International Relations

This book examines the foreign and security policies adopted by China and Japan since the 1970s in their competition over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea. It charts the development of a dispute that has become a potential flashpoint for conflict between the two countries...

The Colonial Art of Demonizing Others examines European mistranslations and misrepresentations of black freedom dreams and self-activity as monstrous in the period of modern imperial consolidation –roughly from 1750 to 1848. _x000D_ This book argues that Europe’s archives of self-understanding are h..

While the European Union and the Commonwealth are very different organisations, enhanced strategic dialogue between them would be a valuable advantage for both their member states and their citizens. Focusing on soft power, development, humanitarianism and modes of intervention, the authors of this ..

_x005F_x000D_ The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations provides an introduction to the philosophy of science issues and their implications for the study of global politics...

Irregular migration has emerged as an issue of intensive political debate and governmental practice over recent years. _x000D_ _x000D_ Critically intervening in debates around the governing of irregular migration, The Contested Politics of Mobility explores the politics of mobility through what is d..

The Caspian Basin region has boomed since the late 1990s due to new oil discoveries, new pipelines that have diversified countries' transport options and world oil prices that have risen from below ten dollars in 1998 to seventy dollars in 2006. This book analyzes the experience of the Caspian count..

Environmental issues and questions of global change are now firmly established on the international political agenda. This volume provides a wide ranging survey of the treatment of environmental issues on international relations...

This uniquely comprehensive study explains how international societies function across time, starting by examining the ancient state systems before turning to look in detail at the current worldwide international society. In this reissue, a new introduction by Barry Buzan and Richard Little contextu..

This uniquely comprehensive study explains how international societies function across time, starting by examining the ancient state systems before turning to look in detail at the current worldwide international society. In this reissue, a new introduction by Barry Buzan and Richard Little contextu..

The volume offers a theoretical and empirical analysis of the dynamics that characterise the relationship between the US and the EU when it comes to crucial issues such as democracy-promotion, political Islam and economic reforms._x000D_ This book was previously published as a special issue of the J..

The volume offers a theoretical and empirical analysis of the dynamics that characterise the relationship between the US and the EU when it comes to crucial issues such as democracy-promotion, political Islam and economic reforms._x005F_x000D_ This book was previously published as a special issue of..

This book seeks to detail the origins, structure, workings and activities of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and its development over the last nine years...