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Lynne Rienner Publishers Comparative Foreign Policy
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RAND Countering Sectarianism in the Middle East
Book SynopsisScholars and policymakers have sought to understand what drives sectarianism in the Middle East and its relationship to multiple conflicts, but far less attention has been focused on the factors that make a community more resilient to sectarianism. This report provides a better understanding of how communities inoculate themselves from sectarianism or recover from it and draws lessons on how to promote resilience and cross-sectarian cooperation.
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University Press of Kentucky Rogue Allies
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG New Political Economy of Energy in Europe: Power to Project, Power to Adapt
Book SynopsisThis edited collection details and analyses the dramatic changes that the international political economy of energy has undergone in the past decade. This change began with the increasing assertiveness of Russia when the oil price rose above the $100 mark in 2008. This, combined with the rise of shale oil and gas, made the USA all but self-sufficient in terms of fossil fuels. The collapse of the oil price in 2014-15, Saudi Arabia’s new strategy of defending its market share and the increasingly tense and controversial relationship between the West and Russia all worked to further strengthen the geopolitical dimension of energy in Europe. The global result is a world in which geopolitics play a bigger part than ever before; the central question the authors of this volume grapple with is how the EU – and European small states – can deal with this.Chapter 4 of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.comTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: The Changing (Geo)Politics of Energy in Europe.- Part I: Inside–Out: Projecting EU Rules and Ideas.- Chapter 2: Regulatory Power or Market Power Europe? Leadership and Models for External EU Energy Governance.- Chapter 3: The EU Strategy towards External Gas Suppliers and their Responses: Norway, Russia, Algeria and LNG.- Chapter 4: EU Climate and Energy Policy: New Challenges for Old Energy Suppliers .- Part II: Outside–In: National Adaptations.- Chapter 5: Channels of Influence, or How Non-Members Can Influence EU Energy Policy.- Chapter 6: Norway: A Small State in a Great European Energy Game.- Chapter 7: German Energiewende: Climate Change in Focus, Competitiveness and Energy Security aside?.- Chapter 8: Poland, or How to Cope with Decarbonization and Diversification.- Chapter 9: The Baltics: Between Competition and Cooperation.- Chapter 10 : Conclusions: What the EU Has Achieved and What Is in the Offing?.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Regional Governance and Policy-Making in South America
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes Latin American regional integration with a novel conceptual approach grounded in extensive field research. Using the UNASUR (Unión de Naciones Suramericanas) as a case study, the author investigates the process of policy-making in regional public policy fields in South America. The project focuses on intergovernmental structures of regional organizations as an institutional framework for a variety of independent processes in regions. It also challenges the perspective of democratic states as unitary actors and seeks to analyze the factors which favor or obstruct regional processes in different policy-fields. This work will appeal to researchers, graduate students and anyone interested in Latin American politics and policy-making.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Regional Governance in South America2. Chapter 2: Public Policies in Regional Integration Theory3. Chapter 3: Policy Studies and Regional Public Policy-Making 4. Chapter 4: The Case of UNASUR 5. Chapter 5: Regional Organizations in South America6. Chapter 6: Regional Public Policy-Making in Sectoral Councils7. Chapter 7: Policy-Making in UNASUR Councils - Comparative Analysis8. Conclusion: Regional Governance in South America
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Governance and Political Adaptation in Fragile States
Book SynopsisThe book examines the various ways that fragile states (or states with limited statehood) in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas have adopted, and adapted to, the processes of liberal political governance in their quests to address the problem of political fragility. It presents the stories of resilience in the political adaptation to Western liberal conceptions of governance. In addition to singular or comparative country case studies, this project also examines the interplay of culture, identities, and politics in the creation of people-centric governance reforms. Towards these ends, this volume sheds light on weak states’ often constructive engagement in the promotion of state governance with a variety of political conditions, adverse or otherwise; and their ability to remain resilient despite the complex political, sociocultural, and economic challenges affecting them. Through a multidisciplinary approach, the authors aim to counter the noticeable shortcomings in the discursive representations of fragility, and to contribute a more balanced examination of the narratives about and impact of political adaption and governance in people’s lives and experiences.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. The History and Representations of The Challenges of Governance in the fragile States of Sub-Saharan Africa.- 3. Reifying Imagined Communities: The Triumph of the Fragile Nation-State and the Peril of Modernization.- 4. From Saving Failed States to Managing Risks: Reinterpreting Fragility through Resilience.- 5. Adapting to Survive: The Peculiar Fate of Liberal Governance Models in East Timor.- 6. Somalia: The Struggles in the Transient Phases in ‘Somali-Style’ (and Other Hybrid) Models of Governance.- 7. Whither Pakistan: The Ambivalence of Constitutional Road Mapping?.- 8. Managing Fragility? Chad’s (Il)liberal Interventions and the Making of a Regional Hegemon.- 9. More Legitimate, Less Fragile, Less–Liberal? The Adoption and Adaptation of Elections in Afghanistan.- 10. Does Electoral Authoritarianism Persist? A Comparison of Recent Elections in Fiji, Seychelles And Maldives.- 11. Governance and Political Adaptation: Constituency Development Funds in Solomon Islands and the Construction of a Melanesian State.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Alexander L. George: A Pioneer in Political and Social Sciences: With a Foreword by Dan Caldwell
Book SynopsisAlexander L. George was one of the most productive and respected political scientistsof the late twentieth century. He and his wife, Juliette George, wrote one of the firstpsychobiographies, and Professor George went on to write seminal articles and booksfocusing on political psychology, the operational code, foreign policy decisionmaking,case study methodology, deterrence, coercive diplomacy, policy legitimacy, and bridgingthe gap between the academic and policymaking communities. This book is the firstand only one to contain examples of the works across these fields written by AlexanderGeorge and several of his collaborators.• This is a collection of Alexander L. George's works from the major fields to whichhe contributed.• There are biographical essays by his wife and co-author (Juliette L. George), daughter(Mary George Douglass), former student (Dan Caldwell), and professional colleague(Janice Gross Stein).• There are 25 photographs of Alexander L. George and his family which have notpreviously been published.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Biographical Essays about Alexander George by Juliette L. George, Mary George Douglass, Janice Gross Stein, and Dan Caldwell.- Chapter 2. Articles and Excerpts from Books Focusing on: Propaganda Analysis, Psychobiography, the Operational Code, Foreign Policy Decisionmaking, Crisis Management, Deterrence, Coercive Diplomacy, Policy Legitimacy, and Policy Relevant Theory.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Foucault and Post-Financial Crises: Governmentality, Discipline and Resistance
