Táto edícia skúma rozmanité aspekty diplomacie a jej kľúčovú úlohu v medzinárodných vzťahoch. Sleduje historické, koncepčné aj praktické prístupy k pochopeniu tejto dynamickej oblasti. Séria je nevyhnutná pre študentov medzinárodných štúdií, histórie a samotných diplomatických štúdií, ktorí chcú hlbšie pochopiť, ako diplomacia funguje a ovplyvňuje svet. Ponúka cenné pohľady do teoretických aj reálnych výziev a stratégií globálnej interakcie.
During wartime, embassies assume different roles and face various situations. An embassy might represent a belligerent state while being situated in an enemy, an allied, or a neutral state. This book offers an examination of how embassies work and cope during wartime, with a focus on the experiences of the British, American, and Indian embassies.
The book reinterprets the role of the United Nations during the Congo crisis from 1960-1964 by presenting a multidimensional view of the organisation. -- .
Reasserting America in the 1970s brings together two areas of burgeoning scholarly interest. On the one hand, scholars are investigating the many ways in which the 1970s constituted a profound era of transition in the international order. The American defeat in Vietnam, the breakdown of the Bretton Woods exchange system and a string of domestic setbacks including Watergate, Three-Mile Island and reversals during the Carter years all contributed to a grand reappraisal of the power and prestige of the United States in the world. In addition, the rise of new global competitors such as Germany and Japan, the pursuit of détente with the Soviet Union and the emergence of new private sources of global power contributed to uncertainty.