International relations Books

Since 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency has secretly worked to subvert foreignpowers and even overthrow enemy governments to further United States influence abroad. The vast array of CIA black "ops" (operations)--including covert acts against Saddam...

The Digital Environment and Small States in Europe delves into how the digital revolution intersects with global security dynamics and reshapes the geopolitical landscape.

La Patagonia: Estudio Jeográficos I Políticos Dirijidos A Esclarecer La "cuestión Patagonia", Con Motivo De Las Amenazas Recíprocas De Guerra Entre Chile I La República Arjentina..., by Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, offers a detailed...

"Genet's Projected Attack On Louisiana And The Floridas, 1793-94" delves into a little-known episode of early American history, exploring the audacious plans of Edmond-Charles Genêt, the French Minister to the United States, to instigate an attack on...

"The World Peril; America's Interest in the War," written in 1917 by the Department of History, Politics, and Economics at Princeton University, offers a timely analysis of the global conflict and America's place within it. Published during a crucial...

She was the spy Churchill admired most-and the woman Hitler could never catch.Born a Polish countess and forged by war, Christina Skarbek defied every rule of her time. With charm as her weapon and courage as her shield, she skied through Nazi lines,...

This book explores neoliberalism’s emergence as a global ideology, contextualizing its rise within the broader capitalist restructuring that followed the decline of the Keynesian state. Understanding the ideological dimension is challenging due to...

This book explores the future of African-European relations with a focus on achieving equity in a global context. Drawing on the expertise of policymakers, institutional stakeholders, scholars, and practitioners from both the global south and the global...

Naval Power in Action focuses attention to the United States' current competition with China, laying out a case for acting in three areas: strengthen the homeland to economic coercion, modernize and reorganize institutions to successfully compete,...

Volume Eighteen of The Jewish Law Annual adds to the growing list of articles on Jewish law that have been published in volumes one to seventeen of this series, providing English-speaking readers with scholarly articles presenting jurisprudential,...

This book presents a novel and cutting-edge interpretation of the evolving political economy of the Americas. Through a combination of qualitative research and theory, it considers the reconstruction of American-led hegemony in the Americas since the...

This book presents a collection of new and updated essays on what has come to be known as the territorial explanation of war.

Volume 19 of the Jewish Law Annual contains ten articles in English and three in Hebrew. Several discuss classic judicial institutions, including the decision rules–conduct rules dichotomy, the "two witnesses" requirement, the prosbul, and...

Blitzkrieg and the Russian art of war moves beyond discussions of 'hybrid' warfare to offer a broad account of contemporary Russian thinking on war. Exploring key concepts in Russian military thinking, it contributes to the debate about Russia's role in...

This textbook provides students with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the subject of security studies, with a strong emphasis on the use of case studies. This 3rd edition has been revised and updated for recent developments, with new...

About the BookAN INTERESTING TAKE AT THE PARTITION OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, THIS BOOK LOOKS AT THE PLACES DOTTING INDIA'S BORDERS WITH ITS NEIGHBOURS AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.In July 1947, British barrister Cyril Radcliffe was summoned to New...

A new and detailed study of the European Community's development between 1963 and 1969, with a special focus on the struggle between France and its EC partners over the purpose, structure and membership of the emerging European Community. On all three,...

Seeking to widen partition studies, this book examines how partition persists in the lives of some of its migrants and minorities, and political projects across South Asia and its diaspora, in an increasingly transnational context.

This book uniquely applies the security reform agenda to Southeast Asia. It investigates recent developments in civil-military relations in the region, looking in particular at the impact and utility of the agenda on the region and assessing whether it...

This book is the first comprehensive study of how and why the European Union has enlarged to become northern Europe's leading power.

This book examines the meaning of the 2003 Iraq war for democratic politics. It shuns simplistic analysis and provides a nuanced and critical overview of this key moment in global politics.

This innovative volume provides a theoretically informed comparative investigation of the links between revolutions, totalitarianism and democracy.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive account of contemporary Israeli diplomacy and analyses the changing dynamics of Israel's bilateral relations over the past seventy-five years.

This book delves into the secret histories of the CIA, the FBI and British and Italian intelligence to study how policymakers can control intelligence agencies and when these agencies will try to remove their own government. 　.

