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Isolationist superpower or still ‘the world’s policeman’? Two books explore the competing impulses in US politics
Melvyn Leffler’s new history of the war against Saddam reveals how guilt, fear and hubris led to a fateful military intervention
Is the term ‘white privilege’ doing more harm than good? Three insightful books look at anti-Semitism, migration and class amid the battle to end racism
A new book distils huge amounts of open-source information on Beijing’s Ministry of State Security
The former deputy governor of the Bank of England lays out principles for international co-operation in the face of geopolitical challenges
As unification rises up the agenda, traditional allegiances are challenged by demographic change — and the fallout from Brexit
Gideon Rachman selects his must-read titles
Training a spotlight on Chinese influence are these new titles tackling economy, security and Covid lockdowns
The writer on the savage realities of the homeland he fled at the start of the Ukraine war
A compelling study of leadership during conflict should be required reading for those who send soldiers to war
From biographies of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin to two books that seek a new kind of politics through imaginative thinking about the future
Eighty years of intelligence-sharing between the US and UK are judiciously chronicled in this enlightening read
Listen to our Twitter discussion with FT literary editor Frederick Studemann, deputy books editor Laura Battle and FT Weekend podcast host Lilah Raptopoulos
Gideon Rachman selects his best mid-year reads
From politics, economics and history to art, food and, of course, fiction — FT writers and critics choose their favourite reads of the year so far
A clutch of books makes an alarmingly persuasive case that the warning lights are flashing redder than at any point since 1861
An economist’s primer on the UK Treasury over the past 25 years highlights how the office has struggled to change with the times
What separates autocrats from outright dictators? Two books consider the path to power, from Erdoğan’s rise in Turkey to strongmen leaders around the world
How China built influence in the US — and the professor who coined ‘G-Zero’ on the response to our present global crises
A compelling geopolitical travelogue explores Beijing’s growing influence in Central Asia
In his new book, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd urges a policy of ‘managed strategic competition’
An insightful who’s who of the ego-driven leaders reshaping the postwar order — and a call for vigilance
The French economist’s latest book condenses the arguments of his previous tomes but is short on the practical politics of real change
Competitive co-operation or containment? Two books set out opposing views on how the US should approach its superpower rival
This series of fascinating vignettes by the New Statesman editor attempts to map the emergence of the nation today
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