International relations Books
Cambridge University Press Mexicos Cold War
Book SynopsisThis book is a history of the Cold War in Mexico, and Mexico in the Cold War. It uses declassified Mexican and US intelligence sources and Cuban diplomatic records to challenge earlier interpretations that depicted Mexico as a peaceful haven and a weak neighbor forced to submit to US pressure.Trade Review'This important book is a landmark study on Mexico and Cuba and the Cold War. Using an innovative selection of official and grassroots sources as well as previously unavailable Cuban government materials, Keller weaves a fascinating and complex account of how debates over the legacy of the Mexican Revolution shaped Mexico's engagement with the Cuban Revolution and the United States as well as reconfigured Mexican domestic politics. Students of Mexican, Cuban, and inter-American politics and history will find it invaluable.' Barry Carr, LaTrobe University, Australia'At once a history of the Cold War in Mexico and Cuba within the wider global conflict, Renata Keller's engrossing study sets high standards for integrating Latin American history and international relations scholarship. In the process it fleshes out Mexico's distinctive Cold War history at multiple levels of analysis, decoding the nation's complicated, seemingly contradictory relationship with both Fidel Castro's Cuba and the hemisphere's powerful hegemon to the north. Mexico's Cold War also provides an important optic for understanding the powerful legacy of Mexico's twentieth-century revolution.' Gilbert M. Joseph, Yale University, Connecticut'This book makes significant contributions to diplomatic history, Cold War studies, and Mexican history. It delivers an engaging narrative that digs deeply into intelligence and diplomatic archives to craft a fascinating story of how the 1959 Cuban Revolution and international aspects of the Cold War shaped domestic politics in 1960s Mexico … This book is certainly a must-read in diplomatic history, Cold War Studies, and the history of twentieth-century Mexico. It is engaging, insightful, and opens new research inquiries in a number of areas.' Julio E. Moreno, Diplomatic History'Keller's most significant achievement is her careful research into several newly declassified records, particularly those of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad. Her study sheds new light on the particulars of how government authorities in Mexico construed and depicted local and national struggles as part of an international 'communist' campaign to disrupt stability … Keller's study provides innumerable insights and should be required reading for specialists of modern Mexico and the Cold War. Its concise and accessible style makes it ideal for use in undergraduate courses.' Steven J. Bachelor, The American Historical Review'In this deeply researched monograph, Renata Keller has provided the most detailed view yet of how the Cuban Revolution affected Mexico's internal and external affairs during the 1960s and beyond.' Aaron W. Navarro, Hispanic American Historical Review'Keller gives a clear and concise detailing of a tremendously complicated and multifaceted topic that complicates the internal history of the Cold War in Mexico.' Courtney Kennedy, H-LatAmTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The institutionalized revolution; 2. Responding to the Cuban Revolution; 3. Mexico's Cold War heats up; 4. Negotiating relations with Cuba and the United States; 5. Insurgent Mexico; 6. From Cold War to Dirty War; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Jus Cogens International Law and Social Contract
Book SynopsisOne of the most complex doctrines in contemporary international law, jus cogens is the immediate product of the socialization of the international community following the Second World War. However, the doctrine resonates in a centuries-old legal tradition which constrains the dynamics of voluntarism that characterize conventional international law. To reconcile this modern iteration of individual-oriented public order norms with the traditionally state-based form of international law, Thomas Weatherall applies the idea of a social contract to structure the analysis of jus cogens into four areas: authority, sources, content and enforcement. The legal and political implications of this analysis give form to jus cogens as the product of interrelation across an individual-oriented normative framework, a state-based legal order, and values common to the international community as a whole.Trade Review'[Weatherall's] volume has the virtue of delving deeply into international and national jurisprudence to examine how courts have referred to jus cogens and what effects have resulted. The compilation of national court judgments referring to jus cogens is, on its own, quite impressive …' Dinah Shelton, American Journal of International Law'Mediating between the view that the moral dimension of human dignity itself explains the peremptory force and the view that the legal effects of jus cogens are simply based on state consent, Weatherall would like to reconcile natural law and positivist approaches.' Thomas Kleinlein, The European Journal of International Law'This short review does not allow for a more detailed analysis of this work, and cannot, therefore, do justice to Weatherall's extensive argumentation. While some readers may feel as though certain questions posed by the author remain unsettled, it is likely that the sheer complexity of this topic, which builds upon all of international law's foundational notions, makes such an impression inevitable. In sum, this book should be recommended: as the ILC is about to consider the first report of its Special Rapporeur on Jus Cogens, Weatherall's volume stands as an indispensable resource for the fascinating debates to come.' Sevrine Knuchel, Netherlands International Law ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: peremptory norms of general international law (jus cogens); 1. The authority of jus cogens; 2. Material and formal sources of jus cogens; 3. Peremptory norms and the individual; 4. Peremptory norms and the state; Conclusion: international law and social contract.
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Cambridge University Press Kennedy Johnson and the Nonaligned World
Book SynopsisIn 1961, President John F. Kennedy initiated a bold new policy of engaging states that had chosen to remain nonaligned in the Cold War. While initially successful, colonial and regional conflicts, disputes over foreign aid and the Vietnam War led to its failure, paving the way for a lasting hostility between the United States and the Third World.Trade Review'Historians of the Cold War have long criticized US leaders for unsophisticated and heavy-handed policies toward the Third World. Robert Rakove convincingly challenges this view, demonstrating that for a few years in the early 1960s, US decision makers embraced a remarkably nuanced, tolerant approach to India, Egypt, and other 'nonaligned' nations. The book fundamentally alters our understanding of John F. Kennedy and underscores the tragedy that occurred when subsequent presidents abandoned his approach. Anyone interested in the Cold War and the roots of present-day tensions between the United States and the developing world will gain much from this elegantly crafted, deeply researched study.' Mark Atwood Lawrence, University of Texas, Austin'In recent years, the tangled course of the Cold War in the Third World has inspired a vigorous scholarly debate. This outstanding monograph, which examines the ultimately unsuccessful US efforts to gain the support and sympathy of the nonaligned nations, makes an essential contribution to that debate. Based on deep, multinational research, Robert Rakove's authoritative study gives us the fullest and most sophisticated study yet of the uneasy encounter between the United States and the nonaligned movement during a crucial decade.' Robert J. McMahon, Ralph D. Merson Professor, Ohio State University'The nonaligned movement was one of the most important developments of the Cold War, and yet, as Robert Rakove notes in this stimulating and fascinating book, historians have paid it very little attention. By examining the Kennedy and Johnson administrations' approach to the nonaligned movement, Rakove helps fill a large gap in the existing literature.' Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge'The best overview of US policy toward the Third World in the 1960[s] in existence - a true feat of scholarship and synthesis.' O. A. Westad, author of Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750'Robert Rakove has given us a precise and nuanced contribution to our understanding of how US foreign relations and the Cold War unfolded across Asia and Africa in the volatile and significant 1960s. All readers interested in the American relationship with the nonaligned movement will begin with this book.' Thomas ('Tim') Borstelmann, The American Historical Review'… makes a solid argument about the differences between Kennedy and Johnson and their approaches to foreign policy … Rakove's book is exemplary and provides great insight … It will continue to provide a wealth of knowledge to scholars for years to come.' Philip A. Goduti, Jr, Journal of Cold War StudiesTable of Contents1. 'Walking a tightrope': Eisenhower and nonalignment; 2. Rationales for engagement: the new frontiersmen approach nonalignment; 3. Conferences amid crises: the United States and nonalignment, 1961–2; 4. 'Getting the worst of both worlds': the United States and colonial conflicts; 5. The 'diffusion of power' and the spread of regional conflicts; 6. 'Our most difficult political battle': the question of aid; 7. 'A heavy burden for us to bear': the era of Vietnam; Conclusion: 8. 'A decent respect for the opinions of mankind'.
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Cambridge University Press Proportionality and Deference in InvestorState Arbitration
Book SynopsisInvestment treaty arbitration urgently requires a certain and consistent way of deciding regulatory disputes that pays due respect to the competing imperatives of investment protection and regulatory autonomy. Caroline Henckels argues that in such cases investment tribunals should employ proportionality analysis in combination with an institutionally sensitive standard of review.Trade Review'… this book is an incisive and important contribution to the burgeoning literature on international investment law, and indeed other fields of international law as well as jurisprudence.' Luke Nottage, Journal of World Investment and TradeTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Proportionality and deference in theoretical perspective; 3. Operationalizing deference in the context of proportionality analysis: comparative approaches; 4. Methods of review employed by investment tribunals in regulatory disputes; 5. The development of an institutionally sensitive approach to proportionality analysis in investor-state arbitration; 6. Other issues affecting the method and standard of review in investor-state arbitration; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press State Responsibility The General Part 100 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 100
Book SynopsisAnnexed to GA Resolution 56/83 of 2001, the International Law Commission's Articles on Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts put the international law of responsibility on a sound footing. As Special Rapporteur for the second reading, James Crawford helped steer it to a successful conclusion. With this book, he provides a detailed analysis of the general law of international responsibility and the place of state responsibility in particular within that framework. It serves as a companion to The International Law Commission's Articles on State Responsibility: Introduction, Text and Commentaries (Cambridge, 2002) and is essential reading for scholars and practitioners concerned with issues of international responsibility, whether they arise in interstate relations, in the context of arbitration or litigation, or in bringing international claims.Trade Review'Undoubtedly, the book under review qualifies as the most authoritative expression of state responsibility and its rules today, not only because of the extensive discussion devoted to the different aspects of state responsibility, but also because Crawford's background in the field gives him special knowledge that other scholars may lack …' Katja Creutz, Nordic Journal of International LawTable of ContentsPart I. The Framework of Responsibility: 1. Historical development; 2. Key concepts; 3. Corollaries of breach of an international obligation; Part II. Attribution to the State: 4. Organs and entities exercising governmental authority; 5. Direction and control by the State; 6. Other cases of attribution; Part III. Breach: 7. Breach: the material element; 8. Breach: the temporal element; 9. Circumstances precluding wrongfulness; Part IV. Collective or Ancillary Responsibility: 10. Responsibility in cases of joint or collective conduct; 11. Responsibility for breaches of communitarian norms; 12. Ancillary and secondary responsibility; 13. Succession to responsibility; Part V. Cessation and Reparation: 14. Restoration of legal relations after breach; 15. Reparation; 16. Remedies; Part VI. The Implementation of Responsibility: 17. The claims process; 18. Claims on behalf of others: diplomatic and functional protection; 19. Implementation of responsibility by judicial process; 20. Invocation in cases involving multiple parties; 21. Implementation of responsibility by extra-judicial process; Appendix 1. ILC Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (2001); Appendix 2. General Assembly Resolution 56/83, 12 December 2001; General Assembly Resolution 59/35, 2 December 2004; General Assembly Resolution 62/61, 6 December 2007; General Assembly Resolution 65/19, 6 December 2010; Appendix 3. ILC Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection (2006); Appendix 4. ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility (as proposed by F. V. García-Amador, 1961); Appendix 5. ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility (as adopted on first reading, 1996); Appendix 6. ILC Draft Articles on Responsibility of International Organizations (2010).
