International Studies Intensives
About the Book Series
International Studies Intensives (ISI) is a book series that springs from the desire to keep students engaged in the world around them. ISI books are meant to offer an intensive introduction to subjects often left out of the curriculum.
Our authors are from a range of disciplines and employ many different methodological approaches to teaching about international issues. ISI books are highly legible and emphasize cutting-edge topics central to contemporary policy and scholarly debates along with a wealth of core concepts and empirical data. They are organized and formatted to be compelling to both instructors and students.
Examination/inspection copies for course adoption may be requested from the Webpage of any book in the series.
Book proposal guidelines for the series can be found here.
Book proposals for the series should be directed to the co-editors: [email protected] and [email protected].
Editorial Board
Oheneba Boateng, Clark University
Robin Broad, American University
A. Cooper Drury, University of Missouri
Tamirace Fakhoury, Tufts University
Natalie Hudson, University of Dayton
Jeff Knopf, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Mahmood Monshipouri, San Francisco State University
Javier Morales-Ortiz, Baldwin Wallace University
Anna Ohanyan, Stonehill College
The Global Classroom: An Essential Guide to Study Abroad
2nd Edition
By Jeffrey S. Lantis, Leigh A. Poole
August 06, 2025
The Global Classroom: An Essential Guide to Study Abroad (Second Edition) is a unique international studies text that provides students and practitioners with valuable resources for success in education abroad. The Global Classroom addresses the challenges and opportunities of study abroad by ...
The Politics of Cyber-Security
1st Edition
By Myriam Dunn Cavelty
August 01, 2024
By combining theoretical discussions with real-world examples, The Politics of Cyber-Security offers readers valuable insights into the role of cyber-security in the realm of international politics. In the face of persistent challenges stemming from the exploitation of global cyberspace, ...
Human Rights and Justice for All: Demanding Dignity in the United States and Around the World
1st Edition
By Carrie Walling
February 17, 2022
Human rights is an empowering framework for understanding and addressing justice issues at local, domestic, and international levels. This book combines US-based case studies with examples from other regions of the world to explore important human rights themes – the equality, universality, and ...
All the World’s a Stage: The Theater of Political Simulations
1st Edition
By Hemda Ben-Yehuda
September 16, 2020
Classroom role-playing simulations bring the drama of politics to life and enrich traditional learning by plunging students into the midst of historical or current events. Ben-Yehuda gives students and instructors the resources and confidence to embark on a careful enactment of scenarios that will ...
American Exceptionalism Reconsidered: U.S. Foreign Policy, Human Rights, and World Order
1st Edition
By David P. Forsythe, Patrice C. McMahon
November 29, 2016
Is the US really exceptional in terms of its willingness to take universal human rights seriously? According to the rhetoric of American political leaders, the United States has a unique and lasting commitment to human rights principles and to a liberal world order centered on rule of law and human...
U.S. Foreign Policy and the Politics of Apology
1st Edition
By Loramy Gerstbauer
October 31, 2016
Acts of contrition and transitional justice—admission of wrong, apology, and reparations—have become fashionable in the discourse of international affairs. Using a case-study approach that inspires student discussion of concrete examples, this text addresses important questions about the politics ...
The New Warfare: Rethinking Rules for an Unruly World
1st Edition
By J. Martin Rochester
March 07, 2016
This book looks at the evolving relationship between war and international law, examining the complex practical and legal dilemmas posed by the changing nature of war in the contemporary world, whether the traditional rules governing the onset and conduct of hostilities apply anymore, and how they ...
International Relations as Negotiation
1st Edition
By Brian R Urlacher
September 30, 2015
Negotiations are central to the operation of the international system, found at the heart of every conflict and every act of cooperation. Negotiation is the primary vehicle that states use to manage conflict and build prosperity in a complicated and dangerous international system. International ...
Violence Against Women and the Law
1st Edition
By David L Richards, Jillienne Haglund
August 30, 2015
This book examines the strength of laws addressing four types of violence against women--rape, marital rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment--in 196 countries from 2007 to 2010. It analyzes why these laws exist in some places and not others, and why they are stronger or weaker in places ...
Myth and Reality in International Politics: Meeting Global Challenges through Collective Action
1st Edition
By Jonathan Wilkenfeld
August 27, 2015
Recent generations have experienced dramatic improvements in the quality of human life across the globe. Wars between states are fought less frequently and are less lethal. Food is more plentiful and more easily accessed. In most parts of the world, birthrates are down and life expectancy up. ...
From Jicama to Jackfruit: The Global Political Economy of Food
1st Edition
By Kimberly A. Weir
December 30, 2014
What did you have for breakfast? Did you ever stop to think about the people and steps involved with how your banana or cereal got on your plate? Nearly everyone is a part of the global food system, yet few people are aware of how it operates. Kimberly A. Weir starts by evaluating how we are ...
Governing the World?: Addressing "Problems Without Passports"
1st Edition
By Thomas G Weiss
October 30, 2014
Problems posed by Syria s chemical weapons attacks, Egypt s ouster of an elected government, and myriad other global dilemmas beg the question of whether and how the world can be governed. The challenge is addressing what former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Problems without Passports ...