Book SynopsisThis title explains the causes of the financial crisis and the economic reforms that were created subsequently through a Foucauldian philosophical lens. The author sets out the approaches established by Foucault – namely governmentality, biopolitics and disciplinary mechanisms – explaining how these influenced the shift of production from a local to a global level, alongside a shift towards financialisation. Glenn applies Foucauldian principles to aid understanding of the self-corrective mechanisms applied to the financial system, and the interpellative processes that led to the emergence of a new mode of subjectification. Concurrently, this title examines the retreat of the state from the financial sphere. This shift, the author posits, did not mean the complete absence of governance; rather governance became more concerned with ensuring that financial behaviour was contained within certain limits. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Governmentality, Bio-Politics and Discipline.- 3. The Rise of Neo-Liberal Governmentality.- 4. Neo-Liberalism Rebooted: Resilience versus resistance.- 5. Securing Finance: Risk, Pre-emption and Resilience.- 6. Disciplining the Sovereign Periphery of Europe.- 7. Conclusion: Resisting Neo-Liberalism.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Promoting Canadian Studies Abroad: Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy
Book SynopsisThis volume examines the history and current state of Canadian studies in a number of countries and regions across the world, including Canada's major trading partners. From the mid-1980s until 2012, Canadian studies was seen as an important tool of soft power, increasing awareness of Canadian culture, institutions and history. The abrupt termination in 2012 of the Canadian government's financial support for these activities triggered a debate that is still ongoing about the benefits that may have flowed from this support and whether the decision should be reversed. The contributors to this book focus on the process whereby Canadian studies became institutionalized in their respective countries and on the balance between what might be described as Canadian studies for its own sake versus Canadian studies as a deliberate instrument of cultural diplomacy. Table of Contents1. Uncertain Embrace: The Rise and Fall of Canadian Studies Abroad as a Tool of Foreign PolicyStephen Brooks2. Getting on the American Radar Screen: The Growth, Achievements and Limitations of Canadian Studies in the United StatesStephen Brooks3. Down But Not Out: British Academics Resolutely Determined to Explore CanadaAlan Hallsworth and Susan Hodgett4. Canadian Studies in FranceJean-Michel Lacroix5. Canadian Studies in China: Dividends from a Near-forgotten Age of Hope and OpeningJeremy Paltiel6. Canadian Studies in JapanMasako Iino7. Canadian Studies in the Russian Empire, Soviet Union and Contemporary RussiaYuriy G. Akimov and Kristina Minkova8. From Individual Scholarship to Academic Institution: Canadian Studies in the German-Speaking Countries and Cultural DiplomacyWolfgang Klooss9. Canadian Studies in the Nordic CountriesRobert C. Thomsen and Janne Korkka10. Lessons LearnedStephen Brooks
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The World Community and the Arab Spring
Book SynopsisThis edited volume offers an understanding of how the international community, as a collection of significant actors including major states and intergovernmental institutions, has responded to the important political and social development of the Arab Spring. Contributors analyze the response by international organizations (UN, EU, NATO), big powers (US, Russia, China, UK), regional powers (Turkey, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia) and small powers (Kuwait, Qatar). The book thus makes a sound contribution to the existing literature on the Arab Spring in form of foreign policy analysis and provides an overview of the current shape and outlook of global politics.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Maintaining Relevance between Study of International Society and Arab SpringCenap Çakmak and Ali Onur Özçelik2. The United Nations and the Arab SpringCenap Çakmak3. A Litmus Test for Europe: EU Mediterranean Politics after the Arab SpringAli Onur Özçelik 4. The Arab Spring and Unconstitutional Changes of Government in AfricaMüge Dalar5. Cultural Heritage and the Arab Spring: A Review of (Inter)national responses towards Safeguarding Heritage under FireNour A. Munawar 6. How the Gulf Cooperation Council Responded to Arab SpringGülşah Neslihan Akkaya7. The United States and Arab Spring: A Mixed Approach of Cautious Optimism and Indifference Cenap Çakmak8. Russia and the Arab Spring: A Counter-Revolutionary Power in the MENA RegionVanda Amaro Dias and Maria Raquel Freire9. Six Years after the Arab Spring: China Foreign Policy in the Middle East-North Africa Mordechai Chaziza 10. French Foreign Policy in Libya and Syria (2003-17): Strategic Adaptability in Quickly Changing EnvironmentsJulien Theron11. The Arab Spring and Response from IndiaMd. Abdul Gaffar12. Turkey and the Arab SpringYoko Nakamura13. Iran’s Unscrupulous Role in Arab Spring: A March Back to Authoritarianism?Shams uz Zaman 14. An Israeli Perspective on the Popular Uprisings in the Arab Middle EastYusri Hazran15. The Arab Spring and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG): Analogies to the Arab State Crisis?Jason E. Strakes16. Defending the Heartland: Saudi Arabian Response to the Arab SpringJames Bowden 17. Foreign Policy by Stealth: Kuwait and the Arab SpringJames Bowden 18. The UAE and the Arab Spring: Rethinking Foreign PolicyWilliam Guéraiche19. ConclusionCenap Çakmak and Ali Onur Özçelik
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa: The Rise of Southern Powers
Book SynopsisExplaining the determinants of China and India’s development cooperation in Africa cannot be achieved in simple terms. After collecting over 1000 development cooperation projects by China and India in Africa using AidData, this book applies the method of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to understand the motives behind their development cooperation. Mthembu posits that neither China nor India were solely motivated by one causal factor, whether strategic, economic or humanitarian interests or the size of their diaspora in Africa. China and India are driven by multiple and conjunctural factors in providing more development cooperation to some countries than others on the African continent. Only when some of these respective causal factors are combined is it evident that both countries disbursed high levels of development cooperation to some African countries.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: The Changing Development Cooperation Landscape Chapter 2. Conceptual Framework and the Importance of Consistent Definitions Chapter 3. An Overview of China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa Chapter 4. Theoretical Foundations of the Determinants of Development Cooperation Chapter 5. Methodology and the Operationalisation of VariablesCausal Variable 1: Strategic importance of recipientsCausal Variable 2: Economic importance of recipientsCausal Variable 3: Humanitarian needs of recipientsCausal Variable 4: The size of the Chinese and Indian diaspora in Africa Chapter 6. Explaining the Determinants of China and India’s Development Cooperation in Africa Chapter 7. Conclusion and Opportunities for Further Research Bibliography
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Climate Change and Arctic Security: Searching for a Paradigm Shift
