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This major new text introduces the analytical tools required to understand and interpret 21st century advanced capitalism and its evolution in the wake of the global financial crisis. Placing Comparative Political Economy in the context of key concepts and theoretical debates in the long-established field of Political Economy, it maps the terrain, substantive focus and evolution of the comparative approach. Furthermore, it connects Comparative Political Economy systematically to the subfield of International Political Economy (IPE), making the case for cross-fertilisation between these closely related fields.

The book is published by Palgrave in April, and the launch event will take place in .

As part of their translations programme, have confirmed a Chinese (simplified) translation deal with Beijing Yanziyue Culture and Art Studio for and Christopher Murphy's book, Intelligence Studies in Britain and the US: Historiography since 1945.

Beijing Yanziyue Culture and Art Studio plan to publish hardback copies of their edition by 17th February 2016.

You can purchase the English copy of the book on the .

’s article “Diasporas and Democratization in the Postcommunist world” is among the most downloaded articles in Communist and Postcommunist Studies. The piece compares the mobilization patterns of Ukrainian, Serb, Armenian, and Albanian diasporas in the United States regarding issues of contested sovereignty in their original homelands. Communist and Postcommunist Studies is a leading peer-reviewed and ISI-ranked journal in area studies, offering analysis on historical and current political, social, and economic processes of countries of in the postcommunist space and also China.

The article is available through Open Access at:

The list of most downloaded articles is available at:

Dr was recently quoted by The Sun on Russia's relationship with Ukraine and the EU.

has been working with the to distribute Asia Policy through . Subscriber usage reports for 2013 have recently been published and PAIS Head of Department, Professor , had the most downloaded article.

Asia Policy is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal presenting policy-relevant academic research on the Asia-Pacific that draws clear and concise conclusions useful to today’s policymakers.

Professor Hughes is alongside esteemed company in the list with the likes of Cha, Friedberg, Lampton and Williamson.

The full list of most downloaded articles in 2013:

1. Christopher W. Hughes - North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Implications for the Nuclear Ambitions of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
2. Yasheng Huang - Rethinking the Beijing Consensus
3. Yan Xuetong - Strategic Cooperation without Mutual Trust: A Path Forward for China and the United States
4. Victor D. Cha - Complex Patchworks: U.S. Alliances as Part of Asia's Regional Architecture
5. Hanscom Smith - Toward a Universal Japan: Taking a Harder Look at Japanese Soft Power
6. Peter Jennings - The U.S. Rebalance to the Asia-Pacific: An Australian Perspective
7. David M. Lampton - China and the United States: Beyond Balance
8. Chaesung Chun - U.S. Strategic Rebalancing to Asia: South Korea's Perspective Aaron
9. L. Friedberg - The Next Phase of the "Contest for Supremacy" in Asia
10. John Williamson - Is the "Beijing Consensus" Now Dominant?