Polity

Did a book talk at @StimsonCenter last week and was great to be in conversation with @EmmaMAshford Ashford and @MarkeyDaniel, two people I’ve learned a lot from over the years. @MiddleEastInst @politybooks

Dubai is a proxy for Gulf capitals that are building separately and rising collectively, a model organised around logistics, finance, and compute that was always going to leave revolutionary Iran on the outside looking in. @politybooks @MiddleEastInst indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

New episode out! Avital Ronell on America, loser sons, Europe, stupidity and more youtube.com/watch?v=uolnJR…

"Hydrojustice invites us to embrace horizontally, to remain fluid in adversity, to be aware of our limits and our possibilities, and to do so without judgment. This is perhaps the only way we can avert the disastrous effects of verticality. The book will be of interest to those engaged in critical theory and the arts. Its poetics and method, its ontology and theory of justice, will inspire new ways of being, being together, assembling, writing, and thinking." @e_flux reviews Hydrojustice by Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos Read in full here: e-flux.com/notes/6783457/… 📚politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo… #hydrojustice #water #criticaltheory #theory

‘Fairies are part of the rich history of human experience, and I do not see why belief in them or claims of encounters with them are any less worthy of respect than, say, religious beliefs or reports of religious experiences.’ Fairies: A History by @DrFrancisYoung is out today in the UK! See more: politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo…

IT’S OUT!! ‘Fairies: A History’ is published today in the UK, with publication in North America coming on 26 May 🧚📚🥳 politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo…

Listen to @NigelBiggar, author of The New Dark Age, discuss six things which should be better known on @betterknownshow betterknown.co.uk/2026/03/08/nig…

Tomorrow at @StimsonCenter, I'll be discussing my book West Asia (@politybooks) with two thinkers I deeply respect: @EmmaMAshford & @MarkeyDaniel. Book signing too. Come say hello. stimson.org/event/the-midd…

'[Habermas's] final book of conversations with colleagues, Things Needed to Get Better...was both rebuke to his more defeatist teachers and to the manifold follies of our age. “I view the attempt to make the world even the tiniest bit better,” he said, “or even just to be part of the effort to stave off the constant threats of regression that we face, as an utterly admirable motive.”' Read an obituary of Jürgen Habermas in @guardian, written by Stuart Jeffries. theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

The world is in a bad place these days. How is China responding to it ? My interview on @cgtnamerica 's flagship talk show "The Heat" with Anand Naidoo, aired from Washington DC . @BUPardeeSchool youtu.be/0nhW-sovxvs

This weekend I am diving into Barbie Zelizer's book HOW THE COLD WAR BROKE THE NEWS, which posits that the decline of journalism predates the era of Big Tech. Out from @politybooks:

Jürgen Habermas: Eine Biographie 于尔根•哈贝马斯 Social Sciences Academic Press, July 2019 | @politybooks 🕯️🙏🙏🙏

Habermas on why he became a philosopher, from “Things Needed to Get Better”, published this year by @politybooks

London visitors and locals, don't miss the chance to see Raewyn Connell discussing her new book Trans Lives, on Tuesday 17th March at the Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre. 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Reserve your spot here: eventbrite.com/e/understandin…

May be of interest to: @mediareformUK, @MedEduLab, @belmedia, @TheMediaEdAssoc, @NzName, @asist_org

The so-called ‘information crisis’ reflects a broader crisis of legitimacy – and the failure of traditional authorities to maintain their own trustworthiness. Media education expert David Buckingham’s ‘The End of Information’ is out now in the UK. See more: politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo…

I'm grateful to @IanMalcolm10 & @politybooks for offering me a last-minute opportunity to add an afterword to my upcoming book The Axis of Resistance: Iran, Israel and the Struggle for the Middle East to reflect on the ongoing war and its long-term implications for Iran, the Axis, and resistance in the region.

Does strategic bombing, like in Iran, achieve major policy goals? The record is not good. John Arquilla's timely book about what the US gets wrong when it goes to war. Due in the US in June.

Crucial background for the current conflict. Hamid Azizi's *Axis of Resistance*. Due in May in UK/Europe, summer in US.

Check out my new book - coming out next month