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.
Christianity and American State Violence in Iraq: Priestly or Prophetic?
1st Edition
By Christopher A. Morrissey
August 14, 2020
The world continues to be threatened by non-state, religiously-rationalized violence. While some fail to the see the connections between the United States’ intervention in the Middle East and this ongoing threat, the non-state perpetrators of terror consistently identify American meddling as one of...
The Political Psychology of Attitudes towards the West: An Empirical Analysis from Tamil Nadu
1st Edition
By Björn Goldstein
August 14, 2020
Why do some individuals from the imagined "non-West" view the "West" favorably and others do not? Grounded in psychological authoritarianism and the psychological reactions to experiences of rejection, Björn Goldstein provides a theoretical model to explain and predict attitude toward the "West." ...
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 ...
Joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty: Deterrence, Non-Proliferation and the American Alliance
1st Edition
Edited
By John Baylis, Yoko Iwama
May 07, 2020
What were the calculations made by the US and its major allies in the 1960s when they faced the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)? These were all states with the technological and financial capabilities to develop and possess nuclear weapons should they wish to do so. In the end, only ...
Russia's Relations with Kazakhstan: Rethinking Ex-Soviet Transitions in the Emerging World System
1st Edition
By Yelena Nikolayevna Zabortseva
December 12, 2019
Recent political developments in post-Soviet countries have raised novel issues regarding the stability of the post-Cold War world order. A new direction in policy has been exemplified by the recent bolstering of a number of post-Soviet political and economic institutions - such as CSTO, SCO and ...
Small States and Hegemonic Competition in Southeast Asia: Pursuing Autonomy, Security and Development amid Great Power Politics
1st Edition
By Chih-Mao Tang
October 10, 2019
In the last few decades, Southeast Asia has become generally more peaceful and more prosperous, with progress in economic development, regional cooperation and integration. ASEAN in particular plays a leading role within and beyond the region in promoting multilateral cooperation in both security ...
Order Wars and Floating Balance: How the Rising Powers Are Reshaping Our Worldview in the Twenty-First Century
1st Edition
By Andreas Herberg-Rothe, Key-young Son
January 23, 2019
A sense of order has irreversibly retreated at the turn of the twenty-first century with the rise of such ancient civilizations as China and India and the militant resurgence of Islamic groups. The United States and like-minded states want to maintain the once-dominant international and global ...
Reconciling with the Past: Resources and Obstacles in a Global Perspective
1st Edition
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By Annika Frieberg, C.K. Martin Chung
September 27, 2018
Are countries truly reconciled after successful conflict resolution? Are only resource-rich regions capable of reconciliation, while supposedly resource-poor ones are condemned to recurring conflicts? This book examines the availability of various resources for political reconciliation, and ...
Neutrality in International Law: From the Sixteenth Century to 1945
1st Edition
By Kentaro Wani
August 14, 2018
Neutrality is a legal relationship between a belligerent State and a State not participating in a war, namely a neutral State. The law of neutrality is a body of rules and principles that regulates the legal relations of neutrality. The law of neutrality obliges neutral States to treat all ...
Reinventing Regional Security Institutions in Asia and Africa: Power shifts, ideas, and institutional change
1st Edition
By Kei Koga
August 14, 2018
Regional security institutions play a significant role in shaping the behavior of existing and rising regional powers by nurturing security norms and rules, monitoring state activities, and sometimes imposing sanctions, thereby formulating the configuration of regional security dynamics. Yet, their...
Peacebuilding and International Administration: The Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo
1st Edition
By Niels van Willigen
February 12, 2018
This book provides a detailed historical and political analysis of the role and effectiveness of international administration in statebuilding. It analyses how the international administrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo have attempted to create sustainable political institutions and to ...
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 ...