International Relations

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International Relations - Research Guide International Law

International relations can be defined as political activities and other kinds and aspects of interactions among two or more states. The academic field of international relations is a branch of political science that is concerned with the study of relations between states, the foreign policy of nation-states, and the mechanisms and institutions (such as international organisations, inter-governemental organisations, international and national non-governmental organisations and multinational corporations) through which states interact. The study of international relations involves many subjects such as international and regional peace and security, international organizations, nuclear proliferation, globalization, human rights, economic development, intervention, international financial relations, and international trade relations.

This Research Guide is intended as a starting point for research on International Relations. It provides the basic materials available in the Peace Palace Library, both in print and electronic format. Handbooks, leading articles, bibliographies, periodicals, serial publications and documents of interest are presented in the Selective Bibliography section. Links to the PPL Catalogue are inserted. The Library’s classification index code 445 International Relations: General Works and subject heading (keyword) International Relations are instrumental for searching through the Catalogue. Special attention is given to our subscriptions on databases, e-journals, e-books and other electronic resources. Finally, this Research Guide features links to relevant websites and other online resources of particular interest.

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1. Sino-Japanese relations
Sino-Japanese relations : rivals or partners in regional cooperation? / ed. Niklas Swanström, Ryosei Kokubun. - Singapore [etc.] : World Scientific, cop. 2013. - XV, 223 p. ; 24 cm Bibliogr.: p. 211-220. - Met lit. opg. en index. - 2013
Keywords: China, Japan, International relations, Foreign policy, Regionalism,

2. Empire and international order
Empire and international order / ed. by Noel Parker. - Farnham [etc.] : Ashgate, cop. 2013. - VI, 157 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Met lit. opg. en index. - 2013
Keywords: Geopolitics, Imperialism, International relations, International relations theory,

3. Fifty years of revolution
Fifty years of revolution : perspectives on Cuba, the United States, and the world / ed. by Soraya M. Castro Mariño and Ronald W. Pruessen. - Gainesville, FL [etc.] : University Press of Florida, cop. 2012. - VIII, 423 p. : tab. ; 24 cm. - (Contemporary Cuba) Bibliogr.: p. 383-400. - Met lit. opg. en index. - 2012
Keywords: Cuba, United States of America, Revolutions, International relations, Cold war, History,

4. Borderland Russians
Borderland Russians : identity, narrative and international relations / Geir Hønneland. - [Reprinted pbk. ed. with a new forew. and pref.]. - Basingstoke [etc.] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. - XXIV, 174 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - (Palgrave studies in international relations) 1e dr.: 2010. - Lit. opg.: p. 139-172. - Met index. - 2013
Keywords: Russian Federation, Arctic, Borders, National identity, Regional identity, International relations, Economic conditions, Ethnicity,

5. Germany's foreign policy of reconciliation
Germany's foreign policy of reconciliation : from enmity to amity / Lily Gardner Feldman. - Lanham, MD [etc.] : Rowman & Littlefield, cop. 2012. - XVII, 393 p. : ill. ; 24 cm Bibliogr.: p. 365-376. - Met lit. opg. en reg. - 2012
Keywords: Germany, France, Israel, Poland, Czech Republic, Reconciliation, International relations, Foreign policy, World War II, History,

6. Postnationale Demokratie
Postnationale Demokratie : eine Einführung am Beispiel von EU, WTO und UNO / Klaus Dingwerth, Michael Blauberger, Christian Schneider. - Wiesbaden : VS Verlag, 2011. - 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - (Grundwissen Politik ; Bd. 47) op omslag: Lehrbuch. - Bibliogr.: p. 220-236. - Met lit. opg. - 2011
Keywords: United Nations, World Trade Organization, European Union, International organizations, Globalization, Democracy,

7. Bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe
Bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe : współczesne koncepcje / Jacek Czaputowicz. - Warszawa : Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 2012. - 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - (Stosunki Miȩdzynarodowe) Met lit. opg. en index. - Bibliogr.: p. 228 -251. - 2012
Keywords: International peace and security, International relations,

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  • Blachèr, P., Droit Des Relations Internationales, Paris, LexisNexis, 2011.

