About this book series

This series aims to publish books on peace and conflict with evidence-based approaches, befitting an era best characterized by uncertainty and complexity. Even if occurrence of major wars among sovereign states has dramatically decreased, from 5 million soldiers killed between 1938 and 1945 per annum; through 100,000 soldiers killed between 1945 and 1989 per annum; to 10,000 soldiers killed between 1989 and 2019 per annum; many kinds of peace and conflict keep arising in the world, with extraordinary technological progress and unprecedented spatial coverage. All parts of the world now are so well connected and interdependent. At the same time, they easily and suddenly become sources of immense vulnerability and fragility, bringing one or another of them to the verge of collapse and destruction. The causes are diverse: climate change, migration, pandemic and epidemic disease, civil strife, religious dissonance, economic competition, arms races, terrorism, corruption—a virtual plethora of sources. Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General, calls these and many others “problems without passports.”

The basic methodological orientation sought in this series is broadly that of modern social and behavioral science. Of importance is that verifiable evidence (quantitative and qualitative, graphs and photos) be solidly attached to whatever arguments are advanced. 

Overseen by a panel of renowned scholars led by Editor-in-Chief Takashi Inoguchi, this book series employs a single-blind review process in which the Editor-in-Chief, the series editors, editorial board members, and specialized scholars designated by the Editor-in-Chief or series editors rigorously review each proposal and manuscript to ensure that every submission makes a valuable contribution that will appeal to a global scholarly readership.

Electronic ISSN
2730-566X
Print ISSN
2730-5651
Series Editor
  • Takashi Inoguchi,
  • Jean-Marie GuĂ©henno,
  • G. John Ikenberry,
  • Lien Thi Quynh Le,
  • Etel Solingen,
  • William R. Thompson,
  • Stein Tønnesson

Book titles in this series

  1. Digitized Statecraft of Four Asian Regionalisms

    States' Multilateral Treaty Participation and Citizens' Satisfaction with Quality of Life

    Authors:
    • Takashi Inoguchi
    • Lien Thi Quynh Le
    • Copyright: 2022

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • Soft cover
    • eBook
  2. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

    Implications for East Asia

    Editors:
    • Motohiro Tsuchiya
    • Denny Roy
    • Copyright: 2022

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • Soft cover
    • eBook
  3. Regions, Power, and Conflict

    Constrained Capabilities, Hierarchy, and Rivalry

    Authors:
    • William R. Thompson
    • Thomas J. Volgy
    • Paul Bezerra
    • Jacob Cramer
    • Copyright: 2022

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • Soft cover
    • eBook