An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world's leading public intellectual

We have two choices. We can be pessimistic, give up, and help ensure that the worst will happen. Or we can be optimistic, grasp the opportunities that surely exist, and maybe help make the world a better place. Not much of a choice. From peerless political thinker Noam Chomsky comes an exploration of rising neoliberalism, the refugee crisis in ...

'Wry, informative but deadly - a great book'

Will Hutton

'Fast-paced and impassioned'

Sunday Telegraph

Who said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. A fascinating exploration of how and why Caesars seized power and why they fell.

There is a comforting illusion shared by historians and political commentators, that history progresses in a nice straight line towards liberal democracy or socialism, despite the odd hiccup.

Every democracy, however ...

The story of NATO's disastrous occupation of Afghanistan, and how it repeated the mistakes of the Soviet occupation which preceded it

If you think art history has to be pale, male and stale - think again.

Agent Zigzag meets The Book of Heroic Failures and The GCHQ Quiz Book.

‘Veiligheid Opnieuw Doordenken’ introduceert en ontwikkelt het concept 'inclusieve veiligheid' als alternatief voor het vigerende militaire veiligheidsbeleid. Dit concept benadrukt de noodzaak van samenwerking en het overstijgen van eigenbelang voor nationale, Europese en mondiale veiligheid, uitgaande van de kerngedachte dat uiteindelijk niemand veilig is tenzij iedereen veilig is. Die kerngedachte wordt ondersteund door vier basisprincipes: internationale samenwerking, het respecteren e...