The consequences of the rise of emerging powers like China and India is becoming the most important topic of debate in international studies. This book focuses on the impact that these changes have on the way we study international politics: if international politics is changing, should we also change international studies?

The consequences of the rise of emerging powers like China and India is becoming the most important topic of debate in international studies. This book focuses on the impact of these changes on the way we study international politics: if international politics is changing, should we also change international studies?

The political economy of emerging mechanisms of global governance entails the imposition of specific models of conflict resolution in peripheral regions. This has led to international peace initiatives which often lack resonance in the complex of institutions and practices at the centre of long-standing conflicts in these regions.