This handbook reviews, consolidates, and advances the study of ideology in international politics.

Jonathan Leader Maynard is Lecturer in International Politics at King's College London, UK.

Mark L. Haas is the Raymond J. Kelley Endowed Chair in International Relations and Professor of Political Science at Duquesne University, USA.

1. Introduction: Ideology and the Study of World Politics Part 1: Ideologies, Nations, and the State 2. Ideology and Nation-States: Between Nationalism and Human Rights 3. Ideologies and National Power 4. Authoritarian and Totalitarian Ideologies 5. Ideology and National Security Part 2: Ideologies, Conflict, and Peace 6. Extremist Islamic Ideology and Terrorism 7. Leaders' Ideology and Great Power Politics 8. Ideology in Civil Wars 9. Ideologies and Revolutions 10. Ideology and Foreign Regime Promotion 11. Ideological Conflict and Alliances of Convenience in International Politics Part 3: Ideologies and Transnational Issues 12. Ideological Religion in World Politics 13. Ideology and Human Rights 14. Racial Ideologies in World Politics 15. Left and Right: The Significance of a Global Distinction 16. Ideology and Climate Change: A Complex Reflexive Systems Approach to Energy Transition Discourse Networks Part 4: Ideologies, States and Regions 17. Ideology and Indian Foreign Policy 18. Ideology in Latin American Foreign Policies in the 21st Century 19. Identity and Ideology in Middle Eastern International Relations 20. Ideology and Chinese Foreign Policies 21. Ideology and African Politics 22. The Role of Ideology in Russian Foreign Policy 23. Ideologies and US Foreign Policy 24. Ideology and United States Grand Strategy 25. Ideology, Europe, and the European Union 26. Ideology and Foreign Policy on the Korean Peninsula