Cases in International Relations

✍ Scribed by Donald M. Snow

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 279
• Edition: 9
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Designed to complement the main themes of any introductory IR course, Snow’s bestselling text presents original case studies that survey the state of the international system and look in-depth at issues of current interest.

The cases are extremely timely, geopolitically diverse, accessibly written, and of high interest and salience amidst today’s headlines. The eighth edition features 18 shorter case studies—four more than the previous edition, each of which is designed to be highly accessible and read in a single sitting, allowing for an expansion in the number of topics covered. New and updated topics include petrolism, diplomacy, instruments of power, the universality of human rights, cybersecurity and cyberwar, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I Conceptual Framework
1 Sovereignty
2 National Interests and Power
3 The Instruments of Power
4 Diplomacy
PART II Methods and Mechanics
5 Globalization, Protectionism, and Trade
6 Rising and Declining Powers
7 Internationalism and Unilateralism
8 Asymmetrical Warfare
9 International Meddling and Interference
PART III Systemic Problems
10 Nuclear Proliferation
11 Power Changes and Status
12 Cyberwar and Cybersecurity
13 Maritime Chokepoints, Global Trade, and International Competition
PART IV Global Crises
14 The Evolving Nature and Problem of Terror
15 International Population Movement
16 Stateless Nations
17 Global Climate Change
18 The COVID-19 Pandemic
Index