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Contest of the Century: The New Era of Competition with China
Paperback,
12/02/2015,
£9.99
£8.99
China's rise has now entered a new phase, as it seeks to translate its considerable economic heft into a larger role on the world stage, challenging American supremacy. The author shows why China may struggle to unseat the West - its ambitious designs are provoking anxiety, especially in Asia, while America's global alliances have deep roots.
Age of the Warrior: Selected Writings
Paperback,
05/03/2009,
£14.99
£13.49
A selection of Robert Fisk's finest 'Comment' pieces from the Saturday Independent.
Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction
Paperback,
26/06/2003,
£8.99
£8.09
An innovative and lively account of both the history and key debates in postcolonialism. Robert Young situates it in a wide cultural context, discussing its importance as an historical condition, and as a means of changing the way that we think about the world.
Fighting EOKA: The British Counter-Insurgency Campaign on Cyprus, 1955-1959
Hardback,
19/03/2015,
£88.00
£79.20
The first full account of the operations of the British security forces on Cyprus in the second half of the 1950s, showing how these forces were trying to defeat the Greek Cypriot paramilitary organisation, EOKA, which was fighting to bring about union between Cyprus and Greece.
New Spymasters: Inside Espionage from the Cold War to Global Terror
Paperback,
04/02/2016,
£9.99
£8.99
Spying has changed. In this era of email intercepts and drone strikes, spooks are expected to uncover plots buried in mountains of data. Yet this makes the need for trained field operatives who can verify facts and uncover secrets more acute than ever. The human factor endures. This book gives an account of how modern espionage works.
World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History
Paperback,
03/09/2015,
£9.99
£8.99
Investigates into the 'tectonic plates' of global history and state relations. This book explains the attitudes that states and empires have taken to the rest of the world from the formation of Europe to our own times.
Ukraine Crisis: What it Means for the West
Paperback,
03/10/2014,
£12.99
£11.69
A leading Ukraine specialist and firsthand witness to the 2014 Kiev Uprising analyzes the world's newest flashpoint
I am Malala
Paperback,
09/10/2014,
£8.99
£8.09
The bestselling memoir of youngest ever NOBEL PRIZE winner, Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who stood up to the Taliban.
Dilemmas of Statebuilding: Confronting the Contradictions of Postwar Peace Operations
Paperback,
19/12/2008,
£38.99
£35.09
Explores the contradictions that emerge in international statebuilding efforts in war-torn societies. This book argues that international efforts to construct effective, legitimate governmental structures in these countries are necessary but fraught with contradictions and vexing dilemmas. It draws on the research on postwar peace operations.
Federal Solutions to Ethnic Problems: Accommodating Diversity
Hardback,
05/11/2012,
£120.00
£108.00
This title examines how federal systems can be designed to manage ethnic conflict in divided societies. Evaluating six distinct approaches, the author examines the underlying reasons why one may be more suitable than the other and how these apply to the current situation in Iraq.
Global Governance Reader
Paperback,
17/02/2005,
£37.99
£34.19
Presents students and scholars with an overview of the way in which the world is governed. This book draws together seventeen significant works by leading specialists in the field, to explore the role of global institutions from the United Nations and NATO, to the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the World Trade Organisation.
Finish: The killing of Osama Bin laden
Paperback,
04/07/2013,
£8.99
£8.09
In his most important and commercial book since Black Hawk Down, Mark Bowden draws on unprecedented access to the figures involved to produce the definitive account of the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
Foreign Policies of Post-Yugoslav States: From Yugoslavia to Europe
Hardback,
17/12/2014,
£89.99
£80.99
The post-Yugoslav states have developed very differently since Yugoslavia dissolved in the early 1990s. This book analyzes the foreign policies of the post-Yugoslav states, thereby focusing on the main goals, actors, decision-making processes and influences on the foreign policies of these countries.
Global Energy Challenge: Environment, Development and Security
Paperback,
30/09/2015,
£33.99
£30.59
The supply and demand of energy, its security and environmental sustainability are increasingly central issues in the contemporary world. This broad-ranging new text provides an international and interdisciplinary introduction to today's political, economic, security, policy and technological challenges set in a clear historical context.
Ukraine Between the EU and Russia: The Integration Challenge
Hardback,
05/11/2015,
£69.99
£62.99
This book addresses the complex origins of the Ukrainian crisis. It places the crisis in a longer-term perspective and shows how the domestic political regime interpreted, balanced and eventually chose between the competing integration offers of Russia and the EU. It also explores the key implications for Ukraine's relations with the EU and Russia.
European Union Foreign Policy: From Effectiveness to Functionality
Paperback,
29/03/2011,
£54.99
£49.49
This book aims to change the way we think about the European Union's foreign policy. Rather than ask whether the EU's foreign policy is effective or not, this book argues that we should inquire instead into the internal functions EU foreign policy plays for the European integration process as a whole.
Islamophobia in the West: Measuring and Explaining Individual Attitudes
Paperback,
21/01/2014,
£41.99
£37.79
The individual contributions in this volume investigate what exactly is Islamophobia, how it can be explained and how it is related to similar social phenomena such as xenophobia and anti-Semitism.
Routledge Guide to the European Union
Paperback,
31/05/2016,
£27.99
£25.19
"Previously known as The Economist Guide to the European Union."
EU-Russia Relations, 1999-2015: From Courtship to Confrontation
Hardback,
20/07/2016,
£120.00
£108.00
Ethnicity & Globalization
Paperback,
14/07/2000,
£42.99
£38.69
' This book is not only an historical account of migration research, it also serves as a starting point for future research, providing good and new ideas for research on a very complex matter, i.e. the relationship between globalization, migration and racism' - The Ethnic Conflict Research Digest
Future
Paperback,
30/01/2014,
£12.99
£11.69
Explores the political, social and economic forces that are shaping what America and the world will become in ensuing decades. From demographics to democracy, this title explores what the author calls the 'Drivers of Global Change', framing the international conversation about the future in provocative ways.
Democracy in Iran
Hardback,
17/04/2013,
£48.99
£44.09
Democratic government is something that has eluded Iran despite a series of non-violent revolutions aimed at establishing a system of governance that would promote both public freedom and political accountability. This explores the obstacles to the growth of democracy in Iran and posits a plan for non-violent action to help Iranians achieve it.
Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century 2ed
Paperback,
03/11/2015,
£30.99
£27.89
Substantially revising and updating the influential and widely used The Changing Politics of Foreign Policy, this retitled new edition provides both an introduction to, and a reassessment of, the nature of foreign policy in the light of changing political conditions, international and domestic.
Kim Jong-Il Production
Paperback,
26/02/2015,
£14.99
£13.49
Before becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's film industry. He directed every film made in the country but knew they were nothing compared to Hollywood. Then he hit on the perfect solution: order the kidnapping of South Korea's most famous actress and her ex-husband, the country's most acclaimed director.
From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia
Paperback,
06/06/2013,
£9.99
£8.99
Tells the history of the past two centuries, showing how a disparate group of thinkers, journalists, radicals and charismatics emerged from the ruins of empire to create an unstoppable Asian renaissance, one whose ideas lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to the Muslim Brotherhood, and have made our world what it is today.
Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World
Paperback,
04/10/2012,
£12.99
£11.69
Shows us how energy is the ultimate engine of global political and economic change, in a story that spans the old energies on which our civilization has been built, the new energies that are competing to replace them, and the battle over climate change. This book reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.
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