International Relations

International relations (IR) or international affairs, depending on academic institution, is either a field of political science, an interdisciplinary academic field similar to global studies, or an entirely independent academic discipline in which students take a variety of internationally focused courses in social science and humanities disciplines. In all cases, the field studies relationships between political entities (polities) such as sovereign states, inter-governmental organizations (IGOs), international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), other non-governmental organizations (NGO ...more

Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Autocracy, Inc.
Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company
If Russia Wins: A Scenario
The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
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Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
House of Huawei: The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia
Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History
After the Fall: Being American in the World We've Made
Tomorrow Is Yesterday: Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine
Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
Diplomacy
Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
World Order
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
Theory of International Politics
The Twenty Years' Crisis, 1919-1939: An Introduction to the Study of International Relations
Politics Among Nations
On China
Arms and Influence (The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series)
Perception and Misperception in International Politics
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000
Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Cracking The Rich Code Volume 20 by Diane Merrill WiggintonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOn China by Henry KissingerLeftover Women by Leta Hong FincherMeltdown in Tibet by Michael  Buckley
Informative Books on China
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International Relations by Joshua S. GoldsteinAn Accidental Diplomat by Eamon DeLaneyEssentials of International Relations by Karen A. Mingst
Foreign Service
3 books — 2 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGhost Wars by Steve CollWhy Nations Fail by Daron AcemoğluOn China by Henry KissingerThe Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama
FSO Reading List
122 books — 60 voters


Adolf Hitler
When diplomacy ends, War begins.
Adolf Hitler

Peter Hitchens
Far too many people—many of them academics, many politicians—continue to jabber about a supposed 'special relationship' between our two countries. I used to think that no such thing existed. Recently, I have become convinced that it does, and that it is in fact a Specially Bad Relationship. ...more
Peter Hitchens

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