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Book SynopsisInternational Relations and the European Union takes a unique approach by incorporating the study of the EU''s world role into the wider field of international relations. As the most comprehensive introduction to the EU''s international relations written by leading experts in the field, it is the key text for anyone wishing to understand the EU''s role in the contemporary world.Beginning with an examination of theoretical frameworks and approaches, the book goes on to address the institutions and processes that surround the EU''s international relations. Key policy areas, such as security and trade, are outlined in detail, alongside the EU''s relations with specific countries and regions.Updates for the fourth edition include new chapters on the EU''s relationship with Africa and Asia, coverage of the implementation of the EU''s foreign policy, and exploration of how the EU''s international relations relate historically to the European integration process, and the contemporary issue of migration.Trade ReviewThis is the best textbook available on the international relations of the European Union. The material is accessible, intelligently written and includes the key academic debates in the literature and excellent underpinning empirical materials. * Dr Neil Winn, Senior Lecturer in European Studies, University of Leeds *The must-have book for all students of international relations, European integration and European foreign policy. * Dr Catherine Gegout, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Nottingham, and former Pierre Keller Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School *This is a comprehensive textbook that provides both an introduction to and analyses of main issues, key regions and recent challenges relating to EU foreign policy. * Dr Özge Zihnioğu, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Liverpool *Table of ContentsPART I - FRAMEWORKS 1: Christopher Hill, Michael Smith, and Sophie Vanhoonacker: Introduction: Approaches and Concepts 2: Christopher Hill, Michael Smith, and Sophie Vanhoonacker: The European Union in World Politics: An Historical Overview 3: Filippo Andreatta and Lorenzo Zambernardi: The European Union and Theories of International Relations PART II - INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES 4: Sophie Vanhoonacker and Karolina Pomorska: The Institutional Framework 5: Spyros Economides: European Foreign Policy and The Role of Member States: Europeanisation or Renationalisation? 6: Ana E. Juncos: The Implementation of EU foreign policy 7: Christopher Lord: Democracy and the Populist Surge PART III - ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT 8: Sophie Meunier and Kalypso Nicolaïdis: The EU as a Trade Power 9: Amy Verdun: The European Union and the Global Political Economy 10: John Vogler: The Challenge of the Environment, Energy, and Climate Change 11: Maurizio Carbone: The EU's Approach to International Development: Evolving Tensions and Contested Transformations 12: Adekeye Adebajo: The Shadows of Empire: African Perceptions of Europe and the EU 13: Karen Smith: An End to Enlargementa The EU, its Neighbourhood and European Order? 14: Jolyon Howorth: The EU's Security and Defence Policy: A New Leap Forward? 15: Christopher Hill: Migration: The Dilemmas of External Relations 16: Sarah Wolff: Internal Security and External Complications 17: Michael Smith and Rebecca Steffenson: The EU and the USA: Competitive Cooperation in a Turbulent World? 18: Stephan Keukeleire and Hai Yang: Global Europe: A Pivot to Asia? PART IV - EVALUATION AND CONCLUSION 19: Helene Sjursen: Principles in EU Foreign Policy: How Distinctive? 20: Christopher Hill, Michael Smith, and Sophie Vanhoonacker: Acting for Europe: Reassessing the European Union's Role in International Relations

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Book SynopsisNigel Foster provides a concise and clear explanation of EU law, covering both institutional aspects and key substantive areas, offering an accessible entry point to the subject.Table of ContentsPart I: Institutional and Procedural Law of the European Union 1: The history and constitutional basis of the European Union 2: The Union institutions 3: The empowerment of the Union: transfer, division, and control of powers 4: EU law: sources, forms, and law-making 5: Supremacy of EU law 6: Ensuring EU laws are effective: remedies and Article 267 TFEU 7: The direct jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice Part II: Introduction to the Substantive Law of the EU 8: The free movement of goods 9: The free movement of persons 10: An introduction to EU competition law and policy Part III: The EU, UK, and Brexit 11: The changing relations of the UK with the EU

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Book SynopsisFinancial Times Best Books of 2023 in EconomicsThe global battle among the three dominant digital powersthe United States, China, and the European Unionis intensifying. All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of influence in the digital world. In Digital Empires, her provocative follow-up to The Brussels Effect, Anu Bradford explores a rivalry that will shape the world in the decades to come. Across the globe, people dependent on digital technologies have become increasingly alarmed that their rapid adoption and transformation have ushered in an exceedingly concentrated economy where a few powerful companies control vast economic wealth and political power, undermine data privacy, and widen the gap between economic winners and losers. In response, world leaders are variously embracing the idea of reining in the most dominant tech companies. Bradford examines three com

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Book SynopsisPolitics in the European Union is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the EU. Unique in its in-depth coverage of the history of the EU, the book explores a wide range of topics including institutions and policies, making it a complete guide to understanding the complex nature of the EU. Now in its fifth edition, the text has been fully updated to include coverage of Brexit, the refugee crisis, and political developments within member states. The text is enriched with a wide range of learning features, including end of chapter questions, which are designed to stimulate critical thinking, suggested further reading, EU timelines, and illustrative figures to help students take their learning further.Trade ReviewThis latest edition is particularly useful in that it includes chapters on the subject area that students of EU Studies often find to be the most difficult and troublesome of all, namely integration theory. [This] is particularly useful not only because, unlike the contents of several competing texts, it is actually present, but also because it includes valuable descriptions and explanations of the historiography of European integration theory (which can be something of a mystery to EU newcomers), but also clear and lucid accounts both of the nature of already well-established theories, including intergovernmentalism and neofunctionalism, and also of new and emerging theoretical approaches, notably constructivism, critical political economy, and feminism. * Neill Nugent, Manchester Metropolitan University, IEUSS Review of Books, January 2021 *This is simply the best introduction to the EU and European integration currently available - a wonderful entry point for students who seek both broad-ranging coverage and deep knowledge of the subject. * Ben Rosamond, Professor of Politics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark *Everything students need to know, and often don't even know to ask, can be found in this highly accessible, highly readable introduction to the Politics of the European Union. * Vivien A. Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Boston University, USA *Table of ContentsPart One: Theory 1: Theories of European Integration 2: Theories of EU Governance 3: Theorizing Consequences 4: Critical Perspectives Part Two: History 5: From the End of the War to the Schuman Plan (the Late 1940s to the Early 1950s) 6: The 'Other' European Communities and the Origins of the European Economic Community (the Early 1950s to the 1960s) 7: The First Years of the European Economics Community (the 1960s and into the 1970s) 8: The Revival of European Integration (the Mid-1970s to the Late 1980s) 9: Maastricht and Amsterdam (the Late 1980s to the Late 1990s) 10: From Amsterdam to Lisbon (2000-09) 11: The EU in Crisis (2009-19) Part Three: Institutions 12: The Institutional Architecture 13: The European Commission 14: The European Council and the Council of the European Union (EU) 15: The European Parliament 16: The Court of Justice of the European Union 17: Organized Interests Part Four: Policies 18: Policy Making and Policies in the European Union 19: The Single Market 20: Economic and Monetary Union 21: Agriculture 22: Environment and Climate 23: Freedom, Security, and Justice 24: Trade and Development Aid 25: Common Foreign and Security Policy 26: Enlargement

