Michael - International 1

In classical Arabic, the word "maktoum" means hidden. Sealed shut. Withheld from view. It is also the name of the family that, in 1833, led eight hundred Bedouin out of Abu Dhabi to the mouth of a s……続きを見る

Despite Japan's long-held reputation as an ethnically homogeneous country largely closed to foreigners, the number of immigrants in Japan has been increasing, partially as a direct result of governm……続きを見る

The Israel-Iran war did not begin on February 28, 2026. It began in 1979, when Iranian revolutionaries tore down the Israeli flag in Tehran and replaced it with a Palestinian one. Understanding when……続きを見る

Mongolia remains a beautiful barren land of spectacularly clothed horse-riders, nomadic romance and windswept landscape. But modern Mongolia is now caught between two giants: China and Russia; and k……続きを見る

A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today. Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest ci……続きを見る

Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner. This book traces the evolution of American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union, and l……続きを見る

Weaving a critique of major power intervention into political history, this book provides a comprehensive overview of Cambodia from 1953 to the present. Since gaining its independence in 1953, Cambo……続きを見る

No other country has devised a grand strategy for managing China’s rising economic and military power as deliberately or successfully as Japan. Seeking to counter Chinese ambitions toward regional h……続きを見る

A provocative and urgent analysis of the U.S.–China rivalry. It has become conventional wisdom that America and China are running a “superpower marathon” that may last a century. Yet Hal Brands and ……続きを見る

This book builds on Head’s previous work on Soviet legal scholar Evgeny Pashukanis, challenging Western academics who separate Pashukanis's theories from the complex realities of the Soviet state's ……続きを見る

Russia�s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world and overturned assumptions that large-scale conventional war was inconceivable in the twenty-first century. On the other side of the p……続きを見る

As Russia challenges the US-led Global Order, Moscow had to create its own version of regional order. From the ashes of the Soviet Union, Moscow had to rebuild its relations with each of the former ……続きを見る

In this volume we focus on the years following Putin’s return to the presidency in 2012. This has been a more active period than his first two terms, including the annexation of Crimea and, ultimate……続きを見る

In this crackling memoir, the journalist and novelist Michael Idov recounts the tempestuous years he spent living alongsideーand closely observingーthe media and cultural elite of Putin's Russia. Af……続きを見る

This open access book provides an exhaustive picture of the role that annulment conflicts play in the EU multilevel system. Based on a rich dataset of annulment actions since the 1960s and a number ……続きを見る

In seinem SPIEGEL-Bestseller zeichnet der Moskau-Korrespondent der ZEIT Michael Thumann auf atemberaubende Weise den Absturz Russlands in eine zunehmend totalitäre Diktatur und den Weg in Putins imp……続きを見る

When a city dies, you start hearing your own heartbeat. This is a story about those who stayed. About a home that became a trap, and people who became lifelines. No glory, no drama ー just a raw sur……続きを見る

Mit dem Putsch der Bolschewisten im Oktober 1917 greift im Russischen Reich erstmals die kommunistische Partei nach der Macht. Das Kalkül Lenins und später Stalins, dass der revolutionäre Funken der……続きを見る

This book focuses on Post-Soviet ethnic conflicts and Russia's involvement in them. In light of its significant importance for general ethnic conflict, specifically the post-Soviet Caucasus, along w……続きを見る

In Dying to Learn**, Michael Hunzeker develops a novel theory to explain how wartime militaries learn.** He focuses on the Western Front, which witnessed three great-power armies struggle to cope wi……続きを見る

In Disruption**, Michael De Groot argues that the global economic upheaval of the 1970s was decisive in ending the Cold War**. Both the West and the Soviet bloc struggled with the slowdown of econom……続きを見る

Is the official political silencing of children in a democracy rational and just, or is it arbitrary and capricious? How might democratic polities benefit from the political engagement and activism ……続きを見る

「百年馬拉松的力量在於它總在暗地裡進行。借用電影《鬥陣俱樂部》（Fight Club）裡的話：馬拉松的第一定律就是絕口不提馬拉松。」 美國CIA 中國問題專家白邦瑞，被欺騙40年後、痛定思痛的懺悔實錄 中國從來就不滿……続きを見る

People from all walks of life are appalled and fascinated in equal measure by the stratospheric political career of the tycoon and three-time Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Michael Day pr……続きを見る

"This book tells what should have been known and isn'tーthat Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength." ー Israeli President Shimon Peres For decades, Israel's reno……続きを見る

'The contempt for ordinary people and for patriotism that the politically correct have is unconcealed. They have successfully infiltrated ... public institutions from where they can enforce their cr……続きを見る

The idea of an alliance between Britain and its old Commonwealth colonies has recently made a remarkable comeback in the context of Brexit. Based on belief in a special bond between the English-spea……続きを見る

Your updated and revised guide to British politics So, you want to be knowledgeable about British politics but don't know where to start? You've come to the right place! British Politics For Dummies……続きを見る

Inspired by popular, feminist, subaltern, and ecocritical geopolitics, Geopolitics and Culture: Narrating Eastern European and Eurasian Worlds presents new research of culture in the Eastern Europea……続きを見る

Edited by Eric M. Bridges, Sheila Smith McKoy, and LaJuan Simpson-Wilkey, The Wisdom of Ifá: An Ancient Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century and Beyond explores Yoruba spirituality and the complex ……続きを見る