International relations Books

Book SynopsisWhat is the origin of game preferences and payoffs, how are they aggregated and what are the implications of interdependent preferences? What is the importance of information for building game models? How can game models be used to analyse empirical cases? At the cutting edge of current modelling in international relations using non-cooperative game theory, this collection of original contributions from political scientists and economists explores some of the fundamental assumptions of game theory modelling. It includes a theory of game payoff formation, a theory of preference aggregation, thorough discussions of the effects of interdependence between preferences upon various game structures, in-depth analyses of the impact of incomplete information upon dynamic games of negotiation, and a study using differential games. Numerous illustrations, case studies and comparative case studies show the relevance of the theoretical debate. The chapters are organised to allow readers with a limited knowledge of game theory to develop their understanding of the fundamental issues.Containing theoretical discussion of the basic game theory assumptions - as well as means of going beyond them - Game Theory and International Relations will be welcomed by all those interested in the empirical application of game theory models in international relations.Trade Review” -- `Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Preference Formation and Aggregation Part II: Interdependent Preferences and Rational Choice Part III: Dynamic Games and Information Index

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Book SynopsisIn Contested Territory a distinguished group of scholars analyses border issues stemming from the expansion of the former Soviet Union at the end of the Second World War. This important book offers detailed discussion and comparative analysis of eight potential or actual world politics border disputes at a time of great upheaval for the former Soviet Union when territorial issues are reemerging on the political agendas. The authors offer explanations for the rise of border disputes which emphasize the normative dimension rather than power politics. They also show how annexed border regions with their own distinct histories have developed regional identities within the former Soviet Union. The book's extensive coverage includes the most systematic expert analysis presently available on territorial disputes concerning Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, Carpatho-Ukraine, Eastern Poland, East Prussia, Abrene, the East of Narva and Petserimaa, Karelia and the Kurile Islands. No other volume provides such a wealth of information on boundary and territorial disputes in Europe and the former Soviet Union within a theorectical framework. Contested Territory will be welcomed as a major contribution to our understanding of the recent history of the Soviet Union and the long-term problems raised by outstanding disputes over its boundaries.Trade Review'. . . a very useful record of an important series of events and highly recommended for specialists and the general reader alike.' -- G.M. Yemelianova, Socialist History'The eight case studies provide a wealth of information that is useful for specialist and student alike, within a common format.' -- James Hughes, Europe-Asia StudiesTable of ContentsBorders and Russia; cases.

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Book SynopsisStarting with a selection of classical articles on international institutions, this book traces the evolution of regime analysis over the last two decades as a new perspective on international governance. In the process it provides a full account of the major schools of thought that have arisen to account for the demand for international governance, the formation of international regimes, and the effectiveness of international governance systems. By drawing a clear distinction between institutions and organizations and then analysing the relationship between the two, the book clarifies the concept of 'governance without government'. A number of essays explore the probable impact of the proliferation of international regimes on the character of international society. The book's concluding section takes stock of the current status of regime and analyses and assesses emerging challenges in this vibrant field of study.Trade Review'These two volumes make a valuable and highly relevant contribution to the Library of International Political Economy series which already has nine major titles.' -- Journal of Peace ResearchTable of Contents40 articles, dating from 1947 to 1995 Contents: Volume I: Introduction Part I: International Institutions – Classic Perspectives Part II: The Demand for International Governance Part III: International Regimes as Governance Systems Part IV: The Supply of International Governance Index • Volume II: Introduction Part I: Implementation, Compliance and Administration Part II: Regime Effectiveness Part III: Regimes, Governance Systems and International Society Part IV: Institutional Design Principles Part V: Future Directions Index

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Book SynopsisBetween Anarchy and Hierarchy offers a stimulating new perspective on conflict and collaboration in international politics. Robert Lieshout's new book shows how decision-making within individual states influences foreign policy and, in turn, international politics. Using a sliding scale between anarchy and hierarchy, he shows how each political system can be defined, including the distinctly anarchic international system itself. By showing the impact which internal decision-making processes have on the structure of the international system, Professor Lieshout integrates a theory of foreign policy making into a theory of international politics. After developing the epistemological foundations of this theory, Professor Lieshout applies his principles to results drawn from the use of game theory in international relations, examines the role of force in both hierarchical and anarchic systems, and shows how the adaptability of collective decision-making processes in states influences their behaviour in the international system.Between Anarchy and Hierarchy is remarkable both for the use of a general empirical behavioural theory to explain international politics, and for integrating theories of bureaucratic decision making into 'realist' theories of international relations. It will be of particular interest to international relations specialists as well as economists, political scientists and sociologists within the rational choice tradition.Trade Review'When the epistemology is sound, intelligence and hard work are sure to bring progress, as they have in this ambitious book by Robert Lieshout. Even some people, like me, who are not specialists in international relations, will find it useful.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Epistemology 3. The Explanatory Principle 4. Interaction 5. Behavioural Theory and Game Theory 6. Change and its Consequences 7. Decision Making and the Management of Conflict in Anarchical Systems 8. Decision Making and the Management of Conflict in the Hierarchical Systems 9. International Politics and Foreign Policy Index

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Book SynopsisEurope is passing through a dramatic period in which issues of international integration and disintegration are of crucial importance. Transforming Economies and European Integration is the first book to focus on the inter-dependence between the pattern and prospects of economic transformation in Eastern and Central Europe and the wider issue of European integration. Important aspects of this process are addressed from both scholarly and political perspectives. The distinguished group of authors, including leading figures from universities and institutions across Europe, reviews the current state-of-the-art in the process of East-West European integration, including bottlenecks and obstacles to the process. The authors analyse the most widely-debated issues and developments in East-West economic relations including the widening and deepening of the European Union, East-West trade, industrial restructuring and labour market adjustment, and the role of financial reforms and financial flows in this process.Highlighting key economic issues relating to the reintegration of Central and Eastern Europe into the European Community, Transforming Economies and European Integration will be welcomed by students, researchers and policymakers concerned with the emergence of a wider, more integrated Europe.Trade Review'The papers in the volume provide a wealth of empirical material on a broad range of issues.' -- H. Drost, Journal of European IntegrationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Part I: The New Dimensions of European Integration Part II: Restructuring of East–West Trade in Europe Part III: Opening Up of Eastern Markets Annex Index

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Book SynopsisThe end of the Cold War revolutionized East-West relations, yet we still live in an ungoverned world of states which recognize no authority above themselves and whose conduct is minimally constrained by considerations of law and morality.Security Issues in the Post-Cold War World focuses on the changing international security agenda and the serious political instabilities - many rooted in ethnic nationalisms and long-standing border disputes - which have resurfaced with the end of the Cold War. After essays re-examining perennial security problems - including collective security, nuclear proliferation and environmental security - a series of regional studies focuses on the particular problems facing Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.Drawing on a wide body of analysis and research on the international system, the contributors to this volume conclude that, despite the ending of the Cold War, 'security', whether defined narrowly or widely, is a scarce commodity.Trade Review'. . . the book makes a significant contribution to the contemporary literature on the meaning and scope of security, as well as providing some useful insights into how traditional and emerging security issues are affecting individual states and regions. It will be of particular value to undergraduates and those who wish to gain an introduction to the complex world of international security.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: Conflict and Security in the ‘New World Order’ 1. European Security After the Cold War 2. Russian National Security Policy after the Cold War 3. Culture and Conflict in the post-Cold War 4. The Security of Arab Gulf States and the End of the Cold War: External Security Versus Internal Stability 5. The Perils of Prosperity? Security and Economic Growth in the ASEAN region 6. The United Nations: Collective Security and Individual Rights 7. Security, Nuclear Proliferation and the End of the Cold War 8. Environmental Security 9. The Security Dilemma 10. Travel Without Maps: Thinking About Security After the Cold War Index

