The nation's surface transportation system has deteriorated to such a degree that our safety, economic competitiveness and quality of life are at r...

Formed 50 years ago, in 1961, the Peace Corps sends American volunteers to serve at the grassroots level in villages and towns across the globe to ...

Cold War history research of the recent years suggests that the East-West détente process of the 1970s was a more significant element than previous...

In social sciences the notion of civil society has gained much attention. The growing and diversifying of a civil sector is evident in Western stat...

This book provides information on the background and current status of the regimes intended to limit the spread of nuclear, chemical, and biologica...

Jakarta based Andreas Harsono is one of the most knowledgeable, experienced, high-profile and courageous of reporters and commentators on contempor...

In this remarkable book, David-Emil Wickström traces the transcultural flow of popular music production emanating from St. Petersburg, a central hu...

This book brings together research materials concerning current policy issues and backgrounds of countries the US government has branded rogue coun...

This timely book offers a multifaceted analysis of EU-Russian relations, drawing on the investigation of competing models of international society....

This volume explores the key issues facing Russia as she lurches from one major crisis to another.

Historically, the United States and Russia have had an enigmatic relationship, and the decade since the end of the Cold War has not completely clea...

Transition from one millennium to another is not just a calendar date, but rather a complex historical process of qualitative changes in the develo...

This is the first book-length bibliographic profile that addresses the literature about the Russian and Chinese place in the world, the past, prese...

Even before the Ukrainian crisis, neither Russia nor the EU were content with their relationship. Despite economic interdependence, strategic partn...

This work discusses the new conjunctions that have emerged between foreign policy events and politicized expressions of Russian nationalism since 2...

Dmitry Medvedev, Putin's chosen successor and long-time protege, was elected President of the Russian Federation on March 2, 2008 with about 70% of...

In a globalized world, the international economic crisis that started in 2008 has led to structural changes in the international system and in the ...

Israel has won its wars, or at the very least, stopped its destruction by the opposing Arab armies. However, in another war, the war of words (ie: ...

More than 20 years have passed since the introduction of the Universal Character Set. However, legacy applications still cannot even render German ...

Somalia has lacked a functioning central government since 1991. In December 2006, the Ethiopian military intervened in Somalia to support Somalia's...

This book is an extensive study of the Sri Lankan peace process. It throws light on the political situation in Sri Lanka and the tension generated ...

Rolando Dromundo presents a political and historical analysis of the state-building processes in Ukraine, Moldova, and the unrecognized Republic of...

Increasing US–China tensions, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, disruptions to supply chains and maritime trade, right-wing extremism, gangs and the dr...

This book emphasizes the comparative study of theoretical as well as hypothetical issues of structural realism of international relations theory vi...

This superb book describes the superpowers' involvement in the Iran-Iraq war. The study shows how the superpowers, particularly the United States, ...

Due to political realities, America seems about to take steps to leave Iraq within 1 or 2 years in large numbers -- an outward surge. Yet because o...

This book sheds light on the confounding situation with regard to Taiwan, China and the United States. Taiwan is independent but without independen...

What makes one nation curious about another nation? Curious enough that the study of the other's culture and language becomes a natural commitment ...

Territorial disputes refer to disputes over territories that are claimed by two or more independent countries. The disputes may evolve from histori...

The book explores transformations of the apocalyptic figure of the Antichrist in various post-Soviet discourses, including ecclesiastical and polit...

The purpose of this series is to find the true level of national identity within the European Union, probing whether a given state nationality will...

This important book analyzes the dubious role of the so-called Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement `Nashi´ in contemporary Russia. Part and parce...

The so-called Democratic Antifascist Youth Movement “Nashi” represents a crucial case of a post-Orange government-organized formation whose values ...

This lavishly photographed and authoritative book presents the secret history of Soviet subminiature spy cameras during the Cold War. It is a histo...

This lavishly illustrated and authoritative book presents the secret history of Stasi and Warsaw Pact subminiature spy cameras used during the Cold...

Australian society and its leaders generally take for granted the importance and value of this nation’s relationship with the United States. The US...

"We are living in mysterious yet miraculous times. On the one hand, we have witnessed the most remarkable fulfillment of Biblical prophecy: the Jew...

This volume represents a historical comparison of the American and the EU European constitutional experiences and lessons to be derived therefrom f...

The US has embarked on a military adventure, "a long war", which threatens the future of humanity. US-NATO weapons of mass destruction are portraye...

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) among the United States and 11 Asia-Pacific countries. The U.S. Trade ...

The U.S.-EU trade and investment relationship, what many call the transatlantic economy, is a mutually beneficial and globally significant relation...

Turkish-American Relationship Between 1947 & 2003 - The History of a Distinctive Alliance

The author examines the reconstruction of Greece in the post war era and the role of the United States and West Germany. He deals with the Marshall...

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 serves as the cornerstone for the United States' foreign assistance policies and programs. Written, passed, and ...

Foreign assistance is a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another, given at least partly with the objective of benefiting the rec...