International Relations (all books)

The Geopolitics of Global Energy: The New Cost of Plenty
Timothy C. Lehmann, editor

In the all-encompassing energy realm, powerful state and private actors determine which of the world's many energy resources are developed ... and how societies are molded to accommodate    More >

Shaping German Foreign Policy: History, Memory, and National Interest
Anika Leithner

Reconciling the imperatives of Germany’s national identity and its national interest has been a challenge for the country’s policymakers since the end of the Cold War. Anika    More >

North America 2.0: Forging a Continental Future
Tom Long and Alan Bersin

North America has survived a tumultuous three decades since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. What characterizes our shared region today? More importantly, what    More >

Responding to Genocide: The Politics of International Action
Adam Lupel and Ernesto Verdeja, editors

What are the causes of genocide and mass atrocities? How can we prevent these atrocities or, when that is no longer possible, intervene to stop them? What are the impediments to timely and    More >

Isolating Qatar: The Gulf Rift, 2017–2021
Edward A. Lynch

In June 2017, Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE announced a comprehensive boycott of Qatar. Diplomatic ties were severed, trade was banned, and airspace was closed. Qatari nationals    More >

US Politics and the United Nations: A Tale of Dysfunctional Dynamics
Alynna J. Lyon

It is no secret that the US variously pulls away from the United Nations and embraces it as a significant venue for policy initiatives. But what explains this dramatic inconsistency? What is    More >

Demilitarizing Politics: Elections on the Uncertain Road to Peace
Terrence Lyons

With the increasing use of elections as a tool for peacebuilding after civil war, the question of why some postconflict elections succeed and others fail is a crucial one. Tackling this    More >

Foreign Policy and Regionalism in the Americas
Gordon Mace and Jean-Philippe Thérien, editors

This comparative analysis of foreign policy behavior in the Americas focuses on the emerging trend toward regionalism. Following a discussion of the phenomenon of regionalism in general,    More >

The Americas in Transition: The Contours of Regionalism
Gordon Mace, Louis Bélanger, and contributors

The FTA, MERCOSUR, the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative, NAFTA, the Summit of the Americas—do these constitute building blocs in the construction of a new regional system? This    More >

Governing the Americas: Assessing Multilateral Institutions
Gordon Mace, Jean-Philippe Thérien, and Paul Haslam, editors

Governing the Americas presents the first systematic assessment of the functioning of hemispheric institutions since the introduction of the Summit of the Americas process in    More >

The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Century
David M. Malone, editor

The nature and scope of UN Security Council decisions—significantly changed in the post-Cold War era—have enormous implications for the conduct of foreign policy. The United    More >

Unilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy: International Perspectives
David M. Malone and Yuen Foong Khong, editors

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! From the war on terrorism to global warming, from national missile defense to unilateral sanctions, the U.S. has been taken to task for coming on too    More >

The UN Security Council in the 21st Century
Sebastian von Einsiedel, David M. Malone, and Bruno Stagno Ugarte, editors

Winner of the Friends of ACUNS Book Award! After grappling for more than two decades with the realities of the post–Cold War era, the UN Security Council must now meet the    More >

Armies Without States: The Privatization of Security
Robert Mandel

What does the increasing use of private security forces mean for governments? For individuals? Armies Without States offers a comprehensive analysis of the varieties, causes, and    More >

Security, Strategy and the Quest for Bloodless War
Robert Mandel

In recent decades, government and military officials alike have pushed increasingly in the direction of "bloodless wars," where confrontations are undertaken—and ultimately    More >

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