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Book SynopsisThe Environment in WORLD POLITICS explores the interaction of humanity with the physical environment from a systems perspective.The whole is taken to be made up of five sub-systems. The first two are international supply of and demand for goods and services with flows governed by market principles. Classically such a two-component self-stable system could be considered closed, in that two-way interaction with what lay outside was almost zero. However, the effects of economic activity on the physical environment can no longer be ignored and a third sub-system setting norms for acceptable discharges into the environment is plainly necessary. At the same time, the significance of economic activity representing exploitation of commons resources (and hence not obviously governable by market principles) has itself continued to increase. Commons sources are the fourth sub-system and the arrangements for monitoring resource-flows from such sources the fifth sub-system.The focus of the book is on sustainable development. This is taken to mean a stable relationship between the sub-systems, with the norms governing the flows between the sub-systems set and maintained at a desirable level. This approach is found naturally to accommodate the exploration of practical concerns including global warming, protection of the ozone layer, and the exploitation of nuclear power. It also provides a stimulating setting for the examination of INTER ALIA, the precautionary principle, the contentious role of science in the setting of environmental norms, and the population question.This book will be essential reading for social science undergraduates and postgraduate students of international relations, politics and international environmental politics.Trade Review'This book presents a thoughtful, comprehensive and closely-argued case. . .'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Systems, Science and Norms 3. Nuclear Origins, Nuclear Spread 4. Nuclear Power and the Environment 5. International Collective Action 6. Living Resources 7. The Stratosphere and Lower Atmosphere 8. Global Warming 9. Population 10. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisControlling Pollution in Transition Economies examines and evaluates the recent experience of implementing pollution charges and the use of environmental permits in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.The book focuses on controlling point-source air and water pollution. It describes and analyses the experience of implementing pollution charges and fines, and the interactions of these fiscal instruments with systems of pollution permits. The ten country case studies have been written by specialists who have been or are actively involved with the development or revision of pollution charges. Based on the experience of these countries, general conclusions are drawn for implementing pollution charge systems in other contexts. This book will encourage new theoretical and empirical work on the problem of implementing economic instruments (pollution charges), in combination with 'command-and-control' instruments (pollution permits).Practitioners and policy analysts as well as graduate students, academics, researchers and environmental consultants will find this book an important contribution to the existing literature.Trade Review'The book is certainly a valuable read, and from both theoretical and practical sides it provides much background material and information useful for policymakers as well as scientific debate.'Table of ContentsContents: Environmental Policy in the Making: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union 1. Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies: Introduction to the Book and Overview of Economic Concepts (B.A. Larson and R. Bluffstone) 2. A Survey of Pollution Charge Systems and Key Issues in Policy Design (J. Vincent and S. Farrow) 3. Estonia’s Mixed System of Pollution Permits, Standards and Charges (L. Gornaja, E. Kraav, B.A. Larson and K. Türk) 4. Implementing Pollution Permits and Charges in Latvia (J. Brunenieks, A. Kozlovska and B.A. Larson) 5. The Lithuanian Pollution Charge System: Evaluation and Prospects for the Future (D. Semènienè, R. Bluffstone and L. Cekanavucius) 6. Pollutions Charges in Russia: The Experience of 1990–1995 (M. Kozeltsev and A. Markandya) 7. Integration of Pollution Charge Systems with strict Performance Standards: The Experience of the Czech Republic (Z. Stepanek) 8. Environmental Emission Charges ad Air Quality Protection in Hungary: Recent Practice and Future Prospects (G.E. Morris, J. Tiderenczl and P. Kovács) 9. Environmental Charges in Poland (G.D. Anderson and B. Fiedor) 10. Implementation of Pollution Charge Systems in a Transition Economy: The Case of Slovakia (T.H. Owen, J. Myjvec and D. Jassikova) 11. Implementation of Pollution Charges and Fines in Bulgaria (N. Matev and N.I. Novov 12. The Road to Creating an Integrated Pollution Charge and Permitting System in Romania (C.F. Zinnes) 13. Implementing Pollution Permit and Charge Systems in Transition Economies: A Possible Blueprint (R.Bluffstone and B.A. Larson) Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative new book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of contemporary economic, political and security relations between Western Europe and the Asia Pacific region. After discussing the historical legacies of colonialism and de-colonization, the book examines the successive economic challenges from first Japan, then the Asian Newly Industrializing Economies, and most recently Southeast Asia and China. It also analyses the slowly emerging and less well-known political and security aspects to the relationship. Regionalism in both Europe and the Asia pacific is discussed, as is the impact of the Asian financial crisis since mid-1997 on relations with Europe. The book concludes that the future Euro-Asian relationship will be influenced by moves towards greater European integration, the way in which Asia responds to the current financial crisis and by the development of the new region-to-region dialogue.This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Asian studies and international economics and politics.Trade Review'Bridges' book provides a rich pool of sources, information, and statistical data, a comprehensive and updated description of the countries and issues composing the EU-Asia Pacific relationship. The reading flows easily, unencumbered by jargon. As such, it is a valuable resource, both to students of this subject as well as interested laypersons.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Legacies of History 3. Japan: Beyond Competition 4. The Asian Tigers 5. The Southeast Asian ‘Community’ 6. Coping with China 7. Regionalism at Work 8. Developing a Political Partnership 9. Summits and Slumps 10. Looking Back and Looking Forward Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe European Rupture focuses on the consequences of the end of the Cold War for defence sectors in Europe. It offers a theoretical framework supported by country case studies from both Western Europe and formerly centrally planned economies.The discussion in the first part of the book analyses the connection between security and the Cold War economy, arguing that the defence sector profoundly shaped the technological development and industrial and social policy in both East and West. It considers some of the issues that have to be confronted in the transition periods, focusing on the new challenges to our perceptions of security, changes in technology and problems of defence conversion. The final part considers the need for new institutional arrangements and how these have to be constructed in order to re-establish a system of international security and economic regulation. It proposes that there should be a shift away from national or bloc security policies towards a more internationalist security policy, and appropriate measures of economic adjustment, especially defence conversion.This book will be of special interest to academics and students interested in European studies, international affairs, international policy and policymakers.Trade Review'The European Rupture is an interesting read and contains a lot of useful information.' -- Ian Anthony, Slavic ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction (M. Kaldor) 2. The Economic Legacy of the Cold War (M. Kaldor and G. Schméder) 3. New Issues (M. Kaldor and G. Schméder) 4. Britain (M. Kaldor) 5. France (G. Schméder) 6. Germany (U. Albrecht and P. Opitz) 7. The Former Czechoslovakia (Y. Kiss) 8. Hungary (Y. Kiss) 9. Russia (Y. Kusnetsov and A. Ozhegov) 10. The Need for New Institutional Arrangements (M. Kaldor and G. Schméder) Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on the crucial economic, political and legal aspects of global trading arrangements in the current transitional stage of the integration process. It provides an evaluation of the deepening and widening of the integration process, and places particular emphasis on the contentious issues which arise in the process of integrating previously unequal partners.Nations are contemplating taking part in various integration initiatives and schemes for a variety of purposes. They anticipate discernible improvements in the well-being of their citizens - that is, a rise in living standards resulting from closer economic integration. The international diverse group of authors begins by examining the general issues confronted by countries engaging in various levels of integration. They then go on to discuss theoretical and empirical studies of the implications of economic integration on welfare and public policy. It specifically addresses issues such as the impact on industry in participating countries and the effects of NAFTA on Mexico.This book will be welcomed by practitioners, academics and students interested in economic integration, international economics, political science and international business.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Trade Theory, Policy and Welfare 1. Economic and Financial Integration 2. Implications of NAFTA on the Trade of US Economies 3. Welfare Effects of the Completion of the Single European Market 4. NAFTA, The EU and Agricultural Trade 5. The State of the Welfare State in the EU, Anno 1992 6. Economic Integration and Regional Economic Convergence in NAFTA and the EU Part II: Impact of Economic Integration on Industrial Organization 7. The Role of Small and Entrepreneurial Firms in Achieving Economic Integration during the Transition from Command to Market-based Economies 8. Trade Liberalization in Eastern European Countries and the Prospects of their Integration into the World Trading System 9. Long-run and Short-run Effects of Economic Integration on the Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment 10. Japanese Manufacturing FDI’s in Europe 11. Tendencies and Idiosyncrasies of European Trading Partners Part III: Lessons from the Case of Mexico 12. The Growing Anti-immigrant Debate in the North American Region and its Impact on Mexico 13. NAFTA and Mexico 14. Successful Integration and Economic Distress 15. Economic Integration, Exchange Rate and Competitiveness

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an up-to-date analysis of some of the key issues facing the European Union on the (potentially rocky) road towards monetary union and enlargement. A wide range of topics is covered from a diverse and critical perspective.After addressing general questions concerning the deepening and widening of European integration, the authors include theoretical and empirical analyses of the implementation of EMU and its feasibility. They also consider convergence and development within the European Union, and the lessons to be learnt from the Nordic enlargement, as well as the experience of the Southern periphery. While the economic dimension is pervasive, the development of European Monetary Union will also be highly dependent on internal political developments and inter-member bargaining.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Is Europe Ready for EMU? 1. The European Monetary Union in transition 2. Configurations and prospects for European integration and monetary unification 3. The EMS interest rates 4. Expected devaluations in the ERM 5. Stability of a monetary union Part II: Policy and Political Aspects of European Integration 6. Value-added tax and the internal market in the EU 7. Greek agriculture under the CAP 8. Economic integration and development 9. Primary convergence and European monetary integration 10. Capital flows, foreign exchange reserves and aggregate demand Part III: Lessons from the Nordic Enlargement and the Experience of the Southern Periphery 11. Swedish integration with the European Union 12. Did the ERM stabilize real exchange rates?

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Book SynopsisThere has been little progress on the refugee problem because of official Palestinian public positions, other Arab countries' approach to the 'right of return' of all Palestinian refugees, and the contrasting Israeli public policy of not allowing any refugees to return to Israel. Such polar-opposite approaches can never resolve this difficult and longstanding humanitarian problem. By working collectively, the world's leading experts from Arab countries, the Palestinian Authority, Israel, Europe and the United States have developed a chessboard of proposed solutions. The volume in part reflects the polarization that exists on the issue, and in part moves away from the political slogans of both sides, toward concrete proposals for negotiating a comprehensive agreement.Trade Review"The editors note that the refugee debate is polarised between the Palestinian/Arab view that all refugees should be allowed to return to their original homes inside Israel, and the Israeli view that no refugees should return to Israel. The editors and contributors argue the case for 'realistic proposals for solving the refugee problem', but most of the contributors endorse at least in principle Palestinian maximal demands for a right of return... Shlomo Gazit is willing to financially compensate the refugees, but opposes any return to Israel... Yoav Gelber argues insightfully that the respective Palestinians and Israeli arguments about solutions are based on totally different cultural assumptions. The Israelis favour resettlement, which is the traditional European approach to refugee populations, while the Arabs favour repatriation, which is the traditional pattern in the Middle East." -- The Australian Jewish News.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan; Introduction: Traditional Positions and New Solutions; PART I: The Historical Background and the Right of Return' -- The Historical Background; Between the Right of Return and Attempts of Resettlement; From a Doctrine-Oriented to a Solution-Oriented Policy: The PLO's Right of Return,' 1964-2000; The Political Refugee Problem in the Light of the Peace Process; Early US Policy toward Palestinian Refugees: The Syria Option; Refugee Compensation: Responsibility, Recipients, and Forms and Sources; Refugee Compensation: Why the Parties Have Been Unable to Agree and Why it is Important to Compensate Refugees for Losses; Traditional Positions and New Solutions; Actual Repatriation: A Minimal Israeli Gesture; From Refugees to Citizens: A Regional Proposal; Palestinian Refugees in Jordan and National Identity, 1948--1999; Final Status Negotiations and Regional Co-operation; Refugee Resettlement in the Gaza Strip: Israeli Policy Revisited; Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon since 1982; The Future of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon; PART II: Policy Positions and Solutions -- Solving the Refugee Problem: An Israeli Point of View; A Predicament in Search of an Innovative Solution; The Historical Development of the Refugee Camps in Jordan; The Role of UNRWA: Refugee Statistics and UN Resolutions; A Jordanian Perspective; The Refugee Question and Human Rights; Obstacles and Opportunities: The Ideological Dimensions; The Economic Capacity of the Palestinian State to Absorb the Refugees: The Employment Perspective; How the Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish Publics Perceive the Issues; Index.

