Steven C. Roach is Professor of International Affairs in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies at the University of South Florida. Among his books are South Sudan’s Fateful Struggle (2023), Moral Responsibility in Twenty-First-Century Warfare (2020), Handbook of Critical International Relations (2020), and Decency and Difference (2019).Alexander D. Barder is Associate Professor of International Relations and Graduate Director at the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. His most recent book is Global Race War: International Political and Racial Hierarchy (2021).

'This is a freshly updated edition of an already popular book, adding recent ideas like resilience and the Anthropocene to the established IR vocabulary. It manages to be clear and concise while covering each topic in sufficient detail as to offer an excellent guide to the discipline.'Professor Jonathan Joseph, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, UK.

• 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.