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Cambridge University Press Cyber Security and the Politics of Time
Book Synopsis'Cyber security' is a recent addition to the global security agenda. This book explores how cyber security communities' conceptions of time are manifest in political practice. It will be valuable to anyone concerned with how security politics is shaped by visions of past, present and future.Trade Review'An excellent and very timely book, which intrigues with smart, in-depth, theoretically driven analysis and shows proficient knowledge of several, hitherto uncombined literatures. A must-read for cyber security pundits.' Myriam Dunn Cavelty, ETH Zürich'Provocative and original, Cyber Security and the Politics of Time reveals alternative ways of understanding the temporal implications of digital geopolitics, illustrating new possibilities in thinking and research at the intersection of social theory, international politics and cyber security.' Mark Lacy, Lancaster UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Cyber security, community, time; 2. Towards a politics of time; 3. Diagnosing the present; 4. Imagining the future; 5. Arguing through the past; 6. Inhabiting the future; 7. Cyber security and the politics of time; 8. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Radical Orientalism
Book SynopsisThis fascinating study explores why ideas of the East mattered to Romantic writers, including Byron and the Shelleys, as well as their readers, political reformers and working-class activists. Imagining and invoking the Muslim world helped radicals to formulate their opposition to electoral disenfranchisement, police repression, and economic exploitation in Britain.Trade Review'… this is a fascinating and rewarding study that sheds new light on established ideas about British Romanticism's engagement with the 'Orient' while pointing to further issues yet to be addressed.' Cian Duffy, Modern Philology'… Cohen-Vrignaud's rich study demonstrates that there is still much to debate and discuss, and it will provide a valuable scholarly resource.' James Watt, Review of English StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction: radical Orientalism and the rights of man; 1. Cruel and unusual romance: Beckford, Byron, and the abomination of violence; 2. Reading the Oriental Riot Act: petition, assembly, and Shelley's constitutional sublime; 3. Splendors and miseries of the British Sultanate: economic Orientalism, inequality, and radical satire; 4. Reasoning like a Turk: indolence and fatalism in Sardanapalus and The Last Man; 5. Byronic infidelity and despotic individuality: sex, religion, and free agency; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Universal Empire A Comparative Approach To Imperial Culture And Representation In Eurasian History
Book SynopsisThe claim by certain rulers to universal empire has a long history stretching as far back as the Assyrian and Achaemenid Empires. This book traces its various manifestations in classical antiquity, the Islamic world, Asia and Central America as well as considering seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European discussions of international order. As such it is an exercise in comparative world history combining a multiplicity of approaches, from ancient history, to literary and philosophical studies, to the history of art and international relations and historical sociology. The notion of universal, imperial rule is presented as an elusive and much coveted prize among monarchs in history, around which developed forms of kingship and political culture. Different facets of the phenomenon are explored under three, broadly conceived, headings: symbolism, ceremony and diplomatic relations; universal or cosmopolitan literary high-cultures; and, finally, the inclination to present universal imperTrade Review'… this volume has much to offer to ancient historians.' Rolf Strootman, Bryn Mawr Classical ReviewTable of Contents1. 'Elephant of India' - universal empire through time and across cultures Peter Fibiger Bang with Dariusz Kołodziejczyk; Part I. Eurasia - Antiquity till Early Modernity: 2. Propaganda and practice in Assyrian and Persian imperial culture Gojko Barjamovic; 3. Between Aśoka and Antiochos - an essay in world history on universal kingship and cosmopolitan culture in the Hellenistic ecumene Peter Fibiger Bang; 4. The making of Oriental Rome: shaping the Trojan legend Rolf Michael Schneider; 5. Pseudo-Aristotelian politics and theology in universal Islam Garth Fowden; 6. The Christian imperial tradition, Greek and Latin Judith Herrin and Dimiter Angelov; 7. Khan, Caliph, Tsar and Imperator: the multiple identities of the Ottoman Sultan Dariusz Kołodziejczyk; 8. How the Mughal Padshahs referenced Iran in their visual construction of universal rule Ebba Koch; 9. Ideologies of state building in Vijayanagara and Post-Vijayanagara South India: some reflections Velcheru Narayana Rao and Sanjay Subrahmanyam; 10. Sons of Heaven: the Qing appropriation of the Chinese model of universal empire Evelyn S. Rawski; Part II. Contrasting Universalisms - Old and New World: 11. Aztec universalism: ideology and status symbols in the service of empire-building Justyna Olko; 12. From empire to Commonwealth(s) - orders in Europe, 1300–1800 Peter Haldén; 13. Imperial universalism - further thoughts John A. Hall.
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Cambridge University Press Emotions in International Politics Beyond Mainstream International Relations
Book SynopsisIn recent years, social scientists have increasingly recognized the interconnectedness of thought on emotions. Nowhere is the role of passions more evident than international politics, where pride, anger, guilt, fear, empathy, and other feelings are routinely on display. But in the absence of an overarching theory of emotions, how can we understand their role at the international level? Emotions in International Politics fills the need for theoretical tools in the new and rapidly growing subfield of international relations. Eminent scholars from a range of disciplines consider how emotions can be investigated from an international perspective involving collective players, drawing evidence from such emotionally fraught events as the Rwandan genocide, World War II, the 9/11 attacks, and the Iranian nuclear standoff. The path-breaking research collected in Emotions in International Politics will be a valuable theoretical guide to understanding conflict and cooperation in international relTable of ContentsPreface Richard Ned Lebow; Introduction Yohan Ariffin; Part I. Towards an Interdisciplinary Analysis of Emotions in International Politics: 1. The question of emotions and passions in mainstream international relations, and beyond Jean-Marc Coicaud; 2. Emotion and change: where history comes in Peter N. Stearns; 3. The sociology of face-to-face emotions James M. Jasper; 4. From intersubjectivity to international relations: the teachings of the 'emotive turn' of cognitive science? Jean-Michel Roy; 5. Emotions of uncertainty, competition, and cooperation in the international financial sector Jocelyn Pixley; 6. Exploring the nexus of emotions/passions, values, and rights in international affairs Jean-Marc Coicaud; 7. Psychoanalysis and the study of emotions in international politics Pierre de Senarclens; 8. Emotions and international law Vesselin Popovski; Part II. Emotions in Foreign Policy Decision Making and in War and Peace: 9. Assessing the role of emotives in international relations Yohan Ariffin; 10. The role of emotions in foreign policy decision making: embarrassment from the Bay of Pigs Assia Alexieva; 11. Shadow of guilt: US Rwandese relations after 1994 genocide Ainius Lasas; 12. Emotions and passions of death and the making of World War II: the cases of Germany and Japan Jean-Marc Coicaud; 13. From group identity to ethnic violence Pierre de Senarclens; 14. Exceptionalism, counterterrorism, and the emotional politics of human rights Andrew Ross; 15. The dialectic of rage: how anger, fear, pride, and some other passion combine, interact, and fight each other in the post-Cold War world Pierre Hassner; 16. Transforming conflict: trust, empathy, and dialogue Naomi Head; 17. The role of emotives in the international management of plant genetic resources Yohan Ariffin; Conclusion Jean-Marc Coicaud.
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Cambridge University Press How Dictatorships Work
Book SynopsisThis book gives readers a better understanding of contemporary dictatorships and the policy implications of political struggles that occur in them. Its accessible, evidence-based insights into how dictatorships rise, survive, and fall will appeal to both experienced academic researchers and students of political science.Trade Review'How Dictatorships Work artfully combines the minutia of autocratic rule – as with the Turkmen dictator naming his dentist as his successor after successfully replacing his teeth with gold - with rigorous attention to general patterns based on an assiduously collected and award-winning dataset in order to illuminate the multifarious challenges faced by 'seizure groups' and their leaders that seek to consolidate rule and stave off oppositional conspiracies.' David D. Laitin, Stanford University, California'This book is a landmark contribution on the logics of autocratic rule. With insightful theorizing, novel empirical data and captivating historical detail, the authors offer answers to some of the most critical questions about autocratic rule: why some autocrats establish stable governments while others suffer continuous revolts? Why some create pseudo democratic institutions and others do not? Why some distribute benefits broadly while others concentrate these among a small group of regime loyalists? This book will set the agenda for the study of authoritarianism for years to come.' Beatriz Magaloni, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University, California'How Dictatorships Work masterfully illustrates the paths autocrats take to power and the ways in which they keep it.' Anna Grzymala-Busse'The book is essential reading for anyone interested in authoritarian politics, democratization or comparative politics.' Albertus Schoeman, DemocratizationTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I. Initiation: 2. Autocratic seizures of power; 3. What do we know about coups?; Part II. Elite Consolidation: 4. Power concentration: the effect of elite factionalism on personalization; 5. Dictatorial survival strategies in challenging conditions: factionalized armed supporters and party creation; Part III. Ruling Society: Implementation and Information Gathering: 6. Why parties and elections in dictatorships?; 7. Double-edged swords: specialized institutions for monitoring and coercion; Part IV. Dictatorial Survival and Breakdown: 8. Why dictatorships fall; 9. Conclusion and policy implications.
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Cambridge University Press Static and Evolutive Treaty Interpretation
Book SynopsisHow should international treaties be interpreted over time? This is the first book to address what evolutive interpretation looks like in reality. It addresses how and under what circumstances it can be said that the interpretation of a treaty evolves, and under what circumstances it remains static.Table of ContentsPart I. Definitions, Assumptions and Method: 1. Two paths to interpretative method; 2. Suggested solutions; 3. Mode of inquiry: functional reconstruction; Part II. The Rule of Interpretation in the VCLT: Method and Methodology: 4. Historical account of the means of interpretation; 5. Cardinal cores of the rule: features of the process; 6. Interpretative knots: the system of the VCLT revisited; 7. Shout of encore: evolutive interpretation in the context of the VCLT; Part III. Court Practice: 8. Profiling courts: a framework of analysis; 9. The International Court of Justice: peacemakers and disputants; 10. The European Court of Human Rights: an aging activist; Part IV. Summary and Conclusions: 11. Summary and conclusions.
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Cambridge University Press U.S.Habsburg Relations from 1815 to the Paris Peace Conference
Book SynopsisThis study provides the first book-length account of US-Habsburg relations from their origins in the early nineteenth century through the aftermath of World War I and the Paris Peace Conference. By including not only high-level diplomacy but also an analysis of diplomats' ceremonial and social activities, as well as an exploration of consular efforts to determine the citizenship status of thousands of individuals who migrated between the two countries, Nicole M. Phelps demonstrates the influence of the Habsburg government on the integration of the United States into the nineteenth-century great power system and the influence of American racial politics on the Habsburg empire's conceptions of nationalism and democracy. In the crisis of World War I, the US-Habsburg relationship transformed international politics from a system in which territorial sovereignty protected diversity to one in which nation-states based on racial categories were considered ideal.Trade Review'This is a bilateral history that goes way beyond the traditional themes of diplomatic relations, tackling difficult issues of race and migration, racialist influences on Wilson's peacemaking strategy, and identity and changing notions of citizenship in the transatlantic transfer of migrants. Phelps's work marks a significant expansion of traditional notions of bilateral relations between nations and makes her a trailblazer in the field of 'new' diplomatic history going beyond politics into the popular arenas of gender and cultural studies.' Günter Bischof, University of New Orleans'All similarities to old-fashioned diplomatic history end when reading this book on the well-worn topic of the Westphalian system of peace. Diplomats built new institutions that reflect their social activities; diplomacy sought territory and alliances. Yet all operated under the guise of forging a new racial identity for citizens within and outside of states. The ancient regime of the Hapsburgs, and the new powerhouse, the United States, vied for supremacy and, as Nicole Phelps brilliantly shows by untangling webs of politics and ideology, American racism triumphed over the diversity of old Europe. A fresh look at a traditional topic, Phelps succeeds with an original and sophisticated account of the long nineteenth century that shows how the next one hundred years - in all its volatility - took shape.' Thomas R. Zeiler, University of Colorado'Nicole Phelps' innovative study recovers an overlooked relationship that offers a penetrating insight into the transformation of international governance and diplomatic protocol across the long 19th century. Her richly textured account of the United States-Habsburg relationship 'demonstrates the international and transnational aspects of the construction of sovereignty' … Both international and transnational in approach, Phelps' study is a highly calibrated examination worthy of a place on the shelves of European and American historians alike. This is a rare, non-Anglo-American account of the transatlantic transformation of international society between the end of the Napoleonic and First World Wars. Phelps unfolds a finely textured and detailed image of a tangled and complex interconnection that should prompt historians to reconsider the way in which the legitimacy of international order was asserted, reinforced, and eventually, dismantled.' Stephen Tuffnell, Reviews in History'… highlights how US racism led not only to the mistreatment of Austro-Hungarian immigrants, but also to the delegitimization and ultimate dissolution of the mutliethnic Habsburg monarchy … Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' C. Ingrao, Choice'Phelps provides a refreshing reminder that diplomacy during the nineteenth century mattered … [this is] an overdue introduction to the diplomatic interaction between the United States and the Habsburg Empire during the nineteenth century.' Niels Eichhorn, The Journal of American History'This is an important book. The author has a broad and serious knowledge of the available historical documents, challenges their informative value, and offers new and alternative modes of interpretation. From the multitude of documents from various national archives in the US, as well as in Austria, Phelps develops a dense picture of conflicts over diplomatic norms concerning mostly the migration of several million people and of the crisis of the Great War itself. Especially convincing are the individual life stories of diplomas as well as of labour migrants and merchants gathered through various documents … her study is a significant contribution to transatlantic diplomatic history of the long nineteenth century, and can be highly recommended to scholars around the world who are interested in the many themes of American and European history that Phelps covers. An important topic of transatlantic history has finally received scholarly attention.' Annemarie Steidel, Austrian Studies Newsmagazine'Nicole Phelps tells a fascinating story of US-Habsburg relations throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries … [this is] a prime example of an innovative study in international history, one that, it is hoped, sets the stage for more original, archival-based research in the field of Austria's and Austria-Hungary's foreign relations.' Franz Adlgasser, Austrian History YearbookTable of ContentsIntroduction: the Habsburg empire and the United States in transnational perspective; 1. Community and legitimacy: the diplomatic culture of the great power system; 2. Becoming a great power: US-Habsburg diplomatic relations and the integration of the United States into the great power system; 3. Protection and the problems of dual citizenship: US consuls in the Habsburg empire; 4. The limits of state-building: Habsburg consuls in the United States and the protection of lives and property; 5. Racial identity and political citizenship: American challenges to Habsburg sovereignty; 6. Giving up on Austria-Hungary: the end of the great power system and the shift to the nationalist successors; 7. Establishing sovereignty: the process of aligning race, place, and citizenship; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Responsibility for Human Rights Transnational Corporations in Imperfect States 130 Cambridge Studies in International Relations Series Number 130