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Book SynopsisNow in its fifth edition, Harris, O''Boyle, and Warbrick: Law of the European Convention on Human Rights remains an indispensable resource for undergraduates, postgraduates, and practitioners alike. The new edition builds on the strengths of previous editions, providing an up-to-date, clear, and comprehensive account of Strasbourg case law and its underlying principles. It sets out and critically analyses each Convention article (including those addressed by relevant Protocols), and thoroughly examines the system of supervision. The book also addresses the pressures and challenges facing the Strasbourg system in the twenty-first century.Digital formatsThis fifth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooksTrade ReviewReview from previous edition An excellent and really valuable book for the study of the law of the European Convention on Human Rights. * Elisenda Casanas Adam, Edinburgh Law School *This is the best book on the ECHR available. It is comprehensive, contains critique and covers all aspects of the ECHR I teach. * Merris Amos, Queen Mary, University of London *Table of ContentsPart I: The European Convention on Human Rights in Context 1: The European Convention on Human Rights in context Part II: Enforcement Machinery 2: Admissibility of applications 3: The European Court of Human Rights: Organization, practice, and procedure 4: The execution of the Court's judgments Part III: The Rights Guaranteed 5: Article 2: The right to life 6: Article 3: Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 7: Article 4: Freedom from slavery, servitude, or forced or compulsory labour 8: Article 5: The right to liberty and security of the person 9: Article 6: The right to a fair trial 10: Article 7: Freedom from retroactive criminal offences and punishment 11: Article 8: The right to respect for private and family life, home, and correspondence 12: Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion 13: Article 10: Freedom of expression 14: Article 11: Freedom of assembly and association 15: Article 12: The right to marry and to found a family 16: Article 13: The right to an effective national remedy 17: Article 14 (Freedom from discrimination in respect of protected convention rights) and Protocol 12 (Non-discrimination in respect of 'any right set forth by law') 18: Article 15: Derogation in time of war or other public emergency threatening the life of the nation 19: Articles 16-18: Other restrictions upon the rights 20: Article 1, First Protocol: The right to property 21: Article 2, First Protocol: The right to education 22: Article 3, First Protocol: The right to free elections 23: The fourth, sixth, seventh, and thirteenth protocols

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Book SynopsisProviding wide-ranging coverage and clear explanations, European Union Law is a trusted guide to the subject with a no-fuss style. Written in its trademark concise prose, the text distils complex ideas without sacrificing academic integrity.Focusing on the key debates surrounding EU law, this book encourages students to critique and apply the law, and to take a contextual approach to the subject. Students are invited to consider the key concepts in the law and to think for themselves, with the help of self-test questions and numerous suggestions for further reading. Digital formats and resourcesThe eleventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access, along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks.As the process of the UK leaving the EU unfolds, readers can also visit the OUP Brexit and EU Law online rTable of Contents1: Introduction 2: The constitutional base of the Union 3: The institutions of the Union 4: The European Courts: composition, functions, jurisdiction; preliminary rulings 5: The Union legal system 6: General principles of law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights 7: Doctrines of European Union law: direct effect, supremacy, state liability for breach of Union law and other remedies 8: Public enforcement of Union law (Articles 258-260 TFEU); review of legality and damages (Articles 263, 265, 268, 277 and 340(2) TFEU) 9: Free movement of goods (I): the abolition of customs duties and internal taxation 10: Free movement of goods (II): quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect 11: Free movement of services: the freedom to provide and receive services 12: Citizenship and free movement of persons: workers and establishment 13: Citizenship and free movement rights: beyond economic links 14: Competition law and policy 15: Environmental law and policy 16: Discrimination law: from sex discrimination in employment law to a general equality principle 17: EU relations with Third States and International Organisations

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Book SynopsisPeople often refer to the 'United Nations' but without specifying which specific parts are responsible for success or failure. This book explores supportive the non-state actors that are essential players in developing global policies and norms, alongside the traditional categories of member states (first UN) and staff (second UN).Trade ReviewIn this impressive book, the authors Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss remind us that the UN system cannot survive without the input and ideas of an array of independent thinkers and players and actors, including research centers, human rights experts, economists, consultants, digital networks, and specialists of all sorts who daily help the UN carry out its Charter obligations. Indeed, in many ways, the unheralded 'Third UN' serves as one of the great strengths of the world's most indispensable security body. * Dr Stephen Schlesinger, Author of Act of Creation: The Founding of the United Nations *From scholars to think-tanks, NGOs to foundations, all of us working on global governance owe the authors a great debt of gratitude. Without their seminal work on the "Third UN", we simply would not have the language or evidence to demonstrate that civil society inclusion is not just 'nice to have' but essential to securing peace, sustainable development and human rights for all. * Natalie Samarasinghe, Global Director, Advocacy, Open Society Foundations *Carayannis and Weiss pithily anatomize the intellectual community that 'helps the UN think.' This is an excellent handbook for researchers wondering how to get the world organization to listen to their big ideas and a must-read for anyone who wants to get into the UN advocacy business. * Richard Gowan, UN Director, International Crisis Group *The examples presented by the authors demonstrate how important the development of new ideas and their transmission into the ''first'' and ''second'' UN is for the reform processes of the United Nations. * Helmut Volger, German Review of the United Nations no1. 2022 *The book presents the most comprehensive overview to date of external actors contribution to the formulation of ideas for decision-making in the UNs policy processes... the authors have given UN scholars many opportunities to connect the book to scholarship on international organizations and non-state actors and advance research in this area in a more fruitful and systematic manner...Tatiana Carayannis and Thomas G. Weiss have written a fascinating book of immense value to every student and scholar researching the UN, that will also give UN experts and global policymakers fresh insights, thanks to the original data the authors were able to assemble because of their unique expertise. * Nina Reiners, Global Policy Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: The 'Third' UN: Non-State Actors and the World Body's Thinking 2: NGOs: Sovereignty-Free Partners for UN Policy Development 3: Commissions and High-Level Panels: How Eminent Individuals Shape UN Thinking 4: The UN's Knowledge Economy: Think Tanks, Academics, and Knowledge Brokers 5: Alternative Voices: Challengers of the Normative Post-War Order 6: Fitter for Purpose? The UN's Normative Future

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Book SynopsisWith unrivalled breadth and depth of coverage, this is the definitive guide to EU policy-making. The ninth edition of Policy-Making in the European Union provides students and scholars with a strong understanding of the processes and institutions involved in EU policy-making. In particular, it assesses policy-making in a more politicized context. Key Features:- Gives students a solid grounding in theories and empirics of EU policy-making- Details the processes and institutions central to EU policy-making- Analyses a wide range of policy areas in greater detail than any competing text, considering substantive material in both a practical and theoretical context- Concludes with a clear assessment of the challenges that have shaped and will continue to shape policy-making, including the politicization of the EU, Brexit, geopolitical shifts, and Covid-19New to the this edition:- Detailed assessments of the implications of greater geopolitical contestation, including Russia''s invasion of Ukraine in 2022- Evaluation of the implications of the UK''s departure for EU policy-makingCoverage of the EU''s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lasting impacts this has on EU policy-making

