Homeland Security Today spotlights 22 books advancing intelligence, homeland security, and counterterrorism studies, including LRP titles AI & Early Warning Systems and Treason, Terrorism, and Betrayal. Read the review: shorturl.at/faNmM

Books on Intelligence That Upgrade Homeland Security, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Studies: October 2026, Volume 1, No. 3 - HSToday

The disciplines of homeland security, terrorism and counterterrorism (CT) are continuously being upgraded by the latest advances in intelligence analytic technologies, such as geospatial, data…

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Don't forget about our 25% Fall 2026 sale! Use the code Fall26 at checkout on any book on our website. Happy fall and happy reading!

Don’t miss this upcoming NUPI breakfast seminar on Russia’s illiberal conservatives and the “warfare state" with Professor Katharina Bluhm. Join the discussion on how Russia’s conservative politics, wartime economy, and evolving state structures intersect. Register here! shorturl.at/MgIlg

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Russia's illiberal conservatives won the culture war but struggle on the economy. Katharina Bluhm explains why, and sheds light on why inflation now has become their battleground.

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Can the federal government actually, and beneficially, be reduced in size? Elaine C. Kamarck's new book, Cutting Government, dives into that complex dilemma. Available now! shorturl.at/EvHF3

Thank you to @HSToday for featuring three Lynne Rienner Publishers books in your Homeland Security & Counterterrorism Bookshelf! We’re honored to have our authors’ work included and grateful for your support of important scholarship in the field. 📚 shorturl.at/9lZJX

Homeland Security & Counterterrorism Bookshelf: October 2026, Volume 1, No. 1 - HSToday

With so many books published on homeland security, international security, terrorism, counterterrorism, intelligence, and military warfare, this review column capsule reviews 40 recently published…

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What happens when Russia’s illiberal conservatives confront the realities of a wartime economy? Join LRP author Professor Katharina Bluhm at NUPI on Oct. 30 for a discussion of Russia’s “warfare state”. Learn more & register here: shorturl.at/MgIlg

Breakfast seminar: Russia’s illiberal conservatives and the warfare state | NUPI

Russia's illiberal conservatives won the culture war but struggle on the economy. Katharina Bluhm explains why, and sheds light on why inflation now has become their battleground.

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Pumpkin spice lattes, apple picking, and... books! All books are 25% off on our website through December 1st. Use code Fall26 at checkout!

Need something to listen to? Join LRP authors Jason Blazakis and Phil Gurski for a discussion on Antifa and the Trump administrations new categorizations on Gurski's Canadian Intelligence, Eh? podcast: borealisthreatandrisk.com/does-antifa-...

Does Antifa actually exist? - Borealis Threat & Risk Consulting

Episode 356 – We do NOT need more terrorist group listings! In its never-ending quest to spread the terrorist listing wealth, the Trump Administration has made some odd moves of late. First, there…

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A new Local News Pasadena feature explores the bond between unhoused people & their pets—a theme at the heart of Leslie Irvine’s My Dog Always Eats First: shorturl.at/QLJZh Read the story, then explore the book: shorturl.at/1Z5uE

Lynne Rienner Publishers | My Dog Always Eats First Homeless People and Their Animals

Lynne Rienner Publishers, celebrating 35 years of independent publishing, is known for its cutting-edge, high quality scholarly and academic books and journals in politics, social sciences, and the…

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Many thanks to Catamount International for helping us make an appearance at FILUNI 2026 (even though we couldn't be there in person). We'll see you again at FIL Guadalajara!

Day one of the Frankfurt Book Fair! We're at Booth H89 in Hall 4.2! #fbm13

NEW: “At a time when the arms control approach developed during the Cold War appears dead, this volume makes a compelling case for reconsidering disarmament.... It will be essential reading.” —Jeffrey W. Knopf, Middlebury Institute of International Studies Available now! shorturl.at/hRNAD

How did a profession once centered on patient care become a profit-maximizing business? Can the trend be reversed? Available now: The Looting of US Healthcare! shorturl.at/ESbHH

Available now! Nizar Kabbani’s poetry speaks of love, desire, beauty, freedom, and longing with a directness that is as fresh today as when it was first written. Use the code Fall26 for 20% off!

