INTRODUCTION
The scope of the academic field of International Relations encompasses a variety of subjects, such as international and regional peace and security, international organizations, nuclear proliferation, globalization, nationalism, state sovereignty, human rights, economic development, intervention, terrorism, international financial relations, and international trade relations. Taking in mind the various academic disciplines with which international affairs is interconnected, international relations could be considered interdisciplinary in nature. For example, this field of study is interrelated with economics, globalization, history, political science, geography, international law, sociology, demography and communication studies.
This Research Guide is intended as a starting point for research on International Relations. It provides the basic legal materials available in the Peace Palace Library, both in print and electronic format. Handbooks, leading articles, bibliographies, periodicals, serial publications and documents of interest are presented in the Selective Bibliography section. Links to the PPL Catalogue are inserted. The Library's subject heading (keyword) International Relations is instrumental for searching through the Catalogue. Special attention is given to our subscriptions on databases, e-journals, e-books and other electronic resources. Finally, this Research Guide features links to relevant websites and other online resources of particular interest.
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sources
Treaties
Case-law
UN Declarations and Resolutions
Soft law
Reference works
- Acharya, A. and B. Buzan, The Making of Global International Relations : Origins and Evolution of IR at its Centenary, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Akbarzadeh, S., Routledge Handbook on the International Relations of the Middle East, [Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2018.
- Alden, C. and A. Amnon, Foreign Policy Analysis: New Approaches, London, Routledge, 2012.
- Armstrong, A., T. Farrell and H. Lambert, International Law and International Relations, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Béligh, N., Relations internationales: droit, théorie, pratique, Paris, Editions A. Pedone, 2023.
- Blachèr, P., Droit Des Relations Internationales, Paris, LexisNexis, 2011.
- Boniface, P. et H. Védrine, Atlas des Crises et des Conflits, 2009.
- Bull, H.N., The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics, London, Macmillan, 1977. [Read this in combination with The Anarchical Society at 40: Contemporary Challenges and Prospects]
- Carlsnaes, W., Handbook of International Relations, London, SAGE, 2013.
- Daddow, O., International Relations Theory, Los Angeles, SAGE, 2017.
- Deitelhoff, N., Lehrbuch der Internationalen Beziehungen: Per Anhalter Durch die IB-Galaxis, München, C.H. Beck, 2016.
- Delanty, G. (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Cosmopolitanism Studies, London, Routledge, 2017.
- Drain, M., Relations Internationales, Bruxelles, Larcier, 2016.
- Evans, G., The Dictionary of World Politics: A Reference Guide to Concepts, Ideas and Institutions, New York, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1990.
- Fernandez, J., Relations Internationales, Paris,Dalloz, 2018.
- Frangi, M., Droit des Relations Internationales: Lexique, Paris, Dalloz, 1995.
- Grieco, J. (et al.), Introduction to International Relations : Enduring Questions and Contemporary Perspectives, London, Palgrave, 2015.
- Guilhaudis, J.F. et L. Balmond, Relations Internationales Contemporaines, Paris, LexisNexis, 2017.
- Jackson, R. H., Introduction to International Relations : Theories and Approaches, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Hardÿ de Beaulieu, L. le (dir.), Relations internationales.Grands textes politiques et juridiques, Limal, Anthemis, 2017.
- Haynes, J. (et al.) (eds.), World Politics. International Relations and Globalization in the 21st Century, London, Sage, 2017.
- Kaufman, J.P., Introduction to International Relations : Theory and Practice, Lanham, Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.
- Krieger, J. (ed.), The Oxford Companion to International Relations, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Ku, C., International Law, International Relations, and Global Governance, London, Routledge, 2012.
- Lawson, S., International Relations, Cambridge, Malden, MA, Polity, 2017.
- Leach, R. and S. Lightfoot, The Politics and IR Companion, London, Palgrave, Macmillan International Higher Education, 2018.
- Lundestad, G., International Relations Since 1945 : East, West, North, South, London, SAGE, 2018.
- Malchow, H. L., History and International Relations: From the Ancient World to the 21st Century, 2016.
- Pope Atkins, G., Handbook of Research on the International Relations of Latin America and the Caribbean, [S.l.] : Routledge, 2019.
- Reus-Smit, C. and D. Snidal (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, 2008.
- Roche, J.J., Théories des Relations Internationales, Issy-les-Moulineaux, LGDJ, 2016.
- Sharp, P., Introducing International Relations, London, Routledge, 2018.
