Geopolitics

When and why do powerful countries seek to enact major changes to international order, the broad set of rules that guide behavior in world politics?

Why are some multiethnic countries more prone to civil violence than others?

Why are some multiethnic countries more prone to civil violence than others?

Turkey is a country with a history of multiparty electoral competition going back to 1950, longer than many other nations in the world.

Turkey is a country with a history of multiparty electoral competition going back to 1950, longer than many other nations in the world.

Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs from 1947 to 1964, set the framework of foreign policy which has remained India's reference point until the present.

Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs from 1947 to 1964, set the framework of foreign policy which has remained India's reference point until the present.

What configuration of institutions and policies is most conducive to human flourishing?

What configuration of institutions and policies is most conducive to human flourishing?

As the world evolves in increasingly unpredictable directions, one of the key determinants of the future global order will surely be the impact of China.

As the world evolves in increasingly unpredictable directions, one of the key determinants of the future global order will surely be the impact of China.

Terrorism kills far fewer Americans annually than automobile accidents, firearms, or even lightning strikes.

Terrorism kills far fewer Americans annually than automobile accidents, firearms, or even lightning strikes.

A critical look at how the world is responding to China's rise, and what this means for America and the world.

A critical look at how the world is responding to China's rise, and what this means for America and the world.

If democracy liberates individuals from their inherited bonds, what can reunite them into a sovereign people?

If democracy liberates individuals from their inherited bonds, what can reunite them into a sovereign people?

Nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, early hopes for the integration of the post-Soviet states into a "e;Europe whole and free"e; seem to have been decisively dashed.

Nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, early hopes for the integration of the post-Soviet states into a "e;Europe whole and free"e; seem to have been decisively dashed.

In our globalized world, borders are back with a vengeance.

'Fascinating revelations' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'An immensely valuable guide to a great and terrible industry' The Economist 'The book I have long been waiting for.

CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY SUNDAY TIMES AND HISTORY TODAY'Absolutely stunning.

'A tour de force of accessible scholarship' The Guardian'Impressive .

'A dazzling perspective on the current EU referendum debate' Prospect MagazineBritain has always had a tangled, complex, paradoxical role in Europe's history.

'A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises - which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global crisis' YUVAL NOAH HARARI, author of SAPIENS ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** Author of thelandmark international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond has transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall.

From the acclaimed author of Britain's War Machine and The Shock of the Old, a bold reassessment of Britain's twentieth century.

A LANDMARK WORK OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE 2020A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019A revelatory new biography of Adolf Hitler from the acclaimed historian Brendan SimmsAdolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most important things we think we know about him are wrong.

Since September 11th 2001 and the commencement of the 'war on terror', the world's attention has been focused on the relationship between US foreign policy in the Middle East and the oceans of crude oil that lie beneath the region's soil.

This is a book about how we should address the great, and interconnected, global challenges of the twenty-first century.

This book gives a new compelling meaning to the metaphor of 'Global South' against the background of the global political challenge to international order, driven not only through the BRICS grouping, but also by the activities of middle powers striving to alter the political status quo.

A global history of human rights in a world of nation-states that grant rights to some while denying them to othersOnce dominated by vast empires, the world is now divided into close to 200 independent countries with laws and constitutions proclaiming human rights-a transformation that suggests that nations and human rights inevitably developed together.

This book analyzes the Central Asian economies of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, from their buffeting by the commodity boom of the early 2000s to its collapse in 2014.

The new edition of Crew Resource Management reflects advancements made in the conceptual foundation as well as the methods and approaches of applying CRM in the aviation industry.

This edited book examines European external interventions in human security, in order to illustrate the evolution and nature of the European Union as a global political actor.

How decolonization and the cold war influenced literature from Africa, Asia, and the CaribbeanHow did superpower competition and the cold war affect writers in the decolonizing world?

This book addresses the issue of grand strategic stability in the 21st century, and examines the role of the key centres of global power - US, EU, Russia, China and India - in managing contemporary strategic threats.

Dictionary of Sport Psychology: Sport, Exercise, and Performing Arts is a comprehensive reference with hundreds of concise entries across sports, martial arts, exercise and fitness, performing arts and cultural sport psychology.

The new edition of Crew Resource Management reflects advancements made in the conceptual foundation as well as the methods and approaches of applying CRM in the aviation industry.

Work Across the Lifespan coalesces theoretical and empirical perspectives on aging and work.

Detecting Concealed Information and Deception: Recent Developments assembles contributions from the world's leading experts on all aspects of concealed information detection.

Conventional political theory holds that the sovereign state is the legitimate source of order and provider of public services in any society, whether democratic or not.

This book addresses the vital importance of reshoring US manufacturing capability to ensure economic and military security and then discusses the proven methods that the United States used to gain manufacturing supremacy in the first place.

Contracting Freedom is the first relational study of the origins of twentieth-century U.

Territorial disputes are intricate, shaped by historical, legal, geopolitical, social, cultural and other factors.

Tiefgreifende geopolitische Veränderungen, der Klimawandel, Covid und der russische Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine stellen die Aussenpolitik der Schweiz und ihre Partnerinnen und Partner vor grosse Herausforderungen.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of UK defence exports, as an example of the international trade in defence capabilities.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of UK defence exports, as an example of the international trade in defence capabilities.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spearheaded the Trump Administrations most significant foreign policy breakthroughs.

The Middle East provides a thematic analysis of major forces and trends in contemporary Middle East and a thorough examination of individual countries in the region.