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Chinese Diplomacy and the Paris Peace Conference (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Qi-Hua Tang Chinese Diplomacy and the Paris Peace Conference (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Qi-Hua Tang; Translated by Zhonghu Yan
R2,916 Discovery Miles 29 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines Republican China's diplomatic strategies and engagement, and power reconfiguration in East Asia after 1914. Drawing on a vast trove of primary sources, including newly declassified archival materials, the book offers not only a richly-informed account of how the Beiyang government conducted diplomacy at the Paris Peace Conference but also new insights into why. Calling into question such long-held beliefs that the Beiyang government was inadequately prepared for the Conference, was treasonous in urging the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, and that its behavior at the Conference amounted to a thorough failure of diplomacy, the author tries to make a case for a much more nuanced re-interpretation and re-evaluation of this critical period in the country's diplomatic history.

Changing US Foreign Policy toward India - US-India Relations since the Cold War (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Carina van de... Changing US Foreign Policy toward India - US-India Relations since the Cold War (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Carina van de Wetering
R2,875 Discovery Miles 28 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book uncovers how US-India relations have changed and intensified during the administrations of Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr., and Barack Obama. Throughout the Cold War, US-India relations were often distant and volatile as India mostly received attention at times of grave international crises, but from the late 1990s onwards, the US showed a more sustained interest in India. How was this shift possible? While previous scholarship has focused on the civilian nuclear deal as a turning point, this book presents an alternative account for this change by analyzing how India's identity has been constructed in different terms after the Cold War. It examines the underlying discourse and explains how this enables or constrains US foreign policymakers when they establish security policies with India and improve US-India relations.

The Barack Obama Presidency - A Two Year Assessment (Hardcover): J Davis The Barack Obama Presidency - A Two Year Assessment (Hardcover)
J Davis
R1,521 Discovery Miles 15 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Eschewing conventional partisanship, this book offers the definitive assessment of the opening two years of the presidency of Barack Obama and explores the critical policies, decisions, and politics that dominated Obama's domestic and international agendas. Joining forces with a host of distinguished scholars, the editor offers a compelling evaluation of the Obama presidency with the objective of examining three critical questions: Did the domestic reforms advance or impact the Obama legacy? Did multilateralism advance Obama's stewardship of U.S. foreign policy? Finally, what issues on the domestic and international front will define the Obama presidency?

Managing China's Sovereignty in Hong Kong and Taiwan (Hardcover): S. Tok Managing China's Sovereignty in Hong Kong and Taiwan (Hardcover)
S. Tok
R2,618 R1,942 Discovery Miles 19 420 Save R676 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Is China always defensive about its sovereignty issues? Does China see sovereignty essentially as 'absolute, ' 'Victorian, ' or 'Westphalian?' Sow Keat Tok suggests that Beijing has a more nuanced and flexible policy towards 'sovereignty' than previously assumed. By comparing China's changing policy towards Taiwan and Hong Kong, the author relates the role of previous conceptions of the world order in China's conception of modern 'sovereignty', thereby uncovers Beijing's deepest concern when dealing with its sovereignty issues.

China's Diplomacy and Economic Activities in Africa - Relations on the Move (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Anja Lahtinen China's Diplomacy and Economic Activities in Africa - Relations on the Move (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Anja Lahtinen
R1,494 Discovery Miles 14 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book advocates a broad outlook of China-Africa relations and highlights China's soft power in Africa. Lahtinen discusses China's impact in generating economic growth and argues how some African countries have become too dependent on it, as exposed by the recent economic downturn. This book not only bestows the rational and politics of China in Africa in its pursuit of global power in the changing economic and political landscape, but also opens and tackles issues of ideology, Confucianism, China Dream, soft power, culture, democracy, human rights, and geopolitics. Lahtinen argues that unlocking Africa's potential and its trajectory is up to Africa. This book provides an invaluable resource for politicians, policy advisers, researchers, practitioners, people in business and civic organization, and students of China studies, African studies, and international relations.

French and US Approaches to Foreign Policy (Hardcover, New): A. Alarcon French and US Approaches to Foreign Policy (Hardcover, New)
A. Alarcon
R1,839 Discovery Miles 18 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Based on document analysis, and on the evaluations, perceptions and judgments of people involved in framing, making, and applying foreign policy in both countries as foreign affairs officials, law makers, or think tanks' associates, this book presents the differing worldviews and concepts for establishing an international order. It is argued that the differences between U.S. and French approaches to foreign policies and international affairs are historically entrenched in political cultures, and could transcend other elements such as economic interests, or the political inclinations of the individuals or parties who control their governments. Many of the findings could be applied to the differences and similarities between the U.S. and other European countries.

