International relations

Arms control, for decades at the core of the foreign policy consensus, today is among the more contentious issues in American politics.

Focusing upon the rich interplay between ongoing institutional and technological changes, the dynamics of national industrial systems and the modifications in policy instruments of the new economic framework of the common market and the single currency, European Economies in Transition addresses key issues for growth and convergence.

This book argues that the transformation of Japan's defense since 2012 has been triggered by the emergence of the first threat to Japan's territorial integrity since 1945, namely China's continual challenging of Japan's control of the Senkaku Islands.

An innovative analysis of international rules and rule-making in the Global South, focusing on the increasing interventionism of regional institutions.

This book examines the issues associated with contemporary multinational peace operations.

Despite its increasingly secure place in the world, the People's Republic of China remains dissatisfied with its global status.

Since they were pioneered in the 1970s by Robert Keohane and others, the broad range of neoliberal institutionalist theories of international relations have grown in importance.

How are prestige and power anchored in EU-Brussels?

Educator, lawyer, editor, inventor, entrepreneur, and civic booster, Carl Magee helped shape New Mexico and Oklahoma in the years after gaining statehood, garnering fame along the way.

Washington's failure to foresee the collapse of its superpower rival ranks high in the pantheon of predictive failures.

Few would argue that presidential policies and performance would have been the same whether John F.

This book explains how advanced democracies and welfare states can achieve welfare-enhancing, liberal institutional reform.

This book demonstrates that the disciplinary boundaries present within international relations approaches to security studies are redundant when examining social media, and inter- and multi-disciplinary analysis is key.

This volume investigates the relationship between protest, repression and political regimes in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.

Since the end of the Cold War, significant attention has focussed on the issue of nuclear deterrence and in particular whether formal nuclear security guarantees from nuclear weapons states to non-nuclear weapons states involving the possible use of nuclear weapons have a place in the twenty-first century global strategic landscape.

This book examines emerging forms of governance in the Arctic region, exploring how different types of state and non-state actors promote and support rules and standards.

This book is the result of recent research by contemporary scientists on topics which were discussed at the conference of the same name in Volgograd, Russia in April 2017.

In this new work, Dutton examines the ICC and whether and how its enforcement mechanism influences state membership and the court's ability to realize treaty goals, examining questions such as: Why did states decide to create the ICC and design the institution with this uniquely strong enforcement mechanism?

A counterbalance to the predominant study of Islam's role in social and political struggles, this book examines life in Ede, south-west Nigeria, offering important analyses of religious co-existence.

Focussing on access to territory and authorization of presence and residence for third-country nationals, this book examines the EU law on immigration and asylum, addressing related questions of security of residence.

The United States faces major challenges in dealing with Iran, the threat of terrorism, and the tide of political instability in the Arabian Peninsula.

This book, first published in 2007, focuses on the law involved with national security and defense.

Law and Practice of the United Nations: Documents and Commentary combines primary materials with expert commentary demonstrating the interaction between law and practice in the UN organization, as well as the possibilities and limitations of multilateral institutions in general.

'Incisive and insightful, analytic and synthetic, Jacques Hersh's excellent book is like a guide through the maze of modern times.

Britannia, Europa and Christendom brings to light the webs of influence linking Christian leaders and politicians and shows the conflicting relationships between national identity and Christian universalism, and between Britain as a one-time world power, a European nation, and junior partner in the 'transatlantic alliance'.

This book provides a detailed application of identity theory to contemporary questions of extremism, radicalization and security.

The German-American relationship is the decisive transatlantic dynamic of our time.

This volume conceptualizes the threats, challenges, opportunities, and boundaries of great power cyber competition of the 21st century.

This book examines the Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute between Japan and China and the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute between Japan and Korea, in order to offer new perspectives on the possible approaches towards amelioration and resolution of these conflicts.

The Great Game of Genocide addresses the origins, development and aftermath of the Armenian genocide in a wide-ranging reappraisal based on primary and secondary sources from all the major parties involved.

The post-Cold War diplomacy of the United States evolved in stages that reflected changes in the international system.

In these ground-breaking essays, James A.

An authoritative analysis of Iran''s defense doctrine and security policies set within the context of security and political relations in the Middle East.

The Ottoman-Russian wars of the eighteenth century reshaped the map of Eurasia and the Middle East, but they also birthed a novel concept - the prisoner of war.

This book discusses the impact of the process of accession to the European Union (EU) - i.

Glyphosate is everywhere.

This book proposes concrete norms and institutions to overhaul the global trading order for the 21st century.

Denaturalises political science, stressing the contestability and contingency of ideas, traditions, subfields, and the discipline itself.

This book explores how BRICS countries respond to, and get involved in, large scale armed conflict.

This book offers a comprehensive and insightful exploration of Oman's discourses on foreign policy and national identity in the context of the Middle East.

'WAYB remains an indispensable companion for anyone seriously committed to the profession of author, whether full-time or part-time; and as always it is particularly valued by those who are setting out hopefully on that vocational path.

In this work, first published in 1986, the author shows how the Zionists of the late Thirties related to the Arabs of Palestine and of the neighbouring countries, to what extent they perceived the existence of an 'Arab Question', how they defined it and how they dealt with it.

North Korea's institutional politics defy traditional political models, making the country's actions seem surprising or confusing when, in fact, they often conform to the regime's own logic.

This book presents a collective mediation on writing, methods, violences, and un/becomings in global politics.

Culture is one of the most complex and contested fields of European integration.

The global financial and economic crisis struck the European Union and its member states with particular force from 2009 onwards.

Over the last two decades, Australia and Indonesia have built a remarkable partnership in the fight against terrorism and other transnational crimes.