International relations

Presidents and their advisors consistently seek to improve the management of their foreign policy decision processes.

The book examines the current geopolitical tussle in Afghanistan among various non-regional and regional players over control and manipulation of the region following the 9/11 period.

Using a consistent three-part framework within each chapter--moving from Ideas, to Arguments, and then Contexts & Application--International Relations, Fourth Edition, shows students how to think critically about issues and current events in world politics.

It is often said that no country is more important to Australia than Indonesia.

Forty years after independence, Papua New Guinea is the largest single recipient of aid from Australia.

Ahead of the 2009 presidential elections in Afghanistan, Australian electoral adviser and Gruen Planet panellist Toby Ralph joined a UN team to assist local authorities unused to free and fair democratic processes - and in some cases, not keen on adopting them.

The book examines the current geopolitical tussle in Afghanistan among various non-regional and regional players over control and manipulation of the region following the 9/11 period.

In the early twentieth century, the United States set out to guarantee economic and political stability in the Caribbean without intrusive and controversial military interventionsand ended up achieving exactly the opposite.

In March 1961, President John F.

In this important new book, Douglas Little explores the political and cultural turmoil that led U.

'Along with Edward Said, Ilan Pappe is the most eloquent writer of Palestinian history.

There is now widespread agreement that fish stocks are severely depleted and fishing activity must be limited.

The United States spearheaded the creation of many international organizations and treaties after World War II and maintains a strong record of compliance across several issue areas, yet it also refuses to ratify major international conventions like the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

The United States spearheaded the creation of many international organizations and treaties after World War II and maintains a strong record of compliance across several issue areas, yet it also refuses to ratify major international conventions like the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

International Criminal Tribunals do not only do justice and judge the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes.

Cet ouvrage part du postulat que le degre d'effervescence memorielle est proportionnel au degre de violence subie dans le passe ou de silence impose et percu comme une injustice non reparee.

For decades, the discipline of International Relations (IR) has been defined by the centrality of the state as the international actor par excellence and most debates on this key actor have developed from the perspective of 'power' as a defining notion.

The Treaty of Lisbon was in fact a milestone in the process of expanding the EU's role on the level of international security.

Europe is in crisis and the EU project risks disintegration.

International Criminal Tribunals do not only do justice and judge the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes.

The volume discusses the recent developments in selected countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

This collection of studies examines different aspects of Romanian diplomacy in the 20th century, thus highlighting the activity of various diplomats, seeking to explain the changes produced within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following political transformations in Romania, and aiming to analyse different topic and "e;dossiers"e; related to foreign policy, as well as the negotiated perspectives of career diplomats, ministers of foreign affairs, and politicians regarding the directions of foreign policy or the "e;dossiers"e; of national interest and security.

Japan has been moving toward a more independent security policy since the early 2010s, duplicating the military assets of the United States and reorganizing the Self-Defense Forces.

In the context of European integration, cross-border cooperation has become increasingly important.

International Criminal Tribunals do not only do justice and judge the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes.

Poursuivant cette premiere traduction complete en francais, ce second volume des uvres choisies de Mikhail Toukhatchevski couvre la decennie decisive 1928-1937.

The book studies how multiple representations of the Other are constructed, Europeanized and used in Poland and Sweden in various heritage related contexts (museums, cities, war cemeteries, commemoration sites etc.

This book addresses new problems and challenges of development in the 21st century, trying to answer questions, how to turn nations that are underdeveloped and torn apart by conflict into good places to live and how to help them develop.

This book addresses new problems and challenges of development in the 21st century, trying to answer questions, how to turn nations that are underdeveloped and torn apart by conflict into good places to live and how to help them develop.

In the context of European integration, cross-border cooperation has become increasingly important.

Propose pour la premiere fois dans une traduction complete en langue francaise, ce premier volume des uvres choisies de Mikhail Toukhatchevski plonge le lecteur dans le brasier de la guerre civile russe (1918-1922).

For decades, the discipline of International Relations (IR) has been defined by the centrality of the state as the international actor par excellence and most debates on this key actor have developed from the perspective of 'power' as a defining notion.

The volume discusses the recent developments in selected countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

Au c ur des crises securitaires qui bouleversent l'Afrique de l'Ouest et le Sahel depuis plus d'une decennie, les communautes peulhes se retrouvent souvent au centre de debats melant mobilite pastorale, marginalisation sociale et expansion des groupes armes.

The book studies how multiple representations of the Other are constructed, Europeanized and used in Poland and Sweden in various heritage related contexts (museums, cities, war cemeteries, commemoration sites etc.

L'ouvrage presente la prospective en general et le metier de prospectiviste en particulier.

Cette recherche propose une analyse systemique des interactions entre dynamiques demographiques et enjeux securitaires dans les dix pays de la region politique du Sahel.

Japan has been moving toward a more independent security policy since the early 2010s, duplicating the military assets of the United States and reorganizing the Self-Defense Forces.

This book provides a panoramic and comparative view of how Europe is currently redefining its security and defence in an age of renewed geopolitical tension and uncertainty.

This book provides a panoramic and comparative view of how Europe is currently redefining its security and defence in an age of renewed geopolitical tension and uncertainty.

Cet ouvrage collectif renouvelle en profondeur la réflexion sur l’industrialisation par substitution aux importations (ISI), en dépassant les lectures descriptives et les débats théoriques convenus.

In the first part of the book an analysis is developed regarding the fiscal structure of the Monetary Union, starting by the Maastricht constraints and going through the Stability and Growth Pact to the Fiscal Compact.

This book analyses the gradual fusion of Europe and Asia into a Eurasian dynamic combining institutional and identity aspects.

International Criminal Tribunals do not only do justice and judge the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes.

On September 10, 2025, America stood still.

Since 9/11, national security choices have become crucial to Americans as the country has been involved in wars overseas and terrorism has spread widely.

How can a small democracy resist the influence of a powerful authoritarian neighbor?

An unflinching expos of Israel's Lobby, showing how its outsized influence works against our national interests and threatens our freedom.

This book argues that the international community created and managed the dysfunctional state of Bosnia and Herzegovina by effectively rewarding ethnic cleansing, drawing up a transitional constitution which, in turn, generated a complex ethnifying polity incapable of independent reform.

Threats to peace and stability are real and will likely continue into the foreseeable future.