This book reassesses scholarship that reads the practice of Aristotle’s Art of Rhetoric as a democratic practice that yields prudent collective choices absent guidance by those of superior political prudence.

The Armed Conflict Survey 2024 provides an exhaustive review of the political, military and humanitarian dimensions of active armed conflicts globally in the period from 1 July 2023–30 June 2024.

A must-read for policymakers, international organisations and businesses operating in or near countries affected by war, The Armed Conflict Survey 2025 provides an in-depth analysis of the global conflict landscape in the period from July 2024–June 2025.

This volume advances a new theoretical understanding of armed groups as international actors that co-shape international politics and as forces with a genuine quest for legitimacy, that allows us new insights into the fabric of international relations.

This unique transnational history explores the extraordinary lives of left-wing volunteers who fought in multiple conflicts across the globe during the mid-twentieth century. Heiberg, Acciai and Bjerström argue that the Spanish Civil War set a precedent for war volunteering that shaped global responses to a range of conflicts for decades.

This book analyses the opportunities enabled for Armenia by China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the framework of economic cooperation, policy diversification, social inclusion and regional cohesion. It will be of interest to policy-makers, international relations, security studies and area studies.