Geopolitics

Security assistance has become the largest component of international peacebuilding and stabilization efforts, and a primary tool for responding to civil war and insurgency.

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

What are the costs of the Chinese regime's fixation on quelling dissent in the name of political order, or "e;stability?

Democracy in the twenty-first century faces a number of major challenges, populism, neoliberalism and globalisation being three of the most prominent.

This is the first book-length study of the role that friendship plays in diplomacy and international politics.

In this new Brookings Marshall Paper, Michael O'Hanlon argues that now is the time for Western nations to negotiate a new security architecture for neutral countries in eastern Europe to stabilize the region and reduce the risks of war with Russia.

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Taking a conceptual approach to European-Russian relations in the post-Cold War era, this book traces how each side's "e;ideal self"e; came into conflict with "e;fault lines"e; in international politics.

Tensions between the US and China have escalated as both powers seek to draw countries into their respective political and economic orbits by financing and constructing infrastructure.

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A criminal prosecutor discusses the illegal drug trade and the failure of the so-called "e;War on Drugs"e; to stop it.

Looking beyond the headlines to address the enduring grand strategic questions facing the United States today.

Transnational Cooperation: An Issue-Based Approach presents an analysis of transnational cooperation or collective action that stresses basic concepts and intuition.

For centuries it was suspected that there must be an undiscovered continent in the southern hemisphere.

Manchuria is a historical region, which roughly corresponds to Northeast China.

This book addresses the climate change crisis through scientific, historical, and spiritual lenses.

The Asia-Pacific area is notable as one of the fastest growing tourism regions and not surprisingly, tourism in this region has become the major driver of global tourism in general.

Rebuts the pervasive ''folk'' notion that quagmire is intrinsic to a country or civil war.

Shows how a broad group of civil society organizations came together to contest free trade negotiations in the Americas.

The fraught relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran is usually attributed to sectarian differences, even by the states' own elites.

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.

Why has the United States repeatedly engaged in the overthrow of foreign leaders and regimes?

In the past decade the Asia-Pacific region has become a focus of international politics and military strategies.

The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography presents students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of the field, put together by a prestigious editorial team, with contributions from an international cast of prominent scholars.

When considering strategies to address violent conflict, scholars and policymakers debate the wisdom of recognizing versus avoiding reference to ethnic identities in government institutions.

A behind-the-scenes account of American foreign policymaking in the late twentieth centuryTom Hughes, assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research, made an ominous prediction in 1965.

This books surveys the evolution of the international order in the quarter century since the end of the Cold War through the prism of developments in key regional and functional parts of the 'liberal international order 2.

The last decade has seen a far-reaching revolution in the oil industry, both in the US and globally.

The Iraq war defined the first decade of the twenty-first century - leading to mass protests and raising profound questions about domestic politics and the use of military force.

Global Governance from Regional Perspectives argues that the academic debate on global governance has neglected the combination of power with value constellations/culture.

North Korea continues to make headlines, arousing curiosity and fear in equal measure.

In a time of darkening environmental prospects, frightening religious fundamentalism, and moribund liberalism, the remarkable and historically unprecedented rise of religious environmentalism is a profound source of hope.

It has been shown time and again that even though all citizens may be accorded equal standing in the constitution of a liberal democracy, such a legal provision hardly guarantees state protections against discrimination and political exclusion.

Geopolitics and Expertise is an in-depth exploration of how expert knowledge is created and exercised in the external relations machinery of the European Union.

The global security situation is challenging and constantly changing.

The 1973 'Oil Shock' is considered a turning point in the history of the twentieth century.

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?

We are entering a new era of global cataclysm, with the world facing a deadly mix of war, climate change, great power rivalry, rapid technological advancement, the end of empire, and countless other dangers.

East Asia is a powerhouse of automobile production.

After isolated terrorist incidents in 2015, the Chinese leadership has cracked down hard on Xinjiang and its Uyghurs.

Amid a global health crisis, the process for declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) is at a crossroads.

Paul Heinbecker has a compelling vision for the future of Canadian foreign policy and argues that Canada still has a role to play in the rehabilitation of global governance.