Thomas Risse & Stephen C. Ropp 
Persistent Power of Human Rights [PDF ebook] 
From Commitment to Compliance

Militarized conflicts between states appear to occur repeatedly in the same geographic regions. Both World Wars and a series of interstate disputes in the post-Cold War system had their origins in th …

Since 1989 the concept of ”civil war” has taken on new salience in international relations. Significant inquiries into inter-ethnic violence emphasising studies of political community, identity, so …

This book examines the development of bilateral energy relations between China and the two oil-rich countries, Kazakhstan and Russia. Challenging conventional assumptions about energy politics and Ch …

This book maps Indo-US relations from the turn of the last century. Amidst the changing world order, the bilateral ties between two of the world’s greatest democracies have evolved from the thorny ex …

This book examines the U.S. system of intergovernmental relations pertaining to ocean resources. The exploitation of the oceans with regard to fisheries, marine mammals, hydrocarbons and economic min …

Effective diplomacy remains fundamental to the conduct of international relations in the twenty-first century, as we seek to define and manage a challenging new world order peacefully. New Perspectiv …

In this fascinating book, Michael Herzfeld argues that ”modern” bureaucratically regulated societies are no more ”rational” or less ”symbolic” than the societies traditionally studied by anthro …

In this book, Sandra Engstrand uses role theory to study learning processes in environmental policy negotiations in the Arctic Council. Owing to rapid ice-melting in the Arctic region, and more acces …