International relations Books

In response to the September 11th terrorist attacks, Congress authorized "war" against al Qaeda in the statute known as the 2001 AUMF (Authorization for the Use of Military Force). Meant to be a temporary grant of powers to allow the President to...

This book examines US recourse to military force in the post-9/11 era. In particular, it evaluates the extent to which the Bush and Obama administrations viewed legitimizing the greater use-of-force as a necessary solution to thwart the security threat...

In an EU increasingly worried about the security of its citizens and its territory, how should the European Parliament make policy decisions in these areas? This study investigates how the empowerment of the European Parliament has led it to abandon its...

This study argues that the practices of European integration reproduce, rather than transcend, the practices of modern statecraft. Therefore, the project of European integration is plagued by similar ethico-political dilemmas as the modern state, and is...

Why did France, with its strong sense of national identity, want to give up the Franc for the Euro? This book, by a former British diplomat in Paris, draws on new archive evidence to explore France's drive for European Economic and Monetary Union, and...

How does ideology in some states radicalise to such an extent as to become genocidal? Can the causes of radicalisation be seen as internal or external? Examining the ideological evolution in the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust and during the break up of...

Cybercrime affects over 1 million people worldwide a day, and cyber attacks on public institutions and businesses are increasing. This book interrogates the European Union's evolving cybersecurity policies and strategy and argues that while progress is...

This volume explores the domestic and transnational considerations associated with Indonesia's ascent, referring to its rise in terms of hard and soft power and its likely trajectory in the future. The range of contributors analyse economic resources,...

This collection portrays NATO's post-Cold War bureaucracy, decision-shaping and -making at Brussels Headquarters, identifies changes therein and evaluates their implications for the pursuit of external security with accompanying shifts in the locus of...

Dieses Handbuch zur politischen Geographie bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die politischen und geographischen Verhältnisse der Welt. Der Autor beschreibt die verschiedenen Regionen der Welt und ihre politischen Systeme, analysiert internationale...

Dans ce livre, Georges-Bonaventure Battur explore les lois et les politiques actuelles de la France et de l'Europe en matière de diplomatie et de droit politique. Il décrit les enjeux actuels et les évolutions à venir, offrant une analyse approfondie et...

An engaging literal account of how three prodigious talents ply and impact a nation of millions with their reactionary music.Behind the Music Tales is a series which captures the mood and feel of the energy that surged through music in the...

EspañolEste libro presenta formas para examinar el cumplimiento de un gobierno con los derechos de los ciudadanos, tanto como individuos, así como partes de una comunidad o sociedad. Como consecuencia de ese examen, realizado a múltiples gobiernos a...

This book follows a United States Foreign Service couple as they renew an official presence in Yemen. Arriving three years after the 1967 closure of the American embassy in Sanaa, the couple experimented with this unique form of "diplomacy under a...

The Rush Bagot Agreement is the oldest arms limitation agreement in the world. It originated in the aftermath of the War of 1812 when both Great Britain and the United States feared a descent into a naval arms race on the Great Lakes of North America...

As the world prepared for war in the 1930s, the United States discovered that it faced the real threat of foreign spies stealing military and industrial secrets-and that it had no established means to combat them. Into that breach stepped J. Edgar Hoover...

This is a new examination of Halford Mackinder's seminal global geostrategic work, from the perspective of geography, diplomatic history, political science, international relations, imperial history, and the space age.Mackinder was a man ahead of his...

Some of the most far-reaching and innovative parliamentary reform is occurring in Africa. While these reforms are not yet widespread across the continent, parliaments in some African countries are asserting their independence as policymakers, as...

This is an impressive work that traces the relationship between the Soviet Union and Turkey on the one hand, and the Soviet Union and the Turkish Communist Party on the other, from the consolidation of the communist regime in Moscow until...

Chung analyzes and explains the negotiations that have taken place between China and three of its neighbours - namely India, Japan and Russia, by using Robert Putnam's two-level game framework.

Since its inception in the 1960s to the regional negotiations in the 1990s and onwards, Central American integration has been a process characterized by both dramatic advances and setbacks. This book provides a theoretical explanation of this ebb and...

