International Relations

The threat posed by Iran to international peace and security is approaching a crisis. After compiling a thirty-year record as the worlds most activ...

This book discusses the ecology, diversity and environmental impact of Siberia. Chapter One discusses cultural interaction and mutual influence of ...

Japan is a significant partner of the United States in a number of foreign policy areas, particularly in U.S. security priorities, which range from...

This series addresses new developments, issues and U.S. relations with countries around the world. Topics discussed in this compilation include bac...

In this book, the first chapter provides background on the Islamic State organization, discussing its goals, operations, and affiliates, as well as...

Contractors represent over half of the U.S. presence in the contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, at times employing more than a quarter-...

This book examines the broad international support for imposing progressively strict economic sanctions on Iran to try to compel it to verifiably c...

This book analyses the dubious role of the so-called Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement 'Nashi' in contemporary Russia. Part and parcel of the P...

South Africa is a multi-racial, majority black southern African country of nearly 52 million. It held its first universal suffrage elections in 199...

This book provides an overview on the contemporary political system of China, the world''''s second largest economic power, one of five permanent m...

Although Turkey still depends on the United States and other NATO allies for political and strategic support, growing economic diversification and ...

U.S. policy toward the Central Asian states has aimed at facilitating their co-operation with U.S. and NATO stabilisation efforts in Afghanistan an...

Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Since the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship in 1986, Haiti has struggled to over...

Seismic cultural and political shifts are under way in the Arab Gulf monarchies. The political upheavals and transitions that have swept through th...

In this amply illustrated book, Hellman and Rogachevskii tell the fascinating story behind the screen adaptation of one of the most impactful novel...

Bangladesh (the former East Pakistan) is an Islamic-majority nation in South Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, dominated by low-lying riparian zon...

This book discusses research on civil wars. Chapter One focuses on conceptual and methodological grounding of the synergetic approach to mental imm...

The Department of State and the Department of Defense (DOD) have long shared responsibility for U.S. assistance to train, equip, and otherwise enga...

Peru and the United States have a strong and cooperative relationship. Several issues in U.S.-Peruvian relations are likely to be considered in dec...