Featuring 16 new entries, International Relations: The Key Concepts, now in its fourth edition, is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs. Comprehensive and up to date, it introduces the most important themes in international relations. New entries include the following: Anthropocene Authoritarian populism Borders Brexit Dignity Hierarchy Intersectionality Pandemic Postmodern warfare Race war Resilience Featuring suggestions for further reading as well as a unique guide to websites on international relations, this accessible guide is an invaluable aid to an understanding of this expanding field, ideal for student and non-specialist alike. It will serve as a vital reference text for undergraduate IR courses.

Table of Contents:
Preface, List of Key Concepts, Introduction, AFRICAN UNION: Alliance, Anarchy, Anthropocene, Appeasement, Arab League, Arab Spring, Arms control, Arms trade, Authoritarian populism, BALANCE OF POWER: Borders, Bretton Woods, Brexit, Bush Doctrine, CAPITAL CONTROLS: Capitalism, Citizenship, Clash of civilisations, Climate change, Coercion, Cold war, Collective security, Communism, Communitarianism, Concert of powers, Constructivism, Containment, Cosmopolitanism, Crisis, Critical theory, DEBT TRAP: Decolonisation, Democratic peace, Democratisation, Dependency, Deterrence, Development, Diaspora, Digital divide, Dignity, Diplomacy, Disarmament, EMBEDDED LIBERALISM: Emotions, End of history, Enemy combatant, English School, Ethnic cleansing, Ethnicity, Euro, European Union (EU), Exploitation, Extraterritoriality, FAILED STATE: Feminism, Foreign aid, Foreign direct investment (FDI), Free trade, Functionalism, GENDER: Genocide, Geopolitics, Global civil society, Global financial crisis, Global governance, Global justice, Global South, Globalisation, Governmentality, Great powers, Group of twenty (G-20), HEGEMONIC STABILITY THEORY: Hegemony, Hierarchy, Historical sociology, Human rights, Human security, Humanitarian intervention, IDEALISM: Imperialism, Integration, Interdependence, International Criminal Court (ICC), International criminal tribunals, International law, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International political economy, Intersectionality, International society, Irredentism, Isolationism, JIHAD: Just war, LEAGUE OF NATIONS: Legitimacy, Levels of analysis, Liberal internationalism, Loose nukes, MANAGED TRADE: Marxism, Mercantilism, Mercenary, Mercosur, Misperception, Modernisation theory, Multilateralism, Multinational corporation (MNC), Mutually assured destruction (MAD), NATION STATE: National interest, Nationalism, Neoliberalism, Newly industrialising countries (NICs), Non-governmental organisation (NGO), Non-tariff barrier (NTB), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Nuclear proliferation, ORDER: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), PANDEMIC: Peace-building, Peacekeeping, Peace of Westphalia, Peace studies, Political risk, Population growth, Postcolonialism, Postmodern warfare, Postmodernism, Power, Practice turn, Pre-emption, Preventive diplomacy, Prisoners' dilemma, Public goods, QUEER THEORY, RACE WAR: Realism, Reciprocity, Recognition, Refugees, Regime, Regional trade blocs, Regionalism, Relative gains/absolute gains, Resilience, Responsibility to protect (R2P), Rogue state, SAFE HAVEN: Sanctions, Secession, Security, Security dilemma, Self-determination, Sovereignty, Structural adjustment programme (SAP), Structural violence, Superpower, Sustainable development, TERRORISM: Theory, Torture, Tragedy of the commons, UNILATERALISM: , United Nations (UN), WAR: War crime, War on terror, Women in development (WID), World Bank, World-system theory, World Trade Organization (WTO), Appendix, Bibliography, Index.