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Book SynopsisA compelling new history of the EU and the people who sought to shape and challenge it—from Maastricht to todayTrade Review“A glorious new book.”—Alex Andreou, The Bunker podcast“A fast-paced narrative of the European Union since the 1992 Maastricht Treaty.”—Denis MacShane, Encompass Europe“Most books about Europe written by academics are unreadable for the wider public… Circle of Stars helps the bigger public to understand why we live in a different Europe than just a few years ago.” —Caroline de Grutyer, euobserver “A highly original and wide-ranging history of the EU. Hodson skilfully weaves together the national and European stories, focusing on political personalities as makers-of-history, carefully picked from across the political spectrum.”—Luuk van Middelaar, author of The Passage to Europe“At last a book on Europe that infuses oceanic policy shifts with the personalities who drove the drama, and who for better or worse, forged a European Union that has, against the odds, survived one crisis after another. Circle of Stars is bright with colour and politics, yet does not shirk the hard analyses which the European project must command.”—Tony Connelly, author of Brexit and Ireland“Hodson’s beautifully written book is a fresh take on the multifaceted story of European integration, bringing to life the personalities and actions of many of the key characters in the drama. This is a must read for anyone interested in the European construction, and how we got to where we are today.”—Simon Hix, coauthor of The Political System of the European Union“A brilliant account. . . . Hodson once again shows why he’s one of the leading scholars of European integration. In impeccable prose, this contemporary history of the European Union is full of new insights into the central personalities and structural factors that have shaped the dynamics of the EU.”—Matthias Matthijs, Johns Hopkins University & Council on Foreign Relations“Full of anecdotes and colourful personalities, this lively account covers not only the political leaders who have shaped Europe, but the rock stars, cheap flights and festivals that brought Europeans together across borders.”—Heather Grabbe, author of The EU’s Transformative Power: Europeanization Through Conditionality in Central and Eastern Europe

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Book SynopsisThis Element argues that governments allocate adjustment burdens strategically to protect their supporters, imposing adjustment costs upon the supporters of their opponents, who then protest in response. Using large-N micro-level survey data from three world regions and a global survey, it discusses the local political economy of International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending. It finds that opposition supporters in countries under IMF structural adjustment programs (SAP) are more likely to report that the IMF SAP increased economic hardships than government supporters and countries without IMF exposure. In addition, it finds that partisan gaps in IMF SAP evaluations widen in IMF program countries with an above-median number of conditions, suggesting that opposition supporters face heavier adjustment burdens, and that opposition supporters who think SAPs made their lives worse are more likely to protest. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Book SynopsisThe Success of Small States in International Relations highlights the normality and power of small states in international relations.This book overturns the stereotype that small states, however defined, are weak and are, or ought to be, consigned to the margins of international relations. It argues that small states are not âpunching above their weightâ, or even anomalies â since it is large states which are the anomaly in the global system. The text unpacks the nature and character of small state success, while also looking critically at thirteen episodes in modern history where small states, singly or collectively, emerged victorious in confrontations with larger states. The case studies, globally sourced, are bookended by conceptual and analytic reviews of what these events mean for diplomacy, international relations and small states more generally.This book will appeal to scholars and students of comparative political science and international relations, particularly from small states, as well as policy makers and senior small state government officers.

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Book SynopsisNon-Western Middle Powers in the Multipolar Order explores the changing international order, articulating the critical and growing importance of non-western states to the emerging global order. It brings together international scholars to provide new insights on the evolution of international order, as global politics moves from an American-western dominated one to one where major players are from the Global South. They present evidence from Brazil, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and India help explain, analyze and understand the main political, security and economic challenges in these countries. Questions asked include: What factors explain the rise of new non-western middle powers? How would theories of international relations, specifically realism, liberalism, and Marxism change due to their rise? How would the rise of these non-western middle powers shape the emerging multipolar order?An invaluable collection for scholars and students of International Relations and International Security, that will also be of great interest to scholars with a broader interest in the ever-evolving world order.

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Book SynopsisAccording to its Constitution, the mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) was nothing less than the ''attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health'' without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic status, or social condition. But how consistently and how well has the WHO pursued this mission since 1946? This comprehensive and engaging new history explores these questions by looking at its origins and its institutional antecedents, while also considering its contemporary and future roles. It examines how the WHO was shaped by the particular environments of the postwar period and the Cold War, the relative influence of the US and other approaches to healthcare, and its place alongside sometimes competing international bodies such as UNICEF, the World Bank, and the Gates Foundation. The authors re-evaluate the relative success and failure of critical WHO campaigns, from early malaria and smallpox eradication programs to struggles with Ebola today.Trade Review'Finally, an up-to-date history of the World Health Organization. This deft account spans the institution's aspirational post-World War II beginnings, the tensions and turnarounds of the Cold War period, and the embattled contemporary era of private encroachment on WHO turf. The authors bring together the contentious politics, personae, and programs through a grand narrative and little-known inside stories.' Anne-Emanuelle Birn, University of Toronto'This long-awaited volume by three distinguished historians of public health, does not disappoint. Though the general lines of this history are familiar, this extensively researched, clearly written volume greatly enriches this history, providing new details on nearly every page, and situating the WHO within the wider history of global political change.' Randall Packard, The Johns Hopkins University'… the authors are to be congratulated, not only for presenting us with this splendid, up-to-date and excellently contextualized history of the WHO, which constitutes a reference work about this international agency; but also for inviting us to engage in a historical reflection, and for drawing lessons from this history to be applied to the present and future of the mission of the WHO.' María-Isabel Porras-Gallo, MetascienceTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The making of an international health establishment; 2. The birth of the World Health Organization, 1945–8; 3. The start-up years, 1948–55; 4. The Cold War and eradication; 5. Overcoming the warming of the Cold War: smallpox eradication; 6. The transition from 'family planning' to 'sexual and reproductive rights'; 7. The vicissitudes of primary health care; 8. The response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic; 9. An embattled director-general and the persistence of the WHO; 10. The competitive world of global health; 11. The World Health Organization in the second decade of the twenty-first century.

