Diplomacy

In Kissinger and Latin America, Stephen G. Rabe analyzes U.S. policies toward Latin America during a critical period of the Cold War. Except for th...

What is the word for 'peacebuilding' in Arabic? How would you translate 'multilateral negotiations'? This short, accessible vocabulary gives you re...

After a war breaks out, what factors influence the warring parties' decisions about whether to talk to their enemy, and when may their position on ...

In the aftermath of World War I there was furious agitation throughout Islam against the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire. Coupled with the powe...

The idea of peace is always enchanting, for it encompasses the tranquility and serenity for which every human yearns. The nation of Israel has neve...

Energy and water are crucial to development. Bioenergy's water demands are in large part linked with feed stocks such as crops, which in turn has i...

Over the past quarter-century, northern Europe has been transformed. Formerly riven by Cold War divisions, today the region shows that market democ...

Central Asia, a vast region extending from eastern Russia and across Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tukmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgystan, Mongo...

Recent American foreign policy has depended heavily on the use of negative inducements to alter the behavior of other states. From public browbeati...

During the first generation of black participation in U.S. diplomacy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a vibrant community of A...

Winner of the 2013 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title Battleground Africa traces the Congo Crisis from post-World War II decolonization ef...

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At the end of President Barack Obama's second term, it seemed that the U.S. and Cuba might be on track to normalize relations after five decades of...

When and why do powerful countries seek to enact major changes to international order, the broad set of rules that guide behavior in world politics...

The story of how a much-contested legal categorystatelessnesstransformed the international legal order and redefined the relationship between state...

How do established powers react to growing competitors? The United States currently faces a dilemma with regard to China and others over whether to...

Diplomacy is essential to the conduct of foreign policy and international business in the twenty-first century. Yet, few international actors are t...

Are the best international agreements products of mutual understanding? The conventional wisdom in economics, sociology, and political science is t...

Middle East expert Stephen P. Cohen traces U.S. policy in the region from the breakup of the Ottoman Empire to the present. A century ago, there em...

What is the value of diplomacy? How does it affect the course of foreign affairs independent of the distribution of power and foreign policy intere...

Conventional wisdom in Washington in recent years has maintained that the US State Department is dramatically undernourished for the work required ...

Turkey and the West: From Neutrality to Commitment considers the formulation of Turkish foreign policy in the post-Atatürk period of 1938 to 1958 a...

Japan has loomed large in post-war Australian foreign and economic policies. At the regional level, the relationship with Japan has become since th...

Narendra Modis energetic personal diplomacy and promise to make India a leading power surprised many analysts. Most had predicted that his governme...

When American evangelicals flocked to Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe in the late twentieth century to fulfill their Biblical manda...

The Consequences of Humiliation explores the nature of national humiliation and its impact on foreign policy. Joslyn Barnhart demonstrates that Ger...