Understanding International Relations

The fifth edition of this bestselling text provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to International Relations theories. This essential primer has been radically updated to cover the dramatic changes in recent world politics. Written in the author-s unique and lively style, this text offers a comprehensive account of the classic concerns of international relations - foreign policy, security and global governance - alongside contemporary issues and perspectives.

The costs of the financial crisis continue to be borne by ordinary citizens as the gap between the richest and the poorest continues to grow both within nations and internationally. The structural factors that made this and other crises possible continue to pose an increasingly serious threat to global stability. Events including Brexit and the Russian armed conflict in Ukraine are just some of the many threats that threaten to destabilise the rule-based international order of the past decades. This book offer