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Book SynopsisThe crises of the European Union extend beyond the challenges of Covid-19, Brexit, the Eurozone, and mass migration, cutting to the core of the EU itself. Taking a structural rather than event-based approach, this text unpacks all aspects of the EU in crisis and analyses the implications of these crises for the EU and its member states. This edition argues that crises and challenges are no longer unique and discreet events facing the EU, but rather, they are better understood as sustained conditions that have changed the relationships between member states, the functioning of institutions, the nature of public engagement and the prospects for integration. Chapters broach institutional issues as well as specific policy challenges, covering questions of legitimacy and leadership and offering a full chapter on democracy and Euroscepticism. Working within both historical and theoretical frameworks, this is the perfect companion for those studying and researching contemporary challenges facTable of Contents1. Introduction: moving crises to the centre of the agenda, Neill Nugent, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; William E. Paterson, Birmingham University, UK; Mark Rhinard, Stockholm University, Sweden PART I: Theorising and Conceptualising Crises and Challenges in the EU 2. Crisification and the Future of the European Union Polity, Mark Rhinard, Stockholm University, Sweden 3. European Integration Theory and Crises, Frank Schimmelfennig, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 4. A Crisis Management Perspective on the European Union, Eva-Karin Gardell, Swedish Defense University, Sweden; Mark Rhinard, Stockholm University, Sweden PART II: Crises in the EU 5. A History of Crises in the EU, Jeffrey, J. Anderson, Georgetown University, USA 6. The Eurozone Crisis: from crisis to resilience? Joachim Schild, Trier University, Germany 7. The Brexit Crisis: a crisis for whom?, Lee McGowan and David Phinnemore, Queen's University Belfast, UK 8. The Migration Crisis: the EU’s evolving approach to border management, Laurie Buonanno, State University of New York, USA 9. The Covid-19 Crisis: a case of Franco-German-led crisis management, Douglas Webber, INSEAD, France 10. The Climate Crisis: a creeping catastrophe for the EU, Jeremy F. G. Moulton, University of York, UK; Charlotte Burns, University of Sheffield, UK 11. The Ukraine Crisis: Russia, the European Union, and the Unstable East, Wolfgang Seibel, University of Konstanz, Germany PART III: Challenges for the EU 12. The Democracy Challenge in Central Europe: backsliding or repoliticisation? Jakub Eberle, Institute of International Relations Prague, Czech Republic; Daniel Šitera, Institute of International Relations Prague, Czech Republic 13. The Legitimacy Challenge: Euroscepticism as an embedded element of the EU, Simon Usherwood, University of Surrey, UK 14. The Leadership Challenge: problems and prospects of Franco-German leadership, Simon J. Bulmer, University of Sheffield, UK; William E. Paterson, University of Birmingham, UK 15. The Institutional Challenge: crises and the EU’s institutions, political actors, and processes, Neill Nugent, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 16. The External Challenge: crises and the EU’s quest for strategic autonomy, Michael Smith, University of Warwick, UK 17. The Health Policy Challenge: from crisis to union, Eleanor Brooks, University of Edinburgh, UK; Anniek de Ruijter, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; Scott L. Greer, University of Michigan, USA; Sarah Rozenblum, University of Michigan, USA PART IV: Future Prospects 18. The Survival of the European Union: the other faces of European disintegration, Hans Vollaard, Utrecht University, Netherlands 19. Conclusion: the future of the EU in a world of crises, Neill Nugent, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; William E. Paterson, University of Birmingham, UK; Mark Rhinard, Stockholm University, Sweden

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Book SynopsisThe crises of the European Union extend beyond the challenges of Covid-19, Brexit, the Eurozone, and mass migration, cutting to the core of the EU itself. Taking a structural rather than event-based approach, this text unpacks all aspects of the EU in crisis and analyses the implications of these crises for the EU and its member states. This edition argues that crises and challenges are no longer unique and discreet events facing the EU, but rather, they are better understood as sustained conditions that have changed the relationships between member states, the functioning of institutions, the nature of public engagement and the prospects for integration. Chapters broach institutional issues as well as specific policy challenges, covering questions of legitimacy and leadership and offering a full chapter on democracy and Euroscepticism. Working within both historical and theoretical frameworks, this is the perfect companion for those studying and researching contemporary challenges facTable of Contents1. Introduction: moving crises to the centre of the agenda, Neill Nugent, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; William E. Paterson, Birmingham University, UK; Mark Rhinard, Stockholm University, Sweden PART I: Theorising and Conceptualising Crises and Challenges in the EU 2. Crisification and the Future of the European Union Polity, Mark Rhinard, Stockholm University, Sweden 3. European Integration Theory and Crises, Frank Schimmelfennig, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 4. A Crisis Management Perspective on the European Union, Eva-Karin Gardell, Swedish Defense University, Sweden; Mark Rhinard, Stockholm University, Sweden PART II: Crises in the EU 5. A History of Crises in the EU, Jeffrey, J. Anderson, Georgetown University, USA 6. The Eurozone Crisis: from crisis to resilience? Joachim Schild, Trier University, Germany 7. The Brexit Crisis: a crisis for whom?, Lee McGowan and David Phinnemore, Queen's University Belfast, UK 8. The Migration Crisis: the EU’s evolving approach to border management, Laurie Buonanno, State University of New York, USA 9. The Covid-19 Crisis: a case of Franco-German-led crisis management, Douglas Webber, INSEAD, France 10. The Climate Crisis: a creeping catastrophe for the EU, Jeremy F. G. Moulton, University of York, UK; Charlotte Burns, University of Sheffield, UK 11. The Ukraine Crisis: Russia, the European Union, and the Unstable East, Wolfgang Seibel, University of Konstanz, Germany PART III: Challenges for the EU 12. The Democracy Challenge in Central Europe: backsliding or repoliticisation? Jakub Eberle, Institute of International Relations Prague, Czech Republic; Daniel Šitera, Institute of International Relations Prague, Czech Republic 13. The Legitimacy Challenge: Euroscepticism as an embedded element of the EU, Simon Usherwood, University of Surrey, UK 14. The Leadership Challenge: problems and prospects of Franco-German leadership, Simon J. Bulmer, University of Sheffield, UK; William E. Paterson, University of Birmingham, UK 15. The Institutional Challenge: crises and the EU’s institutions, political actors, and processes, Neill Nugent, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 16. The External Challenge: crises and the EU’s quest for strategic autonomy, Michael Smith, University of Warwick, UK 17. The Health Policy Challenge: from crisis to union, Eleanor Brooks, University of Edinburgh, UK; Anniek de Ruijter, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands; Scott L. Greer, University of Michigan, USA; Sarah Rozenblum, University of Michigan, USA PART IV: Future Prospects 18. The Survival of the European Union: the other faces of European disintegration, Hans Vollaard, Utrecht University, Netherlands 19. Conclusion: the future of the EU in a world of crises, Neill Nugent, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; William E. Paterson, University of Birmingham, UK; Mark Rhinard, Stockholm University, Sweden

