Diplomacy

A scholarly perspective of a soldier's own challenges working in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

This study offers an analysis of Qatar's foreign policy since its independence from Britain in 1971.

How should we "e;fix"e; digital technologies to support democracy instead of undermining it?

The tragic story of Anne Boleyn has been retold over the centuries, yet two key figures in Anne's life-her father Thomas and brother George- are often relegated to the margins of Henry VIII's turbulent reign.

A behind-the-scenes look at how the United States aided the Velvet RevolutionDemocracy's Defenders offers a behind-the-scenes account of the little-known role played by the U.

Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin improvised a system of "e;asymmetric federalism"e; to help maintain its successor state, the Russian Federation.

Ariane Knüsel offers new perspectives on China''s presence in Europe through analysis of Switzerland''s central role during the Cold War.

This book analyses the global visions of Olof Palme, Bruno Kreisky and Willy Brandt, European social democratic statesmen who earned international esteem for their contributions to global developments during the second half of the twentieth century.

The destruction of the Armenian community in the Ottoman Empire was an unprecedented tragedy.

Diplomacy is an established discipline, but it is still wearing its old garments,failing to display its capacity to deal with new unique bi-lateral and international disputes.

This book draws attention to the non-biological-political, economic, societal and cultural-variables shaping both the emergence and persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global response to it, with a particular focus on political decisionmakers' role in the domestic and international politics surrounding the process of the pandemic.

This book makes a strong argument against the widely proclaimed notion that the United States is destined to decline.

What role do ideas play in state-building and state activity?

How Iranand the world around ithave 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.

Since its inception, al Qaeda has aspired to create a safe haven in Yemen,where it has operated against U.

Over the last few years the Arctic has become a region of growing interest to the international community.

This study examines how the UN Secretary-General's leadership qualities affect how they address threats to peace and security.

The United Nations (UN) has always loomed large in international conflicts, but today accepted wisdom declares that the organization has lost its way.

Frances involvement in the American Civil War was critical to its unfolding, but the details of the European powers role remain little understood.

This is a unique and definitive study to reassess the complex dynamics of US-Korea diplomatic relations during the Reagan presidency.

As colonial secretary MacDonald moved British colonial policy from a laissez-faire attitude to a developmental view; he was responsible for creating the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund, the first aid program.

EU law consists of several thousand acts of which the overwhelming majority are made by the Commission.

Days of Decision spans a century of American foreign policymaking, from the Spanish- American War of 1898 to the attacks of September 11, 2001.

This book offers an assessment of China's assertive foreign policy behavior with a special focus on Chinese policies in the South China Sea (SCS).

After the brief respite that followed the fall of the USSR, geopolitics and major wars are back, affecting everyone everywhere.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution and particularities of regional organizations across Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe since 1945.

With Franklin Roosevelt’s death in April of 1945, Vice President Harry Truman and Senator Arthur Vandenberg, the Republican leader on foreign policy, inherited a world in turmoil.

Historical analogies are often utilized to frame and formulate foreign policies, illuminate issues of war and peace, and mobilize support for particular political programs.

How did it come to pass that, not so long after 9/11 brought the free world to our side, U.

During the Second World War, the British government established the Special Operations Executive (SOE) for the purpose of coordinating 'all action, by way of subversion and sabotage, against the enemy overseas'.

Analysis of diplomatic communication in the period of the ''fall of Rome''.

What were the new People's Republic of China's policies to the Universal Postal Union in its early years?

This book questions whether the institutions and practices of the emerging EU diplomatic system conform to established standards of the state-centric diplomatic order; or whether practice is paving the way for innovative, even revolutionary, forms of diplomatic organisation.

Developing an original approach, this book examines how both nationalism and climate change threaten humankind with future catastrophes, arguing that humanity is on a fast track to a dystopian future unless significant changes are implemented.

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).

Coming at the heels of September 11, Operation Iraqi Freedom has focused the limelight on the way in which the United States predicts and manages political change.

This book argues that Michael Oakeshott's political philosophy contributes to current debates in normative international theory and international political theory on the historical, social, and moral dimension of international society.

How do Arabs view America?

Though a US-China conflict is far from inevitable, major tensions are building in the Asia-Pacific region.

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.

Numerous democratic nations have been singled out by NGOs for brutality in their modus operandi, for paying inadequate attention to civilian protection or for torture of prisoners.

This volume brings together different approaches to diplomacy both as an institution and a practice.

This is a startling and controversial investigation into the international assistance given to countries at war.

The newly discovered papers and colourfully-written letters of Anglo-Irish Sir Henry Dobbs, which form the backbone of this book, reveal his importance in the development of the modern Middle East.

Bringing together a variety of evidence, such as princely correspondence, travelogues, financial accounts, chronicles, chivalric or Renaissance poems, this book examines marital travels of princely brides and grooms on a comparative trans-European scale.