International Relations Today
International Relations Today, 2e, captures the drastic changes that the discipline of international relations (IR) has undergone since the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in 1991. It delves into the way the US has emerged as the only superpower in the world, and its impact in making international politics seemingly unipolar. However, in his analysis, the author also shows that how international politics today also signals the possibility of a multipolar world. The rise of China as a major military and economic power, the potential of Russia, India and Germany as tomorrow's big powers, and the success of the European Union and ASEAN as economic and political blocs of considerable substance point towards the feasibility of a multipolar world.
Other than covering the change in the world order post—Cold War and on the face of emerging issues in international relations such as environment, terrorism, and globalization, this book has added discussion on two important theories, namely, the English School and Critical Theory, and updated content on foreign policies of major powers.
Table of Content
1 The Discipline of International Relations
2 Important Theories in International Relations
3 Basic Concepts
4 Concepts and Techniques of Foreign Policy
5 The United Nations
6 Other Inter-governmental Organizations
7 Cold War Politics and Beyond
8 Security and Nuclear Issues after the Second World War
9 Regional Organizations
10 International Political Economy
11 Foreign Policies of Major Nations: India, The United States, China, Russia, Japan, England
12 Recent Issues in International Relations
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Salient Features
• Two important theories in IR—the English School and the Critical Theory—have been added to the existing 11 theories in Chapter 2.
• Foreign policies of major powers in the world today, namely, the US, China, Russia, Japan, Britain and India have been updated till the year 2018.
• Indian foreign policy has been updated to cover the premiership of Narendra Modi.
• Chapters on the UN, nuclear and security issues; regional organizations; other inter-governmental organizations; post-Cold War International Relations; and international political economy and recent issues in IR have been upgraded to cover recent periods and events.
• Meant primarily for students studying International Relations in colleges and universities, this textbook will also be useful to civil service aspirants and others interested in the discipline.
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