Book SynopsisThis book assesses the construction of security in the context of climate change, with a focus on the Arctic region. It examines and discusses changes in the security premises of the Arctic states, from traditional security to environmental and human security. In particular, the book explores how climate change impacts security discourses and premises as well as theoretically discussing the possibility for another change, from circumpolar stability into peaceful change. Chapters cover topics such as the ethics of climate change in the arctic, China’s emerging power and influence on arctic climate security, the discursive transformation of the definition of security and the intersection between urban, climate and Arctic studies. The book concludes with the question of whether a paradigm shift in our understanding of traditional security is possible, and whether it is already occurring in the Arctic. Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Returning Islamist Foreign Fighters: Threats and Challenges to the West
Book SynopsisThis book examines the challenges foreign fighter returnees from Syria and Iraq pose to Western countries. A number of returnees have demonstrated that they are willing to use violence against their home countries, and some have already staged terrorist attacks on Western soil on apparent orders from ISIS. Through the historical context of previous waves of mobilizations of Islamist foreign fighters, the author tracks the experiences of returnees from previous conflicts and discusses the major security challenges associated with them. The book analyzes the major approaches implemented by Western countries in response to foreign fighter returnees, discusses the prosecution of returnees, and evaluates the corresponding challenges of prison radicalization.Trade Review“Pokalova’s book is an important quest to understand a form of terrorism that still poses perils to the West and should not be taken lightly.” (C. C. Lovett, Choice, Vol. 58 (1), September, 2020)Table of ContentsChapter 1The Returnee ChallengeChapter 2Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: Aberration from History or History Repeated?Chapter 3Foreign Fighters After the Conflict EndsChapter 4Foreign Fighter Returnees from Syria and IraqChapter 5Dealing with the Challenge: Responses to Foreign Fighters and Foreign Fighter ReturneesChapter 6Prosecution of Foreign Fighter ReturneesChapter 7Women, Jihad, and Female ReturneesChapter 8Child ReturneesChapter 9Moving Forward
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG South Africa's Post-Apartheid Military: Lost in Transition and Transformation
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Postcolonial Constructivism: Mazrui's Theory of Intercultural Relations
Book SynopsisThis book introduces Ali Mazrui’s delightfully stimulating scholarship about intercultural relations, calling it Postcolonial Constructivism, and shares elements of his intellectual vitality in an original way. It begins with a chronicle of Mazrui’s eventful, sixty-year journey as a scholar of International Relations. It then proceeds to present some of the most remarkable yet least remarked up on features of his intellectualism, including his paradoxes, his perceptive typologies, his neologisms as well as his interactions with historical figures. The book draws on materials which were either unavailable until now or were found scattered in time and space. Designed as an invitation to a wider audience to the supermarket of Mazrui’s ideas, this book also seeks to underscore the timeliness and possible durability of many of his observations about intercultural relations.Thorough, comprehensive and up-to-date, this book is a concise account of the core of Mazrui’s vast body of work.Trade Review“Postcolonial Constructivism: Mazrui’s Theory of Intercultural Relations, is … very welcome news. … A major contribution of this book is that it uniquely enriches the taxonomies of constructivism in IR. … this book is a must-read for those concerned with the alternative and reflexive analysis in IR, beyond Eurocentric approaches. … Adem’s book on Ali Mazrui has great potential for enriching the ontological and epistemological territories of scholarship both by introducing Mazrui as a formidable public intellectual and IR scholar.” (Selman Emre Gürbüz, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, May 9, 2022)Table of ContentsPart I General OverviewChapter 1 IntroductionPart II Ali Mazrui and the Study of International Relations (IR)\Chapter 2 The Birth of a ScholarChapter 3 Mazrui’s Rise and Decline in IRChapter 4 Mazrui’s Revival in IRPart III Ali Mazrui’s Postcolonial ConstructivismmChapter 5 PostcolonialismChapter 6 ConstructivismChapter 7 Postcolonial ConstructivismPart IV The Vocabulary of Ali Mazrui’s DiscourseChapter 8 Paradoxical PropositionsChapter 9 Analytical CategoriesPart V Semi-Autobiographical DataChapter 10 Mazrui’s Interactions with Others
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Performing Nuclear Weapons: How Britain Made Trident Make Sense
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG China and Global Governance: A New Leader?
Book SynopsisThis book proposes a new concept of “International Leadership with Chinese Characteristics” (ILCC) to interpret China’s role in global governance. The author illustrates how the concept of ILCC is built on the basis of the discussion of Chinese political culture and Chinese worldview of international relations and develops a four-step interpretive process as a guidance for conducting the empirical analysis of the ILCC. The book also shows how Chinese elites conceptually construct and practically implement the ILCC in four case studies – G20, BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)Table of ContentsCh 1: China's Rise and the Existing World OrderCh 2: The Sources of Chinese Worldview and Their Impact on Chinese Understanding of Contemporary IRCh 3: International Leadership with Chinese Characteristics (ILCC): An Approach to Understanding China's Role in IRCh 4: ILCC in the G20Ch 5: ILCC in the BRICSCh 6: ILCC in the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Ch 7: ILCC in the BRI (Belt and Road Initiative)Ch 8: Conclusion
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Blue Governance in the Arctic and Antarctic:
Book SynopsisThis book discusses to what extent the precautionary approach to fisheries management is reflected in the MSC Fisheries Standard and in the certification of four clusters of fisheries in polar waters. Certification according to private sustainability standards (ecolabelling) has become an important addition to public fisheries management in recent years. The major global ecolabel in terms of comprehensiveness and coverage is the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard. Becoming and remaining certified requires continuous behavioural adaptation from fisheries through a fine-meshed system of improvement conditions attached to certification. Focus is on how certification has influenced fisher behaviour and state practice. In the Southern Ocean krill and toothfish fisheries, MSC certification has generated new scientific knowledge about the stocks. In the Barents Sea cod and haddock fisheries, fishing companies have voluntarily adapted their behaviour to reduce the fishery’s impacts on endangered, threatened and protected species and bottom habitats. In the local lumpfish fisheries in Greenland, Iceland and Norway, measures have been introduced to reduce the effects on seabirds and marine mammals. In the Northeast Atlantic mackerel fisheries, impacts have been more modest. Private certification is no panacea, but it seems to have found a niche as a supplement to national legislation and international agreements. Table of Contents1. Introduction2. The precautionary approach, implementation and state practice3. The MSC Certification Scheme and the precautionary approach4. MSC certification of Arctic and Antarctic fisheries5. Influence on fisher behaviour and state practice
