The U.S.-Mexico and U.S.-Canada borders are the two busiest land crossings in the world. Canada a...

Bill McSweeney addresses the central problem of international relations - security - and construc...

In this book Hayward Alker presents his principal methodological 'rediscoveries'.

Despite their increasing importance, there is little theoretical understanding of why nation-stat...

This book shows how peace movements affected US decisions to enter nuclear arms control talks dur...

The emergence of private authority has become increasingly a feature of the post-Cold War world. ...

African independence launched into international politics a group of the world's poorest, weakest...

Taking a fresh look at the impact of non-state actors on world politics and on the foreign polici...

Paul Keal examines the historical role of international law and political theory in justifying th...

This ambitious study, first published in 2000, rewrites the terms of debate about globalization. ...

The author examines Britain's first application to join the European Community in 1961.

Bruce Cronin develops a theory that links international stability with progress in building a coh...

Why are forced displacement, ethnic cleansing and genocide an enduring feature of state systems? ...

This book provides an intellectual history of international relations theory from 1919 to the pre...

An account of the development of normative theory in international relations over the past two de...

Groups committing acts of terrorism have adapted their means of financing to elude detection sinc...

In this contribution to the literature on the causes of war, Douglas Lemke asks whether the same ...

Cynthia Weber offers an original and important contribution to the understanding of sovereignty, ...

In this study Dr Suganami discusses the role the domestic analogy has played in proposals about w...

International regimes have been a major focus of research in international relations for over a d...

International sanctions have become the instrument of choice for policymakers dealing with a vari...

The first comprehensive theoretical analysis of US foreign policy toward Africa in the postwar era.

Taking a fresh look at the impact of non-state actors on world politics and on the foreign polici...

The author examines how awkward, how ambiguous, how unsatisfactory, and often how tragic the enco...

In this book, first published in 2001, Kenneth Schultz explores the effects of democratic politic...

Thomas Biersteker evaluates the sources of Third World economic nationalism and assesses the sign...

A major new study of the causes of wars, argues that states are often motivated by justice, not m...

Paul Keal examines the historical role of international law and political theory in justifying th...

This book provides a historical account of one of the key weapons developments of the nuclear age...

Dr Stephen Gill examines the extent and nature of Americas as a hegemonic state.

State sovereignty is an inherently social construct. The modern state system is not based on some...

This book analyses the structure and motive forces that shape the global arms transfer and produc...

The emergence of private authority has become increasingly a feature of the post-Cold War world. ...

This volume examines the opportunities for, and initiates work in, interdisciplinary research bet...

Who is really in charge of the world economy? Not only governments, argues Susan Strange in The R...

Politics and law appear deeply entwined in contemporary international relations. Existing theorie...

Offers an explanation for the occurrence of secessionist conflict, based on a comparative study o...

The growing interconnectedness of national economies and an expanding awareness of global interde...

Politics and law appear deeply entwined in contemporary international relations. Leading scholars...

Patrick Morgan's authoritative study revisits the place of deterrence after the Cold War.

Susan Sell's book reveals how power in international politics is increasingly exercised by privat...

This book, first published in 1999, offers a general explanation for the occurrence of the phenom...

In recent years a number of scholars of international relations have developed an interest in neo...

This book, first published in 1989, gives a critical account of formal international relations th...

The contributors analyse how the components of state sovereignty are socially constructed and com...

This book offers an accessible analysis of recent developments in the study of international poli...

International sanctions have become the instrument of choice for policymakers dealing with a vari...

Roger Spegele develops a new version of realism which stresses links between ethics and internati...