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Trump, the UN Charter, and the Strange Politics of International Law
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Alexis Lerner, "Post-Soviet Graffiti: Free Speech in Authoritarian States" (U Toronto Press, 2025)
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How Corporate Lobbyists are Capturing EU Institutions
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Daniela Stockmann and Ting Luo, "Governing Digital China" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
11 Feb 2026
Mark Stout, "World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence" (UP of Kansas, 2023)
11 Feb 2026
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10 Feb 2026
Peter S. Goodman, "Davos Man: How the Billionaire Class Devoured Democracy" (Custom House, 2022)
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Jon R. Lindsay "Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft" (Cornell UP, 2025)
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