Geopolitics

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

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

This book examines the links between major contemporary public sector reforms and neoliberal thinking.

This book examines the links between major contemporary public sector reforms and neoliberal thinking.

This edited collection surveys how non-Western states have responded to the threats of domestic and international terrorism in ways consistent with and reflective of their broad historical, political, cultural and religious traditions.

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

Here is the landmark bombshell report delivered by an unnamed whistleblower.

This grand book and addition is a look into politics, politicians, and all related information.

It is the very stuff of legend.

Economics has the power to make the world a better, happier and safer place: this book shows you howOur world is in a mess.

An in-depth look at the decades-long effort to escalate hostilities with Russia and what it portends for the future.

In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings shook the Middle East and North Africa in what would become known as the Arab Spring.

In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed.

This journey to the edge of Europe mixes history, travelogue and oral testimony to spellbinding and revelatory effect.

The Mexico-Guatemala border has emerged as a geopolitical hotspot of illicit flows of both goods and people.

Long regarded as an empty and inhospitable environment, the deep ocean is rapidly emerging as an ecological hot spot with a remarkable diversity of biological life.

Long regarded as an empty and inhospitable environment, the deep ocean is rapidly emerging as an ecological hot spot with a remarkable diversity of biological life.

"e;The Two Michaels is a timely and highly-readable book - a gripping human drama that also tells a bigger story about the fast-changing world of international diplomacy, superpower rivalry, and the struggle to secure the Internet.

This cultural history reveals how cats became the undisputed mascot of the internet-"e;an essential look at life online"e; (Ryan Milner, author of The World Made Meme).

Palestinians living on different sides of the Green Line make up approximately one-fifth of Israeli citizens and about four-fifths of the population of the West Bank.

Partition-the physical division of territory along ethno-religious lines into separate nation-states-is often presented as a successful political "e;solution"e; to ethnic conflict.

In the mid-nineteenth century, as European navies learned to neutralize piracy, new patterns of circulation and settlement became possible in the western Mediterranean.

The fall of the Berlin Wall, symbol of the bipolar order that emerged after World War II, seemed to inaugurate an age of ever fewer borders.

"e;Judicious and impartial, this important work adds nuance to the portrait of one of the Middle East's most divisive players"e; (Publishers Weekly).

Desert Borderland investigates the historical processes that transformed political identity in the easternmost reaches of the Sahara Desert in the half century before World War I.

The Mexico-Guatemala border has emerged as a geopolitical hotspot of illicit flows of both goods and people.

The world knows there are troubled waters in the South China Sea.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

Windfall is the boldest profile of the world's energy resources since Daniel Yergin's The Quest, asserting that the new energy abundancedue to oil and gas resources once deemed too expensiveis transforming the geo-political order and is boosting American power.

'For anyone who wants to understand the history of America and the world, this is a useful and important book' ANNE APPLEBAUM'A biographer of genius .

This book presents a completely new look at the fundamentals of global geopolitical architecture and the sources of international conflicts.

Oil is the source of wealth and economic opportunity.

Oil is the source of wealth and economic opportunity.

What does it take for a country to develop and build a truly innovative pharmaceutical sector, especially when it comes to emerging markets?

Do boycotts work?

Jairus Victor Grove contends that we live in a world made by war.

Where will you live in 2030?

Five billion people, two-thirds of the world's mega-cities, one-third of the global economy, two-thirds of global economic growth, thirty of the Fortune 100, six of the ten largest banks, eight of the ten largest armies, five nuclear powers, massive technological innovation, the newest crop of top-ranked universities.

Why are Southeast Asia's richest countries such as Malaysia riddled with corruption?

Political risk - the probability that a political action could significantly affect an organisation - is changing fast, and it's more widespread than ever before.

Which lines on the map matter most?

The Design Politics of the Passport presents an innovative study of the passport and its associated social, political and material practices as a means of uncovering the workings of 'design politics'.

The Design Politics of the Passport presents an innovative study of the passport and its associated social, political and material practices as a means of uncovering the workings of 'design politics'.

The Cold War is over, yet many attitudes and analyses typical of the period persisted in the strategic thinking of the Great Powers.

2017 marked three important anniversaries for the Palestinian people: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration; 50 years since the Six-day War; and ten years since the Blockade of Gaza.

'So much of the reporting of the Middle East at the moment reflects war and human misery; it's inspiring to find, in this thoughtful and engaging book, a message of hope from what Fr Nadim calls "e;that region of the world that God chose to live in when he took human form"e;' Edward Stourton'The ultimate question of this book is, why does it matter to me, a human being, to know the culture of God, and what impact should that have on my own life and existence?