International Relations category: 9182 books
Cold Peace
China–India Rivalry in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
The twenty-first century is likely to witness Asia’s two largest civilizations, China and India, join the United States in an elite club of global superpowers. By some economic indicators, the two Asian giants are already the second and third largest economies in the world, and they are developing...
Deepening EU-Moldovan Relations
What, Why and How?
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
For Moldova, the signing of the Association Agreement and the DCFTA with the European Union in 2014 was an act of strategic geopolitical significance. Of all the EU’s eastern neighbours, Moldova is objectively the most European on several counts, including sharing a common history, language, culture...
by Shahar Hameiri, Caroline Hughes, Fabio Scarpello
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
International peace- and state-building interventions have become ubiquitous in international politics since the 1990s, aiming to tackle the security problems stemming from the instability afflicting many developing states. Their frequent failures have prompted a shift towards analysing how the interaction...
Renegotiating the World Order
Institutional Change in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Rising powers often seek to reshape the world order, triggering confrontations with those who seek to defend the status quo. In recent years, as international institutions have grown in prevalence and influence, they have increasingly become central arenas for international contestation. Phillip Y....
by Clive Archer
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
What is the role of international organizations in the international political system?
The fourth edition of Clive Archer’s widely used textbook continues to provide students with an introduction to international organizations, exploring their rise and development, and accounts for their...
Alker and IR
Global Studies in an Interconnected World
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
International Relations have rarely been considered a synthesis of humanistic and social sciences approaches to understand the complex connections of a global, and globalizing, world. One of the few scholars to have accomplished this creative blend was Hayward R. Alker.
Alker and IR presents...
The Korean Paradox
Domestic Political Divide and Foreign Policy in South Korea
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2019
Bringing together an international line up of contributors, this book examines South Korea’s foreign policy strategies designed to cope with the challenges of the post-Cold War regional order and the emergence of a "Korean paradox".
Focusing on non-material factors in shaping the...
Walzer, Just War and Iraq
Ethics as Response
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
In recent years questions of ethical responsibility and justice in war have become increasingly significant in international relations. This focus has been precipitated by United States (U.S.) led invasions in Afghanistan and Iraq. In turn, Western conceptions of ethical responsibility have been largely...
Transports et infrastructures
Développement, désenclavement, puissance
Language: French
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Transports et infrastructures : développement, désenclavement, puissance
Quelles dynamiques régissent les flux de transports internationaux et quels peuvent en être les développements futurs ? Quels sont les enjeux propres aux différents modes de transport et à la construction des...
A qui profite le commerce ?
L'impact du libre-échange sur les relations internationales
Language: French
Release Date: December 13, 2017
**À qui profite le commerce ? L’impact du libre-échange sur les relations internationales **
En novembre 2008, les dirigeants des pays du G20 s’entendent, face à la dépression qui s’annonce, afin d’éviter un repli protectionniste qui aggraverait davantage la situation. Leur déclaration...
Looting and Rape in Wartime
Law and Change in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Women were historically treated in wartime as property. Yet in the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, prohibitions against pillaging property did not extend to the female body. There is a gap of nearly a hundred years between those early prohibitions of pillage and the prohibition of rape finally...
Koreans in the Persian Gulf
Policies and International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Analyzing the Korean Peninsula’s contemporary engagement with the Persian Gulf region from the 1950s to the present day, the book begins by asking the following question: What drew Koreans to the region in the first place and under what circumstances were they drawn there?
While taking into...
State Accountability under International Law
Holding States Accountable for a Breach of Jus Cogens Norms
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
This book considers the extent to which States are held accountable for breaches of jus cogens norms under international law. The concept of State accountability is distinguished from the doctrine of State responsibility and refers to an ad hoc practice in international relations that seeks to ensure...
Explaining News
National Politics and Journalistic Cultures in Global Context
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010
The book challenges the idea that processes of globalization are leading to an increasing homogenization of news on a worldwide scale by focusing on two defining crises of our time - 9/11 and the War in Afghanistan. The empirical analysis combines process-tracing, as well as both quantitative and...