International Relations category: 9182 books
The Japan–South Korea Identity Clash
East Asian Security and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite their shared interests, shared values, and geographic proximity, divergent national identities have driven a wedge between them. Drawing on decades of...
China's Rise and Regional Integration in East Asia
Hegemony or community?
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
With featuring far-reaching diversities and disparities among the regional states in their political, economic and social systems and cultural and religious orientations, East Asia is a microcosm of international society at large. Nevertheless, there are unique dynamics unfolding in East Asia at the...
Latin America Facing China
South-South Relations beyond the Washington Consensus
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
The last quarter of the twentieth century was a period of economic crises, increasing indebtedness as well as financial instability for Latin America and most other developing countries; in contrast, China showed amazingly high growth rates during this time and has since become the third largest economy...
by Renard Teipelke
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Eastern Europe, grade: 1,0, University of California, San Diego (Department of Political Science), course: Introduction to International Relations, language: English, abstract: Controversies surrounding the...
The Coup
1953, the CIA, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian Relations
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
An “absorbing” account of the CIA’s 1953 coup in Iran—essential reading for anyone concerned about Iran’s role in the world today (Harper’s Magazine).
In August 1953, the Central Intelligence Agency orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected leader and installed...
Deepening EU-Moldovan Relations
What, Why and How?
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
The purpose of this Handbook is to make the legal content of the Association Agreement clearly comprehensible. It covers all the significant political and economic chapters of the Agreement, and in each case explains the meaning of the commitments made by Moldova and the challenges posed by their...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
This book seeks to explore Nordic approaches to China and the idea of sub-regional diplomacy.
China’s multi-tiered approach to Europe can be seen vividly in the Nordic sub-region, which has been engaging Beijing through a variety of different means corresponding to the political and economic...
The New Violent Cartography
Geo-Analysis after the Aesthetic Turn
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2012
This edited volume seeks to propose and examine different, though related, critical responses to modern cultures of war among other cultural practices of statecraft. Taken together, these essays present a space of creative engagement with the political and draw on a broad range of cultural contexts...
United States-Cuban Relations
A Critical History
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2008
United States-Cuban Relations breaks new ground in its treatment of this long and tumultuous relationship. The overall approach, mirroring the political science background of both authors, does not focus on historical detail that has been provided by many other works, but rather on a broad analysis...
International Organizations
Politics, Law, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
This leading undergraduate textbook now covers international relations theory in more depth and includes new material on NATO and the EU, while its case studies have been updated throughout. Unlike other textbooks in the field, it takes readers behind the scenes of the world's most important international...
Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin
Honor in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
Since Russia has re-emerged as a global power, its foreign policies have come under close scrutiny. In Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin, Andrei P. Tsygankov identifies honor as the key concept by which Russia's international relations are determined. He argues that Russia's interests in...
Transforming World Politics
From Empire to Multiple Worlds
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
This book provides a critical understanding of contemporary world politics by arguing that the neoliberal approach to international relations seduces many of us into investing our lives in projects of power and alienation. These projects offer few options for emancipation; consequently, many feel...
Geopolitics
The Geography of International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Written by one of the world's leading political geographers, this fully revised and updated textbook examines the dramatic changes wrought by ideological, economic, sociocultural and demographic changes unleashed since the end of the Cold War. Saul Cohen considers these forces in the context of their...
Saudi Arabia in a Multipolar World
Changing dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has established itself as the twelfth-largest economy in the world, the largest West Asian economic power, world’s largest oil producer, and a strong and capable force in international politics, particularly in the Sunni Islamic world. However, at present it is at crossroads....