Geopolitics

This book explains how and why the nuclear nonproliferation regime has been successful, even without the characteristics usually seen in effective institutions.

This Element addresses the often-neglected politics and governance of behaviour change needed to address the climate crisis.

This Element addresses the often-neglected politics and governance of behaviour change needed to address the climate crisis.

THE STORY BEGINS ON 27 JUNE 2007.

The epic story of how Mughal, Manchu and English East India Company ''barbarians'' laid the foundations for today''s Asian superpowers.

The epic story of how Mughal, Manchu and English East India Company ''barbarians'' laid the foundations for today''s Asian superpowers.

Based on extensive archival research, this book provides a new and stimulating history of International Relations as an academic discipline.

Based on extensive archival research, this book provides a new and stimulating history of International Relations as an academic discipline.

Considers war initiation, wartime politics, war policies and war termination through the complex roles played by citizen wartime casualties.

Considers war initiation, wartime politics, war policies and war termination through the complex roles played by citizen wartime casualties.

This Element discusses institutional cooperation in populist foreign policy and its implications for the Liberal International Order.

This Element discusses institutional cooperation in populist foreign policy and its implications for the Liberal International Order.

Net zero emissions is only the beginning.

Why did the world''s nations fight the Covid-19 pandemic in such different ways and with such varying results?

Net zero emissions is only the beginning.

Why did the world''s nations fight the Covid-19 pandemic in such different ways and with such varying results?

A Finalist for the 2024 Cundill History PrizeLonglisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford PrizeA Best Book of the Year in The Economist, Prospect, The Telegraph, TLS, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and Foreign Affairs'Magisterial' - Max Hastings, The Sunday Times'Monumental' - Rana Mitter, Times Literary SupplementA landmark history of the postwar trials of Japan's leaders as war criminals, and their impact on the modern history of Asia and the world.

We have taken on the challenge of asking AI (an artificial intelligence machine) uncomfortable questions and seeking answers that are both honest and insightful.

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"e;A sharp portrait of the US shale revolution.

The Arctic, long described as the world's last frontier, is quickly becoming our first frontierthe front line in a world of more diffuse power, sharper geopolitical competition, and deepening interdependencies between people and nature.

This volume, titled ,Africa,s Growing Role in World Politics,, includes a selection of papers dedicated to the problems of the contemporary international relations and foreign policies of the African states.

Economic sanctions continue to play an important role in the response to terrorism, nuclear proliferation, military conflicts, and other foreign policy crises.

How to stabilize the security relationship between Washington and Beijing.

When Nikita Khrushchev toured America in 1959the first Russian leader ever to set foot in the Western Hemisphere, let alone the United Statesthe country was enjoying a period of unprecedented prosperity, just as the Cold War and the possibility of thermonuclear annihilation were causing widespread, bone-deep dread throughout the land.

In the "e;Great Game"e; of the 21st century-gaining leadership and influence in Asia-the United States is rapidly being outflanked by China, which is investing in infrastructure, connectivity, and supply chains on an unprecedented global scale.

What is the future of food in light of growing threats from the climate emergency and natural resource depletion, as well as economic and social inequality?

Anthems are symbolic means through which nations present themselves to the world.

Despite the central importance that water has held for civilizations both ancient and modern, its social significance has made surprisingly little impact on our contemporary understanding of human history and development.

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.

How does our colonial past echo through today's global politics?

The role of the Far East is becoming increasingly important in global geopolitics.

Lebanon, together with the province of Hatay in Turkey (containing Antakya) and the Golan Heights were all part of French mandate Syria, but are now all outside the boundaries of the modern Syrian state.

Martin Barber was a senior UN official and has extensive experience in humanitarian affairs and peace operations - both at UN Headquarters and in the field.

As climate change makes the Arctic a region of key political interest, so questions of sovereignty are once more drawing international attention.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the most prolonged, contentious and divisive in the modern era.

The Ottoman Empire maintained a complex and powerful bureaucratic system which enforced the Sultan's authority across the Empire's Middle-Eastern territories.

At the dawn of European colonialism, the Southeast Asian region encompassed some of the most diverse and influential cultures in early modern history.

The conflict between Israel and Palestine is, and remains to be, one of the most widely- and passionately-debated issues in the Middle East and in the field of international politics.

The quest for oil can be seen as a defining principle of global US foreign policy, an imperative which has shaped and redefined the practice of American diplomacy, especially in the wake of 9/11, which raised questions about the stability of global oil resources.

As a result of the formation of the modern Turkish state, nationalist narratives of the Ottoman Empire's collapse are commonplace.

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

Conventional analysis of the illicit opium market suggests that source country interventions have at best achieved minimal results.

Transboundary watercourses account for an estimated 60 per cent of global freshwater flow and support the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

China has traditionally viewed her frontier regions--Zxinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and Yunnan--as buffer zones.

The Palestine Exploration Fund, established in 1865, is the oldest organization created specifically for the study of the Levant.

As Turkey approaches EU membership it faces the challenge of implementing the requirements of the WFD by the date of its accession to the union, something that will require major structural change and financial investment.

The beginnings of what we now call 'globalization' dates from the early sixteenth century, when Europeans, in particular the Iberian monarchies, began to connect 'the four parts of the world'.