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Childhoods in Peace and Conflict
Book SynopsisThis edited book offers a collection of highly nuanced accounts of children and childhoods in peace and conflict across political time and space. Organized according to three broad themes (ontologies, pedagogies, and contingencies), each chapter explores the complexities of a particular case study, providing new insights into the ways children’s lives figure as terrains of engagement, contestation, ambivalence, resistance, and reproduction of militarisms. The first three chapters challenge dominant ontologies that prefigure childhood in particular ways. These include who counts as a child worthy of protection, questions of voice and participation, and the diminution of agency. The chapters in the second section bring to view everyday pedagogies whereby myriad knowledges, performances, practices, and competencies may function to militarize children’s lives, including in but not limited to advanced (post)industrial societies of the global North. The third and final section includes investigations that foreground questions of responsibility to children. Here, contributors assess, among other things, resilience-building, the exigencies of protection, and the ethics of military recruitment practices targeting children.Table of ContentsIntroduction: J. Marshall Beier and Jana TabakChapter 1: “Child Civilians: Rethinking the Concept of Child Protection in Armed Conflict,” VanessaBramwellChapter 2: “Voices of Ex-Child Soldiers from the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Between Public andPrivate Narratives,” Dalibor Savić, Nevenko Vranješ, and Aleksandar JankovićChapter 3: “‘I have the Right’: Examining the Role of Children in the #DimeLaVerdad Campaign,”Diana García GómezChapter 4: “Children, Internationalism, and Armistice Commemoration in Britain, 1919-1939,”Susannah WrightChapter 5: “Social Change, Political Education, and Children: The Practice of Everyday Militarism inChina (1949-1953),” Haolan ZhengChapter 6: “Primary Education and The French Army during the Algerian War,” Brooke DurhamChapter 7: “‘We Used to Kill all Greeks with Our Wooden Swords’,” Guldeniz KibrisChapter 8: “Militarizing Kinship in Ukraine: An Analysis of Ukraine’s ‘Strategy for the NationalPatriotic Education of Children and Youth’,” Vita YakovlyevaChapter 9: “More than a Victim: Childhood Resilience in Kashmir in Malik Sajad’s Munnu,” Cito Joyand Suniti MadaanChapter 10: “Children and Childhood on the Borderland of Desired Peace and Undesired War - A Case ofUkraine,” Urszula Markowska-Manista and Oksana KoshulkoChapter 11: “Raising the Empire’s Children? Everyday Insecurities and Parenting the Privileged inAmerica,” Jennifer RigganChapter 12: “The Military as a Vehicle for Self-Improvement and Fulfilment for Young People in theUK,” Emma Sangster and Rhianna LouiseChapter 13: “Production of ‘Safe’ Spaces for Tribal Children, and the Armed Conflict of Bastar, India,”Rashimi Kumari
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Terrorism and Transatlantic Relations: Threats
Book SynopsisThis book explores the development of transatlantic policy on international terrorism and assesses the situation today. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to terrorism and transatlantic relations, bringing together experts from contemporary history, political science, military strategy, psychology, law and security. Looking back to the roots of modern terrorism, from the late 70s to 9/11 and beyond, the volume evaluates how attitudes and approaches have changed over this period. It analyses potential solutions for finding a shared philosophy to counter the threat of transnational terrorism in the US and Europe, against a rapidly changing political landscape. Chapters cover a range of topics, including the psychology of terrorism, online propaganda, domestic terrorism, terrorism and finance and cyber security.Table of Contents1. The Transatlantic Alliance and Terrorism: Aligning Responses and Cooperation to Threats and Challenges- Bruce Hoffman 2. The Dynamics of Entangled Political Violence: From the Greensboro Massacre (1979) to the War on Terror (2001)- Martin A. Miller 3. The Rise of the Right: Terrorism in the U.S. and Europe- Tobias Hof 4. The Recalibration of Force in International Counterterrorism, 2010-2020- Warren Chin 5. Counterterrorism in Europe: Discord and Disorder- Peter O’Brien 6. Difficult or Impossible? U.S.-China Cooperation, Counterterrorism, and Peaceful Co-existence from 9/11 to the Biden Administration- Klaus Larres7. It’s Getting Harder to Do: Countering Terrorist Use of the Internet- Don Gonzales 8. Terrorist Exploitation Points in the International Financial System: Major Vulnerabilities in the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Framework. Avenues for Transatlantic Cooperation- Ross S. Delston9. Transatlantic “Torture Taxis” and the Problem of Legal Accountability: The Case of North Carolina- Christina Cowger and Deborah M. Weissman 10. Concluding Remarks- Tobias Hof and Klaus Larres
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Global Governance in the Age of the Anthropocene
Book SynopsisWhy has global governance largely failed to effectively tackle some of the most pressing global environmental challenges of our time? What are the obstacles to effective global and planetary problem-solving? And which solutions and responses have global governance actors come up with to confront these challenges? This textbook teases out the tragic entanglements between dominant global governance dynamics and the global environmental challenges of the Anthropocene, showing how international and global cooperation mechanisms that evolved over the last two hundred years are deeply implicated in exacerbating many of today’s global environmental challenges. The book focuses on several global environmental challenges which are intrinsically interconnected, threatening to destabilise the entire Earth-system with serious consequences for human societies across the world. These global environmental challenges include infectious disease outbreaks, global food production processes, the pollution of freshwater resources, energy consumption patterns, deforestation and CO2 emissions. At the same time, the book also presents several alternative governance examples based on more democratic, citizen-based and holistic approaches to the global climate crisis, which point the way towards a new understanding of global governance in the age of the Anthropocene. This textbook is for undergraduate and postgraduate students of global governance, environmental politics and international relations.Table of ContentsCh 1: IntroductionCh 2: Historical Development of Global Environmental GovernanceCh 3: Dominant Ideas Behind Global Environmental GovernanceCh 4: The Changing Nature of Global Environmental GovernanceCh 5: Food and Agricultural ProductionCh 6: The Spread of Infectious DiseasesCh 7: Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas EmissionsCh 8: Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy SourcesCh 9: Freshwater, rivers, oceansCh 10: Transport and InfrastructureCh 11: Futures for Global Environmental Governance
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Ukraine’s Nuclear History: A Non-Proliferation
Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive overview of Ukraine's nuclear history, beginning from its experiences within the Russian Empire in the early 20th century, through the Soviet period, to the emergence of Ukraine as an independent state that inherited the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal. The book discusses the development of the nuclear infrastructure on Ukrainian soil and offers a rich and nuanced background of how Ukraine became an important and integrated part of the Soviet nuclear infrastructure. It further analyzes Ukraine's nuclear disarmament based on extensive primary source material and places the Ukrainian nuclear reversal process in a larger international political context where Russia´s, the United States, and other players´ actions are interpreted in the light of the impact on the current nuclear non-proliferation regime. Finally, the book presents the nuclear-related development after the nuclear disarmament. It describes the integration of Ukraine into the international community and the role of nuclear power in the energy mix of the nation today. Concluding, Ukraine´s adaptation to the new security situation after the Russian annexation of Crimea is described and discussed. This volume is a must-read for scholars, researchers, students, and policy-makers interested in a better understanding of Ukraine's nuclear history, the political background of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, as well as of security studies and international relations in general. The work on this book has been supported by the Swedish Radiation Authority (SSM) in the Nuclear History of Ukraine Project (2015-2019).Trade Review“The real value of this book is that it engages in a thorough and timely manner with some deeply ingrained biases and assumptions.” (Jonathan Hibberd, International Affairs, Vol. 99 (1), 2023)Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Understanding the Nuclear History of Ukraine.- Chapter 2. Ukraine’s Contribution to The Soviet Union’s Nuclear Programme.- Chapter 3. Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine.- Chapter 4. Nuclear Energy in Independent Ukraine.- Chapter 5. Conclusion: Lessons to Be Learned.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Drone Strike–Analyzing the Impacts of Targeted
Book SynopsisThe intense debate over US targeted drone strikes outside war zones has been limited by the failure to review and assess a considerable body of quantitative research and qualitative material on the impacts of such strikes on terrorist groups and civilians. This book fills an important gap in the literature by conducting a careful and rigorous review of such evidence. It argues that decisions about the use of targeted strikes as a counterterrorism instrument, as well as legal and ethical evaluations of such use, must be informed by our best understanding of the insights that empirical evidence can provide on the effectiveness of strikes and the costs they impose on populations where they occur.Table of Contents1. Introduction PART I. EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON TARGETED KILLING 2. Measuring Cause and Effect in Targeting Killing 3. Israeli Targeted Strikes 4. Leadership Decapitation Studies PART II: IMPACTS OF US STRIKES ON TERRORIST GROUPS 5. Overview of US Targeted Strikes 6. Quantitative Research 7. Qualitative Evidence 8. Weighing the Evidence PART III: IMPACTS OF US STRIKES ON CIVILIANS 9. Civilian Casualties from US Targeted Strikes 10. Civilian Casualties: Beyond the Numbers 11. Effects on Local Populations 12. Conclusion
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Springer International Publishing AG Polarity in International Relations: Past,
Book SynopsisThis book brings together a group of leading scholars on international relations to develop and apply the concept of polarity on past and present international relations and discuss its applicability and usefulness in the future. Despite a comprehensive debate on a global power shift, often discussed in terms of the decline of the United States, the crisis in the liberal international order, and the rise of China, IR´s main concept of power, ‘polarity’, remains undertheorized and understudied. The great powers and their importance for dynamics and processes in the international system are central to current debates on international order, but these debates too often suffer from a combination of politicized empirical analysis and reliance on old theoretical debates and conceptualizations, typically originating in the Cold War security environment. In order to meet these challenges, this book updates, conceptualizes, applies and critically debates the concepts of unipolarity, bipolarity, multipolarity and non-polarity in order to understand the current world order. Trade Review“Polarity in International Relations brings together a stellar line-up of scholars to present their analysis of polarity, a popular concept during the later stages of the Cold War. … the chapters are worth engaging with, and it is clear that the editors attempted to bring together different scholars working from varying perspectives. … the book is very thought-provoking. It is a great addition to the literature … .” (Lorenzo Cladi, International Affairs, Vol. 99 (2), 2023)Table of ContentsI. Introduction: Understanding polarity in theory and history, description of the content of sections and chapters. (Bertel Heurlin, Nina Græger, Ole Wæver, Anders Wivel) II. Polarity in the liberal international order (Charles Kupchan, Robert Lieber, Peter Kurrild Klitgaard, Andre Ken Jakobsen, Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen)III. Polarity and the US-China problematique (Camilla Sørensen, Anders Forsby, Bertel Heurlin)IV. Polarity, institutions and domestic politics (Jennifer Sterling-Folker, Eliza Gheorghe, Stuart Kaufman, Barbara Kunz) V. Polarity and foreign policy (Kai He, Hans Mouritzen, Anders Wivel and Revecca Pedi, Henrik Larsen)VI. Contextualizing polarity (Øystein Tunsjø, Peter Toft, Sten Rynning, Carsten Jensen, Georg Sørensen)VII. The future of polarity (William Wohlforth, Randall Schweller)VIII. Conclusion (Bertel Heurlin, Nina Græger, Ole Wæver, Anders Wivel)
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Springer International Publishing AG NATO in the Post-Cold War Era: Continuity and
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the evolution of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its policies from the Cold War until today. NATO’s future cannot be fully understood without analysing its past: the origins of its structure and goals, and their transformation over time. By exploring NATO’s geopolitical and military role at crucial points throughout history, this edited volume considers the challenges and threats which have faced the alliance, as well as its strengths and weaknesses. It covers highly-debated and unresolved issues such as budgetary burden-sharing and the military transatlantic gap, the enlargement process, and the role of Asia in influencing NATO’s policies. Combining a historical approach with international perspectives, this book is an interdisciplinary read that will appeal to scholars of diplomatic history and international relations.Chapters 1 and 2 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: NATO in its Seventh Decade: A Reappraisal; Massimo de Leonardis.- Chapter 2. The Historical Roots of the Atlantic Alliance between Values and Interests; Massimo de Leonardis.- Chapter 3. A Troublesome Relationship: The US Grand Strategy, its ‘Free Hand Politics’, and NATO; Gianluca Pastori.- Chapter 4. Russia-NATO-US: From Detente to Impossible Cooperation; Francesco Randazzo.- Chapter 5. The Anglo-American Special Relationship and NATO: The Past and the Present as Indicators of What Might Come Next?; Alan P. Dobson.- Chapter 6. The Role of NATO in European Integration; Luca Ratti and Alessandro Leonardi.- Chapter 7. The Origins of the Post-Cold War NATO Enlargement: Stability Projection and Factor of Crisis; Davide Borsani.- Chapter 8. NATO’s Partnerships in the Mediterranean and the Greater Middle East; Antonio Marquina Barrio.- Chapter 9. NATO and the Impact of the Long War in Afghanistan: Avoiding a Wrong Memory about ISAF; Andrea Carati.- Chapter 10. NATO from the Balkans to Libya: Dynamics and Renewal of a Wilsonian Alliance; Jean-Sylvestre Mongrenier.- Chapter 11. NATO and the Fight against International Terrorism; Kris Quanten.- Chapter 12. How Strong is NATO’s Arm: Commands, Cash, Capabilities and Contributions; Alessandro Marrone.- Chapter 13. Conclusion: NATO Between Mere Survival and Strategic Relaunching; Massimo de Leonardis.
