Justice is Gods Righteousness in Action Reclaim what was always meant to be whole. Justice and righteousness are not opposing forces but inseparable pillars of Gods design. But often our minds divide them, even set them in opposition to one another.In What Hath Justice to Do with Righteousness?, Rev. Dr. Charlie E. Dates provides a biblical and historical overview of the bond between these two pillars of the Christian faith that challenges our assumptions, renews our understanding, and invites us into a new movement of protest and prayer.With biblical wisdom, theological reflection, and an honest critique of cultural blind spots, this book boldly declares that justice is Gods righteousness in action. True justice cannot exist apart from righteousness, and righteousness is hollow without a commitment to justice. Gods justice restores and reconciles. "When Jesus hung on a cross, God got justice, and we got righteousness."In What Hath Justice to Do with Righteousness? you will:Understand Justice Through a Biblical Lens: Explore how the Bible defines justice as an expression of Gods character and His kingdom purpose. Resist Systemic Injustice on Biblical Grounds: Learn how Scripture equips believers to stand against oppression and advocate for equity in society. Persevere in Gods Truth: Receive spiritual guidance and motivation to remain steadfast in the pursuit of Gods justice. Dates challenges assumptions, exposes divisions, and delivers a call to action for both protest and prayer. Prepare to be called, inspired, and equipped to resist systemic injustice on biblical grounds and embody both justice and righteousness in every step you take. Are you ready to unite what the world seeks to divide?

Why do women fight in wars? The short answer is simply that women, like men, fight because they must. The longer answer is inevitably more complex. Spanning an arc of over 2000 years, including examples from across the globe, Why Women Fight reveals the major themes that drive women to take up arms, examining them through the lives of individuals on the front lines. Busting the myth that female soldiers are a manifestation of modernity, the book begins in the ninth century BCE with Semiramis, a former milkmaid attributed with expanding the Babylonian empire, and concludes in 2024 with Tatyana, a former shop assistant who went on to command a Ukrainian Battalion of a thousand men. Incorporating extraordinary interviews with Marxist guerillas, resistance fighters, illegal paramilitaries, conscripts and regular volunteers, the book explores some of the myriad reasons that women across the ages have broken one of humanitys most fundamental taboos, to take up arms and fight for their kin, their ideas, their liberty, their lives

A quarter of a century in power has allowed Vladimir Putin to enrich himself. He has done this by plundering Russias resources, confiscated private businesses and persecuted those who stood against him including Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Gusinsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Bill Browder. Putin put their assets under the control of his friends and cronies, who creamed off billions from nominally-state owned corporations.In 2022 Fortune Magazine estimated Putins personal fortune at $200 billion. The revenues he stole allowed Putin to build up an unparalleled war chest and this he used to pay for the invasion of Ukraine.The people Putin robbed he tortured and murdered. Some tried to fight back. Of these original oligarchs only Roman Abramovich survives.This is the fascinating story of what has happened to the men that Putin dispossessed and where their money went. But revenge is best served with cool heads and sharp minds. A small team of legal experts has spent the last twenty years pursuing Putin in the courts of the world. These legal experts are based in London and they are set on reclaiming this enormous wealth.The effect on the War in Ukraine will be just one result of their determined efforts.

A New Perspective for Biblical Justice in International Relations Practicing a Christian vision of justice as a citizen in ones own country is difficult enough. Add on the challenge of establishing and living out a Christian ethic among states, where there may be few established norms and shared values, and you have the gargantuan task of doing international relations.Does Christianity have anything to say about global justice for modern nation-states? Can we look to the biblical vision for help with the complex problems of a globalized world? Robert Joustra answers with a resounding yes.Christ and Covenant in Global Politics casts a compelling vision for a Christian approach to international relations that seeks to transform global politics from systems driven by fear to covenantal global community based in shared loves, drawing on Augustines understanding of rightly ordered loves and a contemporary Christian notion of covenantal pluralism. This groundbreaking textbook is designed for professors and students of international relations, offering a unique, faith-driven approach to global politics.In Christ and Covenant in Global Politics, Joustra introduces international relations through a distinctly Christian lens; demonstrates how the Christian worldview can positively shape international politics; equips students to thoughtfully engage with pluralism and multiculturalism in international politics; and moves beyond discussions of biblical justice within states toward discussions of biblical justice between and among states. Christ and Covenant in Global Politics is a first-of-its-kind work that provides a comprehensive introduction to the state of international relations theory today as well as a constructive account of a truly Christian vision for global politics. Joustra provides a systematic treatment of introductory political theology of world politics, then applies that foundation to key issues in the international system: diplomacy, war, political economy, and climate. Ideal for the undergraduate level, this book is a gift to those who to want to learn to love their neighbor on the global stage.

