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A place for books, essays, documents, and archival materials worth keeping in circulation.

Reading Room   -   Sep 09, 2026 The Call That Became a Book
The Call That Became a Book

I wanted two friends to know one another. Professor Andrew Kakabadse was one of my dearest friends, someone with whom I had spent years talking about governance, leadership, institutions, universities, politics, and the human arrangements by which organizations try to hold themselves together. Francesco Sisci had entered my life differently.

A New Book by Francesco Sisci: Thinking from the Tip of the Spear
Reading Room   -   Sep 11, 2026 A New Book by Francesco Sisci: Thinking from the Tip of the Spear

How does China think about power, political order, war, and its place in the world? Francesco Sisci’s new book, Thinking from the Tip of the Spear: Military Power, Political Order, and the Making of China’s Grand Strategy, approaches those questions through a sweeping historical and comparative lens. One

by Shawn D. Mathis, PhD, MSc (Oxon), MA
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Reading Room   -   Sep 11, 2026 A New Book by Francesco Sisci: Thinking from the Tip of the Spear
A New Book by Francesco Sisci: Thinking from the Tip of the Spear

How does China think about power, political order, war, and its place in the world? Francesco Sisci’s new book, Thinking from the Tip of the Spear: Military Power, Political Order, and the Making of China’s Grand Strategy, approaches those questions through a sweeping historical and comparative lens. One

by Shawn D. Mathis, PhD, MSc (Oxon), MA
Reading Room   -   Sep 09, 2026 The Call That Became a Book
The Call That Became a Book

I wanted two friends to know one another. Professor Andrew Kakabadse was one of my dearest friends, someone with whom I had spent years talking about governance, leadership, institutions, universities, politics, and the human arrangements by which organizations try to hold themselves together. Francesco Sisci had entered my life differently.

by Shawn D. Mathis, PhD, MSc (Oxon), MA
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