Freezing Order by Bill Browder is a must read book, particularly at this time. Browder recounts his story of fighting to get the Magnitsky Act approved and the legal challenges as russia was trying to stop him. They used American and British lawyers to stop…
Our Own Worst Enemy by Thomas Nichols – The Assault from within on Modern Democracy. I read another book by him, The Death of Expertise, and I enjoyed it very much. I liked this book and I recommend it. It is thought provoking and interesting,…
The Russia conundrum by Mikhail Khodorkovsky – how the West fell for Putin’s power gambit – and how to fix it – is written by a former russian oligarch. Despite profoundly disagreeing with him, I gave the book 4 stars. I did that for a…
Putin’s Trolls by Jessikka Aro – On the Frontlines of Russia’s Information War Against the World – is a must read. Trolls and their dictators are not only affecting their countries, but are changing the meaning of democracy in ours. If the person we read…
International Relations by Paul Wilkinson was published in 2007 – part of The Oxford Very Short Introductions Series. It fully deserves the 1 star I gave it not because it’s outdate, which it is, but because the style is poor, and his views are imperialistic…
Blowing Up Russia by Yuri Felshtinsky, Alexander Litvinenko – Terror from Within – is a 5 stars book without any doubt. It is dry and it deals with horrible topics, but it is a testament to what dictatorships can do, including to their own people.…
Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo – Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa – was published in 2009, but the things mentioned in the book are relevant. She said that governments are judged on how much aid they spend…
Narrative economics by Robert Shiller – How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events – is such a fascinating book. Written by a Nobel Prize-winning economist, it is focused, as the name of the book suggests on how stories drive economic events, both positive…
This book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff – The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, was recommended by Harari at the Athens Democracy Forum earlier this year. I bought this book, alongside the second one which he…
I wanted to read this book, Drug Wars by Neil Woods and J S Rafaeli, for a while. I attended a lecture with Woods a couple of years ago, but I had no cash with me, so I couldn’t purchase the book after the lecture.…
You might ask yourself why I’ve decided to read The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols right now. Because it is a highly relevant book at this time. I was happy to see it available online, for a couple of months, on Bodleian, as the…
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith – An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations – was on my to-read list for a long time and now, finally, I got to read the first one, which is made up of…
I saw this book, Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Pérez – Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, last year. I wasn’t sure I will enjoy it, because I assumed the author is very much a left-wing feminist and she will not be able…
I like Collier’s writing style and I’ve been reading a few books by him. The latest one being The Future of Capitalism by Paul Collier, with the subtitle Facing the New Anxieties, a book published last year. Sir Paul Collier is a world-renowned economist, professor…
What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton is a book I wanted to read after seeing her delivering the University of Oxford Romanes Lecture last year. As today is International Women’s Day I thought it will be appropriate to share my review of her book. The…
Refuge Transforming a Broken Refugee System by Alexander Betts, Paul Collier is a fairly new book, published last year. I’ve read plenty of books written by Paul Collier. There are links for them at the end of the post, in the author’s description section. I…