Many historians have underestimated the significance of interwar internationalism, treating the League of Nations and the efforts of internationalists as idealistic failures in an age that was characterised by international tensions and aggressive nationalisms. Internationalism…
"Economics is business, and politics is power. In this insightful book, David Reisman explores the interaction between authority and exchange in a global village where individual nation states - once the pinnacle of political organisation - increasingly depend on each other for …
Chris Brown has been one of the most influential figures within international relations scholarship in the UK and has made contributions to debates on pluralism, rights, justice and human rights within the field of international political theory. This book collects together many…
Examines momentous changes over the last century which have advanced women's status around the globe. Momentous changes in the relation between women and the state have advanced women's status around the globe. Women were barred from public affairs a century ago, yet almost eve…
This book explores the role of myth in the creation and propagation of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Drawing on records, publications, and speeches from the Declaration's creators as well as current scholarship on human rights, Jenna Reinbold sees the Declarati…
This dissertation examines why states in some water scarce regions of the world are able to cooperate over shared fresh water resources while states in other such regions are continually entangled in political tension and violent conflict. My analysis is based on empirical mater…
Although international violent conflicts are commonly mediated by multiple third parties, relatively little scholarship exists on the phenomenon. This dissertation focuses on four major aspects of multiparty mediation that hitherto have gone unaddressed: the coalition-building p…
I investigate the resilience of authoritarianism in the Arab world in three concentric circles, deepest in the middle, most inclusive on the margins. The most focused and intensively researched circle is Palestine, especially during the first Intifada and after the establishment…
American Protestant missionaries have been active in the Middle East since the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th Century. Their presence has had a notable impact on international relations. Prior to World War I, missionaries were the greatest American interest in the regi…
The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention) was adopted by the General Assembly sixty-five years ago. Following the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust, the Genocide Convention's primary object and purpose was the eradication of…
Secessionist regimes universally seek other States' formal recognition. Indeed, a 'critical mass' of external recognition must be achieved before any secessionist actor is considered a full member of international society. Yet Statesmen often disagree about what distinguishes a …
Much of the literature that has examined transnational actors' attempts to shape states' interests within international institutions portrays the international arena as a level-playing ground. Network theory posits that transnational actors participating in a network are horizon…