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Springer International Publishing AG The History of the East Sea and the Sea of Japan: Origin of Geographical Names, Conflicts and Solutions
Book SynopsisThis monograph discusses the dispute in geographical naming of the sea between Korea and Japan, which has been a long-lasting issue in East Asia and beyond. The book covers the modern history of the dispute, reveals the origin of the names for the sea between Korea and Japan, and the historical change of the name on ancient maps of Korea, Japan, and the West, and tracks the naming trends of the East Sea in geography textbooks in the pre-modern and modern times. The book also contains suggestions for some tangible solutions for the issue. This book is a useful resource for students and scholars in the fields of political geography, historical geography, cartography, diplomatic history, international relations, politics, and other related disciplines. It also appeals to international experts in hydrographic organizations and the United Nations, and geography and history teachers. The book is also interesting for the general readers interested in the topic of geographical naming disputes.Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG G20 Rising Powers in the Changing International
Book SynopsisThis book aims to explore and contextualize G20 rising powers’ increasing role in international development from a comprehensive and multidimensional perspective. This book will scrutinize the G20 rising powers’ evolving role as international development actors around three research questions: 1) How do we contextualize and locate G20 rising powers as emerging actors in international development? 2) What are the main contributions, trends and limits of G20 rising powers in South-South Cooperation? 3) Does G20 rising powers’ active involvement in international development support their foreign policy objectives and challenge the international development order? Based on these three, interrelated research questions, this cluster of chapters is structured as follows: The first part, elaborated under the first research question, focuses on the historical development and current dynamics of (G20) rising powers’ evolving actorness in international development to assess their main motivations, ambitions and instruments. The second part examines the main contributions, trends and limits of G20 rising powers in South-South Cooperation. The third part delves into an assessment of the linkage between G20 rising powers’ active involvement in international development and their foreign policies. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Development-Foreign Policy Linkage and SDGs Implementation: A South Korean Perspective- Chapter2: Locating South Africa and Turkey in the South-South Cooperation- Chapter 3: The contribution of South-South development cooperation to SDGs implementation: The case of China in Sub-saharan Africa- Chapter 4: The Politics of Indonesia’s International Development Cooperation: Between Narratives and Implementation- Chapter 5: China and the road to an alternative interstate consensus Chapter 6: Comparing China and India’s International Development Cooperation Priorities and Approaches- Chapter 7: Two trajectories in development cooperation among G20 emerging countries: the cases of Brazil and China- Chapter 8: Indonesia in the G20: Turning Potential Factors to More Active Contribution in Sustainable International Development- Chapter 9: Phoenix power: Soviet legacy and Russia as a re-emerging donor
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Springer International Publishing AG U.S. Leadership in a World of Uncertainties
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the transformations and consistencies of American leadership during the past few years and situates recent American foreign policy in a longer time frame, following the 2020 presidential election and after a full year of the Biden Administration. This longer and broader view by European and American academics and experts considers both shifting American policies, notably during Trump’s presidency, and underlying trends that have often gone ignored compared to the more dramatic antics of the 45th president. It helps decode recent American policy and permits us to consider possible new directions and likely continuities under Democratic leadership.Table of Contents1. Leading on ‘Values’?: American Liberal Internationalism, 1918-2022, Tony Smith.- 2. Who Recognizes? US Nuclear Diplomacy and the Conferral of Legitimacy, Sidra Hamidi.- 3. US Leadership in Cyberspace in the Age of Great Power Competition, Frédérick Douzet and Stéphane Taillat.- 4. Defining Strategy and Maintaining Allies for Great Power Competition: Independent Leadership in the Department of Defense, Michael Stricof.- 5. Competing for Leadership: Europe’s Choices in the Sino-American Geo-economic Rivalry , Josef Braml.- 6. Leader, Regulatory Laggard? Washington and the Shifting Governance of Digital Trade, Jean-Baptiste Velut.- 7. Can the United States Lead on Climate? A Realist Perspective on US Climate Leadership, Jean-Daniel Collomb.- 8. “We Will Remain a Pacific Power”: America’s Self-Proclaimed Destiny in the Asia-Pacific Region, Robert J. McMahon.- 9. The Never-Ending Problem: The Middle East in US policy, Marina Ottaway.- 10. What is Left of US Leadership in the Americas?, Isabelle Vagnoux.