- Thompson,W.R. (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Empirical International Relations Theory (4 Volumes), New York, Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Trouillon, J.L., Dictionnaire de Géopolitique et Relations Internationales: Français-Anglais, Anglais-Français, 2006.
- Vaisse, M., Dictionnaire des Relations Internationales de 1900 à Nos Jours, Paris, Armand Colin, 2009.
- Viotti, P.R, and M.V. Kauppi, International Relations and World Politics, Boston, MA, 2013.
Selected books and articles
- Abebe, D., "Why Comparative Law Needs International Relations Theory", in Roberts, A. (et al.)(eds.), Comparative International Law , New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 71-88.
- Aguilera, N., (et al.) (ed.), World Politics : International Relations and Globalisation in the 21st Century, SAGE, 2017.
- Arenal, C. del (et al.), Teorías de las Relaciones Internacionales, Madrid, Tecnos, 2015.
- Aydinli, E. and G. Biltekin (eds.), Widening the World of International Relations : Homegrown Theorizing, London, New York, Routledge, 2018.
- Baldwin, D.A., Power and International Relations : A Conceptual Approach, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2016.
- Bell Mislan, D. and P. Streich, Weird IR. Deviant Cases in International Relations, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
- Booth, T. and T. Erskine (eds.), International Relations Theory Today, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2016.
- Burchill, S., Misunderstanding International Relations. A Focus on Liberal Democracies, Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
- Chan, S., Plural International Relations in a Divided World, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2017.
- Chandra, M., International Relations and Foreign Policy, Delhi, Kumud Publications, 2018.
- Daddow, O., International Relations Theory, Los Angeles, SAGE, 2017.
- Delanty, G., Routledge Handbook of Cosmopolitan Studies, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon,New York, Routledge, 2017.
- Di Nolfo, E., Storia Delle Relazioni Internazionali, Roma, GLF Editori Laterza, 2015.
- Di Nolfo, E., Storia Delle Relazioni Internazionali ; II: Gli Anni Sella Guerra Fredda, 1946-1990, Roma, GLF Editori Laterza, 2015.
- Di Nolfo, E., Storia delle relazioni internazionali ; I: Dalla pace di Versailles alla conferenza di Potsdam, 1919-1945, Roma, GLF Editori Laterza, 2015.
- Di Nolfo, E., Storia delle Relazioni Internazionali : Dal 1918 Ai Giorni Nostril, Roma, GLF Editori Laterza, 2009.
- Di Nolfo, E., Storia Delle Relazioni Internazionali, 1918-1992, Roma, GLF Editori Laterza, 1994.
- Dos Reis, F. and O. Kessler, "Constructivism and the Politics of International Law", In: Orford, A. and F. Hoffmann, The Oxford Handbook of the Theory of International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Dunne, T. (et. al.) (eds.), International Relations Theories: Discipline and Diversity, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Dyvik, S.L. (et al.) (eds.), What's the Point of International Relations?, London, New York, Routledge, 2017.
- Gardner, H.,IR Theory, Historical Analogy, and Major Power War, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
- Goertz, G., The Puzzle of Peace : the Evolution of Peace in the International System, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Hasenclever, A. and A. Schramm, "Do We Need a World State? : the Prospects of Multilevel Global Governance for the Organization of Peace in the 21st Century", In: Justenhoven, H.-G, and M. E. O'Connell (eds.), Peace Through Law, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 2016.
- Hellmann, G., Theorizing Foreign Policy in a Globalized World, Houndmills, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Jonas, M., Stabilität durch Gleichgewicht? : Balance of Power im Internationalen Sytem der Neuzeit,
Paderborn, Ferdinand Schöningh, 2015. - Kapitonenko, M.,International Relations Theory, Abingdon, Routledge, 2022.
- Karlsrud, J., Norm change in International Relations : Linked Ecologies in UN Peacekeeping Operations, London, Routledge, 2016.
- Kavalski, E. (ed.), Encounters With World Affairs: An Introduction to International Relations, Farnham, Ashgate, 2015.
- Kolb, R., Réflexions sur les Politiques Juridiques Extérieures, Pedone, 2015.
- Larkin, S. P., "The Age of Transparency: International Relations Without Secrets", In: Foreign Affairs, vol. 95, No. 3 (may-jun), pag. 136-146, 2016.
- Larres, K. and R. Wittlinger, Understanding Global Politics : Actors and Themes in International Affairs, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY, Routledge, 2020.
- Lawson, S., Theories of International Relations : Contending Approaches to World Politics, Cambridge, Polity, 2015.
