International relations Books

This volume offers a collective assessment of the development and impact of the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Eastern Partnership Initiative on its eastern neighbours - Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova in particular, with Russia's added perspective...

Following President Chen Sui-bian's victory in the controversial 2004 presidential election, this book examines the future direction of Taiwan's foreign policy, focusing on the internal and external forces that influence and shape the countries foreign...

Over the past five decades, the European Union (EU) has developed into the most legally and politically authoritative regional organization in the world, wielding significant influence across a wide range of issue areas. European Union and Environmental...

The responsibility to protect (R2P) is at a crossroads, the latest in a journey that is only ten years old. This book present debates on the prevention of mass atrocities to R2P's normative prospects.The book addresses key questions as a way to inform...

This work seeks to look beyond the seemingly endless deadlock in the WTO's Doha round of trade negotiations that began in November 2001 and were first scheduled to conclude by January 1, 2005. As well as offering an incisive analysis of the ills of the...

Migration has become business, big business. Over the last few decades a host of new business opportunities have emerged that capitalize both on the migrants' desires to migrate and the struggle by governments to manage migration. From the rapid growth...

This revised and updated version of William Hale's Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000 offers a comprehensive and analytical survey of Turkish foreign policy since the last quarter of the eighteenth century, when the Turks' relations with the rest of the...

China's emergence as a great power is a global concern that can potentially alter the structure of world politics. Its rise is multidimensional, affecting the political, security, and economic affairs of all states that comprise the world's fastest...

This edited volume examines the sources, manifestations and management of conflict in East Asia, which contains many of the world's conflict flashpoints, such as the Korean Peninsula and the China-Taiwan Strait. In particular, the book will elaborate on...

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Since the late 1970s a number of regional developments have impacted upon South Korea's political and economic standing in Asia. China's spectacular growth and closer integration with its neighbouring economies, along with a tendency toward more...

Written by an international team of experts from the US, UK, Hong Kong, China, Korea and Canada, this important and interesting book examines and explores the relationship between the international political and economic system, and China's economic...

Okinawan people have developed a unique tradition of protest in their long history of oppression and marginalization. Beginning with the Ryukyu Kingdom's annexation to Japan in the late nineteenth century, Miyume Tanji charts the devastation...

Including contributions from an international team of leading experts, this volume examines state making from a uniquely Asian perspective and reveals some of the misunderstandings that arise when states and state making are judged solely on the basis of...

This volume re-examines the evidence surrounding the rise and fall of peacekeeping policy during the first Clinton Administration. Specifically, it asks: what happened to cause the Clinton Executive to abandon its previously favoured policy platform of...

This book examines the dynamics of the modern relationship between China and India. As key emerging powers in the international system, India and especially China have received much attention. However, most analysts who have studied Sino-Indian relations...

This volume examines the role of the military, the most influential actor in Pakistan, and challenges conventional wisdom on the causes of political instability in this geographically important nuclear state. It rejects views that ethnic and religious...

The African Union (AU) is a continental organization that comprises every African state except for Morocco, is indeed a pioneering undertaking. Its ambitious aim is to integrate all member states, with the ultimate goal of forming the United States of...

This is a new exploration of how the events of the twentieth century still cast a shadow over relations between Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.Using social constructivism theory, it provides a comparative assessment of Germany's...

US-China Relations in the 21st Century addresses the bilateral relations of these two nations on international, domestic, societal and individual levels between 1990 and 2005. Peaceful power shifts remain a central dilemma in world politics, since...

This new volume moves beyond the limits of current debate to show how today's foreign policy is increasingly about values rather than interests and why ethics are now playing a central role.Rather than counterposing interests and ethics, trying to find...

This new book covers the origins purposes, trends and controversies of the United Nations' global conferences.There are 30 such conferences to compare, and many argue that they have not been worth the money spent on them. Others, however, suggest that...

This book examines intelligence analysis in the digital age and demonstrates how intelligence has entered a new era.While intelligence is an ancient activity, the digital age is a relatively new phenomenon. This volume uses the concept of the "digital...

This book explores how nationalism and multilateralism transform international society and global governance. It does so by comparing the governance model of the EU - a constitutionalised and increasingly polycentric form of multilateralism, with...

North America is steering a new course, with the United States, Canada, and Mexico moving toward continental economic, integration

This text examines the relationship between the 'vulnerable' and international society through cases of political violence, climate change, human movement, and global health.

The study of foreign policy is usually concerned with the interaction of states, and thus with governance structures which emerged either with the so-called 'Westphalian system' or in the course of the 18th century: diplomacy and international...

