Lynne Rienner Publishers

08/20/2026

New! The 3rd edition of Inside African Politics is now available: “A comprehensive, scholarly, and readable guide.... Highly recommended.” —Choice

Get your copy here! https://shorturl.at/J2URy

08/13/2026

Available now! Alan Doss and David Harris draw on their combined experiences as a practitioner and an academic to explore the elements of the peace processes in Liberia and Sierra Leone. https://shorturl.at/zCAyh

08/11/2026

New! Keith Preble chronicles the emergence and distinctiveness of sanctions-evasion measures and evaluates their effectiveness in challenging US economic power. Available now! https://shorturl.at/ZumBz

08/10/2026

Spending on college course materials continued to decline in 2025–26, with average student expenditures falling to $338. The latest data from the National Association of College Stores highlights ongoing shifts in how students access and purchase course materials, including the growing role of digital formats. Read more from Publishers Weekly:

As the use of digital course materials and Affordable Access programs grow, student spending on materials has declined 44% in the last decade.

07/08/2026

New! Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions by Anthony Rodin: With climate change reshaping the global landscape—straining alliances, revealing new areas for exploitation, igniting new flashpoints—are prevailing theories of international relations equipped to account for the transformation?

Available now: https://buff.ly/stZRHAC

07/07/2026

How are scholarly publishers using social media in 2026? A new post shares findings from the Pulse Check survey, exploring platform trends, engagement goals, and the challenges of measuring impact in scholarly communications.

SSP's latest Pulse Check survey offers a community-wide snapshot of social media in scholarly publishing as it stands today.

07/06/2026

In case you missed it: here's LRP author Richard Sakwa discussing the "political west" and the lost opportunities for peace. Watch here:

While the West champions a "rules-based order," it consistently byp...

07/01/2026

Many thanks to The National for featuring Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani on their most recent Train Reads list! Men in the Sun is available now: https://www.rienner.com/title/Men_in_the_Sun_and_Other_Palestinian_Stories

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As Etihad Rail launches between Abu Dhabi and Fujairah, these novellas, essays and story collections suit the nearly two-hour route

06/18/2026

Congratulations to Irene Wu for a successful event at JF Books in Washington, DC! Her book, Measuring Soft Power in International Relations, is available in paperback now! https://shorturl.at/3KasJ

06/10/2026

New from the Jamestown Foundation: Escalating tensions between Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government and the Uzbek foreign fighters in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).

Jacob Zenn