International Relations category: 9182 books
Regional Cooperation and International Organizations
The Nordic Model in Transnational Alignment
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
This book explores the roles of national actors within international organizations, with particular emphasis on the collaborative approach adopted by Nordic governments and associations.
Analyzing Nordic regional cooperation within international organizations, this volume seeks to shed light...
by George G. Eberling
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
This book examines China’s bilateral relations with its established suppliers of crude petroleum and on occasion, petroleum gas products including liquefied natural gas (LNG) based on a five- dimensional framework: political-diplomatic relations, economic-trade relations, military- security relations,...
US Foreign Policy and Iran
American-Iranian Relations since the Islamic Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2009
US Foreign Policy and Iran is a study of US foreign policy decision-making in relation to Iran and its implications for Middle Eastern relations. It offers a new assessment of US-Iranian relations by exploring the rationale, effectiveness and consequences of American policy towards Iran from the aftermath...
Constructivism Reconsidered
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018
In international relations (IR), the theory of constructivism argues that the complicated web of international relations is not the result of basic human nature or some other unchangeable aspect but has been built up over time and through shared assumptions.
Constructivism Reconsidered synthesizes...
EU-Japan Security Cooperation
Trends and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
This book assesses EU-Japan security relations, examining how they have developed in individual security sectors and how they could be affected by international developments.
The conclusions of the Economic Partnership Agreement and the Strategic Partnership Agreement in 2017 demonstrate the...
Globalization and the Distribution of Wealth
The Latin American Experience, 1982–2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
The effects of globalization on poverty and inequality are a key issue in contemporary international politics, yet they have been neglected in international relations and comparative politics literatures. Arie M. Kacowicz explores the complex relationships between globalization and the distribution...
EU External Relations Law and the European Neighbourhood Policy
A Paradigm for Coherence
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is a recent example of an external EU policy drawn up explicitly with the objective of achieving coherence in the external policies of the EU and its Member States. Positioning the ENP in the legal-historical context of political union, this book explains why...
Connecting Washington and China
The Story of the Washington State China Relations Council
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2005
Foreword
Joseph J. Borich
President, Washington State China Relations Council
As a relatively junior Foreign Service Officer working on the State Departments China Desk in 1978, I found myself in an ideal fly-on-the- wall situation from which to observe and peripherally contribute...
How International Relations Affect Civil Conflict
Cheap Signals, Costly Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2009
Given the appalling consequences of civil wars, why are the competing actors within a state unable to come to a settlement to avoid the costs of conflict? How might external parties affect the likelihood that a civil war begins? How do their actions affect the duration and outcome of civil conflicts...
Recognition in International Relations
Rethinking a Political Concept in a Global Context
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Recognition is a basic human need, but it is not a panacea to all societal ills. This volume assembles contributions from International Relations, Political Theory and International Law in order to show that recognition is a gradual process and an ambiguous concept both in theory and political practice.
by Yong-Soo Eun
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
This book identifies and addresses subtle but important questions and issues associated with the configuration of International Relations as a discipline. Starting with a much-needed discussion of manifold implications and issues associated with pluralism, the book raises important questions, such...
Britain and America After World War II
Bilateral Relations and the Beginnings of the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
The period immediately after World War II was a vital one for diplomatic relations and, with the Soviet Union emerging as a new superpower, it was particularly important for Britain's relations with America. The subject has unsurprisingly already received much scholarly attention, but this is the...
by Ján Klučka
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
International Law: Aspects of Regionalism evaluates regionalism in its various relationships and forms with respect to international law, as well as the importance and duties of international law in respect to the establishment and functioning of various forms of regional groups. A great deal of attention...
Asylum Seekers, Sovereignty, and the Senses of the International
A Politico-corporeal Struggle
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
The confrontation between asylum seeking and sovereignty has mainly focused on ways in which the movement and possibilities of refugees and migrants are limited. In this volume, instead of departing from the practices of governance and surveillance, Puumala begins with the moving body, its engagements...