International relations

This book studies the sources of inequality in contemporary South Korea and the social and political contention this engenders.

The extreme protectionism that contributed to a collapse of world trade in the 1930s is examined in light of the recent economic crisis.

This volume provides a unique open inter-disciplinary dialogue across the Humanities and Social Sciences to further our understanding of the phenomenon of regions and regionalism in a globalized world both at the theoretical and empirical levels.

This volume explores the reasons behind, and impact of, the migration of South Asian nationals (from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bhutan and Maldives, Afghanistan and Myanmar) in the Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Bahrain).

On September 5, 2009, the commanding officer of NATO's German troops in Afghanistan ordered a U.

The Great War or the "e;War to end all wars"e; as promised by President Woodrow Wilson was neither great nor ultimately conclusive.

This book, first published in 1995, aims to enhance our understanding of the Anglo-American alliance by examining the origins of the alliance during the Second World War.

This book investigates the reportage of the 2004 Beslan hostage-taking published by three very different Russian-language websites: RIA-Novosti, Kavkazcenter, and Caucasian Knot, tracking the ways in which these three sites constructed six different reports in response to what happened at Beslan, even as events were still taking place.

The study of international relations now goes well beyond state-to-state politics and even regional politics.

This book provides a practice-based analysis of European Union (EU) diplomacy and community-building.

More than thirty years have passed since the normalization of Sino-American relations in 1979.

This book makes an important contribution to contemporary debates over the place of civic participation in democratic theory and practice.

This book describes the current innovative tendencies characteristic of multifaceted scientific research and practical developments in the field of international business development and sustainable management.

The book analyzes some of the key issues confronted by European policy makers.

Negotiated agreements play a critical role in setting the conditions under which resource development occurs on Indigenous land.

The leaders and bureaucrats of China have actively attended, initiated, promoted or made skilful use of regional multilateral political, economic, and security institutions to accelerate regional cooperation and integration with neighboring states, convince Asian states that China's rise will not threaten the regional order and their national interests, and exploit its role and diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific as a launch pad for greater influence in world affairs.

This book explores presidential justifications of every major American military conflict from the War of 1812 to the Second Gulf War.

This book aims to shift the limited and often negative popular understanding of the Middle East's place in the world by chronicling the region's contributions to the international order rather than disorder, and to the development of the international human rights system.

Increasingly humanitarian NGOs operate in the context of armed conflicts where the security risks are higher than in contexts of natural disaster.

This Element focuses on environmental protection, as both government good and service, that has become part of distributive politics.

This volume offers a wide-ranging examination and discussion of the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) past, present and future as it enters its seventh decade.

A definitive history of peace advocacy and an analysis of its religious and intellectual roots.

Clarifies modes of liability in international criminal law with a thorough analysis of the jurisprudence of international courts and tribunals.

Migrant City tells the story of contemporary London from the perspective of thirty adult migrants and two sociologists.

This book argues that online harassment communities function as Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) where the collective goal is to ruin peoples' lives.

An estimated forty million people carry the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and five million more become newly infected annually.

Explores the political and social life of the Armenian community in the Ottoman Empire during the post-war period.

The third edition of this book incorporates more than 10 years of fascinating dynamics since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

This volume considers the most recent demands for justice within the international system, examining how such aspirations often conflict with norms of state sovereignty and non-intervention.

Since the early 1990s, there has been a clear evolution in the military dimension of Japanese diplomacy.

This study examines two important questions regarding terrorism and political violence: which threats to human security constitute root causes for collective violence and which adequate responses for these root causes are available to the international community.

Religion is becoming increasingly important to the study of political science and to re-examine key concepts, such as democracy, securitization, foreign policy analysis, and international relations.

Since the fall of communism, public opinion in Russia, including that of a now more diverse elite, has become a substantial factor in that country's policymaking process.

This volume brings together leading research articles in to the theory, research findings and applications of modern dispute resolution.

This new edition provides a definitive, comprehensive and systematic analysis of the law governing the EU's action in the world.

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

It has become apparent that a clear gap exists between European Union (EU) level policymaking and Member State implementation.

Asia has the world's highest concentration of nuclear weapons and the most significant recent developments related to nuclear proliferation, as well as the world's most critical conflicts and considerable political instability.

Highly readable yet deeply researched, this book serves as an essential guide to the many ways in which Japan has risen to become one of the world's most creative and innovative societies.

This book provides a strong multidisciplinary examination of the links between migration, remittances and sustainable development in Africa.

The rise of cross-regional trade agreements is a defining trend of the current international trade system as shown by the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in 2015, the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the USA and the EU as well as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) between countries in Asia and Oceania.

How great powers react to their inevitable decline shapes their own destiny as well as the course of international politics.

The Political Economy of Independent Ukraine analyses the reasons for the abysmal economic performance of Ukraine during the 1990s.

This book looks at the worlding of the Global South in the process of assembling conflict resolution expertise.

The promotion of the rule of law has become an increasingly important element of peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations, particularly in Africa, where there have been numerous internal armed conflicts and missions over the last decade.

The book outlines legal limits to the veto power of UN Security Council permanent members while atrocity crimes are occurring.

This book purports to investigate and compare the economic development experiences in both Taiwan and South Korea in last two decades.