International Relations

Posthuman International Relations
Complexity, Ecologism and Global Politics
Erika Cudworth and Stephen Hobden
8 December 2011

In this bold intervention, Cudworth and Hobden draw on recent advances in thinking about complexity theory to call for a profound re-envisioning of the study of international relations. As a discipline, IR is wedded to the enlightenment project of overcoming the 'hazards' of nature, and thus...

A Liberal Peace?
The Problems and Practices of Peacebuilding
Susanna Campbell, David Chandler and Meera Sabaratnam
10 November 2011

Moving beyond the binary argument between those who buy into the aims of creating liberal democratic states grounded in free markets and rule of law, and those who critique and oppose them, this timely and much-needed critical volume takes a fresh look at the liberal peace debate. In doing so,...

Rethinking the 21st Century
'New' Problems, 'Old' Solutions
Amy E. Eckert & Laura Sjoberg eds.
28 May 2009

Rethinking the Twenty-First Century brings much needed context and perspective to the security problems we face today.

In recent years, the 'Bush Doctrine' - that the security threats we now face are entirely unprecedented - has echoed around the world. Global security and...

Conscientious Objection
Resisting Militarized Society
Edited by Ozgur Heval Cinar and Coskun Usterci
9 April 2009

Refusing to take part in war is as old as war itself. This wide-ranging and original book brings together four different bodies of knowledge to examine the pratice of conscientious objection: historical and philosophical analyses of conscientious objection as a critique of compulsory military...

For God's Sake
The Christian Right and US Foreign Policy
Lee Marsden
15 June 2008

Religious fundamentalism is a powerful force not only in American domestic politics but also in the way America acts abroad. In For God’s Sake Lee Marsden investigates the way that the Christian Right have influenced US foreign policy, arguing that this influence will continue to fuel...

The Line
Women, Partition and the Gender Order in Cyprus
Cynthia Cockburn
1 February 2004

Step across the Green Line in Cyprus and you defy the political leaders who seek to control movement. But more and more ordinary Cypriots are challenging the validity of Partition. As Cyprus joins the European Union, can Greek and Turkish-speaking Cypriots put their violent past behind them and...

Identity Mania
Fundamentalism and the Politicization of Cultural Differences
Thomas Meyer
1 November 2001

This thoughtful exploration of identity, culture and fundamentalism focuses on a critically important question confronting so many countries in the post-Cold War epoch: are culturally determined political conflicts rooted in the cultures themselves, or spawned only by their political...

Regionalization in a Globalizing World
A Comparative Perspective on Forms, Actors and Processes
Edited by Michael Schulz, Fredrik Söderbaum and Joakim Öjendal
1 May 2001

The international system has been transformed by the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the decline of the Non-aligned Movement, and the rise of globalization. This volume explores one important feature of the new global politics -- the emerging role of regional systems of relations. While the...

The Meaning of Environmental Security
Ecological Politics and Policy in the New Security Era
Jon Barnett
1 January 2001

At least two things are certain about world politics today: environmental problems are important, and discourses on security remain powerful. Environment and security have been progressively linked in theory, and environmental security is now manifest in policy. But the meaning of environmental...

The Third World in the Age of Globalization
Requiem or New Agenda
Ash Narain Roy
1 February 2000

In the new unipolar world of globalisation, the bargaining power and sense of solidarity of Third World countries have never been weaker. But their shared problems, this author argues, remain a reality which requires political expression. But does the Third World still even exist? What role, if...

The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb
Science, Secrecy and the Postcolonial State
Itty Abraham
1 September 1998

In 1974 India exploded an atomic device. In May 1998 the new right-wing BJP Government set off several more, encountering in the process domestic plaudits, but also international condemnation and possibly sparking a new nuclear arms race in South Asia. What explains the enthusiasm of the Indian...

For a Strong and Democratic UN
A South Perspective on UN Reform
The South Centre
1 August 1997

The Caucasian Knot
The History and Geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabagh
Levon Chorbajian, Patrick Donabedian and Claude Mutafian
1 November 1994

As the Soviet Union entered its death throes, the self-determination of the nations within its republics became an issue over which people were prepared to die. When Azerbaijan declared its independence, the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabagh followed suit. Before long, pogrom and war were the...

Into Kurdistan
Frontiers Under Fire
Sheri Laizer
1 May 1991