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International relations. Foreign policy --- Polemology --- Security, International --- Security, International. --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace

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This book systematically explores how different theoretical concepts of myth can be utilised to interpretively explore contemporary international politics. From the international community to warlords, from participation to effectiveness – international politics is replete with powerful narratives and commonly held beliefs that qualify as myths. Rebutting the understanding of myth-as-lie, this collection of essays unearths the ideological, naturalising, and depoliticising effect of myths. Myth and Narrative in International Politics: Interpretive Approaches to the Study of IR offers conceptual and methodological guidance on how to make sense of different myth theories and how to employ them in order to explore the powerful collective imaginations and ambiguities that underpin international politics today. Further, it assembles case studies of specific myths in different fields of International Relations, including warfare, global governance, interventionism, development aid, and statebuilding. The findings challenge conventional assumptions in International Relations, encouraging academics in IR and across a range of different fields and disciplines, including development studies, global governance studies, strategic and military studies, intervention and statebuilding studies, and peace and conflict studies, to rethink ideas that are widely unquestioned by policy and academic communities. .

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Politics and war. --- Peace. --- International organization. --- Military and Defence Studies. --- Conflict Studies. --- International Organization.

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How are China's ongoing sovereignty disputes in the East and South China Seas likely to evolve? Are relations across the Taiwan Strait poised to enter a new period of relaxation or tension? How are economic interdependence, domestic public opinion, and the deterrence role played by the US likely to affect China's relations with its counterparts in these disputes? Although territorial disputes have been the leading cause for interstate wars in the past, China has settled most of its land borders with its neighbours. Its maritime boundaries, however, have remained contentious. This book examines China's conduct in these maritime disputes in order to analyse Beijing's foreign policy intentions in general. Rather than studying Chinese motives in isolation, Steve Chan uses recent theoretical and empirical insights from international relations research to analyse China's management of its maritime disputes.

Maritime boundaries --- China --- East Asia --- South China Sea --- Boundaries --- Foreign relations --- International status. --- MARITIME BOUNDARIES--CHINA --- SOUTH CHINA SEA --- EAST CHINA SEA --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Southeast Asia --- East China Sea --- Boundaries. --- Strategic aspects.

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This book analyzes the Group of Twenty (G20) since the 2008 financial crisis. The latter event undermined conventional wisdom and governance norms, constituting a more contested international economic regime. G20 leaders sought a cooperative response to the 2008 crisis through the forum, aware of their interdependence and the growing economic importance of key developing states. They agreed new norms of financial governance based on macroprudential regulation, the Basel III Accords, and enhanced multilateral cooperation. They prioritized G20 cooperation for achieving international economic stability and growth. Differences exist over causes and effects of the crisis, including on the merits of economic austerity or fiscal stimulus strategies; on responsibility for and solutions to international economic imbalances; and concerns about monetary policies and “currency wars”. Despite claims from skeptics that G20 cooperation is declining, this book argues its importance for international relations and as a hub of global governance networks.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Politics --- Economics --- International law --- politieke wetenschappen --- economie --- politiek --- globalisering --- internationale organisaties --- International organization. --- Globalization. --- Political economy. --- International Organization. --- International Political Economy. --- Group of Twenty. --- Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) --- 2008-2009

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In China’s 4,000-year-long history and modern development, natural disaster management has been about not only human combat against devastating natural forces, but also institutional building, political struggle, and economic interest redistribution among different institutional players. A significant payoff for social scientists studying disasters is that they can reveal much of the hidden nature of political and economic processes and structures, particularly those in non-democracies, which are normally covered up with great care. This book reviews the problems and progress in the politics of China’s disaster management. It analyses the factors in China’s governance and political process that restrains its capacity to manage disasters. The book helps the audience better understand the dynamic relationship among various interest groups and civic forces in modern China’s disaster politics, with special emphasis on the process of pluralization, decentralization and fragmentation.

Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Sociology of policy --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Politics --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- internationale politiek --- politieke wetenschappen --- politiek --- milieubeleid --- milieupolitiek --- China --- Asia --- Asia—Politics and government. --- Environmental policy. --- Asian Politics. --- Environmental Politics. --- Environment and state --- Environmental control --- Environmental management --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Government policy