Fifth edition of the leading textbook on international organizations that mixes international law, politics, and case studies in an accessible package. It presents the most important global institutions, from the UN to the WTO and FIFA and the International Olympic Committee, explaining the legal treaties and their political controversies for each.

The divisive impacts of identity politics laid bare by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order and The End of History.

Since the start of the Trump era, the United States and the Western world has finally begun to wake up to the threat of online warfare and the attacks from Russia, who flood social media with disinformation, and circulate false and misleading information to fuel fake narratives and make the case for illegal warfare. The question no one seems to be able to answer is: what can the West do about it?

Central and Eastern European states, including Ukraine and Poland, however, have been aware of th...

If we are to understand the politics that we now take for granted, we need to understand its origins. This book examines the paths that different societies have taken to reach their current forms of political order. It starts with the very beginning of mankind and comes right up to the eve of the French and American revolutions.

What is the history of ideas - and how has it shaped our world today?

The only book you need to read to understand the events of the past four years in Trump's America, from the prize-winning Russian-American New Yorker writer.

A deep dive into how we define, seek and become leaders.

An extraordinary collection of 240 artworks, photographs and symbolic objects designed to provoke reflection, revelation and action towards a more just world, by acclaimed digital curator Stephen Ellcock. A better world is within our grasp ...

Van de toeslagenaffaire tot het vastgelopen stikstofdossier: de kranten staan vol over de ‘bestuurscrisis’ waar Nederland in verkeert. In die discussie wordt één stem opvallend weinig gehoord: die van de vele tienduizenden mensen die het overheidsbeleid ook echt moeten uitvoeren. In de politiek worden zij niet gezien en op de ministeries worden zij niet begrepen.

Tot die conclusie kwamen Alexander Pechtold en Bart Snels toen zij enkele jaren geleden zelf de overstap maakten van de Tweed...