International Relations category: 9182 books
The European Union's Foreign Economic Policies
A Principal-Agent Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
The European Union is a key actor in international economic governance. Through its foreign economic policies it plays a central role in the negotiation of international trade agreements, the global regulation of the financial services sector, and the provision of aid to developing countries. This...
The European Union with(in) International Organisations
Commitment, Consistency and Effects across Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Since its creation, the European Union (EU) has been a participant in the activities of other International Organisations (IOs) or has been working together with them. Still, little information is available on what this long-term involvement with(in) IOs means for International Relations and European...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2017
This edited volume examines contemporary relations between Europe and Asia through the prism of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). ASEM is an informal forum for dialogue and cooperation between 53 partners from both regions. Having started in 1996, ASEM aims to enhance political dialogue, strengthen...
Chinese Diplomacy and the UN Security Council
Beyond the Veto
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
China has emerged in the 21st century as a sophisticated, and sometimes contentious, actor in the United Nations Security Council. This is evident in a range of issues, from negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program to efforts to bring peace to Darfur. Yet China’s role as a veto-holding member of...
by Sanju Prasad
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
This book is an account of emerging India - Nigeria trade relations over the past decade in three major sectors, namely,energy, health and ICT. It studies how an increased engagement between the two partners has eventually contributed to an evolved and mature India-Nigeria trade relations. This book...
Legal Dynamics of EU External Relations
Dissecting a Layered Global Player
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
This book offers a concise yet comprehensive review of the principles of EU external relations law. By carefully examining the role of the Union on the global scene, it provides a systematic overview of the relevant rules and competences, reflecting on the legal developments in their political and...
by Yanzhuo Xu
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
China’s increasing involvement in Africa is a controversial and hotly debated issue. On the one hand, China has brought significant economic and political opportunities to the continent with large amounts of investment and infrastructure. On the other hand, however, China’s interests in Africa...
Superhuman Japan
Knowledge, Nation and Culture in US-Japan Relations
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
This book examines the imaginative narratives that shaped the attitudes of Americans (and others) toward Japan. Focusing on cultural aspects of economic nationalism and US-Japan relations during the trade war Marie Thorsten uses examples from public discourse, film, documentaries, novels, acts of...
Negotiating the U.S.–Japan Alliance
Japan Confidential
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
In recent years, the U.S.–Japan alliance has marked several anniversaries, including 40 years since the 1969 decision on the reversion of Okinawa. These occasions have provided crucial opportunities to reassess the continuing significance of U.S.–Japan security and diplomatic relations, prompting...
Governing Global Trade
International Institutions in Conflict and Convergence
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Cohn's topic of global trade is of enormous and proliferating interest. He provides a good background from 1945 to the present and on core contemporary themes such as civil society participation and the domesticisation of the trade agenda. Whilst there is a wealth of literature on policy-oriented...
War and Power in the Twenty-First Century
The State, Military Power and the International System
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Future developments in war, armed conflict and international relations are central to our collective fate in this century. This book looks forward by considering the forces that will drive changes in military organizations, sources of conflict, the power of states and the nature of the international...
Rethinking Hizballah
Legitimacy, Authority, Violence
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
International Relations scholarship posits that legitimacy, authority and violence are attributes of states. However, groups like Hizballah clearly challenge this framing of global politics through its continued ability to exercise violence in the regional arena. Surveying the different and sometimes...
by Carol C. Chin
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
A unique analysis that deepens our understanding of U.S.–East Asian relations
In the period between the Sino-Japanese War in the mid-1890s and the end of World War I, the United States, China, and Japan found themselves, in different ways, seeking to redefine their national identities. By...
Non-Traditional Security in East Asia
A Regime Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
In a changing security environment shaken by the United States' pivot to Asia, China's rise, growing economic interdependence, new institutional frameworks, and long-standing tensions, regional security dynamics within East Asia have changed profoundly. Non-Traditional Security in East Asia assesses...