"People around the world are confused and concerned. Is it a sign of strength or of weakness that the US has suddenly shifted from a politics of consensus to one of coercion on the world stage? Closely argued but clearly written, David Harvey, a leading social theorist of his ge…
Economische, politieke en militaire analyse van de landen rond de Indische Oceaan, die volgens de Amerikaanse journalist in de nabije toekomst de toonaangevende rol van de Verenigde Staten zullen overnemen.
by Dobson, Alan P., Marsh, Steve
fromMaking of the contemporary world
"US Foreign Policy since 1945 is an essential and concise introduction to postwar US foreign policy. This book explores the key questions of who makes policy, why, in what style or tradition, under what kinds of democratic control and in what kind of international environment." …
Argues that the origins of the war in Iraq lie more in the ambitions of President Bush than in fear of terrorism or distaste for the Iraqi government's human rights record, and suggests that the war will adversely affect America.
Since its creation, the European Union (EU) has been a participant in the activities of other International Organisations (IOs) or has been working together with them. Still, little information is available on what this long-term involvement with(in) IOs means for International …
"Since 1992--the end of the Cold War - Brazil has been slowly and quietly carving a niche for itself in the international community: that of a regional leader in Latin America. How and why is the subject of Sean Burges's investigations. Under President Fernando Henrique Cardoso,…
Over the last decade there have been major changes in patterns of international defence diplomacy. Defence diplomacy -- peacetime military cooperation and assistance -- has traditionally been used for realpolitik purposes of strengthening allies against common enemies. Since the…
Based on extensive empirical work by a cross-European group of researchers, this book assesses the impact of the creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS) on the national foreign policy-making processes and institutions of the EU member states. As such, the contrib…
Since the end of World War II, Japan has determinately remained outside the current of world events and uninvolved in the processes determining global history and politics. In Japan and the World, distinguished scholars, novelists, and intellectuals articulate how Japan despite …
"Realizing Peace combines three bodies of work that have not previously been integrated. First, it critically examines major episodes of U.S. government engagements in foreign conflicts since the beginning of the Cold War. This includes American engagements in struggles against …
"This book presents a general explanation of how states develop their foreign policy. The theory stands in contrast to most approaches - which assume that states want to maximize security - by assuming that states pursue two things, or goods, through their foreign policy: chang…
Practice of Diplomacy has become established as a classic text in the study of diplomacy. This much-needed second edition is completely reworked and updated throughout and builds on the strengths of the original text with a strong empirical and historical focus. -- Product Descr…
"[This book] analyses Indonesia's foreign policy and international role under the democratic regime, with particular focus on its role as a leader of ASEAN, its relationship with the major powers of the Asia Pacific, and its place in global order of the 21st century"--