Book SynopsisResponsibility for Human Rights provides an original theoretical analysis of which global actors are responsible for human rights, and why. It does this through an evaluation of the different reasons according to which such responsibilities might be assigned: legalism, universalism, capacity and publicness. The book marshals various arguments that speak in favour of and against assigning 'responsibility for human rights' to any state or non-state actor. At the same time, it remains grounded in an incisive interpretation of the world we actually live in today, including: the relationship between sovereignty and human rights, recent events in 'business and human rights' practice, and key empirical examples of human rights violations by companies. David Karp argues that relevantly public actors have specific human rights responsibility. However, states can be less public, and non-state actors can be more public, than might seem apparent at first glance.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Transnational corporations and human rights in practice, policy and international law; 3. Legitimate authority, human rights and transnational actors; 4. Are human rights responsibilities universal? A conceptual framework of responsibility for human rights; 5. The capacity approach: a construction and critique; 6. The publicness approach to responsibility for human rights; 7. Conclusions: non-state actors and human rights practice.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights Law
Book SynopsisHuman rights are considered one of the big ideas of the early twenty-first century. This book presents in an authoritative and readable form the variety of platforms on which human rights law is practiced today, reflecting also on the dynamic inter-relationships that exist between these various levels. The collection has a critical edge. The chapters engage with how human rights law has developed in its various subfields, what (if anything) has been achieved and at what cost, in terms of expected or produced unexpected side-effects. The authors pass judgment about the consistency, efficacy and success of human rights law (set against the standards of the field itself or other external goals). Written by world-class academics, this Companion will be essential reading for students and scholars of human rights law.Trade Review'… the book presents excellent and intellectually stimulating articles that look at human rights from a range of different perspectives. The chapters are authoritative and easily readable with concise arguments unburdened by complex legal language. This is especially important for students and general readers aiming to gain some measure of understanding in the subject, without delving into its more complex underpinnings … The Cambridge Companion to Human Rights Law is an extremely well-written and intellectually stimulating book for anyone interested in human rights law.' Annette Thompson, The Birkbeck Law ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction Conor Gearty and Costas Douzinas; Part I. All Kinds of Everyone: 1. 'Framing the project' of international human rights law: reflections on the dysfunctional 'family' of the Universal Declaration Anna Grear; 2. Restoring the 'human' in 'human rights' - personhood and doctrinal innovation in the UN disability convention Gerard Quinn with Anna Arstein-Kerslake; 3. The poverty of (rights) jurisprudence Costas Douzinas; Part II. Interconnections: 4. Foundations beyond law Florian Hoffmann; 5. The interdisciplinarity of human rights Abdullahi A. An-Nacim; 6. Atrocity, law, humanity: punishing human rights violators Gerry Simpson; 7. Violence in the name of human rights Simon Chesterman; 8. Reinventing human rights in an era of hyper-globalisation: a few wayside remarks Upendra Baxi; Part III. Platforms: 9. Reconstituting the universal: human rights as a regional idea Chaloka Beyani; 10. The embryonic sovereign and the biological citizen: the biopolitics of reproductive rights Patrick Hanafin; 11. Spoils for which victor? Human rights within the democratic state Conor Gearty; 12. Devoluted human rights Chris Himsworth; 13. Does enforcement matter? Gerd Oberleitner; Part IV. Pressures: 14. Winners and others: accounting for international law's favourites Margot E. Salomon; 15. Resisting panic: lessons about the role of human rights during the long decade after 9/11 Martin Scheinin; 16. What's in a name? The prohibitions on torture and ill treatment today Manfred Nowak; 17. Do human rights treaties make enough of a difference? Samuel Moyn.
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Cambridge University Press The Individual in the International Legal System Continuity And Change In International Law 75 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 75
Book SynopsisWith this generalised study of the development of the role of the individual in international law, Kate Parlett makes a significant contribution to current ideas about non-state actors in international law and provides a synthesised account of the individual in the international legal system in historical perspective.Trade Review'Kate Parlett's analysis is both succinct and comprehensive, inasmuch as it covers 'the areas of international law which have the clearest potential to engage individuals' … The organization of the reasoning in the three … historical periods for each of the areas subject to scrutiny gives the book a clear structure and allows the reader to draw parallels and identify differences in the direct comparison between different fields of law.' Andreas Th. Müller, European Journal of International LawTable of ContentsPart I. The Framework: 1. Structures of the international legal system; Part II. The Individual in International Law: 2. The individual and international claims; 3. The individual in international humanitarian law; 4. The individual in international criminal law; 5. The individual in international human rights law; Part III. Reassessing the Framework: 6. Reflections on the structures of the international legal system.
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Cambridge University Press The Foreign Office Mind
Book SynopsisPioneering study of the underlying principles and élite perceptions that shaped British foreign policy between the death of Palmerston and the outbreak of the First World War. T. G. Otte charts how the collective mindset of Britain's diplomatic élite reacted to and shaped changes in international relations during this crucial period.Trade Review'Otte opens up our understanding of the role of the diplomatic professionals in the long nineteenth century, keeping a careful balance in his analysis of the role of the professionals and that of their political masters. Meticulous in its scholarship, written with great clarity, this work demonstrates with ease a mastery of a complex and intricate subject.' Erik Goldstein, Boston University'This is an outstanding book. Otte has used an extraordinary number of sources and found personal papers which most historians did not know existed. He covers an extended period of time, clearly showing how different generations of officials and diplomats reacted to changes in the shifting world scene. This is an authoritative study which will be used by generations of future historians of British foreign policy.' Zara Steiner, University of Cambridge'This book gives food for thought as well as much historical enlightenment.' The Times Literary Supplement'By delving into the interaction of policy debates and office politics, this book provides an often fascinating institutional history of the Foreign Office and is a treasure trove of biographical information on many of the ministry's key personnel during this period.' Phillip Dehne, Journal of British Studies'The Foreign Office Mind is an excellent source for providing a deep examination of the inner workings of the British diplomatic corps interaction with other European powers leading up to the First World War … [Otte] clearly demonstrates that the commencement of the conflict and its horrific cost over the next four years was not inevitable, but rather the result of diplomatic and political manoeuvring by European powers for over half a century for dominance on the European continent and in their colonial spheres.' Eric Haas, H-Net Reviews (h-net.org/reviews)'A comprehensive analysis.' Total PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Illusions of supremacy: the Foreign Office mind, 1865–74; 2. The problems of isolation: the Foreign Office mind, 1874–85; 3. Problems of consolidation: the Foreign Office mind, 1885–92; 4. Two eastern questions: the Foreign Office mind and the period of flux in great power politics, 1892–1900; 5. The transformation of great power politics: the Edwardian Foreign Office mind, 1900–7; 6. The end of an era: the late-Edwardian Foreign Office mind, 1907–14; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Soviet Counterinsurgency in the Western Borderlands
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the Soviet response to nationalist insurgencies between 1944 and 1953 in the regions the Soviet Union annexed after the Nazi-Soviet pact.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'The Soviet Union's annexation of western borderlands at the end of World War II sparked fierce insurgencies against Soviet rule, especially in western Ukraine and the Baltic states. Alexander Statiev draws extensively on Russian archival sources to provide a detailed, insightful account of the Soviet regime's counterinsurgency doctrine in those regions. No previous study in English has addressed this topic in such depth and such breadth. Even those who would challenge some of Statiev's conclusions and findings can be grateful for the immense amount of research he has done.' Mark Kramer, Harvard UniversityReview of the hardback: 'One of the most obscure aspects of Soviet history has long been the violent pacification of the Soviet borderlands after the end of World War II. Professor Statiev has for the first time produced a strikingly original, honest, and comprehensive account of that hidden history. Free of polemic and prejudice, his account will become the standard work.' Richard Overy, University of ExeterReview of the hardback: 'Statiev's book provides an insightful and meticulous look at the postwar counterinsurgency campaigns in the Soviet Union's western borderlands, shedding new light on the ruthless struggle for control from the Baltics to Ukraine.' Dave Stone, Kansas State University'… Statiev has certainly produced a work that is both a valuable contribution to the literature on Soviet nationalities policy and counterinsurgency, and one that should provide material of interest to a wide academic audience.' Alexander Hill, Canadian Slavonic Papers'Statiev refutes the historiography's neat dichotomy between foreign usurpers persecuting the national freedom fighters of Ukraine and the Baltic states. Rather, he characterizes the conflict as a civil war fought on the village level, neighbor against neighbor. He provides numbers transformed into charts from archival and secondary sources to show that Ukrainians and Balts made up not only most of the insurgents but also the majority of counterinsurgents (in destruction battalions and village militias).' Kate Brown, Slavic ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Origins of Soviet counterinsurgency; 2. The borderland societies in the interwar period: the first Soviet occupation and the emergence of nationalist resistance; 3. The borderlands under German occupation (1941–4): social context of the Soviet re-conquest; 4. Nationalist resistance after the Soviet re-conquest; 5. Soviet agrarian policy as a pacification tool; 6. Deportations, 'repatriations' and other types of forced migrations as aspects of security policy; 7. Amnesties; 8. Red rurales: the destruction battalions; 9. Police tactics: actions of NKVD security units, intelligence gathering, covert operations and intimidation; 10. The church in Soviet security policy; 11. Violations of official policy and their impact on pacification; 12. Conclusion: nationalist resistance and Soviet counterinsurgency in the global context; Appendix 1. Note on used terms and geographic and personal names; Appendix 2. Note on primary sources.
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Cambridge University Press The Wars before the Great War
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a comprehensive account of the wars before the Great War and surveys the impact of these conflicts on European diplomacy, military planning, popular opinion and their role in undermining international stability in the years leading up to the outbreak of the First World War.Trade Review'Each chapter provides detailed footnotes and is very clearly organized and written (goals stated, assumptions outlined, and conclusions reached). Such clarity makes this book ideal for undergraduate history students … Highly recommended.' Choice'These essays will prove valuable reading for the serious student of the Great War and European military and diplomatic institutions in the early twentieth century.' NYMAS Review'… the range of historical scholarship, presented with a consistence of clarity and quality rarely seen in edited volumes of this length, distinguishes The Wars before the Great War as essential reading for anybody wishing to cultivate a more comprehensive understating of the origins of the First World War.' Samuel Foster, European History QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Introduction William Mulligan, Andreas Rose and Dominik Geppert; Part I. The Belligerents: 2. Italy, Libya and the Balkans Francesco Caccomo; 3. The Italian soldiers' experience in Libya, 1911–12 Vanda Wilcox; 4. Ottoman diplomacy, the Balkan Wars, and the Great Powers Gul Tokay; 5. Mass violence against civilians during the Balkan Wars Ugur Ungor Umit; 6. War, civic mobilization and the shaping of the Ottoman home front during the Balkan Wars, 1912–13 Eyal Ginio; 7. Civil and military relations in Serbia during 1903–14 John Paul Newman; 8. The great expectations: political visions, military preparation, and national upsurge in Bulgaria at the onset of the Balkan Wars Nikolai Vukov; Part II. The European Military between Real and Imagined Wars: 9. The Russian threat calculation, 1910–14 Bruce Menning; 10. The French military mind and the wars before the war Adrian Wettstein; 11. The perception of the 'wars before the wars' in Austria-Hungary Gunther Kronenbitter; 12. Between Manchuria and the Marne: the German army and its perception of the military conflicts of 1911–14 Markus Poehlmann; Part III. The Wars and Great Power Politics: 13. Austro-Hungarian foreign policy and the Balkan Wars Alma Hannig; 14. German foreign policy and the Balkan Wars, 1912–14 Patrick Bormann; 15. Entente diplomacy vs détente, 1911–14 T. G. Otte; 16. Anglo-French relations and the wars before the war Friedrich Kiessling; Part IV. The Wars in the European Public Sphere: 17. The Habsburg Empire's German speaking public sphere and the First Balkan War Tamara Scheer; 18. From 'illusion' and 'Angellism' to détente - British radicals and the Balkan Wars Andreas Rose; 19. Uncivilised wars in civilised Europe? The perception of the Balkan Wars 1912–13 in English, German, and Irish newspapers and journals Florian Keisinger; 20. Socialism and the challenge of the Balkan Wars 1912–13 Wolfgang Kruse.
