(Hardback)

In the wake of the Taliban nightmare, Afghanistan must tackle serious problems before it can emerge as a confident, independent nation. Security in this battered state continues to deteriorate; suicide bombings, convoy ambushes, and insurgent attacks are all too common.

(Hardback)

The explosive, behind-the-scenes story of Donald Trump's high-stakes confrontation with Beijing, from an award-winning Washington Post columnist and peerless observer of the U.S.-China relationship

(Hardback)

Every country must make choices about foreign policy and national security. Sometimes those choices turn out to have been the correct ones, other times not. In this insider's account, Shivshankar Menon describes some of the most crucial decisions India has faced during his long career in government - and how key personalities often had to make choices based on incomplete information.

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(Paperback)

When Elephants Fight describes the emergence and the nature of the prevailing political and economic institutions of Africa for two distinct periods. It illustrates how two important, region-wide shifts in African political and economic institutions and practices are related to global geopolitical realignments.

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This volume presents the reader with a comprehensive account of the development of shale oil and gas reserves globally. This study provides a comparative perspective that enables readers to situate the unique US experience in a broader global context and appreciate the limitations of reproducing it elsewhere in the immediate future.

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(Paperback, Main)

No one outside the intelligence services knows more about their culture than Thomas Powers. In this book he tells stories of shadowy successes, ghastly failures, and, more often, gripping uncertainties.

(Hardback, 2nd ed. 2002)

This introductory text outlines key theories, approaches and controversies and shows how they relate to the realities of the international system including such contemporary challenges like environmental degradation as well as the more traditional concerns of violence and war, poverty and inequality.

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(Hardback, 2nd edition)

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This ethnographic volume features fresh research by junior scholars of contemporary Kurdish studies. The contributions are assembled around four themes: womens participation, paramilitary, space, and infrapolitics of resistance.

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From the bestselling author of BREXIT comes a personal and passionate plea for voting 'Remain' on 23rd June. Denis MacShane, former Minister for Europe, is alarmed that the referendum debate so far has been too polite, too restrained. Now is the time for the gloves to come off, he insists.The result is a small book with a hugely important message.

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This book explores the domestic and international relations of countries in the Middle East and North Africa using the focus of ideas and repeat interactions employed by constructivism. This book incorporates rich history and analyses of political trends and figures of the region to develop a deeper understanding of Middle East politics.

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Building upon cases of the United States, South Africa, and Malta, this book examines issues of migration in the early twenty-first century. It explores dynamics of opposition to and acceptance of migrants and refugees as nations continue to experience cycles of human movement.

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This book examines the history and politics of modern Greece from the early nineteenth century to the present. It also considers the relationship between Greeks in Greece and the Greeks of the diaspora in the United States, and explores how this relationship has affected developments in Greece.

(Hardback, Third Edition)

This book seeks, in concrete historical terms, to deal with the issue of constraining war on the basis of moral principles as found in Just War Theory. As the book makes clear, this theory has its roots in transcultural experiences, concepts, and principles.

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(Hardback)

This book looks at critical regional topics, such as the conflicts in Moldova, Crimea, Georgia, and South Ossetia and compares the countries energy politics.

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(Hardback)

By studying the actions of the rising powers in relation to the ArabIsraeli conflict since 1947, this book identifies active and passive approaches to conflict management. Through them, this book examines the extent to which these actions help or hinder aspirations to greater global influence.

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This book deals with the current Arctic policy of Russia in its domestic and foreign dimensions in global epoch. It offers the first comprehensive examination of Russia's arctic interests, approaches, and strategy in different areas: from political issues to social policy, and main difficulties and challenges in the modern Russian Arctic.