Global Power
The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of
the Global Order, 1916-1931 by Adam Tooze
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John
J. Mearsheimer
The Fall of the
Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East by Eugene Rogan
Role of the State
The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the
State by John Micklethwait & Adrian Wooldridge
State Capitalism, Institutional Adaptation, and the
Chinese Miracle by Barry Naughton (Editor) & Kellee S. Tsai
(Editor)
Energy Sector & Environment
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power by
Daniel Yergin
The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble
over Earth's Future by Paul Sabin
Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in
Russia by Thane Gustafson
The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics
for a Warming World by William D. Nordhaus
Asia
Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival by
David Pilling
Capitalism with
Chinese Characteristics: Entrepreneurship and the State by Yasheng Huang
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by
Ezra F. Vogel
Markets Over Mao:
The Rise of Private Business in China by Nicholas R. Lardy
Makers of Modern Asia by Ramachandra Guha
(Editor)
Middle East/Islamic World
From Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab
Counter-Revolution and its Jihadi Legacy by Jean-Pierre Filiu
Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Very
British Coup by Christopher de Bellaigue
All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer
The Wrong Enemy by Carlotta Gall
Magnificent Delusions by Husain Haqqani