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The Cold War Never Ended Ukraine, the China Challenge, and the Revival of the West  By Stephen Kotkin

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Liberalism in Dark Times: The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century Cherniss explores the ideas of liberal thinkers from the World War II and Cold War eras. Reviewed by G. John Ikenberry

Rethinking Chinese Politics Fewsmith offers an account of how the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping and his successors maneuvered to consolidate and exercise power. Reviewed by Andrew J. Nathan

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Cadre Country: How China became the Chinese Communist Party by John Fitzgerald   Cadre Country is essential reading on the inner workings of the Chinese Communist Party and the limits of its achievements. Award-winning historian John Fitzgerald places the spotlight on China’s 40 million cadres – those employed by the ruling Communist Party to protect its great enterprise. Focusing on the stories the Communist Party tells about itself, Fitzgerald exposes Beijing’s monumental propaganda productions as a fragile edifice built on questionable assumptions.   Buy Now

Diplomacy and the Future of World Order This collection offers a valuable review of the successes, failures, and potential of international peacemaking and conflict management. Reviewed by Jessica T. Mathews

The Islamic State in Africa: The Emergence, Evolution, and Future of the Next Jihadist Battlefront Warner and his colleagues provide detailed political histories of nine affiliates of the Islamic State on the African continent. Reviewed by Nicolas van de Walle

The Middle East Crisis Factory: Tyranny, Resilience, and Resistance El-Baghdadi and Gatnash seek to upend conventional narratives of the Middle East’s myriad problems. Reviewed by Lisa Anderson