Happy Holidays from Lynne Rienner Publishers! Don't forget to refresh your library before January 5th! www.rienner.com

So proud to see LRP title — Electoral Reform in the United States — on Hoover Institution’s 2025 recommended reads list. 🎉 Thank you! www.hoover.org/news/what-ho...

New from @aminasfari.bsky.social and Anas Askar! "A comprehensive analysis that provides both historical context and contemporary understanding.... A perfect introduction to the various forms of Islamophobia."—Mobashra Tazamal, Georgetown University Get your copy today! shorturl.at/qhG9d

New! How do governments approach, understand, & even justify assassination? What methods have been used historically, and how do they differ from current practice? Dig into these questions and more with Killing in the Name of the State by @lucatrenta.bsky.social and Kiril Avramov! shorturl.at/Ma0N8

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. 🎧 shorturl.at/Xpfhu

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

Now in paperback! "[A] thoughtful political history of a much-neglected country." —Nicolas van de Walle, Foreign Affairs Get your copy today! shorturl.at/pOeYr

👏 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 (shorturl.at/qMmg6) — and excited for his upcoming work on US foreign policy! 📚🎉

🙏 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”! shorturl.at/gaIP4 You can check it out here ➡️ shorturl.at/BMf0a 📚✨

Give the gift of books this season! 🎄📚 Get 30% OFF every title at Lynne Rienner Publishers with code HOLIDAY30 — now through Jan 5, 2026! www.rienner.com

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! shorturl.at/Afwwv

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! shorturl.at/8Hv39

📚 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 @esoubrier.bsky.social on November 17, 2025, 12:30–2:00 pm for an in-depth conversation: shorturl.at/dR4MO

📢 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 Guilain Denoeux and Robert Springborg, hosted virtually by the LSE Middle East Centre. Register here: shorturl.at/bmTlM

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: shorturl.at/nnPaJ

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Big news for writers! ✨ Seven major foundations—led by @MellonFdn—are joining forces on a $50M Literary Arts Fund to uplift U.S. nonprofit literary orgs and celebrate contemporary voices. Headed by Jennifer Benka, the fund will give grants over 5 years. shorturl.at/R1OeY

New! “A thoughtful, in-depth survey of the explosive popularity of nongovernmental organizations.” —Midwest Book Review Get your copy now! shorturl.at/u3ZQ8

What a panel! 🪄 Author and LRP employee Moorea Corrigan joined the “Say the Magic Word” discussion at Library Journal’s Day of Dialog Fall 2025. It's free to register and the panel is still available to watch here: shorturl.at/NMiW1 And don't forget to pre-order Thistlemarsh here: shorturl.at/kfFsI

Now available in pb! “Offers a fresh perspective on evaluating the complex history of Zimbabwe.... Thompson’s valuable intervention is that his work helps readers make sense of the current quagmire bedeviling Zimbabwe.” —Lawrence Chamunorwa, African Studies Review shorturl.at/WdNWG

Lynne will be on a panel at the 2025 Charleston Conference! On Thursday, 11/6 (2:40-3:20pm), scholarly publishers and librarians will be discussing “Collection Strategy and Scholarly Publishing in Times of Austerity.” Join them to share your thoughts, concerns, and strategies! shorturl.at/hi8x9

📢 New from The Diplomat News: “Confronting Pakistan’s Deadly Trifecta of Terrorist Groups” by Amira Jadoon A deep dive into how the TTP, BLA & ISKP are each reshaping Pakistan’s security landscape — and why a one-size-fits-all counter-terror strategy no longer works. 👉 Read now: shorturl.at/9aucL

Delighted to announce that John Barkdull's Confronting Climate Change (get your copy here: shorturl.at/djOp1) is now available Open Access! This was made possible by a grant from De Gruyter's eBound Foundation's UPLOpen Climate Change Fund. shorturl.at/Swg9L

📘 Exciting news! The paperback edition of Measuring Soft Power in International Relations by Irene S. Wu is now available! Dive into her groundbreaking “Soft Power Rubric” and explore how study abroad, migration, travel, movies, and more help shape nations’ influence. Order now! shorturl.at/UQCyi

🕊️ Knowledge isn’t a commodity — it belongs to the communities who create it. This #OAWeek, let’s move from “access” to agency and reclaim our collective right to shape, share & steward research. #OpenAccess #ScholarshipUnlocked shorturl.at/SMcde

New—The Metrics of Faith, by Matthew R. Miles! “A valuable contribution that challenges prevailing narratives about religious decline.” —Rebecca A. Glazier, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Don't wait - only $49 for a limited time! shorturl.at/YysVN

Don't miss Zacharias Pieri and Kevin Fridy on the At the Boundary Podcast this week, discussing power struggle in West Africa! Check it out here: www.usf.edu/gnsi/multime... And get your copy of Governance, Grievance, and Violent Extremism in West Africa now: shorturl.at/nMekv

The Frankfurt Book Fair is in full swing! Be sure to stop by and chat with us at Hall 6.0 D36. Here's Lynne Rienner herself with Publishing Director Roshan Cader from HSRC Press!