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Book SynopsisThere has been little progress on the refugee problem because of official Palestinian public positions, other Arab countries' approach to the 'right of return' of all Palestinian refugees, and the contrasting Israeli public policy of not allowing any refugees to return to Israel. Such polar-opposite approaches can never resolve this difficult and longstanding humanitarian problem. By working collectively, the world's leading experts from Arab countries, the Palestinian Authority, Israel, Europe and the United States have developed a chessboard of proposed solutions. The volume in part reflects the polarization that exists on the issue, and in part moves away from the political slogans of both sides, toward concrete proposals for negotiating a comprehensive agreement.Trade Review"The editors note that the refugee debate is polarised between the Palestinian/Arab view that all refugees should be allowed to return to their original homes inside Israel, and the Israeli view that no refugees should return to Israel. The editors and contributors argue the case for 'realistic proposals for solving the refugee problem', but most of the contributors endorse at least in principle Palestinian maximal demands for a right of return... Shlomo Gazit is willing to financially compensate the refugees, but opposes any return to Israel... Yoav Gelber argues insightfully that the respective Palestinians and Israeli arguments about solutions are based on totally different cultural assumptions. The Israelis favour resettlement, which is the traditional European approach to refugee populations, while the Arabs favour repatriation, which is the traditional pattern in the Middle East." -- The Australian Jewish News.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan; Introduction: Traditional Positions and New Solutions; PART I: The Historical Background and the Right of Return' -- The Historical Background; Between the Right of Return and Attempts of Resettlement; From a Doctrine-Oriented to a Solution-Oriented Policy: The PLO's Right of Return,' 1964--2000; The Political Refugee Problem in the Light of the Peace Process; Early US Policy toward Palestinian Refugees: The Syria Option; Refugee Compensation: Responsibility, Recipients, and Forms and Sources; Refugee Compensation: Why the Parties Have Been Unable to Agree and Why it is Important to Compensate Refugees for Losses; Traditional Positions and New Solutions; Actual Repatriation: A Minimal Israeli Gesture; From Refugees to Citizens: A Regional Proposal; Palestinian Refugees in Jordan and National Identity, 1948--1999; Final Status Negotiations and Regional Co-operation; Refugee Resettlement in the Gaza Strip: Israeli Policy Revisited; Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon since 1982; The Future of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon; PART II: Policy Positions and Solutions -- Solving the Refugee Problem: An Israeli Point of View; A Predicament in Search of an Innovative Solution; The Historical Development of the Refugee Camps in Jordan; The Role of UNRWA: Refugee Statistics and UN Resolutions; A Jordanian Perspective; The Refugee Question and Human Rights; Obstacles and Opportunities: The Ideological Dimensions; The Economic Capacity of the Palestinian State to Absorb the Refugees: The Employment Perspective; How the Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish Publics Perceive the Issues; Index.

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Book SynopsisPhilip Windsor (1935-2000) is widely acknowledged to have been among the brightest and most penetrating of thinkers in International Relations. This book brings together some of his most exciting and stimulating essays, covering many of the classic and most enduring issues in International Relations: the causes of wars; intervention and the use of force; the regulation of conflict; human rights and the tensions between order and justice. Windor's philosophical bias, together with his elegant prose and sheer breadth of knowledge, gave an underlying coherence and unity to all his writings. The essays include brilliant essays on East-West relations during the Cold War, arms control, Clausewitz's contribution to strategic thought, Henry Kissinger's scholarly contribution and the place of human rights and cultural dialogue in international politics.Trade Review"These essays offer a classic introduction to our era... Whether he is discussing the vexed question of human rights... or the challenge that terrorism poses to the international order, we can learn much from his wisdom. These essays command our attention not only as an expression of the author's enduring insights, but as a preview of our own century..." -- Survival."...will remind those who were so privileged of his penetrating insight into the nature of international relations and of the humans who make them and write about them..." -- Professor Margot Light, London School of Economics."Many of these essays made a lasting impression on those who read them when they first appeared. Mats Berdal is to be congratulated on introducing them to a new generation of readers..." -- Professor James Mayall, Cambridge University.Table of ContentsContents: Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: A cross-roads rather than an academic discipline' -- Philip Windsor and the Study of International Relations; International Relations -- The State of the Art; The Justification of the State; The Twentieth Century as Self-Conscious History; War and the State; Cultural Dialogue in Human Rights; NATO's Twenty-five Years; The Boundaries of Detente; Restoring the Dynamics of Arms Control; Towards a Hierarchy for Arms Control; The Enigma of a Gifted Soul: Aron on Clausewitz; The Clock, the Context and Clausewitz; Strategic Thinking after the Cold War; The Politics of Impotence; Some Reflections on Grenada; The Saviour from the Sea; America's Moral Confusion: Separating the Should from the Good; Terrorism and International Order ; Superpower Intervention; Women and International Relations: What's the Problem?; Henry Kissinger's Scholarly Contribution; List of Original Texts; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the complex relationship between religion and human rights. This book examines the complex relationship between religion and human rights.Trade Review"This timely publication contains excellent resources for information, debate and further study, and can be drawn upon with much benefit by students, researchers and anyone passionately interested in and committed to the advancement of human rights. A valuable contribution to current human rights debates, this book deserves to be widely used and consulted." -- Professor Ursula King, University of Bristol."Writings in Human Rights & Religion illuminate, from disparate perspectives, the sometimes harmonious but often contentious contribution that religious thought and practice offer to human rights. By bringing together authors from a broad spectrum of thought, the book and the editor add considerably to the intellectual climate surrounding the promotion and protection of human rights." -- Dr Rita Maran, University of California at Berkeley."This remarkable anthology provides a comprehensive and informed exploration of the issues surrounding human rights and religion. The selection of texts is perfect; and the commentary is intelligent and informed. I have no doubt that this will become the standard text in this area for many years to come. I cannot recommend it more highly." -- Ian Markham, Dean of Hartford Seminary and Professor of Theology and Ethics."Discussion of generic issues concerning human rights, cultural and religious traditions of world faiths, and the presentation of regional case studies of religious persecution... Human Rights & Religion provides a welcome and substantial contribution to the post-September 11 world." -- Craig Lind, School of Law, University of Sussex."The volume is clearly designed as a teaching aid. It offers generous editorial introductions to each section, copious bibliographies, lists of relevant websites, boxes illustrating important case material, key words at the head of each chapter...It would probably be of greatest interest to students in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Law and the Sociology of Religion, but practitioners in human rights organisations would also find it useful as a work of reference. This is an authoritative and exceptionally wide-ranging collection that deserves a place in every library." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies."This timely publication contains excellent resources for information, debate and further study, and can be drawn upon with much benefit by students, researchers and anyone passionately interested in and committed to the advancement of human rights. A valuable contribution to current human rights debates, this book deserves to be widely used and consulted." -- Professor Ursula King, University of Bristol."Writings in Human Rights & Religion illuminate, from disparate perspectives, the sometimes harmonious but often contentious contribution that religious thought and practice offer to human rights. By bringing together authors from a broad spectrum of thought, the book and the editor add considerably to the intellectual climate surrounding the promotion and protection of human rights." -- Dr Rita Maran, University of California at Berkeley."This remarkable anthology provides a comprehensive and informed exploration of the issues surrounding human rights and religion. The selection of texts is perfect; and the commentary is intelligent and informed. I have no doubt that this will become the standard text in this area for many years to come. I cannot recommend it more highly." -- Ian Markham, Dean of Hartford Seminary and Professor of Theology and Ethics."Discussion of generic issues concerning human rights, cultural and religious traditions of world faiths, and the presentation of regional case studies of religious persecution... Human Rights & Religion provides a welcome and substantial contribution to the post-September 11 world." -- Craig Lind, School of Law, University of Sussex."The volume is clearly designed as a teaching aid. It offers generous editorial introductions to each section, copious bibliographies, lists of relevant websites, boxes illustrating important case material, key words at the head of each chapter...It would probably be of greatest interest to students in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Law and the Sociology of Religion, but practitioners in human rights organisations would also find it useful as a work of reference. This is an authoritative and exceptionally wide-ranging collection that deserves a place in every library." -- Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Sumner B. Twiss; General Introduction; Part I: Generic Issues -- Introduction; Religion; The United Nations; Religion and International Human Rights; Part II: Cultural and Religious Traditions -- Introduction; Judaism, Christianity and Islam; Anti-Semitism: Judaism, Christianity and Islam; Theology and Human Rights; Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics; Islam, Governance and Democracy; Confucianism, Buddhism and Hinduism; A Constructive Framework for Discussing Confucianism and Human Rights; Are There Human Rights in Buddhism?; Religious Freedom and Human Rights in India; Gandhi's Philosophy Carrie Gustafson; Minority and Indigenous Traditions; Returning to my Roots: African Religions' and the State; Part III: Regional Case Studies: Human Rights Watch and Survival -- Introduction; Africa; Muslim-Christian Conflict in Sudan; Asia; Afghanistan; China: The State Control of Religion; Politics by Other Means: Attacks on Christians in India ; We Have No Orders to Save You': Hindu-Muslim Violence in India ; Europe; Orthodox Christian Intolerance in Georgia; Middle East; Israel and the Palestinian Authority Territories; Indigenous Traditions in Africa, Australia and the Americas; Indigenous and Minority Traditions: Case Studies from Survival; Africa; Twa in Rwanda ; People of the Niger Delta; Pygmies' of Central Africa; Bushmen in Southern Africa; Australia; Aborigines in Australia; The Americas; Indians in Amazonia ; Indians in North America; Innu in Canada; Part IV: Global Prospects -- Introduction; Religious Freedom; International Justice and Just War Theory; The Proliferation of Rights: Moral Progress or Empty Rhetoric?.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the complex relationship between religion and human rights. This book examines the complex relationship between religion and human rights.Trade Review"This timely publication contains excellent resources for information, debate and further study, and can be drawn upon with much benefit by students, researchers and anyone passionately interested in and committed to the advancement of human rights. A valuable contribution to current human rights debates, this book deserves to be widely used and consulted." -- Professor Ursula King, University of Bristol."Writings in Human Rights & Religion illuminate, from disparate perspectives, the sometimes harmonious but often contentious contribution that religious thought and practice offer to human rights. By bringing together authors from a broad spectrum of thought, the book and the editor add considerably to the intellectual climate surrounding the promotion and protection of human rights." -- Dr Rita Maran, University of California at Berkeley."This remarkable anthology provides a comprehensive and informed exploration of the issues surrounding human rights and religion. The selection of texts is perfect; and the commentary is intelligent and informed. I have no doubt that this will become the standard text in this area for many years to come. I cannot recommend it more highly." -- Ian Markham, Dean of Hartford Seminary and Professor of Theology and Ethics."Discussion of generic issues concerning human rights, cultural and religious traditions of world faiths, and the presentation of regional case studies of religious persecution... Human Rights & Religion provides a welcome and substantial contribution to the post-September 11 world." -- Craig Lind, School of Law, University of Sussex."The volume is clearly designed as a teaching aid. It offers generous editorial introductions to each section, copious bibliographies, lists of relevant websites, boxes illustrating important case material, key words at the head of each chapter...It would probably be of greatest interest to students in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Law and the Sociology of Religion, but practitioners in human rights organisations would also find it useful as a work of reference. This is an authoritative and exceptionally wide-ranging collection that deserves a place in every library." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Sumner B. Twiss; General Introduction; Part I: Generic Issues -- Introduction; Religion; The United Nations; Religion and International Human Rights; Part II: Cultural and Religious Traditions -- Introduction; Judaism, Christianity and Islam; Anti-Semitism: Judaism, Christianity and Islam; Theology and Human Rights; Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics; Islam, Governance and Democracy; Confucianism, Buddhism and Hinduism; A Constructive Framework for Discussing Confucianism and Human Rights; Are There Human Rights in Buddhism?; Religious Freedom and Human Rights in India; Gandhi's Philosophy Carrie Gustafson; Minority and Indigenous Traditions; Returning to my Roots: African Religions' and the State; Part III: Regional Case Studies: Human Rights Watch and Survival -- Introduction; Africa; Muslim-Christian Conflict in Sudan; Asia; Afghanistan; China: The State Control of Religion; Politics by Other Means: Attacks on Christians in India ; We Have No Orders to Save You': Hindu-Muslim Violence in India ; Europe; Orthodox Christian Intolerance in Georgia; Middle East; Israel and the Palestinian Authority Territories; Indigenous Traditions in Africa, Australia and the Americas; Indigenous and Minority Traditions: Case Studies from Survival; Africa; Twa in Rwanda ; People of the Niger Delta; Pygmies' of Central Africa; Bushmen in Southern Africa; Australia; Aborigines in Australia; The Americas; Indians in Amazonia ; Indians in North America; Innu in Canada; Part IV: Global Prospects -- Introduction; Religious Freedom; International Justice and Just War Theory; The Proliferation of Rights: Moral Progress or Empty Rhetoric?.

