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Transformational Diplomacy after the Cold War: Britain's Know How Fund in Post-Communist Europe, 1989-2003 by Keith Hamilton 9781138377257
RRP: £47.99£41.81This book examines the 'Know How Fund', Britain's bilateral technical assistance programme in post-communist central and eastern Europe, devised in response to the end of the Cold War. The Know How Fund (KHF) was the technical assistance programme... -
Asean-eu Partnership: The Untold Story by Tommy Koh 9789811223105
RRP: £55.00£48.03The European Union is the most successful regional organisation in the world. ASEAN is the most successful regional organisation in Asia. The story of the important and multi-faceted relationship between these two organisations has seldom been told. This... -
Achieving Sustaining Peace Through Preventive Diplomacy by Yanjun Guo 9789811221811
RRP: £120.00£103.80Preventive diplomacy constitutes an important part of international conflict resolution mechanisms. The countries in the Asia Pacific region have the political will to use preventive diplomacy to address the needs for sustaining peace and security. The... -
Winning Hearts And Minds: Public Diplomacy In Asean by Sue-ann Chia 9789811250439
RRP: £35.00£30.95When we think of diplomacy, we often envisage Heads of State at formal settings or official meetings. In reality though, everyone can play a positive role in diplomacy.Public diplomacy, also referred to as people diplomacy, is about building friendships... -
Africa And Israel: Relations In Perspective by Olusola Ojo 9780367012199
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book examines Afro-Israeli relations from about 1958, when Israel launched its diplomatic initiative in Africa, to 1973, when most African states severed their diplomatic ties. It investigates post-1973 ties and provides case studies on Israel's... -
Stronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence by Ryan Hass 9780300271096
RRP: £14.99£14.85An examination of how America can strengthen its approach to China by building on its existing advantages"This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how the United States can renew its advantages in its competition with China... -
Friendship Among Nations: History of a Concept by Evgeny Roshchin 9781526116468
RRP: £25.00£13.55This is the first book-length study of the role that friendship plays in diplomacy and international politics. Through an examination of a vast amount of sources ranging from diplomatic letters and bilateral treaties, to poems and philosophical... -
Japanese Diplomacy and East Asian International Politics, 1918–1931 by Ryuji Hattori 9781032675930
RRP: £135.00£117.68This book provides an overall picture of East Asian international politics during the early interwar period and examines the various foreign policy trends of the major powers involved, including Japan, China, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet... -
Grand Strategy from Truman to Trump by Benjamin Miller 9780226734965
£87.86American foreign policy is the subject of extensive debate. Many look to domestic factors as the driving forces of bad policies. Benjamin Miller instead seeks to account for changes in US international strategy by developing a theory of grand strategy... -
Disaster Diplomacy: How Disasters Affect Peace and Conflict by Ilan Kelman 9780367669645
RRP: £45.99£40.13When an earthquake hits a war zone or cyclone aid is flown in by an enemy, many ask: Can catastrophe bring peace? Disaster prevention and mitigation provide similar questions. Could setting up a flood warning system bring enemy countries together? Could... -
India's Pakistan Policy: How Think Tanks Are Shaping Foreign Relations by Stuti Bhatnagar 9780367334758
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book critically examines the role of think tanks as foreign policy actors. It looks at the origins and development of foreign policy think tanks in India and their changing relevance and position as agents within the policy-making process.The book... -
Britain and the Revolutions in Eastern Europe, 1989: Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series III, Volume XII by Richard Smith 9781032570488
RRP: £39.99£35.46This volume documents the UK Government's response to the unfolding social and political changes in Eastern Europe during 1989.The year 1989 saw momentous change in Europe. It was the year in which Communist rule in Eastern Europe finally ended: with... -
World Indivisible: With Liberty and Justice for All by Konrad Adenauer 9781032186856
RRP: £28.99£25.09Originally published in the UK in 1956, this book presents the essence of the political philosophy of one of Europe’s best-known post-war statesmen, as well as his experience in government as head of Germany in one of its most critical periods of history... -
Yanks in Blue Berets: American UN Peacekeepers in the Middle East by L. Scott Lingamfelter 9780813197630
