Geopolitics

The Kurdish territory of Rojava in Syria has become a watchword for radical democracy, communalism and gender equality.

The Kurdish territory of Rojava in Syria has become a watchword for radical democracy, communalism and gender equality.

From fear and anxiety, to celebration, China's rise has provoked a variety of responses across the world.

From fear and anxiety, to celebration, China's rise has provoked a variety of responses across the world.

A strategic outpost in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus was vital to British imperial ambitions in the East as the Ottoman Empire grew increasingly fragile in the nineteenth century.

Gradually since 2003, Turkey's autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to make Turkey a great power -- in the tradition of past Turkish leaders from the late Ottoman sultans to Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.

The world's fastest growing continent demographically, Africa displays nearly all the features of today's global security challenges: armed conflict, terrorism, irregular migration, organized crime, great power competition, public discontent, and economic turbulence.

How have Malta and Cyprus - both EU members – transitioned from colonial island states to independent democracies?

Winner of the Penang Book Prize 2019Nusantaria often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' is the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a vital cultural and trading hub.

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was one of the defining moments in the history of the modern Middle East.

The foreign policies of Turkey and Iran seem increasingly to dictate the course of events in the Middle East.

The cultural history of the Cold War has been characterized as an explosion of fear and paranoia, based on very little actual intelligence.

Gradually since 2003, Turkey's autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to make Turkey a great power -- in the tradition of past Turkish leaders from the late Ottoman sultans to Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey.

The world's fastest growing continent demographically, Africa displays nearly all the features of today's global security challenges: armed conflict, terrorism, irregular migration, organized crime, great power competition, public discontent, and economic turbulence.

The most significant development in global politics following the end of the bi-polar Cold War era has been the rise of a multi-polar state system.

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

William Gueraiche's work is the first scholarly study of the UAE's campaign to establish itself on the international stage and to explore the impact that its economic transformation has had on the country.

Where the implications of war and peace are open to question, the possibility of change depends more on politics than economics.

This region - which marks the meeting of China and post-Soviet Central Asia - is increasingly important militarily, economically and geographically.

In the last three decades, Turkey has attempted to build close relationships with Russia, Iran and the Turkic World.

How have Malta and Cyprus - both EU members – transitioned from colonial island states to independent democracies?

Winner of the Penang Book Prize 2019Nusantaria often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' is the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a vital cultural and trading hub.

Dark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West.

The foreign policies of Turkey and Iran seem increasingly to dictate the course of events in the Middle East.

The cultural history of the Cold War has been characterized as an explosion of fear and paranoia, based on very little actual intelligence.

South Africa is the most industrialized power in Africa.

The most significant development in global politics following the end of the bi-polar Cold War era has been the rise of a multi-polar state system.

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

The seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates were little known until the spectacular success of Dubai.

The indistinct status of the Zainichi has meant that, since the late 1940s, two ethnic Korean associations, the Chongryun (pro-North) and the Mindan (pro-South) have been vying for political loyalty from the Zainichi, with both groups initially opposing their assimilation in Japan.

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

Where the implications of war and peace are open to question, the possibility of change depends more on politics than economics.

This region - which marks the meeting of China and post-Soviet Central Asia - is increasingly important militarily, economically and geographically.

In the last three decades, Turkey has attempted to build close relationships with Russia, Iran and the Turkic World.

In 1888, there were just four British consulates in the country; by 1921 there were twenty-three.

ince the 1993 Oslo Accords, the Occupied Palestinian Territory has been the subject of extensive international peacebuilding and statebuilding efforts coordinated by Western donor states and international finance institutions.

How do you govern 130,000 people from exile?

On the map of global trade, China is now the factory of the world.

At the root of our understanding of territory is the concept of terra-land-a surface of fixed points with stable features that can be calculated, categorised, and controlled.

For centuries, Russian imperialism has shaped the fate of its neighbours, from the tsarist conquests to Soviet domination and today's relentless aggression.

War Hotels is a gripping exploration of hotels in wartime and in other times of crisis, told through the prism of now iconic hotels that were frequented by foreign correspondents, diplomats, aid workers, politicians, paramilitaries and spies in conflicts in Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, Iraq, and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Ever since its invention, aviation has embodied the dream of perpetual peace between nations, yet the other side of this is the nightmare of an unprecedented deadly power.

On the 25th January 2015 the Greek people voted in an election of historic importance-not just for Greece but potentially all of Europe.

Sir Crispin Tickell, GCMG, one of Britain's outstanding diplomats and one of the word's leading proponents of 'climate change', says of this book: "e;Here John Pedler takes the broadest of views, ranging from politics and science to religion and beyond, and paints a picture of the world as most of us have yet to see it.

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR**Alev Scott's odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey's borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire.

El Gobierno de la incertidumbre explora factores claves de la economía política de Buenos Aires entre mediados del siglo XVIII y mediados del XIX.

The tumultuous events that began in Egypt in 2011 have embraced revolution and counter-revolution.

The tumultuous events that began in Egypt in 2011 have embraced revolution and counter-revolution.

From East Timor to the Middle East, from the nature of democracy to our place in the natural world, from intellectual politics to the politics of language, Powers and Prospects is a vital compilation of Chomsky's writings on a broad array of subject material.

From East Timor to the Middle East, from the nature of democracy to our place in the natural world, from intellectual politics to the politics of language, Powers and Prospects is a vital compilation of Chomsky's writings on a broad array of subject material.