Diplomacy

The New York Times said of Jozef Hieronim Retinger that he was on intimate terms with most leading statesmen of the Western World, including presidents of the United States.

In October, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis brought human civilization to the brink of destruction.

Former Pentagon insider Van Jackson explores how Trump and Kim reached - and avoided - the precipice of nuclear war.

Museum diplomacy has come to new prominence in the contemporary moment.

This book analyses the role of the African Union and regional economic communities in contributing to peacebuilding in Africa.

Following the vexed codification attempts of the International Law Commission and the relevant jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice, this book addresses the permissibility of the practice of diplomatic asylum under general international law.

The end of the Cold War and the 'War on Terror' has signalled a shift in the security policies of all states.

More than half a century after the advent of the nuclear age, is the world approaching a tipping point that will unleash an epidemic of nuclear proliferation?

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

The military alliance between the United States and Brazil played a critical role in the outcome of World War II, and yet it is largely overlooked in historiography of the war.

Elbridge Durbrow served as the third United States ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam from 1957 to 1961.

When the Cold War ended in 1989, American hopes for a new world order were quickly disappointed.

This book provides a critical and updated analysis of the nature of the EU's strategic partnership diplomacy, and of the partnerships themselves, in times of power shift and contestation.

Demonstrates how the Reagan administration and members of Congress shaped US human rights policy in the late Cold War.

In The Greening of Antarctica Alessandro Antonello investigates the development of an international regime of environmental protection and management between the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959 and the signing of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in 1980.

This book discusses how tensions and unknowns may impact future relations between a post-Brexit UK, the EU and the countries of the Gulf, including Iran.

This book analyzes the goals of Western sanctions imposed on Russia from 2014 to 2023.

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

This book examines how the International Monetary Fund engages in the politics of ideas to shape domestic institutional change.

A new strategy for American foreign policy that looks beyond Iraq and changes the way we think about the war on terror.

America is fading, and China will soon be the dominant power in our region.

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.

Until the recent unauthorized release of thousands of classified State Department cables, public attention was rarely drawn to the frequently outstanding political analysis done by American diplomats abroad.

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

At the end of President Barack Obama's second term, it seemed that the U.

This book analyses two international incidents in the 1920s shocked Japan and changed the way in which the country looked at the West.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of EU-Tunisia negotiations during the last three decades to understand what 'joint ownership' means in Euro-Mediterranean relations.

This book seeks to explain why weak states exist within the international system.

South Africa is a major player in African diplomacy.

This is an examination of how embassies work and cope during wartime, with a focus on the experiences of the British, American, and Indian embassies.

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This book examines changes in Taiwan's policies toward Mainland China under former Republic of China (ROC) President Ma Ying-jeou (2008-16) and considers their implications for US policy toward the Taiwan Strait.

A Brookings Institution Press and World Peace Foundation publicationRepressive regimes tyrannize their own citizens and threaten global stability and order.

A riveting retelling of diplomatic history with praise from Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Bertie Ahern (Ireland), Tony Blair (UK), Ehud Olmert (Israel), and more.

The League of Nations - pre-cursor to the United Nations - was founded in 1919 as a response to the First World War to ensure collective security and prevent the outbreak of future wars.

This book marries the disciplines of International Relations and Diplomatic History to provide a major new study of the GATT system in the 1960s.

This book carefully examines the historical roots of contemporary Western prejudices against both Muslims and Turks, and presents an original theory of collective identity as dramatic re-enactment as a means of understanding the remarkable persistence of medieval stereotypes.

This book examines media coverage and public diplomacy regarding the North Korea nuclear controversy, with a focus on the history of military and diplomatic efforts to resolve tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

A telling history of one of the most important relationships in the Middle EastThis is the first book to tell the remarkable story of the relationship between Jordan and the United States and how their leaders have navigated the dangerous waters of the most volatile region in the world.

An empirical assessment of whether participatory governance reforms within the EU enhance or endanger democracy.

In The Greening of Antarctica Alessandro Antonello investigates the development of an international regime of environmental protection and management between the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959 and the signing of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in 1980.

This book examines European history and politics between two very well-known but flawed treaties: The Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of Maastricht.

The Routledge History of Monarchy draws together current research across the field of royal studies, providing a rich understanding of the history of monarchy from a variety of geographical, cultural and temporal contexts.

As the ice around the Arctic landmass recedes progressively further each year, the territory has become a flashpoint in world affairs.

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At a time of change in the international system, this book examines how non-traditional leading nations from the Global South have fared to date and what the chances are of their rise to continue.

Migration and the impact that immigrants have on Canada is and always has been central to a robust understanding of Canadian identity.