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  Statecraft - The essential read...

  Jack Watling

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  'Gripping . . . packed with fascinating detail' – Financial Times‘Indispensable – brilliantly grounded in first-hand experience. Compelling’ – Rory Stewart, author of Politics on the Edge 
  ‘Anyone interested in geopolitics should read it’ – Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, IncHow do states actually exercise power in an age of chaos?From top defense analyst Dr Jack Watling, Statecraft reveals the hidden mechanics of global influence. While we watch the headlines, Watling takes us inside the bunkers and wood-panelled offices where the real decisions are made.In this urgent analysis, you will discover:The Iran Paradox: How a sanctioned nation controls global energy prices despite US military might.The Russia-Ukraine Lesson: Why a superpower struggled against a smaller neighbor in the opening months of the invasion.The Aircraft Carrier Dilemma: Why the UK spends billions on hardware it can barely support at sea.The Future of Taiwan: What the shifting ‘rules of power’ mean for the next great flashpoint.Middle Powers: How do smaller countries build leverage and stay off the menu? 
  Whether it’s economic alliances, sea power, or the latest military technology, Watling provides a powerful new lens to understand a world that feels increasingly out of control.

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  Should Alberta Leave Canada? -...

  Elias Trent

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  Should Alberta Leave Canada? 
  For more than a century, the Prairie West has powered Canada's economy while wrestling with a persistent question: who truly governs the federation? 
  In this deeply researched and analytically rigorous work, Elias Trent examines the structural foundations of Canada's political architecture - from the absorption of Rupert's Land and the Red River Resistance to modern equalization formulas, Senate imbalance, carbon pricing battles, and demographic divergence. 
  This is not a book of slogans. 
  It is a structural audit. 
  Drawing on constitutional law, fiscal data, demographic trends, and comparative federal systems in the United States, Germany, and Australia, Power, Sovereignty, and the Future of Confederation asks difficult questions: 
  - Were Alberta and Saskatchewan integrated as equal partners - or incorporated on unequal terms? 
  - Does the current structure of federal taxation and representation adequately reflect Prairie contribution and growth? 
  - Can meaningful decentralization occur within Confederation? 
  - What would independence actually cost - in debt, trade, currency, and geopolitical risk? 
  - Could U.S. statehood ever be viable? 
  - And how do treaty rights and Indigenous sovereignty reshape every version of this debate?

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  The Prince - A New Translation...

  Niccolò Machiavelli, Leafiq...

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  Timeless wisdom. Modern language. Powerful insight. 
  For over five centuries, The Prince has stood as one of the most influential works on power, politics, and human nature. Yet for many readers, the original text can feel distant—locked in the language and context of the Renaissance. 
  This new audiobook translation brings Machiavelli’s brilliant ideas into the 21st century with clarity and force. Written in clear, modern English, it captures the sharp wit, realism, and boldness of Machiavelli’s voice—without the heavy, old-fashioned phrasing that often clouds his message. 
  Whether you’re a leader, entrepreneur, student, or thinker, this fresh translation will help you:Understand how power really works—in politics, business, and everyday life.Learn Machiavelli’s timeless lessons on leadership, strategy, and persuasion.Hear The Prince the way it was meant to be heard—direct, daring, and utterly relevant. 
  Perfect for modern listeners, this audiobook offers an accessible experience that respects Machiavelli’s original intent while making it engaging, practical, and easy to follow. 
  Includes:A faithful yet modern translation for today’s readers and listeners.A short introduction explaining Machiavelli’s world and why his ideas still matter. 
  Discover why “Machiavellian” has come to define cunning leadership—and why The Prince remains essential listening for anyone who seeks to understand power.

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  Illegitimate Authority - Facing...

  Noam Chomsky

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  A wide-ranging and incisive collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, addressing the urgent questions of this tumultuous moment. 
   
   
   
  In these informative interviews, conducted for Truthout by C. J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky addresses the rapid deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions globally. He examines the crumbling social fabric and fractures of the Biden era, including the halting steps toward a Green New Deal; the illegitimate authority of the Supreme Court, in particular its decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade; and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19. Chomsky also untangles the roots of the War in Ukraine, the diplomatic tensions among the United States, China, and Russia, and considers the need for climate action on an international scale. 
   
   
   
  Throughout, Chomsky "remains . . . a beacon of hope in the darkest of times" (Sarah Jaffe).

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  The Thinkers - The Rise of...

  E.J. Fagan

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  Increasingly, political parties have adopted not only different policies, but different sets of facts. As E. J. Fagan argues, partisan think tanks have helped create these alternate realities in their capacity as de facto formal party organizations. Through the analyses generated by aligned think tanks, political elites on both the left and right frequently offer radically different assessments of a policy's consequences. 
   
   
   
  In The Thinkers, Fagan tells the story of how partisan think tanks displaced non-partisan experts to become the closest policy advisors to the Republican and Democratic Parties. He explores their history, how they influence policymakers, and how their influence impacts the polarization of American politics. More broadly, Fagan shows that the rise of partisan think tanks tracks closely with the increase in political polarization since the 1970s. Because they are funded and staffed by strong ideologues, partisan think tanks seek to move their party's preferences to the left or right of center. When they are successful, parties take more extreme positions than if they had only drawn information from non-partisan sources, which increases polarization. A powerful account of the impact of partisan think tanks on American democracy, The Thinkers will reshape our understanding of the fundamental drivers of the US's polarized political system.

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  Radical Politics - On the Causes...

  Peter D. Thomas

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  The last twenty years have witnessed a proliferation of radical social and political movements around the world. From the International Women's Strike and Occupy, to #BlackLivesMatter and direct action against the climate emergency, a series of common questions have re-emerged as immediate and practical challenges. How should radical political movements relate to the state? What makes emancipatory politics fundamentally different from both technocratic and populist models of "politics as usual"? Which forms of organization are most likely to deepen and extend the dynamics that led to the emergence of these movements in the first place? 
   
   
   
  To investigate the goal, nature, method, and organizational forms of radical political engagement against the neoliberal consensus, Peter D. Thomas draws on the work of Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Communist Party leader and political theorist best known for his ideas about hegemony. Offering a new reading of Gramsci, Thomas contends that hegemony is a process of differentiation in which political culture is always changing, and always with the goal of moving toward expanded freedom. Over the course of the book, Thomas looks at the way in which various theorists have approached the dilemma of how to engage productively in radical politics and explains why hegemony is a method of doing politics rather than an end goal.

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