tinyurl.com/ytwjsu4e What Trump's meeting with Xi mean for Taiwan? To learn the history of this critically important island, see Anna Beth Keim’s ‘Heaven Does Not Block All Roads: A History of Taiwan Through the Life of Huang Chin-tao.’ 25% off with code HEAVEN25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/mrxv4uc4

If you are n the UK, you can read a sample & purchase Carla Kaplan's ‘Troublemaker’ here ➡️ tinyurl.com/yc7w4jrw Finalist for both the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography & the National Book Critics Circle Award Winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard University

tinyurl.com/nxcapf4n 🇬🇱 As the US looks to open more bases in Greenland, once again we are asking ‘So You Want to Own Greenland?’ Learn the perils involved in the book considering that question by Liz Buchanan. Read a sample & order your copy ➡️ tinyurl.com/2vbuc24n

👀🇬🇱 An American offering Greenlanders cash for signatures? Read 'the textual equivalent of sitting down for a beer w/someone who just happens to be an expert on Arctic security & wants to fill you in on the backstory to Trump’s recent overtures.' @newstatesman1913.bsky.social 👉 tinyurl.com/4ezeesk4

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m2wjlkzplo 🇨🇳🇬🇧 China’s influence in the UK under scrutiny once again. See @methorley.bsky.social's 'All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State Influence in Britain' & @urbanmorph.bsky.social's ‘Uneasy Streets: How Chinese Money Is Remaking Urban Britain’ 👉 tinyurl.com/y5nxb5cs

Congratulations Barry Hatton! Our updated, refreshed edition of The Portuguese: A Modern History is out now! ‘Engaging, often delightful’@publisherswkly.bsky.social See also Hatton’s ‘vivid'(@thetimes.com) book on Lisbon, Queen of the Sea! 20%off these books w/ code HATTON20➡️ tinyurl.com/s4kkcy6h

On the eve of the 1st anniversary of Pope Leo’s election, US Sec of State Marco Rubio descends upon the Vatican in the midst of a war of words. See Yvonnick Denoël’s ‘Vatican Spies’ for more about the Holy See & global intrigue. Forthcoming in pb this summer with an update on the papacy of Leo XIV.

In the UK, you can read a sample & purchase ‘Troublemaker’ here ➡️ tinyurl.com/yc7w4jrw Finalist for both the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography & the National Book Critics Circle Award ‘Solid, even-handed, impressive.’ @thespectator1828.bsky.social

To learn more about the elusive N Korea, read ‘Pyongyang on the Brink’ or ‘The Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung’. For an ‘engaging’ (@newstatesman1913.bsky.social) account of S Korea, see ‘Shrimp to Whale’. Use code KOREA20 for a 20% discount on our Korean titles ▶️ tinyurl.com/2xfwad42

I talked with @justinsalhani.bsky.social for this episode on Lebanon and Israel's attacks on journalists www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

I've always loved @hurstpublishers.bsky.social' books, so I am delighted to announce that Colin Reed and I have signed with them to write a book on the history, present, and future of corporate geopolitics! #book #geopolitics

I’m pleased to say I make an appearance in @elmundo.es.web.brid.gy here: Matthew Ford, experto en conflictos bélicos: "Cuando compartes una foto de la guerra ya formas parte de la cadena de destrucción" @esferalibros.bsky.social @hurstpublishers.bsky.social amp.elmundo.es/papel/el-mun...

🚨We are delighted to share that #EISS Board Member @olivierschmitt.bsky.social has published his new book Preparing for War: Strategy, Power and Military Change (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social)

🗞️’A genuinely engrossing … highly informed road trip.’ Read the review of Travels Through the Spanish Civil War by @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social in @thetls.bsky.social👇 www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...