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Book SynopsisBetween 1962 and 1965 Britain engaged in covert operations in support of Royalist forces fighting the Egyptian backed Republican regime that had seized power in the Yemeni capital Sana'a in September 1962. Covert action was regarded as a legitimate tool of foreign policy as Britain attempted to secure the future of the newly formed South Arabian Federation against the animus of Nasser. The use of covert action, as well as the quasi approval given to the use of mercenaries to support the Royalist cause, was the inevitable result of policy differences within Whitehall (most notably between the mandarins' of the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office) as well as international constraints imposed upon the UK in the aftermath of the Suez crisis. The book examines the extent to which British policy, while successful in imposing a war of attrition upon Nasser in the Yemen, contributed to the political demise of the very objective covert action was designed to secure: the future stability of the Federation of South Arabia. The study makes extensive use of primary sources in producing the first detailed account of British involvement in the Yemen Civil War, and how the experience shaped British foreign policy. It breaks new ground by analyzing the extent to which Britain came to support the Royalist cause despite public declarations of non-involvement in the Yemen conflict, and details for the first time how London's tacit support for mercenary operations' in the Yemen came to enlist the help of Saudi Arabia and Israel.Trade Review"...Jones' descriptions of mercenary activities, the machinations of the Saudis and Jordanians, is all derring do and a rattling good yarn. A rare combination of a sober academic study and a riveting page-turner!" -- Asian Affairs.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements; Key Terms, Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction: Themes and Issues; Britain and the Yemen Civil War: Prelude to Intervention; The Legacy of Yemeni Irredentism: The Debate over Recognition of the YAR; Between Whitehall and the White House: Anglo-American Relations ; A Constrained Response: The Limits of Covert Action; The Mercenary Operations: British Subterfuge and the French Connection; A Very British Affair': The Guerrilla Campaign, October 1963-September 1964; Plus ca change, plus la meme chose': The Labour Government, Aden, and the Yemen Civil War; From the Jaws of Victory': The Political Defeat of Britain in South Arabia; Conclusion: Political Conviction and the BMO; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the different dimensions to the war in Iraq launched in March 2003 by the United States, the essays here present concise and penetrating analyses, and explore the major implications of the war and their strategic, political and military contexts. Researchers from the Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, experts in international relations, political science, strategic studies and political psychology, present an insightful picture of the war. The book contains a chronology surveying the International Inspection Regime in Iraq, 1991-2003, and the full text of 'The National Security Strategy of the United States of America', which should be regarded as the basis of the Bush administration's strategic rationale for the war in Iraq.Trade Review"A timely collection of essays generated by a series of brainstorming sessions at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies on the implications of the war in Iraq as seen from various disciplinary angles. The collection is divided into two parts, the first deals with the international context, the second, the impact on the region, especially Israel." -- The International Spectator."Included here are essays on regional implications of the war; the extent to which the war has affected the Israeli-Palestinian peace; weapons of mass destruction; how the war has affected the strategic balance in the region; and finally Israel's home front defense policy and implications for the future. An excellent book... Highly recommended." -- ChoiceTable of ContentsATM/Cash Cards; Credit Cards; EFTPOS/Debit Cards; Competition, Innovation and Performance: The Evolution of the Bank Card Business; Smart Cards; Index.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the different dimensions to the war in Iraq launched in March 2003 by the United States, the essays here present concise and penetrating analyses, and explore the major implications of the war and their strategic, political and military contexts. Researchers from the Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, experts in international relations, political science, strategic studies and political psychology, present an insightful picture of the war. The book contains a chronology surveying the International Inspection Regime in Iraq, 1991-2003, and the full text of 'The National Security Strategy of the United States of America', which should be regarded as the basis of the Bush administration's strategic rationale for the war in Iraq.Trade Review"A timely collection of essays generated by a series of brainstorming sessions at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies on the implications of the war in Iraq as seen from various disciplinary angles. The collection is divided into two parts, the first deals with the international context, the second, the impact on the region, especially Israel." -- The International Spectator."Included here are essays on regional implications of the war; the extent to which the war has affected the Israeli-Palestinian peace; weapons of mass destruction; how the war has affected the strategic balance in the region; and finally Israel's home front defense policy and implications for the future. An excellent book... Highly recommended." -- ChoiceTable of ContentsATM/Cash Cards; Credit Cards; EFTPOS/Debit Cards; Competition, Innovation and Performance: The Evolution of the Bank Card Business; Smart Cards; Index.

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Book SynopsisA Creative Tension is a fresh look at the foreign policy roles of Congress and the president by one of the most astute congressional practitioners of foreign policy of recent decades, former U.S. representative and chairman of the House International Relations Committee Lee H. Hamilton. With an insider's perspective based on thirty-four years in Congress, Hamilton elucidates current domestic and international pressures influencing U.S. foreign policy, strengths and weaknesses in the foreign policy process, and ways to improve the performance of the president and Congress. A Creative Tension argues persuasively and elegantly that better consultation between the executive and legislative branches is the most effective way to strengthen American foreign policy. A Creative Tension is the most extensive analysis of the congressional and presidential roles in foreign policy by a former member of Congress. Hamilton explores the topic in an original, stimulating, and accessible manner by deftly mixing incisive commentary with illuminating personal reflections. The book includes timely and important recommendations for improving the ability of Congress and the president to develop a foreign policy that meets the challenges and opportunities of a post-September 11 world. It should be of interest to foreign policy makers, scholars and students of American politics, and the general public.Wilson ForumTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: New International Challenges and OpportunitiesChapter 2. Changes in the Making of Foreign PolicyChapter 3. Continuities in the Making of Foreign PolisyChapter 4. Consultation between the President and CongressChapter 5. Conclusion: Shaping a Twenty-First-Century Foreign PolicyIndex

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Book SynopsisWhy should Americans worry about South Korean security? The answer is clear: North Korea, and beyond. Most international attention to the North Korea problem has focused on U.S. policy, but South Korea's longterm role may in fact be more important. South Korea's security is vital to peace and stability, not only in Northeast Asia but also the wider world. Written by eminent scholars, practitioners, and policymakers with extensive on-the-ground experience, Beyond North Korea assesses the varied contexts —regional and global, traditional and nontraditional —that underpin South Korea's varied security challenges. What are South Korea's military requirements? How do relations with its neighbors enhance or undermine its position? What economic, environmental, and demographic factors come into play? This book reveals that South Korea's national security rests as much on sound domestic policy choices as on successful interstate relations.

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Book SynopsisSouth Korea remains a puzzle for political economists. The country has experienced phenomenal economic growth since the 1960s, but its upward trajectory has been repeatedly diverted by serious systemic crises, followed by spectacular recoveries. The recoveries are often the result of vigorous structural reforms that nonetheless retain many of South Korea's traditional economic institutions.How, then, can South Korea suffer from persistent systemic instability and yet prove so resilient? What remains the same and what changes? The contributors to this volume consider the South Korean economy in its larger political context. Moving beyond the easy dichotomies —equilibrium vs. disequilibrium and stability vs. instability —they describe a complex and surprisingly robust economic and political system.Further, they argue that neither systemic challenges nor political pressures alone determine South Korea's stability and capacity for change. Instead, it is distinct patterns of interaction that shape this system's characteristics, development, and evolution.

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Book SynopsisKim Jong-il once declared he would transform North Korea into a “great and powerful country” by 2012, apparently believing that nuclear weapons would compel the international community to engage on his terms. With no such prospect in sight and Kim himself now in failing health, his regime faces a multitude of intractable problems. Kim has apparently chosen his twenty-something third son as his successor, but will North Koreans accept this inexperienced young man as their leader, and will he embrace new thinking to solve the country's problems? Why do North Korean leaders resist reform of an economic system that impoverishes the people? Can a country so dependent on outside help continue to defy the international community? In Troubled Transition, leading international experts examine these dilemmas, offering new insights into how a troubled North Korea may evolve in light of the ways other command economies and totalitarian states - from the Soviet Union and East Germany to Vietnam and China - have transitioned.

