International Relations Book Summaries

The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Summary
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
by John J. Mearsheimer 2001 592 pages
4.06
3.5K ratings
Politics
International Relations
History
World Order Summary
World Order
by Henry Kissinger 2014 420 pages
4.05
13.3K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Soft Power Summary
Soft Power
The Means to Success in World Politics
by Joseph S. Nye Jr. 2004 191 pages
3.82
2.0K ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers Summary
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
by Paul Kennedy 1987 677 pages
4.14
6.1K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Revenge Of Geography Summary
The Revenge Of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
by Robert D. Kaplan 2012 432 pages
3.78
5.9K ratings
History
Politics
Geography
Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy
by Henry Kissinger 1994 912 pages
4.25
9.0K ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
Man, the State, and War Summary
Man, the State, and War
A Theoretical Analysis
by Kenneth N. Waltz 1954 263 pages
3.97
2.0K ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
Globalization and its Discontents Summary
Globalization and its Discontents
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2002 304 pages
3.87
8.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939 Summary
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939
An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
by Edward Hallett Carr 1939 244 pages
4.08
1.3K ratings
History
International Relations
Politics
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy Summary
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
by John J. Mearsheimer 2006 484 pages
4.09
3.8K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Grand Chessboard Summary
The Grand Chessboard
American Primacy and its Geostrategic Imperatives
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 1997 240 pages
3.97
3.2K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Globalization Paradox Summary
The Globalization Paradox
Democracy and the Future of the World Economy
by Dani Rodrik 2010 368 pages
4.00
1.6K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Summary
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
by Samuel P. Huntington 1996 368 pages
3.78
13.4K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Best and the Brightest Summary
The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam 1969 688 pages
4.27
12.6K ratings
History
Politics
War
Geopolitics Summary
Geopolitics
A Very Short Introduction
by Klaus Dodds 2007 184 pages
3.34
532 ratings
Politics
History
Geography
The Post-American World Summary
The Post-American World
by Fareed Zakaria 2008 292 pages
3.86
12.8K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Age of the Strongman Summary
The Age of the Strongman
How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World
by Gideon Rachman 2022 288 pages
4.05
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Future of Freedom Summary
The Future of Freedom
Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
by Fareed Zakaria 2003 295 pages
4.02
3.4K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The India Way Summary
The India Way
Strategies for an Uncertain World
by S. Jaishankar 2020 240 pages
3.94
1.5K ratings
India
Politics
International Relations
The Return of Great Powers Summary
The Return of Great Powers
Russia, China, and the Next World War
by Jim Sciutto 2024 368 pages
3.91
1.0K ratings
Politics
History
China
War on Peace Summary
War on Peace
The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence
by Ronan Farrow 2018 392 pages
4.15
8.4K ratings
Politics
History
War
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique Moïsi 2008 192 pages
3.64
487 ratings
Politics
Psychology
International Relations
Theories of International Relations Summary
Theories of International Relations
by Andrew Linklater 1996 310 pages
3.91
439 ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
World on the Brink Summary
World on the Brink
How America Can Beat China in the Race for the Twenty-First Century
by Dmitri Alperovitch 2024 400 pages
4.26
604 ratings
China
Politics
History
Strategic Vision Summary
Strategic Vision
America and the Crisis of Global Power
by Zbigniew Brzeziński 2012 224 pages
3.79
1.2K ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Long Game Summary
The Long Game
China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order
by Rush Doshi 2021 432 pages
4.02
1.0K ratings
China
Politics
History
The Battle For Syria Summary
The Battle For Syria
International Rivalry In The New Middle East
by Christopher Phillips 2016 320 pages
4.16
277 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Logic of Political Survival Summary
The Logic of Political Survival
by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2003 550 pages
3.97
155 ratings
Politics
Political Science
Philosophy
The Return of Marco Polo's World Summary
The Return of Marco Polo's World
War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century
by Robert D. Kaplan 2018 304 pages
3.79
815 ratings
History
Politics
International Relations
Diplomacy Summary
Diplomacy
A Very Short Introduction
by Joseph M. Siracusa 2010 160 pages
3.16
223 ratings
Politics
History
Political Science
The J Curve Summary
The J Curve
A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall
by Ian Bremmer 2006 320 pages
3.74
514 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Avoidable War Summary
The Avoidable War
The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
by Kevin Rudd 2022 432 pages
4.25
1.4K ratings
China
Politics
History
Asia's Cauldron Summary
Asia's Cauldron
The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
by Robert D. Kaplan 2014 256 pages
3.95
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
China
The Shia Revival Summary
The Shia Revival
How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future
by Vali Nasr 2006 310 pages
3.88
2.4K ratings
History
Religion
Islam
Colossus Summary
Colossus
The Rise and Fall of the American Empire
by Niall Ferguson 2004 417 pages
3.58
2.2K ratings
History
Politics
American History
The Twilight Struggle Summary
The Twilight Struggle
What the Cold War Teaches Us about Great-Power Rivalry Today
by Hal Brands 2022 318 pages
3.99
214 ratings
Politics
History
Military Fiction
Why Bharat Matters Summary
Why Bharat Matters
by S. Jaishankar 2024 237 pages
3.91
368 ratings
India
Politics
History
Paper Soldiers Summary
Paper Soldiers
How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order
by Saleha Mohsin 2024 304 pages
3.64
203 ratings
Economics
History
Finance
The Hundred-Year Marathon Summary
The Hundred-Year Marathon
China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower
by Michael Pillsbury 2014 336 pages
4.20
4.6K ratings
China
Politics
History
The Accidental Superpower Summary
The Accidental Superpower
The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
by Peter Zeihan 2014 384 pages
4.33
5.4K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Waste Land Summary
Waste Land
A World in Permanent Crisis
by Robert D. Kaplan 2025 224 pages
3.74
307 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
Realpolitik Summary
Realpolitik
A History
by John Bew 2015 408 pages
3.90
147 ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Becoming Kim Jong Un Summary
Becoming Kim Jong Un
A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator
by Jung H. Pak 2020 336 pages
3.77
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
International Relations Summary
International Relations
A Very Short Introduction
by Paul Wilkinson 2007 160 pages
3.32
738 ratings
Politics
International Relations
Political Science
International Law Summary
International Law
by Malcolm N. Shaw 1991 1434 pages
4.20
418 ratings
Law
International Relations
Textbooks
Making Globalization Work Summary
Making Globalization Work
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2006 384 pages
3.85
2.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
Business
Forgotten Continent Summary
Forgotten Continent
The Battle for Latin America's Soul
by Michael Reid 2007 400 pages
3.88
698 ratings
History
Politics
Latin American History
Global Politics Summary
Global Politics
by Andrew Heywood 2011 448 pages
4.14
402 ratings
Politics
Political Science
International Relations
A New Foreign Policy Summary
A New Foreign Policy
Beyond American Exceptionalism
by Jeffrey D. Sachs 2018 262 pages
3.83
276 ratings
Politics
History
International Relations
The Envoy Summary
The Envoy
From Kabul to the White House, My Journey Through a Turbulent World
by Zalmay Khalilzad 2016 336 pages
3.68
160 ratings
Biography
Politics
History
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