The US foreign policy machine in action, origins of the new cold war, and Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as viewed from Washington
Three new books on the US look at the Clinton decade, the rise of conspiracies and the existential threat of November’s presidential election
The former UK prime minister’s ‘how to’ manual captures his infectious optimism and mastery of the political arts
A clutch of books on British politics aims to diagnose the policy mistakes and leadership failures of recent years
Robert Blackwill and Richard Fontaine give an authoritative, if bureaucratic, take on American foreign policy’s slow pivot to the east
As the new government faces an economy, society and political system in despair, there is no shortage of prescriptions to put things right
Gideon Rachman selects his best mid-year reads
A portrait of the figures from Benn to Corbyn who made waves in the party but often put protest before power
A selection of the most insightful titles on the race for Downing Street
A selection of the most insightful titles on the race for Downing Street by FT experts
Is India enjoying a golden age or in democratic decline? And what will the prime minister do next? As the nation goes to the polls, four books attempt to unravel its many complexities
A senior barrister makes the case for fixing the ‘sense of decay’ affecting Westminster and offers detailed and robust reforms
As the alliance prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary, three books consider its relevance, and argue that its most difficult years may lie ahead
FT specialists recommend the most insightful volumes on the race for the White House
The campaigns that shaped modern politics, a rallying cry from the North, and lessons for democracy in the realities of human behaviour
Gideon Rachman selects his must-read titles
From global crises to rising geopolitical tensions, the philosopher warns us against assuming that progress is inevitable
Alice Albinia tours the British Isles in search of eccentrics, radicals and rebels
FT specialists recommend the most insightful reads on an issue with roots deep in the early 20th century
Autocracy is something today’s democracies thought they had left behind, but two books — one focused on antiquity, the other on modern history — shed light on how it is enabled
Unreflective of her own failings, the former PM is big on public duty but weak on solutions
Rory Stewart produces a genuine political classic, liberalism comes under attack — and a reminder of the values being fought over in Ukraine
Calder Walton’s engrossing history of a century of rival spookery offers lessons for the present
A lively and provocative new study explores the powerful forces influencing the region in a disorderly, multipolar world
The former US trade representative on how America must produce as well as consume — and win friends in the global economy