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Springer International Publishing AG China-US Competition: Impact on Small and Middle Powers' Strategic Choices
Book SynopsisThis open access edited book brings together a closer examination of European and Asian responses to the escalating rivalry between the US and China. As the new Cold War has surfaced as a perceivable reality in the post-COVID era, the topic itself is of great importance to policymakers, academic researchers, and the interested public. Furthermore, this manuscript makes a valuable contribution to an under-studied and increasingly important phenomenon in international relations: the impact of the growing strategic competition between the United States and China on third parties, such as small and middle powers in the two arguably most affected regions of the world: Europe and East Asia. The European side has been under-studied and explicitly comparative work on Europe and East Asia is extremely rare. Given that the manuscript focuses heavily on recent developments—and because many of these developments have been quite dramatic—there are very few publications that cover the same topics.Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Natural Gas at the Frontline Between the EU,
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the rapidly unfolding events that have impacted on the European energy dynamics, in the light of the way in Ukraine and the energy crisis that have reconfigured, since 2022, the European and the global geopolitical scene, dislocating not only crucial natural resources but also the pace of the energy transition and the continent’s existential security, its basic trust and sense of continuity. It introduces an innovative interpretation of the conflict and cooperation dynamics in Europe, by challenging the reader to look beyond the material aspects of energy security, related to supply and demand, consumption, production and prices dynamics, which I nonetheless explain in detail. Thus, it invites the audience to explore the deeper layer of motivations that underpin the actors’ decision to engage in conflict and cooperation, by exploring their cognitive and psychological considerations, in addition to the material ones. For this purpose, it presents a new conceptual tool, the conflict-cooperation perpetuum, in order to explain why the same players, in this case the EU, Russia and Turkey, may choose to simultaneously perceive each other as security threats and trade partners, engaging in both conflict and cooperation simultaneously with the same ‘Other’. In addition, it proposes to apply the framework of ontological security, in order to understand the responses of the EU, Russia and Turkey to the major existential crises that have affected them in past years, culminating with the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis of 2022. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Energy As Security: Overcoming Theoretical and Conceptual Reductionism in Energy Literature.- Chapter 3: Ontological Energy Security: Cognitive and Material Foundations for a Conflict-Cooperation Perpetuum.- Chapter 4: Natural Gas at the Frontline of the Energy Crisis and the War in Ukraine: a material perspective.- Chapter 5: The EU’s Physical and Ontological Energy Security Quest: Between a vulnerable importer of energy and an assertive exporter of values.- Chapter 6: Russia’s Energy Policy and Strategy: From a reliable partner to an unwanted supplier.- Chapter 7: Turkey’s Energy Strategy: In search of an upgraded political and energy status.
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Springer Security Dynamics in the Black Sea Region
Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Chapter 1 Analytical Overview: A Comprehensive Approach to Black Sea Security.- Chapter 2 The EU, Comprehensive Security and the Changing Geopolitics of the Black Sea.- Chapter 3 The US Approach to Security in the Black Sea Region.- Chapter 4 NATO and Black Sea Security .- Chapter 5 China as a Black Sea Actor: An Alternate Route.- Chapter 6 RUSSIA AND THE BLACK SEA REGION: GOVERNANCE, GEOPOLITICS, SECURITISATION.- Chapter 7 The UK and the Black Sea Region: Moving From the Periphery to Centre-Stage.- Chapter 8 Turkey's Black Sea Policies (1991-2023) and Changing Regional Security since the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.- Chapter 9 Black Sea as a Battlefield: Ukraine's Perspectives and Strategies in the Region.- Chapter 10 Russia's War Against Ukraine: Its Impact on Romania's Black Sea Policy.- Chapter 11 Bulgaria Adapted to the Black Sea Security Challenges.- Chapter 12 Moldova Develops a Black Sea Focus.- Chapter 13 Navigating Uncertainty: Georgia's Black Sea Strategy in a New Environment.- Chapter 14 Comprehensive Security in the Wider Black Sea Region:The Connection with the South Caucasus and the Caspian Sea.- Conclusion.
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Palgrave Macmillan International Collaboration in Ocean Science and
Book SynopsisChapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 A Model for Co-designing and Co-delivering Ocean Science Knowledge and Solution.- Chapter 3 Ontological Security and Ocean Science Collaboration.- Chapter 4 Strategic Narratives and International Collaboration in Ocean Science.- Chapter 5 The Ocean Decade and Human Well-being.- Chapter 6 Conclusion.
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Springer International Publishing AG Private Military and Security Companies and
Book SynopsisThis book identifies and explains the functional and ideational boundaries regarding what states and Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) both do and possess regarding land power, sea power, and air power. Whereas the mercenaries, privateers, and chartered companies of years past held similar characteristics to state military forces, the PMSCs of today are dissimilar for two reasons: a conventional forces norm amongst states and a state proclivity towards the offensive. These factors reveal both the limitations of and the possibilities for contemporary security privatization. This volume is ideal for civilian and military practitioners and students wishing to develop a detailed understanding of what the private military and security industry has to offer and why it is structured the way it is.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Conventional Forces Norm.- Chapter 3: The Histroy of commercial non-state violent actors.- Chapter 4: Land Power and PMSCs.- Chapter 5: Sea Power and PMSCs.- Chapter 6: Air Power and PMSCs.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Palgrave Handbook of Peacebuilding in Africa
Book SynopsisThis handbook offers a critical assessment of the African agenda for conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding; the challenges and opportunities facing Africa’s regional organisations in their efforts towards building sustainable peace on the continent; and the role of external actors, including the United Nations, Britain, France, and South Asian troop-contributing countries. In so doing, it revisits the late Ali Mazrui’s concept of Pax Africana, calling on Africans to take responsibility for peace and security on their own continent. The creation of the African Union, in 2002, was an important step towards realising this ambition, and has led to the development of a new continental architecture for more robust conflict management. But, as the volume’s authors show, the quest for Pax Africana faces challenges. Combining thematic analyses and case studies, this book will be of interest to both scholars and policymakers working on peace, security, and governance issues in Africa. Trade Review“Due to the multidisciplinary focus of the authors, this publication may be of special interest not only to students of the humanities and social sciences, but also to experts on Africa’s peace, security and governance and policymakers involved in this area.” (Mira Abrahamyan, Mezinárodní vztahy / Czech Journal of International Relations, Vol. 54 (4), 2019)Table of ContentsPart I: The Theory and Practice of Pax Africana1. Introduction: Towards a New Pax AfricanaTony Karbo, Executive Director, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town2. Towards a Concept of "Pax Africana"Ali A. Mazrui,† former Director, Institute of Global Cultural Studies, Binghamton University, New York, United States (US)3. Squaring the Circle: The Role of the African Peace and Security ArchitectureDan Kuwali, Extraordinary Professor of International Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa4. Pillars of Africa’s Peace and Security Architecture: The African Standby ForceDawn Nagar, Senior Researcher, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape TownPart II: Conflict Prevention and Peacemaking5. The International Criminal Court and Conflict Prevention in AfricaSarah M.H. Nouwen, University Lecturer in Law; and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, England6. Preventing Mass Atrocities in Africa: The Case of the Two SudansFrancis M. Deng, former Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the UN7. The 2008 Kenyan Mediation