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Cambridge University Press Transnational Dynamics of Civil War
Book SynopsisThis book bridges the gap between the fields of international relations, comparative politics and conflict processes. Using the cases of Chechnya, Afghanistan, Sudan and Turkey, among others, it explores the border-crossing features of civil war, providing a significant theoretical and empirical contribution to the study of the subject.Trade Review'Jeff Checkel has assembled an excellent group of authors with on-the-ground expertise on civil wars and sensibility to standards of social-science method and research design. [This] book should enjoy a wide readership of scholars of civil war and students taking courses on international relations, transnationalism, and civil conflict.' Matthew Evangelista, Cornell University'Featuring the workings of various causal mechanisms, this volume contributes invaluably to our understanding of dynamic processes at work during civil war.' Scott Gates, Director, Centre for the Study of Civil War, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)'With more than half of all post-1945 civil wars spilling across state borders, this new volume offers a welcome introduction into the often overlooked transnational dynamics of 'local' wars. Taken as a whole, these chapters also provide compelling evidence for the importance of qualitative process-tracing that moves beyond just-so stories to the much tougher challenge of rigorously testing the mechanisms that underpin our explanations of civil war dynamics.' Jason Lyall, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsPart I. Civil War: Mobilizing across Borders: 1. Transnational dynamics of civil war Jeffrey T. Checkel; Part II. Transnationalized Civil War: 2. Copying and learning from outsiders? Assessing diffusion from transnational insurgents in the Chechen wars Kristin M. Bakke; 3. Mechanisms of diaspora mobilization and the transnationalization of civil war Fiona B. Adamson; 4. Refugee militancy in exile and upon return in Afghanistan and Rwanda Kristian Berg Harpviken and Sarah Kenyon Lischer; 5. Rebels without a cause? Transnational diffusion and the Lord's Resistance Army, 1986–2011 Hans Peter Schmitz; 6. Transnational advocacy networks, rebel groups, and demobilization of child soldiers in Sudan Stephan Hamberg; 7. Conflict diffusion via social identities: entrepreneurship and adaptation Martin Austvoll Nome and Nils B. Weidmann; Part III. Theory, Mechanisms, and the Study of Civil War: 8. Causal mechanisms and typological theories in the study of civil conflict Andrew Bennett; 9. Transnational dynamics of civil war: where do we go from here? Elisabeth Jean Wood.
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Cambridge University Press Decolonising International Law Development Economic Growth And The Politics Of Universality 86 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 86
Book SynopsisDecolonising International Law unravels the imperial and emancipatory nature of international law, showing how the idea of economic growth forecloses law's promise of justice, and how the concept of development interacts with the structure of international law to maintain global inequality.Trade Review'This important and timely book is thoroughly researched, methodically written, and both instructive and convincing.' Muin Boase and Mansur Boase, European Journal of International Law'This book is a critical, thought-provoking and well-written account of how the post-Second World War international law and institutions have been used by the West (an imagined community itself) to construct and impose a new rational truth based on particular values, norms and socio-political organisations that were defined as universal … The core part of the book is a very lucid analysis of three cases in which relevant concepts and processes defended by the Third World with a potentially destabilizing nature, in the end were captured by the West and turned into instruments at its service rather than as catalysers of change.' Felipe Gómez Isa, PeacebuildingTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Inaugurating a new rationality; 3. From decolonisation to developmental nation state; 4. From permanent sovereignty to investor protection; 5. From the rule of international law to the internationalisation of the rule of law; 6. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Making the Law of the Sea A Study In The Development Of International Law 80 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 80
Book SynopsisThe law of the sea is an important area of international law which must be able to adapt to the changing needs of the international community. Making the Law of the Sea examines how various international organizations have contributed to the development of this law and what kinds of instruments and law-making techniques have been used. Each chapter considers a different international institution - including the International Maritime Organization and the United Nations - and analyses its functions and powers. Important questions are posed about the law-making process, including what actors are involved and what procedures are followed. Potential problems for the development of the law of the sea are considered and solutions are proposed. In particular, James Harrison explores and evaluates the current methods employed by international institutions to coordinate their law-making activities in order to overcome fragmentation of the law-making process.Trade Review'This book, based on the PhD thesis of the author at the University of Edinburgh, is an interesting description of the historical development of the law of the seas. The new and different aspect of the book is that it does not focus on the substantive legal arrangements of the law of the sea nor on the policy issues and state conflicts that have led to these legal arrangements. Instead, it concentrates on the role of the various international organisations and the various procedures employed by negotiators in order to push forward the development of the law of the sea over the past few decades. In other words, this book is about understanding the governance of the developments of the law of the sea rather than the governance of the oceans as such.' The Journal of International Maritime Law'… [this book] should command the attention of a wide audience, including students and scholars studying the law of the sea, the law of international institutions, the law of treaties, and international law in general.' Yoshifumi Tanaka, Netherlands International Law ReviewTable of Contents1. Making the modern Law of the Sea: challenges and opportunities; 2. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; 3. Amendment and modification of the Law of the Sea Convention by the states parties; 4. Implementing agreements; 5. The International Seabed Authority and the development of the Deep Seabed Mining Regime; 6. The International Maritime Organization and the international regulation of shipping; 7. The contribution of the Food and Agriculture Organization to international fisheries law; 8. Cooperation, coordination and conflict between international institutions; 9. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Environment and International Relations Themes in International Relations
Book SynopsisThe new edition of this invaluable introduction has been updated and revised throughout, including new figures, examples, textboxes, and a new chapter. Using an innovative framework, the book introduces students to the ways in which the theories and tools of international relations can be used to analyse and address global environmental problems.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; List of commonly used abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the environment and international relations; 2. Global environmental problems; 3. Actors in global environmental politics; 4. State-led global environmental governance; 5. The impacts and effectiveness of global environmental governance; 6. Global economic governance and the environment; 7. Non-state global environmental governance; 8. The global politics of market mechanisms; 9. Conclusions: the environment and international relations in the twenty-first century; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press External Intervention and the Politics of State Formation China Indonesia and Thailand 18931952
Book SynopsisThis book explores ways foreign intervention and external rivalries can affect the institutionalization of governance in weak states. When sufficiently competitive, foreign rivalries in a weak state can actually foster the political centralization, territoriality and autonomy associated with state sovereignty. This counterintuitive finding comes from studying the collective effects of foreign contestation over a weak state as informed by changes in the expected opportunity cost of intervention for outside actors. When interveners associate high opportunity costs with intervention, they bolster sovereign statehood as a next best alternative to their worst fear - domination of that polity by adversaries. Sovereign statehood develops if foreign actors concurrently and consistently behave this way toward a weak state. This book evaluates that argument against three 'least likely' cases - China, Indonesia and Thailand between the late nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries.Trade Review"Chong evaluates interactions among local political groups, governance institutions, external actors, and pressures from international system … He considers the competition among several powers (e.g., the US, Britain, Russia, Japan, France) as they intervened these fragile states, their rivalry creating conditions favorable for political centralization, territorial exclusivity, and external autonomy, the marks of the sovereign state. The argument Chong makes also applies to fragile states today, such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Kosovo." G. A. McBeath, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, ChoiceTable of Contents1. Molding the institutions of governance: theories of state formation and the contingency of sovereignty in fragile polities; 2. Imposing states: foreign rivalries, local collaboration, and state form in peripheral polities; 3. Feudalizing the Chinese polity, 1893–1922: assessing the adequacy of alternative takes on state reorganization; 4. External influence and China's feudalization, 1893–1922: opportunity costs and patterns of foreign intervention; 5. The evolution of foreign involvement in China, 1923–52: rising opportunity costs and convergent approaches to intervention; 6. How intervention remade the Chinese state, 1923–52: foreign sponsorship and the building of sovereign China; 7. Creating Indonesia, 1893–1952: major power rivalry and the making of sovereign statehood; 8. Siam stands apart, 1893–1952: external intervention and rise of a sovereign Thai state; 9. Domesticating international relations, externalizing comparative politics: foreign intervention and the state in world politics.
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Cambridge University Press Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations
Book SynopsisThis book brings together the most influential writers in the fields of international law and international relations to critically explore what recent interdisciplinary work reveals about the design and workings of international institutions, the roles played by international and domestic courts, and the factors that enhance compliance with international law.Trade Review'Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations is an impressive volume that brings together the leading writers in the fields of international law and international relations to celebrate this development, while also critically assessing the conceptual and empirical contributions of IL/IR to the understanding of international law … Professors Jeffrey Dunoff and Mark Pollack's anthology proves to be a tremendously valuable contribution to the study of international relations - one that traces the trajectory of IL/IR as a discipline over the past century, provides a comprehensive depiction and analysis of the field as it exists today through the varied analyses of the volume's authors, and proposes a way forward for the continued development of cross-disciplinary IL/IR scholarship.' Harvard Law Review'The present collection brings together the leading scholars writing at the crossroads between the two disciplines to consider and reflect on the current state of interdisciplinary international law and international relations scholarship. The result is a book of high calibre that is not only essential, but also very delightful and enriching reading for scholars and students of international law and international relations.' Monika Zalnieriute, European Journal of International Law'This book is firmly situated at the heart of very important and dynamic debates, and it will certainly help to shape those debates for a coming generation of scholars: what does the international legal system do to international politics, and what does international politics do to the international legal system? These are the key questions.' International and Comparative Law Quarterly'Magisterial … The strength of this edited book is the sheer breadth of the coverage and the diversity of the authors … A work like Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations offers a valuable opportunity to take stock of what has been learned.' Emilie Hafner-Burton and David Victor, American Journal of International LawTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: Setting the Stage: 1. International law and international relations: taking stock Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Mark A. Pollack; 2. Law, legalization, and politics: an agenda for the next generation of IR/IL scholars Kenneth W. Abbott and Duncan Snidal; Part II. Theorizing International Law: 3. Institutionalism and international law Barbara Koremenos; 4. Liberal theories of international law Andrew Moravcsik; 5. Constructivism and international law Jutta Brunnée and Stephen J. Toope; 6. Wanted: dead or alive - realist approaches to international law Richard H. Steinberg; Part III. Making International Law: 7. Flexibility in international agreements Laurence R. Helfer; 8. Hard and soft law Gregory Shaffer and Mark A. Pollack; 9. NGOs in international relations (theory) Peter J. Spiro; 10. Regulatory networks Abraham Newman and David Zaring; 11. Lawmaking by international organizations: perspectives from IL/IR theory Ian Johnstone; 12. Institutional proliferation and the international legal order Kal Raustiala; 13. Legitimacy: concepts and conceptions/normative and descriptive Daniel Bodansky; Part IV. The Interpretation and Application of International Law: 14. The multiple roles of international courts and tribunals: enforcement, dispute resolution, constitutional and administrative review Karen J. Alter; 15. The design of dispute settlement procedures in international agreements Barbara Koremenos and Timm Betz; 16. Whose agents? The interpretation of international law in national courts Lisa Conant; 17. International judicial independence Erik Voeten; 18. The politics of treaty interpretation: variations and explanations across international tribunals Joost Pauwelyn and Manfred Elsig; Part V. Enforcement, Compliance, and Effectiveness: 19. The engines of compliance Jana von Stein; 20. Coercive enforcement in international law Alexander Thompson; 21. Reputation in international relations and international law theory Rachel Brewster; 22. Open economy law Joel P. Trachtman; 23. Persuading to comply: on the deployment and avoidance of legal argumentation Steven R. Ratner; 24. Against compliance Lisa L. Martin; Part VI. Conclusions: 25. International law and international relations: twenty years later Anne-Marie Slaughter; 26. Reviewing two decades of IL/IR scholarship: what we've learned, what's next Jeffrey L. Dunoff and Mark A. Pollack.
