International relations

In this volume, scholars and teachers share ideas about new ways to teach history, culture and theory, as well as new topics such as gender, information flows and discourse.

What is the value of medical research?

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The Kurdish territory of Rojava in Syria has become a watchword for radical democracy, communalism and gender equality.

This book outlines the construction, interpretations and understanding of US strategy towards Africa in the early twenty-first century.

From green frogs and blue angels to white bunnies, modern consumers are confronted by a growing array of colorful eco-labels on everything from coffee to computers.

Heinrich Schulz geht der Frage nach, warum es trotz mehrerer Anläufe noch nicht gelungen ist, turkmenisches Erdgas unter Umgehung des russischen Pipelinesystems in die Türkei sowie nach Europa zu exportieren.

Yaël Ronen examines the tension between the invalidity of the acts of illegal territorial regimes and their effectiveness.

Problems involving minorities still constitute a significant challenge for public policies in countries such as the ones on the territories of the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.

The expansion of space militarization forms a common thread with the explicit unilateral empire-building of the Bush administration.

Despite the rise of 'new' security threats like terrorism, cyber-war and piracy, the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons still hangs over the world.

The post-World War II emergence of a full-blown state of perpetual war is arguably the most important feature of contemporary American politics.

This book analyses the ways in which foreign policy actors in Asia have responded to the emerging great power conflict between the US and the People's Republic of China focusing on medium and small states across the Indo-Pacific.

Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies in International Relations explores the geopolitics between technology and international relations.

This book is a review of the development of the WTO dispute resolution procedure and the power and influence it has gained over the practises of the member countries as well as in other international treaties.

Maritime boundary disputes in the South China have existed for centuries, and researchers from a variety of countries have analysed the situation from a great many points of view.

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In this radical new book, Patrick Chabal reveals how the future of the West is now inextricably linked to that of the non-West.

Addressing decision-making over interstate disputes and the democratic peace thesis, Choi and James build an interactive foreign policy decision-making model with a special emphasis on civil-military relations, conscription, diplomatic channels and media openness.

Tracing key trends of the global-regional-local interface of power, Ines Duran Matute through the case of the indigenous community of Mezcala (Mexico) demonstrates how global political economic processes shape the lives, spaces, projects and identities of the most remote communities.

Examining the changing nature of health care federalism within a competitive global context, Comparative Health Care Federalism provides a rich and nuanced account of the way in which the interplay of federal relationships impact health care within an array of systems.

After reading this groundbreaking textbook, you will have a solid understanding of state-of-the-art populism research and be ready to take a deep dive into more complex debates.

The recent global expansion of Protestant Christianity, and the increase in multiparty democracies, has led to the multiplication of Protestant political parties.

The global energy sector is in flux, transitioning from reliance on fossil fuels to clean energy sources at an unprecedented pace.

A lively and accessible new introduction to the origins and emergence of the Cold War.

Stabilization as the New Normal in International Interventions provides the first comprehensive analysis of stabilization, which constitutes the new reference point for international intervention in unruly parts of the Global South.

This biography provides a well-rounded analysis of Queen Charlotte by considering her own perspectives on queenship and her role in Britain.

This book examines the functions of conferences within Arctic governance, as a third dimension between sovereign states and formalized cooperative arrangements.

How does justice for non-citizens look like?

The print culture of the early twentieth century has become a major area of interest in contemporary Modernist Studies.

The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations has for over 50 years been central to diplomacy and applied to all forms of relations among sovereign States.

This book critically examines arguments about 'obligation' and 'responsibility' in relation to the responsibility to protect (R2P) and situates it within wider moral argumentation concerning the role of culpability, answerability, and human rights in international affairs.

This book is a provocative, interdisciplinary, and critical appraisal of civil justice, property, and the laws that shape and command them within capitalism.

America's empire expanded dramatically following the Spanish-American War of 1898.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Geography aims to account for the intellectual and worldly developments that have taken place in and around political geography in the last 10 years.

The liberalization of the Turkish economy is a key factor affecting Turkey's application to join the European Union.

This book applies an interdisciplinary governance assessment framework to assess China's water quality governance from a holistic point of view.

Institutions do not decide whom to destroy or to kill, whether to make peace or war; those decisions are the responsibility of individuals.

Great Powers and Regional Orders explores the manifestations of US power in the Persian Gulf and the limits of American influence.

This edited volume examines how the transition and diffusion of power in global politics is impacting on stability and order in Asia.

This book explores the causes and effects of the rise of neoliberalism in Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Zarakol presents the first comprehensive history of the international relations in ''the East'', and rethinks ''sovereignty'', ''order-making'' and ''decline''.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established in 1993 and is due to complete its trials by 2011.

In this unique and innovative contribution to environmental security, an international team of scholars explore and estimate the intermediate-term security risks that climate change may pose for the United States, its allies and partners, and for regional and global order through the year 2030.

This book is an anthology of the varied strategies of spatial transgressions and how they have been implemented through the arts as a means to resist, rejuvenate, reclaim, critique or cohabitate.

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

The gender pay gap (GPG) exists in every European country, but it varies considerably, even in EU member states covered by the same legal principles on pay equality.

Transnational Ties, Local Lives: Translocal Dynamics of Chinese Diaspora and Community Re-organisation delves into the evolving civic life and organisational structures of Chinese diaspora communities.