Diplomacy

The textbook is a rarity as it explores the functions of diplomacy from a practical perspective on diplomatic activity.

The expressions of American hostility toward France after 9/11 are not new - Franco-American relations in the early twentieth century were also difficult, characterized by the same antagonistic depictions of the other's culture.

First Published in 1959, The Soviet Union and the Middle East attempts to shed light on the evolution of Soviet attitudes toward the Middle East, its problems, challenges, and opportunities since 1917.

In The Lingering Conflict Itamar Rabinovich, a former chief negotiator for Israel, provides unique and authoritative insight into the prospects for genuine peace in the Middle East.

How did France and Australia develop a deep strategic partnership, when only about two decades ago, a group of Australians bombed the French consulate in Perth to protest against French nuclear testing in the Pacific?

The authors of this book are uniquely qualified to analyze the contemporary security landscape and promote necessary and pressing change.

Dominico Caracciolo was an important figure on the 18th-century European stage, holding high office as a diplomat in London, Turin and Paris, and as viceroy and prime minister in the Two Sicilies.

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

Offering conclusions for improving intergovernmental relations, determining international economic development strategies, and showing how many subnational governments are involved in world politics, this book examines how US states and governors connect to American foreign relations, tracing activities that began in the 1950s and have expanded with globalization.

This book's introduction to foreign policy analysis focuses on decision makers and decision making.

The most significant development in global politics following the end of the bi-polar Cold War era has been the rise of a multi-polar state system.

Selected among Foreign Affairs's "e;Best of Books 2024"e;China is unique in modern world history.

The first detailed Iranian account of the diplomatic struggle between Iran and the international community, The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: A Memoir opens in 2002, as news of Iran's clandestine uranium enrichment and plutonium production facilities emerge.

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China's exponential rise and America's relative decline have led to a transition of power in contemporary Asia.

When Kissinger lamented, 'When I want to call Europe, I cannot find a phone number', the implication was clear.

Yemen has faced continuing crises since 2010.

When four-star general John Rogers Galvin retired from the US Army after forty-four years of distinguished service in 1992, the Washington Post hailed him as a man "e;without peer among living generals.

This book explores the growing importance of subnational diplomacy by examining the state of California.

For many Americans, Iran is our most dangerous enemy--part of George W.

Political theorists often see deliberation--understood as communication and debate among citizens--as a fundamental act of democratic citizenship.

The study of modern Chinese history has developed rapidly in recent decades and has seen increased exploration of new topics and innovative approaches.

Written by the former chief foreign policy advisor to the Turkish president and based on unprecedented access to official documents and communiques, this book gives the inside story of Turkish US relations from the first Gulf War, through debates on the Iraqi Kurdish question, the 2003 invasion of Iraq and into the present day.

Britain's main imperial possessions in Asia were granted independence in the 1940s and 1950s and needed to craft constitutions for their new states.

The term the Cold War has had many meanings and interpretations since it was originally coined and has been used to analyse everything from comics to pro-natalist policies, and science fiction to gender politics.

There is more to defense than military might and more to the military than a fighting force.

The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations has for over 50 years been central to diplomacy and applied to all forms of relations among sovereign States.

This work represents the first systematic study of Armenia's foreign policy during the post-independence period, between 1991 and 2005.

Within the span of a generation, Nazi Germany's former capital, Berlin, found a new role as a symbol of freedom and resilient democracy in the Cold War.

The book examines selected faith-based organisations (FBOs) and their attempts to seek to influence debate and decision-making at the United Nations (UN).

Does America still count in the world?

Explaining The Iraq War provides an original critique of conventional explanations of the Iraq War.

What happens to policies when a president dies in office?

Power Plays argues that international institutions prevent extortion in some areas, but cause states to shift coercive behavior into less effective policy domains.

The exclusiveand explosiveaccount of the politics of one of the most controversial nations in the world.

How Iran and the world around it have changed in the four decades since a revolutionary theocracy took powerIran's 1979 revolution is one of the most important events of the late twentieth century.

What were the calculations made by the US and its major allies in the 1960s when they faced the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)?

Many believe the solution to ongoing crises in the news industry--including profound financial instability and public distrust--is for journalists to improve their relationship with their audiences.

As fought in 1950s Berlin, the cold war was a many-headed monster.

Although the concept of credibility has been identified by the United Nations as a significant factor in successful peacekeeping operations, its role has largely been ignored in the literature on peacekeeping at the local level.

The Americanist community played a vital role in the Cold War, as well as in large part directing the cultural consumption of Soviet society and shaping perceptions of the US.

A wide-ranging, readable and controversial assessment of Thatcher's foreign policy throughout her years in office, 1979-90.

This book examines the evolution and major elements of China's Belt-and-Road Initiative (BRI), a trillion-dollar project for the revival and refinement of ancient terrestrial and maritime trade routes.

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God's Marshall Plan tells the story of the American Protestants who sought to transform Germany into a new Christian and democratic nation in the heart of twentieth-century Europe.

In this revealing work, Dag Henriksen discloses the origins and content of NATO's strategic and conceptual thinking on how the use of force was to succeed politically in altering the behavior of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY).

During the first generation of black participation in U.