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Cambridge University Press International Relations Theory The GameTheoretic
Book SynopsisWritten for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, this is the first textbook on international relations theory to take a specifically game-theoretic approach to the subject, and provide the material needed for students to understand the subject thoroughly, from its basic foundations to more complex models. International relations theory is presented and analysed using simple games, which allow students to grasp the concepts and mechanisms involved with the rationalist approach without the distraction of complicated mathematics. Chapter exercises reinforce key concepts and guide students to extend the models discussed. Drawing examples from international security, international political economy, and environmental negotiations, this introductory textbook examines a broad array of topics in international relations courses, including state preferences, normal form games, bargaining, uncertainty and communication, multilateral cooperation, and the impact of domestic politics.Trade Review'Kydd provides a beautifully clear and thorough development of the central theoretical ideas and arguments of international relations theory, from a strategic perspective. This is a very useful book.' James D. Fearon, Geballe Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University, California'This is the book I always wished I had for my course, 'Theories of International Relations'. It presents the workhorse models of the field clearly and concisely, including everything the student needs to know, but without unnecessary flourishes. Undergraduates will appreciate the introductory sections that ground the models in the substantive concerns of international politics, and more advanced students will find it a useful reference.' Randall W. Stone, University of Rochester, New York'To understand international politics, one needs to know what states believe and want and to what positions they commit themselves in the endless bargain with other nations. This important textbook introduces concisely, and with great elegance, the elementary algebra of global decision making. International Relations Theory is a great achievement and tremendous service to a discipline that still struggles to grasp the often tragic nature of world affairs.' Gerald Schneider, International Relations Chair, University of Konstanz, and President of the European Political Science Association (2013–2015)Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. What states want; 3. Varieties of strategic settings; 4. Bargaining; 5. Power change and war; 6. Private information and war; 7. Arms competition and war; 8. Cooperation theory; 9. Diplomacy and signaling; 10. Multilateral cooperation; 11. Domestic politics and international relations.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of British Foreign Policy 17831919 Volume 2
Book SynopsisPublished between 1922 and 1923, this was the first comprehensive survey of foreign policy during Britain's emergence as a major power. Volume 2 begins with the defeat of Napoleon, and the broader focus of Britain's interests is reflected in chapters on the Far East, America and India.Table of ContentsPreface; Book II. From the Second Peace of Paris, 1815, to the Eve of the Revolution of 1848–9: 1. Great Britain and the Continental Alliance, 1816–22 W. A. Phillips; 2. The foreign policy of Canning, 1820–7 H. W. V. Temperley; 3. Belgium, 1830–9 G. W. T. Omond; 4. The Near East and France 1829–47 R. B. Mowat; 5. India and the Far East, 1833–49 G. P. Moriarty; 6. United States and colonial development, 1815–46 A. P. Newton; Book III. From the Outbreak of the February Revolution to the Death of Palmerston and the Resignation of Russell, 1848–66: 7. The European revolution and after, 1848–54 F. J. C. Hearnshaw; 8. The Crimean War and the French alliance, 1853–8 W. F. Reddaway; 9. India and the Far East, 1848–58 F. W. Buckler; 10. The Franco-Italian war, Syria and Poland, 1859–63 R. R. Reid; 11. Commercial relations, 1828–1865. 1. Zollverein negotiations, 1828–65 J. H. Clapham; 2. The French Commercial Treaty of 1860 E. A. Benians; 12. Anglo-American relations during the Civil War, 1860–5 A. P. Newton; 13. The Schleswig-Holstein question, 1852–66 A .W. Ward; 14. Greece and the Ionian Islands, 1832–64 A. W. Ward; Appendices; Bibliographies; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Russias Response to Sanctions
Book SynopsisThis is the first assessment of how Western sanctions have affected targeted sectors of the Russian economy and how Russian policymakers have responded. Connolly argues that a new political economy is emerging in Russia and Russia's integration with the global economy has been fundamentally reshaped by their response to sanctions.Trade Review'… in his study of the effects of Western sanctions on Russia, Connolly (Univ. of Birmingham, UK) demonstrates a thorough knowledge of Russia's political economy and persuasively explains how Russian authorities, after a period of economic turbulence when sanctions were imposed in 2014, brought about economic recovery by 2016.' R. P. Peters, ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Sanctions and political economy; 2. Russia's system of political economy; 3. Western sanctions and the Russian response; 4. Sanctions and the energy industry; 5. Sanctions and the defense industry; 6. Sanctions and the financial system; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press State Responsibility for Breaches of Investment Contracts
Book SynopsisThere is a wealth of material that shapes the law of State responsibility for breaches of investment contracts. First impressions of an unsettled or uncertain law have thus far gone unchallenged. But unchallenged first impressions point to the need for a detailed study that investigates and analyses the sources, the content, the characteristics, and the evolution of this law. The argument at the heart of this monograph is that the law of state responsibility for breaches of investment contracts has carved a unique and distinct trajectory from the traditional route for the creation of international law, developing principally from arbitral awards, and mimicking, to a considerable extent, the general international law on the protection of aliens and alien property. This book unveils the remarkable journey of the law of state responsibility for breaches of investment contracts, from its origins, to its formation, to its arrival at the cusp of maturity.Trade Review'The author has written an extremely valuable monograph on a topic that surprisingly has received little attention. International investment contracts were once considered the main source of obligations and of consent to binding dispute settlement, yet academic attention has been focused on treaty breach. This text examines the contractual context and makes the link between international responsibility of states under investment contracts and the international law developed through arbitral awards. It is well written and is a superb source of information and explanation about this aspect of international investment law.' Meg Kinnear, Secretary-General, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, Washington DC'This monograph is a timely and important contribution to an area of law that is very much in use, but also mired in uncertainty. By analysing the history and development of international law that is specific to contractual protection, the author defines the contours and content of a unique branch of the law of state responsibility. Her thoroughly-researched and provocative thesis promises to engage international investment law scholars, practitioners, and students for years to come.' Hi-Taek Shin, Chairman, Seoul International Dispute Resolution Center'This work is a superlative historical and systematic analysis of legal materials on investment contracts to the present day. As unilateral reforms, both substantive and procedural, are applied to treaty-based investments, compelling foreign investors increasingly to seek contractual protections with a host State, it is likely to become an essential guide for all participants in this specialist field of investor-state investment disputes.' V.V. Veeder, QC, Essex Court Chambers, and Visiting Professor on Investment Arbitration, Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College LondonTable of Contents1. Power and principle in the origins of contractual protection; 2. Arbitral awards and the generation of international law; 3. State responsibility and the core standard of treatment; 4. State responsibility and expropriation; 5. State responsibility and internationalisation; 6. The emerging international law on investment contract protection; 7. The future of international investment contract claims.
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Cambridge University Press The Legacy of Ad Hoc Tribunals in International Criminal Law
Book SynopsisLeading authorities in the field of international criminal law address the history of the ICTY and the ICTR. Focusing on how these tribunals have had a positive impact on the development of international criminal law, this volume discusses how their legacy will contribute toward the advancement of this field.Trade Review'This book is fascinating and rich in insight. The ad hoc tribunals came about at a rare moment of East-West accord. They gave a voice to war crimes victims and put the criminals in the dock. They also produced a historical record, opened the way to the International Criminal Court and even advanced peace in the Balkans. But that political moment may have passed, and in Syria today, as the authors point out, there's no accountability and little hope of international justice.' Roy Gutman, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist'This excellent book will be of significant interest to jurists, practitioners and scholars studying the contributions of the ad hoc tribunals, as well as to those interested in international criminal law in general.' Christina Van Den Wyngaert, Judge of the International Criminal Court (2009–18)'The Yugoslavia and the Rwanda tribunals ignited the rapid development of international criminal law over the past two decades. This book provides an outstanding account of how these institutions have established a lasting legacy by shaping this growing field of law.' Stephen Rapp, former US Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues'At a time when multilateral institutions are under attack, as is multilateralism itself, this book provides a timely reminder of what two of its products, the ICTY and ICTR, managed to accomplish despite the odds.' Jose Alvarez, Herbert and Rose Rubin Professor of International Law, New York UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Michael P. Scharf and Milena Sterio; Part I. The Legacy of the Yugoslavia and Rwanda Tribunals: 1. The Yugoslavia and Rwanda tribunals: a legacy of human rights' protection and contribution to international criminal justice Milena Sterio; 2. Examining the benchmarks by which to evaluate the ICTY's legacy Jennifer Trahan; Part II. Normative and Operational Legacy of the Yugoslavia and Rwanda Tribunals: 3. How the Tadic appeals chamber decision fundamentally altered customary international law Michael P. Scharf; 4. A roundtable on the legacy of the Karadzic trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ILW 2016 Panel; 5. Atrocity speech law comes of age: the good, the bad and the ugly of the international speech crimes jurisprudence at the ad hoc tribunals Gregory S. Gordon; 6. The once and future doctrine of joint criminal enterprise Michael P. Scharf; 7. The tribunals' fact-finding legacy Yvonne McDermott; 8. The legacy of the ICTY and ICTR on sexual and gender-based violence Valerie Oosterveld; 9. The defense of duress to killing innocents: assessing the mixed legacy of the ICTY and the ICTR Jonathan Witmer-Rich; 10. Sentencing policies of the ad hoc tribunals Yvonne M. Dutton; 11. Mixed messages: the sentencing legacy of the ad hoc tribunals Margaret M. deGuzman; 12. Combatting chaos in the courtroom: lessons from the ICTY and ICTR for the control of future war crimes trials Michael P. Scharf; Part III. Impact of the Yugoslavia and Rwanda Tribunals on the Future of International Criminal Law and Global Peace and Justice: 13. The impact of the ad hoc tribunals on the International Criminal Court Stuart Ford; 14. Twenty-four years on: the Yugoslavia and Rwanda tribunals' contributions to durable peace Paul R. Williams and Kimberly Larkin; Conclusion Michael P. Scharf and Milena Sterio.
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Cambridge University Press Pathologies of Climate Governance
Book SynopsisEarth''s climate is in crisis. Climate governance has failed. This book diagnoses climate governance as if it were a sick patient, uncovering the fundamental factors causing the worsening climate crisis. It distils decades of global climate negotiations to reveal the features of international relations that are impeding climate action, and it identifies political obstacles to climate governance across a variety of countries in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. The psychosocial aspects of climate change are explored to show how human nature, overconsumption, and global capitalism conspire to stymy climate action. Remedies are suggested for how to overcome hurdles to effective climate governance internationally and nationally, with ideas provided for individuals to help them align their own interests with those of the global environment. Covering all of the major recent events in climate politics and governance, this is an accessible book for concerned readers who want to understand the clTrade Review'Paul Harris provides an excellent account of the major structural, political and psychosocial causes of the climate crisis and the failures of climate governance - but ends positively with a shopping list of plausible policy solutions. Very accessible, often provocative, sometimes depressing, but always engaging, this should be read by everyone interested in climate politics.' Neil Carter, University of York'In this book, Paul Harris provides a thought-provoking analysis of the instincts and behaviours that governance systems and societies will need to confront if they are to succeed in controlling the most serious impacts of climate change. Its accessible writing style and clear lines of argumentation will make it a useful resource for academics, decision-makers and students of the politics of climate change.' Ian Bailey, University of Plymouth'Highly recommended.' M. E. Carranza, Choice ConnectTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of figures and tables; List of abbreviations and acronyms; Part I. Problems: 1. Dysfunction in climate governance; 2. The worsening climate crisis; Part II. Pathologies: 3. Pathologies of international relations; 4. Pathologies of national politics in the United States and China; 5. Pathologies of national politics in the Global North; 6. Pathologies of national politics in the Global South; 7. Pathologies of human nature; Part III. Prescriptions: 8. Reconsidering international, national and human governance; 9. Prescriptions for governing climate change; 10. Policies and prospects for climate governance; Conclusion; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Reconsidering REDD
Book SynopsisIn Reconsidering REDD+: Authority, Power and Law in the Green Economy, Julia Dehm provides a critical analysis of how the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) scheme operates to reorganise social relations and to establish new forms of global authority over forests in the Global South, in ways that benefit the interests of some actors while further marginalising others. In accessible prose that draws on interdisciplinary insights, Dehm demonstrates how, through the creation of new legal relations, including property rights and contractual obligations, new forms of transnational authority over forested areas in the Global South are being constituted. This important work should be read by anyone interested in a critical analysis of international climate law and policy that offers insights into questions of political economy, power, and unequal authority.Trade Review'Dehm's authoritative and beautifully written book traces emergent relations of law, power and authority in the green economy. Set against the background of climate crisis as a socio-ecological bio-crisis, Dehm's skilful, multi-layered analysis strips back the surface of REDD+ to expose the global management of forests as a troubling new site of capitalist accumulation. I highly recommend this timely and necessary book.' Anna Grear, Cardiff University'An original and thought-provoking critique of REDD+ that also sheds light on fundamental shortcomings of the climate change regime and of international environmental law and policy more generally. This is the very best kind of critical scholarship, that not only reveals the limitations of current frameworks but also inspires the reader to look past them to possible alternatives.' Karin Mickelson, University of British ColumbiaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Reconsidering REDD+; 1. Background to REDD+; 2. Asserting global authority over the carbon sequestration potential of forests; 3. Actualising authority through public and private law: REDD+ through the lens of property and contract; 4. Responsibility and capacity: recasting north-south difference; 5. Scale, multilevel governance and the disaggregation of property rights in REDD+; 6. REDD+ at the 'local' level: between rights and responsibilisation; 7. Conclusion: Possibilities for climate justice and planetary co-habitation.
