Diplomacy

Among the most momentous decisions that leaders of a state are called upon to make is whether or not to initiate warfare.

Border fixity-the proscription of foreign conquest and the annexation of homeland territory-has, since World War II, become a powerful norm in world politics.

How will the future leaders of Russia regard the world scene?

How will the future leaders of Russia regard the world scene?

Dancers as Diplomats chronicles the role of dance and dancers in American cultural diplomacy.

Robert Dallek, a luminary in the field of political biography--author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Nixon and Kissinger and the New York Times bestselling biography of John F.

Robert Dallek, a luminary in the field of political biography--author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Nixon and Kissinger and the New York Times bestselling biography of John F.

Bits and Atoms explores the governance potential found in the explosive growth of digital information and communication technology in areas of limited statehood.

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How do international norms evolve?

None of the founding fathers seems more elusive than Thomas Jefferson.

Europeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a captive African by a white land-owner in the American colonies; that, however, is the image of slavery most prevalent in the minds of Americans today.

During a television broadcast in 1959, US President Dwight D.

The Cold War in the Third World explores the complex interrelationships between the Soviet-American struggle for global preeminence and the rise of the Third World.

Since Gideon Rose's 1998 review article in the journal World Politics and especially following the release of Lobell, Ripsman, and Taliaferro's 2009 edited volume Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy, neoclassical realism has emerged as major theoretical approach to the study of foreign policy on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Hopkins Touch offers the first portrait in over two decades of the most powerful man in Roosevelt's administration.

Conflict and dispute pervade political and policy discussions.

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For most of the twentieth century, the most critical concerns of national security have been balance-of-power politics and the global arms race.

It was forty-two years ago that Winston Churchill made his famous speech in Fulton, Missouri, in which he popularized the phrase "e;Iron Curtain.

The Munich crisis of 1938, in which Great Britain and France decided to appease Hitler's demands to annex the Sudentenland, has provoked a vast amount of historical writing.

Since the original publication of this classic book in 1979, Roosevelt's foreign policy has come under attack on three main points: Was Roosevelt responsible for the confrontation with Japan that led to the attack at Pearl Harbor?

During the 1920s and 1930s thousands of European and American writers, professionals, scientists, artists, and intellectuals made a pilgrimage to experience the "e;Soviet experiment"e; for themselves.

Self-determination, imported into the Middle East on the heels of World War I, held out the promise of democratic governance to the former territories of the Ottoman Empire.

Self-determination, imported into the Middle East on the heels of World War I, held out the promise of democratic governance to the former territories of the Ottoman Empire.

Covering the period from 1936 to 1953, Empire of Ideas reveals how and why image first became a component of foreign policy, prompting policymakers to embrace such techniques as propaganda, educational exchanges, cultural exhibits, overseas libraries, and domestic public relations.

The Munich crisis of 1938, in which Great Britain and France decided to appease Hitler's demands to annex the Sudentenland, has provoked a vast amount of historical writing.

There is a broad consensus among scholars that the idea of human rights was a product of the Enlightenment but that a self-conscious and broad-based human rights movement focused on international law only began after World War II.

There is a broad consensus among scholars that the idea of human rights was a product of the Enlightenment but that a self-conscious and broad-based human rights movement focused on international law only began after World War II.

Conflict and dispute pervade political and policy discussions.

For most of the twentieth century, the most critical concerns of national security have been balance-of-power politics and the global arms race.

In 1945, both the U.

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During a television broadcast in 1959, US President Dwight D.

Michael Oppenheimer's Pivotal Countries, Alternate Futures is both a synthesis of our knowledge on scenario planning and a practical guide for policymakers.

With the end of the Cold War has come an upsurge in humanitarian interventions-military campaigns aimed at ending mass atrocities.

With the end of the Cold War has come an upsurge in humanitarian interventions-military campaigns aimed at ending mass atrocities.

This book provides an international legal analysis of the most important questions regarding Iran's nuclear program since 2002.

The Milosevic Trial - An Autopsy provides a cross-disciplinary examination of one of the most controversial war crimes trials of the modern era and its contested legacy for the growing fields of international criminal law and post-conflict justice.

The Cold War in the Third World explores the complex interrelationships between the Soviet-American struggle for global preeminence and the rise of the Third World.

How do international norms evolve?

Since its coinage in mid-19th century Germany, Realpolitik has proven both elusive and protean.

Since its coinage in mid-19th century Germany, Realpolitik has proven both elusive and protean.

The Milosevic Trial - An Autopsy provides a cross-disciplinary examination of one of the most controversial war crimes trials of the modern era and its contested legacy for the growing fields of international criminal law and post-conflict justice.

The Hopkins Touch offers the first portrait in over two decades of the most powerful man in Roosevelt's administration.

None of the founding fathers seems more elusive than Thomas Jefferson.

This provocative volume, written by the distinguished diplomatic historian Thomas G.

An examination of how American newspaper articles on Muslims are strikingly negative by any measure.

An examination of how American newspaper articles on Muslims are strikingly negative by any measure.

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