Foreign Policy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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China has undeniably stepped into a far more prominent role than ever before, but it has continued to hedge its bets, @raffpantucci and the late Alexandros Petersen write in an expert of their new book, “Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire.” https://t.co/nHSUH0jp1R

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The Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign-affairs correspondent, chronicles Ukrainian resistance since Moscow invaded in February 2022. Trofimov, who grew up in Kyiv, weaves stories of everyday Ukrainians and reportage from the front lines with analysis of military strategy and geopolitics.

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In an excerpt from “Red Memory: The Afterlives of China’s Cultural Revolution,” @taniabranigan explores Mao’s legacy in China. https://t.co/4AEpbVUAzA

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Karl Marx’s “Grundrisse” can guide us through the questions of how to deal with a rapidly developing artificial intelligence and the continued, seemingly inexorable rise of China. https://t.co/OZdaKQQDzF

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In 2012, @Lina_khalifeh founded @SheFighter, the first women-only self-defense school in the Middle East. Since then, SheFighter has trained more than 25,000 women in 35 countries. Hear Lina's story on The Long Game, a podcast from @DohaDebates and FP: https://t.co/emmQ2H4NIo https://t.co/mLqcVKxAuY

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2/ Last fall, @YashicaDutt reviewed Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” a book about racial hierarchies in the United States—arguing it overlooks the notably similar system in India. https://t.co/kcgP99a0ID

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Eric Protzer and Paul Summerville’s new book "Reclaiming Populism" argues that economic unfairness is more important than unequal incomes—but only redistributive policies can restore social mobility. https://t.co/AJOIG2Qowj

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"The Good Girls," by @soniafaleiro, tracks the case of two teenage girls found hanging from a mango tree in Uttar Pradesh in 2014, succeeding as both a riveting crime narrative and an insightful commentary on the chasm between urban and rural India. https://buff.ly/3isySsn

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Plus: Ukrainian journalist Serhii Rudenko’s “Zelensky: A Biography” provides a succinct portrait of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his first nearly two years in office, writes FP's @JackDetsch. https://t.co/De0S4SHSMS

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“Brexit is the most modern version of English particularism,” writes James Hawes in his latest review of Ian Morris’s book ‘Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World: A 10,000-Year History’ https://buff.ly/3zMQWqM