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Cambridge University Press Global Capitalism Global War Global Crisis
Book SynopsisTaking a novel historical materialist approach to understanding the internal relations of global capitalism, global war, and global crisis, this book captures capital's connection to the states-system of uneven and combined development, social reproduction, and the contradictions facing humanity within world ecology to produce a text that will appeal to scholars and students alike.Trade Review'A glorious debate on ways of seeing capital and state hegemony as relational and material, from global capitalism in China, to global war in Iraq and the new Bomb-and-Build imperialism, to global crisis in the Eurozone. Andreas Bieler and Adam Morton deliver a rigorous and uncompromising geopolitical text. They also honour the insights of ecological and reproduction feminists on appropriation-accumulation by non-economic means-identifying expanded forms of class struggle emergent today in the grassroots contestation of neoliberalism.' Ariel Salleh, University of Sydney'Marx's dialectics prioritise the relational and evolving qualities of literally everything over the logically separate and static parts into which most people divide our world. The authors of this book give dialectics the attention it deserves in understanding global capitalism, taking you on a mind-stretching voyage you do not want to miss. Highly recommended.' Bertell Ollman, New York University'As tensions and confrontations rise, it is incumbent upon us to understand the intrinsic relations of global capitalism, global war, and global crisis. Feminist political economists share with historical materialists the concern for the increasing reach of capitalist exploitation within households, states, at the border and in zones of conflict and post-conflict. A holistic, explanatory account has never been more important and Andreas Bieler and Adam Morton have produced that account for our time. All serious analysts of world order looking for answers about 'how we got here' and 'where we are going' should take heed.' Jacqui True, Monash University, Melbourne'Andreas Bieler and Adam Morton offer an original, tightly-argued and extraordinarily rich analytical panorama of the emergence and unevenness of global capitalism, the geopolitical conflicts entailed, and its crisis conditions provoking sources of resistance. The ground-breaking approach developed in this book will shape debates in and beyond political economy for years to come.' Alfredo Saad-Filho, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of LondonTable of Contents1. A Necessarily historical materialist moment; 2. The centrality of class struggle; 3. The material structure of ideology; 4. Capitalist expansion, uneven and combined development and passive revolution; 5. The geopolitics of global capitalism; 6. Exploitation and resistance; 7. Global capitalism and rising powers; 8. Global war and the new imperialism; 9. Global crisis and trouble in the eurozone; 10. Ruptures in and beyond global capitalism, global war, global crisis.
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Cambridge University Press Three Faces of Sun Tzu
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the three faces of Sun Tzu's Art of War: one anchored in Warring States China, a second in world military history, and a third in 21st century contexts like cyber warfare. The author identifies Sun Tzu's limitations and blind spots relevant to managing strategic competitions with Sun-Tzu-inspired adversaries.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Background: historical and textual; Preliminaries; 2. Strategist should be calculating; strategist should be cheap; 3. Strategist should find advantage; 4. Strategist should enact stratagems & formlessness; 5. Strategist should make a situation's natural dynamics work for her; 6. Strategist should have an accurate grasp of the significant information; 7. Strategist should manage the interfaces; Conclusion: demystifying Sun Tzu and future directions. Indices.
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Cambridge University Press The Political Philosophy of Refuge
Book SynopsisHow to assess and deal with the claims of millions of displaced people to find refuge and asylum in safe and prosperous countries is one of the most pressing issues of modern political philosophy. In this timely volume, fresh insights are offered into the political and moral implications of refugee crises and the treatment of asylum seekers. The contributions illustrate the widening of the debate over what is owed to refugees, and why it is assumed that national state actors and the international community owe special consideration and protection. Among the specific issues discussed are refugees'' rights and duties, refugee selection, whether repatriation can be encouraged or required, and the ethics of sanctuary policies.Trade Review'The Political Philosophy of Refuge brings together the top scholars in the field for timely commentaires on the key debates surrounding refugees. The volume's scope and accessible writing style make it an ideal introductory text, while the innovative arguments are sure to advance refugee research in interesting ways.' Markus Schulzke, University of YorkTable of ContentsIntroduction David Miller and Christine Straehle; 1. Differentiating refugees: asylum, sanctuary and refuge David Owen; 2. The state's right to exclude asylum-seekers and (some) refugees Richard Ekins; 3. Asylum, speech, and tragedy Michael Blake; 4. Border rescue Kieran Oberman; 5. Selecting refugees David Miller; 6. Refugees and the right to remain Adam Omar Hosein; 7. The duties of refugees Matthew J. Gibney; 8. Is return the preferred solution to refugee crises? Exploring the moral value of the right of return Megan Bradley; 9. Refugees and the right to return Christine Straehle; 10. Refugees, rescue and choice Luara Ferracioli; 11. Philosophical foundations for complementary protection Matthew Lister; 12. The ethics of sanctuary policies in liberal democratic states Patti Lenard.
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Cambridge University Press Humanitarian Disarmament
Book SynopsisThe humanitarian framing of disarmament is not a novel development, but rather represents a re-emergence of a much older and long-standing sensibility of humanitarianism in disarmament. The Book rejects the ''big bang'' theory that presents the Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention 1997, and its successors the Convention on Cluster Munitions 2008, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017 as a paradigm shift from an older traditional state-centric approach towards a more progressive humanitarian approach. It shows how humanitarian disarmament has a long and complex history, which includes these treaties. This book argues that the attempt to locate the birth of humanitarian disarmament in these treaties is part of the attempt to cleanse humanitarian disarmament of politics, presenting humanitarianism as a morally superior discourse in disarmament. However, humanitarianism carries its own blind spots and has its own hegemonic leanings. It may be silencing other potentiallTrade Review'There is a great deal of discussion in the current literature on international nuclear weapons law regarding the humanitarian movement in diplomacy and civil society, which played a major role in the successful adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. In this book, Treasa Dunworth makes a tremendously significant contribution to this literature by placing this most recent humanitarian initiative in its historical and theoretical context within the broader narrative of humanitarian disarmament generally. Contextualising the modern movement in this way helps us to understand its nature and its successes, as well as the likely limits of its power to bring about nuclear disarmament.' Daniel Joyner, Elton B. Stephens Professor of Law, University of Alabama'This book provides a very timely contribution that will inform current debates about both the legacy of HD and, more importantly, its future direction and place in the architecture of regulation to control the means of violence.' Neil Cooper, Director, School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Kent State University'An elegant and richly informative study that charts the genealogy of humanitarian disarmament - or, as it is put in this fine work, a humanitarian framing of disarmament. Digging deep into materials from public international law as well as from other disciplines, Treasa Dunworth has given us a history of the concept without the gloss - and it is a quietly compelling history that is brought alive as much by the supreme clarity of its exposition as it is by the sustained and patient critical engagement that takes hold of each page.' Dino Kritsiotis, Professor of Public International Law, University of Nottingham, Co-Director of the Nottingham International Law and Security Centre (NILSC)'In a relaxed and informative style, Dr Dunworth surveys the humanitarian impetus for key disarmament efforts and outcomes, spanning from the St Petersburg Declaration of 1868 up until the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017. It is a fascinating and illuminating account - a rewarding read for anyone interested in disarmament.' Dell Higgie, New Zealand Ambassador for Disarmament, New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the Conference on DisarmamentTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The Origins of Humanitarian Disarmament; 3. The Manhattan Project to 'Operation Rolling Thunder': Humanitarian Disarmament Sidelined; 4. Humanitarian Disarmament Rising: The Vietnam War and the Campaigns Against Indiscriminate Weapons; 5. Humanitarian Disarmament Triumphant? The Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention 1997; 6. Humanitarian Disarmament Consolidated? The Convention of Cluster Munitions; 7. Humanitarian Disarmament Campaigns Against Nuclear Weapons; 8. Rethinking Humanitarian Disarmament; 9. Conclusion
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Cambridge University Press Weaponized Words
Book SynopsisStrengthen your understanding of the persuasive mechanisms used by terrorist groups and how they are effective in order to defeat them. Weaponized Words applies existing theories of persuasion to domains unique to this digital era, such as social media, YouTube, websites, and message boards to name but a few. Terrorists deploy a range of communication methods and harness reliable communication theories to create strategic messages that persuade peaceful individuals to join their groups and engage in violence. While explaining how they accomplish this, the book lays out a blueprint for developing counter-messages perfectly designed to conquer such violent extremism and terrorism. Using this basis in persuasion theory, a socio-scientific approach is generated to fight terrorist propaganda and the damage it causes.Trade Review'Kurt Braddock is the leading scholar on communication research, terrorism, and counter-terrorism. Both practically useful and grounded in solid evidence, I would recommend Weaponised Words to certified counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism practitioners and researchers alike. It is a cutting-edge toolbox to level the playing field against extremist and terrorist recruitment.' Daniel Koehler, Director of German Institute on Radicalization and De-Radicalization Studies (GIRDS)'Weaponized Words delivers a powerful one-two punch, combining a deep dive into the science of persuasion with detailed recommendations for counter-terrorism communications. This is exactly the kind of hands-on guide that counter-terrorism practitioners need and is destined to have a huge impact on how people around the world combat violent extremism.' J. M. Berger, author of Extremism, research fellow for VOX-Pol, and consultant on extremism'… the book … contains a detailed explanation of a prominent theory of communication, followed by guidance for practitioners. The theoretical explanations - of narrative persuasion, attitude inoculation, reasoned action theory, and emotional appeals - incorporate extensive references to both classic and cutting-edge research in the social and behavioral sciences.' S. Blincoe, Choice'… this book contributes to the understanding of the persuasive communication techniques that have been used by extremist groups, and can be used to defeat them. This book is ideal for researchers and practitioners interested in perusasive communication as an effective counter-radicalisation tool.' Chi Zhang, Behavioural Sciences of Terrorism and Political AggressionTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Battlefield: Foundations of Persuasion, Radicalization, Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization: 1. Words are loaded pistols: radicalization and persuasion; 2. The riddle of the Sphinx: lessons from past and current counter-radicalization efforts; Part II. The Weapons: Theories of Persuasion and their Application to Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization Processes: 3. Extremist narratives and counter-narratives; 4. Vaccinating against the enemy: attitudinal inoculation, radicalization, and counter-radicalization; 5. The reasoned action of radicalization and counter-radicalization; 6. Terrorism is theater: emotion in extremist propaganda and counter-propaganda; Part III. The War: Future Challenges and Ways Forward in the Battle over Strategic Influence: 7. The coming persuasion wars: three future challenges in radicalization and counter-radicalization; 8. Fighting back: three future directions for persuasion-based approaches to counter-radicalization.
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Cambridge University Press The Revolution that Failed Nuclear Competition Arms Control and the Cold War
Book SynopsisThe nuclear revolution, or MAD, predicts that after a certain point, nuclear competition is irrational, and arms racing should end. Through an analysis of the Cold War, this book explains why the superpowers did not accept MAD, concluding that contemporary great power rivals face similar risks of a nuclear arms race today.Trade Review'The nuclear weapons competition between the United States and the Soviet Union was a key driver in the Cold War; but how well do we understand this dynamic? The Revolution That Failed offers a powerful and convincing challenge to the long-held status quo view regarding the causes of nuclear competition. Based on deep research in primary materials, Green brilliantly demonstrates the efforts by the United States to seek nuclear advantage. This study overturns much of what we thought we knew about the politics of arms control, with profound consequences for how we understand our nuclear dilemmas. It promises to become the standard work on this crucial subject.' Francis J. Gavin, Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University'The Revolution that Failed presents a sophisticated and compelling challenge to the widely held belief that nuclear weapons revolutionized international politics. Anyone interested in understanding the incentives that drove the arms race during the Cold War should read this book.' John J. Mearsheimer, Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago'With sophisticated theorizing and painstaking research, Green shows that, during the Cold War, American leaders did not accept the dogma of Mutual Assured Destruction. Instead, they sought weapons that could be used to out compete the USSR and produce the best possible military outcome in the event of war. This is a major achievement that alters our understanding of the Soviet-American interaction and the role of nuclear weapons.' Robert Jervis, author of The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution and How Statesmen Think'This brilliant book combines new theoretical perspectives and empirical insights to explain nuclear competition between the superpowers during the late Cold War.' Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Journal of Peace ResearchTable of ContentsIntroduction: a revolution, or what?; 1. The nuclear revolution revisited; 2. The delicacy of the nuclear balance; 3. Comparative constitutional fitness; 4. Testing the argument against its competitors; 5. Nixon and the origins of renewed nuclear competition, 1969–1971; 6. Nixon, Ford, and accelerating nuclear competition, 1971–1976; 7. The rise of nuclear warfighting, 1972–1976; 8. Carter and the climax of the arms race, 1977–1979; 9. The revolution that failed.
