Abstract The prevailing wisdom in International Relations literature that foreign policies of states may be understood without reference to their history, political values or culture,…
Topic: Foreign Policy
Summary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has not only survived but thrived in the post-Cold War era, regaining the support of Chinese citizens after the…
Summary Although India and China have very different experiences of colonialism, they respond to that history in a similar way—by treating it as a collective…
Summary This book looks at U.S.-Korea relations and argues that the durability of military alliances depends upon a combination of power distribution, material assets, and…
Summary Lu Ning, former assistant to a vice-foreign minister of China, draws on archival materials, interviews, and personal experiences, to provide unique insights into the…
Summary Various domestic factors impact upon China’s foreign policy making, such as bureaucracy, academics, media and public opinion. This stimulating book examines their increasing influence…
Summary Is East Asia heading toward war? Throughout the 1990s, conventional wisdom among U.S. scholars of international relations held that institutionalized cooperation in Europe fosters…
Summary Adapted from the Russian edition, this book analyzes the dominant stereotypes and myths that formed during the Putin presidency and that continue to hamper…
Summary In this deeply researched book Ted Hopf challenges contemporary theorizing about international relations. He advances what he believes is a commonsensical notion: a state’s…
Abstract Russia is the quintessential Eurasian great power, with its vast territory spanning from Europe to East Asia, as well as reaching south geographically and…
Summary General answers are hard to imagine for the many puzzling questions that are raised by Soviet relations with the world in the early years…
Summary The strategic position of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the crossroads of the Middle East, the Persian Gulf and Central Asia has made…
Abstract It is perhaps no exaggeration to suggest that the crafting and re-crafting of national identity through actions of authorities and/or political mobilization and struggle…
Abstract Despite the position of the United States as de facto global hegemon, China is a rising power in the world. As Chinese power grows,…
Abstract This article discusses the development of the “ASEAN Way”. It argues that the basis of the “ASEAN Way” is constituted by global norms, such…