The EU's internal borders have become mostly invisible. Today, external borders are at the centre of controversy about an alleged 'fortress Europe'. Using different theoretical and methodological perspectives this book examines the challenges facing the...

First published in 2001. This is Volume X of the Foreign Policies of the Great Powers eleven part series and focuses on the policies of the United States. From 1776 to 1914. It includes sections demonstrating the U.S. journey from Internationalistic...

This book establishes a framework for defining transboundary water cooperation and a methodology for evaluating its effectiveness, which will contribute to more effective and therefore successful cooperation processes.With the increasing focus on...

This book analyses the role of the BASIC countries - Brazil, South Africa, India and China - in the international climate order. Climate Diplomacy and Emerging Economies explores the collective and individual positions of these countries towards climate...

This book explores the largely neglected issue of responses to the US Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI, or the 'Star Wars' missile defence programme) across NATO.The chapters here explore the reactions of different Western allies to the announcement of...

Renegotiating the Nuclear Order offers a sociological approach to the nuclear order, and order defined by nuclear technology and nuclear weapons. The focus is on the need to renegotiate the nuclear order, given the conflict between...

This book examines everyday borders in the UK and Calais as sites of ethical political struggle between segregation and solidarity.In an age of mobility, borders appear to be everywhere. Encountered more and more in our everyday lives, borders locally...

At a time of escalating conflict between states and NGOs engaged in migrant search and rescue operations across the Mediterranean, this book explores the emerging trend of citizen-led forms of helping others at the borders of Europe. In recent years,...

The United Nations in the 21st Century, Sixth Edition, provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the UN. It explores the historical, institutional, and theoretical foundations of the UN as well as major global trends and challenges facing...

Most of the competition laws currently enforced by states aim to protect consumer welfare and promote fair competition by regulating against anticompetitive behavior. Yet despite the shared objectives the global community does not have a common global...

The study revolves round the relationship between space and transitional identity in Kazakhstan in the post-Soviet period. Emergent discourses about cosmopolitanism suggest multiple interactions in a transitional space. The cosmopolitanism of our times...

This book examines Africa's internal and external relations by focusing on three core concepts: orders, diplomacy and borderlands. The contributors examine traditional and non-traditional diplomatic actors, and domestic, regional, continental, and global...

This study deals with Indian foreign policy issues, and asks questions about what is unique of Indian foreign policy and how to study it.

This book investigates how Europe should position itself in an era of growing Chinese-American rivalry.The volume explores the contemporary relationship and ongoing dynamics between three of the most powerful players in today's international relations -...

This book devotes to examine the historical origin and evolution of Arab-Israeli conflict from 1881, the year of first Aliya, to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.

Since soft power is an intangible component of a state's power, it is difficult to measure its actual impact. The advantages of hard power such as military and economic resources are that they can be measured and compared, and their direct effects are...

Maulana Abdul Aziz of Lal Masjid Islamabad Pakistan, in his recent interview with a local journalist communicated that Quran allowed Muslims to become terrorists against the enemies of Allah, or infidels (Jews, Christians, and Hindu). His knowledge about...

بالتزامن مع الإعلان عن إنشاء دولة إسرائيل عام 1948 في فلسطين، اندلعت الحرب بين الدولة الجديدة والدول العربية المحيطة بها. وقد أرسلت الأمم المتحدة الكونت السويدي فولك برنادوت للوساطة بين المتحاربين ولإعداد خطة لحلٍ سلمي للصراع. لكن بعض مقترحات الوسيط...

A captivating investigation that dives deeply into the terrifying events that occurred during the notorious assaults that took place in Mumbai on November 26, 2008, "From Terror to Resilience: Understanding the True Impact of 26/11" is such an...

Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Politik - Thema: Frieden und Konflikte, Sicherheit, Note: 1,3, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Institut für Arabistik/Islamwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Islamischer Irrendentismus, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract:...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: International Organisations, grade: 1, University of Vienna, course: The United Nations, language: English, abstract: After the Second World War, Europe was...