Cultural Diplomacy in Europe - Between the Domestic and the International (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Caterina Carta, Richard... Cultural Diplomacy in Europe - Between the Domestic and the International (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Caterina Carta, Richard Higgott
R3,903 Discovery Miles 39 030 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This edited volume explores European cultural diplomacy, a topic of growing interest across the scholarly and applied public policy communities in recent years. The contributions focus on Europe, culture and diplomacy and the way they are interlinked in the contemporary international context. The European Union increasingly resorts to cultural assets and activity for both internal and external purposes, to foster European cohesion and advancing integration, and to mitigate the demise of other foreign policy components, respectively. This calls for an analysis of the strategic role of culture, especially as it relates to the realm of EU external action. The chapters provide a conceptual discussion of culture in international relations and examine how this concept relates to cultural diplomacy and cultural strategy. The authors discuss roles and relationships with the EU's 2016 Global Strategy and current EU attempts to foster the EU's political and societal resilience.

The Catacazy Affair and the Uneasy Path of Russian-American Relations (Hardcover): Lee A. Farrow The Catacazy Affair and the Uneasy Path of Russian-American Relations (Hardcover)
Lee A. Farrow
R3,206 Discovery Miles 32 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Constantin Catacazy whipped up scandal in Washington after his appointment there as Russian Ambassador in 1869, ignoring diplomatic protocol and defying social mores. By 1871, President Grant and his Cabinet requested that he be recalled. But the timing of this request overlapped with the visit of the tsar's son to the USA - a celebrated diplomatic event symbolising the friendship and good will between the two nations. Consequently, Catacazy was allowed to travel with the tsar's son, but only as a persona non grata. This tense resolution led many to worry about the future of the Russian-American friendship. With a keen sense of the human interest, Lee A. Farrow demonstrates that this affair was one of the earliest significant complications in the relationship between Russia and the USA. Using a lively micro-historical approach and fresh materials such as the letters of Catacazy and of Secretary of State Hamilton Fish from archives in the USA, UK and Russia, Farrow explores 19th-century politics and diplomacy, and the pre-suffrage power of women in the political arena through an investigation of the Washington wives' reactions to the controversial figure of Olga Catacazy. The result is a cutting-edge analysis of this pivotal episode in modern history.

Force without War - U.S. Armed Forces as a Political Instrument (Paperback, illustrated edition): Barry Blechman, Stephen S.... Force without War - U.S. Armed Forces as a Political Instrument (Paperback, illustrated edition)
Barry Blechman, Stephen S. Kaplan
R954 Discovery Miles 9 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The United States has used military force short of war as an instrument of diplomacy on many occasions and in many areas of the world in the years since the Second World War. This book describes and analyzes the circumstances accompanying 215 shows of force and examines how effective these actions were in helping to attain U.S. foreign policy objectives. Which type of force (air, ground, naval) was most often used? What did the forces do and how effective were they? Of what significance was Soviet involvement when U.S. military power was called upon to influence events? Was the threat presented by the alerting or deployment of strategic nuclear forces or by very large conventional forces especially telling? How clear is it that a desired effect was in fact caused by the demonstration of force? Barry Blechman and Stephen Kaplan explore these and other questions, examining also such elements as a President's domestic popularity and personal diplomacy preceding or during crises that led to U.S. military demonstrations. Complementing their analysis are five sets of case studies describing ten instances of the use of American military power to influence events in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean. The case studies by David K. Hall, William B. Quandt, Jerome N. Slater, Robert M. Slusser, and Philip Windsor focus on the reasons for U.S. action and the methods adopted, on the behavior of other parties, and on the relation between the use of force and the resolution of the crisis. The book's main conclusion is that the demonstrative use of U.S. armed forces has often stabilized a deteriorating situation enough to avoid further deterioration, relieved domestic and international pressure for more drastic and possibly self-defeating action, and gained time for diplomacy to achieve a more lasting remedy.

The Complete Art of War (Hardcover): Sun Tzu The Complete Art of War (Hardcover)
Sun Tzu
R1,072 Discovery Miles 10 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Security and Sovereignty in the North Atlantic (Hardcover): L. Heininen Security and Sovereignty in the North Atlantic (Hardcover)
L. Heininen
R1,846 Discovery Miles 18 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The North Atlantic continues to be an area of international strategic significance regionally and globally. This study explores the strong processes of sovereignty, as well as new independent states and micro-proto-states that are forming in the region.

American Diplomats in Russia - Case Studies in Orphan Diplomacy, 1916-1919 (Hardcover, New): William T. Allison American Diplomats in Russia - Case Studies in Orphan Diplomacy, 1916-1919 (Hardcover, New)
William T. Allison
R2,767 Discovery Miles 27 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Anti-Bolshevism, the Allied war effort, German domination, American hegemony--these issues and many more occupied the daily activities of American diplomats in revolutionary Russia. Left with little instruction from Washington and often exposed to danger, the American diplomats took it upon themselves to deal with the chaotic situation. In this unique study, Allison looks at the careers of specific diplomats and at their personal and political agendas, showing how their prejudices often biased their judgment and influenced their actions.

