Arms and Governance Strategies (Foreign Policy Issues of Our Time)

Author: (USA) Craig, (USA) George, translated by Shi Yinong, Zhou Guiyin, Shi Bin
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Since its publication in 1983, this book has been widely used as a textbook in international relations programs in the United States and Canada and has been praised by many renowned scholars as a classic. Both authors teach at Stanford University—Craig is an outstanding historian specializing in the study of international affairs, while George is an accomplished political scientist. The book is divided into two parts with 20 chapters. The first part discusses the evolution of the international system from the 17th century to the present, with exceptional theoretical insights demonstrated through historical arguments. The second part analyzes the issues of force and diplomacy involved in maintaining the international system (including negotiation, deterrence, coercive diplomacy, crisis management, ending war, de-escalation, the role of force in diplomacy, ethical constraints on the use of force, and the significant changes in diplomacy in the contemporary era, among others), with historical examples skillfully and appropriately supporting the theoretical framework. In the 1995 revised third edition, the authors expanded or adjusted some chapters, adding content related to the Gulf War, the end of the Cold War, the major changes in Eastern Europe, German reunification, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, thereby reflecting in a timely manner the transformed global political landscape since the 1990s and its impact on foreign policy.