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Book Synopsis'Enormously readable...excellent' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'A superb piece of thorough journalism' David Aaronovitch, The TimesNigel Farage is arguably one of the most influential British politicians of the 21st century. His campaign to take the UK out of the EU began as a minority and extreme point of view, but in June 2016 it became the official policy of the nation after a divisive referendum. In Michael Crick's brilliant new biography, One Party After Another, we find out how he did it, despite never once managing to get elected to Parliament. Farage left public school at the age of 16 to go and work in the City, but in the 1990s he was drawn into politics, joining UKIP. Ironically, it was the electoral system for the European Parliament that gave him access to a platform, and he was elected an MEP in 1999. His everyman persona, combined with a natural ability as a maverick andTrade Review'Enormously readable. Farage is...too often reduced to a caricature, and one of the great qualities of Crick's book is that he turns him back into a complicated human being. Crick's Farage emerges as a surprisingly mercurial, anxious, moody figure. Although biographies of modern politicians are usually pretty dreadful, Crick's is excellent.' -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *'Brilliantly well researched and endlessly entertaining' -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *'Like those of all political upstarts, Nigel Farage’s career is marked by generous helpings of luck. His story is full of tantalising what ifs, and in this definitive biography Michael Crick makes the most of them. Crick, a notoriously tenacious political correspondent, has dug deep in the mire of Farage’s fallings-out. He is excellent at following a virtual paper trail, particularly when it involves electoral trickery. His book is fair-minded, frequently amusing.' -- David Runciman * Guardian *'Simply a superb piece of thorough journalism... If you want to know the facts about th[is] strange and discombobulating man...you will never need to go to another place to find them. Crick...would not have been out of place in the CID... It is one of the many great virtues of Crick’s indefatigability that he supplies all the information that allows me to argue with some of his conclusions. And that is quite a recommendation.' -- David Aaronovitch * The Times *'A gripping and vivid biography... Comprehensively researched, fluently written and brimming with both funny stories and jaw-dropping ones, this is the best biography of Farage that will be written.' -- Andrew Rawnsley * Observer *‘An extended act of investigative journalism…a roller-coaster read, lurching from one sensation to another… Warts-and-all ... an admirable and intelligent biography.’ -- Simon Heffer * Daily Telegraph *'Michael Crick argues convincingly that [Farage] is one of the top five most significant politicans of the past half century... A deeply enjoyable book, written with immense brio and enhanced by some great photos.' -- Lynn Barber * Spectator *'Absorbing, richly detailed biography... One Party After Another is both fluent and authoritative.' -- Fintan O’Toole * Times Literary Supplement *'Michael Crick [is] a writer adept at excavating information his subjects would prefer hidden. Crick has delivered a comprehensive chronicle that details...the internal squabbles and viciousness of the party’s early days, as well as his subject’s love life.' -- Robert Shrimsley * Financial Times *'Crick's enormously readable biography of the man who brought us Brexit insists that, alongside Blair and Thatcher, Farage was one of the most significant politicians of the past 50 years.' * Sunday Times Summer Reading *'Crick offers a 360-degree view of the Brexit saga... More intriguing is his picture of Farage the man. What a picaresque life! Remainers may loathe this humanising of a hate figure...yet Crick is fair, interrogating the worst rumours.' -- Janice Turner * New Statesman *'Nigel Farage...has a good claim to be one of the most influential politicians in postwar Britain. A lively, chaotic and sometimes sinister figure (witness his close friendship with Donald Trump and admiration for Viktor Orban), Farage is an ideal subject for Crick, one of the UK's most experienced political journalists.' -- Gideon Rachman * Financial Times Best Summer Reads *'Michael Crick is a brilliant journalist with a perceptive eye, a sharp pen and an admirably Tiggerish energy in pursuit of a story.' -- Julia Langdon * Tablet *'Heavily researched and scrupulously balanced...if this gruesomely compelling biography proves one thing, it’s that mocking Farage can be an extremely risky business.' -- Andrew Lynch * Sunday Business Post *

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Book SynopsisLGBT rights have become increasingly salient within the EU enlargement process as a litmus test for Europeanness. But the promotion of these norms has provided a basis for political contestation. This book interrogates the normative dimensions of the EU enlargement process, with special reference to LGBT politics. Reconceptualising Europeanisation, it argues that EU enlargement is a process of negotiated transformation in which EU policies and norms are (re)defined, translated and transformed. Empirically, it analyses the promotion of and resistance to LGBT equality norms in Serbia’s EU integration process, but it looks beyond policies to the impact of the negotiated transitions on lived experiences. Overall, the book raises important questions about the political and social consequences of Europeanisation. At its heart is one crucial question: what do we consider progress?Trade Review‘Coming in is an exceptional book, one that stitches together insights on Western Balkan queer politics and Europeanisation theory to deliver comprehensive rejoinders to both fields. It is impressive just how much Slootmaeckers's Serbian case teaches us about the intricacies of the complicated relationship – both in its potentialities and pitfalls – between the European Union and its candidate countries. Most importantly, Slootmaeckers goes beyond asking “why” some states adopt rights to normatively question what these rights mean for the people who experience them. This is a resoundingly successful effort that will benefit the literatures on tactical Europeanisation and the Western Balkans for the decisive years ahead.’Phillip Ayoub, Professor of International Relations, University College London‘Coming in provides an original and thought-provoking analysis of the promotion of LGBT rights by the EU during the long and winding road of accession preparations in Serbia. The EU is often regarded as a leader in promoting such rights, but as Slootmaeckers reveals, its values are not fixed – rather they are negotiated during the accession process between the EU and candidate countries. This book calls for a reconceptualisation of the EU’s behaviour during accession preparations and is essential reading for everyone in the field.’Paul Copeland, Reader in Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London‘This meticulous and subtle work looks at campaigns for LGBT equality and recognition, but it sheds light on a broader phenomenon known to people studying EU conditionality in prospective member states: when the EU makes a goal look like a condition, governments respond with gestures that are designed to look like compliance. Is this a step forwards for equality or not? Koen Slootmaeckers constructs a solid empirical case to guide readers through this enigma, weaving his narrative with substance, detail and sophistication.’Eric Gordy, Professor of Political and Cultural Sociology, University College London‘In Coming in, Koen Slootmaeckers traces the manifold ways in which the sexual politics and fight for LGBTQ rights in Serbia simultaneously influenced and were influenced by Serbia’s tumultuous and still unresolved accession to the European Union. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, this book is an essential contribution to the study of both LGBTQ politics and the fraught politics of European Union enlargement.’Jelena Subotic, Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University'Coming In provides a much-needed critical reappraisal of the Europeanisation of LGBT rights and EU enlargement policies, urging us to always interrogate the political motives behind legal change and whether “progress” translates into real-life improvements or further levels of exclusion for marginalised communities. At a time when geopolitical rhetoric and civilisational binaries appear to have been further normalised, Slootmaeckers’ call for self-reflexivity in EU foreign policy resonates and has implications that go well beyond the specific policy-area and geographical focus of this book.'Laura Luciani, LSE Review of Books'A valuable addition to the growing literature on LGBTIQ+ communities in Southeastern Europe. [...]Slootmaeckers’ newest contribution is unique because it offers a comprehensive yet succinct analysis of sexual politics, Europeanization, and policy making in relation to Serbia’s path towards European Union membership.' Aleksandar Rankovic, CEU Review of Books -- .Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: rethinking Europeanisation and EU-Serbia relations1 Europeanisation as negotiated transitions: Towards a relational and transnational approach to EU enlargement2 Mapping the multi-layered normative structure of Serbia-EU relationsPart II: Adopting, resisting, and transforming law and practices3 Anti-discrimination policies: From the margins to differentiated politicisations4 Taking it to the streets: Belgrade Pride as a litmus test for Serbia’s EuropeanisationPart III: Looking beyond policy towards lived experiences5 The attitudinal panopticon and the limited implementation of the anti-discrimination framework6 The emergence of the Ghost Pride and the transnational dislocation of LGBT politicsConclusionEpilogueIndex