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    Le cours de “relations internationales”, enseigné dans les premiers cycles des facultés de droit et des Instituts d’études politiques, présente les règles de droit encadrant les rapports entre les Etats. Ce droit, “le droit international public”, fonctionne selon une logique particulière qui le distingue du droit interne. D’un maniement aisé, cet ouvrage à vocation pédagogique expose les notions de base de la matière : les sources du droit international (traité, coutume, acte unilatéral), les sujets internationaux (l’Etat, les organisations internationales, en particulier l’ONU), les juridictions internationales, les principes de la diplomatie, l’encadrement du recours à la force, les droits de l’homme. Illustré par l’actualité la plus récente, ce manuel prépare les étudiants au cours de “droit international public”. Il intéressera également les candidats à divers concours (Sciences Po, ENA, Pré-CAPA, ENM, écoles de journalisme) et toute personne souhaitant comprendre les règles fondamentales applicables aux relations internationales.

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  • Koivisto, M., Normative State Power in International Relations, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012.

    Koivisto, M., Normative State Power in International Relations, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012.

    While the relationship between norms and the state is an omnipresent research theme in International Relations, most international theory – from classical liberalism to recent constructivism – continues to treat ‘normative state power’ as an analytical impossibility. Scholarship within the fields of human rights, global civil society, and globalization remains primarily focused on moral evaluations and the mitigation of the geopolitical power of the state. Rarely are the normative institutional capacities of the state the focus of analysis. This book offers a new theory of normative state power in global politics. Marjo Koivisto argues that normative state power is distinct from the fiscal or military might of states. It is usually institutionalized and internalized within the state as a set of cultural norms relating to the role of statehood in local and global practice. By deploying both theoretical inquiry and substantive analysis of the Nordic model, the book offers a deep, institutionalist account of normative state power as exercised in relation to the welfare state. A case study of the internationalist networks of the Nordic states in times of economic crises (both the 1930s and 1990s) illustrates how, thanks to the persistence of normative state power, state forms tend to outlast political and economic transformations.

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  • Devetak, R. (et al.) (eds.), An Introduction to International Relations, Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, 2012.

    Devetak, R. (et al.) (eds.), An Introduction to International Relations, Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, 2012.

    Invaluable to students and those approaching the subject for the first time, An Introduction to International Relations, Second Edition provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to international relations, its traditions and its changing nature in an era of globalisation. Thoroughly revised and updated, it features chapters written by a range of experts from around the world. It presents a global perspective on the theories, history, developments and debates that shape this dynamic discipline and contemporary world politics. Now in full-colour and accompanied by a password-protected companion website featuring additional chapters and case studies, this is the indispensable guide to the study of international relations.

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  • Viotti, P.R, and M.V. Kauppi, International Relations and World Politics, Boston, MA, 2013.

    Viotti, P.R, and M.V. Kauppi, International Relations and World Politics, Boston, MA, 2013.

    Updated in its 5th edition, International Relations and World Politics is a toolkit that offers an authoritative survey of the field and practical ways to analyze current and future world problems. Drawn from the authors’ experience as scholars and practitioners, this new edition was completely rewritten to focus on an enduring teaching and learning goal–how individuals can apply theory, history, geography, and more for a lifetime of understanding politics in a globalized world. Whether as actors themselves in world politics, participants in the global economy, or simply readers of world news, those reading International Relations and World Politics not only get more help to master the field’s concepts but also get more help to understand that these are real-world ideas with real-world implications.

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  • Ku, C., International law, International Relations, and Global Governance, London, Routledge, 2012

    Ku, C., International law, International Relations, and Global Governance, London, Routledge, 2012

    International Relations and International Law have developed in parallel but distinctly throughout the 20th Century. However in recent years there has been recognition that their shared concerns in areas as diverse as the environment, transnational crime and terrorism, human rights and conflict resolution outweigh their disciplinary and methodological divergences. This concise and accessible volume focuses on collaborative work within the disciplines of international law and international relations, and highlights the need to develop this collaboration further, describing the value for individuals, states, IGOs, and other non-state actors in being able to draw on the cross-pollination of international relations and international legal scholarship.

