<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[E-International Relations: Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Open access books published by E-International Relations]]></description><link>https://www.e-ir.org/s/books</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rb2c!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F167a9fe0-3c9c-4c7e-beeb-4682d52ed154_500x500.png</url><title>E-International Relations: Books</title><link>https://www.e-ir.org/s/books</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:42:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.e-ir.org/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[E-International Relations]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[einternationalrelations@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[einternationalrelations@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[E-International Relations]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[E-International Relations]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[einternationalrelations@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[einternationalrelations@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[E-International Relations]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Critical Perspectives on Migration in the Twenty-First Century]]></title><description><![CDATA[Edited by Marianna Karakoulaki, Laura Southgate & Jakob Steiner]]></description><link>https://www.e-ir.org/p/critical-perspectives-on-migration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.e-ir.org/p/critical-perspectives-on-migration</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:40:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fdbd66b4-26f9-4892-b10d-95bb14bb9dc5_810x540.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>You can download the book free of charge (below) or buy a paperback version on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1910814415"><span>Amazon</span></a> and in all good book stores.</strong></p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Critical Perspectives On Migration In The Twenty First Century</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">2.39MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/b868ef97-18b0-4a98-8615-dd4b16205f4d.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/b868ef97-18b0-4a98-8615-dd4b16205f4d.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div></div><p>Thousands of people risk their lives daily by crossing borders in search of a better life. During 2015, over one million of these people arrived in Europe. Images of refugees in distress became headline news in what was considered to be the worst humanitarian crisis in Europe since 1945. This book provides a critical overview of recent migration flows and offers answers as to why people flee, what happens during their flight and investigates the various responses to mass migratory movements. Divided in two parts, the book addresses long-running academic, policy and domestic debates, drawing on case studies of migration in Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific. Coming from a variety of different fields, the contributors provide an interdisciplinary approach and open the discussion on the reasons why migration should be examined critically.</p><p><strong>Contributors: </strong><span>Sally Clark, Kamel Dorai&#776;, Susana Ferreira, Andriani Fili, Benjamin Hulme, Amadu Wurie Khan, Dora Kostakopoulou, Anitta Kynsilehto, Nicola Langdon, Emma Larking, Valsamis Mitsilegas, Thomas Nail, O&#776;zlem O&#776;zdemir and Jenny Poon.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qVWn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F80c7354d-a4fe-44ce-9ce3-bb70fe475621_1328x2006.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Stivachtis]]></description><link>https://www.e-ir.org/p/conflict-and-diplomacy-in-the-middle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.e-ir.org/p/conflict-and-diplomacy-in-the-middle</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:38:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d6e28307-eaaa-4db4-a3e3-86c0797313cb_810x540.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>You can download the book free of charge (below) or buy a paperback version on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1910814490"><span>Amazon</span></a> and in all good book stores.</strong></p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Conflict And Diplomacy In The Middle East &#8211; External Actors And Regional Rivalries</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">3MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/af89c630-b5be-4a34-88f5-46f58d58e5fd.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/af89c630-b5be-4a34-88f5-46f58d58e5fd.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div></div><p>The Middle East&#8217;s geographical and strategic uniqueness has made every great power in history seek to advance its interests in the region, especially in the age of oil. In addition, the region is the birthplace and spiritual center of the world&#8217;s three most important monotheistic religions. Due to its geopolitical importance, any inter- and intra-state conflict in the Middle East has the potential not only for destabilizing the region as a whole or upsetting the regional balance of power but also affecting global stability. After employing the Regional Security Complex Theory (RSCT) in order to define and delimit the region of the Middle East, the chapters of this book address the question of regional order, examine how regionalism and globalism feature in Middle Eastern integration processes, explore regional bids for hegemony, and investigate the approaches and policies of major international actors.