International Relations category: 9182 books
The Dilemmas of Statebuilding
Confronting the contradictions of postwar peace operations
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2009
This book explores the contradictions that emerge in international statebuilding efforts in war-torn societies.
Since the end of the Cold War, more than 20 major peace operations have been deployed to countries emerging from internal conflicts. This book argues that international efforts to...
The Future of Transatlantic Relations
Perceptions, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Since the end of the Cold War, and especially following the US decision to invade Iraq, the once strong partnership between the US, Canada, and the European allies has faced the serious possibility of significant change, or even dissolution. At the very least, fundamental differences have emerged...
by Ralph Pettman
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2013
Few of the smaller nations today, particularly in south-east Asia, have succeeded in remaining unaligned with one or other of the great powers. Burma is the one that has.
This book traces the course of Burma’s foreign policy towards China since World War II. It shows how, though at times...
North Korea, Iran and the Challenge to International Order
A Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2017
This book examines and compares the political situations in North Korea and Iran, and the contemporary security challenges posed by their illicit nuclear aspirations.
While government officials, including a series of American presidents, strategic policy documents and outside analysts have...
Russia and Europe
Building Bridges, Digging Trenches
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Russian-European political relations have always been problematic and one of the main reasons for this is the different perspectives on even the very basic notions and concepts of political life. With a worldwide recession, the problems as well as the opportunities in Russian-European relations are...
Beyond the Handshake
Multilateral Cooperation in the Arab-Israeli Peace Process, 1991-1996
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Arabs and Israelis have battled one another in political and military arenas, seemingly continuously, for some fifty years. The 1991 Madrid Peace Conference sought to change this pattern, launching bilateral and multilateral tracks in the Arab-Israeli peace process. As a result, a broad group of Arab...
by Micah Zenko
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Over the last ten years, drones have become a critical tool in the war against terrorist and militant organizations worldwide. Their advantages over other weapons and intelligence systems are well known. They can silently observe an individual, group, or location for hours on end, but take immediate...
The Much Troubled Alliance
USChina Military Cooperation During the Pacific War, 19411945
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
The topics of World War II and US-China relationship have been of much interest to academics and general public alike. This book challenges the conventional wisdom that has been produced on the topics over the past 50 years and offers the readers a new and balanced treatment of the topics. The scope...
by Vijay Kumar Manandhar
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2007
This book is a collection of twelve articles mainly dealing with the different aspects (phases) of Nepal-China relations. Of the twelve articles, two are unpublished, and the remaining ten articles were published in the Research Journals -- Voice of History, Rolamba and Journal of Nepalese Studies.
The Challenge of Nation-Building
Implementing Effective Innovation in the U.S. Army from World War II to the Iraq War
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
In the last decades, the United States Army has often been involved in missions other than conventional warfare. These include low-intensity conflicts, counterinsurgency operations, and nation-building efforts. Although non-conventional warfare represents the majority of missions executed in the past...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012
The Treaty of Lisbon has endowed the EU with a normative human rights framework that confirms recognition as a fully-fledged regional mechanism for the protection of human rights. The aim of this book is to contribute to the growing discussion of the external human rights dimension of the European...
Soviet Foreign Policy 1917-1991
Classic and Contemporary Issues
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
The purpose of this anthology is to deepen Western understanding of the sources and substance of the foreign policy of the Soviet Union. Authoritative analysts here explore significant issues in Soviet foreign relations from the era of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Civil War to the period of reform...
Teaching America to the World and the World to America
Education and Foreign Relations since 1870
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
A fresh analysis of the study of American foreign relations history, this book shows the ways in which international education has shaped the US relationship with the world.
by Norrie MacQueen
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2006
A comprehensive, clearly presented and accessible text covering the totality of the peacekeeping experience since the early twentieth century.
This is essential reading for all undergraduates on politics, international relations and contemporary history programmes. It is also an excellent...