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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to reposition international relations (IR) theory by providing insights into non-Western concepts and theories. By engaging with understandings of power, identity, the state and the individual from a range of states outside of the Western hemisphere, the contributors to this book introduce new methods for understanding aspects of IR in context considerate ways. Engagements with Western theories and cases highlight how we need to reposition traditional understandings to allow non-Western approaches to IR develop alongside and inform their Western counterparts. Moreover, the book reinforces the need to move beyond the traditionally used Western-centric lenses without removing them completely, instead it advocates a harmonisation between them to reduce generalisations across the local, state and regional levels.Table of ContentsTable of Contents1. IntroductionSamantha CookeSection 1: Internationalising International Relations Theory2. Decentralising Europe: Harnessing alternative theories of IRTareq Sydiq & Maria Ketzmerick3. Reorienting Theory: Latin American perspectives on International RelationsKarolina Baraniak4. Foreign Policy Analysis: Engagements outside of the WestChris Featherstone5. Reimagining the Global Order: China in history and theoryCalvin Xin LiuSection 2: Decentralising the West: Redefining Key Concepts in IR6. An Asian Theory of DemocracyOlivia Cheung7. Understanding People and the State: A Liberal and Neo-Confucian comparisonWilliam Barclay8. Decolonising Empowerment in Africa: Illustration as a toolChesney McOmberSection 3: Changing Frameworks: Re-imagining Political Issues9. Theorising Emotions in IR: A Maghrebi perspective on inter-state rivalry and the failure of regional integrationYasmine Zarhloule10. Gendered Activism and Political Participation: A Latin American perspectiveEmanuela Buscemi11. Jihadi Terrorism and Hybrid Security Threats in Asia: Lessons from PakistanMudassir Farooqi12. Moving Beyond Global Hierarchies: Is a synthesis possible?Evren Altinkas

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Book SynopsisForgiveness is important in international politics because it can save thousands of lives. Its opposite, vengefulness, has played a significant part in various wars of the 20th and 21st centuries. These conflicts are examined in this book, showing how forgiveness could have avoided the tremendous ensuing bloodshed. Despite its importance, in the context of international relations, forgiveness as a means of preventing the outbreak of war (as opposed to facilitating reconciliation after conflicts) has largely been neglected as a subject of study. Indeed, it has also been ignored by politicians, as a result of which there are few examples of forgiveness to study compared with those of revenge. This book reflects this reality, but also seeks to change it by raising public awareness of the importance of forgiveness in international affairs and the need to demand that political leaders explore this avenue. The book also provides a succinct, informative guide to the background of today’s international affairs. Each chapter can be read independently and highlights either forgiveness in action or the futility and loss of life caused by vengefulness, demonstrating where and how forgiveness could have made a dramatic difference.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Forgiveness and Revenge.- Part 1. Forgiveness towards a Foreign Enemy and the Futility of Revenge.- Chapter 2. Robert Schuman, Forgiveness and the Founding of the EU.- Chapter 3. 9/11: the USA's Revenge on Afghanistan.- Chapter 4. Iraq 2003: Deluded Revenge.- Chapter 5. Libya and the West: A Cycle of Revenge.- Chapter 6. USA and Iran.- Chapter 7. Is America a Vengeful Democracy?.- Part 2. The West’s Unforgiving Responses to Russia and China.- Chapter 8. Russophobia: the Ukraine Conflict, the Skripal Affair.- Chapter 9. Belarus: Forgiveness; Russophobia Impedes Mediation.- Chapter 10. Sinophobia.- Chapter 11. Political Vengeance has Harmed China’s Development.- Part 3. Forgiveness between Ethnic Groups or to an Occupying Power.- Chapter 12. Mahatma Gandhi’s Rejection of Revenge.- Chapter 13. Israel and the Palestinians: the Futility of Violent Revenge.- Chapter 14. Forgiveness and the Irish Conflict.- Chapter 15. Nelson Mandela: Faith, Force and Forgiveness.- Part 4. Forgiveness during or after Civil War.- Chapter 16. The Relevance of Forgiveness and Revenge to the Syrian Civil War.- Chapter 17. Forgiveness after Civil War: Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Colombia and South Sudan.- Chapter 18. A Leadership of Forgiveness.- Chapter 19. Political Apologies, Forgiveness and Reparations.- Chapter 20. The Limits of Forgiveness (1): Islamic Jihadism in Africa.- Chapter 21. The Limits of Forgiveness (2): Myanmar Under the Generals.- Chapter 22. The Forgiveness of Debts.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth look into key political dynamics that obtain in a democracy without parties, offering a window into political undercurrents increasingly in evidence throughout the Latin American region, where political parties are withering. For the past three decades, Peru has showcased a political universe populated by amateur politicians and the dominance of personalism as the main party–voter linkage form. The study peruses the post-2000 evolution of some of the key Peruvian electoral vehicles and classifies the partisan universe as a party non-system. There are several elements endogenous to personalist electoral vehicles that perpetuate partylessness, contributing to the absence of party building. The book also examines electoral dynamics in partyless settings, centrally shaped by effective electoral supply, personal brands, contingency, and iterated rounds of strategic voting calculi. Given the scarcity of information electoral vehicles provide, as well as the enormously complex political environment Peruvian citizens inhabit, personal brands provide readymade informational shortcuts that simplify the political world. The concept of “negative legitimacy environments” is furnished to capture political settings comprised of supermajorities of floating voters, pervasive negative political identities, and a generic citizen preference for newcomers and political outsiders. Such environments, increasingly present throughout Latin America, produce several deleterious effects, including high political uncertainty, incumbency disadvantage, and political time compression. Peru’s “democracy without parties” fails to deliver essential democratic functions including governability, responsiveness, horizontal and vertical accountability, or democratic representation, among others. Table of Contents1. Introduction: Latin America's Party System Trends1.1 Party system deinstitutionalization1.2 Party system collapses and post-collapse dynamics1.3 Regime-level consequences 2. Peru's Parties: Autonomy, Coherence and Social Rootedness2.1 Introduction2.2 The Fate of Traditional Parties in Post-Fujimori Peru2.2.1 APRA 2.2.1.1 Autonomy 2.2.1.2 Coherence,2.2.1.3 Social rootedness2.2.2 The Right and Center Right: Partido Popular Crisitano and Accion Popular2.2.3 The Fractured Left2.3 The Taxi Parties of the Post Fujimorato Period2.3.1 Peru Posible2.3.2 Fujimorismo2.3.2.1 A real Party?2.3.2.2 Autonomy, coherence and social rootedness2.3.2.3 The future of Fujimorismo 2.3.3 Partido Nacionalista Peruano2.3.3.1 Autonomy 2.3.3.2 Coherence2.3.3.3 Social rootedness2.4 Conclusion3. Peru's Party Non-System: Traits and Dynamics3.1 Introduction3.2 What is a Party Non-System?3.3 Why Pery qualifies as a Party Non-System3.3.1 Persistently high extra-systemic volatility3.3.2 Absence of Systemic Parties3.4 Electoral Dynamics of Peru’s Non System3.4.1 Absence of Programmatic Structuration3.4.2 Personalistic party-voter linkages3.5 The Primacy of Party Supply over Demand3.6 The Importance of Strategic Voting3.7 Prospects for Party System Reconstruction3.8 Conclusion4. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an overview of the main changes in the United States' foreign policy in response to the transformations in the international order in the last decades. If, after the end of the Cold War, the USA invested in the universalization of market economy and in the strengthening of its military supremacy, new developments demanded reorientations in the country’s foreign strategy. The controversial military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, the 2008 economic crisis, the rise of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and the rise of right-wing populism altered the global political landscape and demanded new responses from the most powerful country in the world. This volume brings together nine essays in which the founding member of the World International Studies Committee, Sebastião C. Velasco e Cruz, analyzes how the United States’ foreign policy responded to the growing challenges posed by this changing international order, discussing topics such as: The evolution of the American geopolitical strategy after the end of the Cold War How US foreign policy reacted to challenges to security and dilemmas of the international order Barack Obama's foreign policy and world politics Donald Trump and the rise of populism in the USA US relations with BRICs and Latin America The United States in a Troubled World: Essays on Interpretation will be of interest to international relations and political science researchers both within and outside the United States. Table of Contents1. A Problem of Method. The United States Grand Strategy: Debate, Policies, Implications for Brazil.- 2. Between Norms and Facts: Challenges to Security and Dilemmas of the International Order.- 3. After the Cold War: Geopolitical Evolution, Scenarios and Prospects.- 4. The United States in India’s Mirror: Reflections on the Development Strategies and Foreign Relations of an Ascending Country.- 5. A New Course? Obama’s Choices and World Politics.- 6. The Tragedy of Diplomacy and Obama’s Foreign Policy.- 7. The Presence of Tradition: Populism in the USA.- 8. A House Divided: Donald Trump and the Transformation of American Politics.- 9. International Order? Interamerican Relations and Political Outlook for Latin America.

