International Relations category: 9182 books
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Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Recognizing the vital importance of concepts in shaping our understanding of international relations, this ground-breaking new book puts concepts front and centre, systematically unpacking them in a clear, critical and engaging way.
With contributions from some of the foremost authorities in...
New Beginning in US-Muslim Relations
President Obama and the Arab Awakening
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
This book carries out a comparative study of the US response to popular uprisings in the Middle East as an evaluation of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy commitments. In 2009, Obama publicly pledged “a new beginning in US-Muslim relations,” causing eager expectation of a clear shift in...
Geopolitics of European Union Enlargement
The Fortress Empire
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Under the impact of accelerated globalization, transnational integration and international security concerns, the geopolitics of Europe's borders and border regions has become an area of critical interest. The progressive enlargement of the EU has positioned its borders at the heart of recent discussions...
Deepening EU-Ukrainian Relations
What, Why and How?
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
For Ukraine, the signing of the Association Agreement and the DCFTA with the European Union in 2014 was an act of strategic geopolitical significance. Emblematic of the struggle to replace the Yanukovych regime at home and to resist attempts by Russia to deny its ‘European choice’, the Association...
by Jacqueline Braveboy-Wagner, Clifford Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
The relationship between the world’s largest power and the small nations of the Caribbean has been and remains rich and varied. The history of political and security collaboration is long, if not untroubled: the United States is the Caribbean’s predominant trade and investment partner, and U.S....
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Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Resilience is increasingly discussed as a key concept across many fields of international policymaking from sustainable development and climate change, insecurity, conflict and terrorism to urban and rural planning, international aid provision and the prevention of and responses to natural and man-made...
International Negotiation and Mediation in Violent Conflict
The Changing Context of Peacemaking
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
This collection of essays situates the study and practice of international mediation and peaceful settlement of disputes within a changing global context.
The book is organized around issues of concern to practitioners, including the broader regional, global, and institutional context of mediation...
Japan's Relations With China
Facing a Rising Power
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
The essays in this collection examine Sino-Japanese political relations given the phenomenon of ‘a rising China and a stagnating Japan’. Questioning whether their relationship is one of cooperation or conflict, the book reviews China and Japan’s bilateral ties to see whether they have deepened...
Foreign Policy Under Austerity
Greece's Return to Normality?
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
This book examines the continuities and substantial transformations in Greek foreign policy before the beginning and during the unfolding of the economic crisis. Although up until now, significant attention has been cast on the rise of the neo-Nazi movement, the abuses and dysfunctions of the Greek...
The Chinese Constitution of Central Asia
Regions and Intertwined Actors in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
China's commitments in Central Asia illustrate how regional foreign policy works and how long-standing principles of Chinese foreign policy might be revised in the near future. China's rise has 'moved' Asia, which is why it seems that what we have traditionally regarded as the geographic and political...
by Joshua D. Kertzer
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Why do some leaders and segments of the public display remarkable persistence in confrontations in international politics, while others cut and run? The answer given by policymakers, pundits, and political scientists usually relates to issues of resolve. Yet, though we rely on resolve to explain almost...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
The Construction of Power and the Struggle for the East Asian International Order
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This book assesses the strategic significance of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) by examining the logic of international power and order, historic trends in East Asian international relations, the AIIB's design in comparison to 'rival' financial institutions such as the World Bank...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
The European Union has increasingly taken on a role as international security provider that extends beyond the geographical scope of its membership. This is clear from the wide range of military and civilian crisis management missions that the Union has undertaken, but also identifiable through its...
Japan's Border Issues
Pitfalls and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Japan was sometimes described as a country of "peace" during the Cold War period, in contrast to the continental border conflicts taking place at the time, such as the China-Soviet rivalry. However, as the maritime frontier was "rediscovered" and defined by the regional powers...