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The guide surveys key themes and contemporary issues, bridging continuity and change since the end of the Cold War. Structured around 150 essential concepts—covering diplomacy, security, human rights, terrorism, arms control, and international institutions—the book also includes further reading and a curated appendix of international relations web sites for students and non-specialists.","INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THE KEY CONCEPTS  \nFeaturing 150 entries, International Relations: The Key Concepts is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs. Comprehensive and up-to-date, it introduces the most important themes in international relations, with an emphasis on contemporary issues. Entries include:  \n• diplomacy  \n• global warming  \n• terrorism  \n• human rights  \n• rogue state  \n• loose nukes  \n• United Nations  \n• security  \n• arms control  \n• ethnic cleansing  \nOffering suggestions for further reading as well as a unique guide to Internet web sites on international relations, this accessible handbook isan invaluable guide to a rapidly expanding field, ideal for the student and non-specialist alike.  \nMartin Griffiths is Senior Lecturer in the School of Political and International Studies at Flinders University, Australia. He is the author of Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations, also available from Routledge. Terry O’Callaghan is Lecturer in the School of International Studies at the University of South Australia.  \nROUTLEDGE KEY GUIDES  \nRoutledge Key Guides are accessible, informative, and lucid handbooks, which define and discuss the central concepts, thinkers, and debates in a broad range of academic disciplines. All are written by noted experts in their respective subjects. Clear, concise exposition of complex and stimulating issues and ideas make Routledge Key Guides the ultimate reference resources for students, teachers, researchers, and the interested lay person.  \nAncient History: Key Themes and Approaches  \nNeville Morley  \nBusiness: The Key Concepts Mark Vernon  \nCinema Studies: The Key Concepts (second edition)  \nSusan Hayward  \nCultural Theory: The Key Thinkers Andrew Edgar and Peter Sedgwick  \nEastern Philosophy: Key Readings Oliver Leaman  \nTelevision Studies: The Key Concepts  \nNeil Casey, Bernadette Casey, Justin Lewis, Ben Calvert and Liam French  \nFifty Eastern Thinkers  \nDiané Collinson, Kathryn Plant and Robert Wilkinson  \nFifty Contemporary Choreographers Edited by Martha Bremser  \nFifty Contemporary Filmmakers Edited by Yvonne Tasker  \nFifty Key Classical Authors  \nAlison Sharrock and Rhiannon Ash Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers John Lechte  \nFifty Key Jewish Thinkers Dan Cohn-Sherbok  \nFifty Key Thinkers on the Environment Edited by Joy Palmer with Peter Blaze  \nCorcoran and David A. 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