Diplomacy

This book develops a new approach in explaining how a nation's Grand Strategy is constituted, how to assess its merits, and how grand strategies may be comparatively evaluated within a broader framework.

What explains China's response to intervention at the UN Security Council?

What explains China's response to intervention at the UN Security Council?

A clearly articulated, well-defined, and relatively stable grand strategy is supposed to allow the ship of state to steer a steady course through the roiling seas of global politics.

A clearly articulated, well-defined, and relatively stable grand strategy is supposed to allow the ship of state to steer a steady course through the roiling seas of global politics.

This interdisciplinary volume explores core emerging themes in the study of early modern literary-diplomatic relations, developing essential methods of analysis and theoretical approaches that will shape future research in the field.

This interdisciplinary volume explores core emerging themes in the study of early modern literary-diplomatic relations, developing essential methods of analysis and theoretical approaches that will shape future research in the field.

Known as the science of strategy, game theory is a branch of mathematics that has gained broad acceptance as a legitimate methodological tool, and has been widely adapted by a number of other fields.

This book is the first and only practical guide to negotiating peace.

This book is the first and only practical guide to negotiating peace.

In 1918, the end of the First World War triggered the return of Alsace and Lorraine to France after almost fifty years of annexation into the German Empire.

In 1918, the end of the First World War triggered the return of Alsace and Lorraine to France after almost fifty years of annexation into the German Empire.

The granting of diplomatic asylum to Julian Assange, the dangers faced by diplomats in troublespots around the world, WikiLeaks and the publication of thousands of embassy cable - situations like these place diplomatic agents and diplomatic law at the very centre of contemporary debate on current affairs.

The granting of diplomatic asylum to Julian Assange, the dangers faced by diplomats in troublespots around the world, WikiLeaks and the publication of thousands of embassy cable - situations like these place diplomatic agents and diplomatic law at the very centre of contemporary debate on current affairs.

How can two states with enemy relations transform their relationship?

How can two states with enemy relations transform their relationship?

This series features works on substantial topics in international law which provide authoritative statements of the chosen areas.

This series features works on substantial topics in international law which provide authoritative statements of the chosen areas.

On 28 June 1914 the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in the Balkans.

On 28 June 1914 the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in the Balkans.

The need to negotiate effectively with India is only growing as its power rises.

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

In this book some of the world's leading academic experts on American-European relations provide the most up to date presentations of the topic available today.

The development of international human rights law and international criminal law has triggered the question whether states and their officials can still shield themselves from foreign jurisdiction by invoking international immunity rules when human rights issues are involved.

On 25 May 1993 the United Nations Security Council took the extraordinary and unprecedented step of deciding to establish the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as a mechanism for the restoration and maintenance of international peace and security.

The Macedonian Question - the struggle for control over a territory with historically ill-defined borders and conflicting national identities - is one of the most intractable problems in modern Balkan history.

First published in 1917, Satow's Diplomatic Practice has long been hailed as a classic and authoritative text.

First published in 1917, Satow's Diplomatic Practice has long been hailed as a classic and authoritative text.

Diplomacy has never been a politically-neutral research field, even when it was confined to merely reconstructing the backgrounds of wars and revolutions.

Known from ancient authors such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato, and more than 2,500 inscriptions, proxeny (a form of public guest-friendship) is the best attested interstate institution of the ancient world.

This is the untold story of how some of Germany's top aristocrats contributed to Hitler's secret diplomacy during the Third Reich, providing a direct line to their influential contacts and relations across Europe -- especially in Britain, where their contacts included the press baron and Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere and the future King Edward VIII.

This is the untold story of how some of Germany's top aristocrats contributed to Hitler's secret diplomacy during the Third Reich, providing a direct line to their influential contacts and relations across Europe -- especially in Britain, where their contacts included the press baron and Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere and the future King Edward VIII.

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.

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.

As local media institutions collapse and news deserts sprout up across the country, the US is facing a profound journalism crisis.

As local media institutions collapse and news deserts sprout up across the country, the US is facing a profound journalism crisis.

In 1959, the Bolshoi Ballet arrived in New York for its first ever performances in the United States.

In 1959, the Bolshoi Ballet arrived in New York for its first ever performances in the United States.

Get your head out of your @*&.

Get your head out of your @*&.

A concise yet penetrating analysis of how modern American presidents have--and have not--incorporated ethics into their foreign policy.

A concise yet penetrating analysis of how modern American presidents have--and have not--incorporated ethics into their foreign policy.

Bearing Witness While Black tells the story of this century's most powerful Black social movement through the eyes of 15 activists who documented it.

Bearing Witness While Black tells the story of this century's most powerful Black social movement through the eyes of 15 activists who documented it.

From the chilling threats of the "e;ISIS vampire"e; to the view of al-Qaeda as the "e;Frankenstein the CIA created,"e; terrorism seems to be inextricably bound with monstrosity.

From the chilling threats of the "e;ISIS vampire"e; to the view of al-Qaeda as the "e;Frankenstein the CIA created,"e; terrorism seems to be inextricably bound with monstrosity.

Political yard signs are one of the most ubiquitous and conspicuous features of American political campaigns, yet they have received relatively little attention as a form of political communication or participation.

Political yard signs are one of the most ubiquitous and conspicuous features of American political campaigns, yet they have received relatively little attention as a form of political communication or participation.

Although many observers argue that US-Russia relations are a simple reflection of elites' political and economic preferences in both countries, these preferences tend to arise from pre-existing belief systems that are deeply rooted in the public and accentuated by mass media.