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Book SynopsisWill the nations of Southeast Asia maintain their strategic autonomy, or are they destined to become a subservient periphery of China?This book’s expert authors address this pressing question in multiple contexts. What clues to the future lie in the modern history of Sino-Southeast Asian relations? How economically dependent on China has the region already become? What do Southeast Asians think of China? Does Beijing view the region in proprietary terms as its own backyard? How has the relative absence, distance, and indifference of the United States affected the balance of influence between the US and China in Southeast Asia?The book also explores China’s moves and Southeast Asia’s responses to them. Does China’s Maritime Silk Road through Southeast Asia herald a Pax Sinica across the region? How should China’s expansionary acts in the South China Sea be understood? How have Southeast Asian states such as Vietnam and the Philippines responded? How does Singapore’s China strategy compare with Indonesia’s? How relevant is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations? To what extent has China tried to persuade the “overseas Chinese” in Southeast Asia to identify with “the motherland” and support its aims? How are China’s deep involvements in Cambodia and Laos affecting the economies and policies of those countries? “This rich collection,” writes renowned author-journalist Nayan Chanda, answers these and other questions while offering “fresh insights” and “new information and analyses” to explain Southeast Asia’s relations with China.Trade ReviewThe book is certainly useful for understanding the various dimensions of China–Southeast Asia relations." - Survival: Global Politics and Strategy

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Book SynopsisAs the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights from 2009 to 2017, Ambassador Robert R. King led efforts to ensure that human rights were an integral part of U.S. policy with North Korea. In Patterns of Impunity, he traces U.S. involvement and interest in North Korean human rights, from the adoption of the North Korean Human Rights Act in 2004—legislation which King himself was involved in and which called for the creation of the special envoy position—to his own negotiations with North Korean diplomats over humanitarian assistance, discussions that would ultimately end because of the death of Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un’s ascension as Supreme Leader, as well as continued nuclear and missile testing.Beyond an in-depth overview of his time as special envoy, Ambassador King provides insights into the United Nations’ role in addressing the North Korean human rights crisis, including the UN Human Rights Council’s creation of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK in 2013–14, and discussions in the Security Council on North Korea human rights.King explores subjects such as the obstacles to getting outside information to citizens of one of the most isolated countries in the world; the welfare of DPRK defectors, and how China has both abetted North Korea by returning refugees and enabled the problem of human trafficking; the detaining of U.S. citizens in North Korea and efforts to free them, including King’s escorting U.S. citizen Eddie Jun back from Pyongyang in 2011; and the challenges of providing humanitarian assistance to a country with no formal relations with the United States and where separating human rights from politics is virtually impossible.Trade ReviewKing is realistic about how painstakingly difficult it is to achieve progress on these issues ― but he illustrates that pressing for change can yield results. He points to the improvement of rights of the disabled in North Korea as one victory. -- Haley Gordon, Stanford UniversityThe former special envoy’s account is timely: It comes after what King describes as U.S. disinterest on DPRK human rights issues during the last four years of fire, fury and summitry between former President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. -- James Fretwell, NK NewsWith the Biden administration’s desire for a “human rights up front” approach this is a must-read for all who work in the human rights space and who want to understand the human rights tragedy in North Korea. -- David Maxwell, War on the Rocks

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Book SynopsisNorth Korea is consistently identified as one of the world's worst human rights abusers. However, the issue of human rights in North Korea is a complex one, intertwined with issues like life in the North Korean police state, inter-Korean relations, denuclearization, access to information in the North, and international cooperation, to name a few. There are likewise multiple actors involved, including the two Korean governments, the United States, the United Nations, South Korea NGOs, and global human rights organizations. While North Korea's nuclear weapons and the security threat it poses have occupied the center stage and eclipsed other issues in recent years, human rights remain important to U.S. policy.The contributors to The North Korean Conundrum explore how dealing with the issue of human rights is shaped and affected by the political issues with which it is so entwined. Sections discuss the role of the United Nations; how North Koreans' limited access to information is part of the problem, and how this is changing; the relationship between human rights and denuclearization; and North Korean human rights in comparative perspective.

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Book SynopsisMediating the Uprising: Narratives of Gender and Marriage in Syrian Television Drama shows how gender and marriage metaphors inform post-uprising Syrian drama for various forms of cultural and political critique. These narratives have become complicated since the uprising due to the Syrian regime’s effort to control the revolutionary discourse. As Syria’s uprising spawned more terrorist groups, some drama creators became nostalgic for pre-war days. While for some screenwriters a return to pre-2011 life would be welcome after so much bloodshed, others advocated profound cultural and social transformation, instead. They employed marriage and gender metaphors in the stories they wrote to engage in political critique, even at the risk of creating marketing difficulties for the shows or they created escapist stories such as transnational adaptations and Old Damascus tales. Serving as heritage preservation, Mediating the Uprising underscores that television drama creators in Syria have many ways of engaging in protest, with gender and marriage at the heart of the polemic. Trade Review“A huge accomplishment, Mediating the Uprising combines smart readings of Syrian television miniseries with detailed ethnographic analysis. Joubin reveals the strategies of artists--both oppositional and regime-supporters--who are testing the limits of social and political expression, and the workings of an industry navigating seven years of civil war. The book is an invaluable addition to media studies and Syrian studies.” -- Edward Ziter * author of Political Performance in Syria: From the Six-Day War to the Syrian Uprising *“Mediating the Uprising expertly reveals how Syria’s most successful transnational media products have fared during and responded to the current conflicts. Rebecca Joubin displays uncommon dexterity in how she interlaces a wealth of detail, from knowledgeable insight into sociopolitical contexts to illuminating interviews with the musalsalat’s creative personnel. This approachable book will appeal just as much to specialized scholars as to a general readership wishing to learn more about how devastating geopolitical events take their toll on our media industries and their representations of gender.” -- Kay Dickinson * author of Arab Cinema Travels: Transnational Syria, Palestine, Dubai and Beyond *“A huge accomplishment, Mediating the Uprising combines smart readings of Syrian television miniseries with detailed ethnographic analysis. Joubin reveals the strategies of artists--both oppositional and regime-supporters--who are testing the limits of social and political expression, and the workings of an industry navigating seven years of civil war. The book is an invaluable addition to media studies and Syrian studies.” -- Edward Ziter * author of Political Performance in Syria: From the Six-Day War to the Syrian Uprising *“Mediating the Uprising expertly reveals how Syria’s most successful transnational media products have fared during and responded to the current conflicts. Rebecca Joubin displays uncommon dexterity in how she interlaces a wealth of detail, from knowledgeable insight into sociopolitical contexts to illuminating interviews with the musalsalat’s creative personnel. This approachable book will appeal just as much to specialized scholars as to a general readership wishing to learn more about how devastating geopolitical events take their toll on our media industries and their representations of gender.” -- Kay Dickinson * author of Arab Cinema Travels: Transnational Syria, Palestine, Dubai and Beyond *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Series Foreword List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Note on Transliteration A Chronology of the Syrian Uprising Introduction: New Directions in Television Drama Amid an Uprising Chapter One: Mediating the Uprising Chapter Two: Socio-Political Satire in the Multi-Year Syrian Sketch Series Buq‘at Daw’ (Spotlight): Artistic Resistance via Gender and Marriage Metaphors, 2001 to 2017 Chapter Three: The Rise and Fall of the Qabaday (Tough Man): (De)constructing Fatherhood as Political Protest Chapter Four: The Politics of Love and Desire in Post-Uprising Syrian and Transnational Arab Television Drama Chapter Five: The Politics of Queer Representations in Syrian Television Drama Past and Present Conclusion Appendix 1: Charts of Miniseries for Ramadan 2011-2018 (Miniseries that touch on the uprising are in bold) Appendix 2: Table of Percentages of Miniseries 2011-2018 Appendix 3: Chart of Miniseries for Ramdan 2019 (Miniseries that touch on the uprising are in bold) Appendix 4: Table of Percentages of Miniseries 2019 Acknowledgments Bibliography/Filmography Index

