International Relations category: 9182 books
Danger, Development and Legitimacy in East Asian Maritime Politics
Securing the Seas, Securing the State
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Grounded in extensive empirical research, Danger, Development and Legitimacy in East Asian Maritime Politics addresses the major issues of geopolitics in the region that have been and will continue to shape the international politics of the Asia-Pacific for years to come. Covering the nation-states...
Rethinking World Politics
A Theory of Transnational Neopluralism
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2010
Rethinking World Politics is a major intervention into a central debate in international relations: how has globalization transformed world politics? Most work on world politics still presumes the following: in domestic affairs, individual states function as essentially unified entities, and in international...
Development and International Relations
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
This introductory textbook examines the role of the Third World and the processes of development from the study of international politics and argues that in an increasingly globalized world development can no longer be seen as an isolated practice.
The European Union and Global Social Change
A Critical Geopolitical-Economic Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
This book examines just what the European Union is, in the context of the ongoing structural transformation of the global system. The author develops an integrated approach to global transformations, drawing on geopolitics, political geography, international relations, economics, economic and political...
Geopolitical Economy
After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Geopolitical Economy radically reinterprets the historical evolution of the world order, as a multi-polar world emerges from the dust of the financial and economic crisis.
Radhika Desai offers a radical critique of the theories of US hegemony, globalisation and empire which dominate academic...
Understanding the Dynamics of Global Inequality
Social Exclusion, Power Shift, and Structural Changes
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Despite the fact that the globalization process tends to reinforce existing inequality structures and generate new areas of inequality on multiple levels, systematic analyses on this very important field remain scarce. Hence, this book approaches the complex question of inequality not only from different...
The Contemporary Commonwealth
An Assessment 1965-2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2009
This collection of essays has been assembled to mark the centenary of The Round Table. It provides an analysis of the modern Commonwealth since the establishment of the Secretariat in 1965.
Providing an overview of the contemporary Commonwealth, this book places the organization in its rich...
by Tommy Koh, Rosario G Manalo, Walter Woon
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2009
On the historic occasion of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2007, the leaders of the ten-member countries signed the ASEAN Charter. This is an important milestone for the regional group as the Charter will make ASEAN stronger, more united...
Security and International Politics in the South China Sea
Towards a co-operative management regime
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
The South China Sea has long been regarded as a major source of tension and instability in East Asia. Managing the risk of possible conflict over disputed claims in the South China Sea has been a significant challenge for regional relations. This book explores international politics and security in...
Power, Perception and Foreign Policymaking
US and EU Responses to the Rise of China
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
This book examines the changing dynamics of power in the international arena since the end of the Cold War. Brown engages in analysis of how the United States and the European Union have responded to the so-called rise of China through an examination of how policymakers’ perceptions of China have...
Forging the World
Strategic Narratives and International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Forging the World brings together leading scholars in International Relations (IR) and Communication Studies to investigate how, when, and why strategic narratives shape the structure, politics, and policies of the global system. Put simply, strategic narratives are tools that political actors employ...
Mechanistic Realism and US Foreign Policy
A New Framework for Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
This book aims to reinvigorate realist international relations theory by developing a catalogue of micro-mechanisms able to explain security policy decision-making.
Typically, realism discounts the role of individuals and uses states as the unit of analysis. By examining instead the mental...
by Anton Casian
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2015
Along with the end of Cold War and the global Internet revolution, the concept of ‘international relations’ began to be used intensively in public space. It became so popular that passed academic debating borders or foreign policy news section. We see it used in the daily speech of ordinary people....
Changing Worlds
Vietnam's Transition from Cold War to Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
Throughout the entire Cold War era, Vietnam served as a grim symbol of the ideological polarity that permeated international politics. But when the Cold War ended in 1989, Vietnam faced the difficult task of adjusting to a new world without the benefactors it had come to rely on. In Changing Worlds,...