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Book SynopsisLocated within the plantation economy model of the “New World Group” of The University of the West Indies, this book explores how the changes in the European Union’s sugar regime impacted a sugar-dependent community in Jamaica. It details how the end of centuries of preferential treatment of Jamaican sugar in the British/European market in 2005 worsened the social and environmental realities of the Monymusk community in Clarendon, Jamaica, which depended on the sugar industry. In describing the response of the Jamaican Government to the changes in the EU Sugar Regime, and the subsequent roll-out of an EU funded adaptation strategy, the author provides some unique perspectives on this process, drawing on his experience as a senior civil servant involved in the process. The book also highlights the continued social and environmental impact on the area since 2015 . The book concludes with a discussion on the empirical findings and how those findings contribute to the debates on the dependency perpetuated by the Plantation Economy Model of development and the failure of neo-liberal influenced government policies, as well as the lack of imagination of post-independent governments to break this dependency and deliver on the promise of independence.Table of Contents1 Theoretical Framework.- 2 The Origins and Development of a Plantation Economy.- 3 the Sugar Industry Post-Independence.- 4 The Avalanche of Trade Liberalization Since the 1990s.- 5 The Response.- 6 Conditions of the Industry and the Monymusk Sugar Dependent Area (SDA) before JCS.- 7 The Impact.- 8 Policy Implications.

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Book SynopsisEven before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central Region faced numerous obstacles to building a stable and prosperous future. The region, which encompasses the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, Central Asia, and South Asia, has been plagued by economic and political uncertainty amidst dramatic shifts in the global power structure. With the pandemic now exacerbating the volatility in this already fragile region, the U.S.'s strategic objectives are rife for re-examination.A complicated stew of factors such as weakening of established governance systems, the emboldening of extremist individuals and groups through advances in digital technology, the humanitarian crises in Afghanistan and Syria, and the intensification of the great power competition with China and Russia are creating a fertile environment for the growth of violent extremist organizations (VEOs). Such organizations take advantage of vulnerable, aggrieved, and traumatized populations to fuel radicalization, recruitment, and unrest, which further undermine stability and the potential for peace and prosperity.While it is still early to fully understand how the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic will impact U.S. policy, this book provides a timely analysis of relevant dynamics such as popular radicalization, digital information ecosystems, networks of influence, and new capabilities to recognize and prepare for other such black swan events in the region.Table of Contents1. Russia’s Energy Ambitions in the Middle East through the Prism of Great Power Competition.- 2. Iran’s Defense Policy.- 3. Prelude to Showdown: China-Russia Alliance and Great Leap Backward for Future Power Competition in the Middle East.- 4. Competition for Influence in the Middle East.- 5. Brothers in Jihad: Pakistan’s Strategic Depth, the Taliban, Afghan Arabs and the Global Jihad.- 6. How America Advances in the Great Power Competition.- 7. The Rise of Malign Actors in the Globalized, Digital Age.- 8. Entrepreneurship and Counter Extremism.- 9. Population Dynamics: Unrest and Violent Extremism.- 10. Conflict Interrupted: Understanding Population Dynamics and Interrupting the Process of Influencing, Mobilizing and Weaponizing People into Violent Extremism.- 11. Population Dynamics: Unrest and Violent Extremism.- 12. Russia views Central Asia/South Asia-the primary threat and longer-term opportunity.- 13. Competition for Influence: Information Environment.

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume addresses the role of non-state actors (NSAs) in international relations. From their emergence in the early 20th century, entities of non-state status have played a role of increasing prominence in international politics. Scholarly work has been slow to catch up, approaching NSAs mainly through the scope of legitimacy and international law or limiting focus to NGOs, international organizations, and economic corporations. This volume remedies that, creating a typology of NSAs based on systematic and coherent analysis.Presenting a series of cases of NSAs across the continuum of international relations, the chapters firmly ground NSAs in the ontology of international relations theory. Filling a gap in the current literature, this book will be of interest to students and researchers of international relations theory, international politics, international security, diplomatic history, and European and Middle East politics, as well as policy-makers and practitioners. Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Conceptualising Non-State actors in International Relations.- Chapter 2 The power of institutions in IR: From intergovernmental to non-governmental organizations.- Chapter 3 - Irregular Militaries and Militias in International Relations Theory: The Case of Iraqi Shiite militias.- Chapter 4 - Dilemmas of fundamentalist non-state actors in international relations.- Chapter 5 - The impact of ethnic groups on International Relations.- Chapter 6 - States-to-Be as Foreign Policy Actors.- Chapter 7 - Conclusion. Understanding the role of non-state actors in a mutable global system.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers selected topics on contemporary Turkish Foreign Policy to understand and critically analyze the ideas, discourses, actors, processes and structures in the foreign policymaking. It provides the readers with a compilation of chapters on the critical analysis of Turkey’s changing positionality and foreign policy identity. In doing so, it draws on the tools and perspectives offered by the critical theories and approaches in International Relations and relevant disciplines. Most of the chapters included in this project deal with the dramatic metamorphoses that took place in Turkish Foreign Policy during the period when the Justice and Development Party ruled and their ongoing consequences. Trade Review“Critical Readings of Turkey’s Foreign Policy is certainly the fruit of a wellthought through and diligently executed project by its editors, Birsen Erdoğan and Fulya Hisarlıoğlu, and contributors. Bringing together a variety of critical approaches, bridging different research methodologies, and theoretical frameworks, this book is a timely addition to the International Relations (ir) discipline in Turkey and beyond.” (Zeynep Alemdar, European Review of International Studies ERIS, Issue 10, 2023)Table of ContentsCHAPTER I: TURKEY QUO VADIS?: DISCOURSES ON THE VITAL INTERESTS OF TURKISH STATES IN RETROSPECT.PART I: TURKEY IN THE WORLD ORDER(S) CHAPTER II: COLONIALITY AND POSTCOLONIALITY IN THE ANALYSIS OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY.CHAPTER III: RACIAL ORDERING IN THE WORLD: EUROPEAN MODERNITY, TURKISH LIMINALITY, AND AFRICAN AFFECTABILITY.CHAPTER IV: UNDERSTANDING THE PLACE AND ROLE OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH IN TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY DISCOURSE.CHAPTER V: THE S-400 CRISIS: REORDERING THE TURKISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS IN A HEGEMONIC MASCULINE NARRATIVE.CHAPTER VI: CHANGING HIERARCHY IN WORLD POLITICS: EXAMINATION OF TURKEY’S GROWING TIES WITH CHINA.PART II: CONTOURS OF TURKEY’S FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY IDENTITYCHAPTER VII: FOREIGN POLICY AS AN IDENTITY MARKER: TURKEY, THE EUROPEAN OTHER AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN CONUNDRUMCHAPTER VIII: CULTURE IN THE MAKING OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY: THREE LEVELS, ONE PERSPECTIVE.CHAPTER IX: RELIGION, IDENTITY AND POWER: TURKEY AND THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURYCHAPTER X: BANAL OTTOMANISM OR HAUNTING PHONEIXCHAPTER XI: BABEL OF MEANINGS: TURKEY`S SYRIAN BORDER AND ITS DIVERSE ARTICULATIONSCHAPTER XII: UNPACKING TURKEY’S UNILATERAL MILITARY INTERVENTIONS: LAW, POLITICS AND SECURITY IDENTITY.CHAPTER XIII: SECURITISATION AND DESECURITISATION TRENDS IN TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY: TURKISH-GREEK RELATIONS AND THE CASE OF CYPRUS.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together researchers from different analytical perspectives for the study of contemporary geoeconomics to create a broader and more useful catalogue of conceptual tools, empirical entry points, and case studies around the subject. The distinctive contribution this book offers is its firm rooting in International Political Economy and the hitherto under-researched geoeconomics dynamics of Europe. Many existing accounts of geoeconomics have been developed in International Relations and often reproduce some of the state-centric and static assumptions of the discipline. Recent scholarship furthermore tends to focus on the US-China rivalry, thus discounting the role of other global powers in shaping geoeconomics. As a first collective contribution to the topic in the field of International Political Economy, the book stands to become a major reference point in the field for the coming years. Interest in geoeconomics as well as in related concepts like weaponized interdependence or emerging new rivalries has been on the rise in recent years and will be one of the key research areas in the coming decade of transition and change in Europe and beyond. Chapters 1, 2 and 7 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Contributors List of Figures List of Tables Chapter 1. Geoeconomics in a changing global order Milan Babić, Adam D. Dixon, & Imogen T. Liu Chapter 2. Balancing dependence: The quest for autonomy and the rise of corporate geoeconomics Henrique Choer Moraes & Mikael Wigell Chapter 3. European Strategic Autonomy: New Agenda, Old Constraints Scott Lavery, Sean McDaniel, & Davide Schmid Chapter 4. European foreign policy think tanks and "strategic autonomy": making sense of EU's role in the world of geoeconomics Jaša Veselinovič Chapter 5. The EU as a Geoeconomic Actor? A review of recent European trade and investment policies Clara Weinhardt, Karsten Mau, & Jens Hillebrand Pohl Chapter 6. Geoeconomics and national production regimes: On German exportism and the integration of economic and security policy Kai Koddenbrock & Daniel Mertens Chapter 7. The geoeconomics of Chinese bank expansion into the European Union Paolo Balmas & Sabine Dörry Chapter 8. Moving forward: Understanding the geoeconomic decade of the 2020s Milan Babić, Adam D. Dixon, & Imogen T. Liu

