This innovative, accessible book highlights contemporary and historical insights into international relations. By looking core themes--globalization, international political economy, regionalization, the fragmentation of states, and cooperative problem solving--the authors formulate a likely pattern of future developments in the 21st century.

Anglo-American relations have long been discussed in terms of there being a ""special relationship"" between the two countries. Peter Jones examines this relationship since 1945 with regard to the functioning of the Labour Party. Since the end of World War II, some elements in the British Labour Party were ideologically opposed to a special relationship.
A leading question now is whether Labour's anti-Americanism of the 1980's will be submerged by New Labour? This work examines the policies of Labour governments, the points of agreement and difference since 1945 between party leaders,...