International Relations category: 9182 books
Diaspora as Cultures of Cooperation
Global and Local Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
This book examines the dynamic processes by which communities establish distinct notions of 'home' and 'belonging'. Focusing on the agency of diasporic groups, rather than (forced or voluntary) dispersion and a continued longing for the country of origin, it analyses how a diaspora presence impacts...
International Environmental Justice
A North-South Dimension
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This important work satisfies the need for a thorough assessment of environmental justice concerns at the global level. Using three international environmental case studies, the book extends the theory of environmental justice, commonly used in domestic settings, to the international arena of environmental...
America's 'War on Terrorism'
New Dimensions in U.S. Government and National Security
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1955
How has 9/11 and George W. Bush's self-declared 'war' on terror changed American government and US foreign policy? This is the central question addressed in the nine original essays in this book. Following an introduction by the editors, in which they survey issues and debates raised by America's...
Contemporary Political Agency
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
This book explores and critically reflects on the theory and practice of political agency in contemporary global politics. In light of the changing relationship between the state, the market and the society, it seeks to map both theoretically and empirically contemporary forms of global political...
After Victory
Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order after Major Wars, New Edition - New Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
The end of the Cold War was a "big bang" reminiscent of earlier moments after major wars, such as the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the end of the world wars in 1919 and 1945. But what do states that win wars do with their newfound power, and how do they use it to build order? In After Victory,...
Institutional Balancing in the Asia Pacific
Economic interdependence and China's rise
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2008
This book examines the strategic interactions among China, the United States, Japan, and Southeast Asian States in the context of China’s rise and globalization after the cold war. Engaging the mainstream theoretical debates in international relations, the author introduces a new theoretical framework—institutional...
The Age of Walls
How Barriers Between Nations Are Changing Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Tim Marshall, the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography, analyzes the most urgent and tenacious topics in global politics and international relations by examining the borders, walls, and boundaries that divide countries and their populations.
The globe has always been...
by Council on Foreign Relations
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens...
by Council on Foreign Relations
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens...
by Jochen Gottwald
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2003
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: South Asia, grade: 1.0 (A), University of Heidelberg (South Asian Institute for Political Science), course: State and Economy in South Asia, with the example of India, 18 entries in the bibliography, language:...
Dangerous Strait
The U.S.-Taiwan-China Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2005
Today the most dangerous place on earth is arguably the Taiwan Strait, where a war between the United States and China could erupt out of miscalculation, misunderstanding, or accident. How and to what degree Taiwan pursues its own national identity will have profound ramifications in its relationship...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Relations across the Taiwan Strait were unstable for decades before May 2008. Several acknowledged "crises" raised the possibility of war between China and the US and/or Taiwan and at times political disputes wracked the US-Taiwan relationship. Nevertheless, the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) of 1979 helped maintain peace by deterring coercive actions by China against the island.
by Nicholas Tarling
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The success of regionalism in Southeast Asia depends on the attitudes of the states within the region but also on the attitude of those outside it. This book is an erudite and stimulating study on the latter. Placing these states in a long term historical context Tarling brings out the way in which...
Changing Power Relations in Northeast Asia
Implications for Relations between Japan and South Korea
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2011
This book analyses the Japanese-South Korean relationship from various angles including politics, security, economics, culture and immigration. In a sense the two countries are natural partners. Both are democratic societies, they are economically strong and are the only two Asian countries that are...