What does this burgeoning anti-Western alliance mean for global security in an increasingly erratic world?
A chilling global investigation into how modern surveillance states are built and why they endure—from a journalist once spied upon in Cold War Europe.
Selected as one of the ‘Best Summer Books of 2024: Business’ in the Financial Times
The fascinating history of Russia’s secret agents targeting Japan, from the Edo shogunate to the Second World War.
Humanity has always craved, and feared, information. How should we understand our enduring, ever-changing relationships with technology and knowledge?
A continent-crossing panorama of women’s rights, women’s oppression and women’s politics in the twenty-first century.
Fresh ways of thinking about war and information on the data- saturated battlefields of the twenty-first century— drawing on Russia’s conflict with Ukraine.
The story of the struggle to control Gaza, from the mid-19th century to the present.
With Orwell claimed by all sides of the culture wars, returning to his own world and words offers sharp and surprising lessons for today’s crises.
Russia is intent on attacking beyond Ukraine. Can Europe defend itself?
A fresh look at the ancient general and scholar’s classic History of the Peloponnesian War, from the perspective of modern diplomacy and war.
Drawing on examples from sport, diplomacy, business and more, the authors explore how strategic thinking can guide clear- sighted decision-making.