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Book SynopsisMedia Culture in Transnational Asia: Convergences and Divergences examines contemporary media use within Asia, where over half of the world’s population resides. The book addresses media use and practices by looking at the transnational exchanges of ideas, narratives, images, techniques, and values and how they influence media consumption and production throughout Asia, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iran and many others. The book’s contributors are especially interested in investigating media and their intersections with narrative, medium, technologies, and culture through the lenses that are particularly Asian by turning to Asian sociopolitical and cultural milieus as the meaningful interpretive framework to understand media. This timely and cutting-edge research is essential reading for those interested in transnational and global media studies. Trade Review“Media Culture in Transnational Asia is one of the most informative books on Asian cultural studies, examining the dynamics of the local and global forces in the trans-Asian mediascape from a local or Asian point of view. With its focus on the production and circulation of media products, old and new, both within and across national borders, this edition rewards its readership with a rich, productive dialogue among different nations, regions, and perspectives that sounds the possibilities of a rising new pan-Asian community.” -- Suk Koo Rhee * professor at Yonsei University *"Global and glocal, pan-Asian or trans-Asian, from radio to mukbang, this pithy volume presents a provocative collection of scholarship that interrogates transnational media culture in Asia—a region that is steeped in tradition yet burgeoning in exciting new ways. Media Culture in Transnational Asia is a timely and valuable contribution to media studies and Asian studies." -- Sun Sun Lim * professor at Singapore University of Technology and Design *Latinx Pop Lab podcast interview with HyeSu Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1y_8qPcvA0feature=youtu.be * Latinx Pop Lab podcast *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Hyesu Park and Maya Dodd Part I: Transnational Approach Chapter 1: Converging on Love and Indifference: Mediated Otherness in South and East Asia Rea Amit Chapter 2: The Child Bride: Unpacking the Popularity of the Indian Television Show Balika Vadhu in Vietnam Shubhda Arora and Juhi Jotwani Chapter 3: Star Construction in the Era of Media Convergence: Pro-Am Online Videos, Co-creative Culture, and Transnational Chinese Icons on YouTube Dorothy Wai Sim Lau Chapter 4: Screen to Screen: Adaptation and Transnational Circulation of Chinese (Web) Novels for Television W. Michelle Wang Chapter 5: Rhetorical Liminality in Southeast Asian Media Representations of Human Trafficking John Gagnon Chapter 6: Addressing Transnational Legacies of Colonialism in East Asia: Cases from Contemporary Japanese Art Hiroki Yamamoto Part II: Single-nation Approach Chapter 7: Media, Narrative, and Culture: Narrativizing and Contextualizing Korean Mukbang Shows Hyesu Park Chapter 8: Construction, Consumption, and Representation of White Supremacy in Sri Lankan Advertisements: Living White While Being Non-White Asantha U. Attanayake Chapter 9: A Liminal Bengali Identity: Film Culture in Bangladesh Sabiha Huq Chapter 10: Screening Southeast Asia: Film, Politics, and the Emergence of the Nation in Post-War Southeast Asia Darlene Machell de Leon Espena Chapter 11: Afghan Media and Culture in Transition Alireza Dehghan Chapter 12: A Semiotic Analysis of Symbolic Actions of Iranian Instagram Users Hamid Abdollahyan and Hoornaz Keshavarzia Acknowledgments Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisProjecting the Nation: History and Ideology on the Israeli Screen is a wide-ranging history of over seven decades of Israeli cinema. The only book in English to offer this type of historical scope was Ella Shohat’s Israeli Cinema: East West and the Politics of Representation from 1989. Since 1989, however, Israeli cinema and Israeli society have undergone some crucial transformations and, moreover, Shohat’s book offered a single framework through which to judge Israeli cinema: a critique of orientalism. Projecting the Nation contends that Israeli cinema offers much richer historical and ideological perspectives that expose the complexity of the Israeli project. By analyzing Israeli films which address such issues as the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Ashkenazi-Mizrahi divide, the kibbutz and urban life, the rise of religion in Israeli public life and more, the book explores the way cinema has represented and also shaped our understanding of the history of modern Israel as it evolved from a collectivist society to a society where individualism and adherence to local identities is the dominant ideology. Trade Review“In Projecting the Nation, Eran Kaplan ingeniously analyzes the interrelation of aesthetic, economic, and social forces that have influenced Israeli filmmaking since the state’s inception. Kaplan’s interpretations of genres and individual films are smart, sophisticated, and engaging.”— Derek Penslar, Author of Israel in HistoryTable of ContentsContents Introduction 1 Pioneers, Fighters and Immigrants 2 Looking Inward 3 Present Absentees 4 The Post-Zionist Condition 5 The Post-Political Turn in Israeli Cinema 6 Eros on the Israeli Screen 7 In the Image of the Divine Epilogue Big Screens, Small Screens Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisProjecting the Nation: History and Ideology on the Israeli Screen is a wide-ranging history of over seven decades of Israeli cinema. The only book in English to offer this type of historical scope was Ella Shohat’s Israeli Cinema: East West and the Politics of Representation from 1989. Since 1989, however, Israeli cinema and Israeli society have undergone some crucial transformations and, moreover, Shohat’s book offered a single framework through which to judge Israeli cinema: a critique of orientalism. Projecting the Nation contends that Israeli cinema offers much richer historical and ideological perspectives that expose the complexity of the Israeli project. By analyzing Israeli films which address such issues as the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Ashkenazi-Mizrahi divide, the kibbutz and urban life, the rise of religion in Israeli public life and more, the book explores the way cinema has represented and also shaped our understanding of the history of modern Israel as it evolved from a collectivist society to a society where individualism and adherence to local identities is the dominant ideology. Trade Review“In Projecting the Nation, Eran Kaplan ingeniously analyzes the interrelation of aesthetic, economic, and social forces that have influenced Israeli filmmaking since the state’s inception. Kaplan’s interpretations of genres and individual films are smart, sophisticated, and engaging.” -- Derek Penslar * Author of Israel in History *“In Projecting the Nation, Eran Kaplan ingeniously analyzes the interrelation of aesthetic, economic, and social forces that have influenced Israeli filmmaking since the state’s inception. Kaplan’s interpretations of genres and individual films are smart, sophisticated, and engaging.” -- Derek Penslar * Author of Israel in History *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 Pioneers, Fighters and Immigrants 2 Looking Inward 3 Present Absentees 4 The Post-Zionist Condition 5 The Post-Political Turn in Israeli Cinema 6 Eros on the Israeli Screen 7 In the Image of the Divine Epilogue Big Screens, Small Screens Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisBranding Brazil examines a panorama of contemporary cultural productions including film, television, photography, and alternative media to explore the transformation of citizenship in Brazil from 2003 to 2014. A utopian impulse drove the reproduction of Brazilian cultural identity for local and global consumption; cultural production sought social and economic profits, especially greater inclusion of previously marginalized people and places. Marsh asserts that three communicative strategies from branding–promising progress, cultivating buy-in, and resolving contradictions–are the most salient and recurrent practices of nation branding during this historic period. More recent political crises can be understood partly in terms of backlash against marked social and political changes introduced during the branding period. Branding Brazil takes a multi-faceted approach, weaving media studies with politics and cinema studies to reveal that more than a marketing term or project emanating from the state, branding was a cultural phenomenon.Trade Review"Branding Brazil is a clear-eyed and systematic evaluation of the power of publicity in the modern era. Marsh examines diverse representations of Brazil in international cinema, television, and photography as well as in built environments, cultural policies and practices of citizenship, showing us the conflicts and contradictions that emerge when national territories are produced as sites of global consumption. Combining a strong theoretical imagination with trenchant industrial and textual analyses, Marsh exposes how plans to 'build a better Brazil' are made meaningful in cultural and economic spheres —with lasting consequences for ideals of diversity, equality, and belonging." -- Melissa Aronczyk * author of Branding the Nation: The Global Business of National Identity *"Branding Brazil is an exceptionally thoughtful and well-developed exploration of how nation branding through film and television takes place both within a nation and, though much of the same content, beyond it. Leslie Marsh's knowledge of Brazil really stands out as she does both close reading of texts and exploration of the changing politics and cultural dynamics of the country." -- Joseph Straubhaar * co-author of Latin American Television Industries *"This is an audacious book that makes an indispensable contribution to our understanding of one of the most contradictory periods in contemporary Brazilian history. Leslie Marsh uses branding to discuss the construction of a 'new' Brazil through the discursive practices of film, photography, and television to elucidate how they were shaped by utopian impulses and challenged, but also often upheld, the inequities of capitalism." -- Ana M. López * co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema *"Branding Brazil is relevant and timely in its importance to understanding narratives and cultural policies that sought to redefine Brazil’s identity between 2003 and 2014. Using race and gender as its starting point, it explores some of the tensions and contradictions that were part of a nation branding project. The chapters trace economic shifts that go from an increase in the number individuals who entered the middle class in the beginning of the 2000s to a movement of disillusionment when, due to the economic crisis, large numbers of people were forced to live in extreme poverty. Based on a broadly array of cultural artifacts, including films, music, and TV programs, Marsh illustrates how racial and gender inequalities, notions of white supremacy and the myth of racial democracy still play out in everyday life in Brazil. The book is an important addition to the field of Lusophone studies, contributing to key contemporary discussions on issues of social justice in present-day Brazil." -- Katia C. Bezerra * author of Contested Images: Conflicted Geographies of Citizenship in Favelas *"Branding Brazil takes a multimedia approach to understand the intertwining between citizenship and neoliberalism, and the social uses of cinema, photography and television in the construction of communicative strategies and nation-branding. In this endeavor, Leslie Marsh offers us an original blueprint to read media across Latin America, while illuminating the cultural complexities of Brazil’s tumultuous present." -- Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado * author of Screening Neoliberalism: Transforming Mexican Cinema (1988-2012) *“As it assesses strategies of branding during a particularly effervescent moment in Brazilian history, this book articulates the role of media in shaping national identity and citizenship ostensibly defined by the postnational.” -- Hoor Elshafei * Film Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Welcome to the “New Brazil” 1 Branding Brazil through Cultural Policy 2 Negotiating the Past in the Dictatorship Film Cycle 3 Courting the New Middle Class on Primetime TV 4 Selling Citizenship in Alternative Media 5 Favela, Film, Franchise 6 Another Good Neighbor? U.S.-Brazil Relations Revisited On-Screen Conclusion: States of Upheaval: The Marks That Linger Acknowledgments Filmography Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisBranding Brazil examines a panorama of contemporary cultural productions including film, television, photography, and alternative media to explore the transformation of citizenship in Brazil from 2003 to 2014. A utopian impulse drove the reproduction of Brazilian cultural identity for local and global consumption; cultural production sought social and economic profits, especially greater inclusion of previously marginalized people and places. Marsh asserts that three communicative strategies from branding–promising progress, cultivating buy-in, and resolving contradictions–are the most salient and recurrent practices of nation branding during this historic period. More recent political crises can be understood partly in terms of backlash against marked social and political changes introduced during the branding period. Branding Brazil takes a multi-faceted approach, weaving media studies with politics and cinema studies to reveal that more than a marketing term or project emanating from the state, branding was a cultural phenomenon.Trade Review"Branding Brazil is a clear-eyed and systematic evaluation of the power of publicity in the modern era. Marsh examines diverse representations of Brazil in international cinema, television, and photography as well as in built environments, cultural policies and practices of citizenship, showing us the conflicts and contradictions that emerge when national territories are produced as sites of global consumption. Combining a strong theoretical imagination with trenchant industrial and textual analyses, Marsh exposes how plans to 'build a better Brazil' are made meaningful in cultural and economic spheres —with lasting consequences for ideals of diversity, equality, and belonging." -- Melissa Aronczyk * author of Branding the Nation: The Global Business of National Identity *"Branding Brazil is an exceptionally thoughtful and well-developed exploration of how nation branding through film and television takes place both within a nation and, though much of the same content, beyond it. Leslie Marsh's knowledge of Brazil really stands out as she does both close reading of texts and exploration of the changing politics and cultural dynamics of the country." -- Joseph Straubhaar * co-author of Latin American Television Industries *"This is an audacious book that makes an indispensable contribution to our understanding of one of the most contradictory periods in contemporary Brazilian history. Leslie Marsh uses branding to discuss the construction of a 'new' Brazil through the discursive practices of film, photography, and television to elucidate how they were shaped by utopian impulses and challenged, but also often upheld, the inequities of capitalism." -- Ana M. López * co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema *"Branding Brazil is relevant and timely in its importance to understanding narratives and cultural policies that sought to redefine Brazil’s identity between 2003 and 2014. Using race and gender as its starting point, it explores some of the tensions and contradictions that were part of a nation branding project. The chapters trace economic shifts that go from an increase in the number individuals who entered the middle class in the beginning of the 2000s to a movement of disillusionment when, due to the economic crisis, large numbers of people were forced to live in extreme poverty. Based on a broadly array of cultural artifacts, including films, music, and TV programs, Marsh illustrates how racial and gender inequalities, notions of white supremacy and the myth of racial democracy still play out in everyday life in Brazil. The book is an important addition to the field of Lusophone studies, contributing to key contemporary discussions on issues of social justice in present-day Brazil." -- Katia C. Bezerra * author of Contested Images: Conflicted Geographies of Citizenship in Favelas *"Branding Brazil takes a multimedia approach to understand the intertwining between citizenship and neoliberalism, and the social uses of cinema, photography and television in the construction of communicative strategies and nation-branding. In this endeavor, Leslie Marsh offers us an original blueprint to read media across Latin America, while illuminating the cultural complexities of Brazil’s tumultuous present." -- Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado * author of Screening Neoliberalism: Transforming Mexican Cinema (1988-2012) *“As it assesses strategies of branding during a particularly effervescent moment in Brazilian history, this book articulates the role of media in shaping national identity and citizenship ostensibly defined by the postnational.” -- Hoor Elshafei * Film Quarterly *"Branding Brazil is a clear-eyed and systematic evaluation of the power of publicity in the modern era. Marsh examines diverse representations of Brazil in international cinema, television, and photography as well as in built environments, cultural policies and practices of citizenship, showing us the conflicts and contradictions that emerge when national territories are produced as sites of global consumption. Combining a strong theoretical imagination with trenchant industrial and textual analyses, Marsh exposes how plans to 'build a better Brazil' are made meaningful in cultural and economic spheres —with lasting consequences for ideals of diversity, equality, and belonging." -- Melissa Aronczyk * author of Branding the Nation: The Global Business of National Identity *"Branding Brazil is an exceptionally thoughtful and well-developed exploration of how nation branding through film and television takes place both within a nation and, though much of the same content, beyond it. Leslie Marsh's knowledge of Brazil really stands out as she does both close reading of texts and exploration of the changing politics and cultural dynamics of the country." -- Joseph Straubhaar * co-author of Latin American Television Industries *"This is an audacious book that makes an indispensable contribution to our understanding of one of the most contradictory periods in contemporary Brazilian history. Leslie Marsh uses branding to discuss the construction of a 'new' Brazil through the discursive practices of film, photography, and television to elucidate how they were shaped by utopian impulses and challenged, but also often upheld, the inequities of capitalism." -- Ana M. López * co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Latin American Cinema *"Branding Brazil is relevant and timely in its importance to understanding narratives and cultural policies that sought to redefine Brazil’s identity between 2003 and 2014. Using race and gender as its starting point, it explores some of the tensions and contradictions that were part of a nation branding project. The chapters trace economic shifts that go from an increase in the number individuals who entered the middle class in the beginning of the 2000s to a movement of disillusionment when, due to the economic crisis, large numbers of people were forced to live in extreme poverty. Based on a broadly array of cultural artifacts, including films, music, and TV programs, Marsh illustrates how racial and gender inequalities, notions of white supremacy and the myth of racial democracy still play out in everyday life in Brazil. The book is an important addition to the field of Lusophone studies, contributing to key contemporary discussions on issues of social justice in present-day Brazil." -- Katia C. Bezerra * author of Contested Images: Conflicted Geographies of Citizenship in Favelas *"Branding Brazil takes a multimedia approach to understand the intertwining between citizenship and neoliberalism, and the social uses of cinema, photography and television in the construction of communicative strategies and nation-branding. In this endeavor, Leslie Marsh offers us an original blueprint to read media across Latin America, while illuminating the cultural complexities of Brazil’s tumultuous present." -- Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado * author of Screening Neoliberalism: Transforming Mexican Cinema (1988-2012) *“As it assesses strategies of branding during a particularly effervescent moment in Brazilian history, this book articulates the role of media in shaping national identity and citizenship ostensibly defined by the postnational.” -- Hoor Elshafei * Film Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Welcome to the “New Brazil” 1 Branding Brazil through Cultural Policy 2 Negotiating the Past in the Dictatorship Film Cycle 3 Courting the New Middle Class on Primetime TV 4 Selling Citizenship in Alternative Media 5 Favela, Film, Franchise 6 Another Good Neighbor? U.S.-Brazil Relations Revisited On-Screen Conclusion: States of Upheaval: The Marks That Linger Acknowledgments Filmography Notes References Index