</p><p><strong>Contributors: </strong><span>Jonathan Cristol, Xi Chen, Ali G. Dizboni, Onur Erpul, Stefanie Georgakis Abbott, Spyridon N. 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style="text-align: center;"><strong>You can download the book free of charge (below) or buy a paperback version on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1910814393"><span>Amazon</span></a> and in all good book stores.</strong></p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">The Sources Of Russia&#8217;s Great Power Politics &#8211; Ukraine And The Challenge To The European Order</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">1.43MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/c05f81a5-78ea-4eae-8ac4-753f48f89892.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a 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The West has slowly come to understand that Russia&#8217;s annexations and interventions, interference in elections, cyber warfare, disinformation, assassinations in Europe and support for anti-EU populists emerge from Vladimir Putin&#8217;s belief that Russia is at war with the West. This book shows that the crisis has deep roots in Russia&#8217;s inability to come to terms with an independent Ukrainian state, Moscow&#8217;s view of the Orange and Euromaidan revolutions as Western conspiracies and, finally, its inability to understand that most Russian-speaking Ukrainians do not want to rejoin Russia. In Moscow&#8217;s eyes, Ukraine is central to rebuilding a sphere of influence within the former Soviet space and to re-establishing Russia as a great power. The book shows that the wide range of &#8216;hybrid&#8217; tactics that Russia has deployed show continuity with the actions of the Soviet-era security services.</p><p><strong>Taras Kuzio</strong> is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Centre for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Study and Professor, Department of Political Science, National University Kyiv Mohyla Academy. He is the author and editor of 21 books and think tank monographs, including <em>Putin&#8217;s War Against Ukraine. Revolution, Nationalism, and Crime</em> (2017), <em>Ukraine. Democratization, Corruption and the New Russian Imperialism</em> (2015), <em>The Crimea. Europe&#8217;s Next Flashpoint?</em> (2010) and <em>Ukraine-Crimea-Russia: Triangle of Conflict</em> (2007).</p><p><strong>Paul D&#8217;Anieri</strong> is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside. 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or buy a paperback version on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1910814350"><span>Amazon</span></a> and in all good book stores.</strong></p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Sounds Of War &#8211; Aesthetics, Emotions And Chechnya</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">2.21MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/8891a343-2f22-4392-8ea8-f094cf75308c.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/8891a343-2f22-4392-8ea8-f094cf75308c.pdf"><span 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It includes theory on, and stories of, compassion, dance, children&#8217;s agency and love. It is not simply a book to be read, but to be listened to. The chapters begin with the author&#8217;s own songs expressing research findings and methodology in musical form. Susanna Hast is Academy of Finland postdoctoral researcher with a project &#8220;Bodies in War, Bodies in Dance&#8221; (2017&#8211;2020) at the Theatre Academy Helsinki, University of the Arts. 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All chapters of the book are animated by a theoretical effort to define the conceptual aspects of realism and attempt to establish whether the tradition still provides the necessary conceptual tools to scholars. The chapters address important issues in contemporary world politics through the lens of realist theory such as the refugee crisis in Europe and the Middle East; the war against ISIS; the appearance of non-state actors and outlaw agents; the rise of China; cyberwarfare; human rights and humanitarian law. The collection also provides insights on some of the theoretical tenets of classical and structural realism. Overall, the collection shows that, in spite of its many shortcomings, realism still offers a multifaceted understanding of world politics and enlightens the increasing challenges of world politics.</p><p><strong>Contributors: </strong><span>Francis A. 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center;"><strong>You can download the book free of charge (below) or buy a paperback version on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1910814334"><span>Amazon</span></a> and in all good book stores.</strong></p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Meditations On Diplomacy &#8211; Comparative Cases In Diplomatic Practice And Foreign Policy</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">3.43MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/fc0630e2-8ce6-451b-a24d-e82faf460e86.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" 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History and interests do not always coincide. This book explores in brief, pungent case examples, the challenges diplomacy faces today as actors seek to change history and undermine interests. Stephen Chan OBE was Foundation Dean of Law and Social Sciences at SOAS University of London, where he remains as Professor of World Politics. 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center;"><strong>You can download the book free of charge (below) or buy a paperback version on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1910814318"><span>Amazon</span></a> and in all good book stores.