Does foreign aid promote human rights? As the world's largest aid donor, the United States
has provided foreign assistance to more than 200 countries. Deploying global numerical …

Covert action has long been a controversial tool of international relations. However, there is
remarkably little public understanding about whether it works and, more fundamentally …

This essay critically assesses the Tianxia Theories, a line of indigenous International
Relations (IR) theorizing in China organized around the concept of Tianxia ('all-under …

This book uncovers how US-India relations have changed and intensified during the
administrations of Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr., and Barack Obama. Throughout the Cold …

Critical discourse analysis continues to remain a valuable method for understanding foreign
policy. Situated in the broader interpretive methodological approach to the social sciences, it …

Volodymyr Zelenskyy's public diplomacy during the Russo-Ukrainian conflict was examined
in this dissertation. Zelenskyy's discourse emphasized his action-oriented traits, Ukrainian …

How do the masses shape foreign policy? This question has been examined through
various conceptual lenses—national identity, public opinion, and popular culture. At the core …

Since the mid-2000s, there has been a debate within the US about the global shift in power.
The “decline” of the US and the “rise” of an “Other” have been articulated by politicians …

Executive Summary In recent years, experts and onlookers have noted a convergence of
geopolitical interests between the United States and India. Such an alignment seems natural …

In spite of the long tradition and strong national identity of military non-alignment, the Social
Democratic government enabled a profound redefinition of the national interest into an …