Clearly huge hurdles to overcome for forthcoming WC in US re conflict in Middle East, but - as discussed by @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social in this released shortly after initial US/Israel strikes on Iran last year - regional unrest hugely concerning for Saudi (WC34/SPL/project2030). pod.fo/e/2f6765

🇮🇷 🇷🇺 Happy publication day to @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social and ‘Russia and Iran’, which charts the two countries’ relationship from tenuous alignment to robust partnership! ‘Deeply insightful & fascinating.’ @michaelkofman.bsky.social 25% off w/code RUSSIAIRAN25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/mtnsrhzv

In the UK, you can pick up your copy of the award-winning 'Troublemaker' at 25% off w/code TROUBLEMAKER25 👉 tinyurl.com/3z8zha7j

💬‘A timely — and hopeful — analysis of the global erosion of democracy.’ Read the review of @professorjkeane.bsky.social’s Demagogues and Despots: Democracies on the Brink in @sydmorningherald.bsky.social👇 www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

I am very pleased to say, “La guerra en la era del smartphone: Un nuevo campo de batalla al alcance de nuestras manos” ya está disponible hoy. 29 April 2026 cc: @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social @hurstpublishers.bsky.social @michaeldwyer.bsky.social @esferalibros.bsky.social amzn.eu/d/0agxuwRm

Diplomatic gifts have a rich and varied history, with many subtexts. Learn more in 'Diplomatic Gifts: A History in Fifty Presents' by Paul Brummell 👉 tinyurl.com/yk96k8hz ‘A jaunty & instructive book.’ @wsj.com

If you didn’t catch Olivera Simić at one of her events last week, you can still order her book, Madam War Criminal: Biljana Plavšić, Serbia’s Iron Lady, at 25% off using the code SIMIC25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3aj6f5va

While the world watches the war in the Mideast, what is going on w/the growing conflict in Mali? Al-Qaeda-linked militants are launching coordinated attacks & Russian forces are pulling out. To understand more, read ‘Sahel: The Perfect Storm’ by Morten Bøås. Sample & purchase ➡️ tinyurl.com/rzp4nbfv

Insightful analysis by two preeminent Gulf experts, @giorgiocafiero.bsky.social and @kristianulrichsen.bsky.social. www.theamericanconservative.com/qatars-calcu...

As the US threatens the Falklands, a reminder of what the Falklands War wrought from an SAS commander: 'Across an Angry Sea' by Lieutenant General Sir Cedric Delves. ‘Gripping & heart-rending.’ @dailymail.co.uk 20% off w/code FALKLANDS20 👉https://tinyurl.com/54n7p36y www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🇪🇪📚 ADVANCE STOCK ALERT: ‘Estonian Lessons: What the World Can Learn from a Brilliant Baltic State’ by Ambassador @allenross.bsky.social is now available at 20% off w/code ESTONIAN20 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3pdhdkeb ‘Allen is one of Britain’s brightest diplomats.’ @georgewparker.bsky.social

Feliç Sant Jordi! The day when here in Catalonia we give a book&rose to loved ones. And the day authors get to promote their books. "Travels through the Spanish Civil War" published by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social, available across the world and at Backstory, La Central and Come-in in Barcelona.

My thoughts on Small Earthquakes by Shafik Meghji and published by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social. Thank you to them for sending me a copy to read halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/review/small...

🎩 👗 It's Lesbian Visibility Week, so time to shine the spotlight on @eleanormedhurst.bsky.social's 'Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion'. ‘Charts the myriad styles of women-loving women through the ages.’ @theguardian.com Get 25% off w/code UNSUITABLE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/muuj582y

🇫🇷 Read the latest review of @vjmalletft.bsky.social's 'crisp and lucid' new book: 'Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe'👇 Pick up your copy at 25% off with code FRANCE25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bkxkurr tinyurl.com/9xakrk68

I verified this claim while waiting to go live on LBC this morning about our story, which is quite some timing You can hear my contribution here from 9.39am onwards www.globalplayer.com/live/lbc/uk/

'Preparing for War' by @olivierschmitt.bsky.social is out now: An original approach to the study of war, attempting to capture the entire phenomenon of military adaptation—whether strategic, institutional or in the field 20% off w/code SCHMITT20 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3nse3v5b