</strong></p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Reflections On The Posthuman In International Relations</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">1.19MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/8acf6308-0d49-43f6-b695-ae2a1974e173.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" 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It seeks to disturb dogmatic ontologies that privilege human life and successfully questions the separation between the natural and human worlds. By doing so, the collection confronts, challenges, and energises discussion beyond International Relations&#8217; traditional territorial lines. By revealing the fragility of mainstream narratives of the &#8216;human,&#8217; each author in this collection contributes to an unsettling vision of a posthuman world. Questions of what </span><em>the future</em><span> beyond the Anthropocene looks like pervasively infiltrate the collection and move away from a system that all too often relies on binary relationships. In contrast to this binary view of the world, the book (re)entagles the innate complexities found within the world and brings forward a plurality of views on posthumanism.</span></p><p><strong>Contributors: </strong><span>Olaf Corry, Stefanie Fishel, Cameron Harrington, Carolin Kaltofen, Matt McDonald, Darian Meacham, Audra Mitchell, Delf Rothe, Elke Schwarz and Rafi Youatt.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nW5D!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbefba7d6-368d-428f-a347-21aab93680e5_1000x1513.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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free of charge (below) or buy a paperback version on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1910814229"><span>Amazon</span></a> and in all good book stores.</strong></p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Critical Epistemologies Of Global Politics</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">2.88MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/fc828add-1341-43b6-97b2-316f002d50fa.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/fc828add-1341-43b6-97b2-316f002d50fa.pdf"><span 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The volume offers a critical epistemology of global politics and proposes an enriched vision of borders, both analytically and politically, that not only seeks to understand but also to reshape and expand the meanings and consequences of IR.</span></p><p><strong>Contributors: </strong><span>Pierre-Alexandre Cardinal, Nora El Qadim, Astrid Fellner, Paula von Gleich, Matt Gordner, Juliane Hammer, Susanne Hamscha, Rosalba Icaza, Azeezah Kanji, Christian Langer, Katie Merriman, Walter D. 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Marples]]></description><link>https://www.e-ir.org/p/ukraine-in-conflict-an-analytical</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.e-ir.org/p/ukraine-in-conflict-an-analytical</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:42:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fc548b43-faa2-4bc7-bcf2-dc450436c57f_810x540.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>You can download the book free of charge (below) or buy a paperback version on <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ukraine-Conflict-Analytical-Chronicle-IR/dp/1910814296/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TQWW0U6TFWNF&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.oMIJsyPOv7FCTb5ys3WrqpMIrG2KQ1auc0cmcnDoSEU.iVUcvEsM3LLkiyffb0TXS9fxE4oH1KKglED4ny8L3zI&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=ukraine+in+conflict+marples&amp;qid=1785436838&amp;sprefix=ukraine+in+conflict+marple%2Caps%2C120&amp;sr=8-1"><span>Amazon</span></a> and in all good book stores.</strong></p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Ukraine In Conflict &#8211; An Analytical Chronicle</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">2.15MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/6fe104b2-326f-4b3e-b3c4-7d6fa5c5bb3e.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/6fe104b2-326f-4b3e-b3c4-7d6fa5c5bb3e.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div></div><p>Through a series of articles written between 2013 and 2017, this book examines Ukraine during its period of conflict &#8211; from the protests and uprising of Euromaidan, to the Russian annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of war in Ukraine&#8217;s two eastern provinces Donetsk and Luhansk. It also looks at Ukraine&#8217;s response to Russian incursions in the form of Decommunisation &#8211; the removal of Lenin statues, Communist symbols, and the imposition of the so-called Memory Laws of the spring of 2015. The book places these events in the context of the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, and Ukraine&#8217;s geostrategic location between Russia and the European Union. It seeks to provide answers to questions that are too often mired in propaganda and invective and to assess whether the road Ukraine has taken is likely to end in success or failure.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vbtY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c2bd3d8-84fd-49a2-bc8d-ddd33732b858_1250x1863.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vbtY!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c2bd3d8-84fd-49a2-bc8d-ddd33732b858_1250x1863.jpeg 424w, 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center;"><strong>You can download the book free of charge (below) or buy a paperback version on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/191081427X"><span>Amazon</span></a> and in all good book stores.</strong></p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">Migration And The Ukraine Crisis &#8211; A Two Country Perspective</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">2.86MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/0d845b4a-1b63-4eb2-922d-4817977a97dd.