Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
About the Book Series
International relations is a rapidly changing area of research, reacting to and anticipating an ever more integrated and globalised world. This series aims to publish the best new work in the field of international relations, and of politics more generally. Books in the series challenge existing empirical and normative theories, and advance new paradigms as well as presenting significant new research.
Weak States and Spheres of Great Power Competition
1st Edition
By Hanna Samir Kassab
May 06, 2022
This book explains the development of the international system’s present-day balance of power by exploring three central questions: (1) Under what conditions has the international system order evolved from a unipolar system to the current multipolar system? (2) What are its major states? (3) How do...
Laws of Politics: Their Operations in Democracies and Dictatorships
1st Edition
By Alfred G. Cuzán
August 24, 2021
Drawing on classic and contemporary scholarship and empirical analysis of elections and public expenditures in 80 countries, the author argues for the existence of primary and secondary laws of politics. Starting with how basic elements of politics—leadership, organization, ideology, resources, and...
Changing Arms Control Norms in International Society
1st Edition
By Kenki Adachi
April 30, 2021
When states’ survival is at stake, do states behave according to norms, do states refrain from using certain weapons based on norms against their use? Adachi presents a comprehensive analytical framework for analysing norm dynamics, incorporating the existing literature, while expanding the norm ...
Social Media Impacts on Conflict and Democracy: The Techtonic Shift
1st Edition
Edited
By Lisa Schirch
April 27, 2021
Social media technology is having a dramatic impact on social and political dynamics around the world. The contributors to this book document and illustrate this "techtonic" shift on violent conflict and democratic processes. They present vivid examples and case studies from countries in Africa, ...
Contested Multilateralism 2.0 and Asian Security Dynamics
1st Edition
Edited
By Kai He
May 12, 2020
In the 1990s there was a wave of multilateralism in the Asia Pacific, led primarily by ASEAN. Since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, however, many non-ASEAN states have attempted to seize the initiative, including the USA, Japan, China, South Korea, and Australia. Kai He and his contributors ...
U.S. Security Cooperation with Africa: Political and Policy Challenges
1st Edition
By Robert J. Griffiths
January 24, 2018
As Africa’s strategic importance has increased over the past decade and a half, United States security cooperation with the continent has expanded. The most visible dimension of this increased engagement was the establishment of the U.S. Military Command for Africa (AFRICOM). Some critics are ...
The United States and Turkey's Path to Europe: Hands across the Table
1st Edition
By Armağan Emre Çakır
November 28, 2017
Turkey’s relations with the European Union is one of the most enigmatic topics in the European Studies literature. This country, kept at bay by Europeans for centuries, once came unexpectedly close to full-membership. The progress Turkey recorded in its European quest is difficult to account for ...
Western Muslims and Conflicts Abroad: Conflict Spillovers to Diasporas
1st Edition
By Juris Pupcenoks
October 18, 2017
This book explains why reactive conflict spillovers (political violence in response to conflicts abroad) occur in some migrant-background communities in the West. Based on survey data, statistical datasets, more than sixty interviews with Muslim community leaders and activists, ethnographic ...
Apology and Reconciliation in International Relations: The Importance of Being Sorry
1st Edition
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By Christopher Daase, Stefan Engert, Michel-André Horelt, Judith Renner, Renate Strassner
October 12, 2017
This book looks into the role and effects of public apologies in international relations. It focuses on two major questions - why and when do states issue apologies for historic crimes and how and under what conditions are these apologies successful in remedying conflictive relationships? In ...
The Politics of Self-Determination: Beyond the Decolonisation Process
1st Edition
By Kristina Roepstorff
June 16, 2017
Since the formation of the UN in 1945 the international community has witnessed a number of violent self-determination conflicts such as the disintegration of Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Kashmir, and South Sudan that have been a major cause of humanitarian crises and destruction. This book examines the ...
Profits, Security, and Human Rights in Developing Countries: Global Lessons from Canada’s Extractive Sector in Colombia
1st Edition
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By James Rochlin
March 14, 2017
The extractive sector is a particular area of expertise for Canada and more than half of Canada’s mining assets abroad are located in Latin America, specifically in Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Colombia. The Canada-Colombia accord was the first free-trade agreement in the world to include annual Human ...
Small States and International Security: Europe and Beyond
1st Edition
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By Clive Archer, Alyson Bailes, Anders Wivel
December 02, 2016
This book explains what ‘small’ states are and explores their current security challenges, in general terms and through specific examples. It reflects the shift from traditional security definitions emphasizing defence and armaments, to new security concerns such as economic, societal and ...