Jamie Jordan

Book Review: Magnus Ryner and Alan W Cafruny, The European Union and Global Capitalism: Origins, Development and CrisisThe European Union and Global Capitalism: Origins, Development and Crisis by RynerMagnusCafrunyAlan W. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. 288pp., £35.00 (p/b), ISBN 9781403997531

to recover. Bennett could also have elaborated on Donald L Horowitz’s work on fostering interethnic cooperation, which informs his theoretical framework. Nonetheless, the book is an essential compendium of Dayton’s few successes and many failures for experts and policymakers interested in spearheading a debate about how Bosnia can move beyond the current system. It will also be of interest to students of the Balkan region as well as practitioners in the field of post-conflict reconstruction and development in divided societies, who will find the Bibliographical Note (pp. 325–334) particularly useful.

Book Review: International Relations: Critical International Political Economy: Dialogue, Debate and Dissensus

edition in the journal Intelligence and National Security. The analysis of the book is centred on the changes in perspective in the field of intelligence after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and how these changes have shaped the community. The debate tackles key issues such as the accountability of the intelligence services, the perception of threat, intelligence cooperation, the problem of checks and balances between security and human rights, and intelligence failure. These problems are engaged in a very direct way, as the authors make use of a large pool of factual data, although some of the data may be contested having been extracted from secondary sources. The editors make clear from the beginning that the central aim of the book is to give the reader a better understanding of intelligence in the context of a post9/11 world as it is perceived from both sides of the Atlantic by researchers with very diverse backgrounds ranging from scholars to intelligence professionals. The most important asset of the book comes from its structure as a collection of articles, which gives the reader access to a wide collection of topics, approaches and methods. The quality of the chapters reflects the academic and professional backgrounds of the authors and the structure of each chapter follows a common pattern, offering a short introduction or abstract followed by the core analysis and ending with a brief conclusion. One drawback of the book is the lack of a conclusion presenting an overview of all the chapters and drawing a general conclusion from the conference and of the articles. In the absence of a conclusion from the editors, the reader has to draw his or her own, which makes the volume even more oriented towards academics. Another problem is the strong Western approach, since authors focus only on the United Kingdom apart from two exceptions, which analyse the United States and the European Union. Including a non-Western perspective could have given the book a (more) holistic approach. The volume represents a very interesting collection of well-written articles which introduce an experienced reader to new issues in the field of intelligence. By being focused on only one country, the articles are well integrated with each other. Consequently, Intelligence and National Security: New Perspectives and Agendas is a good volume which gives academics a wide perspective on the issues faced by Western intelligence at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Critical International Political Economy: Dialogue, Debate and Dissensus – By Stuart Shields, Huw Macartney and Ian Bruff

edition in the journal Intelligence and National Security. The analysis of the book is centred on the changes in perspective in the field of intelligence after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and how these changes have shaped the community. The debate tackles key issues such as the accountability of the intelligence services, the perception of threat, intelligence cooperation, the problem of checks and balances between security and human rights, and intelligence failure. These problems are engaged in a very direct way, as the authors make use of a large pool of factual data, although some of the data may be contested having been extracted from secondary sources. The editors make clear from the beginning that the central aim of the book is to give the reader a better understanding of intelligence in the context of a post9/11 world as it is perceived from both sides of the Atlantic by researchers with very diverse backgrounds ranging from scholars to intelligence professionals. The most important asset of the book comes from its structure as a collection of articles, which gives the reader access to a wide collection of topics, approaches and methods. The quality of the chapters reflects the academic and professional backgrounds of the authors and the structure of each chapter follows a common pattern, offering a short introduction or abstract followed by the core analysis and ending with a brief conclusion. One drawback of the book is the lack of a conclusion presenting an overview of all the chapters and drawing a general conclusion from the conference and of the articles. In the absence of a conclusion from the editors, the reader has to draw his or her own, which makes the volume even more oriented towards academics. Another problem is the strong Western approach, since authors focus only on the United Kingdom apart from two exceptions, which analyse the United States and the European Union. Including a non-Western perspective could have given the book a (more) holistic approach. The volume represents a very interesting collection of well-written articles which introduce an experienced reader to new issues in the field of intelligence. By being focused on only one country, the articles are well integrated with each other. Consequently, Intelligence and National Security: New Perspectives and Agendas is a good volume which gives academics a wide perspective on the issues faced by Western intelligence at the beginning of the twenty-first century.