International relations

This book seeks to elucidate the decisions of states that have chosen to acquire nuclear arms or inherited nuclear arsenals, and have either disarmed or elected to retain their warheads.

This book constitutes an up-to-date methodology reference work for International Relations (IR) scholars and students.

This book examines the role of political leadership as a driver in the process of regional community-building in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU).

This book evaluates the impact of the 2001 central government reforms on effective foreign policy making in Japan.

This book provides a critical realist analysis of Turkish foreign policy (TFP), covering various periods from the Turkish National Struggle to the contemporary Justice and Development Party Government.

This book investigates the extent to which depoliticisation strategies, used to disguise the political character of decision-making, have become the established mode of governance within societies.

This book explores the images and perceptions of the European Union (EU) in the eyes of one of the EU's three strategic partners in Asia in the context of its own distinct policies and identity.

Studying the political economy of welfare state reform, this edited collection focuses on the role of public opinion and organized interests in respect to policy change.

The book is seventh in the annual Persian Gulf series published by MEI@ND.

This book examines the ways in which the study and practice of international relations are misunderstood, both by scholars and politicians.

This book explores different aspects of the regulation of private security contractors working for governments.

This study explores the dynamic relationship between science, numbers and politics.

Highlighting the challenges and prospects of European security cooperation, this volume examines the impact of Brexit on strategic aspects of security, peace, defence and foreign policy for both the European Union and the UK.

In a surprising number of espionage cases sex has played a significant role_often only in the background_possibly as a reason why a particular individual has lived beyond his means and is in desperate need of cash.

This book centers on the power of mythical narratives and technology in creating the idea of a world that should be purged.

Chattoraj and contributors explore the concept of privileged migration in the context of globalization, shedding light on the experiences of a demographic often overshadowed in migration discourse.

This book explores the global politics of disarmament through emerging international relations (IR) theories of discourse and imagination.

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Despite efforts to normalize its post-colonial relationship and the downsizing of its permanent military presence, France remains a sought-after security provider in Africa.

Over time, globalization has evolved into a shared journey of humanity, involving entrepreneurship, innovation, business and policy advances around the world.

This book explores the history of Mongolia's relations with external powers via the prism of the relationship with the UK, drawing on archival documents and other historical resources in different languages such as Russian, Chinese and Mongolian.

This volume draws together academics and think tank experts to explore the revised European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) and EU Global Strategy (EUGS) towards the Southern Neighborhood, in the context of the Arab Uprisings and conflict, counter-terrorism cooperation, the Mediterranean refugee crisis, energy developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, shifting interactions with and between international partners, and the fallout from Covid-19.

This book investigates the politics of transatlantic trade, specifically the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.

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This book offers a fresh perspective on timeless questions concerning anarchy and order, power and principle, and public and private morality, by taking a novel approach to the study of the onset of war.

This book evaluates UN performance in ensuring good governance in Cambodia and Timor-Leste from a human-centred standpoint.

This book discusses the case for socialism and the models of socialist planning.

As India rises to great power status in the emerging multipolar world order, what influence will its rich and ancient culture have on the country's foreign policy?

This book explains why inflation remains subdued after recessions, based on three revolutionary concepts: defensive expectations, compensatory savings, and cumulative wage gap.

This book explains how the ASEAN regional human rights body (AICHR) was created and why it functioned with a promotional rather than protection mandate.

This book offers an authoritative analysis of the state-of-the art in energy and climate research and policy.

This edited volume breaks new ground and opens up new perspectives by capturing the role played by claims to authenticity in populist discourses in Brazil, India and Ukraine.

This book explores how Marx envisaged society after capital(ism) by a close examination of the idea of socialism in the text(s) of Capital.

This volume investigates the nature of threats facing, or perceived as facing, some of the key players involved in Asian maritime politics.

This book examines the work of three key women's organizations working towards women's rights and a peaceful solution to the Cyprus Problem.

This book offers a general introduction to and analysis of the history, theory and public policy of Australian local government systems.

This book deals with the consequences of the inclusion of African states and communities in the global aluminium chain.

This book assesses the extent to which an emphasis on national security and prioritization of state interests has dominated governance policy-making in Northeast and Southeast Asia, at the expense of human security, human development, and human rights.

This book  finds that the R&D and technological innovation of a country is not a result, but a factor, of sustained economic growth.

This book studies governance capacity and governance legitimacy for societal security and crisis management.

This book offers an analysis of China in its muddling through of financial reforms towards adopting a local real property tax.

This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of rural-urban migration in Vietnam.

How did banking in early nineteenth-century Massachusetts evolve?

British interest in the Arctic has returned to heights not seen since the end of the Cold War; concerns about climate change, resources, trade, and national security are all impacted by profound environmental and geopolitical changes happening in the Arctic.

This book analyses the representation of North-East England in film and television.

This book examines the history of the relationship between Liberia and Britain-the world's first black republic, founded by former slaves, and the world's strongest colonial power.

This book is about the role of agents in policy and institutional change.

This book demonstrates how peace is an event that comes into being in mundane and corporeal encounters.

Within the context of regional integration, comparative regionalism, organizational change, and regional security literatures, this book investigates three cases wherein regional economic organizations were confronted with conventional security threats: the 1978-91 Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Vietnam Standoff, the 1990 Economic Community of West Africa-Liberian Civil War Challenge, and the 1990-91 European Communities-Balkans Crisis.