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Book SynopsisThis book aids any researcher, policymakers and military personnel in researching small states and militaries, European defence and security policy, as well as contemporary and emerging threats. This edited collection gathers academic commentators on Irish defence policy, military leaders from across the service components of the Irish Defence Forces and European defence experts to contribute to the first in-depth conversation and analysis on modern Irish defence and its application within the European Union. The aim of this edited book is to ascertain what capabilities are robust, which are lacking, what future threats need to be catered for, and what action is needed to ensure those threats will be addressed going forward. This book will explore emerging issues and applications of modern and contemporary threats within the context of Ireland, Europe and Western institutions. We have invited submissions from scholars, commentators, policymakers and military practitioners to evaluate the Irish Defence Forces and to illustrate the complexities facing small nations in formulating and resourcing defence and national security policy.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Theme One: Defence Forces Capabilities & The Threat Environment. Chapter 1. Ensuring the Jungle Doesn’t Grow Back: The Obligations Inherent to Irish Defence Policy.- Chapter 2. The GOC’s Perspective.- Chapter 3. A Critical Analysis of the Intellectual and Communications Culture of the Irish Defence Forces at a time of Emergent/Imminent Domestic and International Threats.- chapter 4. The Irish Naval Service: The Burden of the Minimalist Approach.- Chapter 5. Small Navies: Lessons for the Irish Naval Service.- Theme Two: The Reserve Defence Forces. Chapter 6.Revitalizing the Irish Army Reserve post-Commission on the Defence Forces: Moving from the Single Force Concept to a Total Force Policy.- Chapter 7. The Army Reserves – The Force-multiplier for Irish Defence.- Chapter 8. Ireland’s Naval Service Reserve – An Analysis of Current Capabilities and Role for the Future.- Theme Three: Peacekeeping Operations. Chapter 9. Decolonisation, Conflict, and Independence: The Impact of History on Ireland’s Approach to Peacekeeping.- Chapter 10. Ireland’s Largest Peacekeeping Mission – The Irish Defence Forces in UNIFIL.- Chapter 11. Peacekeeping in the Digital Age: Future Threats and Capability Requirements.- Theme Four: Cyber Security in the Digital Age. Chapter 12. Irish Cyber Security.- Chapter 13. Cyber resilience for Europe’s armed forces in the 21st Century – a German Perspective.- Chapter 14. The Irish Defence Forces in the Drone Age.- Theme Five: Defence Forces Institutional Innovation and Civil-Military Relations. Chapter 15. The Defence Forces Research Technology Initiative.- Chapter 16. Shared Norms but Policy Incoherence: Analysing the Irish Defence Forces’ Marketplace Aspirations.- Chapter 17. Representation, Negotiation, and Frustration. What path lies ahead for civil-military industrial relations.- Theme Six: The Principle of Irish Neutrality. Chapter 18. Ireland, NATO and the “Return of Geopolitics” in Europe.- Chapter 19. Irish Military Neutrality 1924-1945: A Historical Perspective for Modern Consideration.- Chapter 20. Generating More Heat Than Light? The Debate over Ireland’s Neutrality and the “European Army”.- Chapter 21. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis peer-reviewed book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Following on from Part 1 to Part 3, which was highly acclaimed by the space community, it focuses on the role of space in supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Africa, but covers an even more extensive array of relevant and timely topics addressing all facets of African development. It demonstrates that, while there have been significant achievements in recent years in terms of economic and social development, which have lifted many of Africa’s people out of poverty, there is still a great deal that needs to be done to fulfill the basic needs of Africa's citizens and afford them the dignity they deserve. To this end, space is already being employed in diverse fields of human endeavor to serve Africa’s goals for its future, but there is much room for further incorporation of space systems and data. Providing a comprehensive overview of the role space is playing in helping Africa achieve its developmental aspirations, the book will appeal to both students and professionals in fields such as space studies, international relations, governance, social, rural and technical development.Table of ContentsAngola Space Strategy.- Estimating Agricultural and Forest Lands for Improved Post COVID-19 Crop Production Using Open Remote Sensing.- Water Erosion Assessment using Rusle Model in Jendouba Governatorate.- Towards Sustainability and Stability: Espousing the Benefits of Space-based Solar Power Systems in Africa.- History of Space Law and South Africa’s Space Law.- Space Activities in Africa.- Development of a South African Liquid Rocket Engine Testing Platform for Academic Applications.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a state-of-the-art analysis of India’s foreign and security policies, examining e.g. the country’s security, economic and trade ties and interactions with Pakistan, China, the United States, Japan, the Middle East and ASEAN. Furthermore, the contributors provide the reader with an overview and analysis of the quality and challenges of India’s regional and global trade and investment policies. While in the past India has been a reluctant and not particularly prominent foreign and security policy actor in East and Southeast Asia as well as globally, China’s resurgence and its assertive and increasingly aggressive regional security policies have led India’s policymakers to reconsider the country’s decades-old non-alignment policies and opt for expanding security and defence ties with the United States, Japan and others. The Indian-Chinese border clashes in 2020 and China’s unlawful occupation of disputed territories along the Indian-Chinese border in the Himalayas have convinced Delhi’s policymakers and the country’s security and defence elites that India is well advised to join and contribute to US-led China containment policies. The expansion of India’s security and defence ties with Japan over recent years in particular will continue to be instrumental to keeping Beijing’s territorial expansionism in Southeast and South Asia in check. This volume analyses India’s involvement and engagement in regional and global trade and investment structures and flows in great detail. Written by a team of prolific European and Indian scholars, the book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of international relations and security studies, as well as policymakers at governmental or international organizations.Table of Contents​Chapter 1. Introduction (Silvio Beretta).- Chapter 2. A Rising India in the Crossfire of Competing Grand Strategies (Gautam Chikermane).- Chapter 3. The Indian State and its Foreign Relations (Mario Prayer).- Chapter 4. Rethinking “Interdependence”: The Changing Nature and Context in India-China Economic Relations (Priyanka Pandit).- Chapter 5. India: Candidate Player in the Asian Economic Space. Problems and Perspectives (Giuseppe Iannini).- Chapter 6. India And International Trade (Gianluca Rubagotti).- Chapter 7. China’s Expanding Footprint in the Indian Ocean Region and the Indian Pushback (Harsh V Pant).- Chapter 8. India and China – Two Countries Marching the March of Folly (Axel Berkofsky).- Chapter 9. Kashmir as Frontier in Narendra Modi’s Ethno-Nationalist Idea of India (Emanuela Mangiarotti).- Chapter 10. India’s US Policy 1991-2014: the Gradual Loss of Strategic Autonomy (Michelguglielmo Torri).- Chapter 11. Framing India-Japan Ties for a Progressive Indo-Pacific (Jagannath Panda).- Chapter 12. India and The Gulf: The Indo–Pacific Strategy Goes West (Francesco Mazzucotelli).- Chapter 13. A “Nodal Centre”: Competing Interests in India’s Relations with ASEAN after Covid-19 (Giulia Sciorati).- Chapter 14. India’s responses to the Belt and Road Initiative: a case study of Indo-Pakistani relations (Filippo Boni)

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an in-depth analysis of the WTO security exceptions and relevant rulings by WTO dispute settlement panels. The WTO security exceptions are commonly regarded as the "box of Pandora" of the WTO system, since WTO Member States can invoke them in order to justify trade restrictions violating WTO law which they consider necessary for their essential security interests. The Members of the WTO and the GATT 1947 have hesitated for decades to rely on these security exceptions. In recent years, however, these clauses have been invoked for the first time in high-profile disputes involving Russia and Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as well as the US, China, the EU and other nations. This has been regarded as the turn of an era in view of the risk that the security exceptions could be instrumentalized to undermine the WTO and the international economic governance system more generally. This study therefore thoroughly analyses the WTO panel reports issued in these landmark cases. It also explains the geopolitical relevance of the increasing invocation of security clauses and argues that the legally and methodologically sound application of the WTO security exceptions, which have often been regarded as “self-judging” provisions, requires a proportionality analysis encompassing tests of the suitability and necessity of the trade measures to be justified under these truly exceptional clauses. Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 2 (Geo-)Political Background: From Interdependence to “Permanent Exceptionalism”?.- 3 The Security Exceptions in the GATT and TRIPS as Interpreted and Applied.- 4 Methodological Aspects: Curtailing “Trump Cards” through Good Faith and Proportionality?.- 5 Concluding Remarks.