To know more than Keir Starmer about Mandelson’s murky ties with China, pick up your copy of ‘All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State Influence in Britain’ by @methorley.bsky.social the book Charles Parton OBE references in the Sky News interview below. 25% off w/code GLISTENS25 tinyurl.com/495rxc4d

Liebe Freunde Osteuropas! Hier der zweite Teil meines Januar-Updates. Ein bisschen was auf Deutsch habe ich noch für euch. 1/25

'A useful primer on understanding the history of US policies in the region and a helpful corrective to those who, in these dark days, can see only the exceptionalism of the Trump Presidency.' Sample & purchase @abuaardvark.bsky.social's 'America's Middle East' 👉 tinyurl.com/2h84vvvw

@abuaardvark.bsky.social, author of 'America's Middle East' speaking with @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social. In the US, you can purchase from OUP USA here ▶️ tinyurl.com/vpr76p97. Outside N America, sample & purchase here 👉 tinyurl.com/2h84vvvw

Thanks Ezra! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0197...

My latest on Turkey and the Iran war: The war has posed significant immediate challenges for Turkey but Turkish officials think that Ankara could reap benefits from the war in the long term: mei.edu/publication/...

Must-read on how most (but not all, tagging @anderspucknielsen.dk again) experts got it wrong on Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and what this should teach us about future predictions, esp re China and Taiwan

Read Zsuzsanna Szelényi, author of ‘Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary’, analysis of Orban’s defeat and the challenge of dismantling Orbanism in The Guardian: tinyurl.com/473cys4t

‘Bigger than McDonald’s. More valuable than Toyota. Closing in fast on Chevron.’ Read Christopher M. Davidson’s piece in @spearsmagazine.bsky.social. 'Abu Dhabi’s IHC: The Biggest Company You’ve Never Even Heard Of' publishes in June. spearswms.com/wealth/abu-d...

📺 C-Span: Q&A with Carla Kaplan, author of ‘Troublemaker,’ talks about the life of muckraking journalist Decca Mitford. Watch here ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQc-... ‘Splendidly readable.’ @financialtimes.com Sample & purchase ‘Troublemaker’ here 👇 tinyurl.com/yc7w4jrw

🎙️🇷🇺🇮🇷 Listen to our author of 'Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance from Syria to Ukraine' @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social on Times Radio: 👉 tinyurl.com/58satj3t

A young woman was kicked out of a UK nightclub because she uses a wheelchair. Sadly, yet another example of the ongoing fight for disability rights. See 'Ramping Up Rights' by @rachelcdailey.bsky.social Sample & available to purchase ➡️ tinyurl.com/mr3rznkn www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

RIP to our author, Tim Slessor, who made the historic 'First Overland' journey from London to Singapore via Land Rover in 1955. In addition to being an adventurer, Slessor won the prestigious Peabody award for his journalism. Read his obituary here ➡️ overland-europe.com/tim-slessor-...

Today’s Women’s History Month interview: Carla Kaplan on activist, muckraker, and troublemaker Jessica Mitford. Read here: https://tinyurl.com/yc5mvyp5

The UK faces a defence crisis, as starkly laid out by Lord George Robertson in his speech today. Discover our reading list addressing UK strategy issues from key players in the field. www.linkedin.com/pulse/uk-def...

NEW: Victor Mallet’s Far-Right France @hurstpublishers.bsky.social examines the rise of the far right in France through the successful alliance between Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella and their appeal to rural voters. Review by @laurentwarlouzet.bsky.social @sorbonne-universite.fr 👇

Today we hear that the UK’s security is ‘in peril’ as former NATO Sec Gen Lord George Robertson delivers his Strategic Defence Review. Read ‘The Retreat from Strategy’ by David Richards & Julian Lindley-French. @thetimes.com Book of the Year Sample & purchase here: tinyurl.com/yxe62t7k

🇮🇷 🇷🇺 Advance stock available: the much-anticipated ‘Russia and Iran’ by @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social is now shipping! ‘A fresh understanding of this relationship. Compelling and well supported by evidence.’ @hamidrezaaz.bsky.social 25% off w/code RUSSIAIRAN25 tinyurl.com/mtnsrhzv

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