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Drawing extensively on the declassified British archives and Chinese sources, this book explores how Britain and China negotiated for Hong Kong's future, and how Anglo-Chinese relations flourished after 1984. This original study argues that Thatcher was a pragmatic neoliberal, and the British diplomacy of 'educating' China yielded mixed results.

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This book examines the reasons behind the Turkish state's unprecedented recent interest in its diaspora, details new political activism in Europe among the Turkish diaspora and explores how Turkey's growing sway over its overseas population has affected intra-diaspora politics and Turkey's diplomatic relations with Europe.

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The Handbook unravels the relationship between AI, soft power and public diplomacy dealing with conflict, culture, governance, narrative, and theory. With chapters by leading authors in the fields of soft power and public diplomacy, and fresh minds, it will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, practitioners, and policy formulators.

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This book explores the international dimensions of the peace settlement of the Eastern Mediterranean.

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The volume explores the role of soft power in US foreign policy past, present and future. It combines conceptual contributions to soft power research with empirical studies concerning the state and significance of soft power in US foreign affairs across different issue areas and bilateral relations.

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A fascinating study of our difficult relationship with Iran from a former Foreign Secretary.

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A bestselling national security expert delivers a chilling analysis of how Western indecision and apathy made possible the return of brutal Russian expansionism - with catastrophic consequences.

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A longtime columnist for CNN and veteran correspondent for The New York Times and CBS News astutely combineshistory and global politics to help us better understand the explodingnumber of military, political, and diplomatic crises around the globe.

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Transatlantic relationships have enabled NATO and Europe to survive, adapt, grow, and remain strong. They are essential to achieving U.S. national interests in Europe and the rest of the world.

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George W. Bush has launched a revolution in American foreign policy. He has redefined how America engages the world, shedding the constraints that friends, allies, and international institutions impose on its freedom of action.

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After more than a decade of great effort and sacrifice by America and its allies, the Taliban still has not been defeated, and many Afghans believe that a civil war is coming. Aspiration and Ambivalence analyses US and international efforts in Afghanistan and offers detailed recommendations for dealing with the precarious situation leading up to the 2014 transition to Afghan control and beyond.

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Offers an insider's account of Romania's emergence from communist control. Bucharest Diary is filled with firsthand stories, including colorful anecdotes, of the diplomacy, both public and private, that helped Romania recover from four decades of communist rule and, eventually, become a member of both NATO and the European Union.

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An account of an unconventional career in the Foreign Office from the closing months of World War II until towards the end of the Cold War. The realities and flavours of diplomatic life - with all its frustrations, risks and comedy - are interwoven with the local colour of different overseas assignments and of the Foreign Office itself.

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Offers a behind-the-scenes account of the little-known role played by the US embassy in Prague in the collapse of communism in what was then Czechoslovakia. Featuring fifty-two newly declassified diplomatic cables, the book shows how the staff of the embassy worked with dissident groups and negotiated with the communist government.

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In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on embassy life throughout the world.

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A Spanish-language analysis by an Israeli scholar.

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Provides a telling history of one of the most important relationships in the Middle East. This is the first book to tell the remarkable story of the relationship between Jordan and the United States and how their leaders have navigated the dangerous waters of the most volatile region in the world.

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In this important book, Indian strategic analyst Verghese Koithara explains and evaluates India's nuclear force management, encouraging a broad public conversation that may act as a catalyst for positive change before the subcontinent experiences unthinkable carnage.

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Argues that American policymakers must not lose sight of the expansive dynamism and diversity in present-day China. Through multifaceted empirical research, this unique study argues that America's complete decoupling approach toward China will undermine the interests of the United States.

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China's diplomatic strategy has changed dramatically since the mid-1990s, creating both challenges and opportunities for the United States. U.S. policymakers have only just begun to comprehend these critical changes, however, and all too often their China policy has been incoherent.

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Since September 11, the threat of terror gives the failed state problem an immediacy and an importance that transcends its previous humanitarian dimension. With the new implications of state failure for peace and security, preventing nation states from failing, and reviving those that do fail, has become a strategic, as well as moral, imperative.