International relations Books

The nuclear arms race had dominated international politics for the two decades prior to publication. Originally published in 1975, this symposium examines the dynamics of change within the arms race and the attempts at controlling and limiting it. At the...

The book explores how small states adjust their military strategies in response to external shocks.Using primary sources from four Nordic countries, (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden), this volume explores how small states have adjusted their...

Over the past few years, increased 'unauthorised' migrations into the territories of Europe have resulted in one of the most severe crises in the history of the European Union. Stierl explores migration and border struggles in contemporary Europe and the...

This edited collection examines the meeting points between travel, mobility, and conflict to uncover the experience of travel - whether real or imagined - in the early modern world. Until relatively recently, both domestic travel and voyages to the wider...

For the third year running, this book, originally published in 1984, provided those actively concerned with the dangers of war at the time, with well-researched and up-to-date information on military developments of every kind.Based on material published...

Originally published in 1977, the purpose of this book was to analyse the relationship between the security of two states mutually undergoing strategic disarmament at the time and the need for safeguarding their security by means of a verification system...

To constrain nuclear proliferation, one must, in addition to designing a proliferation-resistant nuclear fuel cycle, identify a set of long-term arms limitation and security policies for the major states. These policies should be capable of satisfying...

Introduced in 2013, China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has had a significant impact within Asia and across other regions. This book provides empirical case studies examining the relations between China and the states in specific regional groupings,...

This book sheds light on the mechanisms of base politics that surround US overseas military bases, comparing several countries across different regions.Analysing cases from Japan, Greenland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and...

Through the lens of readiness theory, this book focuses on elements that determine the success and failure in negotiating peace agreements in intractable ethno-national conflicts.Examining three cases of mediated negotiation in Aceh, Sudan, and Sri...

Japan in Australia is a work of cultural history that focuses on context and connection between two nations. It examines how Japan has been imagined, represented and experienced in the Australian context through a variety of settings, historical periods...

List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Foreword; J.P.Roth Notes on the Contributors INTRODUCTORY ESSAY Financial Intermediation in the Age of Global Capital; G.L.Perlin PART ONE: THE NEW FINANCE ERA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Banking in the...

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List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Comparing Peace Processes; J.Darby & R.M.Ginty South Africa; P.du Toit Northern Ireland; J.Darby & R.M.Ginty Israel-Palestine; T.Hermann & D...

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Glossary PART I: BALLISTIC MISSILE PROLIFERATION AND THE AMERICAN RESPONSE 1950-89 Ballistic Missile Proliferation The Pre-1989 Evolution of US Missile Nonproliferation Policy PART II: THE POLITICS OF BALLISTIC...

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations PART I: THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES' DEVELOPING ROLE IN HEALTH Introduction: The EC/EU and Health Policy Health and Safety at Work Professions and Mobility in Europe Pharmaceuticals and the...

Notes on the Contributors Theory and Practice in Ethnic Conflict Management: Conceptualizing Objectives; M.H.Ross & J.Rothman Reflections on Theory and Practice in a Thirty Year Old Problem-Solving Workshop; C.Mitchell From Changing Governments to...

List of Maps List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction The South's 'Insecurity Dilemma' Ethnicity, Nationalism and Nation Building Pre-revolutionary Identities in Central Asia The Redrawing of Boundaries: Soviet 'Official Nationalism'...

Acknowledgements Introduction The Most Imperialistic Nation on Earth The English Navy has Gone Mad An Alien Administration Tail to the British Kite Whom He Loveth He Chastiseth Ties of Blood and Language India and the Boer War, and All That Who Shall...

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: D.J.Shaw PART I: POSTWAR DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE Lessons of Postwar Development Experience: 1945-88 The 1990s: On To Fortune of Bound in Miseries PART II: REFORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS The Bretton Wood System:...

Contents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations PART I Mission Unaccomplished The Bubbling Cauldron PART II Return From Exile Troubled Times Toward the Precipice PART III Turning a Blind Eye Arms Over Plowshares Aftermath PART IV African Limitations...

List of Plates Foreword by Lord Hurd of Westwell Preface Acknowledgements The Idea The Jerusalem Years A Village in the Mountains The Early Years in Shemlan Reform Expansion The Final Years Problems Who Were They? How Well Did It Do? Appendixes Notes...

Preface Preface by Joseph Weiler PART I: Introduction: International Relations and European Integration The Nature of the European Beast From Theories of Integration to Theories of Institutions The Ideology of Choice: A Rationalist Account of...

Abbreviations - Acknowledgements - Preface - Introduction - Britain and China: From Imperial Relations to Formal Equalization - The British Perception - The Chinese Perception - Seeking a Modus vivendi - The Closure of Taikoo Interests - The Closure of...

Foreword - Introduction - Definitions - Principles and Precedents - The Altered Environment - Operations and Capacities - In the Absence of the Soviet Union - The Future of Gunboat Diplomacy - Chronological Appendix: Seventy Years of Gunboat Diplomacy -...

Editors' Introduction; G.Bertsch & S.Elliott-Gower - PART 1: THE SOVIET UNION - Perestroika and East-West Economic Interaction; N.Shmelev - The Soviet Attitude toward Integration in the World Economy; J.F.Hough - Soviet Foreign Trade Reforms and the...

List of Tables - List of Abbreviations - Introduction: Commonwealth in Controversy - PART 1: STRUCTURE - Origins - Changing CHOGMs - The Secretariat - Global Concerns and Commonwealth Principles - PART 2: ISSUES - Race - Africa - Inequality - Security...

List of Tables - List of Figures - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Notes on the Contributors - Protectionism and International Trade Negotiations During the 1980s; E.Sassoon - Protectionism, Internal Market Completion, and Foreign Trade Policy...

List of Abbreviations - Preface - The Balance of Terror - Basic Theory and the Evolution of Strategic Postures - How it came to Be - Is it Necessary? - Nuclear Weapons and World Politics - Intrinsic Stability - Military Capabilities - War-Fighting and...

Preface PART I: THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA: TOWARD THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY The United States and Russia: Partnership in the Next Century?; V.A.Kremenyuk United States-Russian Security Relations on the Threshold of the Twenty-first Century; S.Cross...

Winner of the 2015 International Studies Association Annual Best Book Award

The Dedollarisation Paradigm: Rethinking Global Financial SystemsIn an age of profound economic transformation, the world is witnessing a fundamental shift away from the once unassailable dominance of the United States dollar (USD) in global finance. The...