read more →
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Dying to Learn
Wartime Lessons from the Western Front Michael A. Hunzeker, (Cornell, 2021). pp. 224. amazon.com In Dying to Learn, Michael A. Hunzeker expounds on a novel theory he developed to explain how militaries learn during wartime. Hunzeker utilises three variables — Assessment, Command, and Training (ACT) — to form a somewhat simple theory to explain how… Read more →
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Near Abroad
Putin, The West, And the Contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus Gerard Toal, (Oxford, 2017). pp. 408. amazon.com Based on almost 16 years of research and written in the aftermath of Russian adventurism in Ukraine (2014) and Georgia (2008), Near Abroad offers a detailed analysis of the geopolitical complexities faced by Russia and countries in… Read more →
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The Atlantic And Its Enemies
A History of the Cold War Norman Stone, (London, 2010). pp. 688. amazon.com This is an infuriating book: the basic tenets of which are that Communism is bad and that the Anglo-US axis (the “Atlantic” of the title) invented Europe, and that all good in Europe stems henceforth. The first point is valid in the… Read more →
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The Future of War, A History
Lawrence Freedman, (New York, 2019). pp. 378. amazon.com The Future of War, A History, tackles 150 years of musing on the future of war. More specifically, it presents a thematic survey of the end of conflict and its pitfalls. The work is divided into three sections, each dealing with the themes of a particular epoch.… Read more →
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Marie von Clausewitz
The Woman Behind the Making of On War Vanya Eftimova Bellinger, (Oxford, 2016). pp. 312. amazon.com The ancient adage that states that “behind every great man lies a great woman” may find its epitome in the case of Carl Von Clausewitz and his beloved wife, Marie. Thanks to Vanya Eftimova Bellinger, we now have a… Read more →
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Envisioning Peace in a Time of War: The New School of Multilateralism
The New School of Multilateralism Ursula Werther-Pietsch (Ed.), (Facultas, 2022). pp. 174. Die Handlungsfähigkeit der internationalen Gemeinschaft steht auf dem Spiel. Das Nachdenken über die Friedens- und Sicherheitsarchitektur wird immer wichtiger. Das neue Buch „Envisioning Peace in a Time of War”, greift dieses Thema auf und ruft zu einer “Neuen Schule des Multilateralismus” auf. Zehn… Read more →
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