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Book SynopsisWhen the Leopard 2, a third-generation main battle tank, first entered service with the Bundeswehr in 1979, at the height of the Cold War, it was indisputably the most advanced and potent tank in the world. During the last four decades it has undergone numerous upgrades and modifications to ensure it remains one of the most powerful tanks operating today. It currently serves with the armies of seventeen nations, from Canada to Turkey and including many European states. The Leopard 2 is also a popular subject for modellers which is why David Grummitt's highly illustrated expert guide is so valuable. As well as describing in detail the Leopard 2's design, development and combat history, he gives a full account of the wide range of modelling kits and accessories available in all the popular scales. Included is a modelling gallery, which features six builds covering a range of Leopard 2s serving with different nations and a section of large-scale colour profiles which provide both reference and inspiration for modellers and military enthusiasts alike.

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Book SynopsisThis book dissects the complex social, cultural and political factors which led the UK to take its decision to leave the EU and examines the far-reaching consequences of that decision. Developing the conceptual framework of securitization, Ryder innovatively uses primary sources and a focus on rhetoric to examine the ways that political elites engineered a politics of fear, insecurity and Brexit nationalism before and after the Brexit vote. He situates Brexit within a wider shift in international political ideas, traces the resurgence in popularity of far-right politics and explores how Britain and Europe now face a choice between further neoliberal reform or radical democratic and social renewal.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Paradigm shift, reflexivity and securitisation Brexit Nationalism: History, Crisis and Identity The Road to Brexit Politics in Focus: The Conservatives Politics in Focus: Labour The Nationalists: Exclusionary and Civic Brexit: Views from Europe Boris Johnson: Getting Brexit done? Antidotes to Brexit

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Book SynopsisInternational Organizations (IOs) are vital institutions in world politics in which cross-border issues can be discussed and global problems managed. This path-breaking book shows the efforts that small states have made to participate more fully in IO activities. It draws attention to the challenges created by widened participation in IOs and develops an original model of the dilemmas that both IOs and small states face as the norms of sovereign equality and the right to develop coincide. Drawing on extensive qualitative data, including more than 80 interviews conducted for this book, the authors find that the strategies which both IOs and small states adopt to balance their respective dilemmas can explain both continuity and change in their interactions with institutions ranging from UN agencies to the World Trade Organization.Table of Contents1. Introduction Part I: Actors 2. Why Do IOs Encourage the Participation of Small States? 3. Why Do Small States Engage with IOs? Part II: Interactions 4. Differentiated Vulnerabilities, Climate Change and the UN Agencies 5. Differentiated Development in the IMF, the WBG, and the WTO 6. Expanding the Agenda at the WHO and the WIPO 7. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book reviews the formative years of the United Nations (UN) under its first Secretary-General Trygve Lie. This welcome appraisal shows how the foundations for an expanded secretary-general role were laid during this period, and that Lie’s contribution was greater than has later been acknowledged. The interplay of crisis decision-making, institutional constraints and the individuals involved thus built the foundations for the UN organization we know today. Addressing important wider questions of IGO creation, governance and autonomy, this is an incisive account of how the UN moved from paper to practice under Lie.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Setting the Stage: The Creation of the UN and Expectations for the Role of the UN Secretary-General 2 Establishing Precedents: The Iranian Crisis, UN membership, and the Greek Civil War, 1946 3 Urging Forceful Action: ‘The Palestine Problem’ and Management of Regional Conflicts, 1947–49 4 Building Bridges: The Cold War from Berlin to Korea, 1947–50 5 Advocating Global Interests: Trygve Lie’s Peace Plan, 1950 6 Administering the International: The International Civil Service and the UN Secretariat, 1946–53 Conclusion Appendix: UN Charter, Chapter XV: The Secretariat

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Book SynopsisSince the Earth Summit of 1992, the UN has increased its attention toward civil society, but there has been little analysis of the resulting intergovernmental practices. This book examines the future of international organizations, multilateralism, and how forms of exclusion in civil society are subject to intergovernmental negotiations.

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Book SynopsisBased on exclusive interviews with the United Nations Secretary-General himself, this is the first book to explain how António Guterres thinks and operates, in an era of renewed great power competition and rising nationalism. The UN leader was re-elected for a second term starting in 2022; yet, after five years in the job, Guterres' discreet diplomacy continues to intrigue even politicians, diplomats and analysts. 'Honest Broker' introduces a world leader to the world public, revealing Guterres' profound religious convictions, and his views on issues as wide-ranging as women's rights, gay rights, global terrorism and the political influence of social media. Pedro Latoeiro and Filipe Domingues tell the story of an extraordinary life, from Guterres' long association with the Clintons, and the mistakes and defeats that led to his resignation as Portuguese prime minister; to his decade advocating for the world's most vulnerable as UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and the diplomatic plotting to sabotage his candidacy for the top job. Through over 120 interviews about Guterres' life and career before he became Secretary-General, speaking with several former heads of state or government and senior UN officials, the authors help us understand what can be expected from the head of the United Nations as he confronts the challenges of the 2020s.Trade Review'A fascinating insight into one of the key international figures of the past thirty years--what formed his character, his views and his ambitions, and what drives him now.' -- Sir John Holmes, former UN Under-Secretary-General and UK Ambassador to Portugal'This well-researched biography shows what a formidable political operator António Guterres is.' -- Jean-Marie Guéhenno, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations'Honest Broker reveals not only António Guterres' leadership, his common sense and his courage to undertake reforms, but also his empathy with the most vulnerable in society. As Secretary-General, he faces the great challenge of being a present and active force in trying times.' -- María Ángela Holguín, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia

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Book SynopsisIn a broad and erudite narrative, Bobo Lo argues that the future of global governance is not in a return to dominant US leadership and great power competition but in a more inclusive and flexible order, driven by a common purpose in meeting universal challenges.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on her experience as a United Nations mediator and a senior American diplomat, Stephanie Williams provides a first-hand examination of post-Qaddafi Libya. Using concrete examples from her experience in the country, Williams analyses the underlying drivers of the Libyan conflict, as well as the motivations of the international actors and the various Libyan protagonists. She bears witness to the horrific effect of General Haftar's attack on Tripoli in 2019, how it tore apart a UN peace process, and how she worked alongside UN envoy Ghassan Salamé to reassemble some semblance of an international consensus under the Berlin Process and accompanying intra-Libyan tracks: military, economic and political. Williams recounts her leadership of the UN mediation during the Covid pandemic, adopting new technologies and blending hybrid and physical meetings to produce the October 2020 ceasefire agreement, as well as progress on the economic track and an inclusive political agreement. She also lays out the pernicious effect of new media on peacemaking, and how disinformation and hate speech have exacerbated Libya's fragmentation. Finally, Williams offers ideas on how to break Libya's cycle of division and dysfunction to meet the longstanding aspirations of the people to live in peace and dignity.