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" 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Several million Ukrainians are internally displaced or have fled the country and face an uncertain future. At the same time, Western-imposed sanctions and the creation of the Eurasian Economic Union have affected Russia&#8217;s migration policies. These processes could change the social landscape of the region for many years to come. The aim of this collection is to shed light on the forgotten migrant crisis at the EU&#8217;s doorstep and make sense of the various migration processes in and out of Ukraine and Russia. The book is divided into two sections. The first section deals with migration processes that have taken place within Ukraine or have involved Ukrainian citizens&#8217; migration out of the country, excluding Russia. The second section discusses Russia&#8217;s response to the inflow of migrants from Ukraine, its changing policies and their effect on migrants, as well as other processes related to the phenomenon over the course of the Ukraine crisis.</p><p><strong>Contributors: </strong><span>Tania Bulakh, Mikhail Denisenko, Joanna Fomina, Michael Gentile, Kateryna Ivashchenko-Stadnik, Marina A. 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While post-9/11 Afghan society appears to be troubled with a conflict between so-called Islamic-terrorist and secular-democratic forces, the need for an alternative understanding to pave the way for peace has become paramount. This book uses a critical theoretical perspective to highlight the hidden political and economic factors underlying the so-called civilizational conflict in post-9/11 Afghanistan. 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As a &#8216;Day 0&#8217; beginner&#8217;s guide, this textbook condenses the most important information into the smallest space and present concepts in an accessible way. The chapters build up the foundations for understanding how the world works and then explore the key global issues that concern the discipline &#8211; taking readers from no knowledge to competency. The journey starts by examining how the international system was formed and ends by reflecting that International Relations is always adapting to events and is therefore a never-ending journey of discovery. The book is designed to capture attention with an engaging narrative that places the reader inside crucial issues and debates so they can understand how things work, and where they fit in the world around them. </p><p><strong>Contributors: </strong>Stephen McGlinchey, Shazelina Z. Abidin, James Arvanitakis, Alex J. Bellamy, Katherine E. Brown, Carmen Gebhard, Dana Gold, Andreas Haggman, Jeffrey Haynes, David J. Hornsby, Raffaele Marchetti, Raul Pacheco-Vega, John A. Rees, Ben Richardson, Erik Ringmar, Harvey M. Sapolsky, Knut Traisbach, Peter Vale and G&#252;nter Walzenbach.</p><p><strong>NOTE:</strong><span> this book is now archived in place of </span><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/foundations-of-international-relations-9781350932586/">a much expanded new version published in partnership with Bloomsbury Academic</a><span> (2022). The new version builds on the foundations of the original book and adds an extensive set of new chapters, features and learning resources. 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Yet, assumptions about temporality are at the core of many theories of world politics and time is a crucial component of the human condition and our social reality. Today, a small but emerging strand of literature has emerged to meet questions concerning time and temporality and its relationship to International Relations head on. This edited collection provides a platform to continue this work. The chapters in this book address subjects such as identity, terrorism, war, gender relations, global ethics and governance in order to demonstrate how focusing on the temporal aspects of such phenomena can enhance our understanding of the world.</p><p><strong>Contributors: </strong><span>Shahzad Bashir, Kevin K. 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Mitigation and adaptation debates, strategies and mechanisms are all developed at the international level. Yet, the complexities of climate change make it a difficult phenomenon for international governance. In the wake of the 2015 Paris conference, this edited collection details current tendencies of study, explores the most important routes of assessing environmental issues as an issue of international governance, and provides perspectives on the route forward.</p><p>Contributors: Mizan R. Khan, &#218;rsula Oswald Spring, Simon Dalby, Nina Hall, Kirsti M. Jylh&#228;, Emilie Dupuits, Simone Lucatello, Lau &#216;fjord Blaxekj&#230;r, Duncan Depledge, Lada V. 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data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">The Anatomy Of A Crisis &#8211; Perspectives On The 2009 Iranian Election</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">784KB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/42ef1e11-b91f-4b9b-9d83-bffc9554021e.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/42ef1e11-b91f-4b9b-9d83-bffc9554021e.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div></div><p>The articles in this collection were written and published as events unfolded during the contentious Iranian 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Amidst the celebrations, there was a glimmering sense of hope that the sundering of North and South might act as a beginning from which to establish a prosperous nation. 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predominantly Arab world.