Cold War Diplomat - Inside U.S. Diplomacy 1981-2011 (Hardcover, Second Cloth Bound with New Format ed.): George a Glass Cold War Diplomat - Inside U.S. Diplomacy 1981-2011 (Hardcover, Second Cloth Bound with New Format ed.)
George a Glass
R1,546 R1,270 Discovery Miles 12 700 Save R276 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Witness to a Changing World (Hardcover): David D Newsom Witness to a Changing World (Hardcover)
David D Newsom
R1,140 Discovery Miles 11 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"These memoirs of an unusually wise and perceptive American diplomat provide rare insight into America at the apogee of its global power. Ambassador Newsom reminds us throughout that one of our greatest strengths is the diplomatic power of the United States in a complex world." -- Nicholas Burns, Professor, Harvard University, and former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs "David Newsom's memoirs are a deeply personal, witty, and wise account of the life of one of America's finest diplomats. Newsom combined an intuitive grasp of foreign cultures with a wry, self-deprecating sense of humor. During three decades in the field and in Washington, he was truly 'in the eye of the storm' as he met some of the major challenges our nation faced abroad. Crises brought out his most sterling qualities: competence, courage, and discipline." --Roscoe S. Suddarth, former U.S. Ambassador to Jordan

The Art of War & the Prince (Hardcover): Niccolo Machiavelli The Art of War & the Prince (Hardcover)
Niccolo Machiavelli
R961 Discovery Miles 9 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Multi-Layered Diplomacy in a Global State - The International Relations of California (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Alison R.... Multi-Layered Diplomacy in a Global State - The International Relations of California (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Alison R. Holmes
R1,524 Discovery Miles 15 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the growing importance of subnational diplomacy by examining the state of California. As the fifth largest economy in the world, California's tribes, counties, cities and the state itself are changing the shape of diplomatic theory and practice and defining what it means to be a 'global' state. As both a theoretical text and a practical guide, this book offers a current snapshot of California, then connects this narrative to the fundamental international relations concepts of diplomacy and sovereignty and the working assumptions of professionals in the field. Through interviews with those representing all of the entities of the state - as well as the diplomats sent to the United States to represent the interests of their home countries - Holmes creates what she calls the 'vertical axis of diplomacy', providing context and depth to a (re)emerging form of diplomacy, increasingly relevant in this pandemic moment.

The G20 - A New Geopolitical Order (Hardcover, New): K. Postel-Vinay The G20 - A New Geopolitical Order (Hardcover, New)
K. Postel-Vinay
R1,835 Discovery Miles 18 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The composition of the Group of Twenty or G20 reflects the metamorphosis of world politics. In contrast with other 'Gs' (G8, G77) its members are both developed and emerging economies, democracies and authoritarian regimes, secular and religious governments. This book argues that the G20 is neither a global executive board for a new world order, nor is it just a crisis unit for failing economies. It is a laboratory for the observation, experimentation and invention of new forms of international cooperation that are redefining global politics.

The Chinese Constitution of Central Asia - Regions and Intertwined Actors in International Relations (Hardcover): N. Godehardt The Chinese Constitution of Central Asia - Regions and Intertwined Actors in International Relations (Hardcover)
N. Godehardt
R2,363 R1,945 Discovery Miles 19 450 Save R418 (18%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

China's commitments in Central Asia illustrate how regional foreign policy works and how long-standing principles of Chinese foreign policy might be revised in the near future. China's rise has 'moved' Asia, which is why it seems that what we have traditionally regarded as the geographic and political scope of Asia might actually considerably change in the near future. Nadine Godehardt gives crucial insights into the Chinese expert discourse on Central Asia - analyzing how Chinese experts define Central Asia when they talk and write about policy issues related to China's immediate Western neighbourhood. In this context, she gives an inside perspective on Chinese voices whose meanings are rarely examined in Chinese International Relations studies.

Yearbook of the International Law Commission 2006 - Vol. 2: Part 2 (Paperback): United Nations International Law Commission Yearbook of the International Law Commission 2006 - Vol. 2: Part 2 (Paperback)
United Nations International Law Commission
R1,299 R1,160 Discovery Miles 11 600 Save R139 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The The Yearbook contains the official records of the International Law Commission and is an indispensable tool for the preservation of the legislative history of the documents emanating from the Commission, as well as for the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the Commission in the progressive development of international law and its codification. Volume II (Part Two) reproduces the edited version of the annual report of the Commission to the General Assembly.

