...This chapter focuses on salient rights in international politics. These rights—such as freedom from torture, freedom of expression and religion, freedom from arbitrary arrest and execution, the so-called physical integrity rights—do not require justification to be called human rights. Given...

... of international realism. The chapter then discusses how realism and neorealism, despite their differences, share the same philosophical roots. It also suggests that Thucydides has been misunderstood and that he actually provides an interesting alternative approach to realism in the study of international politics...

... international conflicts. The chapter then looks at the debate on how much reputations matter in international politics. advisers Afghanistan Al Assad Bashar chemical weapons China commitments determination as measure of resolve Israel Johnson Lyndon B national security Nixon Richard North Korea...

...This chapter elaborates on the American responses to the Haitian Revolution, which simultaneously acted as an anticolonial revolution and a slave uprising. It notes the perception of slavery as a national security issue. International politics of the great powers and trade interests complicated...

... are the greatest tools of deterrence ever created, they do not automatically confer national security benefits on their owners, much less guarantee enduring safety from foreign threats. The chapter looks into the unfortunate reality of international politics in the shadow of nuclear weapons, in which countries...

... and international politics and their change over time. These changes, the book argues, are driven by domestic political competition and help explain the variation in whether partitions resolve conflict. The book also provides systematic, comparable data about the homeland status of lost territory over time...

... that underpinned the post–World War I order. It shows how the war affected the League of Nations, discredited liberal internationalism, and paved the way for a rethinking of global politics, generating anti-Italianism and tying fascism to the reform of the theory and practice of international politics...

...This chapter assesses how the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) leadership tried to navigate the uncertain postwar terrain of international politics, and reevaluates the transnational origins of the Greek Civil War. In May of 1945, when the KKE's secretary-general, Nikos Zachariadis, returned...

... international politics fundamentally works and the all-important normative matter of how foreign policy ought to be conducted. Cold War détente Gaddis John Lewis Kissinger Henry Nixon Richard “State of the World” reports Nixon administration Arab states Brezhnev Leonid Brzezinski Zbigniew Communism...

...This chapter looks into the international politics of opportunism, hierarchy, and resistance in Western Europe. It covers the formation and workings of international hierarchy and resistance to the United States. The Pax Americana was structured around a set of international regimes, especially...

..., are not wrong to care about their personal reputations for resolve or to believe that their reputations for resolve influence international politics. The chapter then explains how policymakers can best communicate their resolve to make themselves and their states less vulnerable to international threats...

... for the growth of NGOs in international politics. The chapter does not necessarily disagree with these other accounts, but it highlights how understandings of violent conflict and security can change the strategies that governmental actors have used, the actors that have been implicated, and thus ideas on how...

...This chapter works within the neoclassical realist tradition to examine the role of nationalism in foreign policymaking and the implication for the international politics of East Asia. Whereas the rise of China is an important structural factor necessarily affecting states' security policies...

...This chapter discusses covert regime change and how little attention it has received in international affairs. Despite the fact that covert regime changes have long played a central role in international politics, comprehensive theories to explain how, when, and why states launch these operations...

...This chapter presents the theoretical framework for the nonstate actor violence in international politics, examining an important but neglected cause of normative change. It unfolds a different avenue of normative change, one characterized by the contestation of preexisting norms whose coherence...

...This chapter provides a conclusion by placing the findings into the broader context of international politics and international relations theory. It demonstrates the utility of the theory for understanding the contemporary foreign policies of China and Russia and sheds light on why the effects...

...Policymakers worry that “ungoverned spaces” pose dangers to security and development. Why do such spaces exist beyond the authority of the state? Earlier scholarship—which addressed this question with a list of domestic failures—overlooked the crucial role that international politics play...

...This chapter provides an overview of the collapse of the Soviet welfare empire. It explains that Mikhail Gorbachev entered office with a grand vision of reinvigorating the Soviet Union and remaking international politics. The plans ranged between arms agreements with the United States, becoming...

... of queer, antiracist activism. In the context of AIDS, both the xenophobia and homophobia of West Germany's political right became issues of top priority for many white, queer activists. The chapter cites that the 1980s saw a continuation of international politics that bolstered some activists' investment...

...This chapter discusses aerial sovereignty and uses it as a lens into the “black holes” in international politics created by unrecognized states. Those black holes are ones of information, but also ones of geopolitics and aeropolitics. The chapter looks at the rise and fall of one national airline...