International relations

The term “transnational organised crime” has been used to describe different realities, depending on the specific category of crime and region of the world concerned.

Religious resurgence and democratization have been two of the most significant developments of the last quarter of the twentieth century.

For centuries, negotiation has shaped the course of history—from the secret talks that ended wars to the quiet conversations that ignited revolutions.

This book analyzes the challenges of North Korea's nuclear threat today and the shortcomings of nuclear defense theory.

International treaties and regulations have flourished over the past century.

In recent years, scholars of International Relations have increasingly turned their attention to the question of how to decolonize knowledge.

This book analyzes the challenges of North Korea's nuclear threat today and the shortcomings of nuclear defense theory.

As China’s flagship platform for cultural diplomacy and international engagement, the global expansion of Confucius Institutes has been accompanied by growing controversy—particularly in the West.

China’s Blueprint for Global Leadership offers the first comprehensive academic analysis of China’s Three Major Initiatives—the Global Security Initiative (GSI), the Global Development Initiative (GDI), and the Global Civilization Initiative (GCI)—launched between 2021 and 2023.

This book explores how WhatsApp is transforming multilateral diplomacy.

For centuries, negotiation has shaped the course of history—from the secret talks that ended wars to the quiet conversations that ignited revolutions.

This book explores the significant yet understudied role of non-state actors (NSAs) as agents of disruption and dissent in public diplomacy.

This timely study considers the challenges of developing a foreign policy for a union of 27 states while taking national political processes into account.

International treaties and regulations have flourished over the past century.

La guerre revient en Europe.

Ce livre est une analyse comparee du fonctionnement interne du Jamaat Nusrat Al-Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM) et de l'Etat Islamique au Sahel (EI-Sahel) au Sahel Central.

Cet ouvrage offre une lecture accessible et nuancee d'un conflit majeur, avec un regard inedit sur le role de l'Amerique latine dans la question israelo-palestinienne.

Cet ouvrage analyse la cooperation transfrontaliere entre la France et l'Italie a la lumiere du traite du Quirinal, en vigueur depuis 2023, qui renforce l'integration des territoires frontaliers en instaurant un comite dedie et en conferant de nouvelles competences aux collectivites.

The view that China has become increasingly assertive under President Xi Jinping is now a common trope in academic and media discourse.

This book tells the story of the negotiations between China, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries about the East and South China Sea disputes.

Mitford (later to become the first Lord Redesdale) was an urbane aristocrat, had charm, looks and excellent manners.

Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from the start of his working life at fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven.

The view that China has become increasingly assertive under President Xi Jinping is now a common trope in academic and media discourse.

In recent decades, ties between Africa and Asia have greatly increased.

Japan has risen in stature to become an important player not only in the Western Pacific, but the wider Indo-Pacific.

The history of official relations between Russia and Japan encompasses a period of a little more than one hundred and fifty years, but stretch back unofficially for at least double that amount of time.

Public diplomacy enables private citizens to be involved in international relations either through initiatives sponsored by governments or through direct people-to-people contacts in areas such as culture, business, education, tourism and sport.

The history of official relations between Russia and Japan encompasses a period of a little more than one hundred and fifty years, but stretch back unofficially for at least double that amount of time.

Eine neue Lesart des politischen Grundkonflikts hat sich durchgesetzt: Nicht mehr der Gegensatz zwischen Kapitalismus und Sozialismus bestimmt den Lauf der Geschichte, sondern eine Spaltung zwischen einem sakularen, westlichen Weltbild und einer religios oder indigen gepragten Gegenperspektive.

John Pilcher's appointment as HM Ambassador to Japan in 1967, three years after the widely acclaimed Tokyo Olympics, was both judicious and enlightened.

Throughout Europe regionalist movements claim more autonomy for their region, pointing at cultural and historical distinctiveness and the demands of their populations.

Post-Cold War China-Russia strategic cooperation has displayed significant development and become an increasingly important factor in contemporary international politics.

Extensive in scope and drawing on newly available evidence from multinational archives, this book reconsiders Sino-Indian border issues during the middle Cold War using multiple established analytical frameworks.

Here is a witty and learned literary excursion into the world of humour and comic literature as revealed inter alia by the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Oliver Goldsmith and Henry Fielding - leading in the second half to some glorious insights and observations provided by author's life experience in the world of diplomacy.

Sorge's activities between 1930 and 1942 have tended to be lauded as those of a superlative human intelligence operator and the Soviet Union's GRU (Soviet military intelligence unit) as the optimum of spy-masters.

Here is a witty and learned literary excursion into the world of humour and comic literature as revealed inter alia by the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Oliver Goldsmith and Henry Fielding - leading in the second half to some glorious insights and observations provided by author's life experience in the world of diplomacy.

While Turkey in recent years has experienced an exhaustive accession process to join the EU -a long desired aim-, at the same time it has been increasing its involvement across the Middle East, leading to a debate over whether it is altering its focus from West to East.

Filling an important gap in extraterritoriality studies and in the history of Anglo-Korean relations, this benchmark study examines Britain's exercise of extraterritorial rights in Korea from 1884 until Korea's formal annexation by Japan in 1910.

A rare account by a foreigner working in Japan in the 20th century; a unique insight into this important period of Japan's history; complements existing material.

Public diplomacy enables private citizens to be involved in international relations either through initiatives sponsored by governments or through direct people-to-people contacts in areas such as culture, business, education, tourism and sport.

A rare account by a foreigner working in Japan in the 20th century; a unique insight into this important period of Japan's history; complements existing material.

Japan has risen in stature to become an important player not only in the Western Pacific, but the wider Indo-Pacific.

This book tells the history of the 'federal union', a concept that may be traced from the early Renaissance to the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (1951), the predecessor of today's European Union.

Post-Cold War China-Russia strategic cooperation has displayed significant development and become an increasingly important factor in contemporary international politics.

Extensive in scope and drawing on newly available evidence from multinational archives, this book reconsiders Sino-Indian border issues during the middle Cold War using multiple established analytical frameworks.

Harry Parkes was at the heart of Britain's relations with the Far East from the start of his working life at fourteen, to his death at fifty-seven.

Sorge's activities between 1930 and 1942 have tended to be lauded as those of a superlative human intelligence operator and the Soviet Union's GRU (Soviet military intelligence unit) as the optimum of spy-masters.

Sino-American Relations brings together high-quality research articles in order to examine one aspect of the political mechanism of modern China, from empire to the PRC: political initiatives to root out corruption.

Since the 1990s, the Chinese-North Korean border region has undergone a gradual transformation into a site of intensified cooperation, competition, and intrigue.

This book tells the story of the negotiations between China, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries about the East and South China Sea disputes.