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Cambridge University Press International Law and the Politics of History
Book SynopsisAs the future of international law has become a growing site of struggle within and between powerful states, debates over the history of international law have become increasingly heated. International Law and the Politics of History explores the ideological, political, and material stakes of apparently technical disputes over how the legal past should be studied and understood. Drawing on a deep knowledge of the history, theory, and practice of international law, Anne Orford argues that there can be no impartial accounts of international law''s past and its relation to empire and capitalism. Rather than looking to history in a doomed attempt to find a new ground for formalist interpretations of what past legal texts really mean or what international regimes are really for, she urges lawyers and historians to embrace the creative role they play in making rather than finding the meaning of international law.Trade Review'In this extensive study, Anne Orford brilliantly traces international law's engagements with history across a century and more, weaving abstruse methodological disputes into an arresting narrative of political possibility foregone. What is history for? And how should it be practiced by those who manage the world's legal affairs? Anne Orford makes the case for doing things with history, for history as a political practice which can as well be apologetic as transformative. For Orford, international legal history is contested ground, an open field of political possibility and struggle. Everyone is here - the footnotes alone are worth the price! Her plea for an engaged and politically responsible history attuned to the ambiguities of the historical record is an invigorating challenge to everyone who dabbles - or dives deep - into the history of international law.' David W. Kennedy, Manley O Hudson Professor of Law and Director, Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard Law School'This is a hugely important intervention in cross-disciplinary debates about the politics of history in international law and international relations. Anne Orford has written a brilliant defence of heterodox approaches to international legal history against both narrowly empiricist and contextualist approaches and recent 'new' histories of international law that are not as new or methodologically robust as they seem. International Law and the Politics of History should have a major influence on scholars and students across International Law, History, and International Relations.' Patricia Owens, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford'Over the past two decades, Anne Orford has been one of the most incisive, wide-ranging and illuminating writers on international law. In her latest work, she analyses with her usual authority and clarity the debates that have surrounded the writing of histories of international law and the stakes involved. She argues compellingly that crucial questions about the character and future of international law are implicated in and shaped by these debates. Her deft analysis reveals that any writing of history involves making normative and political choices. Unique in the growing literature on the history of international law, this is a landmark work.' Antony Anghie, Professor of Law, National University of Singapore and University of Utah'The recent 'turn to history' in the study of international law began with high hopes of rapprochement between disciplines yet has too often served to draw battle lines and multiply misunderstandings. Anne Orford now stands authoritatively above the fray, to clarify the stakes of critical practice for lawyers and historians alike. Her patient, engaged scrutiny of the politics of scholarship may not quieten contention but it should make future engagements both more productive and much more firmly grounded.' David Armitage, Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Harvard University'International Law and the Politics of History is a powerful rejoinder to the critical excesses to which scholarship in international law has been made subject in recent years by historians claiming law's habitual misrepresentation of its past. Anne Orford knows her own field far better than the complainants, and it shows. Historians would do well to understand better what they poke before they decide to poke it.' Christopher Tomlins, Elizabeth Josselyn Boalt Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley'… it will undoubtedly become a must-read for those who want to dive into the history of international law …' Rémi Fuhrmann, Nordic Journal of International LawTable of Contents1. Neoformalism and the Turn to History in International Law; 2. Situating the Turn to History in International Law; 3. History and the Turn to the International; 4. History's Lawyers; 5. The Past in the Practice of International Law; 6. The History of What?; 7. Why Study the Past of International Law? History as Politics; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Who Owns Outer Space
Book SynopsisFrom Space debris to asteroid strikes to anti-satellite weapons, humanity's rapid expansion into Space raises major environmental, safety, and security challenges. Co-authored by an international lawyer and an astrophysicist, this book explores these and other challenges and proposes actionable solutions. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Trade Review'The rapid development of outer space demands cross-cutting research, rigorous analysis, and actionable recommendations. This book delivers.' Timiebi Aganaba, Arizona State University'Marvel at the wonders the Webb Telescope reveals, but then journey with Michael Byers and Aaron Boley through the scientific and policy challenges that will determine whether humanity succeeds or fails in the final frontier of outer space.' David P. Fidler, Council on Foreign Relations and National Academies Committee on Planetary Protection'Ultimately this is a book about Space Environmentalism; I hope that in reading it, you experience an inner shift, biased toward positive and compassionate action.' Moriba Jah, University of Texas at Austin and Chief Scientist, Privateer'This unique book, written by world-leading experts in space sciences and international law, is essential for understanding the most fundamental challenges to space exploration and use, and finding viable solutions to them.' Ram S. Jakhu, McGill University'Brilliant, provocative, and engaging reading on the challenges that underlie humanity's expansion into Space. Byers and Boley adroitly interweave threads of law, policy, science and international relations to explore how Space activities both now and in the near-term future raise serious questions about how the Space environment should be sustainably governed. Their analysis and ideas for solutions are essential reading for space policymakers and industry leaders.' Andrew Williams, European Southern Observatory'Who Owns Outer Space? The question sounds simple, and one might look for a simple answer. But geopolitical aspects as well as the increase of commercialisation of space request serious evaluations and comprehensive positions. By providing all of this, the book is of outstanding importance for the development of sustainability in space.' Johann-Dietrich 'Jan' Wörner, former Director General of the European Space AgencyTable of Contents1. Space tourism; 2. Mega-constellations; 3. Mega-constellations and international law; 4. Abandoned rocket bodies; 5. Space mining; 6. Planetary defence; 7. Space security; 8. Anti-satellite weapons and international law.
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Cambridge University Press Imagining Afghanistan
Book SynopsisAn innovative examination of knowledge production relating to Afghanistan in the imperial imagination. Focusing on representations of gender, state and tribes, Manchanda argues that the development of pervasive tropes in Western conceptions of Afghanistan have enabled both colonial and contemporary foreign intervention in the region.Trade Review'Theoretically deft and empirically rich, Imagining Afghanistan is a searing account of how imperial narratives facilitate 'humanitarian' interventions. Manchanda forensically dissects this orientalist imaginary forged from a large corpus of hoary clichés about states, tribes and eternal warriors, and deeply gendered portraiture of brown women in need of rescue from threatening brown men. A brilliant book.' Laleh Khalili, author of Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies'In its secret history of the war in Afghanistan, US military officials confessed that they 'didn't have the foggiest notion' of what they 'were undertaking'. Nivi Manchanda's Imagining Afghanistan explains why not, in painstaking and painful detail.' Robert Vitalis, author of The Myths of Scarcity and Security That Haunt US Energy Policy'Imagining Afghanistan is an important work that clearly demonstrates how terminology shapes perceptions, and also how the depiction of a country, people, and even a situation can change with the political and social vicissitudes of the day … Highly recommended.' T. M. May, Choice'… it allows us to look at the historical, political, and social processes around Afghanistan from a new perspective ...' Georgi Asatryan, Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The construction of Afghanistan as a discursive regime; 2. A space contested or the 'state' of Afghanistan; 3. The emergency episteme of the 'tribe' in Afghanistan; 4. Framed: portrayals of Afghan women in the popular imaginary; 5. Subversive identities: Afghan masculinities as societal threat; Coda.
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Cambridge University Press International Law and the European Union
Book SynopsisThis book examines the impact of the European Union's international action on public international law. Integrating the perspectives from both international law and EU law, International Law and the European Union shows how the EU has had a subtle but significant impact on the development of international law.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The European Union in international law; 2. Customary international law; 3. The law of treaties; 4. International organizations; 5. International dispute settlement; 6. International responsibility; 7. Concluding remarks.
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Cambridge University Press Fighting Terror after Napoleon
Book SynopsisEurope was forged out of the ashes of the Napoleonic wars by means of a collective fight against revolutionary terror. The Allied Council created a culture of in- and exclusion, of people that were persecuted and those who were protected, using secret police, black lists, border controls and fortifications, and financed by European capital holders.
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Cambridge University Press A Genealogy of Terrorism
Book SynopsisUsing India as a case study, Joseph McQuade traces the genealogy of the political and legal category of terrorism. He demonstrates how the modern concept of terrorism was shaped by colonial emergency laws dating back into the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Trade Review'A brilliant deconstruction of the colonial prose of counter-terrorism and its post-colonial legacy, McQuade's book provides new insights into how legal states of exception were crafted to delegitimize revolutionary violence. A must read for anyone wishing to understand the true nature of British 'rule of law' in India and its global ramifications.' Sugata Bose, Harvard University, Massachusetts'The declaration of a global war on terrorism in 2001 did not come out of the clear blue sky. Instead, as Joseph McQuade demonstrates in this brilliantly conceived and researched genealogy, some of its most forgotten roots lie in Britain's colonial administration in India and its diplomatic efforts on the world stage. An essential contribution to imperial and international legal history.' Samuel Moyn, Yale University, Connecticut'McQuaid provides a fascinating discussion of historical debate about political violence as it evolved in India from the eighteenth century to the making of terrorism as an international legal category in 1937 … McQuaid's excellent book will appeal to anyone interested in India, terrorism, or an elegant application of Foucault's ideas.' Richard Bach Jensen, Project MuseTable of ContentsIntroduction. The colonial prose of counterterrorism; 1. Ethereal assassins: colonial law and 'hereditary crime' in the nineteenth century; 2. 'The magical lore of Bengal': surveillance, swadeshi, and propaganda by bomb, 1890s to 1913; 3. 'The eye of government is on them': anti-colonialism and emergency during the First World War; 4. Indefinite emergency: revolutionary politics and 'terrorism' in interwar India; 5. Terrorism as a 'world crime': the British Empire, international law, and the invention of global terrorism; Conclusion. Empire, law, and terrorism in the twenty-first century.