£32.72In 1948 the United Nations launched the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization following the conflict that erupted between Israel and its Arab neighbors, who profoundly opposed the creation of a Jewish state. UNTSO quickly found itself overseeing... -
Cultural Diplomacy in Cold War Finland: Identity, Geopolitics and the Welfare State by Louis Clerc 9783031122071
£42.85This open access book explores the organization and evolution of Finland’s Cold War cultural diplomacy (1945-1975) as the basis for a reflection on the country’s foreign relations, the link between culture and politics, small states’ autonomy during the... -
United Nations Peace Operations in Africa: Civil-Military Coordination and State-Building by Saleem Ahmad Khan 9781032230467
RRP: £35.99£31.69This book provides a comprehensive overview of the United Nations peace operations in Africa with a focus on civil-military coordination and state-building. With case studies from Sudan, South Sudan, and Congo, it examines themes like the colonization of... -
How Realist Is India's National Security Policy? by Kanti Bajpai 9780367554026
RRP: £35.99£31.69In managing national security, how Realist is India in terms of cultivating and using power and especially military power? A conventional view of India is that it has been uncomfortable with Realism or 'power politics' as a guide to policy. This volume... -
How Realist Is India's National Security Policy? by Kanti Bajpai 9780367503673
RRP: £125.00£107.86In managing national security, how Realist is India in terms of cultivating and using power and especially military power? A conventional view of India is that it has been uncomfortable with Realism or 'power politics' as a guide to policy. This volume... -
European Union Communities of Practice: Diplomacy and Boundary Work in Ukraine by Maren Hofius 9781032043654
RRP: £125.00£107.86This book provides a practice-based analysis of European Union (EU) diplomacy and community-building. Unlike studies focusing on how EU community-building proceeds centrally in Brussels, this book turns to EU diplomacy in its bordering state of Ukraine... -
Cultural Diplomacy in Cold War Finland: Identity, Geopolitics and the Welfare State by Louis Clerc 9783031122040
£50.98This open access book explores the organization and evolution of Finland's Cold War cultural diplomacy (1945-1975) as the basis for a reflection on the country's foreign relations, the link between culture and politics, small states' autonomy during the... -
Cambodia's China Strategy: Security Dilemmas of Embracing the Dragon by Chanborey Cheunboran 9780367762339
RRP: £37.99£33.38This book explores the tensions within Cambodia's foreign policy between a tight alignment with China, on the one hand, and Cambodia's commitment to the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as well as its delicate foreign policy... -
Japanese Public Diplomacy in European Countries: The Japan Foundation in Bulgaria and France by Nadejda Gadjeva 9781032193533
RRP: £49.99£43.50To address the issue of the lack of integration and common policy among Japan's cultural promotion actors and institutions, Gadjeva explores an integrated approach for Japanese public diplomacy through public-private partnerships. She examines the... -
After the Rubicon: Congress, Presidents, and the Politics of Waging War by Douglas L. Kriner 9780226453552
RRP: £96.00£91.61When the United States goes to war, the nation's attention focuses on the president. As commander in chief, a president reaches the zenith of power, while Congress is supposedly shunted to the sidelines once troops have been deployed abroad. Because of... -
British Diplomacy in Oman and Bahrain: 50 Years of Change by Joe Worthington 9781032295268
RRP: £125.00£107.86This book marks the first comprehensive examination of contemporary British influence in Oman and Bahrain, analysing Britain's legacy since the official withdrawal from the Gulf in 1971. Using theories of power as a framework, the book examines the... -
The Roots of Appeasement: The British Weekly Press and Nazi Germany During the 1930s by Benny Morris 9781032334097
RRP: £105.00£90.86Originally published in 1991, The Roots of Appeasement outlines the attitudes of the British weekly press and its editors to Nazism and to German and British foreign policies during the 1930s. It analyses and interprets the reasons which underlay those... -
Soviet Foreign Policy Since the Death of Stalin by H. Hanak 9781032329086
RRP: £120.00£103.61Originally published in 1972, this volume contains selected significant documents to illustrate Soviet foreign policy between 1953 and 1970, according to its author, 'in the words of Soviet leader and Soviet people.' Extracts from speeches by Khrushchev,... -
Australia's Relations with China: The Illusion of Choice, 1972-2022 by David Fitzsimmons 9781032275017