    This book:

    • examines how different elements of governance are interacting and shifting from one actor to another
    • analyses the cumulative effect of these shifts, and evaluates how they both enhance and challenge the worlds governing capacity
    • considers how the characteristics of an architecture for a globalized governance are emerging.

    Helping readers to examine and understand how accumulated actions over time have given rise to system-wide changes, this work is essential reading for all students of international law, international relations and global governance.

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  • Alden, C. and Amnon A., Foreign Policy Analysis: New Approaches, London, Routledge, 2012

    Alden, C. and Amnon A., Foreign Policy Analysis: New Approaches, London, Routledge, 2012

    This exciting new book aims to re-invigorate the conversation between foreign policy analysis and international relations. It opens up the discussion, situating existing debates in foreign policy in relation to contemporary concerns in international relations, and provide a concise and accessible account of key areas in foreign policy analysis that are often ignored. Focusing on how the process of foreign policy decision making affects the conduct of states in the international system, and analysing the relationship between policy, agency and actors, the work examines:

    • foreign policy and bureaucracies
    • fomestic sources of foreign policy
    • foreign policy and the state
    • foreign policy and globalization
    • foreign policy and change.

    This work builds on and expands the theoretical canvas of foreign policy analysis, shaping its ongoing dialogue with international relations and offering an important introduction to the field. It is essential reading for all students of foreign policy and international relations.

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  • Smith, M. A., Power in the Changing Global Order: the US, Russia and China, Cambridge, Polity, 2012.

    Smith, M. A., Power in the Changing Global Order: the US, Russia and China, Cambridge, Polity, 2012.
    Power has been compared to the weather: people discuss it all the time, but very few really understand it. This book seeks to demystify this complex concept by providing students with an incisive and engaging introduction to the shifting configurations of power in the contemporary global order. Drawing on the work of leading international relations scholars, philosophers and sociologists, the analysis goes beyond simplistic views of power as material capability, focusing also on its neglected social dimensions. These are developed and explored through a detailed examination of the changing international role, status and capacities of the United States, Russia and China since the end of the Cold War. Far from achieving multipolarity, the book concludes that the contemporary world remains essentially unipolar; America having moved to correct the mistakes of George W. Bush’s first term in office, while China and Russia have, in different ways, limited their own abilities to challenge American primacy. This book will be essential reading for students of international relations and politics, as well as anyone with an interest in the shifting balance of power in the global system.
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  • International law, International Relations, and Global Governance

    INTERNATIONAL LAW INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

    International Relations and International Law have developed in parallel but distinctly throughout the 20th Century. However in recent years there has been recognition that their shared concerns in areas as diverse as the environment, transnational crime and terrorism, human rights and conflict resolution outweigh their disciplinary and methodological divergences.

    This concise and accessible volume focuses on collaborative work within the disciplines of international law and international relations, and highlights the need to develop this collaboration further, describing the value for individuals, states, IGOs, and other non-state actors in being able to draw on the cross-pollination of international relations and international legal scholarship.

    This book:

      • examines how different elements of governance are interacting and shifting from one actor to another
      • analyses the cumulative effect of these shifts, and evaluates how they both enhance and challenge the worlds governing capacity
      • considers how the characteristics of an architecture for a globalized governance are emerging.

    Helping readers to examine and understand how accumulated actions over time have given rise to system-wide changes, this work is essential reading for all students of international law, international relations and global governance.

    Charlotte Ku, 2012
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  • International law and International Relations

    International law and international relations

    In this fully updated and revised edition, the authors explore the evolution, nature and function of international law in world politics and situate international law in its historical and political context. They propose three interdisciplinary ‘lenses’ (realist, liberal and constructivist) through which to view the role of international law in world politics and suggest that the concept of an international society provides the overall context within which international legal developments occur. These theoretical perspectives offer different ways of looking at international law in terms of what it is, how it works and how it changes. Topics covered include the use of force, international crimes, human rights, international trade and the environment. The new edition also contains more material on non-western perspectives, international institutions and non-state actors and a new bibliography. Each chapter features discussion questions and guides to further reading.