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Book SynopsisThis peer-reviewed book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Following on from Part 1 to Part 4, which were highly acclaimed by the space community, it focuses on the role of space in supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Africa, but covers an even more extensive array of relevant and timely topics addressing all facets of African development. It demonstrates that, while there have been significant achievements in recent years in terms of economic and social development, which have lifted many of Africa’s people out of poverty, there is still a great deal that needs to be done to fulfill the basic needs of Africa's citizens and afford them the dignity they deserve. To this end, space is already being employed in diverse fields of human endeavor to serve Africa’s goals for its future, but there is much room for further incorporation of space systems and data. Providing a comprehensive overview of the role space is playing in helping Africa achieve its developmental aspirations, the book will appeal to both students and professionals in fields such as space studies, international relations, governance, social, rural and technical development.Table of ContentsEvaluating the Nigerian Space Policy vs the African Outer Space Strategy.- Africa’s Impact Cratering History and Meteorite Record: Implications for Planetary and Space Science studies on the Continent.- The Namibian Multi-Wavelength Observatory – Towards Sustained Astronomy in Namibia.- South Africa’s Role in Promoting Development in Africa through its Outer Space Activities.- Use of SAR Imagery for Oil Spill Detection and Mapping in Angola.- Preliminary design of a South African liquid rocket engine testing platform for academic applications.

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Book SynopsisThis timely book offers a comprehensive examination of the current state of nuclear stability postures worldwide, effectively highlighting their inherent limitations. Through their analysis, the authors illustrate how the seemingly contradictory perspectives of deterrence optimists, disarmament idealists, and warfighting pessimists can be reconfigured into a unified approach towards achieving regional and global peace. They suggest that these strategies can be reconciled as complementary, rather than substitute approaches, to achieve the common goal of nuclear stability.To achieve this objective, the book employs a game-theoretical framework to analytically define the conditions for nuclear war. Drawing from extensive observations of significant crises, the model incorporates identifiable systemic regularities that influence the strategic decision-making process during severe crises and establish the prerequisites for different levels of nuclear confrontation. Additionally, by tracing the strategic-technological trajectories of nuclear powers, the authors present a novel analysis that explores the potential for stable coexistence to replace unstable confrontation between global powers, ultimately fostering nuclear peace.The author's theoretical explorations lead to the policy conclusion that establishing a nuclear oligopolistic hierarchy, under the leadership of preponderant global powers committed to a no-first-use pledge, presents the most effective international system for enhancing both regional and global nuclear stability. This book aims to surpass the Cold War origins of current nuclear strategy and develop a comprehensive policy framework that guarantees enduring nuclear stability in the contemporary world.Table of ContentsForeword by Ronald Tammen1. IntroductionThis chapter overviews currently contradictory nuclear arguments by advocates of disarmament, deterrence, and warfighting. Outside of the realm of deterrence looms the possibility that non-state agents will acquire and use dirty bombs. Strategies to deal with this increasingly likely contingency are not in place. As we move to a nuclear world beyond deterrence, we emphasize a need for the new strategic guidance to prevent the critical threats to human existence as we face an increasingly complex array of nuclear challenges. 2. 2. The Size and Scope of Nuclear Arsenals This chapter provides a chronological snapshot of nuclear proliferation. We show that evolving technology and lack of commitment to established deterrence strategies causes the drastic rise in the size and composition of nuclear arsenals. We e valuate the implications of primary events of nuclear competitions, including the arms race of strategic weapons, the deployment of tactical warheads, the transfer of weapons to regional powers. The decision of voluntary denuclearization is an important step that because of the lack of commitment by global nuclear powers has not secured societies that choose to do so. 3. 3. The Evolution of Nuclear Deterrence in Theory and Practice This chapter documents and analytically defines how and why the nuclear deterrence postures have shifted from Bernard Brodie's no-first-use doctrine under Massive Retaliation (MR) to Kenneth Waltz's neorealist principle of balance of terror under Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD). We identify theoretical and practical inconsistency shared by both perspectives and evaluate the recent emergence of nuclear warfighting philosophy. 4. 4.The Evolution of Disarmament in theory and Practice Past works view deterrence and disarmament as alternate but contradictory paths to nuclear stability. We show that they are two sides of the similar attempts to reduce the likelihood of nuclear war. Although the Global Zero movement has been endorsed by a vast number of academics and practitioners, this chapter shows that a major obstacle to such a disarmament proposal is the lack of trust among global powers that voids any attempts at enforceability. The practical alternative are regional nuclear-free zones first implemented after the Treaty of Tlatelolco that have now been adopted by the majority of nations south of the Equator. We show how and why NFZ can complement nuclear stability provided that the global nuclear powers guarantee regional stability. 5. 5. The Rise of Nuclear Warfighting Strategies This chapter investigates the dynamics of nuclear escalation and the development of tactical nuclear strategies. Exploring the evolution of warfighting strategies from their early inception, we first examine salient aspects of early counterforce and countervalue strategies. We then assess the tactical aspects of escalation theory evaluating the likely success if tactical nuclear strikes to prevent escalation. 6. Based on discussions from previous chapters, we develop a novel model that identifies and addresses all domains of nuclear challenges capable of inflicting grave loss of life and economic devastation. Unlike previous perspectives, our specification incorporates (a) the interaction between conventional and nuclear capabilities, (b) the policy motivation based on status quo evaluations and inter-state trust that can alter the perception of the security environment, and (c) the physical exposure to retaliation as the measurable component in the calculus of war. Our model Integrating Deterrence, Disarmament and War Fighting Strategies identifying the necessary but not sufficient conditions for different levels of nuclear war and those required for peace. requirements 7. 6. Long Term Stability Beyond Deterrence This chapter summarizes the implications of our perspective on nuclear stability. We show that deterrence under Massive Retaliation (MR) is unstable since a dissatisfied challenger with military superiority likely makes nuclear blackmail. Deterrence under Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) is tenuous at global or regional levels since only under the balance of terror generated by nuclear parity military disputes can escalate to massive all-out nuclear war. We show that formulating and adopting warfighting strategies may potentially reduce costs of limited nuclear war but is unlikely to avert escalating conflicts at nuclear parity. Lack of experience at this level of carnage and the lack of effective escalation theory identifying the cost threshold when war would stop is still missing (conventional conflict seldom exceeded 25% loss in any nation – such levels can be achieved in the nuclear era in days not years). On the positive side we show that disarmament at the regional level can induce regional stability. We show that particularly to the Middle East a NFZ can enhance stability. To generalize the benefits of NFZ we advocate the creation of a new, veto free Nuclear Security Council composed only of the few global nuclear powers. Once in place this institution would allow any global nuclear power to respond to a first strike in any region and particularly against any member of an NFZ. On a less optimistic note, we show that “global-zero” is not a feasible option today and can be considered only after establishing a trust-based security scheme. The preconditions for such a venture are simply not in place. Appendix 1: Systematic Analysis of Nuclear Crisis Outcomes This work summaries using an agent-based perspective the evolution and resolution of all nuclear crisis. We refer to these cases throughout the book. The overall analysis shows that outcomes of crisis where threats of nuclear weapons use were involved did not differ from those where no such threats were used. Based on structural conditions, the the number, intensity, and structure of outcomes do not differ from those in the pre-nuclear period. 8. Appendix 2. Formal Model specification and derivations This section lays out theoretical justifications for our assumptions and specifications of the game-theoretic model of deterrence and disarmament. For interested readers, full equilibrium outcomes and their derivations are presented. 9. References 10. Subject Index 11. Glossary of Terms

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Book SynopsisThe book provides an examination of the evolution of China and Taiwan after 1949. This starting point situates the contestation for power between the two entities in the region after Taipei was recognized by the international community as the representative of China. The ramifications for Taiwan were drastic as country after country switched its recognition to China including those in the Caribbean and Latin America. Taiwan was able to maintain diplomatic relations with several countries in both regions through diplomatic strategies including providing financial assistance. This has waned over time considering China’s economic rise to power and Western Europe’s and the United States’ fall in global economic and political prestige and power.This book discusses China’s and Taiwan’s continuing engagement with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with a particular emphasis on the sharp rise in trade between China and the two regions. China’s foreign policy agenda, and how Taiwan reacts to China’s policies, are also examined.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Cassandra Veney and Sabella Abidde (15-20 pages)SECTION ONE: HISTORY AND FOREIGN POLICY Chapter 1: The Early History of China and Taiwan in Latin America: Cuba and Peru from 1837 to 1971 Angela Ju Chapter 2: China’s Foreign Policy in Latin America Matthew Galway Chapter 3: The “One China” Policy: Battleground for Recognition in the Caribbean Kavita Johnson Chapter 4: The Dragon in The South: Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, The Rise of China and The Implications for Taiwan’s Future Jorge Troisi Melean SECTION TWO: DIPLOMATIC FIDELITY AND SWITCHING OF SIDES Chapter 5: Did Costa Rica and Panama Benefit After Switching Their Diplomatic Relations from Taiwan to China? A Trade and FDI analysis Nohelia Rivera Matias Chapter 6: Outsizing Lilliput? Diplomatic Recognition and the Sino-CARICOM Foreign Policy Axis Nand C. Bardouille Chapter 7: What is Taiwan's Diplomatic Fate in That Region? Mohamad Zreik Chapter 8: What Can I Do You For: The Republic of China's Cold War Courtship of the Republic of Panama Justina Hwang SECTION THREE: ISSUES AND POLICY APPROACHES Chapter 9: China- CARICOM Bilateral Engagements: Modalities, Motives, Impacts and Directions for The Regional Integration Agenda Dianna DaSilva-Glasgow Chapter 10: China and Taiwan’s Bilateral and Multilateral Engagements with Latin America and the Caribbean Lorenzo Maggiorelli Chapter 11: The Belt and Road Initiative, China, Taiwan, and Brazil Charalampos Stamelos and Konstantinos Tsimaras Chapter 12: The Belt and Road Initiative, China, Taiwan, and Argentina Athina Moraiti Chapter 13: Challenges Facing China And Taiwan In Latin America And The Caribbean Priye S. Torulagha Conclusion: Cassandra Veney and Sabella Abidde