RRP: £36.99£30.39Drawing on a wealth of interviews with more than fifty key stakeholders from Australia and China, including five former Australian Prime Ministers, Fitzsimmons presents a history and analysis of Australian-Chinese relations since 1972. Fitzsimmons... -
America's Israel: The US Congress and American-Israeli Relations, 1967-1975 by Kenneth Kolander 9780813195926
£27.91One of the defining features of United States foreign policy since World War II has been the nation's special relationship with Israel. This informal alliance, rooted in shared values and culture, grew out of a moral obligation to promote Israel's... -
Every Hill a Burial Place: The Peace Corps Murder Trial in East Africa by Peter H. Reid 9780813195681
£25.48On March 28, 1966, Peace Corps personnel in Tanzania received word that volunteer Peppy Kinsey had fallen to her death while rock climbing during a picnic. Local authorities arrested Kinsey's husband, Bill, and charged him with murder as witnesses came... -
Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation in South Asia by Adluri Subramanyam Raju 9780367702557
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines how bilateralism and multilateralism serve as cornerstones in bringing countries together to enhance regional cooperation. It explores the unfolding dynamics of bilateral and multilateral relationships in South Asia and looks at how... -
Transnational Sites of China's Cultural Diplomacy: Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe Compared by Jarmila Ptackova 9789811555947
RRP: £109.99£98.73This edited volume presents the results of a three-year comparative study on Chinese cultural diplomacy (CD) across Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, which contributes to the broader theoretical debate on China`s increasing soft... -
Prisoners of Their Premises: How Unexamined Assumptions Lead to War and Other Policy Debacles by George C. Edwards III 9780226822808
RRP: £80.00£76.61A timely look at the real costs of leaders not examining their assumptions. Why do accomplished and stable leaders frequently make calamitous decisions with devastating consequences for their countries-and other nations? We debate debacles such as... -
Resistance in the Age of Austerity: Nationalism, the Failure of the Left and the Return of God by Owen Worth 9781780323350
£20.97In November 1999 the first protests associated with the 'anti-globalisation movement' took place in Seattle, and came to be seen as the starting point for globalised resistance to neoliberal capitalism. Despite initial optimism, the following years have... -
Conspiracy Theory and American Foreign Policy by Tim Aistrope 9781526139382
RRP: £25.00£20.30Conspiracy theory and American foreign policy examines the relationship between secrecy, power and interpretation around international controversy, where foreign policy orthodoxy comes up hard against alternative interpretations. It does so in the... -
Delegated Diplomacy: How Ambassadors Establish Trust in International Relations by David Lindsey 9780231209328
RRP: £117.00£90.93Why do states still need diplomats? Despite instantaneous electronic communication and rapid global travel, the importance of ambassadors and embassies has in many ways grown since the middle of the nineteenth century. However, in theories of... -
Ending the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Arab-Jewish Partnerships by Landrum Bolling 9780984505692
RRP: £8.50£7.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984505692Author Landrum BollingFormat PaperbackImprint Piedmont PressPublisher Piedmont PressWeight(grams) 82g -
Friendly Enemies: Britain and the GDR, 1949-1990 by Stefan Berger 9781782386858
RRP: £27.95£22.98During the Cold War, Britain had an astonishing number of contacts and connections with one of the Soviet Bloc's most hard-line regimes: the German Democratic Republic. The left wing of the British Labour Party and the Trade Unions often had closer ties... -
Breaking the Rules: Working for the UN can be fun. And it can also do some good provided one is ready to lie, fib, obfuscate and break all the rules. by Alexander Casella
RRP: £17.00£15.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781463665432Author Alexander CasellaFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
The South China Sea Dispute: Navigating Diplomatic and Strategic Tensions by Ian Storey
RRP: £29.95£28.14Increasing tensions in the South China Sea have propelled the dispute to the top of the Asia-Pacific's security agenda. Fuelled by rising nationalism over ownership of disputed atolls, growing competition over natural resources, strident assertions of... -
Squandered Opportunity: Neoclassical Realism and Iranian Foreign Policy by Thomas Juneau
£68.43The Islamic Republic of Iran faced a favorable strategic environment following the US invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. Its leadership attempted to exploit this window of opportunity by assertively seeking to expand Iran's interests...