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Liberal Leviathan
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 22.95In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States engaged in the most ambitious and far-reaching liberal order building the world had yet seen. This liberal international order has been one of the most successful in history in providing security and prosperity to more people. But in the last decade, the American-led order has been troubled.... more...
After Victory
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 35.00The end of the Cold War was a "big bang" reminiscent of earlier moments after major wars, such as the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the end of the World Wars in 1919 and 1945. Here John Ikenberry asks the question, what do states that win wars do with their newfound power and how do they use it to build order? In examining the postwar settlements... more...
Reinventing the Alliance
Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 100.00This is an edited volume that examines the US-Japan security alliance, the key to US-Japanese relations since the end of US occupation in the 50s. The alliance has long been a source of both co-operation and stress between the two nations, but with rapid changes in Asia, it has grown more problematic. This book brings American and Japanese specialists... more...
The Uses of Institutions
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 95.00This book explores the ways that institutions play a role - or fail to - in Japanese and American approaches to regional governance in East Asia. It uses recent studies on the logic and dynamics of institutions to determine the logic of order within the East Asia region. The central focus is on bilateral and multilateral regional institutions. more...
International Relations Theory and the Asia-Pacific
Columbia University Press 2005; US$ 32.99What tools will international relations theorists need to understand the complex relationship among China, Japan, and the United States as the three powers shape the economic and political future of this crucial region? Some of the best and most innovative scholars in international relations and Asian area studies gather here with the working premise... more...
New Thinking In International Relations Theory
Westview Press 1997; US$ 58.00This book of ten original essays provides a showcase of currently diverse theoretical agendas in the field of international relations. Contributors address the theoretical analysis that their perspect more...
The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 95.00In this book, American and Japanese experts examine to what extent diverging priorities in the U.S.-Japan alliance are real and whether they are not remedied with political and diplomatic leadership and other processes. American and Japanese authors are paired to analyze the same topic, where doing so is possible, for comparing their perspectives more...
International Relations Theory and the Consequences of Unipolarity
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 27.00Discusses the concept of unipolarity and the political implications of US primacy for the patterns of international politics. more...
The Crisis of American Foreign Policy
Princeton University Press 2008; US$ 46.95Was George W. Bush the true heir of Woodrow Wilson, the architect of liberal internationalism? Was the Iraq War a result of liberal ideas about America's right to promote democracy abroad? In this timely book, four distinguished scholars of American foreign policy discuss the relationship between the ideals of Woodrow Wilson and those of George W.... more...
The Politics of International Law
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 34.00Politics and law appear deeply entwined in contemporary international politics. This volume advances a new perspective on the politics of international law, illustrated through case-studies of the use of force, climate change, landmines, migrant rights, the International Criminal Court, the Kosovo bombing campaign, international financial institutions,... more...









