Geopolitics

Le Monde diplomatique is one of the most highly respected independent periodicals.

Le Monde diplomatique is one of the most highly respected independent periodicals.

Globalisation has created an interconnected world, but has not diminished violence, militarism and inequality.

Globalisation has created an interconnected world, but has not diminished violence, militarism and inequality.

The killing of Osama Bin Laden highlighted the tense relationship between the US and Pakistani governments.

The killing of Osama Bin Laden highlighted the tense relationship between the US and Pakistani governments.

The ruins of ancient Babylon still stand in Iraq.

This is the first book to focus on the plight of the Kurds in Syria.

This book reveals the secret US agenda behind the 'war on terror' in Africa and the shocking methods used to perpetuate the myth that the region is a hotbed of Islamic terrorism.

Written by an Egyptian human rights lawyer, it is the first English-language account of the development of tensions between violent and non-violent factions in radical Islamist movements, from the perspective of an insider.

Ancient, medieval and modern, this book is a critical account of the historical, political and cultural roots of Zionism.

War is always related to many different aspects, e.

*** Winner of the 2013 Julian Minghi Outstanding Research Award presented at the American Association of Geographers annual meeting ***Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, why are leading democracies like the United States, India, and Israel building massive walls and fences on their borders?

*** Winner of the 2013 Julian Minghi Outstanding Research Award presented at the American Association of Geographers annual meeting ***Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, why are leading democracies like the United States, India, and Israel building massive walls and fences on their borders?

Why does this remote swathe of Sahara along the Atlantic seaboard concern the USA and Europe?

Why does this remote swathe of Sahara along the Atlantic seaboard concern the USA and Europe?

Food has a special significance in the expanding field of global history.

This subject is as big as they come: the world's food supply.

In The Origins of Political Order, Francis Fukuyama took us from the dawn of mankind to the French and American Revolutions.

How do we balance our belief in human freedom with the need to defend ourselves against those who believe the use of terror can be justified?

Societies in all countries are split by major divisions - or 'faultlines' - caused by differences in race, religion, ethnicity, wealth, class or power.

Many seek to "e;fix"e; Africa - economists, experts, politicians, gurus, cognoscenti and glitterati.

In August 2002 the National Council of the Resistance in Iran (NCRI) revealed in Washington to a stunned world how advanced Iran's nuclear programme was.

What are the lives of modern day pirates like outside of the attack skiffs?

This book examines how the increasing interdependence between trade and foreign policy can be managed within the legal framework of the European Union.

After two centuries of nation-building, the world has entered an era of region-building in search of political stability, cultural cohesion, and socio-economic development.

After two centuries of nation-building, the world has entered an era of region-building in search of political stability, cultural cohesion, and socio-economic development.

The world does not need a world government to govern itself.

The NATO occupation of Afghanistan is over, and a balance-sheet can be drawn.

Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, uncovers a systematic campaign to persecute Assange.

Fully updated from the original edition.

In her most impassioned and personal book to date, Judith Butler responds in this profound appraisal of post-9/11 America to the current US policies to wage perpetual war, and calls for a deeper understanding of how mourning and violence might instead inspire solidarity and a quest for global justice.

In this authoritative text, Arno J.

*Winner of the International Political Sociology book award for 2023*What does it mean when humanitarianism is the response to death, injury and suffering at the border?

The European Union is a political order of peculiar stamp and continental scope, its polity of 446 million the third largest on the planet, though with famously little purchase on the conduct of its representatives.

In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East.

The most significant challenge to the post-Cold War international order is the growing power of ambitious states opposed to the West.

The most significant challenge to the post-Cold War international order is the growing power of ambitious states opposed to the West.

The slow collapse of the European colonial empires after 1945 provides one of the great turning points of twentieth century history.

Central Europe is one of the key notions of classical geopolitics yet it has always been a somewhat elusive concept.

Central Europe is one of the key notions of classical geopolitics yet it has always been a somewhat elusive concept.

After more than half a century, the Israel-Palestine conflict continues to dominate headlines.

After more than half a century, the Israel-Palestine conflict continues to dominate headlines.

The oil price collapse of 1985-6 had momentous global consequences: non-fossil energy sources quickly became uncompetitive, the previous talk of an OPEC 'imperium' was turned upside-down, the Soviet Union lost a large portion of its external revenues, and many Third World producers saw their foreign debts peak.

The oil price collapse of 1985-6 had momentous global consequences: non-fossil energy sources quickly became uncompetitive, the previous talk of an OPEC 'imperium' was turned upside-down, the Soviet Union lost a large portion of its external revenues, and many Third World producers saw their foreign debts peak.

Since the start of the Trump era, the United States and the Western world has finally begun to wake up to the threat of online warfare and the attacks from Russia, who flood social media with disinformation, and circulate false and misleading information to fuel fake narratives and make the case for illegal warfare.

Since the start of the Trump era, the United States and the Western world has finally begun to wake up to the threat of online warfare and the attacks from Russia, who flood social media with disinformation, and circulate false and misleading information to fuel fake narratives and make the case for illegal warfare.

This timely 2 volume edited collection looks at the extent and nature of global jihad, focusing on the often-exoticised hinterlands of jihad beyond the traditionally viewed Middle Eastern 'centre'.

This timely 2 volume edited collection looks at the extent and nature of global jihad, focusing on the often-exoticised hinterlands of jihad beyond the traditionally viewed Middle Eastern 'centre'.

This timely 2 volume edited collection looks at the extent and nature of global jihad, focusing on the often-exoticised hinterlands of jihad beyond the traditionally viewed Middle Eastern 'centre'.