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The China Race

An analysis of the China Race—the global competition for leadership and world order between the US-led West and the People's Republic of China.

Negotiation Dynamics to Denuclearize North Korea

Comprehensive examination of the goals, strategies, and motives of the six parties involved in North Korea denuclearization talks through the lens of negotiation theory.

China and Its Small Neighbors

Analyzes the nature, processes, and political consequences of the asymmetrical relationships between China and its six small neighbors in Asia.

Technologies of Human Rights Representation

Analyzes the effects of new technologies on human rights, with a particular focus on how representations of technology affect our ability to understand and control it.

Empire Imagined

Examines the deep roots of the American way of war.

From Pariah to Priority

Incorporates a unique diplomatic, insider perspective to explain the unexpected incorporation of LGBTI rights into American and Swedish foreign policies.

The Dialectics of Global Justice

Draws on Marx and the first-generation Frankfurt School to make the case that cosmopolitanism must become a postcapitalist political theory.

Post-Chineseness

Analyzes international and cultural relationships informed by "China," a category that is becoming ever more indispensable and yet unstable in everyday narratives.

Cosmopolitan Belongingness and War

Offers a cosmopolitan account of war that blends sharp inquiry into interspecies politics with original poetry on animals, loss, and war.

Vera and the Ambassador

A behind-the-scenes look at diplomacy and international relations in post-communist Eastern Europe.

The International Dimension of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Analyzes the Israel-Palestinian conflict by looking at its interactions with seven regional and global powers and the way the conflict is framed at the international level.

Complex Effects of International Relations

Identifies the many ways in which unexpected outcomes are endemic to international relations due to the complexity of world politics.

Fight to Live, Live to Fight

Examines US foreign and domestic policy through the narratives of post-9/11 US military veterans and the activism they are engaged in.

Tools of War, Tools of State

Examines why many governments, rebels, and terrorist organizations are using children as soldiers.

NATO's Durability in a Post-Cold War World

Examines how NATO has adapted and endured after the end of the Cold War, transforming itself to deal with a host of new security challenges.

Energy, the Modern State, and the American World System

Examines political authority in the modern era as a function of specific energy politics.

The China Order

Examines the rising power of China and Chinese foreign policy through a revisionist analysis of Chinese civilization.

Because We Are Human

Offers a complete empirical account of US government programs, policies, and interventions outside the United States on behalf of the human rights of LGBTQ people.

Partnership within Hierarchy

Examines intra-alliance politics between the United States, Japan, and South Korea.

Flash Points

A compelling, intimate account of how US foreign assistance in war zones and developing countries does not achieve its intended goals.

Just War and Human Rights

Discusses how just war theory needs to be revised to better secure and respect human rights.

Selling War, Selling Hope

Details how presidents utilize mass media to justify foreign policy objectives in the aftermath of 9/11.

World Politics at the Edge of Chaos

Comprehensive overview of the inroads made by Complexity Thinking approaches and ideas in the study and practice of world politics.

The Rise of Global Health

Chronicles the expanding global effort to confront public health challenges.

Japanese Diplomacy

Groundbreaking study demonstrating how Japan's leaders play an important role in diplomacy.

Defending Women's Rights in Europe

Comparative analysis of gender equality reforms enacted in ten post-communist states who became members of the European Union.

Why Hawks Become Doves

By Guy Ziv
Subjects: Area Studies

Investigates how leaders’ personalities shape important foreign policy shifts.

Outsmarting Apartheid

Edited by Daniel Whitman
Introduction by Daniel Whitman
Assisted by Kari Jaksa
Subjects: Politics And Law

Inspiring oral history of the impact of cultural and educational exchange between South Africa and the United States during apartheid.

Civilizing Globalization, Revised and Expanded Edition

Discusses the many facets of globalization and its feasible reform in easy-to-understand language.

Complexity Science and World Affairs

Applies complexity science to the study of international politics.

The Courtiers of Civilization

Comprehensive study of the diplomat and the diplomatic mission in Western civilization.

Shaping Gender Policy in Turkey

Timely analysis of the ways in which women grassroots activists, the European Union, and the Turkish state are involved in shaping gender policies in Turkey.

Energy and the Politics of the North Atlantic

Documents how energy resource acquisition has been the driving motivator for European and American international relations.

Issues in Military Ethics

By Martin L. Cook
Subjects: Philosophy

Reflections on, and analysis of, ethical issues facing military service in the United States.

Imagining Russia

A bold work of feminist international relations that contributes to our understanding of the gendered, racialized, and heteronormative dynamics of U.S. foreign policy, both in relations with Russia and in the invasion of Iraq.

Global Governance, Global Government

Edited by Luis Cabrera
Subjects: Politics And Law

Puts commentators on Global government in conversation about their often provocative global institutional visions.

Nixon and Israel

New insights into the cementing of the American-Israeli relationship during the Nixon years.

Engagement with North Korea

Examines how and why nations have persuaded North Korea to cooperate on topics such as nuclear policy.

Waging Humanitarian War

Examines the ethical, legal, and political dimensions of military intervention for humanitarian reasons.

Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations

A comprehensive history of bilateral relations between the Netherlands and the United States.

