International Relations category: 9182 books
After Liberalism?
The Future of Liberalism in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
In this collection, leading international scholars provide their perspectives on the continuing role of the liberal paradigm, both as a theoretical approach to international relations, and as an ordering principle of international politics.
The European Union Diplomatic Service
Ideas, Preferences and Identities
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The book analyses the processes of institution and identity building of the European Union Diplomatic Service working on matters of foreign policy and external economic relations, both in Brussels and in the Commission’s Delegations across the world.
The book examines what images high ranking...
State Responses to Human Security
At Home and Abroad
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
The aim of this book is to analyse why and how states respond to human security, both at home and abroad.
Although states still define security as "the defense of territory" from military attack, increasingly security pertains to the protection of human beings from violence. This...
Religion and Security
The New Nexus in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2004
Religion and Security: The New Nexus in International Relations focuses on a groundbreaking theme. In global security today, religion is not only part of the problem but also part of the solution. This book explores positive nexus points between religion and security, paying particular attention to...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
The Realism Reader provides broad coverage of a centrally important tradition in the study of foreign policy and international politics. After some years in the doldrums, political realism is again in contention as a leading tradition in the international relations sub-field.
Divided into three...
World Disorders
Troubled Peace in the Post-Cold War Era
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2000
(ACADEMIC PAPERBACK DESCRIPTION) Long one of the fieldOs most distinguished thinkers, Hoffmann brings together in this volume his important recent work on international politics. Many published here for the first time, these essays offer incisive reflections upon the reemergence of nationalism and...
Critical Perspectives on Human Security
Rethinking Emancipation and Power in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
This new book presents critical approaches towards Human Security, which has become one of the key areas for policy and academic debate within Security Studies and IR.
The Human Security paradigm has had considerable significance for academics, policy-makers and practitioners. Under the rubric...
by John Farrar, Mary Hiscock, Vai Io Lo
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
Given its geographical proximity to Asia and its close alliance with the West, Australia, amid the rise of Asian economies, needs to re-formulate its policies on trade, investment and security. Over the years, in making decisions on issues relating to trade, investment and security, the Australian...
The Political Economy of Pacific Russia
Regional Developments in East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
This thought-provoking book, edited by Jing Huang and Alexander Korolev, redefines the complex political and economic landscape of the Asia-Pacific region. Written by internationally recognized experts from Russia, China, South Korea, Japan, Norway and Singapore, it provides an in-depth analysis of...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Civil wars are the dominant form of violence in the contemporary international system, yet they are anything but local affairs. This book explores the border-crossing features of such wars by bringing together insights from international relations theory, sociology, and transnational politics with...
Global Shell Games
Experiments in Transnational Relations, Crime, and Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2014
Every year a staggering number of unidentified shell corporations succeed in hiding perpetrators of terrorist financing, corruption and illegal arms trades, but the degree to which firms flout global identification standards remains unknown. Adopting a unique, experimental methodology, Global Shell...
The Politics of Nation-Building
Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
What drives a state's choice to assimilate, accommodate or exclude ethnic groups within its territory? In this innovative work on the international politics of nation-building, Harris Mylonas argues that a state's nation-building policies toward non-core groups - individuals perceived as an ethnic...
Maritime Security between China and Southeast Asia
Conflict and Cooperation in the Making of Regional Order
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Arguing that security relations between China and Southeast Asia are profoundly affected by disputes over maritime space and territory in the South China Sea, the author demonstrates that the primacy of strategic competition over strategic partnerships promotes the emergence of a structure of deterrence,...
Weird IR
Deviant Cases in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2018
The scholarly study of international relations tends to go over the same cases, issues, and themes. This book addresses this by challenging readers to think creatively about international politics. It highlights some of the strangest and rarest phenomena in diplomacy and world politics. Comprised...