International relations

The current international system of institutions and governance groups is proving inadequate to meet many of today's most important challenges, such as terrorism, poverty, nuclear proliferation, financial integration, and climate change.

A Brookings Institution Press and Center for Strategic and International Studies publicationIn a world transformed by globalization and challenged by terrorism, foreign aid has assumed renewed importance as a foreign policy tool.

Global climate change poses not only environmental hazards but profound risks to planetary peace and stability as well.

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

Increasingly marginalized since the end of the Cold War, the continent of Africa is struggling to identify both the root causes and possible solutions to the maladies that continue to plague it.

Few relationships have been as misunderstood as the "e;strategic partnership"e; between Russia and China.

Even after years of receiving considerable foreign aid, Haiti remains an impoverished, tremendously fragile state.

"e;Democracy is a good thing.

The International Criminal Court remains a sensitive issue in American foreign policy circles.

The United States had never lost a warthat is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in humiliation after losing to what Lyndon Johnson called a "e;raggedy-ass little fourth-rate country.

Iraq still hangs in the balance.

This book examines the growing interaction between private enterprises and public officials to challenge foreign trade barriers.

Maloney analyzes President Hassan Rouhanis ability to direct a new course for Irans troubled political situation and embrace the moderation that will ultimately herald the twilight of the revolution.

"e;Never again!

An eminent historian looks to the present and future of Afghanistan as the U.

In the modern era, political leaders and scholars have declared the rule of law to be essential to democracy, a necessity for economic growth, and a crucial tool in the fight for security at home and stability abroad.

A broad vision for economic progress in AfricaA more peaceful and prosperous Africa is in everyone's interest.

As the 100th anniversary of World War I approaches, historian Margaret MacMillan compares current global tensionsrising nationalism, globalizations economic pressures, sectarian strife, and the United States fading role as the worlds pre-eminent superpowerto the period preceding the Great War.

A Brookings Institution Press and Chatham House publicationThe Russian annexation of Crimea was one of the great strategic shocks of the past twenty-five years.

No small number of books laud and record the heroic actions of those at war.

Extreme poverty exhausts institutions, depletes resources, weakens leadership, and ultimately contributes to rising insecurity and conflict.

The "e;war on terror"e; and the battle in Iraq provided the framework for George W.

While much foreign aid achieves commendable goals, some is ineffective.

The relationship between Taiwan and China is a paradox.

When it came into force in 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) joined the economic futures of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, with systematic rules governing trade and investment, dispute resolution, and economic relations.

These are extraordinary times in U.

President Bush promised to democratize the Middle East, but the results so far have dispirited democracy advocates and brought their project into disrepute.

Since he was first elected in 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez Fras has reshaped a frail but nonetheless pluralistic democracy into a semi-authoritarian regimean outcome achieved with spectacularly high oil income and widespread electoral support.

Images of sweatshop labor in developing countries have rallied opponents of globalization against foreign direct investment (FDI).

Rapidly increasing global demand for electricity, heightened worries over energy and water security, and climate-change anxieties have brought the potential merits of nuclear energy squarely back into the spotlight.

This provocative book assesses the implications of a disturbing trend in U.

Burma had the brightest prospects of any Southeast Asian nation after World War II.

For the past decade, humanitarian actors have increasingly sought not only to assist people affected by conflicts and natural disasters, but also to protect them.

Al Qaeda is the most dangerous terrorist movement in history.

Crafting a new policy toward Iran is a complicated, uncertain, and perilous challenge.

Leading scholars and policymakers explore how history influences foreign policy and offer insights on how the study of the past can more usefully serve the present.

The postWorld War II paradigm that ensured security and prosperity for the Japanese people has lost much of its effectiveness.

"e;"e;Iraq is rapidly descending into all-out civil war.

George W.

A Brookings Institution Press and Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione (SSPA) publicationFederiga Bindi provides, for the first time, an in-depth analysis of Italy's role within the European Union (EU) in this inaugural volume of a book series published jointly by the Brookings Institution Press and the Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione (Italian National School of Public Administration, or SSPA).

A Brookings Institution Press and Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione (SSPA) publicationAs the European Union tries to increase both its visibility and its impact on the world stage, it cannot overlook the fact that until now enlargement has formed its most successful foreign policy.

Adopted in April 2004, UN Security Council Resolution 1540 obliges all states to take steps to prevent non-state actors, especially terrorist organizations and arms traffickers, from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and related materials.

With President Hu Jintao's November 2004 visit to Latin America, China signaled to the rest of the world its growing interest in the region.

When Edward Snowden hit the send button on a laptop in Hong Kong in June 2013, just shy of his 30th birthday, he became the poster boy for an acutely American conundrum: the tension between the governments constitutional commitment to the privacy of individuals and its responsibility for the safety of the nation.

What role should religion play in shaping and implementing U.

In August 1999 a forty-six-year-old sheep farmer name Jose Bove was arrested for dismantling the construction site of a new McDonald's restaurant in the south of France.

A Brookings Institution Press and the Nixon Center publicationIn this candid and sobering account, former Russian premier Yevgeny M.

Germany and the United States entered the post-9/11 era as allies, but they will leave it as partners of convenienceor even possibly as rivals.

Turkey: A necessary ally in a troubled regionWith the new administration in office, it is not clear whether the U.

From an impoverished childhood in the Scottish highlands to Victorian London, this is the inspiring story of two brothers - Daniel and Alexander Macmillan - who built a publishing empire - and brought Alice in Wonderland to the world.