Reviews

Review – Frontline Ukraine: Crisis in the Borderlands

Paul Robinson • May 20 2015 • Features

Sakwa lays out a courageous and powerful case which directly challenges the prevailing ‘blame everything on Russia’ narrative regarding the current conflict in Ukraine.

Review – Alternative and Bottom-Up Peace Indicators

Gearoid Millar • May 16 2015 • Features

While helpfully presenting the limitations of top-down evaluation and the challenges facing bottom-up approaches, this volume leaves the reader wanting a more comprehensive engagement.

Review – The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare

Christopher Finlay • May 15 2015 • Features

Kaurin connects fruitfully with questions arising from asymmetrical warfare, providing particularly thoughtful reflections on the issues it poses for military education.

Review – Disease Diplomacy: International Norms and Global Health Security

Nataliya Smyhora • May 10 2015 • Features

A fascinating account of changes in the International Health Regulations, this volume will surely become a key text in the growing field of health diplomacy studies.

Review – The G20: Evolution, Interrelationships, Documentaion

Hakan Mehmetcik • May 5 2015 • Features

Hajnal has penned a richly documented and well designed book which proves to be one of the best guides to an incredibly important institution of global governance.

Review – Putting Terrorism in Context

James Lutz • Apr 28 2015 • Features

Dispelling many ideas that have been accepted uncritically by politicians and publics, the authors provide excellent analysis informed by the Global Terrorism Database.

Review – Culture Troubles: Politics and the Interpretation of Meaning

Dana Gold • Apr 22 2015 • Features

Irrespective of slight flaws, the authors provide a convincing analysis in favour of a cultural approach that provides a voice to those who are all too often overlooked.

Review – Faith-Based Organizations at the United Nations

Daniel Golebiewski • Apr 16 2015 • Features

Addressing a marked gap in IR literature, Haynes provides a timely account of how religious organizations play an increasingly important role in international affairs.

Review – Informal Ambassadors

Kristin Hoganson • Apr 10 2015 • Features

Cooper makes a solid case for the mediating roles these cultural ambassadors played in elite circles, but at times her evaluation of their importance can seem stretched.

Review – Sexualities in World Politics

Federica Caso • Apr 5 2015 • Features

A timely collection that reflects the contemporary zeitgeist of LGBT politics, raises important disciplinary questions, and promises to open up new dialogue within IR.

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