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• How did the system of states emerge and how do issues such as globalization and international terrorism challenge its future? • How can states resolve their differences and avoid war?
• Can international cooperation help overcome transnational problems like climate change and nuclear proliferation? Introduction to International Relations seeks to address such enduring questions, which have long fuelled academic debate and remain talking points in society and the media today. Written by three acclaimed scholars, this book will equip you with all the necessary tools to analyse the rapidly changing world we live in. This bestselling textbook provides a truly comprehensive and accessible guide to contemporary international affairs. Thoroughly updated and revised in a much-anticipated second edition, it allows you to: • Explore the international framework through a brand new chapter on International Law and Organizations • Engage with the latest academic findings through a new ‘Research Insights’ feature
• Watch the three authors go head-to-head in a new series of engaging video debates The book’s existing benefits enable you to understand the complexity of international relations by: • Employing the lenses of historical, theoretical and issuesbased analysis
• Using the Levels-of-Analysis framework to illustrate individual, state and international actors • Unpacking the contradictions between theory and practice, leaders’ aspirations and reality, and history and present day www.macmillanihe.com/Grieco-IntroIR-2e offers an exciting range of online learning tools, including innovative simulations where you must navigate international crises, as well as pivotal decision activities, timelines, flashcards and more! Joseph Grieco is Professor of Political Science at Duke University, USA. G. John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, USA and Global Eminence Scholar at Kyung Hee University, South Korea. Michael Mastanduno is Nelson A. Rockefeller Professor of Government at Dartmouth College, USA.