    David Armstrong, Theo Farrell and Hélène Lambert, 2012
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  • Nousios, P., H. Overbeek and A. Tsolakis (eds.), Globalisation and European Integration: Critical Approaches to Regional Order and International Relations, London (etc.), Routledge (etc.), 2012.

    Nousios, P., H. Overbeek and A. Tsolakis (eds.), Globalisation and European Integration: Critical Approaches to Regional Order and International Relations, London (etc.), Routledge (etc.), 2012.

    This book explores the links between European integration and globalisation, and examines the potential for social transformation in the context of the global economic crisis and the resulting EU reforms. Divided into three parts, this book offers both empirical and theoretical analyses of social integration, supranationality and global competition. Contributors examine the ways in which current global economic turbulence has affected the European Union, its membership and its adjacent areas, and determine the potential for economic and political transformation in light of the global economic crisis and Europe’s 2020 Strategy. In the emerging multi-polar world, in which the EU and the US are expected to share global policymaking with new powers, this book argues for a revised conceptualisation of European integration and its relationship with globalisation.

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  • Cornelissen, S., F. Cheru and T.M. Shaw (eds.), Africa and International Relations in the 21st Century, Basingstoke (etc.), Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

    Cornelissen, S., F. Cheru and T.M. Shaw (eds.), Africa and International Relations in the 21st Century, Basingstoke (etc.), Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

    At the start of the second decade of the 21st Century, Africa is viewed in a much more positive light by analysts, investors, observers and policymakers. China’s recent closer involvement with the continent has set the tone for new forms of engagement between Africa and the rest of the world. The authors discuss the implications for Africa’s future trajectories and how to understand the continent’s position in the international system. Furthermore, they demonstrate how the study of shifts in Africa’s international relations can help explain broader dynamics and the changing foundations of world order.

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  • Viotti, P.R. and M.V. Kauppi, International Relations and World Politics, Boston, MA (etc.), Pearson, 2013.

    Viotti, P.R. and M.V. Kauppi, International Relations and World Politics, Boston, MA (etc.), Pearson, 2013.

    Updated in its 5th edition, International Relations and World Politics is a toolkit that offers an authoritative survey of the field and practical ways to analyze current and future world problems. Drawn from the authors’ experience as scholars and practitioners, this new edition was completely rewritten to focus on an enduring teaching and learning goal-how individuals can apply theory, history, geography, and more for a lifetime of understanding politics in a globalized world. Whether as actors themselves in world politics, participants in the global economy, or simply readers of world news, those reading International Relations and World Politics not only get more help to master the field’s concepts but also get more help to understand that these are real-world ideas with real-world implications.

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  • Dictionnaire de Géopolitique et Relations Internationales : Français-Anglais, Anglais-Français

    Dictionnaire de GéopolitiqueJean-Louis Trouillon, 2006
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  • The Oxford Handbook of International Relations

    The Oxford handbook of international relationsChristian Reus-Smit and Duncan Snidal (eds.), 2008
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  • Atlas des Crises et des Conflits

    Atlas des crises et des conflitsPascal Boniface & Hubert Védrine, 2009
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  • ARGO and the Follow-Up: Iran and the United States

    33 Years after the event, Hollywood has turned its attention to an episode that traumatized the United States for months: the seizure of the American Embassy in Tehran. As the US Embassy falls to a group of Islamist students and militants in support of the Iranian revolution and in retaliation for the USA’s sheltering of the recently deposed Shah, six diplomats slip out and seek sanctuary in the Canadian’s ambassador’s residence. It is up to the CIA’s Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) to extract them from the country before they are discovered by the Revolutionary Guards. The plan? Create a fake movie, called Argo, and pretend they’re the crew.

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  • South Sudan: Birth Of A Nation

    On 9th July 2011, South-Sudan finally gained independence from Sudan after 50 years of conflicts in Northeasteren Africa. This blog will briefly discuss the most important obstacles that will lie ahead for the people of South-Sudan.

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  • North Korea confirms nuclear test

    North Korea has conducted its second nuclear test, the country’s state news agency KCNA announced today. The nuclear test was expected. Earlier this year North Korea conducted a failed intercontinental missile test.

    “The current nuclear test was safely conducted on a new higher level in terms of its explosive power and technology of its [...]

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