Providing 26 in-depth case studies, the new edition of this useful supplement for international relations and foreign policy courses gives students the opportunity to apply concepts and analyze events.

The text provides a coherent narrative background in IR so students understand important developments in history. Although the emphasis is on twentieth and twenty-first century events, most cases reach back into the Middle Ages to give current developments the proper historical framework. This text will allow students to make sense of modern-day problems and better understand key concepts in the study of international relations.