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on three main subjects: the DPRK's inability to survive as a nuclear state; the importance of China’s role in encouraging denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula; and the possibility of an alternative political organization for the DPRK including a transition to a market-economy in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons. The book approaches North Korean issues from the perspective that the regime cannot survive without nuclear weapons which, rather than being a genuine danger to other states, are bargaining chips for security and survival. The book includes views from prominent academics and practitioners, including a former British ambassador to North Korea, putting forward an ambitious set of recommendations and analyses based on hands-on experience in the region. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. North Korea and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. By Chan Young Bang.- 3. Only one approach to denuclearization will work, and it will bring economic benefits to South Korea. By Chan Young Bang.- 4. North Korea's nuclear capability and what the implications are for wider East Asia. By Sung-wook Nam.- 5. Learning to Love the Bomb: Depictions of Nuclear and Missile Technology in North Korean Literature. By Meredith Shaw.- 6. The North Korean Nuclear Issue: Root Causes and Solutions. By Zhibo Zou.- 7. The situation on the Peninsula out of the vicious circle requires consideration of the concerns of all sides. By Guohong Qiu.- 8. Can the DPRK Preserve Its Sovereignty Without Nuclear Armaments?. By John Everard.- 9. Armistice, North Korean nuclear crisis and peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. By Lei Wang.

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Book SynopsisThis book makes a compelling case that lethal drone deployment as a counterterrorism tool and instrument of statecraft in targeted states engenders far-reaching consequences for US grand strategy. By examining how successive US administrations since 9/11 have deployed drones in pursuant of different typologies of US grand strategic objectives, the book probes the putative political and strategic goals drones supposedly advance, and the impact of its continued proliferation for US for international security. The book provides a powerful base of evidence for policy makers and researchers by pointing to the perils of deployment of drone technology beyond their immediate or short-term objectives. It also explores how non-state actors and authoritarian regimes such as armed groups are harnessing armed drone technologies for their own political and military ends, as well as the underlying implications for US grand strategy and international security at large.Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE.. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENT.. iii ENDORSEMENTS.. iv LIST OF TABLES.. vii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.. viii INDEX.. x CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION.. 1 1.0 Introduction.. 1 1.1 Drones in Contemporary World Politics. 2 1.2 Key Considerations: Drones and US Grand Strategy?. 6 1.3 Chapter Outline. 11 CHAPTER TWO: Unmasking the Nexus: Exploring US Grand Strategy and the Dynamic Role of Drones. 13 2.0 Introduction.. 13 2.1 Grand Strategy in perspective. 14 2.2 Does the US have a Grand Strategy?. 18 2.3 Typologies of US Grand Strategy and Drones. 20 2.4 Drones and US Grand Strategy: The nexus. 30 2.4.1 US Grand Strategy: Balancing Offensive and Defensive Interpretations. 34 2.5 US Grand Strategy - A Dynamic Pendulum... 40 2.6 The drawbacks of drones for US grand strategy. 42 Chapter Three: Historicising the role of drones in US Grand Strategy. 52 3.0 Introduction.. 52 3.1 The Evolutionary Phases of Drone Development (1909-1917). 53 3.2 UAVs in the Interwar Period (1918-1938). 54 3.3 UAVs, WWII, and US Grand Strategy (1939-1945) 56 3.4 UAVs and US Grand Strategy in the Early Cold War (1947-1950). 59 3.5 Drones during the Early Cold War. 61 3.6 Drones, Détente, and the Second Cold War. 66 3.7 Drones, George H.W. Bush Administration, and the Persian Gulf War. 68 3.8 Drones, Clinton’s Grand Strategy, and the Bosnian War. 70 Chapter Four: Drone Warfare and US Grand Strategy during the Bush Administration.. 74 4.0 Introduction.. 74 4.1 George W. Bush’s Foreign Policy Before and After 9/11. 75 4.2 Bush and the evolution of Lethal Drone Warfare 2001-2008. 77 4.3 Conjuring Drone use During the Bush Administration.. 80 Chapter Five: Obama’s Drone Wars and US Grand Strategy. 88 5.0 Introduction.. 88 5.1 The Making of the Obama Doctrine. 89 5.1.1 Obama’s Second Term and the Rise of ‘Neo-Realism’ 95 5.2 Obama’s Hybrid Defensive grand strategy. 97 5.3 The Elements, Character, and Phases of Obama’s Drone Warfare. 98 5.4 Phases of Obama’s drone war. 103 5.5 The Utility of Drones in Obama’s Grand Strategy. 106 5.6 Dilemma of Obama’s Drone Warfare for US grand strategy. 111 Chapter Summary. 121 Chapter Six: The Trump Administration, Drones and US Grand Strategy. 123 6.0 Introduction.. 123 6.1 Deciphering Trump’s Doctrine. 124 6.2 The Grand Strategy of the Trump Administration.. 128 6.3 Trump’s Drone Warfare. 131 6.4 Phases of Trump’s Drone Wars. 136 6.6 Dilemma of Drone Warfare for Trump’s Grand Strategy. 140 Chapter Seven: The Dialectics and Dilemma of US Drone Warfare in Afghanistan and Pakistan 146 7.0 Introduction.. 146 7.1 US Drone Targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan.. 147 7.3 Arguments for Drone use in Targeted States. 152 7.4 Assessing the Impact of Drone Strikes in Pakistan and Afghanistan.. 157 7.5 Illusion of US Strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.. 173 Chapter Eight: The Implications of Drone Proliferation for US Grand Strategy. 176 8.0 Introduction.. 176 8.1 Race to Drones. 177 8.2 US Drone Policy on Proliferation.. 181 8.3 Debate on Drone Proliferation and Impact on US Objectives. 183 8.4 The Implications of Drone Proliferation for US Grand Strategy. 187 8.5 The Lessons from US Drone Policy and Implications for Emerging and Superpowers 197 Chapter Nine: Conclusion.. 201 9.1 Drones and the Future of US Grand Strategy. 207 REFERENCES.. 209

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction Myanmar Under Siege.- Chapter 2: Coup #4 February 2021 and After.- Chapter 3: Weaponisation of the Internet.- Chapter 4: The Battle for Recognition.- Chapter 5: The UN - Remaining Seized of the Matter.- Chapter 6: The World - Watching and Worrying.- Chapter 7: ASEAN Centrality Tested and Contested.- Chapter 8: Aid - Circling Back From Development to Humanitarian Assistance.- Chapter 9: Foreign Firms - To Stay or To Go?.- Chapter 10: Conclusion A way forward?.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Politics of Feminist Foreign Policy and Digital Diplomacy.-Chapter 3: Leadership, Digital Diffusion and Feminist Foreign Policy.- Chapter 4: Nation Branding, Digital Advocacy and Feminist Foreign Policy.- Chapter 5: Visuality, Digital Visibility and Feminist Foreign Policy.- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Beyond Feminist Foreign Policy and Digital Diplomacy.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. China and Russia in Africa.- Chapter 3. China and Russia in Central Asia.- Chapter 4. China and Russia in Eastern Europe, and China's Reaction to the War in Ukraine.- Chapter 5. China and Russia in East Asia.- Chapter 6. Conclusions and Implications.

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- Section 1: Early Career Instructor Experiences.- 2. Unsure, stumbling, and finding joy in teaching: Building confidence as an Early Career Instructor.- 3. Teaching global, considering the local: Compassion, locations of authority, and feminist approaches to instructing IR .- 4. From International to Domestic (and Back Again?).-5.Affective Conversations on Teaching and Research: Power, Gender, and Making the Sandwiches'.- 6. Digital Pedagogie-Z: Generating Care, Generative Technologies, and Generational Trauma.- 7. Systemic Support for ECIs: Signaling Values in the Neoliberal University.- 8. Neoliberalism Vs. D.E.I.: the market and profit-driven limitations of inclusivity.- 9. How Early Career Instructors Benefit From Collaborative Course Design.- 10. Teaching Research Inside and Outside the Classroom.- 11. Reaching Beyond the Ivory Tower: Early Career Instructors and the Pedagogy of Policy Relevance.- 12. Navigating Trigger Warnings, Classroom Speech, and Public Debates as an Early Career Instructor.-Section 2: Training, Mentorship, and Institutional Contexts.- 13. Critical Reflection and Early Career Instructor Formation.- 14. Doing it for Ourselves: Creating Spaces for, and by, Early Career Instructors.- 15. Discipline-Specific Teaching and Pedagogical Development: A Missing Piece in Canadian Political Science Graduate Education.- 16. Pedagogical Mentorship for Mutual Benefit.- 17. Professional Associations in Early Career Development: Getting There Faster, Higher and Stronger.- 18. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: building supportive communities.- 19. Can the Literature Be a Mentor? Early Career Instructors Write a Review Article.- 20. Mentoring teaching-focused ECIs in a marketized Higher Education sector.- 21. Preparing Early -Career Instructors for Context-Dependent Teaching.- 22. Conclusion.