- Lipscy, P.Y., Renegotiating the World Order : Institutional Change in International Relations, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2017.
- Lutz-Bachmann, M., "Does "Ius Cogens" Exist in International Relations? : Philosophical Remarks to the Encyclical "Pacem in Terris"", In: Justenhoven, H.-G, and M. E. O'Connell (eds.), Peace Through Law, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 2016.
- Marks, M.P., Revisiting Metaphors in International Relations Theory, Cham, Switzerland,Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
- McGlinchey, S. (et al.)(eds.), International Relations Theory, Bristol, E-International Relations Publishing, 2017.
- Michalowska, G. and H. Schreiber (eds.), Culture(s) in International Relations, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Peter Lang, 2017.
- Molloy, S., Kant's International Relations : The Political Theology of Perpetual Peace, Michigan, University of Michigan Press, 2017.
- Moreau Defarges, P., Nouvelles Relations Internationales, Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 2017.
- Navari, C., The International Society Tradition: From Hugo Grotius to Hedley Bull, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
- Ní Mhurchú, A., Critical Imaginations in International Relations, London, Routledge, 2016.
- Niv-Solomon, A., Cooperation and Protracted Conflict in International Affairs : Cycles of Reciprocity, Cham, Switzerland,Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
- Paech, N., Völkerrecht und Machtpolitik in den Internationalen Beziehungen : Ein Studienbuch, Hamburg, VSA-Verlag, 2013.
- Paras, A., Moral Obligations and Sovereignty in International Relations. A Genealogy of Humanitarianism, [Place of publication not identified] Routledge, 2018.
- Pazartzis, P. ,"La succession d'États Comme Moyen de Régulation des Relations Internationales", In: Cassella, S. et L. Delabie (eds.), Faut-il Prendre le Droit International au Sérieux? : Journée d'Étude en l'Honneur de Pierre Michel Eisemann, Paris, Pedone, 2016, pp. 33-39.
- Qin, Y., A Relational Theory of World Politics,Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, USA, Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Raimbaud, M., Les Relations Internationales en 80 Fiches, Paris, Ellipses, 2015.
- Reder, M., "Global Governance vs. Global Government : Political Philosophy in Times of Globalisation", In: Justenhoven, H.-G, and M. E. O'Connell (eds.), Peace Through Law, Baden-Baden, Nomos, 2016.
- Richmond, O.P., Peace in International Relations, Second Edition, London; New York, Routledge, 2020.
- Richmond, O. P., "Peace in International Relations Theory", In: Richmond, O.P. (eds.) (et. al.), The Palgrave Handbook of Disciplinary and Regional Approaches to Peace, Houndmills, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016, pp. 57-68.
- Rynning, S. (ed.), South Asia and the Great Powers : International Relations and Regional Security, London, I.B. Tauris, 2017.
- Schippers, B., (ed.), The Routledge Handbook to Rethinking Ethics in International Relations, Abingdon, Routledge, 2020.
- Schouenborg, L., International Institutions in World History: Divorcing International Relations Theory From the State and Stage Models, London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
- Schmidt, B.C., and N. Guilhot, Historiographical Investigations in International Relations, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
- Slaughter, S., The G20 and International Relations Theory: Perspectives on Global Summitry, Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.
- Slaughter Burley, A.M.,"International Law and International Relations Theory: a Dual Agenda", In: Bianchi, A., Theory and Philosophy of International Law, Vol. 2, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2017, pp. 509-543.
- Sotiriou, S., Politics and International Relations in Eurasia, Lexington, Lexington Books 2019, London; New York, Routledge, 2017.
- Stevens, T., and N. Michelsen (eds.), Pessimism in International Relations. Provocations, Possibilities, Politics, Singapore, Palgrave, 2020.
- Topor, F.S., Ethical Standards and Practice in International Relations, Hershey, PA, IGI Global, Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global), 2018.
- Vaisse, M., Les Relations Internationales Depuis 1945, Paris, Armand Colin, 2015.
- White, N.D, The Law of International Organisations, Manchester, Manchester University Press. 2017.
- Wieclawski, J., Understanding Realism in Contemporary International Relations : Beyond the Structural Realist Perspective, Baden-Baden, Germany, Nomos, 2019.
- Wiener, A., Contestation and Constitution of Norms in Global International Relations, Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Youde, J.R., "The role of Philanthropy in International Relations", Review of International Studies (2018), p. 1-18.
For all peer-reviewed articles in the PPL Catalogue, click here.
