Diplomacy

Jihwan Hwang analyzes Pyongyangs nuclear policy changes over the last three decades under Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un. Why did a weake...

Within the span of a generation, Nazi Germanys former capital, Berlin, found a new role as a symbol of freedom and resilient democracy in the Cold ...

Focusing on the character and personality of Menachem Begin, Gerald Steinberg and Ziv Rubinovitz offer a new look into the peace negotiations betwe...

Between 1956 and 1963, the United Nations grappled with the Hungarian question; namely, what it should do about the events and aftermath of the cou...

Between 1956 and 1963, the United Nations grappled with the Hungarian question; namely, what it should do about the events and aftermath of the cou...

In 1997, the smooth handover of Hong Kong between China and the United Kingdom defied pessimistic predictions about Hong Kong's future. The success...

Germany's unification in October 1990 was one of the most momentous events in modern European history and world politics since the end of World War...

Since the turn of the century bilateral trade between China and Latin America has increased by more than a factor of ten. In 2000, two-way trade st...

This book analyzes major human security threats in the MENA region, including food, water, energy, climate, and health security. It also examines s...

This series of original case studies, focusing on the proceedings and wider diplomatic significance of lavish banquets held across the period at ic...

Steven Hurst traces the development of the Iranian nuclear weapon crisis across its historical context: from the conception of Iran's nuclear progr...

Now in its tenth year, the US-led military campaign in Afghanistan continues with no foreseeable end in sight. Ending Obama's War is intended to he...

A fresh reappraisal of Japans relationship with the United States, which reveals how the Cold War shaped Japan and transformed Americas understandi...

With China's global ascendancy, Chinese foreign policy has become a popular area of studies for scholars around the world. Rather than simply contr...

In the first edition (2010), Zhiqun Zhu examined the rationale and strategies of Chinas new multi-directional diplomacy since the early 1990s and a...

This book is about the European health spas of the nineteenth century: what they were, how they operated, what life was like there and how their fu...

The collection brings together scholars from Public Policy and Foreign Policy to address the theme of policy fiascos. So far research on failure an...

This volume discusses the entry of Greece and Turkey to NATO in 1952 from the perspective of history and international relations. The chapters were...

Steamship Nationalism is a cultural, social, and political history of the S.S. Imperator, Vaterland, and Bismarck. Transatlantic passenger steamshi...

This book is only a preliminary study of the question of democratic control, which is now being eagerly discussed in all parts of the country. The ...

This comprehensive collection offers a concise introduction to the institutional framework of the Holy See, conceptualizing papal agency and positi...

If the growing demand for global governance breathed new life into the established G7/8 and the more recent G20, it raised questions about the evol...

This is the first introduction to the United Nation's activities during the Cold War period. It combines a history of the UN with a broader account...

If the growing demand for global governance breathed new life into the established G7/8 and the more recent G20, it raised questions about the evol...

Decolonisation and Regional Geopolitics argues that as much as the Congo crisis (1960-1965) was a Cold War battleground, so too was it a battlegrou...

The question of why countries give aid and assistance to other countries has long been a topic of debate- is it altruism, or selfishness? The assum...