Perspectives on World Politics has been essential reading for students of international relations since the start of the 1980s. Its focus on three competing perspectives provides a clear and coherent organization of the divergent conceptual tools used to study world politics. Since the first edition was published, however, the orientation of each of the three perspectives has evolved and an imp…
This book gathers a dozen rising scholars and analysts of Indonesian foreign policy to examine the conditions and extent to which “independent and active principle” - first articulated by Vice President Mohammad Hatta in 1948 - has been used and abused in various strategic policy issues. The book launch event aims to introduce this book to the public, especially stakeholders related to the…
This new textbook presents security studies as a branch of international relations theory, providing readers with the critical conceptual tools to develop their expertise. The author evaluates the claims of rival theories- realism, neorealism, liberal institutionalism, classical economic liberalism, and Marxism-to explain why international actors choose or eschew force and coercive threats in o…
The global future introduces you to the field of international relations while providing you with a set of concepts and analytic tools to help you understand contemporary events and emerging global trends. Contents: Part I. Trend and transformation in world politics Part II. The actors in world politics Part III. The politics of global security Part IV. The politics of global welfare Pa…
kegley and wittkopf have responded to the tumultuos changes of the past eighteen months with major revisions in the text of American foreign policy. The fourth edition includes: Discussions of the implications for American foreign policy of the Gorbachev-era reforms in the Soviet Union and the changes in Eastern Europe in particular, the text considers the future of "containment" and shifts …
Berakhirnya perang dingin dan munculnya aktor-aktor negara maupun aktor-aktor bukan negara, membuat Hubungan Internasional semakin kompleks. Pendekatan ekonomi-politik atas analisis persoalan HI mrndapat sorotan khusus.
This book attempts to trace the origin and growth of the concept of non-alignment and how it shaped India's foreign policy. The books purports to analyze the position India enjoys in the Non-Aligned Movement especially after the 'healing touch' provided to the Movement under the leadership of Indira Gandhi, who assumed the chairpersonship of the Movement in the New Delhi Conference.
"This book is centrally concerned with the question of who and what foreign policy is - and should be - for. As such it will be of interest to the informed general reader as well as all those involved in the academic study of international relations."
While India has quietly moved from cold war politics to globalizations, barring China, India's other neighbours are yet to overcome the Cold War mentality. The result is that a section of the ruling elite among India's neighbours perceive things in terms of pressure points vis-a-vis India or try to thrive on anti-India sentiment. This has retarded the growth of healthier relations between India…
Following the agreement made by Prime Minister David Cameron with the EU on 18-19 February 2016, the day for the referendum for the UK to remain in or leave the EU is set for 23 June 2016. This will be the most important decision taken by the British people in half a century, and whose consequences will live on for another half century. The first edition of this book, published in March 2015…