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Key databases and e-book collections for your school. Subscribed resources work on campus, or off campus through MyLOFT.

Databases and collections

4 recommended resources.

Reading list by topic

Core readings by course topic. Links marked ProQuest open in Ebook Central; sign in through MyLOFT when off campus.

Theories of International Relations

  • Morgenthau, H. J. (1948). Politics among nations: The struggle for power and peace. New York: A.A. Knopf. Open (opens in new tab)
  • Keohane, R. O. (2020). International institutions and state power: Essays in international relations theory. Routledge. ProQuest (opens in new tab)

International Humanitarian Law

  • Barnett, M. (2011). Empire of humanity: A history of humanitarian intervention. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ProQuest (opens in new tab)

Research Methods in Social Sciences

  • Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Open (opens in new tab)
  • Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approaches. Open (opens in new tab)
  • Kothari, C. R. (2011). Research methodology: Methods and techniques. New Delhi: New Age International Publishers. ProQuest (opens in new tab)

Management of the Blue Economy

  • Onditi, F., & Yates, D. (Eds.). (2021). Illusions of location theory: Consequences for Blue Economy in Africa. Vernon Press: Series in Politics. Open (opens in new tab)
  • Bari, A. (2017). Our oceans and the blue economy: Opportunities and challenges. 10th International Conference on Maritime Technology, MARTEC (pp. 5–11). Elsevier Ltd. Open (opens in new tab)

Regional Conflict Management

  • Diehl, P. F., & Lepgold, J. (Eds.). (2003). Regional conflict management. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ProQuest (opens in new tab)
  • Schmidt, E. (2013). Foreign interventions in Africa: From the Cold War to the War on Terror. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ProQuest (opens in new tab)
  • Moyo, B. (Ed.). (2007). Africa in the global power play: Debates, challenges and potential reforms. London: Adonis & Abbey. ProQuest (opens in new tab)

Regional Security Studies and Strategies

  • Bilgin, P. (2019). Regional security in the Middle East: A critical perspective (2nd ed.). Routledge. ProQuest (opens in new tab)
  • McSweeney, B. (1999). Security, identity and interests: A sociology of international relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ProQuest (opens in new tab)

Maritime Diplomacy

  • Hamad, H. B. (2016). Maritime terrorism: Why the East African Community is the next potential target of maritime terrorism. University of Greenwich: London, UK. Open (opens in new tab)
  • Nordquist, M. H., & Moore, J. N. (Eds.). (2012). Maritime border diplomacy. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ProQuest (opens in new tab)

Regional Conflict Systems and Geography of Conflicts

  • Onditi, F., & Yates, D. (Eds.). (2021). Illusions of location theory: Consequences for Blue Economy in Africa. Vernon Press: Series in Politics. Open (opens in new tab)
  • MacDonald, F. (2006). Geopolitics and ‘the vision thing’: Regarding Britain and America’s first nuclear missile. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 31, 53–71. Open (opens in new tab)
  • Megoran, N. (2010). Towards a geography of peace: Pacific geopolitics and evangelical Christian Crusade apologies. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 35, 382–398. Open (opens in new tab)

Arms Diplomacy

  • Thrall, T., & Caroline, D. (2018). The role of arms sales in US foreign policy (Vol. 836). Policy Analysis. Open (opens in new tab)
  • Ambrose, M. J. (2018). The control agenda: A history of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Cornell University Press. ProQuest (opens in new tab)

Comparative Political Economy

  • Nkrumah, K. (1965). Neo-colonialism, the last stage of imperialism. USA: International Publishers Co., Inc. Open (opens in new tab)
  • Smith, A. (2009). Wealth of nations. New York: Classic House Books. Open (opens in new tab)
  • Lenin, V. I. (1947). Imperialism, the highest stage of capitalism: A popular outline. Moscow: Foreign Languages Pub. House. Open (opens in new tab)
  • Dunn, B. (2009). Global political economy: A Marxist critique. London: Pluto Press. ProQuest (opens in new tab)

Emerging Powers and Africa

  • Vaes, S., & Huyse, H. (2013). New voices on South-South cooperation between emerging powers and Africa: African civil society perspectives. Open (opens in new tab)
  • Alden, C. (2019). Emerging powers and Africa: From development to geopolitics. Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI). Open (opens in new tab)
  • Chegraoui, K., Lyammouri, R., & Skah, M. (2020). Emerging powers in Africa: Key drivers, differing interests and future perspectives. African Portal. Open (opens in new tab)

Corporate Diplomacy

  • Taleb, A., Ratiu, C., & Molz, R. (2017). Corporate diplomacy and institutional upheaval in host countries: The ‘Arab Spring’ experience of two Canadian multinationals in Egypt. In International Business Diplomacy. Emerald Publishing Limited. ProQuest (opens in new tab)

Interreligious Diplomatic Practice

  • Steiner, S. M. (2018). Moral pressure for responsible globalization: Religious diplomacy in the age of the anthropogenic. Brill. ProQuest (opens in new tab)

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