Is a strong cosmopolitan stance irretrievably arrogant? Cosmopolitanism, which affirms universal moral principles and grants no fundamental moral significance to the state, has become increasingly central to normative political theory. Yet, it has faced...

In February of 2011, Libyan citizens rebelled against Muammar Qaddafi and quickly unseated him. The speed of the regime's collapse confounded many observers, and the ensuing civil war showed Foreign Policy's index of failed states to be deeply...

Le livre intitul����� ""Les Int�����r������ts des Nations de l'Europe V2: D�����velopp�����s Relativement au Commerce (1767)"" a �����t����� �����crit par Jacques Accarias de Serionne. Ce livre traite des int�����r������ts �����conomiques des nations...

L�������Ami Du Prince Et De La Patrie: Ou Le Bon Citoyen est un livre �����crit par Fran�����ois de Sapt en 1770. Le livre traite du r�����le du citoyen dans la soci�����t����� et de son devoir envers le prince et la patrie. De Sapt examine les...

British Trade And Foreign Competition is a book written by Frederick Brittain in 1878. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of British trade and the challenges posed by foreign competition during the late 19th century. Brittain...

Belligerent Rights For Cuba: Speeches Of J. T. Morgan, Of Alabama (1897) is a book that contains a series of speeches delivered by John Tyler Morgan, a senator from Alabama, in support of granting belligerent rights to Cuba during the Spanish-American...

Das Buch ""Behandlung oberenserischer Unterthanen"" wurde im Jahr 1783 von Anton Cremeri verfasst. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit der Behandlung der Unterthanen in der Region Oberense, die zu dieser Zeit Teil des Kurf�����rstentums K������ln war.Cremeri...

""Bearing And Importance Of Commercial Treaties In The Twentieth Century: A Lecture"" is a book written by Thomas Barclay in 1906. The book explores the significance and relevance of commercial treaties in the 20th century. It delves into the history of...

Banking, Its Utility And Economy: A Lecture (1860) is a book written by Hankey and Thomson that explores the role of banking in society. The authors argue that banking is a vital component of the economy, providing a means for individuals and businesses...

""Austria In 1848-49 V2"" is a historical account written by William Henry Stiles in 1852. The book chronicles the political movements that occurred in Vienna, Milan, Venice, and Prague during the years 1848 and 1849. Stiles provides a detailed analysis...

""The League of Nations and Primitive Peoples"" is a historical book written by Sydney Olivier in 1918. The book explores the relationship between the League of Nations and the indigenous or primitive peoples of the world. The author argues that the...

""The Great Steel Strike And Its Lessons"" is a historical account of the 1919 steel strike in the United States, written by William Z. Foster, a prominent labor organizer and leader of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The book documents the...

""Rome in 1860"" is a historical book written by Edward Dicey and published in 1861. The book is a comprehensive account of the political and social situation in Rome during the year 1860, which was a crucial period in the history of the city. The author...

""Recueil de quelques m�����moires curieux et int�����ressants pr�����sent�����s au gouvernement g�����n�����ral des Pays-Bas (1788)"" est un livre anonyme qui rassemble une collection de m�����moires pr�����sent�����s au gouvernement g�����n�����ral des...

Ratio Constitutae Nuper Reipublicae Angliae, Scotiae, Et Hiberniae, Una Cum Insulis Aliisque Locis Ejus Ditioni Subjectis est liber anonymus, qui anno 1654 editus est. In hoc libro, auctor describit constitutionem recentissimam reipublicae Angliae,...

Das Buch ""Politischer und ������konomischer Zustand des ber�����hmten Findelhauses zu Venedig"" wurde 1782 von Joseph Horizon verfasst. Es beschreibt den politischen und wirtschaftlichen Zustand des Findelhauses in Venedig, das als eine der wichtigsten...

""Kein Faustrecht Mehr"" ist ein Buch des deutschen Autors Friedrich Christian Schlenkert, das im Jahr 1798 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch handelt von der Notwendigkeit, das Faustrecht abzuschaffen und eine gerechte Gesellschaft zu schaffen...

""Journal of the First Congress of the American Colonies: In Opposition to the Tyrannical Acts of the British Parliament"" is a historical book written by Lewis Cruger in 1845. The book is a detailed account of the first congress held by the American...

The Cabinet History of England Volumes 11-12 is a comprehensive account of the civil, military, and ecclesiastical history of England from the invasion by Julius Caesar to the year 1846. Written by Charles Macfarlane and published in 1851, this book is a...