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This work seeks to provide insight into the role that discourse and rhetorical analysis plays in the crucial area of international conflict resolution and diplomatic process. Analyses of situations that have come into play in the United Nations are used as the backdrop to this study.

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This book discusses changes that have taken place in diplomatic institutions and conventions over thousands of years. It analyses these changes in terms of 'tipping points', which it understands as the culmination of long-term trends. -- .

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The seventeen articles in part one of this volume focus on some of the major problems faced by Third World countries, the policy issues posed by the competition between disarmament and development, and offer some guidelines for international disarmament policies.

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The implementation of disarmament requirements imposed by the Security Council after the Second Gulf War established a strong and unequal power relationship between the United Nations and Iraq.

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In June 1994 the United States went to war with North Korea. Leon Sigal offers a look at how the Korean nuclear crisis originated, escalated, and was ultimately defused. He discloses the details of the buildup to confrontation, American refusal to engage in diplomatic give-and-take, the Carter mission, and the diplomatic deal of October 1994.

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A critique of, and re-introduction to, International Relations drawing on critical perspectives in recent social science theory. These perspectives are introduced and applied to the dominant traditions in contemporary IR.

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This study in comparative politics provides a comparison and contrast in the political development of two countries with divergent historical influences--the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.

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Arranged chronologically, 167 documents outline the contours of American foreign policy from The Declaration of Independence to the Kosovo conflict. Included are documents concerning Native American relations, the Monroe doctrine, homesteading, the purchase of Alaska, Chinese immigration, the annexi

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From Croatia and Cambodia, to Nicaragua and Namibia, international personnel have been sent to maintain peace around the world. But does peacekeeping work And if so, how This title answers these questions through the systematic analysis of civil wars that have taken place since the end of the Cold War.

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This book emphasizes the role of the United States in humanitarian intervention and argues that increased American involvement is essential.

Garrett suggests that the American people as a whole may be more prepared to see the United States take an active role in humanitarian intervention than are certain media and government elites.

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A new type of introduction to Politics and International Relations that examines how, why and what we study. Systematic and accessible in its approach, it introduces the analytical toolkits needed to study Politics and IR. The book takes a fully integrated approach to domestic and global politics, incorporating real-world case studies throughout.

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This book explores how elite commitments to cooperate with international organizations can be supplanted by domestic political constraints that materialize in the "post-commitment" ratification process. Eight original case studies of German foreign policy decisions toward European Community and NATO agreements are examined.

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An examination of the Falklands conflict which aims to provide a better understanding of how foreign policy decisions are taken in Europe, as well as adding another dimension to the picture of what happened in those dramatic months of 1982.

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An examination of the Falklands conflict which aims to provide a better understanding of how foreign policy decisions are taken in Europe, as well as adding another dimension to the picture of what happened in those dramatic months of 1982.

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* An entertaining, informative and readable book about the rivalries between Britain and Germany over the last hundred years

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Offers international perspectives on the threats and the peaceful responses to grapple with the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs and the security concerns posed by these two nations. This work includes four essays dedicated to Iran and the five essays focusing on North Korea that examine the potential dangers posed by each country.

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This book explores the efficacy of nuclear diplomacy, the consequences of American nuclear brinkmanship, and the implications of the recent revival of nuclear diplomacy by the Clinton administration in conflicts with non-nuclear adversaries.

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A memoir by a distinguished Australian former diplomat, with a particular focus on the cars he has loved and driven in Australia and his postings in Asia, the Middle East, North and Central America. This makes for an entertaining look at various cultures (their driving behaviour, traffic conditions and road rules) and his career as ambassador.

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The Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War. This book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the communists' decision to build the Wall in 1961. It portrays the different approaches favored by the East Germans and the Soviets to stop the exodus of refugees to West Germany.

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Robert Gates was US Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011 serving under both George Bush and Barack Obama. Before that he was Director of the CIA. This is his candid and revealing account of US military engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan, where Gates oversaw the controversial 'surge' of US troops in both countries.

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This book is an in-depth examination of the relations between Ireland and the former East Germany between the end of the Second World War and the fall of the Berlin Wall.