Our Fall 2025 catalogs are here! 🍁 Explore new and recent titles in Development Studies, International Relations, US Politics & Policy, Africa, and Asia! 📚 Browse now: www.rienner.com/catalogs #AcademicPublishing #IR #PoliticalScience #DevelopmentStudies

New! “A rich and important contribution.... With sharp insights... the authors critically examine why donor-driven efforts to foster democracy and development in the Middle East have so often fallen short.” —Erin A. Snider, Texas A&M University Get your copy now! shorturl.at/BmTdl

The time has come! Visit Lynne Rienner Publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair — Hall 6.0 D36! Discover our latest books in international studies, development, and comparative politics, and connect with our team to talk about your publishing needs. #FBM25 #FrankfurtBookFair

This concise text from @lynneriennerpub.bsky.social —authoritative, engaging, and well written—traces the development of the EU from its inception to the present. 🛒 tinyurl.com/56vctt6a

We’re headed to #FBM25! You can help us celebrate our exciting new partnership with Script Publisher Services. Script will be marketing & selling our books in Europe & ANZ. 📚 @scriptbooks.bsky.social will be at Hall 5.1 C76. 🤝 LRP will be at Hall 6.0 D36. www.scriptbooks.co.uk/partner-publ...

📢 Registration is now open for The Oxford Intelligence Conference 2025: Twenty Years After the Butler Review — Have we learned anything? Featuring LRP author Jan Goldman, author of Ethical Espionage: shorturl.at/OamYw 🗓️ 6–7 Nov | Nuffield College, Oxford 🎟️: www.tickettailor.com/events/nuffi...

🚨 Banned Books Week 2025 is here! 🚨 October 5–11 — Theme: “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” Let’s stand up for the freedom to read, honor diverse voices, and push back against censorship. 📚✊ Learn more: ala.org/bbooks/banned

Now available: our latest catalog of Political Science textbooks focused on Asia — a must-have for both serious scholars and students. 🌏📖 Explore the collection → shorturl.at/pQq9u

📚 Exciting news! Our new catalog of books about Africa is here — essential reads covering foreign policy, international relations, comparative politics, & more. Explore the collection here → shorturl.at/UC9CK

"Stonecash provides... a wealth of information and a breadth of analytical approaches both admirable and necessary." —Justin Buchler, Political Science Quarterly Now in paperback - order your copy today! shorturl.at/gM38W

It was such a pleasure to be featured at FILUNI 2025 by Catamount International! We're honored to be in such good company. If you have any questions for us, or a book project you'd like to discuss, reach out, we'd love to chat!

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Join us this fall in South Carolina for the Charleston Conference, from Nov. 3-7! And join Lynne Rienner for a special panel on scholarly publishing in times of austerity, on Tuesday 11/6, at 2:40 PM. Can't wait to see you there! shorturl.at/IMP9S

We can't wait for this year’s Frankfurt Bookfair! Please stop by our booth at 6.0, D36 to browse our new books and chat with Lynne Rienner! www.buchmesse.de/en

International Stage Highlight Events: From Arab and Spanish comics to Georgian literature & Chinese Sci-Fi – the world’s stories on the International Stage on the fair weekend at #fbm25! 🌍📖 See you at the Stage!

Clear your calendar! On Sept 23 at 5:30 PM EST, join the Committee of 100 and the Foreign Policy Association, as well as our author Professor Edward Ashbee, on a special webinar on the topic of deglobalization. Learn more here! shorturl.at/GR2Ml

New from Rowaq Arabi - a review of Robert Springborg and Abdel-Fattah Mady's Egypt's New Authoritarian Republic - read here! shorturl.at/T9scT

New! Explores the origins, rationale, and evolution of US Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) policy and practice in the context of US security cooperation. Get your copy here: shorturl.at/hiY86

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Join us next Wednesday at 9:30 AM EDT (here: shorturl.at/X6n2r) for a book talk and discussion with editors Robert Springborg and Abdel-Fattah Mady, among others! And check out the book (out now!) here: shorturl.at/VBeoK