Foreign Affairs: best books in International Relations in 2014

Best International Relations Books of 2014

Foreign Affairs' Reviewers Make Their Picks

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Some of the best recent books on politics, economics, technology, and more.

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Every year, ten scholars review dozens of recently published academic and popular nonfiction books for Foreign Affairs. As this year came to a close, the editors asked each of the reviewers to choose the three best of 2014.
Here they are, along with the editors' own selections for the year.

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The Best Books of 2014: Editors' Picks

The Foreign Affairs editors pick their top books of the year.

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The Best Books of 2014 on Political and Legal Subjects

The Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University selects the most important books on political and legal topics reviewed during the last year.

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The Best Books of 2014 on Economic, Social, and Environmental Subjects

The Maurits C. Boas professor of international economics at Harvard University selects the most important books on Economic, Social, and Environmental Subjects reviewed during the last year. Here are his reviews, culled from recent issues of the magazine.

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The Best Books of 2014 on Military, Scientific, and Technological Subjects

The professor of war studies at King's College, London selects the most important books on military, scientific, and technological topics reviewed during the last year.

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The Best Books of 2014 on the United States

The James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College and editor-at-large of The American Interest selects the most important books on the United States reviewed during the last year.

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The Best Books of 2014 on Western Europe

The professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University selects the most important books on Western Europe reviewed during the last year.

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The Best Books of 2014 on the Western Hemisphere

The professor of international political economy and chair of the Global Leadership Institute at the University of California San Diego selects the most important books on the Western Hemisphere reviewed during the last year.

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The Best Books of 2014 on Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics

The Marshall D. Shulman Professor Emeritus at Columbia University selects the most important books on Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics reviewed during the last year. Here are his reviews, culled from recent issues of the magazine.

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The Best Books of 2014 on the Middle East

The William Stewart Tod Professor of Politics and International Affairs emeritus at Princeton University selects the most important books on the Middle East reviewed during the last year. Here are his reviews, culled from recent issues of the magazine.

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The Best Books of 2014 on Asia and the Pacific

The Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University selects the most important books on Asia reviewed during the last year.

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The Best Books of 2014 on Africa

The professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University selects the most important books on Africa reviewed during the last year.