Essential Readings in World Politics (Paperback, Eighth Edition): Jack L Snyder, Karen A. Mingst, Heather Elko McKibben Essential Readings in World Politics (Paperback, Eighth Edition)
Jack L Snyder, Karen A. Mingst, Heather Elko McKibben
R1,236 Discovery Miles 12 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With 30% new readings in the Eighth Edition, Essential Readings in World Politics introduces students to key classic and contemporary works in international relations. The selections in each chapter reflect diverse perspectives on major topics in international relations, and the headnotes provide the context and background that introductory students need. In the Eighth Edition, new readings offer diverse perspectives on current topics such the environment, global health, China's role in the global order and the future of globalisation.

US Energy Diplomacy in the Caspian Sea Basin - Changing Trends Since 2001 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Omid Shokri Kalehsar US Energy Diplomacy in the Caspian Sea Basin - Changing Trends Since 2001 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Omid Shokri Kalehsar
R3,644 Discovery Miles 36 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of US policy from the perspective of an analyst and scholar from the region. This volume discusses the US energy diplomacy in the Caspian Sea region since 2001. It compares the foreign policy of the Bush, Obama, and Trump administrations, following the changing role of energy in the behavior of the US toward states in the energy hubs of Central Asia and the Caspian Sea. The chapters employ historical analysis, regional analysis, interviews, and case studies to trace the evolution of US interests in the area and posits likely trends for future policy. Topics discussed include: China's massive Belt and Road Initiative the energy and foreign policies of the Caspian littoral states in comparison with those of China, India, the European Union, and Turkey the escalation of differences among key OPEC members during the Trump era the impact of the oil price war on the US shale industry the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on the oil market Russian and U.S. competition in the EU energy market the US-China trade war and the role of energy in the first phase of the US-China trade deal the energy policy of the incoming US President, Joe Biden Shedding light on the complex geopolitics of the US-Caspian Sea Energy diplomacy, this volume will be of interest to researchers of foreign policy, diplomacy, international relations, and energy policy as well as policymakers and analysts working in related areas.

Sustainable Diplomacies (Hardcover): C. Constantinou, J. Der Derian, James Der Derian Sustainable Diplomacies (Hardcover)
C. Constantinou, J. Der Derian, James Der Derian
R2,884 Discovery Miles 28 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Sustainable Diplomacies" looks at how to create conditions for the reconciliation of rival ways of living, the formation of durable relationships and the promotion of global peace and security. The authors draw inspiration from the history of diplomatic thought as well as from environmental, anthropological, religious and postcolonial studies.

The Counter-Revolution in Diplomacy and Other Essays (Hardcover): G. Berridge The Counter-Revolution in Diplomacy and Other Essays (Hardcover)
G. Berridge
R1,515 Discovery Miles 15 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book brings together for the first time a large collection of essays (including three new ones) of a leading writer on diplomacy. They challenge the fashionable view that the novel features of contemporary diplomacy are its most important, and use new historical research to explore questions not previously treated in the same systematic manner.

Sustained Dialogue in Conflicts - Transformation and Change (Hardcover, New): H Saunders Sustained Dialogue in Conflicts - Transformation and Change (Hardcover, New)
H Saunders
R2,633 Discovery Miles 26 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Our country is more deeply and angrily divided than at any time in my life," says Harold H. Saunders. Believing that the energies and capacities of citizens outside government are the greatest untapped resources for meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century, Saunders argues that sustained dialogue is a critical instrument for citizens to use in marshaling those resources to develop the relationships essential to peace, efficient organizations, and democratic political and economic development. Beyond that, sustained dialogue offers a creative diplomacy appropriate to the twenty-first century.

Thinking beyond War - Civil-Military Relations and Why America Fails to Win the Peace (Hardcover): I. Wilson Thinking beyond War - Civil-Military Relations and Why America Fails to Win the Peace (Hardcover)
I. Wilson
R2,891 Discovery Miles 28 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Why was there a deliberate plan to fight the war in Iraq but none to win the peace? This question, which has caused such confusion and consternation among the American public and been the subject of much political wrangling over the past two years, is the focus of Lt. Col. Isaiah Wilson's investigation. Director of the American politics, policy, and strategy program at West Point, Wilson points to a flaw in the government's definition of when, how, and for what reasons the United States intervenes abroad. It is a paradox in the American way of peace and war, he explains, that harkens back to America's war loss in Vietnam. The dilemma we face today in Iraq, the author says, is the result of a flaw in how we have viewed the war from its inception, and Wilson reminds us that Iraq is just the latest, albeit the most poignant and tragic, case in point. His exploration of this paradox calls for new organizational and operational approaches to America's intervention policy. In challenging current western societal military lexicon and doctrine, Wilson offers new hope and practical solutions to overcome the paradox once and for all.

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