Politics Between Nations. Contributions to International Relations, edited by Adebowale Akande. Springer, Cham. 2023. XXVII, 645 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24896-2.

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/JOPS/2023.2.6.088

Keywords:

global security, public diplomacy, European Union, United States, populism, political instability, propaganda, fake news, Afghanistan, Taliban, war on terror, public affairs management, public affairs leadership, culture of prevention, NATO, American leadership, defense procurement, environmental sustainability

Abstract

This book comparatively analyzes global conflicts and diplomatic relations between international players, as well as the mechanisms of public diplomacy, the difficulties of peace diplomacy and hard power war. In the book, the authors pay special attention to the issues of the modern world order, relations between various geopolitical, regional and national actors in an environment of increasingly complex international relations, emerging challenges and threats. The authors pay special attention to the efforts of intergovernmental organizations, the problem of terrorism, including international terrorism, and the violation of global stability, which still remain serious challenges and threats that national states, as well as international institutions, are called upon to solve. The authors analyze various dimensions of the intensification of terrorism, military conflicts and threats to national states emanating from military blocs, and update the issues of terrorist danger and international instability. They note that this state of affairs in the world system puts on the political agenda the importance of enhanced interaction between national states with international weight, resources and capabilities. In this regard, constructive and civilized interaction of all countries in the international arena to counter terrorism and strengthen international stability is of particular relevance.

Author Biographies

Haykuhi Mkrtchyan, Yerevan State University

PhD in Political Science, Associate Professor of the Chair of Political Science of the Faculty of International Relations at Yerevan State University. Senior Officer of the International Cooperation Office at Yerevan State University

Hayarpi Drmeyan, Yerevan State University

PhD candidate of the Chair of International Relations and Diplomacy at Yerevan State University. She is a Diplomat and currently is posted as Second Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia to the Nordic countries - Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway, with residence in Stockholm

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2023-12-30

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Mkrtchyan, H., & Drmeyan, H. . (2023). Politics Between Nations. Contributions to International Relations, edited by Adebowale Akande. Springer, Cham. 2023. XXVII, 645 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24896-2. Journal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan University, 2(3(6), 88–97. https://doi.org/10.46991/JOPS/2023.2.6.088

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