International relations

Why did Russia's all-out war against Ukraine come as such a surprise to the West?

This edited book analyzes Kosovo's foreign policy and bilateral relations with the United States and several European countries.

This edited book analyzes Kosovo's foreign policy and bilateral relations with the United States and several European countries.

After fleeing homophobia and threats to her life in her native El Salvador, 'Carla' was detained for two years inside the Buffalo Federal Detention Center.

After fleeing homophobia and threats to her life in her native El Salvador, 'Carla' was detained for two years inside the Buffalo Federal Detention Center.

Contrary to the common belief that peace and democracy go hand in hand after a civil war, Pereira Watts argues they are, in fact, at a crossroads.

This book scrutinises how three small Scandinavian countries - Norway, Sweden and Denmark - developed a unique foreign policy that brought Israel and the Palestinians to the negotiating table.

The objective of Arab Criminology is to establish a criminological subfield called 'Arab Criminology.

Many writers dream of having their work published by a respected publishing house, but don't always understand publishing contract terms - what they mean for the contracting parties and how they inform book-publishing practice.

This book scrutinises how three small Scandinavian countries - Norway, Sweden and Denmark - developed a unique foreign policy that brought Israel and the Palestinians to the negotiating table.

The objective of Arab Criminology is to establish a criminological subfield called 'Arab Criminology.

Contrary to the common belief that peace and democracy go hand in hand after a civil war, Pereira Watts argues they are, in fact, at a crossroads.

The contributors to Biopolitics, Geopolitics, Life investigate biopolitics and geopolitics as two distinct yet entangled techniques of settler-colonial states across the globe, from the Americas and Hawai'i to Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand.

The Talibans takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 was the result of declining active support for the government, and of waste and inefficiency in aid delivery.

The book develops a novel framework for the analysis of global crises.

This volume is the continuation of our research on economic and developmental policy-making in the global semi-periphery in the post-crisis cycle (see our two recently published volumes titled 'Market-Liberalism and Economic Patriotism in Capitalist Systems' edited by Gerocs and Szanyi, 2019, Palgrave Macmillan and 'The Post-Crisis Developmental State - Perspectives from the Global Periphery' edited by Gerocs and Ricz, 2021).

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The book emanates from the geopolitical and geo-economic churning and transformations set in motion by the unprecedented economic rise of China resulting in its expanding political influence across the region and the world.

Emergent Africa (1967) expertly compresses the story of European penetration into the Africa of 1800.

This provocative book takes the form of a dialogue between French Foreign Minister Hubert Vdrine and international relations expert Dominique Mosi.

Arms control and missile defense are once again at the forefront of the American national security agenda.

A Brookings Institution Press and the Computer Ethics Institute publicationCan we safeguard our nation's security without weakening cherished liberties?

Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner.

September 2001 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the San Francisco Treaty, formally ending the Second World War.

In Brazil, the confluence of strong global demand for the country's major products, global successes for its major corporations, and steady results from its economic policies is building confidence and even reviving dreams of grandeza the greatness that has proven elusive in the past.

The Brookings Institution has long produced an analysis of America's defense budgets and policies.

The rapid pace and grand scale of China's rise have produced a heady mixture of wonder and consternation in the West.

In early 2009, at the start of a new administration in Washington, the Brookings Institution Press published The Obama Administration and the Americas: Agenda for Change, offering a roadmap for a fresh approach to U.

What Works in Development?

A Brookings Institution Press and European Union Studies Association publicationRelations between the U.

More than half a century after the advent of the nuclear age, is the world approaching a tipping point that will unleash an epidemic of nuclear proliferation?

America's three most recent wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq have raised profound questions about when to use military force, for what purpose, and who should make the decision whether to go to war.

A Brookings Institution Press and the Center for Global Development publicationThe plight of the poorest around the world has been pushed to the forefront of America's international agenda for the first time in many years by the war on terrorism and the formidable challenges presented by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

North Korea's development of nuclear weapons raises fears of nuclear war on the peninsula and the specter of terrorists gaining access to weapons of mass destruction.

This latest study in the Brookings series on U.

Most policymakers see counterinsurgency and counternarcotics policy as two sides of the same coin.

While in the past other emerging powers have used territorial expansion or other forms of aggression in order to insert themselves into the international arena, China is taking a different road.

A good deal has been done to improve the safety of Americans on their own soil since the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Corruption, fake news, and the "e;informational autocracy"e; sustaining Putin in powerAfter fading into the background for many years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia suddenly has emerged as a new threat-at least in the minds of many Westerners.

Airpower can achieve military objectives—sometimes, in some circumstancesIt sounds simple: using airpower to intervene militarily in conflicts, thus minimizing the deaths of soldiers and civilians while achieving both tactical and strategic objectives.

China's diplomatic strategy has changed dramatically since the mid-1990s, creating both challenges and opportunities for other world powers.

The European Union is the most successful supranational organization in history.

Chinese politics are at a crossroads as President Xi Jinping amasses personal power and tests the constraints of collective leadership.

There is no greater foreign policy challenge for the United States today than the reconstruction of Iraq.

The authors assert that sovereignty can no longer be seen as a protection against interference, but as a charge of responsibility where the state is accountable to both domestic and external constituencies.

For years, Americans have seen India as a giant but inept state.

India is now enmeshed in the deterrence gameactively with its traditional adversary Pakistan, and potentially with China.

In recent years the Russian government, concerned about sustaining its economic performance, has sought to promote more diversified and broader economic growth beyond the profitable natural-resource sector.

Can Europe tame the Balkans?