International Relations category: 9182 books
Diplomacy in Japan-EU Relations
From the Cold War to the Post-Bipolar Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Since the 1950s, Japan-Europe relations have been characterised by a mutual coldness in terms of diplomatic dialogue, punctuated by a number of trade disputes. This book analyses the development of the political and diplomatic relationship between Japan and Europe, and shows that – especially during...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2018
In an ever more globalized world, sustainable global development requires effective intercultural co-operations. This dialogue between non-western and western cultures is essential to identifying global solutions for global socio-political challenges.
Modern Japanese Political Thought and International...
Saudi Arabian Foreign Relations
Diplomacy and Mediation in Conflict Resolution
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
In recent decades, Saudi Arabia has committed itself to playing the part of mediator in intra-national and international conflicts in the greater Middle East region. Examples include the two Saudi-introduced Arab Peace Initiatives of 1982 and 2002, mediation attempts between Algeria and Morocco in...
International Relations, Music and Diplomacy
Sounds and Voices on the International Stage
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
This volume explores the interrelation of international relations, music, and diplomacy from a multidisciplinary perspective. Throughout history, diplomats have gathered for musical events, and musicians have served as national representatives. Whatever political unit is under consideration (city-states,...
China, Europe and International Security
Interests, Roles, and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
This book examines the roles played by China and Europe in the domain of international security in the 21st century.
Bringing together Chinese and European expertise on the Sino-European Security relationship , this book positions Europe - both the EU and the major national actors - and China...
Transatlantic Relations since 1945
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Transatlantic Relations Since 1945 offers a comprehensive account of transatlantic relations in the second half of the 20th century (extending to the present-day).
The transatlantic relationship has been the bedrock of international relations since the end of World War II. This new textbook...
International Relations
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Today, more than ever, we are buffeted by forces that originate from beyond our shores. Whether it’s war, economics, politics, or law, we live in a global world influenced by a complex landscape of international transactions. Esteemed academic Charles Jones ably provides the building blocks to understand...
The Clash of Ideologies
Middle Eastern Politics and American Security
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
How do ideologies shape international relations in general and Middle Eastern countries' relations with the United States in particular? The Clash of Ideologies by Mark L. Haas explores this critical question. Haas's central claim is that leaders' ideological beliefs are likely to have profound effects...
Kosovo, Intervention and Statebuilding
The International Community and the Transition to Independence
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
This book examines international engagement with Kosovo since NATO’s intervention in 1999, and looks at the three distinct phases of Kosovo’s development; intervention, statebuilding and independence.
Kosovo remains a case study of central importance in international relations, illustrative...
Civilization and Empire
China and Japan's Encounter with European International Society
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2009
This book critically examines the influence of International Society on East Asia, and how its attempts to introduce ‘civilization’ to ‘barbarous’ polities contributed to conflict between China and Japan.
Challenging existing works that have presented the expansion of (European) International...
War, Peace and International Relations
An introduction to strategic history
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
War, Peace and International Relations provides an introduction to the strategic history of the past two centuries, showing how those 200 years were shaped and reshaped extensively by war. The book takes a broad view of what was relevant to the causes, courses, and consequences of wars.
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by Stephanie Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
International Relations emerged as a distinct academic discipline in the early twentieth century, but its philosophic foundations draw on centuries of thinking about human nature, power and authority, justice and injustice, and their implications for relations within and between political communities.
In...
Emotions in International Politics
Beyond Mainstream International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
In recent years, social scientists have increasingly recognized the interconnectedness of thought on emotions. Nowhere is the role of passions more evident than international politics, where pride, anger, guilt, fear, empathy, and other feelings are routinely on display. But in the absence of an overarching...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2014
Cities have become increasingly important to global politics, but have largely occupied a peripheral place in the academic study of International Relations (IR). This is a notable oversight for the discipline, although one which may be explained by IR’s traditional state centrism, the subjugation...