After the Neocons: America at the Crossroads Francis Fukuyama Francis Fukuyama used to regard himself as a ‘neocon’. But, attacking the right-wing policymakers he had previously worked with, he argues here that the Bush administration, in the war in Iraq, has wrongly applied the principles of neoconservatism – a philosophy that is vital to the arguments about Iraq, but rarely explored, and whose history he carefully untangles. He explains why the US did not realize how much foreign hostility there would be towards the war, or how difficult reconstruction would be. Showing that there is no established tradition in international relations theory that can help guide American foreign policy today, he then outlines a new approach, in his usual clear and penetrating style. MORE
Climate of Fear: The Reith Lectures 2004 Wole Soyinka Wole Soyinka was the first African to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In this year’s prestigious series of Reith Lectures, Soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politics. MORE
Crude Continent: The Struggle for Africa’s Oil Prize Duncan Clarke Based on thirty years in the global oil game, intimate knowledge of African history and direct experience of over forty countries, this comprehensive book shows that Africa’s flaws are not the whole story, when it comes to the continent’s history. A definitive yet original perspective on the rush for Africa’s oil, this is also a guide to the hidden face of Africa. MORE
Empires of Oil: Corporate Oil in Barbarian Worlds Duncan Clarke We might think that the world’s oil empires are invincible megaliths, dominated by American interests, but Duncan Clarke reveals the ways in which these empires will face huge challenges in the twenty-first century. Based on razor-sharp analysis of contemporary geopolitics and a deep knowledge of global history, he shows exactly why these empires are declining. MORE
Iran: the Looming Crisis: Can the West live with Iran’s nuclear threat? Dr Emanuele Ottolenghi In August 2002 the National Council of the Resistance in Iran (NCRI) revealed in Washington to a stunned world how advanced Iran’s nuclear programme was. And in September 2009 US President Barack Obama exposed yet another clandestine nuclear site there, bringing the possibility of a nuclear arsenal ever closer. MORE