In 2019, it looked like the electoral map of Britain had been changed for ever, with once solidly Labour constituencies voting Conservative for the first time. An epochal realignment seemed to be in train that saw the Conservative electoral coalition become much more northern and working class and Labour depending more on middle-class voters in the south. Only a few years later, the realignment lies in ruins.The Red Wall has returned to Labour, and its clear 2019 was a blip. Tories are now jostling amongst themselves to be seen as the heirs to Thatcher. Its almost like the promise of change and levelling up was a fever dream as political parties and voters revert to type.What happened? And what can be done? The Conservatives made a big promise to Red Wall voters in 2019, speaking openly about first-time Conservative voters lending their support and promising that this trust wouldnt be forgotten. They swept the Red Wall with a promise of big economic change.In reality, that was quickly forgotten and the realignment was put in the too-difficult box, in favour of Thatcherite cosplaying that appealed to a tiny core of Tory members but didnt address the real problems the country faced. But the politics behind it cannot be ignored.This book will address what went wrong with the so-called realignment and what needs to be done to revive it.

At a time when democracies seem paralyzed by fear and populations are turning inward, award-winning journalist John Kampfner travels to ten countries confronting our shared challenges with bravery and imagination.In Japan, he discovers inter-generational care homes ensuring dignity in later life - while Britain ducks the social care question. He visits Viennas century-old housing projects where 60% of residents live in subsidised accommodation without stigma and communities thrive. Taiwans health system achieves 90% patient satisfaction at a fraction of the cost of the NHS. From Moroccan solar panels in the Sahara producing enough clean energy to power two million homes to Finnish classrooms preparing children for an uncertain world that Britains teaching-to-the-test system cannot match - Kampfner introduces us to the people making radical change happen.These arent utopias. But what unites them is a refusal to accept that difficult problems are unsolvable. The countries showing true innovation are often those with their backs against the wall - not wealthy nations assuming they have all the answers. Braver New World is an urgent reminder that solutions exist. The question is whether we have the courage to learn.

Un reto urgente para las democracias del siglo XXI.¿Son los científicos únicamente proveedores de evidencias o deberían ser también actores implicados en la formulación de políticas públicas?Joan Subirats se pregunta si existen el espacio, los recursos y la voluntad necesarios para que el conocimiento cientifico sea relevante en los debates politicos y sociales. Analiza en que medida sus funciones pueden complementarse con las de los ciudadanos, los responsables publicos y los representantes de intereses diversos; que margen hay para ensayar nuevas respuestas a problemas persistentes.

POR QUÉ ESPAÑA FABRICA JÓVENES ANTISISTEMA: EL HUNDIMIENTO DE LA CLASE MEDIA Y LA BRECHA GENERACIONAL.En este manifiesto, Estefanía Molina da voz a una generación: denuncia el pasotismo de España frente a los dramas de su juventud la vivienda, los salarios y la precariedad y explica por que tantos jovenes se sienten atraidos por el autoritarismo y la ultraderecha, debido a la muerte de la clase media y a un sistema politico basado en los intereses de los baby boomers, como en el caso de las pensiones, que ya no sirve para sus hijos. La autora reclama un nuevo contrato social y reformas valientes, pues existe el riesgo de que esa generacion antisistema, criada en el malestar, fulmine en pocas decadas las conquistas politicas y un estado del bienestar que ya da signos de agotamiento.La democracia no solo se legitima por sus bondades igualdad, libertad sino tambien por sus resultados. En eso estamos fallando a nuestros jovenes. Estefania Molina

