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Back to SearchStefano Recchia, "Strategies for Approval: Building Support for Military Intervention at the UN Security Council" (Yale UP, 2025)
Episode 6
When powerful states go to war, why do they bother asking permission? In Strategies for Approval: Building Support for Military Intervention at the U…
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Brian L. Porto, "Twin States, Different Paths: The Politics of New Hampshire and Vermont" (U Mass Press, 2026)
Episode 5
At first glance, New Hampshire and Vermont seem like mirror images. Separated only by the Connecticut River, the oft-termed "Twin States" share a com…
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Lily Geismer on the Democratic Party in the 1990s
Episode 4
In this episode, hosts Lee Vinsel and Ben Waterhouse, along with producer Joe Forte, chat with historian Lily Geismer. Their conversation covers the …
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Why Voters Support Politicians Who Undermine Democracy
Episode 3
Why do so many citizens continue to support politicians who undermine democracy? And why have nationalist appeals become such a powerful tool for dem…
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Nora Fisher-Onar, "Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Episode 2
Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond (Cambridge UP, 2024) challenges a widespread tendency to limit …
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Michael E. Neagle, "Chasing Bandits: America's Long War on Terror" (UNC Press, 2025)
While the war on terror has been America's largest and most publicized attempt to root out foreign enemies this century, the quest to identify and de…
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Michael E. Neagle, "Chasing Bandits: America's Long War on Terror" (UNC Press, 2025)
Episode 2028
While the war on terror has been America's largest and most publicized attempt to root out foreign enemies this century, the quest to identify and de…
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William G. Howell and Terry M. Moe, "Trajectory of Power: The Rise of the Strongman Presidency" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Political Scientists William Howell and Terry Moe have a new book out that explores how the United States constitutional system has given way to the …
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William G. Howell and Terry M. Moe, "Trajectory of Power: The Rise of the Strongman Presidency" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Episode 1541
Political Scientists William Howell and Terry Moe have a new book out that explores how the United States constitutional system has given way to the …
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Voices from North Korea: Refugees Tell Their Stories
Episode 999
n this podcast, North Korean refugees who visited the University of Bradford share their harrowing experiences of life in North Korea, escape, and th…
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