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November 15, 2022

Q&A: Reed Brody on To Catch a Dictator

What does it take to make a dictator answer for his crimes? Hissène Habré, the former despot of Chad, terrorized, tortured, and killed on a horrific scale while enjoying full American and Western support. After his overthrow, his victims and...

September 29, 2021

Ukraine: Life After Nord Stream 2

By Margarita M. Balmaceda

Much has been written about the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, the second set of lines of the Nord Stream pipeline, which transports natural gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea without going through the territory of...

September 29, 2021

Presidential Pardons: A History of Healing Divisions Through Reconciliation

By Graham G. Dodds

Before the assault on the Capitol nine months ago, the question of how to deal with a domestic rebellion probably struck most Americans as an antiquarian hypothetical. After all, aside from the Civil War, the country hasn’t had much experience with...

September 20, 2021

Announcing Our 2021-2022 Politics and International Affairs Catalog

Letter from the editors: Greetings and welcome to the Columbia University Press 2021–2022 catalog for politics and international affairs. In international relations, we are pleased to publish the first book in our series Columbia Studies in International Order and Politics,...

September 13, 2020

The Rebirth of Praxis

By Bernard E. Harcourt

“With his typical combination of erudition, eloquent argument, and theoretical clarity, Bernard Harcourt now gives us a complete account of his reading of contemporary critical philosophy, articulating it with immediate issues in the field of human rights and democratic politics....

September 13, 2020

Sam Jackson on Oath Keepers

Sam Jackson discusses the formation and purpose of the Oath Keepers, an influential antigovernment group and a significant player in the broader American militia movement that advocates for the defense of constitutional rights against perceived threats from the federal government. Jackson highlights how the Oath Keepers draw on historical context to justify their actions and how their controversial actions underscore their confrontational stance and commitment to their cause. Despite their claims of rejecting racism, the Oath Keepers face ideological scrutiny due to their connections with far-right ideologies.

September 12, 2020

Browse Books in Global Politics with Caelyn Cobb

The world may be on pause, but politics—and the study of it—continues apace. From gender and globalization to comparative politics and methodology, the global politics list at Columbia University Press is here to help you keep up. This spring saw...

September 12, 2020

Book Giveaway! Stories from the Field

“The breadth of life experience captured in this collection is the reason this volume has great pedagogical potential. A lot of graduate students will flip to find their academic heroes and crushes and then keep reading. Authors are writing with...

September 11, 2020

Video: Bernard E. Harcourt Asks, “Can Critical Theory Change the World?”

“Today the paradigm has shifted and praxis must be posed as subjectivation. If before the problem consisted in responding to ‘What is to be done?,’ today the question is ‘What more am I to do?’ Harcourt thus transforms critical...

September 11, 2020

Browse Books in Political Theory with Wendy Lochner

Hi, I’m Wendy Lochner, the editor responsible for political theory and political philosophy. By now you know that we are participating in the virtual APSA meeting, introducing new books, posting new author blogs and videos, and offering discounts and book...

September 10, 2020

Heath Brown on Homeschooling the Right

“In this exciting book, Heath Brown enlarges our understanding of conservative public policies and their relation to American political development, helps situate the homeschooling movement within the larger “New Right” enterprise, and offers a novel theory of conservative freedom policies...