Below is a very small sampling of recent CUP titles that address current events. We are also offering a special sale on current events titles.
Pakistan
Frontline Pakistan by Zahid Hussain offers a much-needed perspective on the ever-changing events in Pakistan. Zahid Hussain, a former correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, presents an inside account of Perevez Musharraf's Islamabad. He reveals Musharraf's difficult balancing act of appeasing the radical Islamists in his government with the concerns and wishes of Washington.
In a review of the book, Ahmed Rashid writes, "Frontline Pakistan is the first serious exposure of the rise and continuation of Islamic extremism in Pakistan. Zahid Hussain shows the links between the major jihadi groups of Pakistan, Al Qaeda, and the ISI with a degree of detail not seen in any Western writing on the subject"
Below is a video of Hussain's talk at The Asia Society. You can also view it here.
The Economy
With the Presidential campaign very much in full-swing and with the economy emerging as perhaps the key issue in the 2008 election, issues concerning social security, government spending, the global economy, and real estate will be on the minds of candidates and voters alike. The Economists' Voice: Top EconomistsTake on Today's Problems brings together leading economists to discuss these issues. Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman, Kenneth Arrow, Robert H. Frank, Rebecca Blank, Richard Posner, Gary Becker, Robert J. Shiller, and others examine the economic implications of today's most pressing issues.
Read Joseph Stiglitz's article in The Economists' Voice, The High Cost of the Iraq War.
China
Discussions of China's emergence as an economic power echo the fears that many felt about Japan in the 1980s. Yet are these fears of China unfounded? How do China's neighbors feel about a resurgent China. Countering many experts, David Kang's new work China Rising: Peace, Power, and Order in East Asia argues that China's neighbors welcome a strong China and view it as a stabilizing influence.
Listen to a podcast interview with David Kang.
