Books in the International Relations in Asia, Africa and the Americas series

This book discusses application of theories of International Relations (IR) in Asia and Africa, describing the development of IR theories in Asia and applying existing Western theories to selected case studies relating to the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Sub-Saharan African regions.

This book focuses on the problem of regionalism, the crucial phenomenon in international relations at early 21st century (both in terms of integration and conflict). The book analyzes theories of regional integration and regionalism and discusses challenges to regionalism in Asia, Africa and the European region.

This guide is addressed to all those eager to learn more about the New Silk Road. Part 1 depicts some of the places and connections. Part 2 concerns people, institutions and projects. Part 3 deals with the various meanings and values attributed to the New Road. Part 4 explores what the New Silk Road means for the rest of the world.

The volume discusses recent developments in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and Yemen. The book defines internal and external factors infuencing the development and shows that development in these countries varied substantially due to different historical, political, economic, security and religious conditions.

This book depicts a case study of Polish-German and Korean-Japanese postwar relations and reconciliation processes by identifying similarities in their bilateral experiences and history. The contributions reveal the significance of memory and reconciliation in social sciences, and politics, as well as in cultural studies.

This book addresses new challenges of development in the 21st century. Issues connected with globalization, political challenges, entrepreneurship, institutional design, clean energy, health service, gender in developing regions are analyzed. All those issues refer to developing countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.

This book examines how the evolution of various ideas, schemes, projects, proposals and objectives influenced the Canadian political and social present. It takes into account both the ideas which have actually been implemented and the ones which never progressed beyond the conceptual sphere, yet are important from historical perspective.