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Available now! Nizar Kabbani’s poetry speaks of love, desire, beauty, freedom, and longing with a directness that is as fresh today as when it was first written. Use the code Fall26 for 20% off!

New! The 3rd edition of Inside African Politics is now available: “A comprehensive, scholarly, and readable guide.... Highly recommended.” —Choice

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Available now! Alan Doss and David Harris draw on their combined experiences as a practitioner and an academic to explore the elements of the peace processes in Liberia and Sierra Leone. https://shorturl.at/zCAyh

New! Keith Preble chronicles the emergence and distinctiveness of sanctions-evasion measures and evaluates their effectiveness in challenging US economic power. Available now! https://shorturl.at/ZumBz

Spending on college course materials continued to decline in 2025–26, with average student expenditures falling to $338. The latest data from the National Association of College Stores highlights ongoing shifts in how students access and purchase course materials, including the growing role of digital formats. Read more from Publishers Weekly:

Spending on College Course Materials Falls Again As the use of digital course materials and Affordable Access programs grow, student spending on materials has declined 44% in the last decade.

New! Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions by Anthony Rodin: With climate change reshaping the global landscape—straining alliances, revealing new areas for exploitation, igniting new flashpoints—are prevailing theories of international relations equipped to account for the transformation?

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How are scholarly publishers using social media in 2026? A new post shares findings from the Pulse Check survey, exploring platform trends, engagement goals, and the challenges of measuring impact in scholarly communications.

Social Media in Scholarly Communications — SSP Pulse Check Report - The Scholarly Kitchen SSP's latest Pulse Check survey offers a community-wide snapshot of social media in scholarly publishing as it stands today.

In case you missed it: here's LRP author Richard Sakwa discussing the "political west" and the lost opportunities for peace. Watch here:

The Political West Is Collapsing. Imperial Globalism Is Not | Prof. Richard Sakwa While the West champions a "rules-based order," it consistently byp...

Many thanks to The National for featuring Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani on their most recent Train Reads list! Men in the Sun is available now: https://www.rienner.com/title/Men_in_the_Sun_and_Other_Palestinian_Stories

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Train reads: 11 compact books to take on short journeys | The National As Etihad Rail launches between Abu Dhabi and Fujairah, these novellas, essays and story collections suit the nearly two-hour route

Congratulations to Irene Wu for a successful event at JF Books in Washington, DC! Her book, Measuring Soft Power in International Relations, is available in paperback now! https://shorturl.at/3KasJ