December 4, 2024

Six Animal Tracks to Look for on Your Next Hike

Sharman Apt Russell

Imagine walking along a forested mountain trail and coming across footprints impressed in the dirt. You think, “Do they belong to a fox, a bobcat, or a coyote? What animal fits these marks on the ground?” Combining lyrical memoir with...

November 27, 2024

A Historical Roadmap to Understanding the United States’ Relationship with China

Thomas M. Larkin

How does one make sense of the relationship between the United States and China? Where should one even begin? China and the United States are the world’s two largest economies by a significant margin, and entangled ones at that. A...

November 18, 2024

Why Western Policy Makers Should Worry About Sanctions Inoculation

Agathe Demarais

In 1796 the British scientist Edward Jenner had a seemingly outlandish theory: he believed that catching mild cowpox rendered one immune to deadly smallpox. Jenner did not shy away from testing his assumption. He exposed an eight-year-old boy to cowpox...

November 14, 2024

Caelyn Cobb on Stepping UP for Turbulent Times

Making Sense of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

In Columbia University Press’s 130-plus year history, we’ve published countless books about the strife in the region, with many more on the way.

November 13, 2024

Miranda Martin on Stepping UP for Climate Science

Understanding Paleoclimatology, Climate Models, and Urban Planning

The climate crisis is a complex problem that affects all of us in myriad ways and requires a range of actions across governments, industries, and disciplines.

November 6, 2024

Lilit Žekulin Thwaites on Translating Crossing Waters by Luisa Etxenike

Lilit Žekulin Thwaites is an award-winning Australian literary translator of novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. Luisa Etxenike is an acclaimed author from the Basque Country whose works offer insightful, moving perspectives on unorthodox topics. They recently collaborated on an...

October 21, 2024

13 Must-Read Books for Understanding U.S. Policies and Media Relations

Raina Mansfield

Continuing our recommendations for books to read as the election cycle heats up, we curated a list of books about U.S. domestic concerns, such as climate activism, policing, immigration, and race relations, as well as books that provide insights on...

October 17, 2024

Claudia Leeb on Contesting the Far Right

In Contesting the Far Right: A Psychoanalytic and Feminist Critical Theory Approach, Claudia Leeb argues that psychoanalytic and feminist critical theory illuminate how economic and psychological factors interact to produce an extreme political shift to the far right. She examines...

October 16, 2024

The War on Mothers

Gil Anidjar

Gil Anidjar argues that the abortion debate is a struggle over foundational values and a broader attack on mothers, their labor, and their societal role.

October 10, 2024

Melissa Deckman on The Politics of Gen Z

Our nation’s youngest voters are increasingly spearheading progressive activism. In The Politics of Gen Z: How the Youngest Voters Will Shape Our Democracy, Melissa Deckman explores the world of youth-led progressive organizing, highlighting the crucial importance of gender and sexuality....

October 9, 2024

Andrew Payne on War on the Ballot

In this Q&A, Andrew Payne discusses the research process behind the book and explains what he discovered about the politics of foreign policy today.

October 1, 2024

Lucina Schell on “Sangre” by Mercedes Roffé

Lucina Schell reflects on “Sangre” (“Blood”), a five-line poem by Argentine poet Mercedes Roffé that carries the emotional weight of a nation’s unresolved past.