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Cambridge University Press The Great War in History
Book SynopsisThis revised and updated edition of The Great War in History provides the first survey of historical interpretations of the Great War from 1914 to 2020. It demonstrates how the history of the Great War has now gone global, and how the internet revolution has affected the way we understand the conflict. Jay Winter and Antoine Prost assess not only diplomatic and military studies but also the social and cultural interpretations of the war across academic and popular history, family history, and public history, including at museums, on the stage, on screen, in art, and at sites of memory. They provide a fascinating case study of the practice of history and the first survey of the ways in which the Centenary deepened and deflected both public and professional interpretations of the war. This will be essential reading for scholars and students in history, war studies, European history and international relations.Trade Review'Recommended.' J. Daley, Choice MagazineTable of ContentsList of figures; Preface to the English edition (2004); Preface to the English edition (2020); Introduction; 1. Three historiographical configurations; 2. Politicians and diplomats: why war and for what aims?; 3. Generals and ministers: who commanded and how?; 4. Soldiers: how did they wage war?; 5. Businessmen, industrialists and bankers: how was the economic war waged?; 6. Workers: did war prevent or provoke revolution?; 7. Civilians: how did they make war and survive it?; 8. Agents of memory: Witnesses and historians, 1918–2000; 9. A new century: the age of the internet; 10. Writing the history of the Great War, 2000–2020; Conclusion: After the Centenary; Select bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Before the West
Book SynopsisHow would the history of international relations in ''the East'' be written if we did not always read the ending the Rise of the West and the decline ofthe East into the past? What if we did not assume that Asia was just a residual category, a variant of ''not-Europe'', but saw it as a space of with its ownparticular history and sociopolitical dynamics, not defined only by encounters with European colonialism? How would our understanding of sovereignty,as well as our theories about the causes of the decline of Great Powers and international orders, change as a result? For the first time, Before the Westoffers a grand narrative of (Eur)Asia as a space connected by normatively and institutionally overlapping successive world orders originating from theMongol Empire. It also uses that history to rethink the foundational concepts and debates of international relations, such as order and decline.Trade Review'Zarakol's Before the West successfully challenges Eurocentrism not by running into its opposite, Sinocentrism, but by examining Asia and its interconnectedness to the rest of Eurasia. Against Sinocentric works that treat Mongols as 'barbarians', the author puts the Mongol empire at the center of analysis and underscores the high degree of centralization in the Chinggisid sovereignty model. Zarakol vividly demonstrates how 'Asia was first made whole' by Genghis Khan's world conquest. She makes the provocative argument that the supposedly Chinese Ming emperors who overthrew the Mongol Yuan dynasty were in fact 'Chinggisid sovereigns', along with the contemporary Timurids in West Asia. This book is a gem in the genre of Global IR and macro-historical comparison.' Victoria Hui, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame'In this imaginative and iconoclastic book, Ayşe Zarakol turns some major received wisdoms of academic international relations on their head. Well before the modern world order was shaped by a rising West, the great empires of the East had formed world orders of their own, equally based on territorial sovereignty and universalistic in their aspirations. Charting the historical trajectories of these orders across five centuries, Zarakol encourages us to revise our standard accounts of the international system and especially those of the rise and decline of world orders. As such, this book is an invaluable contribution to the study of international relations in a global context.' Jens Bartelson, Lund University'Before the West constitutes a tour de force. Ayşe Zarakol brilliantly reorients the Eurocentric focus in international relations scholarship by studying relations between Asian actors in their own right, rather than as derivative of European–Asian interaction. She creatively highlights the influence of the Chinggisid conceptualisations of sovereignty and world order. In so doing, Zarakol demonstrates that we need to focus on the intersubjective understanding of the world order in which those powers are embedded, rather than merely understand the rise and decline of great powers in material terms.' Hendrik Spruyt, Northwestern University'“Brilliant” and “original” don't begin to do justice to Zarakol's book. After reading her reconstitution of the Mongol political order and its influence, you will never look at China, Russia or the political structure of Asia the same way again. European history too, especially the Habsburg empire, appears in a new light. Zarakol shows how much of world history, and even our modern age, was shaped by the Mongols' pattern of highly centralised, aristocratic sovereignty joined to millennial destiny. The breadth and ambition of this book are staggering. A must-read for global history.' Jack A. Goldstone, George Mason University'In Before the West, Ayşe Zarakol provides a brilliant and illuminating macro-history of the rise and fall of Eastern world orders that forcefully challenges the conventional history of international relations. In addition to making a persuasive case to separate the rise and decline of the great powers from the rise and decline of world orders, Ayşe Zarakol provides a masterful explanation of the “decline of the East”. This compelling work that blends history and international relations theory is bound to make you see contemporary issues related to order, rise and decline in new light.' Manjeet S. Pardesi, Victoria University of Wellington'This ingenious book does for IR what Marshall Hodgson did for world economic history. By avoiding Western teleology, Ayşe Zarakol brilliantly reveals the world of “international” relations that existed before the world of Westphalian Europe, but which has for so long been hidden behind the wall of Eurocentrism. Accordingly, the book provides a compelling example of how historical IR can tell us new things about the fundamentals of world politics.' John M. Hobson FBA, University of SheffieldTable of Contents1. What Is the East?; Part I. Cihannüma: 2. Making the East: Chinggisid World Orders; 3. Dividing the East: Post-Chinggisid World Orders; 4. Expanding the East: Post-Timurid World Orders; 5. How the East made the world: Eurasia and beyond; Part II. Lessons of History: 6. Rise and fall of Eastern World Orders; 7. Uses and abuses of macro-history in international relations.
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Cambridge University Press Negotiating the Paris Agreement
Book SynopsisThe 2015 Paris Agreement represents the culmination of years of intense negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Designed to curb climate change, it was negotiated by almost 200 countries who came to the table with different backgrounds, perceptions and interests. As such, the Agreement represents a triumph for multilateralism in a period otherwise characterized by nationalist turns. How did countries reach the historical agreement, and what were the driving forces behind it? This book paints a full picture by providing and analysing multifaceted insider accounts from high-level delegates who represented developed and developing countries, civil society, businesses, the French Presidency, and the UNFCCC Secretariat. In doing so, the book documents not only the negotiation of the Paris Agreement but also the dynamics and factors that shaped it. A better understanding of these dynamics and factors can guide future negotiations and help us solve globalTrade Review'Global negotiations on climate change are about politics and economics, national interest and strategy. But they are also about people and relationships, serendipity and inspiration, the “sense of the room” and collective emotion. By recording the personal perspectives of key players, this unique book brings to life the human drama that lies behind the Paris Agreement. It combines invaluable historic record with rigorous academic analysis, while also offering a thrilling read. No bookshelf should be without it!' Joanna Depledge, Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance'This mammoth volume is indeed a hologram of the Paris negotiations, presented by participants with experience and frankness, ranging from the stolid Chinese account of its role to the personalized American picture of the diplomatic dance to the frank and lucid Like-Minded Developing Countries Group picture to the existential intensity of the High Ambition Coalition's and the Small Island Developing States' stories, and concluding with excellent analytical portrayals of a newly formulating approach, process management. The book is captivating and exciting, and has insight and personality.' William Zartman, The Johns Hopkins University SAIS'This volume is a path-breaking collection. Expertly edited, Negotiating the Paris Agreement brings together first-hand accounts by key negotiators and architects of the 2015 Paris climate accord. It sheds a fresh light on the importance of effective process management and identifies the perceptions and norms that guided individual actors in the negotiations. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in multilateral negotiations and the international climate regime.' Robert Falkner, London School of Economics and Political Science'Authentic, captivating, and thought provoking first-hand reflections from multiple angles on how - given the complexities of people, process and policy content - for once everything fell into place on climate in Paris in 2015. A must read for 'wannabe' movers and shakers in multilateral negotiations whether directly at the negotiation table or as part of civil society and the wider stakeholder community. This is a unique account. Congratulations to all the authors.' Artur Runge-Metzger, Former Director, European Commission, EU lead negotiator and ADP Co-Chair'This book offers a unique glimpse into the political dynamics that shaped the Paris Agreement. Unlike any other account, it brings together fascinating insider accounts of the negotiations and astute academic analyzes. The key message is that process and agency matter for the outcomes of multilateral negotiations. The book will be a tremendous resource for practitioners and scholars alike.' Professor Jonas Tallberg, Stockholm UniversityTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction Henrik Jepsen, Magnus Lundgren, Kai Monheim and Hayley Walker; 2. The Paris negotiations: Background and context Pamela Chasek; 3. The French COP21 Presidency Laurence Tubiana; 4. Mission: Adoption with Ovations. The contribution of the UNFCCC secretariat to the achievement of the Paris agreement Richard Kinley; 5. Paris agreement and China's imprint Xie Zhenhua; 6. The EU's role in the Paris agreement Pete Betts; 7. The United States: Interesting processes and techniques lined the road to Paris Susan Biniaz, with commentary from Jonathan Pershing; 8. COP21 complaints and negotiation. The role of the like-minded developing countries group (LMDC) and the Paris agreement Rene Orellana Halkyer; 9. The staircase of Paris Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu; 10. The battle for small island developing states James Fletcher; 11. The high ambition coalition Farhana Yamin; 12. The power of civil society Jennifer Morgan; 13. Business: Creating the context Stephen Howards, with Tim Smedley; 14. Why did they finally reach agreement? John S. Odell; 15. Conclusion: The landscape of multilateral agreement in Paris and beyond Hayley Walker, Kai Monheim, Frauke Ohler, Henrik Jepsen and Magnus Lundgren.
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Cambridge University Press Fighting Terror after Napoleon
Book SynopsisEurope was forged out of the ashes of the Napoleonic wars by means of a collective fight against revolutionary terror. The Allied Council created a culture of in- and exclusion, of people that were persecuted and those who were protected, using secret police, black lists, border controls and fortifications, and financed by European capital holders.Trade Review'Beatrice de Graaf provides a deep and brilliantly original history of the idea of Europe, not as an imagined essence, but as a dynamic co-operative platform, a trans-national way of legitimating authority and action. Compellingly argued, elegantly written and rich in arresting episodes, Fighting Terror after Napoleon is a stimulating and provocative re-reading of early nineteenth-century Europe.' Sir Christopher Clark, author of The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914'International history at its best. Analysing the Vienna system after 1815 as a security culture, the book not only unfolds a stimulating new view on post-Napoleonic Europe, but also demonstrates the enormous potential of historical security research.' Eckart Conze, co-editor of Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Fear, and the Cold War of the 1980s'A celebrity scholar of terrorism in the Netherlands, the indomitable Beatrice de Graaf now delivers us a new history of terror and security. Fighting Terror after Napoleon makes the nineteenth century matter again, as a way of understanding our present, not only the international order we are on the verge of losing, but its wildest realistic ambitions.' Glenda Sluga, author of Internationalism in the Age of Nationalism'An absorbing and insightful account of the Allied occupation of France after Waterloo that shows how its mechanisms served as the keystone for the broader efforts to maintain peace and security after the French Revolution and Napoleon, across Europe and beyond.' Brian Vick, author of The Congress of Vienna: Power and Politics after Napoleon'This analytically sharp, deeply historical work makes clear just how entangled and enfolded our disciplines are becoming, conceptually and empirically. As such, de Graaf's book potentially marks a step change in the quality and depth of conversation between the disciplines. It is thus a remarkable achievement, not only of history but of inter-disciplinarity.' Jennifer Mitzen, H-Diplo'Impressively researched, carefully conceptualized, and creatively narrated, de Graaf 's study reminds us of how our modern understanding of and approach to 'security,' both military and political, is a product of the post-Napoleonic age.' Christine Haynes, Journal of Military History'In Fighting Terror after Napoleon, de Graaf (Utrecht Univ., the Netherlands) analyzes how the UK, Russia, Austria, and Prussia cooperated through the Allied Council of the Quadruple Alliance to create a European-wide system of security to maintain peace and fight against terror after Napoleon's final defeat. Her detailed and lively account, which is based on extensive use of archival sources from across Europe, will stimulate scholarly debates regarding the characteristics of the post-Napoleonic settlement as well as the nature of 19th-century diplomacy.' M. E. Ailes, Choice'Beatrice de Graafs book Fighting Terror after Napoleon makes an important contribution … There is so much to praise in de Graaf's approach to expanding our understandingof European security practices after 1815.' Maartje Abbenhuis, Journal of Modern HistoryTable of ContentsPrologue, 1. Introduction: Napoleon's frustration; 2. Providence in Paris; 3. Balancing in a climate of distress; 4. 'A moderate occupation'; 5. 'Fausses nouvelles' and 'Black lists': the Allied struggle against 'armed Jacobinism'; 6. Fighting 'terroristes' together: towards a 'European police directorate'?; 7. The price of security; 8. Fortress Europe: constructing the 'Wellington barrier'; 9. Beyond Europe; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Power Shift
Book SynopsisEnergy transitions are fundamental to achieving a zero-carbon economy. This book explains the urgently needed transition in energy systems from the perspective of the global political economy. It develops an historical, global, political and ecological account of key features of energy transitions: from their production and financing, to how they are governed and mobilised. Informed by direct engagement in projects of energy transition, the book provides an accessible account of the real-world dilemmas in accelerating transitions to a low carbon economy. As well as changes to technology, markets, institutions and behaviours, Power Shift shows that shifts in power relations between and within countries, and across social groups and political actors, are required if the world is to move onto a more sustainable path. Using contemporary and historical case studies to explore energy transitions, it will be of interest to students and researchers across disciplines, policymakers and activistTrade Review'Peter Newell brilliantly shows how power and purpose need to come together to effectuate change in the way we produce, finance and govern energy. The book is an indispensable resource for understanding what it takes to go low carbon.' Andreas Goldthau, Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt'A cogent and timely analysis of one of the most central issues of our time: how to rapidly, deeply and fairly decarbonize the world economy? Rooted in a critical global political economy framework, Power Shift deftly unravels the interconnections between shifts in political power and key dimensions of energy transitions - from production to finance and from governance to mobilisation. This book is essential reading for all scholars and students of global energy politics, climate change, as well as international political economy more broadly.' Thijs Van de Graaf, Ghent University'A genuine masterpiece in its comprehensive global coverage, and it's rich, interdisciplinary approach. I have never before seen a book tie so well together theoretical frameworks, history, politics, finance, governance, justice and purposive action. It's an encyclopaedia of knowledge about the global political economy of energy expressed in an easy to read, and even enjoyable, style. A much-needed book informing this critical moment of the global energy transition.' Benjamin K. Sovacool, Aarhus University'Peter Newell has done it again! Power Shift is a must-read for students, and others, interested in current attempts to steer society towards a lower carbon future that is equitable and just. It provides a comprehensive global account of how and why sustainable transitions are taking place. Most importantly, however, it also explicitly highlights the important power shifts within global capitalism that are already resulting from sustainable transitions.' Caroline Kuzemko, University of Warwick'timely and welcome … an important book that deserves to be read widely for its cogent analysis of the stakes involved in energy transition and its concrete engagement with the questions of what should and can be done, and how to do so equitably.' Joshua K. McEvoy, International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy AnalysisTable of Contents1. Introduction: the global political economy of energy transitions; 2. Theorising energy transitions; 3. Producing; 4. Financing; 5. Governing; 6. Mobilising energy transitions; 7. Conclusions.
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