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        Atomic Backfires

        Atomic Backfires

        Atomic Backfires

        When Nuclear Policies Fail

        Edited by Stephen Herzog, Giles David Arceneaux and Ariel F. W. Petrovics

        Foreword by Scott D. Sagan

        ISBN: 9780262051859

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 16, 2025

        A sobering edited volume on how efforts to reduce nuclear weapons dangers may sometimes wind up exacerbating them.
        Worlds in Conflict

        Worlds in Conflict

        Worlds in Conflict

        War and the Limits of Politics

        by Vivienne Jabri

        ISBN: 9780262553728

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 11, 2025

        A new understanding of how war relates to politics based on four analytical categories: violence, people, words, and things.
        Absolutely Essential

        Absolutely Essential

        Absolutely Essential

        Bioethics and the Rules-Based International Order

        by Jonathan D. Moreno

        ISBN: 9780262553377

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 16, 2025

        What the end of the post-World War II global political system means for bioethics and beyond.
        Investable!

        Investable!

        Investable!

        When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance

        by Susan Erikson

        ISBN: 9780262549356

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: May 20, 2025

        A critical and sobering look at how international bankers and investors turn pandemics into investment opportunities, and what we stand to lose when we rely on “innovative finance.”
        Fragile Rise

        Fragile Rise

        Fragile Rise

        Grand Strategy and the Fate of Imperial Germany, 1871–1914

        by Xu Qiyu

        Foreword by Graham Allison

        Translated by Joshua Hill

        ISBN: 9780262549738

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 31, 2023

        Germany's rise to power before World War I from a Chinese persective, and the geopolitical lessons for today.
        Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints

        Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints

        Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints

        How Disasters Shape the Dynamics of Armed Conflicts

        by Tobias Ide

        ISBN: 9780262545556

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: June 6, 2023

        A ground-breaking study on how natural disasters can escalate or defuse wars, insurgencies, and other strife.
        Oil, Illiberalism, and War

        Oil, Illiberalism, and War

        Oil, Illiberalism, and War

        An Analysis of Energy and US Foreign Policy

        by Andrew T. Price-Smith

        ISBN: 9780262547697

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: April 4, 2023

        An argument that America's addiction to crude oil has driven a foreign policy of intervention and exploitation hidden behind a facade of liberal internationalism.
        The Power of Partnership in Open Government

        The Power of Partnership in Open Government

        The Power of Partnership in Open Government

        Reconsidering Multistakeholder Governance Reform

        by Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Daniel Berliner and Alex Ingrams

        ISBN: 9780262544597

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: December 6, 2022

        What the Open Government Partnership tells us about how international initiatives can and do shape domestic public sector reform.
        Double Jeopardy

        Double Jeopardy

        Double Jeopardy

        Combating Nuclear Terror and Climate Change

        by Daniel B. Poneman

        ISBN: 9780262546669

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 1, 2022

        Making the case that we can use nuclear power to combat climate change even as we reduce the risks of nuclear terror.
        The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War

        The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War

        The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War

        Charting the Rise and Fall of U.S. Military Emissions

        by Neta C. Crawford

        ISBN: 9780262047487

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 4, 2022

        How the Pentagon became the world's largest single greenhouse gas emitter and why it's not too late to break the link between national security and fossil fuel consumption.
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