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The West Still Doesn’t Understand the Taliban How to Engage With the New Afghan Regime  By Carter Malkasian

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Partial Hegemony: Oil Politics and International Order In this illuminating account of the rise and fall of the 1970s-era OPEC regime, Colgan complicates received notions of U.S. hegemony and international order. Reviewed by G. John Ikenberry

Deception: Russiagate and the New Cold War Sakwa explores the origins and consequences of the investigations into the alleged collusion between the Russian government and Donald Trump in 2016. Reviewed by Maria Lipman

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The Asian revolutionaries who fought US imperialism   Menace to Empire is a profoundly ambitious history of race and empire that traces both the colonial violence and the anticolonial rage that the United States spread across the Pacific between the Philippine-American War and World War II. Moon-Ho Jung argues that the US national security state as we know it was born out of attempts to repress and silence anticolonial subjects, from the Philippines and Hawaiʻi to California and beyond. Learn more

We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland O’Toole’s book charts the extraordinary economic, social, and political transformation of Ireland since 1958. Reviewed by Andrew Moravcsik

Performing Power in Nigeria: Identity, Politics, and Pentecostalism Adelakun explores the Pentecostal Church in Nigeria and the emphasis it puts on affirming its social influence. Reviewed by Nicolas van de Walle

Disruption: Inside the Largest Counterterrorism Investigation in History Peritz provides a gripping account of a complex and ultimately successful counterterrorism investigation.