Periodicals, serial publications
- Affaires Extérieures
- African Journal of International Affairs
- Aktuelle Analysen
- Ambassadors Review : Foreign Affairs Journal of the Council of American Ambassadors
- Annuaire Français de Relations Internationales
- Aussenpolitik : German Foreign Affairs Review
- Aussenpolitik : Zeitschrift für Internationale Fragen
- Australian Foreign Affairs Record
- Australian Journal of International Affairs
- Australia in World Affairs
- British and Foreign State Papers
- The Brown Journal of World Affairs
- Canada in World Affairs
- Caucasian Review of International Affairs
- Central European Journal of International and Security Studies
- C.I.I.A. Monthly Report on Canadian External Relations
- Co-Existence: A Journal For the Comparative Study of Economics, Sociology and Politics in a Changing World
- Columbia Journal of International Affairs
- Cooperation and Conflict: Nordic Studies in International Politics
- Cooperation and conflict : Nordic Journal of International Studies
- Current Notes on International Affairs
- Cyprus Yearbook of International Relations
- Defensor Pacis
- Documents on American Foreign Relations
- Documents on Swedish Foreign Policy
- Düsseldorfer Schriften zu Internationaler Politik und Völkerrecht
- Emirates Occasional Papers
- Ethics and International Affairs
- European Foreign Affairs Review
- European Union in Foreign Affairs
- External Affairs
- Fletcher Forum of World Affairs
- Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Affairs Bibliography : A Selected and Annotated List of Books on International Relations
- Foreign Affairs Bulletin
- Foreign Affairs Malaysia
- Foreign Affairs Outlines. Building the Peace
- Foreign Affairs Pakistan
- Foreign Affairs Record
- Foreign Affairs Reports
- Foreign Policy Pamphlets
- Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers
- Foundation For Foreign Affairs Series
- Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
- Global History and International Studies
- History of International Relations, Diplomacy, and Intelligence
- Indian Yearbook of International Affairs
- International Affairs
- International Affairs Review Supplement
- International Conciliation
- International Journal : Quarterly of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs
- International Journal
- International Journal : Quarterly of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs
- International Perspectives
- International Politics. Perspectives from Philosophy and Political Science
- International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
- International Studies Intensives
- International Relations Studies Series
- Internationale Politik
- International and Security Studies
- Internationale Spectator
- IP Global Edition
- Iranian Journal of International Affairs
- Irish Studies in International Affairs
- ISYP Journal on Science and World Affairs
- Japan Annual of International Affairs
- Journal of the Indian Institute of International Affairs
- Journal of International Law and International Relations
- Latin American Journal of International Affairs
- Korea & World Affairs : A Quarterly Review
- New Zealand Representatives Overseas
- Nigerian Journal of International Affairs
- Orbis : A Quarterly Journal of World Affairs
- Pacific Affairs : an International Review of the Far East and Pacific Area
- Palgrave Studies in International Relations
- Pakistan Horizon
- Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States with the Annual Message of the President
- Penn State Journal of Law & International Affairs : JLIA
- The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs
- Polish Western Affairs = La Pologne et les Affaires Occidentales
- Politique Européenne
- Politique Étrangère
- Politique Étrangère et Sécurité
- Relations Internationales
- Relations Internationales du Monde Contemporain
- Rethinking Asia and International Relations
- Revista Electrónica de Estudios Internacionales
- Revue de la Politique Internationale
- Round Table : A Quarterly Review of the Politics of the British Empire
- Routledge Studies on African Politics and International Relations
- Select Documents on International Affairs
- Studies in Security and International Affairs
- Studies in International Affairs
- Studies on International Relations
- Survival
- UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs
- Yale Journal of International Affairs
- Yearbook of Polish Foreign Policy
- The Yearbook of World Affairs
- The Yearbook of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs
- World Affairs Bulletin
Bibliographies
DATABASES
- Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Ethos, Ethics, and Morality in International Relations, by Bernstorff, von, J. and I. Venzke.
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Representatives of States in International Relations, by Salmon, J.
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, Mass Media, Influence on International Relations, by Skordas, A.
- Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, International Relations, Principal Theories, by Slaughter, A.M. and T. Hale.
EXTERNAL LINKS
- Global Voices
- International Affairs Resources
- International Affairs Resources - Peace, Conflict Resolution and International Security
- International Relations, Encyclopedia.com
- International Relations - Prof. Joshua S. Goldstein Blog
- The International Relations and International Cultures Portal
- International Relations and Security Network (ISN), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- The International Relations Blog
- Internationalrelations.org
- Internationalrelationsedu.org
- IRIN - Humanitarian News and Analysis
- The Observers
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