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This book is, and through its various editions always has been, about explaining basic concepts, forces, and dynamics in international relations and how these principles help shape and guide applications to contemporary situations. As such, it has two basic missions: providing basic instruction in important dynamics of how international relations work (hopefully in a lively and engaging manner) and providing updated and relevant information and interpretation of major events helping to shape the world. These have been the goals since the first edition appeared in 2002; they remain for this, the ninth edition. After some experimentation with formats, I have adopted a “formula” of sorts, where each case study begins with a principle of operation of the international system followed by an example of events that illustrate the principle and controversies surrounding it. This division is reflected in the overall table of contents: the first nine chapters deal with underlying international relations principles, whereas the last nine chapters focus on substantive problems. The purpose is to create a coherence often missing in supplemental texts. I would like to think that, in addition to being a “reader” to accompany a comprehensive text, it could be used as a text on its own supplemented by other materials. Like all books going through multiple editions, this one has evolved over time. This edition is distinguished by two major structural changes from previous editions. Both affect the cases in this volume. First, there are more cases than before. Most of the previous editions had fourteen cases, and the eighth and this ninth edition have eighteen. The length of each case has been reduced from about 9,000 words to a little over 6,000 words, leaving the final product about the same length as earlier editions. This restructuring replicates the organization of my Cases in U.S. National Security, published in 2018. The shorter chapters are more reader friendly, in the sense that each chapter can be read in one easy sitting. Second, the expansion in number of cases allows an expansion of the topics covered, thereby enhancing the book’s comprehensiveness. I hope the reader will find the additions interesting, informative, and readable, and that what has been lost in the depth of past cases will be compensated for by greater topic coverage.