Sheri Berman, "Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day" (Oxford UP, 2019)
At the end of the twentieth century, many believed the story of European political development had come to an end. Modern democracy began in Europe, but for hundreds of years it competed with various ...
6 Okt 202054min
David R. Marples, "Understanding Ukraine and Belarus: A Memoir" (E-International Relations, 2020)
David R. Marples' new book Understanding Ukraine and Belarus: A Memoir (E-International Relations, 2020) describes the author's academic journey from an undergraduate in London to his current research...
2 Okt 202055min
Marlene Wind, "The Tribalization of Europe: A Defence of our Liberal Values" (Polity, 2020)
The European Union is arguably facing the greatest existential threat in its history. One of its big four member states has left and the main opposition parties in France and Italy flirt with leaving,...
24 Sep 202055min
Roman Deininger, "Markus Söder: The Shadow Chancellor" (Droemer Knauer, 2020)
Next year, Germany goes to the polls. For the first time in 15 years, Angela Merkel will not be a candidate for chancellor.Although a leadership election is underway inside Merkel’s Christian Democrat...
23 Sep 202037min
Jeremy Black, "A History of Britain: 1945 to Brexit" (Indiana UP, 2017)
According to the influential French commentator and scholar, Raymond Aron, one the great un-answered questions of the post-1945 period is how and why the British went from being ‘Romans to Italians’. ...
8 Sep 20201h 8min
J. Herbst and S. Lovegrove, "Brexit And Financial Regulation" (Oxford UP, 2020)
The UK’s transition from legally withdrawing from the EU to leaving the union’s single market will come to an end at midnight on December 31 with no successor trade agreement yet in place.For the UK’s...
4 Sep 202031min
Olli Rehn, "Walking the Highwire: Rebalancing the European Economy in Crisis" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020)
Walking the Highwire: Rebalancing the European Economy in Crisis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) tells the story of the Eurozone’s crisis from the perspective of an insider who now sits on the European Cen...
28 Aug 202053min
Paul De Grauwe, "Economics of Monetary Union" (Oxford UP, 2020)
First published in 1992 before the creation of the euro, Paul De Grauwe’s Economics of Monetary Union (Oxford University Press, 2020) has become a standard text for undergraduates seeking to understan...
13 Aug 202043min
