*PRE-ORDER, APPROX 4-6 BUSINESS DAYS* World Politics 18th Edition by Shannon L. Blanton 9798214135250 [ZZ]

Trend and Transformation. Paperback, Cengage

Offering analysis of the latest data, research and current events, Blanton/Kegley's WORLD POLITICS: TREND AND TRANSFORMATION, 18th Edition, explains the happenings on today's international political stage. It explores recent challenges to global peace and prosperity, changes in the political landscape sparked by the rise of China, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the global pandemic and the decision-making process in world politics. Discussions also include non-state armed groups, advances in military capabilities and autonomous weapons systems, human rights and inequality, the global economy, threats to global health and the environment and more. A partnership with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs offers further insight into key issues. Discussions encourage students to critically assess the problems, payoffs, pitfalls and paradoxes of people's choices.