International relations

Fully revised and updated, this fifth edition of Understanding Global Security considers the variety of ways in which peoples' lives are threatened and / or secured in contemporary global politics.

This book offers a critical insight into how the study of NGOs can be more theoretically grounded and methodologically creative.

There have been few more remarkable events than the European colonisation and decolonisation of Africa.

Dual Legacies in the Contemporary Caribbean (1986) is a comparative and systematic study of the legacies bequeathed by British and French colonial rule in the Caribbean.

Colonial Sequence 1930-1949 (1967) presents a valuable body of evidence for the enquiry into Britain's colonial actions, written at a time when Britain was retreating from empire.

The Colonial Office (1956) examines the organisation and work of the Office as it stood in the mid-1950s.

In Defence of British India (1984) illustrates the problems arising from the British need to defend an Indian empire against the fluctuations in the European balance of power, preferably by isolating the empire from the European political system.

Crime, Justice and Society in Colonial Sri Lanka (1987) examines Sri Lanka's justice system under British rule, and concentrates on two of its aspects: the effectiveness of the administration of law and order, and the relationship between crime and social change.

Chatham's Colonial Policy (1917) examines Britain's colonial plans and ambition in the mid-eighteenth century, under the leadership of the Earl of Chatham - William Pitt the Elder.

This volume considers current and future challenges for nature law and policy in Europe.

Perspectives on Imperialism and Decolonization (1984) is a key collection of essays that analyse from many sides the growth and demise of Western imperialism.

Crime, Justice and Society in Colonial Sri Lanka (1987) examines Sri Lanka's justice system under British rule, and concentrates on two of its aspects: the effectiveness of the administration of law and order, and the relationship between crime and social change.

After a summit in Belgrade in September 1961, socialist Yugoslavia, led by President Josip Broz Tito until his death in 1980, initiated a movement with states in the Global South.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has undergone wide-ranging changes since 2006, when it was given a new maritime warning mission and the NORAD Agreement was signed in perpetuity.

In the mid-nineteenth century a group of Irish revolutionaries, known as the Fenians, set out to destroy Britain's North American empire.

In Agent of Change Huda Mukbil takes us behind the curtain of a leading spy agency during a fraught time, recounting her experiences as an intelligence officer for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

In Agent of Change Huda Mukbil takes us behind the curtain of a leading spy agency during a fraught time, recounting her experiences as an intelligence officer for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

Greater participation by women in peace negotiations, policy-making, and legal decision-making would have a lasting impact on conflict resolution, development, and the maintenance of peace in post-conflict zones.

There is a common assumption that the promotion of democracy and economic development are the most effective means of quelling widespread political unrest within a country.

Seven decades after the liberation of Europe, the strongmen of global politics are back, dominating not only the headlines but international relations, the global economy, and the world's security.

As John le Carre's fictional intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of secret operations.

There is a common assumption that the promotion of democracy and economic development are the most effective means of quelling widespread political unrest within a country.

After a summit in Belgrade in September 1961, socialist Yugoslavia, led by President Josip Broz Tito until his death in 1980, initiated a movement with states in the Global South.

The overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003 in Iraq opened the door for Kurdish nationalists to move toward outright independence.

Seven decades after the liberation of Europe, the strongmen of global politics are back, dominating not only the headlines but international relations, the global economy, and the world's security.

Exceptionalist ideas have long influenced British foreign policy.

Since 9/11, counterterrorism has become a national and international priority.

From 1963 until 1971, a group of distinguished Canadians wrestled with the language conflict that ran the risk of tearing the country apart.

As John le Carre's fictional intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of secret operations.

Since 9/11, counterterrorism has become a national and international priority.

Turkey now hosts the largest number of Syrian refugees in the world, more than 3.

In the realm of political discourse there is a distinct gap in understanding between Russia and the West.

The liberal order is decaying.

The nation-state is a double sleight of hand, naturalizing both the nation and the state encompassing it.

The world is changing - geopolitically and economically - at an alarmingly fast pace.

Much of today's international order can be traced to the experimentations with governance that occurred in central Europe immediately after World War I.

The world is changing - geopolitically and economically - at an alarmingly fast pace.

In the mid-nineteenth century a group of Irish revolutionaries, known as the Fenians, set out to destroy Britain's North American empire.

Far-right movements, parties, and governments are changing the language and logic of international order.

It is a little-known fact that the first cultural agreement Canada signed was with Brazil in 1944.

Sanctions are back with a vengeance with new objectives, measures, challenges, and opportunities.

Canada's statebuilding efforts in Afghanistan are not well documented.

Exceptionalist ideas have long influenced British foreign policy.

Autonomous weapons systems seem to be on the path to becoming accepted technologies of warfare.

Sanctions are back with a vengeance with new objectives, measures, challenges, and opportunities.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has undergone wide-ranging changes since 2006, when it was given a new maritime warning mission and the NORAD Agreement was signed in perpetuity.

The international financial system is not only economic, but political.

The international financial system is not only economic, but political.

It is a little-known fact that the first cultural agreement Canada signed was with Brazil in 1944.

As the UK leaves the European Union and as the multilateral order is increasingly under stress, bilateral security links are more important than ever.