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Ivana Bartoletti, author of AI Is Not Your Friend, is honoured to be speaking at AI Journey for Peace in Rome, 2–4 December 2026.
More information here: rome.nobelpeacesummit.com/en…
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Thank you to @BeckyCNN and the Connect the World team at @CNN for having me on yesterday from Abu Dhabi during @ADIPECOfficial .
We discussed where the Iran talks stand, how the Gulf is trying to protect its economic model, growth, and security, and what a workable path out of this war could look like for a region that didn't start it but bore the brunt of the damage.
I also reflected on the thesis of my book, West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East, which rests on three arguments. First, the Middle East frame no longer explains the region we have today. The borders that once separated South Asia, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean have dissolved. That is why Turkey is active in the Indian Ocean and why India is active in the Mediterranean.
Second, the Gulf states now sit at the center of the global economy, as a trade network linking Asian and European markets. Third, If the Gulf wants to keep exporting energy, its next commodity is compute.
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“a bracingly forthright history of an extra-ordinary delusion” Francis Wheen, The Spectator
Alice Sullivan's Sex, Lies and Statistics features in The Spectator's Books of the Year 2026!
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"Hitler’s megalomania should remain a ruin" says @felix_bohr, author of Before the Downfall: Hitler's Years in the Wolf's Lair
Read here: theguardian.com/world/2026/n…
Before the Downfall: Hitler's Years in the Wolf's Lair is coming this month.
A detailed reconstruction of everyday life in the Wolf’s Lair – the secluded compound in the forest of what is now northeastern Poland where Hitler spent most of his time after launching the invasion of the Soviet Union.
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📖Today on #BookBreaks, Nancy Foner (Hunter College) discusses her book "Immigration: How the Past Shapes the Present." Join us at 2 pm ET for this free online program for history enthusiasts of all ages!
Register here: gilderlehrman.org/book-break…
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Global Justice Report: A Plan for Equality & Prosperity Within Planetary Boundaries
Available in bookshops on december 16 (@politybooks)
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I’ve recommended some of my favourite history books! 📚
Every historian has read books that have helped shape their perspective. Discover the books that have inspired @drfrancisyoung, from histories of religion to works that challenge perceptions of belief.
Browse his selection on our @bookshop_org_UK page ⬇️📚
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📕 'Lithuania Ascending' by S. C. Rowell
📕 'Silverwhite' by Lennart Meri
📕 'The Stripping of the Altars' by Eamon Duffy
📕 'They Flew' by Carlos Eire
📕 'The Night Battles' by Carlo Ginzburg
📕 'The Triumph of the Moon' by Ronald Hutton
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Very happy to see the growth of @thegeopoldesk throughout the last year
An important addition to the analytical and media landscape in the region, particularly in North Africa where it remains severely underreported.
Javad Zarif’s proposal for a West Asian security framework reflects a much broader geopolitical transformation already underway.
In April, we spoke with strategist @ThisIsSoliman, whose book West Asia anticipated this shift, about how the Iran war, Asian integration, Gulf capital and emerging security arrangements are reshaping the region.
The Middle East as we knew it is changing. But what is replacing it?
Read our exclusive interview 👇🏽
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Don't miss the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar with Dr Paula Bartley, author of Trailblazers: The First Women Elected to Government, both online and in person!
When: 3 November 2026
Where: IHR (Room NB02) and online
More details here: historyofparliament.com/2026…
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Ambassador Jorge Heine presented his bookThe Non-Aligned World: Striking Out in an Era of Great Power Competition in the Literary Festival “ Words Beyond Borders” held at Raffles University, Neemrana, India, on 25-27 October. The festival explored the nexus between literature and diplomacy , bringing together 72 diplomat-authors from 30 countries. In a session entitled “ Active Non-Alignment: A Way Forward for the Global South”, in conversation with Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani of India, Heine discussed the main features of Active Non-Alignment, how it arose in Latin America and why it has spread to the rest of the Global South.
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Critical South is a book series of the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs published by Polity Press, which aims to galvanize cross-hemispheric discussion.
The CS series solicits and translates work from several regions that have not been well represented in the annals of critical thinking and that are distinguished by their promise to incite greater dialogue across several regions on issues of common concern. The series seeks to identify texts from important traditions in critical thought emerging from the southern hemisphere that have generally not entered into discussions of critical theory in English, and to translate works that have broad appeal and that can redefine the global scope and foci of critical thought for the present. The series includes major texts from Latin America (originally written in Spanish and Portuguese) and Francophone Africa and the Caribbean as well as texts written in English from Africa and South Asia. In addition to identifying major works that have yet to be translated or are unknown outside their regions, the series also commissions books from major intellectual figures in the field on topics of interest to a broad global readership.
The following books are by thinkers and leaders in critical thought from and about Brazil.
You can get 20% off the paperback price of these titles by entering the code B20CS at checkout.
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Life Is Not Useful is a devastating critique of the destructive consequences of Western civilization. In his unique voice, Krenak builds a powerful critique of our way of life and the misconception of humanity’s place on Earth: brutal utilitarianism and rampant consumerism have become the sad insignia of modern civilization.
Against the backdrop of environmental destruction and the Covid-19 pandemic, he resists calls to return to ‘normality’ and urges us to take this opportunity to reinvent our civilization by drawing lessons from Brazil’s Indigenous peoples and the way they have reinvented their lives when faced with the threat of annihilation.
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