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Book SynopsisThe Statistical Yearbook is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics on over 200 countries and areas, compiled from sources including UN agencies and other international, national and specialized organizations. The 2020 edition contains data available to the Statistics Division as of 31 July 2020 and presents them in 32 tables on topics such as: communication; crime; development assistance; education; energy; environment; finance; gender; international merchandise trade; international tourism; labour force; national accounts; population and migration; price and production indices; and science and technology. Most tables covering the period up to 2020. Accompanying the tables are technical notes providing brief descriptions of major statistical concepts, definitions and classifications.

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Book SynopsisA fragmentary catalogue of poetic derangements that reveals the ways in which mania communicates with an extreme will to annihilationWhat kind of circumstances provoke an obsessive focus on the most minute object or activity? And what causes such mania to blossom into the lethal conviction that everything must be annihilated? There is no turning away from the imperative to study this riddle in all its mystifying complexity and its disturbing contemporary resonance—to trace the obscure passage between a lone state of delirium and the will to world-erasure..A fragmentary catalogue of the thousand-and-one varieties of manic disposition (augomania, dromomania, catoptromania, colossomania…), Omnicide enters the chaotic imaginations of the most significant poetic talents of the Middle East in order to instigate a new discourse on obsession, entrancement, excess, and delirium. Placing these voices into direct conversation, Jason Bahbak Mohagh

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewValdimar Hafstein [is the] author of some of the most mordant and witty critical analysis of intangible heritage protection. -- From "UNESCO and the Strange Career of Multiculturalism," published in the Los Angeles Review of BooksWhile a prior knowledge of international heritage policy can help, students, scholars, and professionals in anthropology, folklore, and allied fields and disciplines – those interested in heritage theory and practice, and those out on the frontlines of "ICH" work – should read this book. * Cultural Analysis *The book is a useful tool for the study of critical heritage studies as well as for the expansion of our knowledge about the uses and resignifications linked to the concept of intangible heritage. * Anthropological Journal of European Cultures *Table of ContentsPrelude: Confessions of a Folklorist1. Making Heritage: Introduction2. Making Threats: The Condor's Flight3. Making Lists: The Dance Band in the Hospital4. Making Communities: Protection as Dispossession5. Making Festivals: Folklorisation RevisitedPostlude: Intangible Heritage as Diagnosis, Safeguarding as TreatmentConclusion: If Intangible Heritage is the Solution, What is the Problem?AcknowledgmentsWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisThis is the United Nations definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global and regional economic outlook for 2022 and 2023. The World Economic Situation and Prospects 2022 will examine the recovery of the global economy from the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to presenting the latest UN growth forecasts, the report will provide a comprehensive assessment of economic developments, risk factors, and policy challenges. This year's thematic chapter will discuss the macroeconomic and distributional consequences of monetary policy, with particular focus on unconventional measures such as quantitative easing (QE)

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Book SynopsisAn authoritative appraisal of the United Nations and rigorous examination of possibilities for change.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the first edition: `excellent ... succeeds both in its appraisal and in its critical assessment' International and Comparative Law QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The UN's Roles in a Divided World ; 1. The Historical Development of the UN's Role in International Security ; 2. The UN and International Security after the Cold War ; 3. The UN and the National Interests of States ; 4. The Role of the UN Secretary-General ; 5. The Good Offices Function of the UN Secretary-General ; 6. UN Peacekeeping and Election-Monitoring ; 7. The UN and Human Rights: At the End of the Beginning ; 8. The UN and the Problem of Economic Development ; 9. The UN and the Environment ; 10. The UN and the Development in International Law ; 11. The Historical Development of Efforts to Reform the UN ; 12. The Structure of the UN in the Post-Cold War Period ; Appendices, including: An Agenda for Peace:

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Book SynopsisThe UK's Withdrawal from the EU explores the UK's departure from the EU from a legal perspective: Michael Dougan provides a critical analysis of the final EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, including explorations of the future protection of citizens' rights, the contentious Irish border, and the prospects for future EU-UK relations.Trade ReviewMichael Dougan's book provides a valuable resource about the legal issues concerning Brexit. * Paul Craig, CML Rev. *Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Article 50 TEU: The Quest for an Orderly Withdrawal and the Possibility of Alternative Denouements 3: Legal and Political Factors at Work Within the Article 50 TEU Process 4: Framing the Article 50 TEU Negotiations and Agreeing the First Withdrawal Package 5: Rejection, Revision and Approval of the Withdrawal Package 6: Withdrawal Agreement: General Provisions 7: Citizens' Rights 8: Ireland and Northern Ireland 9: Future Relations Between the Union and the UK 10: Concluding Remarks

