Part One: Beyond conservatism in the study of global politics -- Introduction: The state-centric model and the complexity of global politics -- The Genesis of the state-centric model -- The growing irrelevance of the state-centric model -- Towards a new conceptualization of global politics -- The nonstate actor in history ; The case of Jacobitism -- Part Two: Nonstate actors in three regional systems -- The Middle East: An explosive crossroads -- The Palestinian resistance and Middle East politics -- Latin America : The Janus Face of conflict -- The multinational corporation versus Latin American Governments : Who is at bay? -- Western Europe : From the Cradle of the nation-state to a security community and beyond -- The halfway house of Europe : A perspective -- Part Three : The complex conglomerate model and contemporary global politics -- Nonstate actors in global politics

1. International relations
2. World politics -- 1945-1989
3. International relations -- Research