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Complexity Science and World Affairs
(December 2013)
Walter C. Clemens Jr. - Author
Stuart A. Kauffman - Foreword by
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Applies complexity science to the study of international politics.
Why did some countries transition peacefully from Communist rule to political freedom and market economies, while others did not? Why did the United States enjoy a brief moment as the sole remaining superpower, and then lose power and influence across the board? What are the prospects for China, the main challenger to American hegemony? In Complexity Science and W...(Read More) |
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The Courtiers of Civilization
(December 2013)
A Study of Diplomacy
Sasson Sofer - Author
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Comprehensive study of the diplomat and the diplomatic mission in Western civilization.
The professional diplomat frequently takes a back seat in the public imagination to such figures as the great heads of state and leading military figures. In The Courtiers of Civilization, Sasson Sofer aims to restore the importance and reputation of the diplomat in Western civilization. Drawing on an exhaustive reading of the vast literat...(Read More) |
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Energy and the Politics of the North Atlantic
(July 2013)
George A. Gonzalez - Author
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Documents how energy resource acquisition has been the driving motivator for European and American international relations.
Since the onset of the Second Industrial Revolution in the second half of the nineteenth century, energy has become a key axis of politics and international relations, particularly for the United States and Western Europe. In Energy and the Politics of the North Atlantic,George A. Gonzalez document...(Read More) |
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Shaping Gender Policy in Turkey
(July 2013)
Grassroots Women Activists, the European Union, and the Turkish State
Gül Aldikaçti Marshall - Author
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Timely analysis of the ways in which women grassroots activists, the European Union, and the Turkish state are involved in shaping gender policies in Turkey.
Shaping Gender Policy in Turkey uncovers how, why, and to what extent Turkish women, in addition to the Turkish state and the European Union, have been involved in gender policy changes in Turkey. Through analysis of the role of multiple actors at the subnational,...(Read More) |
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Issues in Military Ethics
(May 2013)
To Support and Defend the Constitution
Martin L. Cook - Author
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Reflections on, and analysis of, ethical issues facing military service in the United States.
Reflecting on a seventeen-year career teaching at military educational institutions of the Air Force, the Army, and the Navy, Martin L. Cook finds a powerful but underappreciated basis for military ethics in the oath to the Constitution that members of the armed services pledge. In Issues in Military Ethics, Cook considers the r...(Read More) |
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Imagining Russia
(April 2012)
Making Feminist Sense of American Nationalism in U.S.–Russian Relations
Kimberly A. Williams - Author
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A bold work of feminist international relations that contributes to our understanding of the gendered, racialized, and heteronormative dynamics of U.S. foreign policy, both in relations with Russia and in the invasion of Iraq.
Co-winner of the 2009 SUNY Press Dissertation/First Book Prize in Women’s and Gender Studies, Imagining Russia uses U.S.–Russian relations between the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 an...(Read More) |
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Global Governance, Global Government
(June 2011)
Institutional Visions for an Evolving World System
Luis Cabrera - Editor
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Puts commentators on global government in conversation about their often provocative global institutional visions.
Recent years have seen a remarkable resurgence in rigorous thought on global government by leading thinkers in international relations, economics, and political theory. Not since the immediate post–World War II period have so many scholars given serious attention to possibilities for global integration. This bo...(Read More) |
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Engagement with North Korea
(September 2009)
A Viable Alternative
Sung Chull Kim - Editor
David C. Kang - Editor
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Examines how and why nations have persuaded North Korea to cooperate on topics such as nuclear policy.
How the world deals with North Korea—a state widely believed to possess a nuclear capability—will have ramifications for both regional and global stability. Engagement with North Korea examines the still controversial policy strategy known as engagement, which aims to persuade rather than force North Korea ...(Read More) |
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Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations
(September 2009)
1609-2009
Hans Krabbendam - Editor
Cornelis A. van Minnen - Editor
Giles Scott-Smith - Editor
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A comprehensive history of bilateral relations between the Netherlands and the United States.
Since Henry Hudson landed on Manhattan in 1609, the peoples of the Netherlands and North America have been inextricably linked. Four Centuries of Dutch-American Relations, written by a team of nearly one hundred Dutch and American scholars, is the first book to offer a comprehensive history of this bilateral relationship. This volum...(Read More) |
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Nixon and Israel
(August 2009)
Forging a Conservative Partnership
Noam Kochavi - Author
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New insights into the cementing of the American-Israeli relationship during the Nixon years.
Using a wealth of recently declassified American and Israeli documents, Nixon and Israel argues that ideational and psychological factors are an important complement to standard geopolitical explanations of American-Israeli relations during the Nixon years. Noam Kochavi looks at the emotional impact on senior American leadership of sp...(Read More) |
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