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Show Notes
In this special episode of The World Next Week, Heather A. Conley, president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, joins James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon to discuss the books they recommend reading, the books they’re looking forward to reading, and the podcasts they’re listening to for fun this summer.
Read more about Jim, Bob, and Heather’s picks on Jim’s blog, The Water’s Edge.
Jim’s Picks
Michael Mandelbaum, The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy (2022)
Richard Cohen, Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped the Past (2021)
Laszlo Montgomery, The China History Podcast, Teacup Media
Bob’s Picks
Catherine Belton, Putin’s People (2020)
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, The Love Songs of W.E.B Du Bois (2021)
Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley, Gastropod, Vox Media Podcast Network
Heather’s Picks
Greg Behrman, The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan and How America Helped Rebuild Europe (2007)
Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (2018)
Todd Schulkin, Inside Julia’s Kitchen, Heritage Radio Network
Additional Books, Podcasts, and Shows Mentioned on the Podcast
Karen Dawisha, Putin’s Kleptocracy (2014)
Aaron L. Friedberg, Getting China Wrong (2022)
Joseph Marion Jones, The Fifteen Weeks (1965)
Michael Kimmage, The Abandonment of the West (2020)
Sebastian Mallaby, The Power Law (2022)
George Mitchell, Making Peace (1999)
Yascha Mounk, The Great Experiment (2022)
Benn Steil, The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War (2019)
Ali Wyne, America’s Great-Power Opportunity (2022)
Heather A. Conley, “How Will Biden Handle Russia?” The President's Inbox, December 1, 2020
David Crowther, The History of England
Mike Duncan, The History of Rome
Jamie Jeffers, The British History Podcast
Michael Mandelbaum, “America’s Rise to Power,” The President's Inbox, May 7, 2022
Robin Pierson, The History of Byzantium
Julia, HBO Max (2022)
Diplomacy and International Institutions
The UN General Assembly begins its seventy-ninth high-level debate amid questions about its limited role in resolving major conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East; fears of a wider regional war grow as Hezbollah vows retaliation against Israel after thousands of pagers exploded across Lebanon; U.S. President Joe Biden hosts the leaders of the Quad in Wilmington, Delaware, to strengthen coordination in the Indo-Pacific region; and Russia seeks to add 180,000 troops to its army.
The U.S. Congress returns from its summer recess to try to pass a budget for federal discretionary programs before the fiscal year ends and avoid a government shutdown; the United States and other Western allies accuse Iran of transferring ballistic missiles to Russia, raising concerns over intensified strikes on Ukraine; Hungary faces a second deadline to pay a $221 million fine for breaking European Union asylum law, which President Viktor Orbán remains unwilling to follow; and China gifts Cambodia two newly built Type 056 corvette warships, raising questions about Beijing’s naval ambitions.
The United States, Egypt, and Qatar prepare another cease-fire proposal after Hamas killed six Israeli hostages and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu demanded control of the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border; Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump hold their first presidential debate; the Toronto International Film Festival showcases independent films spanning from Hungary to Georgia and more; and the United States seizes Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s plane.