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Book Synopsis1.Introduction.- 2.Audiences.- 3.Theories.- 4.Pedagogical Approaches.- 5.Regions.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: How Leaders Think, Decide, And Act.- Chapter 3: Lines In The Sand: The World According To Mao.- Chapter 4: Crafting China’s Place: Mao’s Cognitive World Order.- Chapter 5: Mao Zedong & Vietnam: Biases Behind The Comradeship.- Chapter 6: Comrades & Strategy: Vietnam In Mao’s Worldview.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Robots in Political Economy.- Chapter 2: The Politics of Global Value Chains.- Chapter 3: The Safe Hand: Liquidity, Money, and Financial Innovation.- Chapter 4: The New Algorithms Reshaping Human Labor: Policy Options for the Automated Workplace.- Chapter 5: Automatic Medicine? Technology and the Future of Primary Health Care.- Chapter 6: AI in Public Education: Humble Beginnings and Revolutionary Potential.- Chapter 7: Human Prospects in a World of Smart(er) Machines.- Chapter 8: Drug Smuggling and Automated Borders: A Losing Battle of Escalation or State/Non-State Symbiosis.- Chapter 9: Drug Smuggling and Automated Borders: A Losing Battle of Escalation or State/Non-State Symbiosis.- Chapter 10: Repressive Robots and the Radical Possibilities of Emancipated Automation.- Chapter 11: Repressive Robots and the Radical Possibilities of Emancipated Automation.- Chapter 12: Diplomacy's Lessons Learned: First World War Submarine Warfare and the 21st Century Drone.- Chapter 13: Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Autonomous Policy Decision Making: A Crisis in International Relations Theory?.- Chapter 14: Comrades in Arms Revisited: Shifting Ground in the Era of AI and Robotics in Warfighting.- Chapter 15: Robots writing Chinese and Fighting Underwater.- Chapter 16: Armed Drones: Automation, Autonomy, and Ethical Decision-Making.- Chapter 17: Armed Drones: Automation, Autonomy, and Ethical Decision-Making.- Chapter 18: The Political Economy of Bots: Theory and Method in the Study of Social Automation.- Chapter 19: Outlook for Prosperity and Peace in the Emergent Global Political Economy of Robots.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction: Analyzing the Nexus Between Populism and International Relations.- Chapter 2: Populism Beyond the Nation.- Chapter 3: How to Become a Leader: Identifying Global Scripts for Populist Leadership.- Chapter 4: Populism and contemporary global media: populist communication logics and the co-construction of transnational identities.- Chapter 5: Studying Populist Security Narratives: An Analytical Framework.- Chapter 6: Sedimented Practices in Trump’s Foreign Policy.- Chapter 7: The Populist Radical Right Goes Canadian: An Analysis of Kellie Leitch’s Failed 2016-2017 Conservative Party of Canada Leadership Campaign.- Chapter 8: Populists and Foreign Policy: Evidence from Latin America.- Chapter 9: Making (Latin) America Great Again:  Lessons from Populist Foreign Policies in the Americas.- Chapter 10: “Three Decades of New Zealand First: A Balancing Act Between Populism and Pluralism”.- Chapter 11: Conceptualizing the Links Between Populism, Nationalism and Foreign Policy: How Modi Constructed a Nationalist, Anti-establishment Electoral Coalition in India.- Chapter 12: The Liberal International Order and its Populist Radical Right Adversaries in Russia, UK and USA.- Chapter 13: The global rise of populism as a socio-material phenomenon: a material-discursive entanglements in the construction of genetically modified organisms in the European Union.- Chapter 14: From Moment to Movement: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Populist Turn in U.S. Trade Politics.- Chapter 15: Conclusion: Populism, Foreign Policy and World Politics.

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Book SynopsisDie Europäische Union ist ein neuartiger supranationaler Herrschaftsverband. Außerhalb dieses Rechts- und Institutionenraumes gibt es keine europäische Gesellschaft. So die Grundannahme dieses Bandes. Wie Europa als politische Einheit zu denken sei, in welcher Verfassungsgestalt und in welchen Grenzen, das bestimmen heute exklusiv die zentralen EU-Organe und deren Funktionseliten. Parallel zur institutionellen Machtentfaltung des supranationalen Systems etablierte sich das Großprojekt der europäischen Integration auch kognitiv als politisches Erfolgsmodell ohne Alternativen. Auf dem Feld der politischen wie der gesellschaftlichen Ordnungsbildung hat der Nationalstaat sein bisheriges Deutungs- und Definitionsmonopol weitgehend eingebüßt. Damit sind die Grundkategorien gesellschaftlicher Integration - „Demokratie“, „Bürokratie“, „Inklusion und Exklusion“, „kollektive Identität“, „soziale Ungleichheit“ sowie der Gesellschaftsbegriff selbst – im europäischen Raumbezug grundsätzlich neu zu bestimmen. Maurizio Bachs Analysen nutzen das theoretisch-analytische Instrumentarium der politischen Soziologie und insbesondere der soziologischen Institutionenanalyse für eine kritische Beobachtung der transnationalen Herrschaftsstrukturen, der ihnen zugrunde liegenden Machtverhältnisse und institutionellen Dynamiken. Dazu gehört auch, die ideologische Selbstbeschreibungen des herrschenden europäischen Systems und deren Mythen sowie Illusionen zum Gegenstand soziologischer Reflexion zu machen.Trade Review"[...] nicht nur als Beitrag der politischen Soziologie und einer soziologischen Institutionenanalyse zu lesen, sondern es ist auch als Lektüre für verfassungsrechtlich, ökonomisch und insbes. europapolitisch Interessierte sehr aufschluss- und lehrreich. Der Autor belegt und ergänzt seine Argumente und Thesen mit einem sehr umfangreichen Literaturverzeichnis [...]. Das Buch ist uneingeschränkt sehr zu empfehlen." ZAR - Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht und Ausländerpolitik, 03/2009Table of ContentsKritik der „europäischen Gesellschaft“.- Marktintegration ohne Sozialintegration.- Die europäische Einigung in institutionensoziologischer Perspektive.- Die Zukunft der Demokratie in der Europäischen Union.- Die EU als bürokratischer Herrschaftsverband.- Restrukturierung der territorialen Räume in Europa.- Bürgerrechte und soziale Exklusion im europäischen Migrationsraum.- Soziale Ungleichheit in europäischer Perspektive.- Kritik der europäischen Identität.- Die Eurokrise und die Paradoxien der europäischen Integration.- Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisDieser Band der Reihe "Politik als Beruf" zeigt, welche Erfolgsgeheimnisse für die praktische Politik im politischen Handeln vergangener Zeiten liegen.Table of ContentsWeltpolitik kurzgefasst.- Westfälischer Frieden.- Französische Revolution.- Wiener Kongress.- Europäische Revolutionen 1848/49.- Erster Weltkrieg.- Russische Revolution.- Völkerbund.- Versailler Vertrag.- Zweiter Weltkrieg.- Truman-Doktrin und Marshallplan.- Ost-West-Konflikt.- Entkolonialisierung.- Vereinte Nationen.- Europäischer Integrationsprozess.- Vietnamkrieg.- Nahostkonflikt.- Zerfall des Sozialismus.- Fall der Berliner Mauer.- Irakkriege.- Massaker von Srebenica.

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Book SynopsisIn today’s world, interstate wars are fairly rare—but when they happen, they tend to be more complicated than in the past, combining regional causes with the involvement of external actors as well. This book looks at that problem in the wake of the post-Soviet withdrawal of Russia from involvement in Eastern Europe and the destabilization of regimes in Africa, the Middle East, and the Near East. What do these changes mean for the possibility of establishing peace and security in Europe’s future? What role will the growth of nationalism and populism play in those efforts? And what forms should the relationship between Europe and Russia take? Core Europe and Greater Eurasia addresses these questions and many more, assessing our current moment and looking ahead.

