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Inside Sudan: Political Islam, Conflict, and Catastrophe
Sudan, governed by an Islamist dictatorship, became a pariah nation among the global community not because of its religious orientation but because of its record of human-rights abuses and its fostering of notorious international terrorists. As …
Whose Trade Organization?: Corporate Globalization and the Erosion of Democracy
Just what are all those protesters so upset about, anyway? This book is a quick, accurate, well-composed tome examining the effects of the WTO on developing countries' poverty, health care, natural resources, and human rights.
Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network That Is Rattling Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism
The objective of this book is to shed light on the background of the Al-Jazeera network, how it started, how it operates, and its implications for the future of news broadcasting in the Middle East and its struggle for public opinion in the Arab …
United States Policy Toward the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide
This comprehensive analysis of American policy toward the Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide focuses on the important role big business played in keeping the United States from more actively opposing the genocide, despite broad public …
Japan's Reluctant Realism: Foreign Policy Challenges in an Era of Uncertain Power
Has Japanese foreign policy changed in the post-Cold War era? On the surface, it appears to have been quite consistent since the end of World War II. It has stressed the US-Japanese security alliance, the use of economic tools, and constraints on …
Colombia and the United States: War, Unrest, and Destabilization
Every year, the United States spends millions of dollars to help the war—ravaged country of Colombia. But help it with what? In "Colombia & the United States," Mario A. Murillo and Jesus Avirama explores the devastating impact that misdirected U…
Longitudes & Attitudes: Should be Exploring The World before & After September 11
This title brings together reportage and reflections on the state of the world leading up to and after September 11, 2001. Thomas Friedman gives voice to our awakening sense of a radically new world and our own complex place in it.
comprehensive view of the UN Security Council both internally and as a key player in world politics.
Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth
This guide seeks to meet the need, often expressed in the 1990s, for an assessment of the Commonwealth. It highlights critical questions of balance that have emerged between the relative roles of governments and official agencies, voluntary …
The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royalty, Fundamentalism, and Global Power
Arab American scholar As' Ad Abukhalil examines Saudi society, its history, religion, and ethnic tribalism, and the shared interests, tensions, and contradictions inherent in U.S.-Saudi relations.
The Making of Eu Foreign Policy: The Case of Eastern Europe
"The Making of EU Foreign Policy" argues that there has been a common European Union (EU) foreign policy towards six countries of Eastern Europe—Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia—and analyses why the EU has agreed to …
State Sovereignty: Concept, Phenomenon and Ramifications
This thought-provoking book explores the gap between seeing sovereignty as either absolute or relative, arguing that state sovereignty is both factual and judicial and that the "loss" of sovereignty exists only at the margins of the …
Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth
This lucid guide meets the need for an up-to-date assessment of the contemporary Commonwealth. It has a succinct section on its historical background and gives attention to symbols and to the People's Commonwealth of voluntary organizations, …
The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy
This is a major new introduction to, and interpretation and reassessment of, the nature of foreign policy in the light of changing political conditions, international and domestic. It argues that despite the forces of globalization, foreign …
Authority and Markets: Susan Strange's Writings on International Political Economy
Susan Strange was one of the pioneers of the modern study of international political economy and had a major impact on the way we now understand the global political economy. Always thoughtful and accessible, often contentious, sometimes highly …
Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939
E. H. Carr's classic work on international relations, published in 1939, was immediately recognized by friend and foe alike as a defining work. The author was one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the 20th century. The …
In this book Geoff Simons describes the US conflicts with Iraq in the broad context of regional politics and American objectives. He profiles the long American war on Iraq with a unique focus on the sanctions regime, the bombing campaign, US …
The second edition of this very successful textbook updates and expands its coverage of the many facets of life in Europe in the new century. It retains the strengths of the first edition with its focus on both East and West but expands its …
Development Theory and Practice: Critical Perspectives
This text provides a critical assessment of dominant features of development theory and practice in such areas as globalization, governance, social development, participation, feminism and postcolonialism, civil society, environment, and …
Facing North, Volume 2: 1970s to 2000
Australian-Asian relations from the 1970s to 2000 are chronicled in this second volume in the Facing North series. Utilizing extensive official government sources and private collections from ministers and public servants, this volume explores …
Present Dangers: Crisis and Opportunity in American Foreign and Defense Policy
In this book Robert Kagan and William Kristol have compiled twelve provocative and sobering essays from intellectuals, historians and policy-makers that challenge America to take a hard look at the coming crises in our foreign policy. It makes a …
Bush in Babylon: The Recolonisation of Iraq
In this passionate and provocative book, Ali provides a history of Iraqi resistance against empires old and new, and argues against the view that sees imperialist occupation as the only viable solution to bring about regime-change in corrupt and …
Women, Democracy, and Globalization in North America: A Comparative Study
This book examines the impact of globalization upon Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It investigates changes in the structures and practices of federalism, in public policies and practices of governance and politics, and in economic …
Understanding Global Environmental Politics: Domination, Accumulation, Resistance
This book develops a new, critical approach to global environmental politics. Instead of simply advocating the construction of new international institutions to respond to such challenges, it argues that the construction of alternative social and …
penetrating and comprehensive analysis of the history of migration and refugees from a leading expert in the field.
Beneath the millennial shine of political optimism and technological advance lurk a set of deepuncertainties: global inequality is growing; weapons of mass destruction are spreading; strident assertions of identity divide peoples and states. …
North Korea South Korea: U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis
"North Korea/South Korea" is a short, accessible book about the history and politics of the Korean peninsula, with a focus on the U.S. presence. The first of four sections is a snapshot of the status quo. The second section establishes a …
The Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology
In this, the first full-length study of the Directorate of Science and Technology, Richelson walks readers down the corridors of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, and through the four decades of science, scientists, and managers that …
Like all professions, diplomacy has spawned its own specialized terminology, and it is this lexicon which provides "A Dictionary of Diplomacy"'s thematic spine. However, the dictionary also includes entries on legal terms, political events, …
Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East
Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the region, Khalidi examines the record of Western involvement in the Middle East and analyzes the likely outcome of our most recent incursions.