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A broader alternative to Prisoners of Geography

Prisoners of Geography is judged useful but incomplete, with a large edited volume recommended for a wider account of economic interdependence and political order.

Question

Have you read Prisoners of Geography, and what would you recommend alongside it?

Short answer

Yes; it is useful but debatable, and A World of Whose Making? is a broader economic and political alternative.

Notes

Prisoners of Geography is useful, though parts of its argument remain unconvincing. The edited volume A World of Whose Making?: Making the International: Economic Interdependence and Political Order provides a broader route into how economic connections shape political systems. Its scale and collective authorship widen the analysis, while its tendency to separate military power from those relationships remains a limitation. The books work best as a comparison.