The Art of Persuasion: China's Strategic Use of Media in Interstate Disputes
New Book by Nicholas Anderson, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
In Inadvertent Expansion, Nicholas D. Anderson investigates a surprisingly common yet overlooked phenomenon in the history of great power politics: territorial expansion that was neither intended nor initially authorized by state leaders. Territorial expansion is typically understood as a centrally driven and often strategic activity. But as Anderson shows...
New Book by Jeffrey Ding, Assistant Professor of Political Science
A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powers. In this book, Jeffrey Ding offers a different explanation of how technological revolutions affect competition among great powers. Rather than focusing on which state first introduced major innovations, he investigates...
New Book by Joanna Spear, Research Professor of International Affairs and Director, FAO Regional Skill Sustainment Initiative
How did Britain's most prominent armaments firms, Armstrongs and Vickers, build their businesses and sell armaments in Britain and overseas from 1855 to 1955? Joanna Spear presents a comparative analysis of these firms and considers the relationships they built with the British Government and foreign states. She reveals how...
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