International Relations (all books)

Seeking Security and Development: The Impact of Military Spending and ArmsTransfers
Norman A. Graham, editor

Do military expenditures retard economic growth and development, enhance the development process, or neither? How effective are military and military-dominated regimes in promoting economic    More >

Shaping German Foreign Policy: History, Memory, and National Interest
Anika Leithner

Reconciling the imperatives of Germany’s national identity and its national interest has been a challenge for the country’s policymakers since the end of the Cold War. Anika    More >

Small States in World Politics: Explaining Foreign Policy Behavior
Jeanne A.K. Hey, editor

Have the changes of the past decade made this an easier or a more difficult world for small states as they pursue their foreign policy goals? To understand the foreign policies of small    More >

South African Foreign Policy Review: Volume 3, Foreign Policy, Change and the Zuma Years
Lesley Masters and Jo-Ansie van Wyk, editors

Spanning the Mbeki and Zuma administrations, this volume of South African Foreign Policy Review explores questions of continuity and change. Among the topics covered are the roles of the    More >

South African Foreign Policy Review: Volume 4, Ramaphosa and a New Dawn for South African Foreign Policy
Lesley Masters, Philani Mthembu, and Jo-Ansie van Wyk, editors

This latest volume of South African Foreign Policy Review assesses South Africa's foreign policy during the presidency of Cyril Ramaphosa. Focusing on such themes as foreign policy    More >

Special Operations: Out of the Shadows
Christopher Marsh, James D. Kiras, and Patricia J. Blocksome, editors

Why have special operations forces become a key strategic tool in the conduct of modern warfare? How do these specially trained and equipped elite units function? What types of missions do    More >

Spectator-Sport War: The West and Contemporary Conflict
Colin McInnes

Following a century dominated by global conflict—and despite the unchanging nature of the human suffering it causes—the nature of war itself, argues Colin McInnes, has been    More >

Strategic Advising in Foreign Assistance: A Practical Guide
Nadia Gerspacher

Though advisers to host governments have become an integral part of foreign-assistance efforts in the realms of both development and peace processes, there has been scant information on how    More >

Strategic Moral Diplomacy: Understanding the Enemy’s Moral Universe
Lyn Boyd-Judson

Is it possible for nations to negotiate in the context of seemingly incompatible moral values? Lyn Boyd-Judson answers yes—and argues that it can be strategically useful, as well as    More >

Strategic Thinking: An Introduction and Farewell
Philip Windsor, edited by Mats Berdal and Spyros Economides

In this, his final book, Philip Windsor explores the emergence, meaning, and significance of the Cold War mentality. Tracing the evolution of strategic thinking from its origins in medieval    More >

Striking Back: Overt and Covert Options to Combat Russian Disinformation
Thomas Kent

Energizing the debate on how best to expose and deal with Russian propaganda and disinformation, Thomas Kent goes beyond suggesting simple defensive measures. Kent not only calls for more    More >

Sudan: The Elusive Quest for Peace
Ruth Iyob and Gilbert M. Khadiagala

The formal division in 2011 of Africa's largest state into two new states—Sudan (the Republic of the Sudan) and South Sudan (the Republic of South Sudan)—was the result of    More >

Superpower on Crusade: The Bush Doctrine in US Foreign Policy
Mel Gurtov

With its emphasis on unilateralism, preemptive attack, and regime change, US foreign policy under George W. Bush continued the longstanding US quest for primacy—but with some radical    More >

Tech Cold War: The Geopolitics of Technology
Ansgar Baums and Nicholas Butts

TikTok, Huawei, semiconductors, AI … Technology has become a field of fierce geopolitical competition, especially between the United States and China. What drives this particular    More >

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: A Comprehensive Introduction to Actors and Actions
Henry Prunckun and Troy Whitford

What is terrorism? How do terrorists operate—what are their means, targets, and motivations? How can governments prevent terrorist attacks from happening? Henry Prunckun and Troy    More >

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