International Relations

International relations (IR) or international affairs, depending on academic institution, is either a field of political science, an interdisciplinary academic field similar to global studies, or an entirely independent academic discipline in which students take a variety of internationally focused courses in social science and humanities disciplines. In all cases, the field studies relationships between political entities (polities) such as sovereign states, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), other non-governmental organizations (NGO ...more

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Autocracy, Inc.
L'heure des prédateurs
If Russia Wins: A Scenario
Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History
House of Huawei: The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
The World After Gaza: A Short History
Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
Diplomacy
Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
World Order
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
Theory of International Politics
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
Politics Among Nations
On China
Arms and Influence (The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series)
Perception and Misperception in International Politics
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
The Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Concept of the Political by Carl SchmittUtopia by Thomas MorePrisoners of Geography by Tim  MarshallAnthropo-Geographie by Friedrich Ratzel
International Relations
6 books — 2 voters

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BPE
19 books — 3 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOn China by Henry KissingerLeftover Women by Leta Hong FincherMeltdown in Tibet by Michael  BuckleyAdventure, romance and war in the Far East by Iris Hay-Edie
Informative Books on China
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Amit Ray
Among all the methods, non-violence is most successful, and I strongly believe that only non-violence can set the true mood of peace and harmony among the nuclear nations. Our experiments with non-violence should be more wide, more engaging and more humble.
Amit Ray, Nuclear Weapons Free World - Peace on the Earth

Ian Fleming
Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas.
Ian Fleming, Casino Royale

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