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Book Synopsis​International Law is usually considered, at least initially, to be a unitary legal order that is not subject to different national approaches. Ex definition it should be an order that transcends the national, and one that merges national perspectives into a higher understanding of law. It gains broad recognition precisely because it gives expression to a common consensus transcending national positions.The reality, however, is quite different. Individual countries’ approaches to International Law, and the meanings attached to different concepts, often diverge considerably. The result is a lack of comprehension that can ultimately lead to outright conflicts.In this book, several renowned international lawyers engage in an enquiry directed at sorting out how different European nations have contributed to the development of International Law, and how various national approaches to International Law differ. In doing so, their goal is to promote a better understanding of theory and practice in International Law.Chapter “What Are and to What Avail Do We Study European International Law Traditions?” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsWhat are and to what avail do we study European International Law Traditions? by Peter Hilpold.- The Concept of International Law – The German Perspective by Christian Tomuschat.- The 'Austrian School of International Law' – The influence of Austrian international lawyers on the formation of the present international legal order by Heribert Franz Köck.- The Concept of International Law: The Italian Perspective by Carlo Focarelli.- The French Tradition of International Law by Andrea Hamann.- British Contributions to Public International Law by Michael Wood.- Exploring Belgian and Dutch “Traditions” in International Law by Jan Wouters and Nina Pineau.- International Law from a Nordic Perspective by Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen and Jakob v.H. Holtermann.- The Russian Concept of International Law as Imperial Legacy by Lauri Mälksoo.- International Adjudication under Particular Consideration of International Criminal Justice: The German Contribution by Stefanie Bock.- The development of International Economic Law - Contributions of German-Speaking Countries by Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann.

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Book SynopsisThis volume offers both theoretical approaches and case studies on the relationship between religion and the secular world. Bringing together contributions from seasoned authors, religious leaders, and brilliant new scholars, it frames the long-standing debate on how to structure a comparative representation of any religion on the one side, and the secular world on the other. Often, the very act of comparing religions exposes them to an assessment of their role in history and politics, and risks leading to some sort of grading and ranking, which is highly unproductive. By candidly discussing the relation between religion and the secular and providing concrete examples from four case studies (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Baha’I’), this book provides an important reference on how this can be achieved in a neutral way, while keeping in mind the normative finality of seeking conciliation to existing fractures, both within and among religions.Table of ContentsI. PrefaceII. Introduction Dr Simone Raudino (Bridging Gaps, Hong Kong)Part IIII. Religious Perspectives on the secular world1. Christianity and the Secular – Dr Steve Chavura (Macquarie University, Sidney)2. Judaism and the World: A Kaleidoscope of Responses– Rabbi Jeremy Rosen (Jewish Community Center, New York)3. Islam – 4. Baha’i Faith and the Age of the Oneness of Humankind and World Peace – Professor Hoda Mahmoudi (University of Maryland, College Park)Part IIIV. Fracture and Composition6. Faiths in Collision: The Social Revolution in the Post-Christian West and the Pan-Islamic Revolution – Professor Wayne Cristaudo (University of Darwin) 7. Islamic Radicalism in the West – Dr Simone Raudino & Dr Uzma Ashraf (Bridging Gaps, Hong Kong)8. Secularism and legal pluralism in Muslim-minority States – Abigail Champion and Ahmad Ghouri 9. Muslims in Secular Europe – Amineh Hoti 10. Strategies for Inter-religious Dialogue - Jenn LindsayV. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book integrates spatial analysis into the study and management of conflicts, and offers a model in conflict studies that incorporates theoretical explanations of conflict, its causes, and impacts, with a geospatial strategy for intervening in disputes over allocation and use of natural resources (connects theory and practice). Alongside a theoretical analysis of resource conflicts and an account of Participatory Mapping and PGIS development, this book provides a case study of GIS applications in conflict mediation. The book also lays out a practical and straightforward demonstration of PGIS applications in conflict management using a real-world case study, and traces the Participatory Mapping and PGIS movements’ evolution, compares PPGIS and PGIS practices, and makes distinctions between traditional GIS applications and PGIS practice. The approach embodies the enhanced use of spatial information and media, sets of tools for analyzing, mapping, and displaying spatial data and a platform for participatory discussions that enhances consensus-building. The book, therefore, contributes to the search for novel approaches for managing current and emerging conflicts. With this book, resource managers, development practitioners, students, and scholars of Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications and conflict studies will be equipped with the principles, skills, and the tools they need to manage non-violent resource conflicts and keep the disputes from slipping into violence. The book will also be a valuable text for basic and advanced studies in Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications, Conflict Resolution and Conflict Management. Table of ContentsPart1. Sources, impacts, and the perspectives on resource conflicts.- Chapter1. Natural Resources, Conflict of Interests and their Management.- Chapter2. Sources, Impacts and Management of Natural Resources Conflicts.- Chapter3. Perspectives on Natural Resource Conflicts.- Part2. Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications in conflict management.- Chapter4. Participatory Mapping and management of natural resource conflicts.- Chapter5. The Development of Community-based GIS Applications.- Chapter6. The impact of geospatial data processing on conflict-supporting beliefs.- Chapter7. Case study: Participatory mapping and management of conflict of interests over allocation of resources within the Aboma Forest Reserve at Kofiase, Ghana.- Part3. Assessment of Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications in conflict management.- Chapter8. Important factors in successful Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications in conflict management.- Chapter9. Appraisal of the roles of Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications in conflict management.- Chapter10. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book analyses the relationship between discourse and conflict, exploring both how language may be used to promote conflict and also how it is possible to avoid or mitigate conflict through tactical use of language. Bringing together contributions from both established scholars and emerging voices in the fields of Discourse Analysis and Conflict Studies, it argues for a discourse approach to making sense of conflict and disagreement in the modern world. ‘Conflict’ is understood here as having a national or global focus and consequences, and includes verbal aggression and hate speech, as well as physical confrontation between political and ethnic groups or states over values, claims to status, power and resources. Themes explored in the volume include the language of conflict, hate speech in online and offline media, and discourse and peace-building, and the chapters examine various national contexts, including Lithuania, Brazil, Belgium, North Macedonia, Sri Lanka, the USA and Afghanistan. The chapters cover conflict-related topics within the fields of Political Science, International Relations, Sociology, Media Studies, and Applied Linguistics, and the book will be of interest to students, researchers and experts in these and related fields, as well as professionals in conflict and peace-building/peace-keeping.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Discourse, Conflict and Conflict Resolution (Innocent Chiluwa).- Part 1: The Language of Conflict.- Chapter 2: Taking radical disagreement seriously: Filling the discourse analytic gap in the study of intractable asymmetric conflicts (Oliver Ramsbotham).- Chapter 3: Language in the service of lawfare: The "working definition of antisemitism" of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) (Susan Blackwell).- Chapter 4: Metaphors of Intolerance: A Comparative Analysis between the Speeches and Cartoons of Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump on Immigration (Argus Romero Abreu de Morais and Luciane Correa Ferreira).- Part 2: Hate Speech in Online and Offline Media.- Chapter 5: How do haters hate? Verbal aggression in Lithuanian online comments (Jūratė Ruzaitė).- Chapter 6: Different Shades of Hate: The Grey Zone between Offensive and Discriminatory Language in the Social Media Accounts of Flemish Politicians (Martina Temmerman and Raymond Harder).-Chapter 7: Reframing Hate: From Disaffected Young Men to Domestic Terrorists (Federica Fornaciari and Laine Goldman).- Chapter 8: Communicating hate on YouTube: The Macedonian identity in focus (Minos-Athanasios Karyotakis).- Chapter 9: “Who Wants to Sterilise the Sinhalese?” A Discourse Historical Analysis of Extreme Speech Online in Post-War Sri Lanka (Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero).- Chapter 10: Facebook comments on the ‘refugee crisis’: Discursive strategies to legitimise hate speech online (Dario Lucchesi).- Part 3: Discourse and peace-building.- Chapter 11: Positioning the voices of conflict: Language manipulation in the Diálogos de Paz (Lawrence N. Berlin).- Chapter 12: Building bridges after a riot: Talking towards mutual understanding following Charlottesville (Linda M. Doornbosch and Mark van Vuuren).- Chapter 13: Person to person peace building through intercultural communication: Discourse analysis of an online intercultural service-learning project with Afghanistan (Amy Jo Minett et al).- Chapter 14 Talk and Action as Discourse in UN Military Observer Course: Routines and Practices of Navigation (Iira Rautiainen).- Chapter 15: An analysis of public discourse on Albania’s transitional justice system (Islam Jusufi et al.).- Chapter 16: Afterword (Innocent Chiluwa).

