International Relations category: 9182 books
by Pascal Boniface
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Durant les décennies qui suivent la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le système international se construit essentiellement autour de l'antagonisme Est-Ouest : les relations internationales s'interprètent à travers l'affrontement de deux idéologies, de deux superpuissances, de deux impérialismes. Mais,...
David Bruce and Diplomatic Practice
An American Ambassador in London, 1961-9
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
David Bruce (1898-1977) was a prominent American diplomat, who served in France, Germany, and the UK. His work is examined here to provide an in-depth look at the practice of diplomacy and the role of the ambassador as diplomatic actor.
This thorough survey aims to investigate the relevance...
China's Hegemony
Four Hundred Years of East Asian Domination
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Many have viewed the tribute system as China's tool for projecting its power and influence in East Asia, treating other actors as passive recipients of Chinese domination. China's Hegemony sheds new light on this system and shows that the international order of Asia's past was not as Sinocentric as...
A Cornerstone of Modern Diplomacy
Britain and the Negotiation of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR) was signed at the height of the Cold War more than fifty years ago. The agreement and its negotiation have become a cornerstone of diplomatic law.
A Cornerstone of Modern Diplomacy, which is based on archival research in the National Archives...
Reforming 21st Century Peacekeeping Operations
Governmentalities of Security, Protection, and Police
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
This book considers contemporary international interventions with a specific focus on analyzing the frameworks that have guided recent peacekeeping operations led by the United Nations. Drawing from the work of Michel Foucault and Foucauldian-inspired approaches in the field of International Relations,...
Ocean Governance, Regimes, and the South China Sea Issues
A One-dot Theory Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
This book uses Chinese version of dialectics to present interpretations of ocean governance, international regimes, issues in the South China Sea in general and the Chinese U-shaped line in particular, through the one-dot theory. It especially serves as a tool for non-Chinese researchers and...
British Power and International Relations during the 1950s
A Tenable Position?
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2009
This book examines BritainOs role and influence in a pivotal decade. The postwar international order was still taking shape in the 1950s. Much was unsettled, and in these circumstances Britain could realistically expect to remain, and be treated as, one of the 'Big Three' world powers along with the...
Changing US Foreign Policy toward India
US-India Relations since the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
This book uncovers how US-India relations have changed and intensified during the administrations of Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr., and Barack Obama. Throughout the Cold War, US-India relations were often distant and volatile as India mostly received attention at times of grave international crises,...
by Christina Oelgemoller
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
The Evolution of Migration Management in the Global North explores how the radically violent migration management paradigm that dominates today's international migration has been assembled. Drawing on unique archive material, it shows how a forum of diplomats and civil servants constructed the 'transit...
by Joe Hoover, Meera Sabaratnam, Laust Schouenborg
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
It is often assumed that democracy is both desirable and possible in global politics. Interrogating Democracy in World Politics provides an important counter-argument to this assumption by questioning the history, meaning and concepts of democracy in contemporary international and global politics. ...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
As the economies of East Asia grow ever stronger, their need for energy resources increases, which in turn compels closer relations with the countries of the Middle East. This book examines the developing relations between the countries of East Asia, especially China and Japan, with the countries...
State of Translation
Turkey in Interlingual Relations
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2018
International politics often requires two or more languages. The resulting interlingual relations mean translation, either by interpreters who are quite literally in the middle of conversations, or by bilingual statesmen who negotiate internationally in one language and then legitimize domestically...
World Politics in Translation
Power, Relationality and Difference in Global Cooperation
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Virtually all pertinent issues that the world faces today – such as nuclear proliferation, climate change, the spread of infectious disease and economic globalization – imply objects that move. However, surprisingly little is known about how the actual objects of world politics are constituted,...
by Alfredo A. Torrealba
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
This book compiles several articles published between 2014 and 2018 in different scientific magazines of the Russian Federation in the field of international relations.
These articles aim, in general, to examine the political relations arising between digital technology companies, social networks...