"South Korean Engagement Policies and North Korea presents a fresh historical and theoretical exploration of the much-debated question of the Korean divide by examining the impact of engagement on the separated Korean peninsula. The new dynamics and anomalies of inter-Korean rap…
"Regionalism is under stress. The European Union has been challenged by the Eurozone crisis, refugee flows, terrorist attacks, Euroscepticism, and Brexit. In Latin America, regional cooperation has been stagnating. Studying Europe and Latin America within a broader comparative p…
Raymond Taras explains the causal mechanisms propelling three EU states to become engaged in outside conflicts and tells the story of when and why xenophobia at home is converted into xenophobia abroad. Key features: a scholarly investigation into the role that human phobias pla…
This ground-breaking text provides the ideal introduction to the ever-changing field of foreign policy. With an emphasis throughout on grounding theory in empirical examples, the textbook features a section dedicated to relevant and topical case studies where foreign policy anal…
War and Chance analyzes the logic, psychology, and politics of assessing uncertainty in international affairs. It explains how the most important kinds of uncertainty in international politics are inherently subjective, and yet how scholars, practitioners, and pundits can still …
A case study of a multi-ethnic muslim state as well as a contribution to the study of the domestic functions of foreign policy. This book addresses the real and imagined significance of Islam as a force in contemporary global politics.
This major new contribution to the study of international politics provides comprehensive analysis of the concept of "security dilemma," the phrase used to describe mistrust and fear which is often thought to be the inevitable consequence of living in a world of sovereign states…
Henry Kissinger conducted American foreign policy with a distinctive assurance and panache that gave dramatic force to his tenure as secretary of state. His was the shaping hand in decisions that led to detente with the Soviet Union, to opening relations with the People's Republ…
Henry Kissinger conducted American foreign policy with a distinctive assurance and panache that gave dramatic force to his tenure as secretary of state. His was the shaping hand in decisions that led to detente with the Soviet Union, to opening relations with the People's Republ…
Is East Asia heading towards war? This text makes a case for a new theoretical approach (called 'analytical eclecticism' by the authors) to the study of Asian security.
