International Relations category: 9182 books
The EU, ASEAN and Interregionalism
Regionalism Support and Norm Diffusion between the EU and ASEAN
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2015
Using a framework of norm diffusion to determine the EU's international actorness in the context of its relations with ASEAN, this book provides a timely and in-depth analysis of EU-ASEAN relations. By investigating three aspects of regionalism support by the EU it presents a comprehensive account of norm diffusion between the EU and ASEAN.
by Ashok Kapur
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
This book provides an in-depth account of India's role in world politics at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
The author shows how the approach laid down by Nehru and followed by his successors (an approach that included nuclear self-restraint, the search for friendly relations...
by Steven A. Mucci
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
This book examines the financial, legal and institutional strategies available to the international oil and gas industry to manage political and investment risk. The financial techniques for mitigating and allocating risk include corporate finance, joint ventures, and project finance.
The legal techniques...
by Council on Foreign Relations
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
It has been a year of tremendous disruption and challenge across the world: unprecedented uprisings in the Arab world; economic difficulties in the eurozone; the earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear crisis in Japan; and the killing of Osama bin Laden.
by Council on Foreign Relations
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
The New Arab Revolt: What Happened, What It Means, and What Comes Next sets the intellectual stage for understanding the revolutions in the Middle East.
Extraordinary Rendition
Addressing the Challenges of Accountability
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The US led programme of extraordinary rendition created profound challenges for the international system of human rights protection and rule of law. This book examines the efforts of authorities in Europe and the US to re-establish rule of law and respect for human rights through the investigation...
Statebuilding and Police Reform
The Freedom of Security
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
This book explores how and why police reform became an international phenomenon in the era of statebuilding that followed the end of the Cold War.
Police reform has become an indispensible element in the spread of liberal democracy. Policing is distinguished by its ability to combine reasonable...
by William E. Scheuerman
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
The ideas of Hans Morgenthau dominated the study of international politics in the United States for many decades. He was the leading representative of Realist international relations theory in the last century and his work remains hugely influential in the field. In this engaging and accessible new...
Central Asia
Geopolitics, security and stability
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Throughout history, Central Asia has formed an important strategic link between the East and the West and been described as the ‘great pivot’ in the early-twentieth century.
This book looks at the relations between the Central Asian states and major external powers. It shows how these nations...
China-Taiwan Rapprochement
The Political Economy of Cross-Straits Relations
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
This book examines how since about 2008 the economy of Taiwan has become ever more deeply integrated into the economy of China. It goes beyond a consideration of trade and investment flows, and discusses also the large population flows, the growing integration of the two financial systems and the...
Between Ally and Partner
Korea-China Relations and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2006
China and South Korea have come a long way since they were adversaries. The arc of their relationship since the late 1970s is an excellent model of East-West cooperation and, at the same time, highlights the growing impact of China's "rise" over its regional neighbors, including America's...
Chinese Assertiveness in the South China Sea
Power Sources, Domestic Politics, and Reactive Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
This book offers an assessment of China’s assertive foreign policy behavior with a special focus on Chinese policies in the South China Sea (SCS). By providing a detailed account of the events in the SCS and by analyzing power dynamics in the region, it identifies the driving forces behind China’s...
Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations in an Era of Technological Change
Security, Economic and Cultural Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
This book explores how technological change is influencing the dynamics of relations between mainland China and Taiwan. Using the latest research, it examines the acceleration of technology-led and how it shapes three key dimensions of the cross-Strait relationship: the overarching security context; the economic context; and the cultural context.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Prior to the 1970s, few serious efforts were made to bridge the gap between economics and political science in the study of international relations. Systematic scholarly analysis of International Political Economy (IPE), emphasizing formal integration of elements of orthodox market and political analysis,...