International Relations

Political corruption in the Caribbean Basin retards state economic growth and development, undermines government legitimacy, and threatens state se...

Memorials are proliferating throughout the globe. States recognize the political value of memorials: memorials can convey national unity, a sense o...

Since the unexpected end of the Cold War, standard arguments about power politics can no longer be adopted uncritically. This has led to a renewed ...

Why are non-state actors sometimes granted participation rights in international organizations? This book argues that IOs, and the states that comp...

The United States and China are arguably the most globally consequential actors of the early twenty first century, and look set to remain so into t...

This edited volume seeks to provide guidance on how we can approach questions of governing and agency—particularly those who endeavour to embark on...

The term ‘urbicide’ became popular during the 1992-95 Bosnian war as a way of referring to widespread and deliberate destruction of the urban envir...

By bringing into dialogue modern systems theory and international relations, this text provides theoretically innovative and empirically rich persp...

This new study shows how environmental issues represent a deep problem in conceptualising the relationship between human beings and nature.This key...

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the European Union is an increasingly dense transnational social and political space. More and more n...

This book is a major and wide-ranging re-assessment of Anglo-American relations in the Middle Eastern context. It analyses the process of ending of...

Volume II of The Official History of the UK Strategic Nuclear Deterrent provides an authoritative and in-depth examination of the British governmen...

This book provides the first comprehensive account of the work of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP), constituted by the Un...

Offering unique coverage of an emerging, interdisciplinary area, this comprehensive handbook examines the theoretical underpinnings and emergent co...

This volume harnesses the virtual explosion of narrative writing in contemporary academic international politics. It comprises a prologue, an epilo...

Shortly after the overwhelming victory of Hamas in the 2006 parliamentary and municipal elections, civil war broke out in the Gaza Strip between me...

Why are some states able to deliver public services to their citizens while others cannot? Why are some states beset by internal conflict that leav...

In March 1968 Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian troops combined forces to respond to Israeli raids into Jordan, provoking visions of new unity a...

In 2008 Ma Ying-jeou was elected President of Taiwan, and the Kuomintang (KMT) returned to power after eight years of rule by the Democratic Progre...

Through an interdisciplinary analytic lens that combines debates emerged in the fields of international relations, political science and sociology,...

This edited volume reconsiders the importance of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki from a post-Cold War perspective. It has been argued that du...

It is widely believed that the state in developing countries is weak. The public sector, in particular, is often regarded as corrupt and dysfunctio...

In March 1968 Palestinian guerrillas and Jordanian troops combined forces to respond to Israeli raids into Jordan, provoking visions of new unity a...

In 2008 Ma Ying-jeou was elected President of Taiwan, and the Kuomintang (KMT) returned to power after eight years of rule by the Democratic Progre...

Can twenty-first century global challenges be met through the limited adaptation of existing political institutions and prevailing systemic norms, ...

The Olympic Games have become the world’s greatest media and marketing event—a global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate ca...

Can twenty-first century global challenges be met through the limited adaptation of existing political institutions and prevailing systemic norms, ...

This book provides a comprehensive insight into one of the key episodes of the Cold War – the process of reconciliation between Yugoslavia and the ...

The US decision not to work through NATO after 9/11 left many European members of the alliance feeling deflated. This decision reflected not only t...

It is widely believed that the state in developing countries is weak. The public sector, in particular, is often regarded as corrupt and dysfunctio...

The US decision not to work through NATO after 9/11 left many European members of the alliance feeling deflated. This decision reflected not only t...

A new and illuminating critical examination of international relations in Europe. This new volume presents all of the state of the art thinking, fo...

This book clarifies some key ideas and practices underlying peacebuilding; understood broadly as formal and informal peace processes that occur dur...

The legitimacy of global institutions which address security challenges is in question. The manner in which they make decisions and the interests t...

The legitimacy of global institutions which address security challenges is in question. The manner in which they make decisions and the interests t...