International Relations
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How the West was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices AheadIn How the West Was Lost, the New York Times bestselling author Dambisa Moyo offers a bold account of the decline of the West's economic supremacy. She examines how the West's flawed financial decisions have resulted in an economic and geopolitical seesaw that is...
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Vienna, 1814: How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace at the Congress of Vienna"Reads like a novel. A fast-paced page-turner, it has everything: sex, wit, humor, and adventures. But it is an impressively researched and important story."--David Fromkin, author of Europe's Last Summer Vienna, 1814 is an evocative and brilliantly researched account of the most audacious and...
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Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010In The Postcolonial State in Africa, Crawford Young offers an informed and authoritative comparative overview of fifty years of African independence, drawing on his decades of research and first-hand experience on the African continent. Young identifies three cycles of hope and disappointment common to...
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A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Second EditionMark Tessler's highly praised, comprehensive, and balanced history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the earliest times to the present--updated through the first years of the 21st century--provides a constructive framework for understanding recent developments and assessing the prospects for future peace. Drawing upon a...
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Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical AnalysisWhat are the causes of war? How might the world be made more peaceful? In this landmark work of international relations theory, first published in 1959, the eminent realist scholar Kenneth N. Waltz offers a foundational analysis of the nature of conflict between states....
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Biological Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary BioterrorismUntil the events of September 11 and the anthrax attacks of 2001, biological weapons had never been a major public concern in the United States. Today, the possibility of their use by terrorists against Western states looms large as an international security concern. In...
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Oxford Handbook of International RelationsThe Oxford Handbook of International Relations offers the most authoritative and comprehensive overview to date of the field of international relations. Arguably the most impressive collection of international relations scholars ever brought together within one volume, the Handbook debates the nature of the field...
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The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the Ussr, and the Successor StatesNow thoroughly revised in its second edition, The Soviet Experiment examines the complex themes of Soviet history, ranging from the last tsar of the Russian empire to the first president of the Russian republic. Author Ronald Grigor Suny, one of the most eminent Soviet...
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Exit from Hegemony: The Unraveling of the American Global OrderWe live in a period of great uncertainty about the fate of America's global leadership. Many believe that Donald Trump's presidency marks the end of liberal international order-the very system of global institutions, rules, and values that shaped the American international system since the...
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Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western CounterterrorismIn 2014, a resurgent and bellicose Russia took over Crimea and fueled a civil war in Eastern Ukraine; post-Saddam Iraq lost a third of its territory to an army of hyper-violent millennialists; and the peace process in Israel seemed to completely collapse. In short,...
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AfricaGlobal Studies is a unique series designed to provide comprehensive background information and selected world press articles on the regions and countries of the world. Each Global Studies volume includes an annotated listing of World Wide Web sites and is now supported by an...
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The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of ExtremismFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind comes an astonishing investigation of how America lost its way and the nation's daily struggle to reclaim the moral authority upon which its survival depends. Tracking down historic revelations and improbable hope from the Beltway...
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IRAN-The Nuclear Talks Game Played by the Regime: Bi-partisan lawmakers, national security experts reject sanctions relief and IRGC's FTO delistingThis manuscript, which includes the views of Members of U.S. Congress from both sides of the aisle, as well as those of several former cabinet members, undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, U.S. military generals, and experts from various think tanks--including the Heritage Foundation, the Atlantic Council,...
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Ontological Security and Status-Seeking: Thailand's Proactive Behaviours During the Second World WarHow and why was it possible for a small state such as Thailand to challenge great powers France and Japan during the Second World War?Putting ontological security theory into dialogue with status seeking approaches, Charoenvattananukul uses a case study of Thailand in the early...
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Ilícito: Cómo Traficantes, Contrabandistas Y Piratas Están Cambiando El Mundo / IllicitSiempre han existido contrabandistas, traficantes y piratas, pero nunca como en los últimos tiempos, con la capacidad de operar a nivel mundial conectando los lugares más remotos del planeta y las capitales más cosmopolitas a la velocidad de Internet o de sus jets privados,...
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Hope, But Demand JusticePat Hynes's understanding of the wide range of issues covered in HOPE, BUT DEMAND JUSTICE is guided not only by her scientific expertise and training as a researcher but also, and very importantly, by compassionate intelligence. Her empathic intelligence shines through whether the subject...
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A Cooperative Disagreement: Canada-United States Relations and Revolutionary Cuba, 1959-93A comprehensive study of North American foreign policy in Cuba.A Cooperative Disagreement demonstrates how the United States and Canada successfully kept divergent policies on revolutionary Cuba from damaging their relationship. Covering the period from 1959 to the end of the Cold War, John M....
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Understanding Kim Jong-Un's North Korea: Regime Dynamics, Negotiation, and EngagementThis ambitious book is constructed to provide the reader with unusually broad and deep insight into North Korea, illustrating how the Kim Jong-un regime calculates, balances, and addresses the various key policy challenges it faces. This will be accomplished through the extensive experience of...
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The Future of National Intelligence: How Emerging Technologies Reshape Intelligence CommunitiesNational intelligence agencies have long adjusted to the opportunities and threats from new technologies, and have created structures, concepts, and practices to best apply new capabilities. But such recent technological developments as artificial intelligence are different in kind. Increasingly affordable to nongovernmental actors, they...
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Quantum International Relations: A Human Science for World PoliticsThe contributors to this volume are motivated by a common apprehension and a common hope. The apprehension was first voiced by Einstein, who lamented the inability of humanity, at the individual and social level, to keep up with the increased speed of technological change...
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