In today's world, interstate wars are fairly rare – but when they happen, they tend to be more complicated than in the past, combining regional causes with the involvement of external actors as well. This book looks at that problem in the wake of the...

For sale in CIS only! Without an understanding of the Communist Party no one can understand the China in which the Party has dominated the country. This book follows the development of the Communist Party and of Marxism in China from the early years...

From a renowned foreign-policy expert, a new paradigm for strategy in the twenty-first century. In 1961, Thomas Schelling's "The Strategy of Conflict" used game theory to radically reenvision the U.S.-Soviet relationship and establish the basis of i...

The United States Constitution's provisions for selecting, replacing, and punishing presidents contain serious weaknesses that could lead to constitutional controversies. In this compelling and fascinating book, Brian Kalt envisions six such controve...

In the thirty-five years since China instituted its One-Child Policy, 120,000 children – mostly girls – have left China through international adoption, including 85,000 to the United States. It's generally assumed that this diaspora is the result of...

For sale in CIS only! The contradictory trends of the "post-Arab Spring" landscape form both the backdrop to, and the focus of, this volume on the changing security dynamics of the Persian Gulf, defined as the six GCC states plus Iraq and Iran. The...

Elegantly designed, this book puts the documents of America's heritage in the palm of your hand. This portable, pocket-sized volume includes the full text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America and the 27...

For sale in CIS only! For nearly five years the international press has been gripped by and reported at great length on "the Greek crisis", with news stories gradually filtering out from the deeper recesses of the economic section to the front pages...

As the People's Republic of China has grown in economic power, so too have concerns about what its sustained growth and expanding global influence might mean for the established global order. Explorations of this changing dynamic in daily reporting a...

How the West sleepwalked into another Cold War A native of Yalta, Constantine Pleshakov is intimately familiar with Crimea's ethnic tensions and complex political history. Now, he offers a much-needed look at one of the most urgent flash points in cu...