In Statu Nascendi encourages you to set a 2026 reading challenge! Whether you aim to read one book or one hundred, the 2026 ISN Reading Challenge can make this your best reading year yet. Here are our recommendations:
In Statu Nascendi – 2026 Reading Recommendations
Foreign Policy, International Relations & Security
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Özigci, Yunus Emre (2026).
NATO’s Meaning and Existence: Within the Interstate Intersubjectivity.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye (Turkey).
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Rising Powers in an Evolving Geopolitical Climate (2026).
New Vision University, Georgia.
https://www.igi-global.com/book/rising-powers-evolving-geopolitical-climate/381874
Conflict Resolution, War, and Peacebuilding
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Gamaghelyan, Philip (2017).
Conflict Resolution Beyond the International Relations Paradigm: Evolving Designs as a Transformative Practice in Nagorno-Karabakh and Syria.
Ibidem Press.
https://newbooksnetwork.com/conflict-resolution-beyond-the-international-relations-paradigm -
Zarembo, Kateryna; Knodt, Michèle; Yakovlyev, Maksym (2025).
Teaching IR in Wartime.
Ibidem Press.
https://www.ibidem.eu/en/Series/Society-Politics/Soviet-and-Post-Soviet-Politics-and-Society/Teaching-IR-in-Wartime.html
Philosophy, Society & Post-Communist Studies
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Koumparoudis, Evangelos (2024).
Medicine in the Post-Consumerist Society: A Philosophical Overview.
Columbia University Press.
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/medicine-in-the-post-consumerist-society/9783838217659/ -
Minakov, Mykhailo (2025).
The Post-Soviet Human: Philosophical Reflections on Social History after the End of Communism.
Ibidem Press.
https://www.ibidem.eu/en/Series/Society-Politics/Soviet-and-Post-Soviet-Politics-and-Society/The-Post-Soviet-Human.html
Cultural Heritage, Education & Information Integrity
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Alaverdov, Emilia; Bari, Muhammad Waseem (2026).
Cultural Heritage Protection and Restoration in Conflict and Post-Conflict Zones.
https://newbooksnetwork.com/cultural-heritage-protection-and-restoration-in-conflict-and-post-conflict-zones -
Ilik, Goran; Karadjoski, Mladen; Ilijevski, Ice; Nenovski, Blagoj (2026).
Combatting Misinformation and Global Nations’ False Narratives Through Education.
University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bitola, North Macedonia.
IGI Global Scientific Publishing.
https://www.igi-global.com/book/combatting-misinformation-global-nation-false/356397
Strongly Recommended
