"This book contains the most comprehensive and critical account available of the evolution of ASEAN's norms and the viability of the ASEAN Way of conflict management. It is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Asian Studies, International Relations and Politics."
The past few years have witnessed a number of remarkable developments in the field of nuclear arms control and non proliferation. The United States and the Soviet Union (now Russia) signed the START I and II agreements, which promised to reduce the nuclear arsenals of the two countries by two-thirds, to approximately 3,000 nuclear warheads each by the year 2003. President Bush's announcement on…
In revising classic works in political science, Longman celebrates the contributions its authors and their research have made to the discipline The Longman Classics in Political Science series honors these authors and their work Providing students with an updated context, each title in the series includes a foreword, written by one of today's top scholars, offering a fresh, in-depth analysis of…
This book comes out of papers and comments presented during the international conference on The Future of the Non-Aligned Movement held by CSIS 16-17 June 1992, and it reflects the interests and aspirations of the participants. The conference was attended by participants from Non-Aligned countries - India, Indonesia, Yugoslavia, Pakistan, Ghana, Cyprus, Malaysia, Vietnam and Egypt.
The disappearance and formation of states and nations after the end of the Cold War have proved puzzling to both theorists and policymakers. Lars-Erik Cederman argues that this lack of conceptual preparation stems from two tendencies in conventional theorizing. First, the dominant focus on cohesive nation-states as the only actors of world politics obscures crucial differences between the state…
This book contains publications about the non-aligned movement in a changing world that show the political, economic and social emancipation of the third non-aligned movement. The sequence of events starting with the unique Bandung Conference, followed by the meetings in Brioni and Cairo, culminated at the 1961 Belgrade Summit which formally started the periodic gatherings of the Heads of State…
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…
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…
"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."
Global Politics: A New Introduction is an innovative new textbook that provides a completely original way of teaching and learning about world politics. The book engages directly with the issues in global politics that students are most interested in, helping them to understand the key questions and theories and also to develop a critical and inquiring perspective.