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Book SynopsisFuture War and the Defence of Europe offers a major new analysis of how peace and security can be maintained in Europe: a continent that has suffered two cataclysmic conflicts since 1914. Taking as its starting point the COVID-19 pandemic and way it will inevitably accelerate some key global dynamics already in play, the book goes on to weave history, strategy, policy, and technology into a compelling analytical narrative. It lays out in forensic detail the scale of the challenge Europeans and their allies face if Europe''s peace is to be upheld in a transformative century. The book upends foundational assumptions about how Europe''s defence is organised, the role of a fast-changing transatlantic relationship, NATO, the EU, and their constituent nation-states. At the heart of the book is a radical vision of a technology-enabling future European defence, built around a new kind of Atlantic Alliance, an innovative strategic public-private partnership, and the future hyper-electronic European force, E-Force, it must spawn. Europeans should be under no illusion: unless they do far more for their own defence, and very differently, all that they now take for granted could be lost in the maze of hybrid war, cyber war, and hyper war they must face.Trade ReviewIt is a must-read for those entrusted with the weighty responsibility of making such decisions, international security specialists, and concerned citizens everywhere. * J. P. Smaldone, CHOICE *The authors have provided a valuable collection of the history and a snapshot of Europe's vulnerability. * Ching Wah Chin, The NYMAS Review *Future War and the Defence of Europe is a hard-hitting, compelling analysis that relentlessly hammers home its central message: contrary to what the vast majority of European elites and citizens seem to think, war in Europe is no longer inconceivable, and will become even less so if Europe and the United States continue to sleepwalk away from NATO's commitment to collective defence in Europe ... an important wake-up call for Europeans that should be read widely and closely. * Hanns W. Maull, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy *... everyone concerned about transatlantic relations should read this book... * Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs *... a hard-hitting, compelling analysis that relentlessly hammers home its central message... an important wake-up call for Europeans that should be read widely and closely. * Hans W. Maul, Survival *Strategic plans rarely withstand crises, much less wars. But Future War passes the test... * Carsten Schmiedl, CEPA *... a major new analysis of how peace and security can be maintained in Europe... a radical vision of a technology enabling future European defence. * Science Fact & Science Fiction Concatenation *It is an interesting and wide-ranging exploration of a complicated, but often droll topic, brought to life by the eagerness of its writing and the passion of the authors. * Joshua Huminski, Diplomatic Courier *... the lessons offered by the authors are no less relevant today than before Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The authors have provided a valuable collection of the history and a snapshot of Europe's vulnerability. Whether the current crisis will fade that snapshot will be decided in the months ahead... one day provide valuable insight into the current debate for future historians. * Ching Wah Chin, Strategypage.com *Every now and then a book is written that makes a difference. Future War and the Defence of Europe is one such book. Critically, it reminds us not only of the complex strategic challenges Americans, Canadians and Europeans must face, but the vital importance of facing them together. * Michèle Flournoy, former US Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy and Co-founder, The Center for a New American Security *Latvians well understand the value of freedom. This excellent book is a blunt message to future leaders. If our hard won peace and freedom are to be preserved we must have the collective courage to look threat in the face. These eminent authors do just that. We ignore their message at our peril! * Ambassador Imants Liegis, former Minister of Defence of the Republic of Latvia *The Transatlantic Alliance is a key pillar in the defense of U.S. interests and in the promotion of our values. Future War and the Defense of Europe is a significant contribution to understanding the strategic landscape in Europe and how our forces might operate with European allies in a multi-domain and digital environment. General Allen and his colleagues have written a must-read book for any student or practitioner of national security decision-making. * The Honorable Leon E. Panetta, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, CIA Director, White House Chief of Staff, and Member of Congress *Keynes said that when confronting the new the difficulty is to abandon the old. This important book tells us that to retain our freedom and values in a post Covid future a paradigm shift is needed. It is a wake-up call for both Europeans and Americans, and a must read. * Admiral Giampaolo di Paola, former Italian Minister of Defence, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee and Chief of the Italian Defence Staff *Well-trained forces matter! This is a central thesis in this great new book. Yes, the role of new technologies in Europe's twenty-first century defence will be vital, but the hard yards of peace will only be preserved by having enough young men and women in uniform - Americans, Canadians and Europeans. * General the Lord Richards of Herstmonceux, former Chief of the British Defence Staff *Europe's peace rests on a new transatlantic relationship and on Europeans doing far more together for their own defence, but above all a modern, democratic Germany willing to lead European defence. Fail and all could be lost. * Volker Ruehe, former German Minister of Defence *This authoritative book offers a radical and timely new vision for the transatlantic defense relationship. The authors call upon Europeans to more fully share the burdens of NATO, for only then can the United States continue to underwrite Europe's peace while meeting the growing array of challenges beyond Europe. Americans and Europeans must move beyond narrow debates and together consider the fast changing character of war and peace. * Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, former NATO Deputy Secretary-General and US Assistant Secretary of Defense *

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that a conceptual and methodological shift is required in the way that border security is understood, and that a new approach is urgently required. It examines vernacular narratives of the 'crisis' and how they offer insight into citizens' knowledge of the 'crisis', and actually-existing alternatives to fantasies of control.Trade ReviewVernacular Border Security represents a major contribution to the burgeoning field of vernacular security studies and will be of immense interest to scholars looking for alternative conceptualizations to understand the contemporary politics of migration, borders, and security. * Peter Nyers, Perspectives on Politics *Vernacular Border Security is arguably the most conceptually and empirically ambitious contribution to the recent vernacular turn in critical security studies to date. It is not only an accomplished piece of research which should be of immense value to policymakers, but an agenda setting piece for critical border, security, and citizenship studies. * Ben Rosher, E-International Relations *Vaughan-Williams poses the important question, why has the recent frenzy of border fortification—especially but not only in the EU—intensified rather than reduced popular anxieties about borders and migrants? To answer it, Vaughan-Williams listens closely to the people churned by such anxieties. This essential, original, and extraordinarily well-researched contribution to border and migration studies arrives at conclusions that should stop both policy makers and critical theorists in their tracks. * Wendy Brown, Class of 1936 First Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, and author of Walled States, Waning Sovereignty *In foregrounding the vernacular, Nick Vaughan-Williams makes a powerful and highly significant interference in contemporary understandings of the politics of security, borders, and migration. Vernacular Border Security takes the extensive literature on the importance of language for securitization and desecuritization in a new direction by foregrounding conversations rather than speech acts, claims, or discourses. In doing so, Vaughan-Williams has given us a rich resource for critically engaging contemporary framings of security, borders, and migration through a democratic analytics that values the reflective and critical engagement of ordinary people in the politics of insecurity. * Jef Huysmans, Professor of International Politics, Queen Mary University of London *Vernacular Border Security is a must-read for all political geographers concerned with questions of borderings, wallings, and the contemporary political imaginations of migrations in Europe. Beautifully written and conceptually innovative, this book brilliantly connects the grand narratives of border security promoted by institutions at the most diverse scales with a set of vernacular perspectives on the experience of border security in specific European settings. The rich and original empirical material matched by the sophisticated theoretical analysis proposed here by Nick Vaughan-Williams makes this book a path-breaking intervention in the fields of border and migration studies. * Claudio Minca, Professor, Department of History and Cultures, University of Bologna *Coming from cultural studies and gender studies, I found Nick Vaughan-Williams' vernacular approach to be an illustrative perspective on security. Besides deconstructing the 'migration crisis' narrative, Vaughan-Williams explains theories of populism and ontological (in)security in a reader-friendly manner. I particularly enjoyed the author's take on affect and processes of gendering and racializing the figure of 'the migrant'. Reading this eloquent and important book gave me tools to analyze critically the perpetual debate about migration, borders, and securitization. * Tuija Saresma, Senior Researcher, University of Jyväskylä *European governments adopted inhuman, unlawful, and ineffective border security measures in the name of citizens allegedly frightened by migrants. Yet the empirical evidence offered by Nick Vaughan-Williams suggests that anti-migrant narratives originated at the top rather than at the bottom of societal ladders, aggravating anxieties among European citizens. The book points to counter-narratives embracing cultures of hospitality, rebuffing fantasies of walls and wired borders. These findings are not likely to deter populist politicians, but they should offer food for thought to moderate ones and to mass-media gurus eager to talk on behalf of 'ordinary people' without engaging in genuine conversation with them. I strongly recommend this book to all concerned citizens. * Jan Zielonka, Professor of Politics at the University of Oxford and the University of Venice, Ca Foscari *Table of Contents1: Towards a Vernacular Study of Border Security 2: Exceptional Times, Emergency Borders: (De)Constructing Europe's 'Migration Crisis' 3: Populist and 'Post-Truth' Border Politics: The Securitization of Public Opinion on Migration 4: Dangerous Aliens, Crisis Constellations, and Information Gaps: Vernacular Narratives of Migration 5: Border Anxieties: Vernacular Narratives of Ontological (In)Security 6: Desecuritizing Strangeness: Vernacular Counter-Narratives of Border Security Appendix 1: Moderators' Discussion Guide Appendix 2: List of Focus Groups

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