Books like IR by Michael Roskin

International Relations by Joshua S. Goldstein offers an updated introductory overview of global politics, blending security, political economy, and diverse theories such as feminism and postmodernism while highlighting the shift from Cold War East-West dynamics to a North-South divide.

Richard Haass examines how global disorder and the United States’ waning influence reshape world politics, urging a new "World Order 2.0" that balances power, redefines sovereignty, and addresses challenges from terrorism, nuclear threats, climate change, and great‑power rivalry.

"A[n] argument for America's role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world--and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward"--

"This book is a major new introduction to international relations/global politics. Written by a leading textbook author, it is engaging, stimulating and forward-looking, covering all the topics and theory students require at an introductory level"--

"This book is a synthetic historiography of present-day international relations theory. It is a critical analysis of the continuing diversity and complexity of enduring themes through a sustained focus on the analysis of the empirical evidence accumulated by social scientists. Special attention is given to key historical changes in theoretical approaches over the past half-century with full recognition of the contestation over state-based theory, and the changing fortunes of contemporary approaches. The book suggests that viable theories must transcend current intellectual fashion, and attempts to bring together theory and practice while demonstrating the difficulty of assessing competing theories. It addresses multiple strands of thought and assumes that their development cannot be understood in isolation from each other."--BOOK JACKET.