This book presents a challenge to the discipline of international relations (IR) to rethink itself,
in the light of both its own modern origins, and the two centuries of world history that have …

In this book Richard Sakwa provides a new analysis of the end of the Cold War and the
subsequent failure to create a comprehensive and inclusive peace order in Europe. The end …

The'long nineteenth century'(1776–1914) was a period of political, economic, military and
cultural revolutions that re-forged both domestic and international societies. Neither existing …

The two-centuries-old hegemony of the West is coming to an end. The 'revolutions of
modernity'that fuelled the rise of the West are now accessible to all states. As a …

Propaganda entails convincing an audience without appealing to reason. Propaganda has
its scientific origin in sociology and psychology to explore how human beings intuitively …

The Politics of Military Force examines the dynamics of discursive change that made
participation in military operations possible against the background of German antimilitarist …

Will increased economic connectivity on the Eurasian supercontinent convert Europe into
the western peninsula of Greater Eurasia? US geoeconomic primacy has relied on …

Little over 200 years ago, a quarter of a century of warfare with an'outlaw state'brought the
great powers of Europe to their knees. That state was the revolutionary democracy of …

Will the increased economic connectivity across the Eurasian supercontinent transform
Europe into the western peninsula of Greater Eurasia? The unipolar era entailed the US …

The interpretation of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine as a “turning point”
indicates that long-established parameters of securing peace in international politics will …