El fascismo no va a ganar la discusión. «En España se está produciendo una sustitución cultural».«El cambio climático es un invento woke».«La democracia no sirve para nada».«Las feministas odian a lo

Com notável trajetória acadêmica e ampla experiência na gestão pública, Fernando Haddad está em posição singular para interpretar os desafios do mundo contemporâneo. Neste livro, ele discute os proce

¿Cómo hemos llegado a someternos, en una sociedad que se proclama racional y científica, a un pensamiento único disfrazado de virtud?Este libro no busca complacer ni incendiar, más bien comprender. Desde una mirada critica -pero no cinica-, la autora desentraña los engranajes del paradigma woke en España, sus raices ideologicas y su progresivo deterioro. ¿Que ocurre cuando la lucha por la igualdad deriva en puritanismo moral? ¿Que sucede cuando la diversidad se sacrifica en nombre de una uniformidad impuesta?Con lucidez y valentia, De la Torre enlaza la Torre de Babel con las nuevas torres ideologicas del presente y analiza como el lenguaje se convierte en arma, como se sofoca la disidencia en nombre del bien comun y como, en ese proceso, se erosionan el debate, el pensamiento complejo y la libertad misma. Examina tambien los desafios de la era digital, donde las identidades se evaporan y los algoritmos reducen al ciudadano a consumidor.Entre la critica cultural, el ensayo politico y la filosofia especulativa, esta obra ofrece un mapa para quienes intuyen que algo no encaja en el relato dominante, pero no saben aun como nombrarlo.No es un manifiesto. Es una invitacion: a pensar mas alla, a cruzar el puente.

Between 2016 and 2019, a unique coalition assembled within British politics. Combining Corbynite campaigners and Conservative Cabinet ministers, celebrities and grassroots activists, seasoned political veterans and novice political amateurs, this disparate assemblage of forces was brought together by one aim: stopping Brexit. What began as the unfocused, often deeply emotional belief that Britain must not leave the EU morphed, fleetingly, into a mass movement: the Peoples Vote campaign, a mess of organisations united by the call for a second referendum on Europe.From the stunts of youth campaigners and the online antics of new pro-EU influencers to the million-person marches of 2019 and the launch of new centrist parties, many people, serious and unserious alike, dedicated themselves to securing a new vote. A campaign premised on telling the nation that they had gotten it catastrophically wrong was always going to be hard, and it was only made more so by parliamentary maths that never seemed to quite add up. Based on interviews with the people who were there, No Second Chances tells the dramatic, bizarre, and (at times) embarrassing story of one of recent British historys most feted roads not taken.

Donald Trump partió al destierro en Palm Beach tras su derrota electoral en 2020 y su oscuro papel en el asalto al Capitolio. Las numerosas causas judiciales amenazaban con enterrarle políticamente. Pero, contra todo pronostico, al octavo dia de iniciar su exilio, resucito. El expresidente prometio ajustar cuentas con los causantes de su caida dentro y fuera de Estados Unidos. Sobrevivio a una bala que le rozo la cabeza y vencio en las urnas a Kamala Harris para, de vuelta en la Casa Blanca, consumar su venganza. Trump ha vuelto con mas fuerza que nunca. David Alandete, reconocido en 2025 con el Premio al Mejor Corresponsal Español del Club Internacional de Prensa, destapa los entresijos de una personalidad y una administracion que han sido mal evaluadas y peor contadas al publico español. Situado en medio del fuego cruzado entre Trump y el Gobierno español, del espionaje y de la desinformacion, el autor de este libro expone la extorsion mediatica y politica que ha sufrido por parte de quienes quieren periodistas dociles y ciudadanos desinformados. Habia visto presiones, vetos y maniobras en todos los partidos y a todos los niveles. Pero nunca habia visto a un Gobierno democratico en mi pais construir una campaña para deslegitimar a un reportero por cumplir su trabajo?