</p><p><strong>Contributing authors:</strong> Toby Jones, John Chalcraft, Ramesh Thakur, Jamsheed K. 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Murray]]></description><link>https://www.e-ir.org/p/system-society-and-the-world-exploring</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.e-ir.org/p/system-society-and-the-world-exploring</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:19:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7d3cf163-a4f0-4ee6-a026-d8b3a56d1f75_810x540.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>You can download the book free of charge (below) or buy a paperback version on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1910814059">Amazon</a> and in all good book stores.</strong></p><div class="file-embed-wrapper" data-component-name="FileToDOM"><div class="file-embed-container-reader"><div class="file-embed-container-top"><image class="file-embed-thumbnail-default" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Cy0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack.com%2Fimg%2Fattachment_icon.svg"></image><div class="file-embed-details"><div class="file-embed-details-h1">System, Society And The World &#8211; Exploring The English School Of International Relations (second Edition)</div><div class="file-embed-details-h2">1.07MB &#8729; PDF file</div></div><a class="file-embed-button wide" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/cde54e33-6223-4c15-a2ac-ab2b16bdde04.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div><a class="file-embed-button narrow" href="https://www.e-ir.org/api/v1/file/cde54e33-6223-4c15-a2ac-ab2b16bdde04.pdf"><span class="file-embed-button-text">Download</span></a></div></div><p><br>Since its reorganisation in the 1990s, the English School has emerged as a popular theoretical lens through which to examine global events. Those who use the approach promote it as a middle way of theorising due to its ability to incorporate features from both systemic and domestic perspectives into one coherent lens. 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Murray</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2016/01/12/the-state-of-the-art-of-the-english-school-2/">THE STATE OF THE ART OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL</a><br>&#8211; Filippo Costa Buranelli</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2013/05/01/world-society-and-english-school-methods/">WORLD SOCIETY AND ENGLISH SCHOOL METHODS</a><br>&#8211; Cornelia Navari</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2013/05/02/reassessing-the-expansion-of-the-international-society/">REASSESSING THE EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY</a><br>&#8211; Richard Little</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2016/02/14/interpreting-diplomacy-the-approach-of-the-early-english-school/">INTERPRETING DIPLOMACY: THE APPROACH OF THE EARLY ENGLISH SCHOOL</a><br>&#8211; Ian Hall</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2016/02/02/civilisations-and-international-society/">CIVILISATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY</a><br>&#8211; Andrew Linklater</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2013/05/05/translation-and-interpretation-the-english-school-and-ir-theory-in-china/">TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION: THE ENGLISH SCHOOL AND IR THEORY IN CHINA</a><br>&#8211; Roger Epp</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2013/05/06/look-inside-ir-shes-alright-shes-alright-an-overview-of-the-english-schools-engagement-with-human-rights/">AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL&#8217;S ENGAGEMENT WITH HUMAN RIGHTS</a><br>&#8211; Adrian Gallagher</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2016/02/14/moral-responsibility-in-international-relations-the-us-response-to-rwanda-2/">MORAL RESPONSIBILITY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THE US RESPONSE TO RWANDA</a><br>&#8211; Cathinka Vik</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2016/02/17/the-english-school-and-humanitarian-intervention/">THE ENGLISH SCHOOL AND HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION</a><br>&#8211; Tim Dunne</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2016/02/06/shifting-gears-from-global-to-regional/">SHIFTING GEARS: FROM GLOBAL TO REGIONAL THE ENGLISH SCHOOL AND THE STUDY OF SUB-GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES</a><br>&#8211; Yannis A. Stivachtis</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2013/05/13/another-revolt-against-the-west/">ANOTHER REVOLT AGAINST THE WEST?</a><br>&#8211; Jason Ralph</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2016/02/04/from-cinderella-to-beauty-and-the-beast-dehumanising-world-society/">FROM CINDERELLA TO BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: (DE)HUMANISING WORLD SOCIETY</a><br>&#8211; Matthew S. Weinert</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2016/02/17/pluralism-and-international-society-2/">PLURALISM AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY</a><br>&#8211; Tom Keating</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2016/02/11/pluralism-the-english-school-and-the-challenge-of-normative-theory/">PLURALISM, THE ENGLISH SCHOOL AND THE CHALLENGE OF NORMATIVE THEORY</a><br>&#8211; John Williams</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2013/05/20/great-power-management-english-school-meets-governmentality/">GREAT POWER MANAGEMENT: ENGLISH SCHOOL MEETS GOVERNMENTALITY?</a><br>&#8211; Alexander Astrov</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260216062300/https://www.e-ir.info/2016/02/02/the-need-for-an-english-school-research-programme/">THE NEED FOR AN ENGLISH SCHOOL RESEARCH PROGRAMME</a><br>&#8211; Robert W. Murray</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>