El Cuento del Destino: Latino Voters, Demographic Determinism, and the Myth of an Inevitable Democratic Party Majority
ALVARO J. CORRAL AND David L. Leal critically assess the “demography as destiny” theory which posits that the growing number of Latino voters who disproportionately support the Democratic Party, will not only gain political influence but will tilt the electorate in the party’s favor and erode the GOP’s electoral competitiveness. By looking at trends in Latino voting behavior and partisan affiliation since 2016, the authors reveal complexities that call into question the theory and its prevailing assumptions.

Foreign-imposed Regime Change and the American War in Afghanistan
JASON BROWNLEE asks why did America’s twenty-year war in Afghanistan fail to establish a self-sustaining non-Taliban government? The author argues that the U.S. influence depended on the prospects for integrating old regime elites into the new government and on the strength on indigenous opposition forces. Both variables were unfavorable in Afghanistan and they shaped the boundaries of political order no matter how hard U.S. forces fought or how long they stayed.

How Far-Right Extremism Changed American Body Politic
BRIGITTE NACOS AND YAELIBLOCH-ELKON examine the rise of far-right extremism and violence in the United States. They argue that Donald Trump played a starring role in bringing hate speech, threats, and political violence into the political mainstream.

The Effects of Violence against U.S. Officeholders
REBECCA HERRICK AND Sue Thomas discuss the effects of violence on U.S. office holders. They use an original survey of mayors in the U.S. cities to explore the individual costs of psychological and physical violence. They find that of the mayors who suffered violence (95 percent), the more violence reported, the more likely they were to have incurred individual costs, including emotional upset, diverted attention from the job, and considerations about leaving it.

Statebuilding in the Periphery: Why States Colonize and Why They Stop
David A. Lake reviews Settling for Less: Why States Colonize and Why They Stop by Lachlan McNamee. Lake observes that in discussing settler colonialism the book builds a novel theory that pushes the research agenda outwards and identifies as an underdeveloped dimension of the book the strategic choices of the indigenes.

Can Information Persuade Rather Than Polarize? A Review of Alex Coppock's Persuasion in Parallel
Matthew Levendusky reviews Alex Coppock’s Persuasion in Parallel. He praises overall the book’s focus, data, and results arguing that it makes a very important contribution but takes issue with the book’s treatment of theories of motivated reasoning. 

Export Controls and the Junction of Economics and National Security: A Review Article
Paul R. Pillar reviews Knowledge Regulation and National Security in Postwar America by Mario Daniels and John Krige. He argues that the book describes how issues of trade and commerce increasingly have been viewed in terms of security.

Violence and Democracy
Yeilim Cheong AND Stephan Haggard review Sarah Zukerman Daly’s Violent Victors: Why Bloodstained Parties Win Postwar Elections. They draw upon the book to discuss and explore the relationship between violence and democracy.  

Regulating Risk: How Private Information Shapes Global Safety Standards, Rebecca L. Perlman
Reviewed by Jeffry Frieden

The Education Myth—How Human Capital Trumped Social Democracy, Jon Shelton
Reviewed by Kenneth K. Wong

Post-Truth American Politics: False Stories and Current Crises, David Ricci
Reviewed by Ethan Porter

Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education, Bradford Vivian
Reviewed by Howard Schweber

Becoming International, Jens Bartelson
Reviewed by Aaron C. McKeil

China's Chance to Lead: Acquiring Global Influence via Infrastructure Development and Digitalization, Richard W. Carney
Reviewed by Adam D. Dixon

Recognition Politics: Indigenous Rights and Ethnic Conflict in the Andes, Lorenza B. Fontana
Reviewed by Roberta Rice

The Return of Resentment: The Rise and Decline and Rise Again of a Political Emotion, Robert A. Schneider
Reviewed by Todd Hall

Local Politics and Social Policy in China: Let Some Get Healthy First, Kerry E. Ratigan
Reviewed by Yoel Kornreich

Evangelicals and Electoral Politics in Latin America: A Kingdom of This World, Taylor C. Boas
Reviewed by Christopher W. Hale

Toward a Free Economy: Swatantra and Opposition Politics in Democratic India, Aditya Balasubramanian
Reviewed by Rama Sundari Mantena

Africa's Urban Youth: Challenging Marginalization, Claiming Citizenship, Amy S. Patterson, Tracy Kuperus and Megan Hershey
Reviewed by Jeffrey Haynes

Poverty in the Pandemic: Policy Lessons from COVID-19, Zachary Parolin
Reviewed by Thomas J. Hayes

Nationalized Politics: Evaluating Electoral Politics Across Time, Jamie L. Carson, Joel Sievert and Ryan D. Williamson
Reviewed by Joshua N. Zingher

Prosecutors, Voters, and the Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America: The Case of Lava Jato, Ezequiel A. Gonzalez-Ocantos, Paula Munoz Chirinos, Nara Pavao and Viviana Baraybar Hidalgo
Reviewed by Fabio de Sa e Silva

Schooling the Nation: Education and Everyday Politics in Egypt, Hania Sobhy
Reviewed by Mai Atta

The Uncertainty Doctrine: Narrative Politics and US Hard Power after the Cold War, Alexandra Homolar
Reviewed by Colleen Larkin

Presidential Leadership in Feeble Times: Explaining Executive Power in the Gilded Age, Mark Zachary Taylor
Reviewed by Clement Fatovic

The State You See: How Government Visibility Creates Political Distrust and Racial Inequality, Aaron J. Rosenthal
Reviewed by Sadé L. Lindsay

Coming to Terms with John F. Kennedy, Stephen F. Knott
Reviewed by Ignacio M. García