The most popular international relations books of 2026

Solidarity and Pressure The Story of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement

Connal Parr

Saudi Arabia's Transformation Uncertainty and Sustainability

Turki Al Rasheed

Realizing Saudi Vision 2030 Governance, Institutions and Human Capital Development

Mark C. Thompson

The Democratization of Cuba

Christopher M. Brown

The Palgrave Handbook of Arbitration in the African Energy and Mining Sectors

Damilola S. Olawuyi, Victoria R. Nalule

The Big Picture as an Approach to the Study of International Relations Thinking With and Beyond Barry Buzan

Rita Floyd, Laust Schouenborg

The Big Picture as an Approach to the Study of International Relations

Hidden Empire of Finance How Wall Street Profits from Our Cities and Fuels Global Inequality

Michael Goldman

Vanished Water Imperialism, Capital, and Rural Ecologies in Late-Colonial Kenya

James D. Parker

Governing Animals, Governing Humans Animal Protection Politics and the Government of Human-Animal Relations in European and Global Politics

Judith Renner, Oxford Editor

Ukraine's Move to the West A Study of Global Elite Networks

Stephanie Hale

Sovereignty, Patrimony and International Law Russia’s Attack on Ukraine

Kataryna Wolczuk, Rilka Dragneva

Remembering the War, Forgetting the Terror

Ekaterina V. Haskins

Handbook of Southeast Asian Studies Pioneers and Critical Thinkers

Victor T. King, Ooi Keat Gin

The Contours of Endearment Exploring New Dimensions in Southeast Asia-Japan Relations

L. Ayu Saraswati, Leng Leng Thang, Lonny E. Carlile

The State of Lebanon Popular Politics and Institution Building in the Wake of Independence

Ziad Abu-Rish

Transforming Humanitarian Partnerships Dismantling Colonial Legacies for Refugee Education

Francine Menashy, Maha Shuayb, Zeena Zakharia

The Politics of Excess in Polish Cinema

Sebastian Jagielski

Latin American Activism and Routine Violence in the 21st Century

Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes

Breaking the New Axis A U. S. Grand Strategy for Eurasia

Seth Cropsey, Harry Halem

Solidarity with Strings The British Labour Movement’s Response to the Strikes of the West Indies 1934-1939

Roger Seifert

The War That Made the Middle East World War I and the End of the Ottoman Empire

Mustafa Aksakal

A Public Servant's Voice Through the Words of the First Woman Clerk of the Privy Council for Canada

Jocelyne Bourgon

States without Armies

Zoltan Barany