The South China Sea (SCS) is explicably one of the most dangerous flash points in the world today with the potential to conflagrate into conflicts/...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel took office in November 2005 promising a foreign policy anchored in a revitalised transatlantic partnership. Most o...

Persistent rumour has it that globalisation is doing serious damage to the nation-state at the present historical juncture. Dramatic versions of th...

"Helpless Imperialists" enquires into the relation between imperial exposure, fear, radicalization and violence and highlights moments of peripety ...

This astonishing book explores the delusional imaginings of Russia`s past by the pseudo-scientific `Alternative History´ movement. Despite the chao...

The beginning of the twenty-first century will witness an unprecedented expansion of the European Union, with ten new members joining in 2004 and m...

The recent history of post-Soviet societies is often described in terms of the transition metaphor. Images of movement as well as changing places a...

India and Pakistan have been in a state of persistent conflict that goes back to the very creation of these states after decolonization. This confl...

This book explores ten technological, social, and economic trends in the United States and globally that are serving to increase opportunity and mo...

Globalisation has impacted the world with a seemingly inextricable linkage among all countries on this planet. This publication provides an intelli...

Co-operation among western European states in the period after World War II has followed two paths. A traditional intergovernmental path demanding ...

The basic elements of this book involve integrating five policy problems, and four fields of knowledge. The five policy problems are economic, tech...

Currently, scholars and political leaders are facing various global challenges: failing states, conflicts over distribution, terrorism and the refu...

This book describes: (1) U.S. sanctions targeting Iran and their implementation, (2) the reported impact of the sanctions, and (3) factors that aff...

On the banks of Tigris and Euphrates rivers famous ancient civilisations flourished. In this area, modern Iraq was created by Britain but was virtu...

The United Nations Security Council has adopted 35 resolutions relating to the Iraq-Kuwait situation since the end of 1991. This book lists these 3...

According to the mass media, Japanese nationalism is on the rise. Tokyo's stance on national security is becoming uncharacteristically assertive. T...

Israeli-US relations are an important factor in U.S. policy in the Middle East, and Congress has placed considerable emphasis on the maintenance of...

JFK-9/11 assembles the most significant and well-documented "deep events" of the last fifty years into a coherent narrative of the "deep history" o...

The biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical ...

The biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical ...

Special Section: Russia’s Annexation of Crimea I Guest Editors: Gergana Dimova and Andreas Umland Legal Loopholes and Judicial Debates: Ess...

Remembering Diversity in East-Central European Cityscapes Based on up-to-date field material, this issue focuses on the palimpsest-like environmen...

This is the first book in almost two decades to bring together scholars of Indonesia from the Australian academy in a single volume to reflect on a...

The United Nations Security Council passed three resolutions that placed sanctions on Libya until Libya surrendered for trial two men suspected of ...

The second volume of Ardeshir Zahedi's memoirs covers the years 1955 to 1966. During that period, his father passes away, he falls in love and marr...

The People's Republic of China (PRC) continues to pursue a long-term, comprehensive military modernisation program designed to improve its armed fo...

"Ester Boserup's writings have had major impact over the last quarter century on the evolution of thought in anthropology, demography, economics, a...

This book describes the national Parliaments of Australia, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Sweden, and the Uni...

NATO is at a crucial point in its development: on the one hand, the European members are seeking to redefine its mission as the security challenges...

NATO is acutely aware of its increased status as a force for stability in a drastically altered Atlantic community. The number of its initiatives i...

With the emergence of global environmental issues such as ozone-layer depletion, the loss of biodiversity, global warming and acid rain, the role o...

This book examines Nigeria's role in the global politics of the last century. Written from various perspectives, each contributor brings to bear hi...

Congress passed the Nunn-Lugar amendment, authorizing U.S. threat reduction assistance to the former Soviet Union, in November 1991, after a failed...

This book provides background and salient analyses dealing with North Korea -- a country nobody seems to love but which all seem to court just the ...

This examination of how international policies on nuclear weapons proliferation have affected world citizens introduces the political and diplomati...

The use of economic sanctions to stem weapons proliferation acquired a new dimension in the 1990's. While earlier legislation required the cut-off ...

Congress established the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (CRT) in 1991 so that the United States could assist the former Soviet Rep...

Political words, machinations and policies galore cannot disguise US dependence on foreign petroleum and natural gas to keep the country moving. Th...

A stable, democratic, prosperous Pakistan is considered vital to U.S. interests. U.S. concerns regarding Pakistan include regional and global terro...

This book aims to analyse the peace process between Palestinians and Israelis in relation to the systemic changes in international relations.

The Panama Canal is an important link in global trade and its expansion, which will allow passage of much larger ships, and could have significant ...