Diplomacy

The first Vietnam War, a war of diplomatic maneuver and decisions made from afar, began in 1941, while the fires of World War II raged. With master...

China will achieve a position of paramount importance in the world economy and the global political order in years to come; yet, the United States ...

For decades after World War II, Japan chose to focus on soft power and economic diplomacy alongside a close alliance with the United States, eschew...

When Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess set off for Britain on a peace mission in May 1941, he launched one of the great mysteries of the Second World War...

When Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess set off for Britain on a peace mission in May 1941, he launched one of the great mysteries of the Second World War...

Offering an alternative and a complement to existing histories of diplomacy, this book discusses change in the form of ‘tipping points’, which it u...

This book examines how intangible aspects of international relations – including identity, memory, representation, and symbolic perception – have h...

Written in a lively and readable style by the world’s leading authority on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and US-European relations, Defens...

Canada at the WTO is the first book devoted to exploring the relationship between the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement process and Can...

The commonly held view that the interests of American business dominated U.S. foreign policy in the Caribbean during the early part of this century...

In August 1938 George F. Kennan was assigned as Secretary of Legation in Prague. After the Germans occupied Czechoslovakia in March 1939, he stayed...

The commonly held view that the interests of American business dominated U.S. foreign policy in the Caribbean during the early part of this century...

During the Cold War, thousands of musicians from the United States traveled the world, sponsored by the U.S. State Department's Cultural Presentati...

Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite...

Relations among the United States, Taiwan, and China challenge policymakers, international relations specialists, and a concerned public to examine...

This new edition of Michael H. Hunt's classic reinterpretation of American diplomatic history includes a preface that reflects on the personal expe...

Although the Chinese and the Vietnamese were Cold War allies in wars against the French and the Americans, their alliance collapsed and they ultima...

Reconceptualises instability in relation to cyberspace Assesses the risks of inadvertent escalation in cyberspace Examines the role of NATO in cyb...

When you play a double game, if you lose… you die.Tasked by General Napoleon Bonaparte with effecting a perilous entry into the fortress convent of...

How do interstate actors negotiate their interests? What do ‘common interests’ look like from their historically and culturally contingent perspect...