The third volume in the Global Arctic series examines the transformation of Arctic governance following the 2022 outbreak of war in Ukraine. This conflict has disrupted the post-Cold War cooperative circumpolar order, upending decades of multilateral...

The edited volume titled "Decoding the Chessboard of Asian Geopolitics: Asian Powerplay in South Asia, Central Asia, and West Asia" offers a distinctive examination of the power rivalries within the Asian region. It highlights the significant influence...

Operation Rising Lion 2025: Israel's Strike on Iran's Nuclear ProgramOn June 13, 2025, at 0400 hours local time, Israel executed the most audacious preemptive military operation in modern history. Operation Rising Lion 2025 represents not merely a...

On a beautiful, hot summer day in 1982, I came face-to-face with my new client in federal prison, inmate Joseph George Helmich - convicted Soviet Spy.Helmich was a warrant officer in the U.S. Army with a specialty in cryptography. He received,...

Das Moderne Völkerrecht der civilisirten Staten by Johann Caspar Bluntschli offers a comprehensive exploration of international law as understood in the late 19th century. Written in German, this significant work delves into the principles and practices...

Alberici Gentilis De legationibus, libri tres, written in Latin by Alberico Gentili and published in 1585, is a seminal work on the law of diplomacy. This treatise explores the rights and responsibilities of ambassadors and diplomatic agents, providing a...

Die Grosse Politik der Europäischen Kabinette, 1871-1914, Band 16, ist eine Sammlung diplomatischer Akten des Auswärtigen Amtes, herausgegeben im Auftrag des Auswärtigen Amtes selbst. Dieses Werk bietet einen detaillierten Einblick in die komplexen...

Les origines diplomatiques de l'indépendance belge: La Conférence de Londres, 1830-1831 explores the diplomatic origins of Belgian independence, focusing on the pivotal Conference of London. This historical work by Fl. de Lannoy delves into...

La rénovation du droit international sur la base d'une communauté juridique du genre humain, exposé systématique, written by Daniël Josephus Jitta and originally published in 1919, proposes a systematic renovation of...

Explorez les coulisses de la diplomatie européenne d'avant-guerre à travers "Un livre noir, diplomatie d'avant-guerre d'après les documents des archives russes, novembre 1910-juillet 1914, Volume 01". Ce document exceptionnel, fruit...

"The Mexican Recognition of Texas" delves into the complex diplomatic history surrounding Texas's independence from Mexico. This detailed historical analysis, originally published in The American Historical Review in 1910, explores the political and...

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This groundbreaking volume offers an in-depth exploration of how Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine has reshaped the geopolitical landscape of the post-Soviet space, particularly in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Through expert analyses, the book examines...

Essays on the security challenges faced by African states.The central concern that shapes this edited volume is the nature of the African state. Contributors point to an interesting intersection of domestic and external issues that is framed as a...

Details the Belt and Road global infrastructure development initiative as the most important instrument for China's leadership under Xi Jinping to create an alternative global economic and geopolitical order to challenge the United States.In the opening...

The interaction of globalization and technology diffusion will impact warfare's diversity, affordability, and effectiveness. Moreover, the widening socio-economic gap, climate changes, human migrations, and resources competition, all increase the...

The open access book analyzes cross-border cooperation (CBC) in Central Asia from a comparative perspective. It provides new insights into four main areas: (1) It highlights international experiences in CBC to identify best practices for  Central...

This second volume analyses the Maoist insurgency in India from 2009 to the present and analyses the impact on India's politics, military and socio-economic situation by detailing events during this period, the causes of the insurgency and its future...

This book studies the history of interactions between India and Japan, especially through Buddhist pilgrimages from Japan to India and how it has influenced both Japanese and Indian Buddhism, particularly the Buddhist revival movements and the...

This book delivers crucial historical background in these times, as bloc-building returns to the global economy and China and Russia massively intensify their economic cooperation.

This book explores the discursive construction of national identities in diplomatic political discourse, focusing on translation's pivotal role. It examines diplomatic exchanges between China and the West from 1792 to 1867, a period marked by China's...

This important new textbook provides a concise and practice-oriented introduction to the humanitarian sector and the key debates surrounding it. This exciting new textbook will be important for students wanting a comprehensive introduction, as well as...