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the prospects for the development of the African continent as part of the emerging system of international relations in the twenty-first century. African countries are playing an increasingly important part in the current system of international relations. Nevertheless, even 60 years after gaining their independence, most of them are confronted with regional and global issues that are directly related to their colonial past and its influence. Due to Africa’s wealth of natural and geopolitical resources, the possibility of interference in the internal affairs of African countries on the part of new and traditional global actors remains very real. Leading Africanists, together with international scholars from both international relations and African studies, examine the experience of decolonization, the impact of the emergence of a unipolar world on the African continent, and the growing influence of new international actors on the African continent in the twenty-first century. In addition, the importance of African countries’ foreign policy concepts and ideological attitudes in the post-bipolar period is revealed. “This volume strengthens the intellectual bridge between Russian, African and Western scholars of international relations. Strongly recommended!” Vladimir G. Shubin, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences “This book presents a wide range of prominent global scholars who bring a wealth of knowledge on the subject of Africa and the world.” Gilbert Khadiagala, Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the USA (ACSUS) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. “As a genuine contribution to the field of international relations and Global South Agency, this book should be in every institution of higher education’s library.” Lembe Tiky, Director of Academic Development, International Studies Association.Table of ContentsPart One: Legacy of Decolonization.- Sixty Years Later: Africa’s Stalled Decolonization.- Post-Colonial Period in the History of Africa: Development Challenges.- Rethinking the Role of Araujo Castro in Brazilian Position on the Decolonization of Africa.- USSR and the Nkrumah’s Project of the Union of African States, 1963-1965. (Based on Russian Archival Materials).- Part Two: Emerging Powers and Africa in the context of Multipolar World Formation.- Designs of the Four: Comparing African Strategies of Russia, China, US and EU against the Backdrop of the (re-)Emerging Bipolarity.- Russia–Africa: New Cooperation Prospects in a Changing World.- Africa’s Shadow Rise and the Mirage of Economic Development.- Security and Development in China-Africa Contemporary Cooperation.- Costs and Benefits of China’s Role in Southern Africa.- Africa in the Hierarchy of China's Core National Interests.- Part Three: African Solutions to African Problems: the Role of Africans in Peacekeeping.- The African Union and Peacekeeping in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities.- African Peacekeeping and African Integration: Current Challenges.- IGAD’s Mediation and Peacekeeping in Africa: Challenges and Perspective.- Women’s Participation in the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: Overcoming Barriers.- Farmer-Herders Conflict as a Challenge to National Unity in Nigeria.- Part Four: Mental Decolonization through Non-Western International Relations Theories.- Analytic Afrocentricity and the Future of African Studies.- African Foreign Policy Thought and Classical Political Doctrines: the Commonality of Ethical and Axiological Grounds.- In Quest of African IR Theories: Panafricanism and National Ideologies, Critical Theories or Post-colonial Studies?.- An African Worldview on International Relations: Theory and State Policy.- Part Five: Decolonization in the 21st Century and Future Perspectives.- Problem of African Agency in International Relations from the European Union Viewpoint.- Information Dependence as the Neocolonialism of the 21st Century: Past, Present, Future.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines and proposes a legal framework for the creation of a regional space agency for Latin America especially in regard of pivotal aspects such as institutional structures, transfer of competences and cooperation agreements facilitating Latin America to act with one voice on the international space stage. It demonstrates how the European Space Agency (ESA), as regional space agency for Europe and its experiences for more than 50 years, may serves as model for such a regional forum in Latin America in view of required structures and rules to enable common peaceful space activities on regional level for the development of Latin American states and for the benefit of their societies.Table of ContentsLatin America and the Principle of International Space Cooperation.- Towards a Latin American Space Agency.- The Creation of a Space Agency in Latin America.- The Convention of the Latin American Space Agency.

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Book SynopsisFrom the erosion of state legitimacy in Lebanon to the use of smartphones in Kyrgyzstan, from a Polish suburb to the music scene in Azerbaijan, this volume attempts to explain why, in a variety of world regions, a substantial number of people tend to ignore or act against state rules. We propose to look at informality beyond simplistic associations of the phenomenon with a single category such as "informal labour" or "corruption". By doing this, we propose to look for a correlation between the emergence, and persistence, of some informal practices and the quality of governance in a given area. We also suggest that a better understanding of the variety of informal practices present in a region can help conceptualising more adequate interventions and eventually improve the socio-economic conditions of its inhabitants. Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction. - Chapter 1. The (im)moralities of informality: states, their citizens and conflicting moral orders (Abel Polese). - Part II. Coming. - Chapter 2. (Im)mobilities and Informality as Livelihood Strategies in Transnational Social Fields (Ignacio Fradejas-García, José Molina and Miranda Lubbers). - Chapter 3. Restaurant Backyards, Food Stores, and Temples. Invisibility, informal labour Practices, and Migrant Networks in the Suburbs of Warsaw (Karolina Bielenin-Lenczowska and Helena Patzer). - Chapter 4. Informal Networks Among Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Case of Croatia (Ružica Šimić Banović, Vlatka Škokić, Mirela Alpeza). - Chapter 5. “Performance of Illegality” towards migrants living with HIV in Russia: from Social Exclusion to Deportation (Daniel Kashinitsky). - Part III. Staying. - Chapter 5. Institutions and the Informal Economy – Tax Morale of Small Businesses in Armenia and Georgia (Joanna Paquin). - Chapter 6. Left in the “Shadows”: the Informal Moral Economy of the Russian Far East (Aimar Ventsel). - Chapter 7. Azerbaijani Meykhana: Cultural Policy and Local Actors’ Agenda (Aneta Strzemżalska). - Chapter 8. Everyday forms of governance in Uzbekistan: the illegal, the immoral and the illegitimate (Abel Polese, Rustamjon Urinboyev, Mans Svensson, Laura Adams, Tanel Kerikmäe). - Part IV. Competing. - Chapter 9. Mixed Perceptions of State Responsibility among Informal Sector Participants (Anil Duman). - Chapter 10. State Collusion or Erosion During a Sovereign Debt Crisis: Market Dynamics Spawn Informal Practices in Lebanon (Joseph Helou). - Chapter 11. Perceived Pull and Push Factors of Healthcare Professionals Intention for Mobility: The Case Of Romania (Elena Druică and Rodica Ianole – Călin). - Chapter 12. E-nformality: Smartphones as a New Regulatory Space for Informal Exchange of Formal Resources (Aksana Ismailbekova and Gulzat Baialieva). - Chapter 13. Work, Subsistence and Distress of the Homeless in Moldova (Petru Negură)

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an interdisciplinary approach to conflict solution focusing on a very specific type of conflict, retributive conflicts . It is unique in the treatment of these and how relative measurement is used to find equilibrium solutions. The authors present an alternative process to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They do so in two ways that are different from past efforts. The first is by formally structuring the conflict and the second is the manner in which discussions were conducted and conclusions drawn. The approach will help create a solution and provide negotiators with a unique pathway to consider the thorny issues and corresponding concessions underlying the deliberations, together with their implementation. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) provides a way to conflict solution with the participation of negotiators for the parties. It is a positive approach that makes it possible to reason and express feelings and judgments with numerical intensities to derive priorities. With the assistance of panels of Israeli participants and Palestinian participants brought together in 2006 to 2017, AHP was applied for the first time in a group setting to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The process makes it clear that moderation in different degrees by both sides is essential to arrive at acceptable agreements on concessions proposed and agreed upon by both sides.Trade Review“This book will become a classic and the go-to reference handbook for negotiating retributive conflicts using the AHP approach. … The book is nicely printed by Springer and is pleasant to read.” (Enrique Mu, International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process, Vol. 13 (3), 2021)Table of ContentsLaying the Groundwork.- The Middle East Conflict.- The Analytic Hierarchy Process.- Retributive Conflicts and the AHP.- Structuring the Hierarchy to Make Tradeoffs.- Lessons Learned.- The Pittsburgh Principles.- Implementation to the Principles.- The Palestinian Refugee Problem.- Strategic Communications.- Looking Ahead.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the role of Chineseness or lo chino in the production of Chilean national identity. It does so by discussing the many voices, images, and intentions of diverse actors who contribute to stereotyping or problematizing Chineseness in Chile. The authors argue that in general, representing and perceiving China or Chineseness as the Other is part of a broader cultural and political strategy for various stakeholders to articulate Chile as either a Western country or one that is becoming-Western. The authors trace the evolution of the symbolic role that China and Chineseness play in defining racial, gendered, and class aspects of Chilean national social imaginary. In doing so, they challenge a common idea that Chineseness is a stable signifier and the simplistic perception of the ethnic Chinese as the unassimilable foreigner within the nation. In response, the authors call for a postmigrant approach to understanding identities and Chilean society beyond stubborn Orient-Occident and us-them dichotomies.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Chineseness in ChileSituating Orientalism in ChileHistorical Imaginary of China in ChileOverview of the Book ChaptersChapter 2. The Enduring Duality of ChinesenessChina/Chineseness as Threat or OpportunityPolemic Discussions about China in the 21st century: Threat or Opportunity?Conclusion: China as a Double-edged Sword or MirrorChapter 3. Dynamics of In/comprehensibilityThe Silent or Incomprehensible StrangerComprehending the Ethnic Chinese: Towards Greater Understanding and Distinguishing Between “Chinos”Problematizing Chineseness as Other/IncomprehensibleConclusion: Towards Chineseness as Potential or Radical OpennessChapter 4. Racialized Femininities and Masculinities, and the Queerness of the Ethnic ChineseOrientalizing Ethnic Chinese/Asian womenUndesirable or Asexual Chinese MasculinitiesThe Impossibility of MiscegenationQueering Gender/Sexual Binaries Through ChinesenessConclusion Chapter 5. Marca Chile, Marca ChinaThe Interdependence of Marca Chile and Marca China(Re)Branding China in ChileWhen Marca Chile is Actually Marca China: the Global Raspberry ScandalConclusion: Towards Incorporating Chineseness into Marca ChileChapter 6. Many-faced Orientalism: Racism and Xenophobia in a Time of the Novel Coronavirus Covid-19The Many Faces of Orientalism During the PandemicExperiences and Responses in Chile to Anti-Chinese/Asian RacismConcluding RemarksChatper 7. ConclusionChapter 8. Deciphering the Written and Spoken “Chinese:” “Me Estás Hablando en Chino” 

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