Books

Jennifer Rowland parses the tale of a State Department insider.

Joshua Hersh investigates America’s shadow war.

Danny Postel follows the Leveretts to Tehran.

Kelsey Norman deconstructs the story of dual citizens.

They fled a revolution in the Middle East, to experience discriminatory policies and stereotyping in the West

Laura Kasinof reports on the rise of Al-Qaeda in Yemen

Ira Hubert studies the meaning of Chinese history since 1750.

Anne Henochowicz investigates a murder in Chongqing

Tarek Selim wonders how the U.S. can catch up with China

Matthew Duss ponders the problem of Orientalism in Washington

Lara Setrakian examines the rise and fall of Bashar Al-Assad

Malou Innocent reports on President Obama’s War on Terror

Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy. By Christopher Hayes. Crown, 2012. 304 pp.

Wendell Steavenson searches for Wael Ghonim

The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East. By Marc Lynch; The Invisible Arab: The Promise and Peril of the Arab Revolution. By Marwan Bishara; The Arab Awakening: Islam and the New Middle East. By Tariq Ramadan.

Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of Oil. By Timothy Mitchell. Verso, 2011 288 pp.

Thinking, Fast and Slow. By Daniel Kahneman. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. 512 pp.

Hassan Yassin reflects on the recklessness behind the global economic crisis

Shaden Khallaf examines how migration enriches our world

A New Voice for Israel: Fighting for the Survival of the Jewish Nation. By Jeremy Ben-Ami. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. 242 pp.

The People Reloaded: The Green Movement and the Struggle for Iran’s Future. Edited by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel. Melville House, 2010. 462 pp.

This Burning Land: Lessons From the Front Lines of the Transformed Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. By Greg Myre and Jennifer Griffin. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, 2010. 320 pp.

After Apartheid: Reinventing South Africa? Edited by Ian Shapiro and Kahreen Tebeau. University of Virginia Press, 2011. 368 pp.

Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why It Matters. By James Zogby. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 248 pp.

The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel’s Bargain with the Bomb. By Avner Cohen. Columbia University Press, 2010. 416 pp.

Aftershock: The Next Economy and America’s Future. By Robert Reich. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. 192 pp.

How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance. By Parag Khanna; World Rule: Accountability, Legitimacy, and the Design of Global Governance. By Jonathan G. S. Koppell; The Future of Power. By Joseph S. Nye, Jr.; The End of Arrogance: America in the Global Competition of Ideas. By Steven Weber and Bruce W. Jentleson

Decision Points. By George W. Bush. Crown Publishers, 2010. 512 pp.