International relations

All four post-Cold War presidents have attempted to negotiate and ratify at least one major arms control agreement.

Despite the unprecedented growth of arbitration and other means of ADR in treaties and transnational contracts in recent years, there remains no clearly defined mechanism for control of the system.

A comprehensive examination of both unresolved tensions in inter-American relations and the specific problems facing U.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the close cultural links between India and Vietnam.

Space weaponry, satellite surveillance and communications, and private space travel are all means in which outer space is being humanized: incorporated into society's projects.

This first extensive study of the practice of blood transfusion in Africa traces the history of one of the most important therapies in modern medicine from the period of colonial rule to independence and the AIDS epidemic.

This book constitutes a systematic and critical assessment of the nature, evolution, and prospects of the development partnership between the 79-member African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) group of states and the 28-member European Union (EU).

The Global Burden of Armed Violence 2015 examines international debates on including peace and security in the post-2015 development framework.

Yemen is facing a unique confluence of crises.

Why do very different countries often emulate the same policy model?

This textbook analyzes eight crucial foreign policy decisions of the 1970s and 1980s, emphasizing how decision-making is influenced by the social characteristics of Third World states and their position in the global system.

Water resources and related issues are of great significance in 21st century politics.

This book offers a vast conceptual and theoretical exploration of the ways intelligence analysis must change in order to succeed against today's most dangerous combatants and most complex irregular theatres of conflict.

Can global justice be promoted by distributing money more equitably?

The book discusses the Pakistan factor in Indian foreign policy, covering the evolution of both Indian nationalism and Hindu nationalism and their impact on India's foreign policy framework.

This book analyses the contributions of ''White émigrés'', anti-Bolshevik Russian exiles, to Nazism.

Biosecurity Dilemmas examines conflicting values and interests in the practice of biosecurity, the safeguarding of populations against infectious diseases through security policies.

Characterized by new research, this much-needed investigation into the undeveloped field of the sociology of diplomacy offers important new conclusions and suggestions, as well as many new ideas gained from practical diplomatic experience.

This book examines peacekeeping in Africa, exploring how the various actors are forming an African security regime complex.

Based on an interdisciplinary conference held at the University of Cambridge in May 2012, Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Exploration brings together internationally renowned scholars from a range of disciplines including criminology, international relations, sociology and political science to examine the meaning of legitimacy and advance its theoretical understanding within the context of criminal justice.

This work shows that, over the past two centuries, international organizations have adopted ''more democratic'' decision-making rules.

This book highlights the existence of a class of struggles conducted in the gray zones of formalized war, or more aptly in the interstices where state power and jurisdiction are mismatched.

This title was first published in 2000: highly innovative work which challenges mainstream approaches to the study of Russian policy with its groundbreaking application of Marxism and dependency theories.

How disputes over privacy and security have shaped the relationship between the European Union and the United States and what this means for the futureWe live in an interconnected world, where security problems like terrorism are spilling across borders, and globalized data networks and e-commerce platforms are reshaping the world economy.

The order of international relations in Asia is predominantly state-centric.

The Wars of the French Revolution, 1792-1801 offers a comprehensive and jargon-free coverage of this turbulent period and unites political, social, military and international history in one volume.

This volume brings together different approaches to diplomacy both as an institution and a practice.

The EU has been portrayed as a leader in international climate change negotiations.

In a work that synthesizes crucial developments in international relations at the close of the twentieth century, Bruce Cumings-a leading historian of contemporary East Asia-provides a nuanced understanding of how the United States has loomed over the modern history and culture of East Asia.

A novel and ground-breaking analysis of the prosecution of environmental harm before the International Criminal Court, addressing both the substance and procedure.

In 1910, when Evelyn Wrench founded the Royal Over-Seas League, King George V was on the throne, the British Empire seemed invincible and for most people international travel was a new and exciting opportunity.

Carbon Politics and the Failure of Kyoto charts the framework and political evolution of the Kyoto Protocol negotiations and examines the ensuing failure of the international community to adequately address climate change.

Putting into question the conventional view that the military is detrimental to democratic development, Dolman provides a multifaceted examination of the institutional incentives of the military and its relations with civilian authorities.

This book explores Sino-Indian tensions from the angle of state-building, showing how they stem from their competition for the Himalayan people''s allegiance.

This edited volume provides one of the most formidable critical inquiries into public diplomacy's relationship with hegemony, morality and power.

This book shows how environmentalists have shaped the world's largest multilateral development lender, investment financier and political risk insurer to take up sustainable development.

Do high rates of economic growth create conditions favourable to their own maintenance?

What are the achievements, the limits and the failures of the EU's involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict?

This edited volume addresses the issues of Iraqi Kurdistan's political economy with historically grounded, theoretically informed, and conceptually relevant scholarship that prioritizes comparative politics over international relations.

Drawing upon unique and unprecedented survey data, this book shows how and why Brexit has changed British politics.

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.

For historians centennial commemorations furnish an excellent heuristic tool for gauging late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century attitudes towards the past and the present.

A close look at the evolution of American political alliances in Asia and their futureWhile the American alliance system in Asia has been fundamental to the region's security and prosperity for seven decades, today it encounters challenges from the growth of China-based regional organizations.

The conventional understanding of Israeli foreign policy has been that it is a relatively new phenomenon, with some claiming that the 'Jewish People' is an invention by mid-19th century Jewish historians, or simply an 'imagined community'.

This book, under the auspices of the London Institute of World Affairs, aims to provide an independent international forum for the constructive criticism of, and research into, world affairs 1979.

EU external democracy promotion has traditionally been based on 'linkage', i.

Leading commentators on Europe and the Middle East explore many of the key issues which have informed the relationship between the two regions.

This book analyses the allocation of responsibility for human rights violations that occur in the context of border control or return operations coordinated by Frontex.

China's workers have been transformed by the transition to capitalism.

This Encyclopedia of War, Peace and Global Security is a unique attempt to bring together a range of contemporary issues and present them in a user friendly manner.