Kennan advances his thoughts on a broad front: how the individual's quest for power often translates into governments marked by an atmosphere of inflamed ambitions, rivalries, sensitivities, anxieties and suspicions; and how a nation's size can create barriers between the rulers and the ruled.

In this, his most systematic and fundamental work, Hedley Bull argues that the system of sovereign states is not in decline and is not an obstacle to world order but its essential foundation.

An International History since 1900. Revised 5th edition of a leading world history textbook.

This work offers an engaging and challenging introduction to the globalization debate. The author aims to clarify the ambiguities of the debate, to distinguish between the various types of globalization and to warn the reader of conceptual traps.

This dissection of terrorism explores the role in the USA of the Middle East and reveals how the media are used to manipulate public opinion about what constitutes terrorism . The book covers the global crisis stemming from the events of September 11, as well as Iran and the bombing of Libya.

Neorealism is the school of international relations that emphasizes the role of inter-state power struggles in world affairs.This volume features essays by both its most prominent exponents and its principal critics.