International Relations

This book brings together a collection of Friedrich Kratochwil’s key essays to explain his approach to international relations and how his thinking has developed over the last 30 years. It addresses topical themes and issues, including sovereignty, law, epistemology, boundaries, global governance an..

This book discusses the relation of different religious systems to the development of world unity, peace and international law. It examines Pagan worship, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Indian and Far Eastern religions and shows how far their universalism has made for peace or war. It traces t..

This book explores the right to religious freedom within international law. Analysing legal structures in a variety of both Western and Non-Western jurisdictions, the book sets out a topography of the different constitutional structures of religion within the state and their compliance with internat..

Provides an overview of the role of ideas in political analysis, and as such it offers a much-needed collection for courses on political analysis, whilst also making a valuable theoretical and empirical contribution to the existing literature...

Provides an overview of the role of ideas in political analysis, and as such it offers a much-needed collection for courses on political analysis, whilst also making a valuable theoretical and empirical contribution to the existing literature...

This work seeks to develop new concepts with which to analyse the actions and activities of states, especially those that tend to be relatively ignored by the established literature...

This work seeks to develop new concepts with which to analyse the actions and activities of states, especially those that tend to be relatively ignored by the established literature. It is based on the premise that IR is an often conservative discipline, focused on typical and standard experiences a..

Routledge Handbook of Soft Power is the first volume to offer a comprehensive and detailed picture of soft power and soft public diplomacy...

This book problematises the idea of and debates about a ‘divided West’ that have emerged since 9/11 and the controversy over the Iraq War...

Many residents of the Middle East - and more recently, Western powers - have placed great hope in democratization in the region. Bringing together a number of experts on the region to provide a broad ranging survey of individual countries, this book examines the experiences of activists, parties, re..

Examines the evolving threat of terrorism and draws on the research to assess future trends. This book also explores specific aspects of contemporary terrorism, including political, social, economic, religious, and ideological factors, globalization as a stimulation to contemporary terrorism, the ro..

Examines the evolving threat of terrorism and draws on the research to assess future trends. This book also explores specific aspects of contemporary terrorism, including political, social, economic, religious, and ideological factors, globalization as a stimulation to contemporary terrorism, the ro..