Tucson Festival of Books

International Insecurity


Global disorder and increased warfare have led to uncertainty, with long-term alliances at risk and the wisdom of U.S.foreign policy in doubt. Today our authors will share insights about current global affairs and ponder where we might be headed in the future. (Unfortunately, Alexander Vindman will not participate in this session as originally planned.)


Panelists
Renata Keller

Renata Keller is a historian of Latin America and the Cold War, and the author of the newly published "The Fate of the Americas," the first hemispheric history of the Cuban missile crisis. Her novel "Mexico's Cold War," won SECOLAS’s Alfred B....

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Daniel Zoughbie

Daniel E. Zoughbie is a scientist, historian, and expert on presidential decision making. He authored "Indecision Points: George W. Bush and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" and was appointed to positions at Georgetown University, Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Bologna, University College Dublin, University of Athens, and Campus Bio Medico University of Rome....


Books:
The Fate of the Americas
The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Hemispheric Cold War
Renata Keller
History / Biography
University of North Carolina Press
January 2025
ISBN 9781469689432
336 pages
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Kicking the Hornet's Nest
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East from Truman to Trump
Daniel Zoughbie
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Simon & Schuster
October 2025
ISBN 9781668085226
432 pages
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