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12/08/2025

New episode from the US–China Dialogue Podcast: “Assessing China’s Soft Power.” Irene S. Wu offers a data-driven analysis of China’s soft-power trajectory—highlighting mobility, cultural exchange, and global perception trends. A valuable contribution to ongoing scholarly debates on influence and international order. 🎧

Irene S. Wu discusses her conceptualization of how to measure soft power and the evolution of China’s soft power.

12/08/2025

We're enjoying the attendees at the African Studies Association conference. Visit us in booth #303 to view books from presses such as Duke University Press, Lynne Rienner Publishers, University of Pennsylvania Press, Princeton University Press, Wits - University of the Witwatersrand / NYU Press & many more!

12/05/2025

👏 Huge thanks to The New Arab for spotlighting Making Aid Work: Dueling with Dictators and Warlords in the Middle East and North Africa!

This powerful book offers a hard-hitting, field-driven rethink of Western aid in the MENA region. A must-read for anyone interested in foreign assistance, authoritarian resilience, and real reform. 📚🌍

You can read the review here: https://shorturl.at/WVwlP

Book Club: ’Making Aid Work’ provides a sharp, field-driven look at how outdated Western aid models helped entrench authoritarianism in the Middle East

12/04/2025

Now in paperback! "[A] thoughtful political history of a much-neglected country." —Nicolas van de Walle, Foreign Affairs

Get your copy today! https://shorturl.at/pOeYr

12/04/2025

👏 Big congratulations to Mietek Boduszynski, winner of Pomona College’s Wig Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching! We’re proud to have published his 2019 book US Democracy Promotion in the Arab World (you can find it here: https://shorturl.at/qMmg6) — and excited for his upcoming work on US foreign policy! 📚🎉

Lynne Rienner Publishers, celebrating 35 years of independent publishing, is known for its cutting-edge, high quality scholarly and academic books and journals in politics, social sciences, and the humanities.

12/03/2025

🙏 Big thanks to Al-Monitor for selecting Qatar and the United Arab Emirates: Diverging Paths to Regional and Global Power as “Book of the Week”! https://shorturl.at/gaIP4

You can check it out here ➡️ https://shorturl.at/BMf0a 📚✨

12/03/2025

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Get 30% OFF every title at Lynne Rienner Publishers with code HOLIDAY30 — now through Jan 5, 2026! https://www.rienner.com/

12/02/2025

Now in paperback! Political Identity & African Foreign Policies (John F. Clark, editor) explores the relationship between the political identity of ruling elites and the nature of foreign policy in nine African countries. Get your copy now! https://shorturl.at/Afwwv

11/18/2025

Now available—the fourth edition of International Law in World Politics, “the premier textbook on the politics of international law … an indispensable teaching tool.” —Ian Hurd, Northwestern University

Get your copy now! https://shorturl.at/8Hv39

11/15/2025

📚 The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington is hosting the launch of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates: Diverging Paths to Regional and Global Power by Emma Soubrier!

Join the author on November 17, 2025, 12:30–2:00 pm for an in-depth conversation on how Qatar and the UAE forged distinct trajectories to regional and global influence.

📍 Register to attend in person or virtually—we look forward to welcoming you: https://shorturl.at/dR4MO

On November 17, AGSI will host a discussion on Qatar's and the United Arab Emirates' paths to prominence in the Middle East and beyond.

11/10/2025

📢 Exciting news! Join us on Thursday, 13 November 2025 at 16:00 GMT for the launch of Making Aid Work: Dueling with Dictators and Warlords in the Middle East and North Africa with authors Guilain Denoeux and Robert Springborg, hosted virtually by the LSE Middle East Centre. 📚

Discover how aid can be more than just well-intended when politics, corruption and power intervene. Register now — and be part of the conversation on reforming development in a region in flux. 🔍

👉 Register here: https://shorturl.at/bmTlM

4.00pm Thursday 13 November | Guilain Denoeux, Robert Springborg | Zoom webinar at LSE

11/07/2025

Explore the latest from HSRC Press! 📚 Their new catalog is out now—featuring groundbreaking research and must-read titles across the social sciences. Browse it here: https://shorturl.at/nnPaJ