Edited by Jan Angstrom, Isabelle Duyvesteyn

Bringing together leading contributors in the field, this new volume analyzes how victory and defeat in modern war can be understood and explained.

It does so...

Published July 7th 2008 by Routledge.

Preferences, Norms and Policy-Making

Edited by Matthew Evangelista, Harald Muller, Niklas Schoernig

It has become generally accepted wisdom that democracies do not go to war against each other. However, there are significant differences between democratic states in...

Published July 1st 2008 by Routledge.

Security Studies

An Introduction

Edited by Paul D. Williams

Security Studies is the most comprehensive textbook available on security studies.

It gives students a detailed overview of the major theoretical approaches, key themes and most...

Published May 26th 2008 by Routledge.

Peace in International Relations

By Oliver P. Richmond

This book examines the way in which peace is conceptualized in IR theory, a topic which has until now been largely overlooked.

The volume explores the...

Published May 8th 2008 by Routledge.

Ending Terrorism

Lessons for defeating al-Qaeda

By Audrey Kurth Cronin

Like all other terrorist movements, al-Qaeda will end. While it has traits that exploit and reflect the current international context, it is not utterly without...

Published April 30th 2008 by Routledge.

Female Activity in Domestic and International Terror Groups

By Margaret Gonzalez-Perez

This book examines the relationship between women and terrorist activities in the post-World War II era. Utilizing comparative research into 26 terrorist organizations world-wide, the...

Published April 29th 2008 by Routledge.

South Asia's Cold War

Nuclear Weapons and Conflict in Comparative Perspective

By Rajesh M. Basrur

This book is a ground-breaking analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of ‘cold war’ – that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear...

Published April 25th 2008 by Routledge.

Understanding Terrorism and Political Violence

The Life Cycle of Birth, Growth, Transformation, and Demise

By Dipak K. Gupta

This book explains the lifecycle of terrorist organizations from an innovative theoretical perspective, combining economics with social psychology. It provides a new approach to understanding...

Published March 31st 2008 by Routledge.

The UN Security Council and the Politics of International Authority

Edited by Bruce Cronin, Ian Hurd

Observes how the growth of the political authority of the Council challenges the basic idea that states have legal autonomy over their domestic affairs. The...

Published March 19th 2008 by Routledge.

Data, Methods and Theory

Edited by Glenn Palmer

Investigation into the causes of international conflict has in many ways formed the central locus of the early work in the scientific investigation of world...

Published January 24th 2008 by Routledge.