Geopolitics

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

A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy.

A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise the making of American Grand Strategy.

Is the process of state building a unilateral, national venture, or is it something more collaborative, taking place in the interstices between adjoining countries?

Is the process of state building a unilateral, national venture, or is it something more collaborative, taking place in the interstices between adjoining countries?

A crucial assessment of how global and regional politics converge in the swath of Eurasia that includes South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East.

A crucial assessment of how global and regional politics converge in the swath of Eurasia that includes South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East.

This publication offers the most wide-ranging examination to date of an intriguing country, one that is often misunderstood.

This publication offers the most wide-ranging examination to date of an intriguing country, one that is often misunderstood.

China's reform era is ending.

China's reform era is ending.

A critical look into how and why the U.

A critical look into how and why the U.

Featuring a new foreword that brings the book up to date Rare earths are elements that are found in the Earth's crust, and are vital ingredients for the production of a wide variety of high tech, defense, and green technologies-everything from iPhones and medical technologies to wind turbines, efficiency lighting, smart bombs, and submarines.

Featuring a new foreword that brings the book up to date Rare earths are elements that are found in the Earth's crust, and are vital ingredients for the production of a wide variety of high tech, defense, and green technologies-everything from iPhones and medical technologies to wind turbines, efficiency lighting, smart bombs, and submarines.

In the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-11, a new Middle East has emerged.

In the aftermath of the collapse of the USSR, the American invasion of Iraq, and the Arab uprisings of 2010-11, a new Middle East has emerged.

Conversations defining the Arctic region often provoke debate and controversy -- for scientists, this lies in the imprecise and imaginary line known as the Arctic Circle; for countries like Canada, Russia, the United States, and Denmark, such discussions are based in competition for land and resources; for indigenous communities, those discussions are also rooted in issues of rights.

Conversations defining the Arctic region often provoke debate and controversy -- for scientists, this lies in the imprecise and imaginary line known as the Arctic Circle; for countries like Canada, Russia, the United States, and Denmark, such discussions are based in competition for land and resources; for indigenous communities, those discussions are also rooted in issues of rights.

One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States.

One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States.

In this addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know(R) series, David Day examines the most forbidding and formidably inaccessible continent on Earth.

In this addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know(R) series, David Day examines the most forbidding and formidably inaccessible continent on Earth.

Drawing on never before used archival materials, Replacing the Dead exposes the history of Soviet and Russian abortion policy.

Drawing on never before used archival materials, Replacing the Dead exposes the history of Soviet and Russian abortion policy.

No conflict in the world has lasted as long, generated as many news headlines, or incited as much controversy as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

No conflict in the world has lasted as long, generated as many news headlines, or incited as much controversy as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Despite -- and perhaps because of -- increasing global mobility, there are more types of borders today than ever before in history.

Despite -- and perhaps because of -- increasing global mobility, there are more types of borders today than ever before in history.

Of all of the lies, fragile alliances, and predatory financial dealings that have been revealed in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, we have yet to come to terms with the ways in which structural inequalities around gender and race factor into (and indeed make possible) the current economic order.

The potential conflict among economic and ecological goals has formed the central fault line of environmental politics in the United States and most other countries since the 1970s.

The potential conflict among economic and ecological goals has formed the central fault line of environmental politics in the United States and most other countries since the 1970s.

When it comes to government's role in personal matters such as family planning, most bristle at any interference from the State on how to exercise their reproductive rights.

If asked about queer work in international relations, most IR scholars would almost certainly answer that queer studies is a non-issue for the subdiscipline -- a topic beyond the scope and understanding of international politics.

The history of modern Israel is a fiercely contested subject.

The history of modern Israel is a fiercely contested subject.

Natural resources like oil and minerals are the largest source of unaccountable power in the world.

When we think of climate change, we often picture man-made global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

When we think of climate change, we often picture man-made global warming, caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia.

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it invaded Georgia.

Worldwide, half a million people die from air pollution each year-more than perish in all wars combined.

Mexican Americans are unique in the panoply of American ethno-racial groups in that they are the descendants of the largest and longest lasting immigration stream in US history.

Mexican Americans are unique in the panoply of American ethno-racial groups in that they are the descendants of the largest and longest lasting immigration stream in US history.

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

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

Bosnia Remade is an authoritative account of ethnic cleansing and its partial undoing from the onset of the 1990s Bosnian wars up through the present.

Of all of the lies, fragile alliances, and predatory financial dealings that have been revealed in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, we have yet to come to terms with the ways in which structural inequalities around gender and race factor into (and indeed make possible) the current economic order.

In Democracy Reloaded, Cristina Flesher Fominaya tells the story of one of the most influential social movements of recent times: Spain's "e;Indignados"e; or "e;15-M"e; movement that took to the streets of Spain on May 15, 2011 with the rallying cry "e;Real Democracy Now!

In Democracy Reloaded, Cristina Flesher Fominaya tells the story of one of the most influential social movements of recent times: Spain's "e;Indignados"e; or "e;15-M"e; movement that took to the streets of Spain on May 15, 2011 with the rallying cry "e;Real Democracy Now!