Dos de las voces más autorizadas denuncian la situación de Palestina.El asedio que sufren los palestinos de Gaza desde que en el invierno de 2008 un ataque militar israelí causó 1.400 muertos e impuso un duro bloqueo ha situado a la Franja en el centro del debate sobre un conflicto que dura ya mas de 60 años. Partiendo de esta catastrofe politica y humanitaria, el intelectual judio-estadounidense Noam Chomsky y el historiador israeli Ilan Pappe ofrecen un lucido analisis de los origenes y el futuro de la larga ocupacion de Palestina.Cada vez son mas los observadores internacionales que cuestionan la logica de la agresion militar por parte de los israelies: estos bloquean el acceso de los palestinos a materiales vitales para la reconstruccion, restringen su libertad de movimiento y los someten a una vida de constante riesgo y humillacion.Escrito a dos voces, este libro es el medio mas eficaz de recapitular y entender las claves de un conflicto del que recibimos un bombardeo constante de informacion a menudo inconexa. Las pequeñas divergencias entre Chomsky y Pappe, dos de las voces mas autorizadas, enriquecen un discurso comun que se caracteriza en su fondo por la coherencia, la mesura y la amplitud de miras.La critica ha dicho...Chomsky es un fenomeno global. Probablemente sea la voz estadounidense que mas se lee en todo el planeta en temas de politica internacional.New York Times Book ReviewChomsky y Pappe, el mas destacado historiador israeli, esclarecen el contexto esencial de la crisis israelo-palestina. Cualquier persona preocupada por el cambio, factible, en una region que tanto ha sufrido deberia leer este sobrio e implacable analisis.Publishers Weekly

Apoyándose en documentos procedentes de archivos de varios países y decenas de testimonios escritos y orales de los políticos, diplomáticos y periodistas españoles y extranjeros que tuvieron trato con el, este libro explora en profundidad la aportacion de don Juan Carlos a la gradual normalizacion y posterior proyeccion exterior de España desde su nombramiento como sucesor de Franco en 1969 hasta su abdicacion en 2014. Powell argumenta que el monarca realizo una contribucion decisiva al reconocimiento exterior de la nueva España democratica, facilitando su ingreso en la OTAN (1982) y la Comunidad Europea (1986). Asimismo, ayudo a reequilibrar la relacion con Estados Unidos, impulso el reencuentro con la America hispana y la creacion de la Comunidad Iberoamericana de Naciones, y cultivo al mundo arabe sin que ello fuese obstaculo para el reconocimiento de Israel, haciendo posible la celebracion de la Conferencia de Madrid sobre Oriente Medio en 1991. Powell tambien estudia su notable contribucion a la llamada "diplomacia publica", que se plasmo sobre todo en las Olimpiadas de Barcelona y la Expo92 de Sevilla, y sus esfuerzos por paliar el impacto de la crisis financiera de 2008. El libro cierra con un analisis de los escandalos que condujeron a su abdicacion, y concluye que, a pesar de los errores que sin duda cometio, don Juan Carlos realizo una notable tarea diplomatica, que merece ser (re)conocida por los españoles.

Britain is no longer the great power it once was. Caught between an unmoored America and a fractured Europe, it confronts rising authoritarian challenges from China and Russia, while its domestic debates drift into abstract moralising. Lacking a coherent vision for the future, the country risks sliding further into managed decline, its global relevance steadily eroding.Yet such a trajectory is not inevitable. In this clear-eyed assessment of Britains economic, ideological and strategic vulnerabilities, Azeem Ibrahim identifies the essential building blocks of renewal. He outlines a programme of reforms that will allow a genuinely independent Britain to capitalise on its core strengths. After all, as a lean and specialised nuclear power with one of the worlds most sophisticated intelligence networks, as well as world-class universities and a cultural reach second only to the US, the UK can still shape global affairs.A Greater Britain argues that a clear strategic anchor and bold leadership are needed if the UK is to convert its advantages into real influence. By formulating a pioneering Knowledge Power Doctrine, the book offers a global strategy for a once powerful nation, providing nothing short of a roadmap back to British greatness.

