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.
Territorial Expansion and Great Power Behavior During the Cold War: A Theory of Armed Emergence
1st Edition
By Dylan Motin
September 28, 2026
Motin examines great powers’ reactions to the rise of new powers in bipolar international systems by exploring an understudied problem: the rarity of armed emergence after 1945. The book focuses on Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Vietnam; the few minor powers that attempted to emerge as great powers ...
Turkey, Geopolitics, and the Age of Populist World-Making: Remapping Regional Orders
1st Edition
By Spyros A. Sofos
September 07, 2026
This book explores Turkey’s transformation into an active and influential emerging power under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It argues that populist governance and foreign policy are not separate domains but expressions of a common political logic. ...
Great Power Politics, Elites and Energy
1st Edition
By Roger Boyd
July 31, 2026
Great Power Politics, Elites and Energy explores the dynamics between great power politics, elites and energy, utilizing a critical political economic and historical materialist perspective that moves away from a Western-centric viewpoint and dominant International Relations methodologies. The book...
The Australian Liberal Party: Volume 2: Policy Challenges and the Global Context
1st Edition
Edited
By Zareh Ghazarian, Marija Taflaga, Matteo Bonotti
July 23, 2026
In this second volume of Ghazarian, Taflaga and Bonotti’s two-part collection, the editors examine the importance of political parties and how they impact local, national, and international contexts by assembling a range of experts to analyse the Liberal Party in Australia, both historically and in...
Europeanisation and Eurasianism in Turkey and Ukraine: Balancing between Integration and Autonomy
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Edited
By Lucie Tungul
July 20, 2026
This book analyses the impact of external actors, primarily the European Union (EU) and Russia, on democratisation and authoritarian tendencies in Ukraine and Turkey. The war in Ukraine will continue to affect patterns of cooperation and confrontation in the Black Sea region for years to come, ...
Technology Transfer to Latin American Countries: Drifting Away from the United States and China?
1st Edition
By Sascha Hannig Núñez
July 20, 2026
Hannig Núñez analyzes the processes behind technology transfers at a state-decision-making level in Latin America. She challenges the conventional notion that the United States and China hold a dominant technological presence over the region, highlighting the increasing influence from both middle ...
Human Rights, Impunity and Anti-Press Violence: How Journalists Survive and Resist
1st Edition
By Tamsin S. Mitchell
July 19, 2026
Human Rights, Impunity and Anti-Press Violence is a qualitative, comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of journalists’ responses to impunity for anti-press violence in two Latin American partial democracies, Mexico and Honduras. It is the first book-length analysis of the security and ...
Caribbean Network Diplomacy: Addressing Global Challenges through Regional Collaboration
1st Edition
By Candia James
July 07, 2026
Caribbean Network Diplomacy: Addressing Global Challenges through Regional Collaboration analyses how Caribbean small states use communication networks, regional institutions, and collaborative coalitions to exercise diplomatic influence in an increasingly complex global system. This book advances ...
Changing Abortion Laws in Mexico Through Advocacy and Human Rights: When Federalism Came to Life
1st Edition
By Clara Eugenia Franco Yáñez
June 22, 2026
Changing Abortion Laws in Mexico Through Advocacy and Human Rights presents the recent evolution of abortion laws in Mexico (2007–2021) and how advocates have shaped them through human rights discourses, challenging social norms. Utilizing extended expert interviews, it offers a uniquely deep dive ...
Security Cooperation in the Pacific Islands: Politics, Priorities, and Pathways of the Regional Security Patchwork
1st Edition
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By Joanne Wallis, Henrietta McNeill, James Batley, Anna Powles
June 22, 2026
Wallis, McNeill, Batley, Powles and the contributors examine the dynamics of Pacific Islands’ security cooperation, analysing how it helps address regional security challenges amid the broader strategic competition between China and the United States that is increasingly playing out in the region. ...
The Australian Liberal Party: Volume 1: Ideas, History and Organisation
1st Edition
Edited
By Zareh Ghazarian, Marija Taflaga, Matteo Bonotti
June 10, 2026
This book is part of a two-part volume on the Liberal Party of Australia edited by Zareh Ghazarian, Matteo Bonotti, and Marija Taflaga. This volume contributes to the understanding of political parties, especially the sub-discipline of Australian politics. Australia remains one of the oldest ...
Taiwan and Cross-Strait Relations in an Era of Great Power Rivalry: Navigating Rising Tensions and Strategic Ambiguity
1st Edition
By Dongtao Qi
May 29, 2026
Qi provides a comprehensive exploration of the complex and evolving dynamics in and between Taiwan, China, and the United States from 2016 to 2024. Through three unique analytical perspectives – Movement Government and Movement Society, Cross-Strait Relations Trio, and Strategic Ambiguity – these ...