International Relations (all books)

Piecing a Democratic Quilt? Regional Organizations and Universal Norms
Edward McMahon and Scott Baker

Providing essential analysis and insights, Edward McMahon and Scott Baker assess the various approaches that regional organizations have been developing to promote their member- states'    More >

Pivotal Poland: Europe's Rising Power
Janusz Bugajski

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine precipitated a tectonic shift in European security dynamics, ending a relatively peaceful post–Cold War phase and moving the epicenter of    More >

Players and Issues in International Aid
Paula Hoy

Paula Hoy provides a one-stop source of vital information on the politics, players, and issues surrounding international development assistance.    More >

Political Identity and African Foreign Policies
John F. Clark, editor

Although all African states suffer the same peripheral status in world politics, they display variation in their foreign policies. How can we account for this variation? What role, if any,    More >

Politics and Process at the United Nations: The Global Dance
Courtney B. Smith

How does the United Nations actually work? How does it reconcile the diverse interests of 191 sovereign member states—plus those of the multinational corporations that lobby it, the    More >

Politics of Illusion: The Bay of Pigs Invasion Reexamined
James G. Blight and Peter Kornbluh, editors

The defeat of the attempted April 1961 invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (Playa Giron) was one of the worst foreign–policy disasters in U.S. history. Since then, explanations of the    More >

Postconflict Development: Meeting New Challenges
Gerd Junne and Willemijn Verkoren, editors

With the proliferation of civil wars since the end of the Cold War, many developing countries now exist in a "postconflict" environment, posing enormous development challenges for    More >

Postconflict Elections, Democratization, and International Assistance
Krishna Kumar, editor

On the Humanitarian Times list of the Top Ten Books of 1998! With the resolution of intrastate conflicts in Africa, Central America, and Southeast Asia, and with new hope for the peaceful    More >

Poststructuralism and International Relations: Bringing the Political Back In
Jenny Edkins

Offering a sophisticated introduction to the major post­structuralist thinkers, this book shows how Fou­cault, Derrida, Lacan, and Žižek expose the depoliticization found in    More >

Power and Security in Northeast Asia: Shifting Strategies
Byung-Kook Kim and Anthony Jones, editors

As China's influence rises and the US attempts to retain its primacy in Northeast Asia, the countries of the region are reconsidering their own security needs—and availing    More >

Power Sharing and Power Relations After Civil War
Caroline A. Hartzell and Andreas Mehler, eds.

There are numerous studies on the role of power-sharing agreements in the maintenance of peace in postconflict states. Less explored, however, is the impact of power sharing on the quality    More >

Profiting from Peace: Managing the Resource Dimensions of Civil War
Karen Ballentine and Heiko Nitzschke, editors

Providing both a means and a motive for armed conflict, the continued access of combatants in contemporary civil wars to lucrative natural resources has often served to counter the    More >

Prohibiting Chemical and Biological Weapons: Multilateral Regimes and Their Evolution
Alexander Kelle

Whether in the arsenals of states or of terrorist groups, chemical and biological weapons (CBW) are increasingly seen as one of the major threats to global security. Alexander Kelle provides    More >

Promises Not Kept: Poverty and the Betrayal of Third World Development, 7th edition
John Isbister

The seventh edition of this perennial favorite includes discussions of major initiatives such as the Millennium Development Goals, changes in international politics and approaches to global    More >

Promoting Authoritarianism Abroad
Rachel Vanderhill

Recent years have seen efforts by several states to promote authoritarianism abroad, garnering the attention of foreign policy analysts—and raising a number of questions. What    More >

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