International Relations and Diplomatic Studies
The International Relations program prepares students to understand global politics, diplomacy, and international cooperation. It nurtures analytical skills for careers in foreign service, NGOs, and global policy.
Soft Power
Hendrik W. Ohnesorge
Springer Nature, 2019-11-22
This book explores the phenomenon of soft power in international relations. In the context of current discourses on power and global power shift s, it puts forward a comprehensive taxonomy of soft pow...
Soft-Power Internationalism
Burcu Baykurt, Victoria de Grazia
Columbia University Press, 2021-05-11
The term “soft power” was coined in 1990 to foreground a capacity in statecraft analogous to military might and economic coercion: getting others to want what you want. Emphasizing the magnetism o...
Africa's Soft Power
Oluwaseun Tella
Routledge, 2021-05-23
This book investigates the ways in which soft power is used by African countries to help drive global influence. Selecting four of the countries most associated with soft power across the continent, t...
Managing and Transforming Water Conflicts
Jerome Delli Priscoli, Aaron T. Wolf
Cambridge University Press, 2010-02-04
What is the one thing that no one can do without? Water. Where water crosses boundaries – be they economic, legal, political or cultural – the stage is set for disputes between different users try...
Soft Power
Joseph S Nye Jr
Hachette UK, 2009-04-28
From the pre-eminent scholar of foreign policy, a guide to soft power: the ability of governments to attract and persuade, rather than coerce by force Joseph S. Nye, Jr. coined the term “soft power�...
The New Public Diplomacy
J. Melissen
Springer, 2005-11-22
After 9/11, which triggered a global debate on public diplomacy, 'PD' has become an issue in most countries. This book joins the debate. Experts from different countries and from a variety of fields a...
Conflict Management and Resolution
Ho-Won Jeong
Routledge, 2009-12-04
Conflict Management and Resolution provides students with an overview of the main theories of conflict management and conflict resolution, and will equip them to respond to the complex phenomena of in...
Mediation of International Conflicts
Lesley G. Terris
Taylor & Francis, 2016-12-08
This book examines the use of third-party mediation as a conflict resolution method. In an attempt to explain why some, but not all, conflicts are mediated, this work argues that diverse conflict stru...
A History of Social Justice and Political Power in the Middle East
Linda T. Darling
Routledge, 2013-05-02
From ancient Mesopotamia into the 20th century, "the Circle of Justice" as a concept has pervaded Middle Eastern political thought and underpinned the exercise of power in the Middle East. The Circle ...
Water, Peace, and War
Brahma Chellaney
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2013-04-11
This pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and security. Writing in a direct, non-technical, and engaging style, Br...
Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences
Howard Lune, Bruce L. Berg
Pearson, 2016-07-01
For courses in Research Methods in Political Science and Sociology, and in Qualitative Research Methods Raising questions, rather than giving answers Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Scienc...