International Relations
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Middle Class Shanghai: Reshaping U.S.-China EngagementThe United States may be headed toward a disastrous conflict with China unless Washington updates its understanding of contemporary Chinese societyAfter four decades of engagement, the United States and China now appear to be locked on a collision course that has already fomented a...
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The Arab Nationalist Advisor: Yusuf Yassin of Saudi ArabiaShaykh Yusuf Yassin (1892-1962) marked the contemporary history of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in his capacity as a favorite advisor who was the founder monarchs confidential secretary, relentless envoy and chief foreign policy consultant. Born in Latakiyyah, Syria, Yassin earned the confidence of...
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Beef, Bible and bullets: Brazil in the Age of BolsonaroBacked by Brazil's wealthy agribusiness groups, a growing evangelical movement, and an emboldened military and police force, Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019. Driven by the former army captain's brand of controversial, aggressive rhetoric, the divisive presidential campaign saw fake news and misinformation shared...
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Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third WorldFar from always having been an isolated nation and a pariah state in the international community, North Korea exercised significant influence among Third World nations during the Cold War era. With one foot in the socialist Second World and the other in the anticolonial...
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Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels"An eye-opening and riveting account of how guns make it into the black market and into the hands of criminals and drug lords." -Adam Winkler From the author of El Narco and winner of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize, a searing investigation into the...
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The Emperor's New Road: China and the Project of the CenturyA prominent authority on China's Belt and Road Initiative reveals the global risks lurking within Beijing's project of the century "A reality check on Beijing's global infrastructure project."--Peter Neville-Hadley, South China Morning Post "For all the hype and hand-wringing over how the Belt and...
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The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy Versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the U.S. and ChinaThe United States of America has been the most powerful country in the world for over seventy years, but recently the U.S. National Security Strategy declared that the return of great power competition with Russia and China is the greatest threat to U.S. national...
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Democracy Without Journalism?: Confronting the Misinformation SocietyAs local media institutions collapse and news deserts sprout up across the country, the US is facing a profound journalism crisis. Meanwhile, continuous revelations about the role that major media outlets--from Facebook to Fox News--play in the spread of misinformation have exposed deep pathologies...
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Global Politics: Applying Theory to a Complex WorldThe world is becoming an ever smaller place--through globalization, finance and economics, technology, media, and the many global issues that transcend borders. As a result, undergraduates studying Global Politics and International Relations need a more integrated, applied, and practical approach for making sense of...
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British Foreign Policy, 1919-1939Provides students with a clear narrative overview of the period which will enable them to form critical opinions. Introduces students to the historical controversies of the period and communicates the results of recent specialist studies to a student readership in an easily understood manner....
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Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S.-Saudi ConnectionThe diminutive co-founder of Code Pink has become famous for fearlessly tackling head-on subjects the left and right studiously avoid. Sometimes, she does so in person--as at President Obama's speech at the National Defense College, or in Egypt, where she was assaulted by police....
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Crossing the Line: Australia's Secret History in the Timor SeaFor fifty years, Australia has schemed to deny East Timor billions of dollars of oil and gas wealth.With explosive new research and access to never-before- seen documents, Kim McGrath tells the story of Australia's secret agenda in the Timor Sea, exposing the ruthlessness of...
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Alternatives to Appeasement: Neville Chamberlain and Hitler's GermanyNeville Chamberlain's policy of appeasing Hitler's Germany has been widely condemned. However, historians (and politicians) have been divided about the viability of alternative courses of action. Andrew David Stedman here charts the origins, development and viability of the various alternatives to Chamberlain's policy of...
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Should the West Engage Putin's Russia?: The Munk DebatesHow should the West deal with Putin's Russia? For the U.S. and some European powers the answer is obvious: isolate Russia with punishing economic sanctions, remove it from global institutions such as the G8, and arm the nations directly threatened by Putin. In short,...
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Empire of ChaosFrom Syria and Iraq to Ukraine, from AfPak to Libya, from Iran to Russia, and from the Persian Gulf to China, foreign correspondent Pepe Escobar, author of The Roving Eye column for Asia Times/Hong Kong, crisscrosses what the Pentagon calls the "arc of instability."...
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The Coup: 1953, the Cia, and the Roots of Modern U.S.-Iranian RelationsAn "absorbing" account of the CIA's 1953 coup in Iran--essential reading for anyone concerned about Iran's role in the world today (Harper's Magazine). In August 1953, the Central Intelligence Agency orchestrated the swift overthrow of Iran's democratically elected leader and installed Muhammad Reza Shah...
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The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the EastFor centuries, the Asians (Chinese, Indians, Muslims, and others) have been bystanders in world history. Now they are ready to become co-drivers. Asians have finally understood, absorbed, and implemented Western best practices in many areas: from free-market economics to modern science and technology, from...
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George Soros on GlobalizationNever before have we stood to gain or lose as much from understanding the international economy. Scandals plague the world's largest corporations, the American trade deficit has soared to historic heights, and international organizations from the World Bank to the WTO are accused of...
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Race to Revolution: The U.S. and Cuba During Slavery and Jim CrowThe histories of Cuba and the United States are tightly intertwinedand have been for at least two centuries. In Race to Revolution, historian Gerald Horne examines a critical relationship betweenthe two countries by tracing out the typically overlooked interconnectionsamong slavery, Jim Crow, and revolution....
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Zapatista Encuentro: Documents from the 1996 Encounter for Humanity and Against NeoliberalismWhy is everyone so quiet? Is this the democracy you wanted? So ask the Zapatistas, the group of indigenous Mexicans who, on January 1, 1994, mounted a rebellion against the implementation of NAFTA, political corruption, and the slow, unreported genocide of indigenous people worldwide....
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