Space Exploration
John Strausbaugh, The Wrong Stuff
John Strausbaugh is an American writer, and columnist, who also worked for The New York Times. His latest book,
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April 7, 2025
Book Reviews
Military Strategy
Jack Watling, The Arms of the Future
Emerging technologies are catalyzing a radical shift in the conduct of modern warfare. Heralding a new era of lethality
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March 7, 2025
Artificial Intelligence
Toby Walsh, Machines Behaving Badly: Morality of AI
Looking ahead into the next three decades, there will be hardly any industry left untouched by Artificial Intelligence. It is due to this reason
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December 24, 2024
Economic Policy
Daniel McDowell, Bucking the Buck
Daniel McDowell’s book Bucking the Buck: US Financial Sanctions and the International Backlash against the Dollar is a notable addition to the literature on the de-dollarisation trend and its underlying motives. In it, McDowell critically analyses the influence of the overuse of economic sanctions by the United States (US)
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July 11, 2024
India
Kalyani Devaki Menon, Making Place for Muslims in Contemporary India
Kalyani Devaki Menon’s ‘Making Place for Muslims in Contemporary India’ is an insightful gateway into the challenges faced by Indian Muslims to survive in a country treading on the path of exclusionary and majoritarian politics. Working currently, as a Professor of religious study at DePaul University, Chicago, Menon, has previously also written a book titled ‘Everyday Nationalism’ on the religious politics of Hindu rights.
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April 23, 2024
Afghanistan
Hassan Abbas, The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan after the Americans Left
Hassan Abbas’s book The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan after the Americans Left elucidates what followed after the fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021, in Afghanistan. The author guides the reader through an exploration of the Taliban’s challenges and prospects upon assuming power in Afghanistan.
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January 20, 2024
Economic Affairs & National Development
Usman W. Chohan, Public Value and the Post-Pandemic Society
In the book Public Value and the Post-Pandemic Society, author Dr Usman W. Chohan discusses the ‘post-pandemic’ era through the prism of Public Value (PV) scholarship. The first section of the book, titled ‘Changes and Transitions,’ examines the notions of value transition and value stability in the context of the post-COVID era and discusses the two most salient manifestations of challenges to the post-pandemic society, including stagflation and the great resignation.
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January 19, 2024
leadership
Karl Moore, Generation Why: How Boomers Can Lead and Learn from Millennials and GenZ
We live in an era of generational transition, where a new cohort of GenZ (b.1997-2012) are entering the workforce, Millennials (b.1981-1996) are rising to middle management, and the Senior Boomers (b.1946-1964) are retiring. As a result, there is a mix of generational traits and values found in organisations today.
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January 19, 2024
Climate Change
Paul Hawken, Regeneration, Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation
Paul Hawken, a renowned environmentalist, entrepreneur, and author, has long been at the forefront of advocating for sustainable solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. He is not only an influential thinker but also the founder of Project Drawdown, a comprehensive plan to reverse global warming. In his latest work, ‘Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation,’ he offers an inspiring and persuasive vision for tackling the climate crisis.
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January 9, 2024
Peace and Conflict
Tim Mcfarland, Autonomous Weapon Systems and the Law of Armed Conflict: Compatibility with International Humanitarian Law
Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) are a rapidly evolving disruptive technology that not only impact the characteristics of warfare but also pose significant challenges for the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC). The distinctive feature these weapons present is their ability to select and eliminate their targets without human intervention. While these weapon systems have been gaining much consideration amongst Armed Forces of a number of countries, they are also becoming an immediate cause of humanitarian, ethical and legal concern.
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December 22, 2023
