ISR Podcast - Editors' best books of 2023

My colleague with the International Studies Review (ISR), Hussein Banai, is our book review editor and hosts the ISR podcast. We had a wonderful chat among a few of the ISR editors about our top two notable reads of 2023. Huss was joined by myself and Nicolas Blarel. It was difficult to narrow my choices down to two, but ultimately I chose to discuss these two brilliant books:

• The Contested World Economy: The Deep and Global Roots of International Political Economy by Eric Helleiner (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
• Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern Oil by Andrea Wright (Stanford University Press, 2021)

You can listen to our conversation here. I speak right after the introduction, followed by Nico and then Huss each sharing their favourite reads.

In our conversation, I couldn't help but plug Nandita Sharma's Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants (Duke University Press 2020), and Radhika Mongia's Indian Empire and Migration: A Colonial Genealogy of the Modern State (Duke University Press 2018). When we realised that both Nicolas and I selected one book on migration, our discussion immediately prompted me to recall these important contributions. A bit cheeky perhaps, but I also couldn't avoid plugging Nicolas and my edited volume The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex for its obvious resonance with Wright's book.

Here's our complete list. If you haven't read them, they'll make a great addition to your 2024 reading list!

Crystal's Choices:

• The Contested World Economy: The Deep and Global Roots of International Political Economy by Eric Helleiner (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
• Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern Oil by Andrea Wright (Stanford University Press, 2021)

Nico's Choices: 

• Governing Abroad: Coalition Politics and Foreign Policy in Europe by Sibel Oktay (University of Michigan Press, 2022)
• Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942–1962 by Kalyani Ramnath (Stanford University Press, 2023)

Huss's Choices:

• Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras by Barry Buzan (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
• Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics by Swati Srivastava (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

Listen to our conversation and let us know what you think. What were your notable reads of 2023?

Notable Books of 2023 (aka End of the Year ISR Podcast)

In this episode we thought it would be fun – and hopefully engaging for some of our listeners – to share some of our editors’ most notable reads of 2023. The Books and Review Editor, Huss Banai, is joined by Associate Editors, Crystal Ennis and Nicolas Blarel, to discuss some their favorite/notable/most engaging reads from last year. You can find the links to the recommended readings below: Crystal’s Choices: The Contested World Economy: The Deep and Global Roots of International Political Economy by Eric Helleiner (Cambridge University Press, 2023) Between Dreams and Ghosts: Indian Migration and Middle Eastern Oil by Andrea Wright (Stanford University Press, 2021) Nico’s Choices: Governing Abroad: Coalition Politics and Foreign Policy in Europe by Sibel Oktay (University of Michigan Press, 2022) Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942–1962 by Kalyani Ramnath (Stanford University Press, 2023) Huss’s Choices: Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras by Barry Buzan (Cambridge University Press, 2023) Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics by Swati Srivastava (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

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