Cormac Shine

My review of 'The absolutely indispensable man', Kal Raustiala's excellent biography of Ralph Bunche, appears in the latest issue of @IAJournal_CH. Currently free to read at the link below. academic.oup.com/ia/article/100…

@stuartareid @Ram_Guha @O_Heffernan @riceid @josh_hammer @RoryStewartUK @MurphyEoghan And finally, enjoyed (re)reading @Robert___Harris Cicero trilogy after many years, as well as Alan Johnson’s short biography of Harold Wilson. Four great books on politics and getting things done, fictional or not! (10/10)

@stuartareid @Ram_Guha @O_Heffernan @riceid @josh_hammer On success and failure in politics, @RoryStewartUK Politics on the Edge and @MurphyEoghan Running From Office both v insightful. (9/10)

Sharing some books I’ve enjoyed in 2024: (1/10)

Tánaiste @MichealMartinTD has announced that Ireland will intervene in the case initiated by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice. gov.ie/en/press-relea…

Today I announced €20 million in support for the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which provides healthcare and other services for those in need, and urged countries that have suspended funding to resume and increase support to the agency.

@DavidGrann @aroberts_andrew @DorisKGoodwin @BenMacintyre1 @Freedland @ReidMitenbuler @RichardJaEvans And finally, fiction-wise, happy to have discovered @lucyfoleytweets, Josephine Tey, Carl Hiaasen, and Eleanor Catton. All worth a read! (7/7)

@DavidGrann @aroberts_andrew @DorisKGoodwin @BenMacintyre1 @Freedland Some great books about polar history: Wanderlust by @ReidMitenbuler (mindboggling biography), The Explorer and the Journalist by @RichardJaEvans, and Mensun Bound’s The Ship Beneath the Ice. (6/7)

Rather belatedly getting around to sharing some end-of-year book recommendations that I enjoyed reading in 2023: (1/7)