International Relations and Globalisation in the 21st Century
Extensively revised, the third edition of World Politics: International Relations and Globalisation in the 21st Century takes a global and critical perspective, focusing on history's impact on key international structures. With an approach that goes beyond dominant western themes, this textbook presents the concepts, theories and applications from the field of world politics in a comprehensive and contemporary style. Covering all the essential topics, from international law and regionalism to critical theory and security studies, this updated third edition includes: three new chapters on Foreign Policy Analysis, Race and Identity and Global Health a strong historical perspective an expanded range of topics, cases, examples, research, and terminology World Politics: International Relations and Globalisation in the 21st Century is the ideal guide to help you successfully navigate the exciting and complex field of global politics, giving you a clear overview of the field and making sure you make the most out of your course. Dr. Bruce Pilbeam is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at London Metropolitan University. Jeffrey Haynes is an emeritus professor of politics at London Metropolitan University. Peter Hough is an Associate Professor in International Politics at Middlesex University, London.
North Korea is perilously close to developing strategic nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States and its East Asian allies. North Korea has struggled to perfect the required delivery systems. This volume offers a timely analysis of the consequences of an operational North Korean nuclear capability for international security.
How and why the United Kingdom sponsors conflict around the world
In a devastating analysis, T. J. Coles reveals the true extent of Britain's covert foreign policy that supports war, conflict and oppression around the world. Unbeknownst to the broad population, the Shadow State sponsors a new world order' that allies Britain with America's quest for global power what the Pentagon calls Full Spectrum ......
Explores how authoritarian regimes are deploying "sharp power" to undermine democracies from within by weaponizing universities, institutions, media, technology, and entertainment industries. The world's dictators are no longer content with shoring up control over their own populations-they are now exploiting the openness of the free world to ......
Now in its Seventh Edition, Robert M. Clark's Intelligence Analysis: A Target-Centric Approach once again delivers a consistent, clear method for teaching intelligence analysis in both introductory and advanced courses-including new case studies and a look at advances in the field.
Provides practitioners' insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security decision-making process. This book is suitable for students of US national security and foreign policy as well as career policymakers.
People ask what is going wrong with the world, with new wars, extreme populist movements, climate breakdown, poverty, inequality and exclusion. There is a sense of unease, that 'things are falling apart', which is reflected both in global insecurity; a seeming failure to effectively negotiate or mediate in desperate wars (Ukraine, Sudan. Gaza) and ......
Wild East tells the story of the British in Japan in the years of the Bakumatsu. Beginning with the first foreign treaties in the 1850s this book will concentrate on the events surrounding the Richardson Affair and the bombardments of Kagoshima and Shimonoseki in the 1860s and their effect on future Anglo Japanese relations.
In this impressive book, Edward S. Herman and David Peterson examine the uses and abuses of the word "genocide." They argue persuasively that the label is highly politicized and that in the United States it is used by the government, journalists, and academics to brand as evil those nations and political movements that in one way or another ......