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Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch gibt Dozentinnen und Dozenten sowie insbesondere Studierenden eines sozial-, geistes- oder rechtswissenschaftlichen Studiums einen detaillierten Einblick in das Thema internationale Organisationen. Der Text stellt Entstehung und Entwicklung, Ziele und Grundsätze, Organisationsstruktur und Finanzierung sowie Aktionsfelder von neun staatlichen (UNO, AU, ASEAN, EU, OAS, Europarat, NATO, OSZE, WTO) sowie acht nichtstaatlichen internationalen Organisationen (Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Greenpeace, WWF, IKRK, Ärzte ohne Grenzen, CARE International, Oxfam) fundiert, übersichtlich und verständlich dar. Der Band eignet sich besonders als Nachschlagewerk, zur Vorbereitung auf Referate und Prüfungen sowie als Grundlage für Hausarbeiten und Abschlussarbeiten.Trade Review“… eine gute Übersicht über die Selbstdarstellung und -wahrnehmung der dargestellten Organisationen. Durch die klare und anschauliche Darstellung eignet das Buch sich sehr gut für die Lehre an Hochschulen. … Insgesamt ein sehr gutes Einführungsbuch in internationale Organisationen, vor allem für Studierende, und gleichzeitig ein Nachschlagewerk zu bedeutenden IGOs und NGOs.” (Frederic Krumbein, in: PVS Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Jg. 56, Heft 4, 2015)“... ein sehr nützliches Lehrbuch geschrieben, das einen wichtigenBereich der internationalen Politik mit der Darstellung sehr bedeutender internationaler Organisationen exemplarisch aufgreift und das zur Analyse weiterer anregt. Es ist faktenreich und findet die richtige Balance zwischen Überblick und detaillierter Darstellung. Für den Einstieg in das Thema sowie in die Genese und Funktionen der internationalen Organisationen ist es sehr hilfreich und lohnend.” (Thomas Jäger, in: facebook ZfAS Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, facebook.com, 2016)Table of ContentsEinführung in internationale Organisationen.- IGOs in der Weltpolitik.- NGOs in der Weltpolitik.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch gibt Antworten auf häufig artikulierte, zentrale Fragen zum Thema Globalisierung: Was ist Globalisierung? Wie kann das Globalisierungsniveau gemessen werden? Wie hat sich die Globalisierung räumlich und zeitlich entwickelt? Wie kann Globalisierung theoretisch und empirisch erklärt werden? Der Autor gibt neue Antworten und weist verbreitete Ansichten zurück. Durch die aufgezeigte unzureichende Validität der gängigsten Globalisierungsindikatoren wird ein nicht unerheblicher Teil der Ergebnisse bestehender Forschungsliteratur in Frage gestellt. Gleichzeitig werden eine alternative Messmethode und ein neuer Globalisierungsindex eingeführt. Erstmals wird ein Globalisierungsmodell entwickelt, das theoretisch und empirisch konsistent ist und das für künftige Untersuchungen als Grundlage dienen kann. Gegenüber dem bisherigen Forschungsstand bietet es ein präziseres theoretisches Konzept, eine validere Messung und eine fundiertere Erklärung des Phänomens Globalisierung.Trade Review“... ein Buch, dessen Lektüre lohnt,um die Positionen eines Großteils der Globalisierungsdebatten der vergangenen zweieinhalb Jahrzehnte noch einmal Revue passieren zu lassen ...” (Prof. Dr. Mathias Albert, in: Soziologische Revue, Jg. 40, Heft 3, 2017)Table of ContentsGlobalisierungskonzept.- Theoretisches Modell zur Erklärung der Globalisierung.- Messung des Globalisierungsniveaus.- Deskription des Globalisierungsniveaus und seiner Entwicklung.- Prüfung des Modells zur Erklärung der Globalität.

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Book SynopsisDie Beiträge des Sammelbandes befassen sich mit (zivilen) Sicherheitsmaßnahmen, die seit dem 11. September von politischen Akteuren ergriffen wurden. Die Aufmerksamkeit gilt insbesondere den innenpolitischen Reaktionen in Deutschland. Ausgewählte Beiträge nehmen zudem eine vergleichende Perspektive ein und untersuchen die Reaktionen auf die (wahrgenommene) Bedrohung in Großbritannien oder den USA.Table of Contents(Un)Sicherheitspolitik nach 9/11.- Rahmenbedingungen einer Sicherheitspolitik seit 9/11.- (Un)Sicherheit und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen im Cyberspace.- (Un)Sicherheit und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen am Flughafen.- (Un)sicherheit und Sicherheitsmaßnahmen am Bahnhof.- Konsequenzen einer Sicherheitspolitik nach 9/11.- Schlussfolgerungen: Neue Bedrohungen und (immer) neue Sicherheitsmaßnahmen?. Beiträgen von Hans-Jörg Albrecht, Wolfgang Bonß, Mathias Bug, Christopher Daase, Susanne Fischer, Kathrin Groh, Christoph Gusy, Gerrit Herlyn, Martin Kahl, Philipp Klüfers, Reinhard Kreissl, Ursula Münch, Philipp Rosch, Nadine Schlüter, Mathias Schulze, Katrin Wagner, Thomas Würtenberger und Nils Zurawski.

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Book SynopsisDie Hoffnung, dass die Globalisierung und Demokratisierung der osteuropäischen Staaten in Europa zu einer Verringerung kultureller Unterschiede und der damit verbundenen Probleme führt, hat sich bislang nicht bewahrheitet. Im Gegenteil: Sowohl nationale Minderheiten als auch Einwandererminderheiten befinden sich nach wie vor in einem Dilemma zwischen Selbstbestimmung und Integration. Der Band umfasst vier Themenbereiche: Im ersten Teil sollen theoretische Aspekte der Multikulturalismusdebatte aufgezeigt werden, um anschließend im zweiten Teil allgemeine Migrations- und Integrationsaspekte von Einwandererminderheiten zu veranschaulichen. Im dritten und vierten Teil illustrieren einige Minderheitenbeispiele in Ost- und Westeuropa die Problematik ausschnitthaft und ermöglichen verschiedene Perspektiven auf die Auseinandersetzung zwischen Integration und Selbstbestimmung.Table of ContentsTheoretische Aspekte der Multikulturalismusdebatte.- Migrations- und Integrationsaspekte von Einwandererminderheiten.- Einwandererminderheiten und nationale Minderheiten in Westeuropa.- Einwandererminderheiten und nationale Minderheiten in Osteuropa.

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch liefert einen umfassenden Überblick über methodische und konzeptionelle Grundlagen der vergleichenden Föderalismusforschung und führt in die Grundstrukturen der föderalen Staaten Europas und der USA ein. Es verbindet auf systematische Weise Konzepte und Methoden der vergleichenden Föderalismusforschung mit empirisch orientierten Länderstudien. Der konzeptionelle Teil und die Länderstudien werden im Schlusskapitel aufeinander bezogen.Table of ContentsWozu vergleichen?.- Wozu Föderalismus?.- Regieren und Governance in föderalen Staaten.- Teilbereiche der vergleichenden Föderalismusforschung.- Finanzföderalismus.- USA: zwischen dualem und kooperativem Föderalismus.- Deutschland: kooperativer Föderalismus.- Österreich: unitarischer Föderalismus.- Schweiz: wettbewerblicher Föderalismus.- Belgien: zentrifugaler Föderalismus.- Spanien: unechter Föderalismus.- Wie vergleichen? Beispiele.

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Book SynopsisIn diesem Buch werden erstmals die wichtigsten Institutionen, Akteure und Politikfelder der Demokratie und Politik Indiens dargestellt.Die Indische Union ist mit über einer Milliarde Menschen die größte Demokratie der Welt. Seit der Unabhängigkeit 1947 hat das politische System eine eindrucksvolle Leistungsfähigkeit bewiesen. Regelmäßige Wahlen, föderale Staatsstruktur und die Einbeziehung der unteren Kasten haben dazu beigetragen, die territoriale Einheit dieses südasiatischen Vielvölkerstaates zu bewahren. Die Liberalisierung 1991 hat die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung beschleunigt und stellt das politische System vor neue Herausforderungen. Nach dem Ende des Ost-West-Konflikts hat Indien seine Beziehungen zu den USA, China und der Europäischen Union ausgebaut und strebt eine Führungsrolle im internationalen System des 21. Jahrhunderts an.Trade Review“… Für Studenten, Interessierte und Schnelleinsteiger ebenso wie für Kenner und Liebhaber des Landes ist der Band ein Musthave. … Dem Leser steht damit wieder ein aktuelles Nachschlagewerk zur Verfügung.” (in: fachbuchjournal, Jg. 8, Heft 5, Oktober 2016)Table of ContentsVerfassungsinstitutionen und ihre Funktionsweise.- Akteure und Prozesse.- Politikfelder: Nationale Integration, soziale und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung, auswärtige Beziehungen.- Die Perspektiven.

