Boubacar N’Diaye, "Mauritania's Colonels: Pol...

Pandemic Politics in Central Asia: Authoritarian Contagion (Routledge, 2026) examines how the authoritarian regimes of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan exploited the Covid-19 pandemic to consolidate their political control over Central Asia. Through restrictive policies a ...  Show more

Contentious Citizenship: Salvadoran Activism and Belonging Across Borders (U Arizona Press, 2026) reshapes how we understand belonging, identity, and political participation in the context of migration. Drawing on decades of Salvadoran activism from the 1980s solidarity movemen ...  Show more

"How a Million Migrants are Building a New Empire in Africa" 👉 For more insights, check out the full book here 📖 Transcript and written book summary available here for free 🗒️ Author: Howard French Category: Politics 

Women, Agency, and the State in Guinea: Silent Politics (Routledge, 2020) examines how women in Guinea articulate themselves politically within and outside institutional politics. It documents the everyday practices that local female actors adopt to deal with the continuous econo ...  Show more

In recent years, military juntas have replaced democratically elected governments in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. These have expelled European forces and welcomed Russian mercenaries—yet stability in these countries remains elusive.This week, Mark is joined by Will Brown, senior ...  Show more

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Rudy joins Matteo Capasso, author of Everyday Politics in the Li ...