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Eurowhiteness: Culture, Empire, and Race in the European Project BY HANS KUNDNANI. Hurst, 2023, 248 pp. Kundnani, a noted commentator on European affairs, recently decided that he no longer believes [...]

How Not to Be a Politician: A Memoir BY RORY STEWART. Penguin Press, 2023, 464 pp. If you read only one contemporary political memoir, let this be it. Stewart is [...]

Keir Starmer: The Biography BY TOM BALDWIN. William Collins, 2024, 448 pp. With a general election looming in the United Kingdom, the Labour Party enjoys a steady 20-point lead in [...]

We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland BY FINTAN O'TOOLE. Norton, 2021, 624 pp. The centenary of Irish independence has inspired a flood of writing. Among the [...]

The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life BY THERESA MAY. Headline, 2023, 352 pp. The author, who served as British prime minister from 2016 to 2019, is remembered [...]

Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate BY M. E. SAROTTE. Yale University Press, 2021, 568 pp. Adistinguished historian of transatlantic relations revisits Western relations [...]

Diplomacy BY HENRY KISSINGER. Simon & Schuster, 1994, 912 pp. The Economic Consequences of the Peace BY JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES. Harcourt, Brace, and Howe, 1919,192 pp. The Primacy of Politics: [...]

Homelands: A Personal History of Europe BY TIMOTHY GARTON ASH. Yale University Press, 2023, 384 pp. For nearly a half century, Garton Ash has commented on central and eastern Europe [...]

Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples Since 1500 BY PETER H. WILSON. Harvard University Press, 2023, 976 pp. This astonishingly ambitious and detailed 900-page study of [...]

This article provides summaries of several recent books on various topics. "Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century" by Simon Kuper explores the complexities of living in Paris, debunking negative narratives and highlighting the city's tolerance and diversity. "Germany and Nuclear Weapons in the Twenty-First Century: Atomic Zeitenwende?" edited by Ulrich Kuhn, discusses the debate in Germany about its strategic options regarding nuclear weapons, particularly in light of the possibility of the return of former President Donald Trump. "Hindu Nationalism in the Indian Diaspora: Transnational Politics and British Multiculturalism" by Edward T. G. Anderson examines the support for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalism among the Indian diaspora in the UK and beyond. "The Democratic Regression: The Political Causes of Authoritarian Populism" by Armin Schafer and Michael Zurn explores the causes of rising authoritarian populism in advanced democracies, focusing on the perception of unresponsiveness by parties and governments. Finally, "Climate Radicals: Why Our Environmental Politics Isn't Working" by Cameron Abadi discusses the challenges of maintaining a domestic consensus for combating climate change, critiquing radical protesters in Germany and advocating for a more pragmatic approach. [Extracted from the article]

EVERYONE WRITES OFF THE EUROPEAN UNION AS DULL AND PRONE TO FRACTURE. BUT THE LAST DECADE SHOWS THAT BRUSSELS IS SMARTER THAN BEIJING, LONDON, MOSCOW, AND WASHINGTON. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, [...]

Stars With Stripes: The Essential Partnership Between the European Union and the United States BY ANTHONY LUZZATTO GARDNER. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 468 pp. This memoir relates the impressions of the [...]

The Capital BY ROBERT MENASSE. TRANSLATED BY JAMIE BULLOCH. Liveright, 2019, 416 pp. The European Union may well be the most ambitious and successful experiment in voluntary international cooperation in [...]

Of Privacy and Power: The Transatlantic Struggle Over Freedom and Security BY HENRY FARRELL AND ABRAHAM NEWMAN. Princeton University Press, 2019, 248 pp. Globalization means that the domestic policies of [...]

EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts BY ASHOKA MODY. Oxford University Press, 2018, 672 pp. In this book, the best history of the recent eurozone crisis yet to appear, Mody [...]

Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK BY SIMON KUPER. Profile Books, 2022, 240 pp. Most foreigners are perplexed by the flagrant air of diffidence [...]

The Politics of Opera: A History From Monteverdi to Mozart BY MITCHELL COHEN. Princeton University Press, 2017, 512 pp. Toscanini: Musician of Conscience BY HARVEY SACHS. Liveright, 2017, 944 pp. [...]

Karl Polanyi: A Life on the Left BY GARETH DALE. Columbia The Hungarian sociologist Karl Polanyi, who eventually settled in Canada, was one of the most prescient and persuasive political [...]

And the Weak Suffer What They Must? BY YANIS VAROUFAKIS. Nation Books, 2016, 368 pp. Welcome to the Poisoned Chalice: The Destruction of Greece and the Future of Europe BY [...]