The United Nations Security Council in the 1990s

An insider’s account of the UN Security Council in the years immediately after the end of the Cold War.

Freshwater Resources and Interstate Cooperation

Examines state cooperation over increasingly scarce water resources.

China and the International System, 1840-1949

By David Scott
Subjects: History

Examines the images, hopes, and fears that were evoked during China’s century-long subservience to external powers.

Who Gets What?

Examines the domestic constraints negotiators operate under when nations seek to cooperate.

When Leaders Learn and When They Don't

Develops a new and dynamic theory of foreign policy decision making and experiential learning.

Carnegie's Model Republic

By A. S. Eisenstadt
Subjects: History

Examines Carnegie’s book Triumphant Democracy and his efforts to promote closer ties between America and Britain.

Global Capitalism, Democracy, and Civil-Military Relations in Colombia

Explores the connections between globalization and democratization in Colombia.

Complexity in World Politics

Demonstrates that world politics is more complex than conventional models can account for.

Globalization and the Environment

Examines how globalization and the environment are connected issues.

Puerto Rico under Colonial Rule

Essays on human rights in Puerto Rico during the twentieth century.

Institutions and the Politics of Survival in Jordan

Explains how the Jordanian monarchy has survived economic crisis and regional political instability.

Globalizing Interests

Examines how national interest groups respond to the international pressures of globalization.

Protecting Our Environment

Examines how the European Union has handled environmental protection issues.

International Regimes for the Final Frontier

Examines the negotiations between nations that lead to international agreements regulating human activity in outer space.

The International Self

Uses a social-psychoanalytic model to argue that collective identity shapes foreign policy changes.

Identity and Institutions

Explores the role of international institutions in reducing conflict in multiethnic societies.

Mediating Globalization

Argues that institutional context drives economic globalization in the United States and Britain.

Globalization, Security, and the Nation State

Explores the impact of globalization on the conduct of international affairs.

Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Civil Society

Examines the growing power of nongovernmental organizations by looking at UN World Conferences.

United We Stand?

Argues that leaders sometimes promote international conflicts to keep their own military politically divided.

Imperialism and Internationalism in the Discipline of International Relations

Essays on the early disciplinary history of international relations.

Ozone Depletion and Climate Change

A path-breaking look at the international response to ozone depletion and climate change.

The Watchman Fell Asleep

Examines how Israel was caught by surprise in the opening stages of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

International Relations under Risk

Argues that international relations ought to be anchored in realistic models of human decision making.

The Moral Warrior

Explores the moral dimensions of the current global role of the U.S. military.

Democratizing Global Politics

Argues that international institutions are becoming increasingly democratized.

What Moves Man

A critical look at the image of human nature that underlies the realist theory of international relations.

Political Space

Applies the concept of space to international relations to arrive at novel interpretations.

Information Technologies and Global Politics

Examines how information technologies may be shifting power and authority away from the state.

Why Movements Matter

Details the West German peace movement's impact on German, U. S., and NATO politics and security dynamics in the 1980s.

Counter-Hegemony and Foreign Policy

Argues that marginalized states and peoples are capable of initiating their own foreign policy agendas.

International Relations--Still an American Social Science?

Challenges the parochialism and "Americanization" of the field of International Relations.

Beyond Boundaries?

Presents a constructively critical reappraisal of the boundaries that define the social scientific analysis of international life.

Pondering Postinternationalism

Notable scholars explore James Rosenau's postinternational paradigm--an alternative view to traditional international relations.

After Authority

This book examines the troubled modern nation–state and reflects on the “end” of authority, sovereignty, and national security, and the implications of that end in the coming decades.

Approaches to Global Governance Theory

Showcases diverse theoretical approaches in the emerging area of global governance.

Contested Grounds

Presents diverse views on the relationship between environmental politics and international security.

Political Parties and the Collapse of the Old Orders

Addresses the altered states of political parties and politics in the post-Cold War era.

Global Civil Society and Global Environmental Governance

Explores the growing role of global civil society and local environmental activism in the management and protection of the environment worldwide.

Taking Suffering Seriously

Examines the evolution of collective human rights in international relations and argues that the concept of human rights must integrate group rights based on race/ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality.

Regional Security Regimes

This book shows that as Israel is gradually being accepted by the Arab world, pure security considerations are becoming more important in the Arab-Israeli relationship, and "security regimes" between Israel and neighboring countries can foster moderation and cooperation.

Overcoming Obstacles in Environmental Policymaking

This book examines why policies and laws intended to protect the environment often do not work. In particular, Gamman addresses the fundamental reasons why efforts to protect natural resources in the ...

Morality among Nations

Morality among Nations, a rejoinder to Hans Morgenthau's Politics among Nations, offers a pathbreaking synthesis of sociobiology and international relations theory. It shows that two different moralities ...

Conflict and Peace in the Modern International System

This book is an important contribution to the understanding of conflict and peace in the modern world, and to the continuous debate about the best methods to avoid and limit wars. This revised edition ...

Nuclear Weapons

This is a clear, non-technical and comprehensive study of nuclear strategy and the balance of power. The book is intended for both supporters and opponents of nuclear deterrence—indeed for all who believe ...