The contents of this book: 1. Regional Issues an Actors 2. Economics and International Relations 3. Conduct of International Relations 4. The Future and Operations of the Global System
Bilateral diplomacy is a multi-dimensional effort covering the conceptual as well as functional aspects of foriegn relations. It is a serious reference book on diplomacy for the diplomat, the scholar and the media analyst, and most importantly for young students of international relations
This book examines the triangular relationship among the United States, India, and Pakistan over the last fifty years. In her analysis, Tahir-Kheli discusses India and Pakistan's place in the Cold War, regional alliances and alignments of South Asia, disputes within the region, and the prospects of nuclear proliferation.The author argues that the United States must break with its past policy pr…
A group of international contributors critically assess how traditional interpretations of classical political theorists frequently ignore the intellectual and historical context in which they wrote. The essays provide alternative interpretations sensitive to these contexts and the trajectory of their appropriation in the international relations discipline
This book provides an integrated framework for analysis of international politics by linking various approaches of study into a coherent whole. It provides a coherent framework for analysis to a field characterized by a growing number of theories and perspectives. It uses current events as examples to illustrate broader generalizations. There are examples from a variety of geographical contexts…
International Relations as an academic discipline is faced with three major convergent challenges: an historical challenge; an institutional challenge; and a theoretical challenge both from these cognate disciplines and from within. This book reaffirms the specificity of International Relations.
Featuring 150 entries, International Relations: Key Concepts is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs. Comprehensive and up to date, it introduces the most important themes in international relations, with an emphasis on contemporary issues. Entries include diplomacy, global warming, terrorism, human rights, rogue states, loose nukes, United Nations security, arms c…
Featuring over twenty new entries & now in its second edition, this book is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs. Comprehensive and up-to-date, it introduces the most important themes in international relations in the post 9/11 era. M. Griffiths & T. O'Callaghan from Australia
The crisis in the Middle East pro- duced something which may well be described as a diplomatic revolution. It began apparently with an American rebuff to Egypt. It ended with scarcely veiled threats from America to Israel and in midstream it revealed the United States and the Soviet Union in uneasy alliance against Britain and France. It split the fragile unity of the Commonwealth and it led Br…
Contents: 1. The new international era: The curtain goes up 2. America and the world 3. The Soviet union in world politics 4. The new Europe and the alliance 5. The third world: Asia, Africa, Latin America etc.