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Book SynopsisSicherheit rückt mehr und mehr in den Brennpunkt von Politik und sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung. Die unterschiedlichen Begriffe und Konzepte von Sicherheit haben dabei eines gemeinsam: Sie umfassen sehr viele Bereiche der Politik – von der Umwelt- und Energie-Sicherheit bis zur Sicherheit vor Not und kultureller Repression. Im ersten Teil werden die wichtigsten Ansätze der aktuellen Sicherheitsforschung vorgestellt und es wird gefragt, wie sich der klassische außenpolitische Sicherheitsbegriff in diese neuen Perspektiven einordnet. Im zweiten Teil geht es um die Bundeswehr und die politisch-militärische Kultur in Deutschland sowie die Schritte zur Reform der Streitkräfte nach 1990. Im dritten Teil richtet sich der Blick auf die Probleme und Schwierigkeiten deutscher Sicherheitspolitik in der Ära neuer, global wirksamer Risiken, Gefahren und Bedrohungen.Trade Review“Kaum ein Vertreter der Internationalen Politik versteht es wie der Autor, anschaulich für Anfänger und forschungsgesättigt für Fortgeschrittene zugleich zu schreiben. Einem Überblick zu Sicherheitskonzepten folgen Einschätzungen zu Krieg und Militär im Zeitenwandel, zu Frieden und Interventionsgeist der Gegenwart, ehe die Bundeswehr untersucht wird. Der Teil zum „Abschied von der Wehrpflicht“ sticht heraus …” (in: Jahrbuch Extremismus & Demokratie, Jg. 28, 2016)“... Als Studienbuch für diejenigen, die gerade anfangen, sich mit Aspekten von Militär- und Sicherheitspolitik zu befassen, erscheint der Text somit besonders gut geeignet ...” (Nina Leonhard, in: PVS, Jg. 57, Heft 1, 2016)Table of ContentsGrundlagen zur aktuellen Sicherheitsforschung und zum Sicherheitsbegriff.- Die Bundeswehr als Gegenstand deutscher Militär- und Sicherheitspolitik.- Deutschlands globalisierter Sicherheitshorizont.- Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisEuropa steht vor der Alternative, sich in intergouvernementales Regieren zurückzubilden oder eine starke supranationale Regulierungsbehörde zu schaffen, die autoritativ auf die nationale Politik und Rechtssetzung einwirkt. Beide Alternativen bieten keine viel versprechenden Aussichten auf eine partizipative Demokratie auf supranationaler Ebene. Der Sammelband soll vor diesem Hintergrund in aller Skepsis und Kritik die verbleibenden Optionen der Demokratie in der Europäischen Union aufzeigen.Table of ContentsDie Legitimationsdefizite europäischen Regierens.- Die neoliberale Vereinnahmung politischer Optionen.- Der Parlamentarismus als Hoffnungsträger der Demokratie.- Die Politisierung transnationaler Integration.

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Book SynopsisEs gibt kaum einen Begriff in den Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften, der so häufig benutzt wird wie der Begriff Krise. Krise des Sozialstaats, Krise der politischen Parteien, Krise des Parlaments, Eurokrise, Krise im Mittleren Osten, Krise der Diktaturen und schon immer auch: Krise der Demokratie. Steckt die Demokratie tatsächlich in der Krise, oder ist dieses verbreitete Urteil eine Erfindung von Theoretikern und Medien? Die Beiträge dieses Buchs untersuchen den gegenwärtigen Zustand der etablierten Demokratien auf der Grundlage eines gemeinsamen Demokratie- und Krisenverständnisses. Dem Leser wird aus drei theoretischen Perspektiven ein empirisch gehaltvoller Blick auf die zentralen Ebenen der Demokratie in der OECD-Welt geöffnet: der Partizipation, der Repräsentation und des Regierens. Die Krisenphänomene sind vielschichtig und variieren von Institution zu Institution, von Politikbereich zu Politikbereich und von Land zu Land. Von einer allgemeinen oder gar existenziellen Krise kann nicht die Rede sein. Dennoch gibt es keinen Grund zur Entwarnung. Die Legitimationsachsen der Demokratie verschieben sich. Die Demokratie steht vor großen Herausforderungen.Trade Review“... Die Beiträge zeigen auf sehr instruktive Weise, wie sich demokratietheoretische Überlegungen empirisch prüfen lassen. ... Wohltuend ist auch die sehr differenzierte Sicht auf die kritischen Entwicklungen demokratischer Systeme. ... eine Bereicherung nicht nur für die Wissenschaft, sondern auch für die öffentliche Debatte und für politische Entscheidungsträger ...” (Tobias Quednau, in: Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen, Jg 28, Heft 4, 2015)Table of ContentsDemokratieforschung.- Politische Systeme.- Wahlen.- Parteien.- Ungleichheit.- Kapitalismus.- Globalisierung.

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Book SynopsisDie Außenpolitik von Hans-Dietrich Genscher war geprägt von Prinzipien des Liberalismus. Demokratie, Menschenrechte, Pluralismus und Freiheit waren die Ziele, die er mit seiner Politik verfolgte. Der Sammelband untersucht, was die Politik Genschers auszeichnete und wodurch seine politische Strategie gekennzeichnet war. Eine chronologische Darstellung seiner Amtszeit zeigt auf, wo der „rote Faden“ seiner Amtszeit zu suchen ist und welche Auswirkungen seine Politik für die Bundesrepublik und ihre Stellung in Europa und der Welt hatte.Table of ContentsTheorie und Praxis liberaler Außenpolitik Hans-Dietrich Genschers Politikstil.- Etappen der Amtszeit Hans-Dietrich Genschers.- Deutsche Einheit.- Europäische Einigung

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Book SynopsisDie liberale Demokratie leidet unter ihrem Legitimitätsdefizit. Die formalen Regeln der Legalität werden zwar eingehalten. Das Grundvertrauen der Menschen in die Legitimität der Herrschaft kann damit jedoch nicht (wieder-) hergestellt werden. Einem dramatischen Ansehensverlust der Politik steht die wachsende Entfremdung zwischen Herrschenden und Beherrschten („die da draußen im Lande“, Helmut Kohl) gegenüber. Nicht die Interessen der Menschen bestimmen die Agenda der Regierung, sondern die Systemimperative des globalen Finanzkapitalismus. Verluste gehen zu Lasten der Steuerzahler, ohne dass diese darüber entscheiden könnten. Damit wird jedoch auf Dauer die für die Demokratie unverzichtbare Legitimationsbasis zerstört.Table of ContentsCarl Schmitts Legitimitätsdenken in der Diskussion.- Legitimitätsressource Rechtsstaat.- Legitimationsressource Direkte Demokratie.- Legalität und Legalität international und innerstaatlich.- Neue Formen der Legitimation.

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Book Synopsis​Der Arabische Frühling wird häufig als Zäsur nicht nur für die Region, sondern auch für die euro-mediterranen Beziehungen wahrgenommen, nach der sich vermeintlich „alles“ änderte. Annette Jünemann und Julia Simon stellen diese Annahme in Zweifel und untersuchen, welche zentralen Determinanten die Mittelmeerpolitik der Europäischen Union (EU) seit den 1990er Jahren bestimmten. Von diesen Determinanten leiten die Autorinnen Erklärungsansätze für das normative wie realpolitische Versagen der EU ab. In einem zweiten Schritt analysieren sie die Reaktionen der EU auf die Umbrüche in ihrer Nachbarschaft. Ausgehend vom Logics of Action-Ansatz identifizieren sie sowohl Wandel als auch Persistenz in den Handlungslogiken der EU-Mittelmeerpolitik und messen darüber die Lernfähigkeit der EU in unterschiedlichen Bereichen ihrer Regionalpolitik. Ein grundlegender Paradigmenwechsel ist noch nicht erkennbar.​Table of ContentsDie EU-Mittelmeerpolitik und deren Entwicklung von 1995 bis hin zu den „Arabellionen“.- Persistenz und Wandel der EU-Mittelmeerpolitik im Kontext der „Arabellionen“ in der MENA-Region​.

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Book Synopsis​Das Parlamentsbeteiligungsgesetz (ParlBG) regelt die Zustimmung des Deutschen Bundestages zu Einsätzen der Bundeswehr. Diese finden grundsätzlich multinational statt, also im Rahmen von Bündnissen. In der Wahrnehmung der Bündnispartner besteht zwischen den deutschen Entscheidungsprozessen und einer vertieften Integration von Verteidigungspolitik/ -planung ein Spannungsverhältnis (Stichworte: Souveränitätsverzicht und Vertrauen), wobei das ParlBG z.T. als Hindernis gesehen wird. Ob zu Recht, hat in der Strategic Community eine Debatte ausgelöst. Im März 2014 hat der Bundestag eine Kommission eingesetzt, die den Problembereich binnen Jahresfrist analysieren soll.Trade ReviewAus den Rezensionen: “… konzentrierten Wissensbaustein vorgelegt, der in der aktuellen Phase eines Nachdenkens über die Zukunft der Parlamentsbeteiligung eine überaus hilfreiche Klarstellung und Versachlichung bietet ...” (in: Europäische Sicherheit & Technik, Heft 1, 2015)Table of Contents​Skizze des konstitutiven Parlamentsvorbehalts in Deutschland.- Programmatik und Stand multinationaler Kooperation in der Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik.- Der konstitutive Parlamentsvorbehalt als Hindernis für verstärkte multinationale Kooperation?.- Ansätze zur Entschärfung des Spannungsverhältnisses.- Aktuelle Positionen der politischen Parteien.

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