More on my recent book #SmartEvasion with @lynneriennerpub.bsky.social: cusfp.substack.com/p/smart-evas... I'll have a few more posts on the book! Still on sale for a limited time! :)

Smart evasion (no. 2)

Blocking regulations as weapons of the weak

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New! The 3rd edition of Inside African Politics is now available: “A comprehensive, scholarly, and readable guide.... Highly recommended.” —Choice Get your copy here! shorturl.at/J2URy

Available now! Alan Doss and David Harris draw on their combined experiences as a practitioner and an academic to explore the elements of the peace processes in Liberia and Sierra Leone. shorturl.at/zCAyh

New! Keith Preble chronicles the emergence and distinctiveness of sanctions-evasion measures and evaluates their effectiveness in challenging US economic power. Available now! shorturl.at/ZumBz

Spending on college course materials continued to decline in 2025–26. The latest data highlights ongoing shifts in how students access and purchase course materials, including the growing role of digital formats. Read more from Publishers Weekly: shorturl.at/fij2L

Spending on College Course Materials Falls Again

As the use of digital course materials and Affordable Access programs grow, student spending on materials has declined 44% in the last decade.

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New! Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions by Anthony Rodin: With climate change reshaping the global landscape, are prevailing theories of international relations equipped for the transformation? Available now: shorturl.at/YWiL4

How are scholarly publishers using social media in 2026? A new @ScholarlyKitchn post shares findings from the @ScholarlyPub Pulse Check survey, exploring platform trends, engagement goals, and the challenges of measuring impact in scholarly communications. scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/07/02/s...

Social Media in Scholarly Communications — SSP Pulse Check Report - The Scholarly Kitchen

SSP's latest Pulse Check survey offers a community-wide snapshot of social media in scholarly publishing as it stands today.

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In case you missed it: here's LRP author Richard Sakwa discussing the "political west" and the lost opportunities for peace. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_1W...

The Political West Is Collapsing. Imperial Globalism Is Not | Prof. Richard Sakwa

While the West champions a "rules-based order," it consistently bypasses the UN Charter it helped create. Is this selective application of international law the real driver of the new Cold War? And…

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Many thanks to @thenationalnews.com The National for featuring Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani on their most recent Train Reads list! Men in the Sun is available now: www.rienner.com/title/Men_in... shorturl.at/1tY0j

Train reads: 11 compact books to take on short journeys | The National

As Etihad Rail launches between Abu Dhabi and Fujairah, these novellas, essays and story collections suit the nearly two-hour route

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Congratulations to Irene Wu for a successful event at JF Books in Washington, DC! Her book, Measuring Soft Power in International Relations, is available in paperback now! shorturl.at/3KasJ

New from the Jamestown Foundation: Escalating tensions between Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government and the Uzbek foreign fighters in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). jamestown.substack.com/p/uzbek-figh...

Uzbek Fighters in Syria Face Tensions with Al-Sharaa’s Government

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Exploring questions of religion's influence on elections, Robert Nyenhuis and Thomas Isbell employ a novel dataset in their new book to analyze presidential candidates' use of religious rhetoric and signals during election campaigns in six African countries. Available now! shorturl.at/xbMjZ

Join Yangmo Ku on Polaris Live with Sarwar Kashmeri tomorrow, June 2nd, at 9:30 AM EST for a conversation about North Korea's nuclear ambitions: www.youtube.com/live/e6syLK0... And don't forget that Professor Ku's book, Nuclear North Korea, is 50% off on our website! shorturl.at/8eszQ

Yangmo Ku--Nuclear North Korea

Despite crippling economic hardships and intense international pressure, North Korea has managed to become a nuclear nation. What drove the country to so res...

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We are delighted to be a sponsor of the Asian Studies Association of Australia's 2026 conference taking place in July! With the theme of “Beyond Borders: Reimagining Asian Societies in and across a Shifting World,” panels will explore the evolving connections in Asian societies. shorturl.at/g4TCF

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More than a decade ago, Xi Jinping heralded a new era for China when he outlined his “Chinese Dream.” Has that dream become a reality? Did Xi’s transformative vision lead to national rejuvenation? Ming Xia digs into these questions in Interpreting the China Dream - available now! shorturl.at/036XZ

Today! Join authors Robert Springborg and Guilian Denoeux for their online book launch, hosted by the University of Edinburgh, for Making Aid Work: Dueling With Dictators and Warlords in the Middle East & North Africa. More details here! llc.ed.ac.uk/islamic-and-...

Making Aid Work: Dueling With Dictators and Warlords in the Middle East & North Africa | Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies | Literatures Languages and Culture

An online seminar featuring Robert Springborg and Guilian Denoeux speaking on their recent book, for which this event is named (written with Hicham Alaoui).

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