International relations

This book discusses some of the strategic lines in front of the trends related to the new challenges of global security in this new century: some rather universal problems (migration,  terrorism, cyberspace, conflict resolutions techniques in prisons, economic intelligence), as well as more military ones (new conflicts: new world stage, new weapons, new military doctrines, mass destruction weapons and nuclear arms control, outer space and ocean depths), without forgetting some global and conceptual topics (disintegration is driving insecurity, searching for quality in international affairs, shield of security culture through data protection, information society and the protective influence of security culture).

The question of why countries give aid and assistance to other countries has long been a topic of debate- is it altruism, or selfishness?

Southeast Asia is a vast, populous and diverse region.

This book, first published in 1982, is a systematic and detached analysis of the 60,000 British conscientious objectors in the Second World War, forming an examination of the relationship between the individual and the State in time of war.

Der Übergang vom Industrie‐ ins Digitalzeitalter verändert nicht nur die Arbeitsteilung zwischen Mensch und Maschine, sondern begründet auch den Übergang zu einer neuen Epoche der globalen Ökonomie.

This book explores mutual common ground between Russia and NATO and the potential to move beyond cultural differences, particularly in political culture.

Although nomadic peoples are scattered worldwide and have highly heterogeneous lifestyles, they face similar threats to their mobile livelihood and survival.

This book provides humanitarian practitioners and policy makers with a manual for how to apply foresight and strategy in their work.

This book presents a theory to account for the different strategies pursued by rebel groups in civil war.

This is the first book-length empirical study of free zones (FZs) in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.

Geopolitics and Development examines the historical emergence of development as a form of governmentality, from the end of empire to the Cold War and the War on Terror.

This title was first published in 2001.

Power Plays argues that international institutions prevent extortion in some areas, but cause states to shift coercive behavior into less effective policy domains.

This book analyzes the goals of Western sanctions imposed on Russia from 2014 to 2023.

This book presents cutting-edge research and exploration of the role of nation-state when big tech firms present themselves as new participants in contemporary international relations that act on an equal footing with nation-states.

After the oil discoveries of the early 1930s, Bahrain rapidly became an oil exporting country with a relatively high income per capita.

How should we respond to the worst refugee crisis since the World War II?

This book examines the recent shift in US space policy and the forces that continually draw the US back into a space-technology security dilemma.

At a time when Chinese policy makers appear to be rethinking China's historically close alliance relationship with North Korea, this volume gathers a diverse collection of original essays by some of China's leading experts on North Korea and China's North Korea policy.

Big, unexpected changes are here to stay.

Women now account for one third of the ten million people with HIV infection worldwide.

Is the West prepared for a world where power is shared with China?

Democracy in the twenty-first century faces a number of major challenges, populism, neoliberalism and globalisation being three of the most prominent.

Imitation and emulation are mechanisms of competition in international relations that are theoretically posited but empirically diffuse.

This book offers the first authoritative guide to assumptions about time in theories of contemporary world politics.

A comprehensive treatment of the rights and obligations of States within disputed maritime areas under international law.

The Art of Emergency charts the maneuvers of art through conflict zones across the African continent.

This book offers a sustained, historically grounded analysis of the identity factor in China-Europe relations.

This volume offers systematic analysis of China's growing engagement in global governance institutions over the past three decades.

This book unpacks the main narratives used in international relations to depict and explain existing inter-state relations in Central Asia, with a focus on the construction of fairer international relations along the Silk Road.

This book offers an examination of the effectiveness of Western military interventions in the post-Cold War era.

As the UK enters a period of intense public introspection in the wake of Brexit, this book takes on one of the key questions emerging from the divisive process: what is Britain's place in the world?

This series of books brings together results of an intensive research programme on aspects of the national systems of innovation in the five BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

President Obama's former United States chief of protocol looks at why diplomacy and etiquette matter-and how they can help you in everyday life.

This edited volume provides a detailed and nuanced analysis of UN peacekeeping and the use of force, to inform a better understanding of the complex and interconnected issues at stake for the UN community.

Brexit represents a momentous event for the European Union, with important implications on the future of Europe.

This book discusses the importance of innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems in supporting regional competitiveness.

In 1998, the Rome Statute to the International Criminal Court (ICC) emerged as a groundbreaking treaty both due to its codification of international criminal law and its recognition of the crimes committed against women in times of war and conflict.

This edited volume examines the extent to which the various authorities and actors currently performing border management and expulsion-related tasks are subject to accountability mechanisms capable of delivering effective remedies and justice for abuses suffered by migrants and asylum seekers.

Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behaviour in both the individual and in society.

The United Nations in the 21st Century provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the United Nations, exploring the historical, institutional, and theoretical foundations of the UN.

Advancing the Regional Commons in the New East Asia highlights a number of interests which members of ASEAN and Plus Three countries collectively recognize.

This book discusses the South China Sea dispute from a Chinese perspective with regards to history, law, international politics, the economy, diplomacy and military affairs.

Britain is complicit in the deaths of ten million people.

A COMPANION TO THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK A COMPANION TOTHE HISTORY OF THE BOOK Edited by Simon Eliot and Jonathan Rose As a stimulating overview of the multidimensional present state of the field, the Companion has no peer.

This volume brings together leading historians and international relations scholars to debate the causes of the First World War.

This book sheds light on the changing nature of contemporary Japan by decoding a range of political, economic and social boundaries.

In this brilliant account of the literary war within the Cold War, novelists and poets become embroiled in a dangerous game of betrayal, espionage, and conspiracy at the heart of the vicious conflict fought between the Soviet Union and the WestDuring the Cold War, literature was both sword and noose.