Un recorrido por los textos esenciales de Henry D. Thoreau (Desobediencia civil, Caminar y fragmentos de Walden), acompañados por una introducción de un filósofo español contemporáneo que dialoga con su pensamiento desde el presente y lo reivindica como una brujula etica para quienes no se resignan al conformismo.Vivir de forma sencilla tambien puede ser un acto de resistencia. ¿Que significa llevar una vida libre en un mundo que empuja al conformismo? ¿Que implica desobedecer cuando la obediencia perpetua la injusticia? ¿Y que sentido tiene caminar sin rumbo fijo, salvo el de alejarse del ruido y pensar con claridad? Pisar la tierra con libertad reune tres de los textos mas lucidos y radicales de Henry D. Thoreau Desobediencia civil, Caminar y fragmentos de Walden en los que se entrelazan la critica al poder, la busqueda de una existencia mas esencial y la defensa de la naturaleza como espacio moral. A traves de ellos, Thoreau invita a vivir con conciencia, a oponerse a lo que degrada la dignidad humana y a abrir caminos propios lejos de las sendas marcadas. Esta edicion cuenta con una introduccion de un filosofo contemporaneo, que lee a Thoreau desde nuestro presente y lo presenta como un autor imprescindible para quienes buscan una vida mas autentica, libre y resistente.

Esta es la historia del increíble ascenso de Mohamed bin Salmán y de cómo se utiliza el deporte para extender el capitalismo autoritario en todo el mundo. El príncipe saudí ha transformado el deporte en una poderosa herramienta de influencia internacional, desde el futbol hasta el golf, de la Formula 1 a la lucha libre o el boxeo. En alianza con figuras como el presidente de la FIFA, Gianni Infantino, o captando a leyendas como Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Rafa Nadal o Sergio Garcia, entre muchos otros, el regimen saudi invierte miles de millones de dolares para proyectar una imagen reformista al tiempo que sostiene uno de los sistemas mas despoticos del planeta y emprende operaciones como el asesinato del periodista disidente Jamal Khashoggi. Las redes de Arabia Saudi combina la cronica politica y el reportaje de investigacion para desentrañar las conexiones entre poder, riqueza y propaganda. James Montague muestra como el deporte se ha convertido en un nuevo campo de batalla global en Riad, Newcastle, Washington, Estambul o Madrid, y con el Mundial de futbol de Arabia Saudi en 2034 como horizonte. Un elocuente relato sobre algunos caminos de la politica, la ambicion y la seduccion del dinero en el siglo XXI.

LA AMENAZA DE LA ULTRADERECHA NUNCA HABÍA SIDO TAN REAL. ¿SEGUIREMOS COMO SI NADA?El fascismo te preocupa, pero dudas de si valdrá la penar votar en las próximas elecciones. Pones los ojos en blanco con las salidas de tono de la ultraderecha, pero tampoco crees que los otros esten haciendo gran cosa. ¿Seguro que no te estas convirtiendo un poco tu tambien?El sociologo Mark Fortier se hace esa pregunta y decide llevarla al extremo: escribe el diario de su conversion al fascismo, que es, en realidad, una satira corrosiva y lucida en la que narra, paso a paso, como se deja fascinar por lo que antes aborrecia para entender como funciona la resignacion y el neofascismo. Una advertencia disfrazada de broma que va a dejar de hacer gracia muy pronto.

The liberal world order that emerged after the Second World War and expanded triumphantly following the Cold War is unravelling. Multilateral cooperation is giving way to multipolar rivalry and conflict. Global norms are eroding. What comes next will define the rest of the century; the search is on for a new global framework a rebalancing of power.In The Triangle of Power, Finnish President Alexander Stubb argues that we are living through a hinge moment in history, akin to 1918, 1945 or 1989. A new international system is taking shape, driven by three major forces: the Global West, the Global East and the Global South. At the centre is the escalating competition between the United States and China, as both try to forge bilateral deals and regional alliances, but it is the Global South that will ultimately determine whether the future tilts toward cooperation or fragmentation.Drawing on decades at the front lines of diplomacy, and blending personal insight with political and academic experience, Stubb delivers a passionate call for values-based realism and dignified foreign policy and warns that unless the West learns to listen, it will lose its place in the world it once led.