Process: Lessons and Dilemmas for Conflict Prevention in AfricaNjoki Wamai, Gates Cambridge Scholar, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge8. Peacemaking in Somalia: AU and UN Peace OperationsJohn L. Hirsch, Senior Adviser, International Peace Institute, New York; and former US Ambassador to Sierra LeonePart III: The Practice of Peacekeeping9. A Life in PeacekeepingJames O.C. Jonah, former UN Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs; and former Finance Minister of Sierra Leone10. The UN Security Council and Africa: Playing New Games and Applying New Rules and MovesBruno Stagno Ugarte, Deputy Executive Director for Advocacy, Human Rights Watch, New York; and former Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN11. The Politics of PeacekeepingIbrahim A. Gambari, Founder and Chairman of the Savannah Centre, Abuja, Nigeria12. Pax Nigeriana versus Pax Gallica: ECOWAS and UN Peacekeeping in MaliAdekeye Adebajo, Director, Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg, South AfricaPart IV: Themes in Peacekeeping13. Accountability of Peacekeepers in Peacekeeping MissionsKwame Akonor, Associate Professor of Political Science, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, US14. Managing HIV/AIDS in Peace Support Operations in AfricaPaul Mulindwa, Senior Project Officer, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town; and Oscar Siwali, former Senior Project Officer, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town15. Staging the Peacekeeping Narrative: Hollywood’s Portrayal of Peacekeeping Efforts in AfricaInes Mzali, Assistant Professor, Woosong Language Institute, Woosong University, Daejeon, South KoreaPart V: Peacebuilding16. The Political Economy of Peacebuilding in AfricaKenneth Omeje, Professor of International Relations, United States International University, Nairobi, Kenya; and Visiting Senior Research Fellow, John and Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies, University of Bradford, England17. The Impact of Inequality on Peacebuilding and State-Building in AfricaOliver P. Richmond, Professor of International Relations, Peace, and Conflict Studies, University of Manchester, England18. Women, Gender, and PeacebuildingAntonia Porter, consultant, UK19. The UN Peacebuilding Commission: Facts, Fictions, and FrustrationsEjeviome Eloho Otobo, former Director and Deputy Head, UN Peacebuilding Support Office, New York20. The Practice of Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in SomaliaAugustine Mahiga, Foreign Minister of Tanzania; and former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for SomaliaPart VI: The Role of External Actors21. The UN and Africa’s Regional Organisations: An Insider’s PerspectiveMargaret Vogt,† former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the Central African Republic (CAR); and former Head of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Support Office in CAR22. French Military Interventions in AfricaDouglas A. Yates, Professor of Political Science, American University of Paris, France23. Britain’s Role in Promoting Security Sector Reform in Sierra LeoneIsmail Rashid, Professor of History, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York24. South Asian Peacekeepers in AfricaKudrat Virk, Senior Researcher, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town25. ConclusionTony Karbo, Executive Director, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town; and Kudrat Virk, Senior Researcher, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Cape Town
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Springer International Publishing AG Britain and the Arctic
Book SynopsisBritish interest in the Arctic has returned to heights not seen since the end of the Cold War; concerns about climate change, resources, trade, and national security are all impacted by profound environmental and geopolitical changes happening in the Arctic. Duncan Depledge investigates the increasing geopolitical significance of the Arctic and explores why it took until now for Britain – once an ‘Arctic state’ itself – to notice how close it is to these changes, what its contemporary interests in the region are, and whether the British government’s response in the arenas of science, defence, and commerce is enough. This book will be of interest to both academics and practitioners seeking to understand contemporary British interest and activity in the Arctic. Table of ContentsPreface-Acknowledgements.List of Abbreviations.1: Introduction: Britain and the Arctic.2: Britain: the forgotten Arctic state?.3: The Circumpolar Arctic.4: Britain in the Arctic today.5: To strategise in the Arctic, or not?.6: Conclusions.
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Springer International Publishing AG International Practice Theory
Book SynopsisInternational Practice Theory is the definitive introduction to the practice turn in world politics, providing an accessible, up-to-date guide to the approaches, concepts, methodologies and methods of the subject. Situating the study of practices in contemporary theory and reviewing approaches ranging from Bourdieu’s praxeology and communities of practice to actor-network theory and pragmatic sociology, it documents how they can be used to study international practices empirically. The book features a discussion of how scholars can navigate ontological challenges such as order and change, micro and macro, bodies and objects, and power and critique. Interpreting practice theory as a methodological orientation, it also provides an essential guide for the design, execution and drafting of a praxiographic study. Table of Contents1. Introducing International Practice Theory2. Situating Practice in Social Theory and International Relations3. Approaches in International Practice Theory I4. Approaches in International Practice Theory II5. Conceptual challenges of International Practice Theory6. Doing Praxiography: Research Strategies, Methods and Techniques7. Conclusion: Completing the Practice Turn
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Springer International Publishing AG China’s New Foreign Policy: Military
Book SynopsisThis book analyses how China overcame its meagre reputation in the early 1990s to become an aggressively growing military power and rising threat to the international system. The author focuses on China’s new multilateral foreign policy approach, ambitious military build-up programme and economic cooperation initiatives. This book presents a much-needed comparative perspective of China in terms of foreign policy, seeking to develop analytical tools to assess China’s motivations and moves. The author suggests that understanding China’s new foreign policy, its tactics in multilateral organisations, and approaches to conflict resolutions are elementary to grasp the new realities of international relations, particularly relevant to newly established institutions in the evolving Asian political system which require basic knowledge for analysing the politics in this continent. This book uses an innovative approach, a qualitative analysis of China’s foreign policy addressing criteria of reputation management, to overcome the perceived ‘China threat’.Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Squatters and the Politics of Marginality in Uruguay
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Springer International Publishing AG Public Control of Armed Forces in the Russian Federation
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Springer International Publishing AG European Security in Integration Theory: Contested Boundaries
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Springer International Publishing AG War in Space: The Science and Technology Behind
Book SynopsisWith the recent influx of spaceflight and satellite launches, the region of outer space has become saturated with vital technology used for communication and surveillance and the functioning of business and government. But what would happen if these capabilities were disrupted or even destroyed? How would we react if faced with a full-scale blackout of satellite communications? What can and has happened following the destruction of a satellite? In the short term, the aftermath would send thousands of fragments orbiting Earth as space debris. In the longer term, the ramifications of such an event on Earth and in space would be alarming, to say the least. This book takes a look at such crippling scenarios and how countries around the world might respond in their wake. It describes the aggressive actions that nations could take and the technologies that could be leveraged to gain power and control over assets, as well as to initiate war in the theater of outer space. The ways that a country's vital capabilities could be disarmed in such a setting are investigated. In addition, the book discusses our past and present political climate, including which countries currently have these abilities and who the aggressive players already are. Finally, it addresses promising research and space technology that could be used to protect us from those interested in destroying the world's vital systems. Table of ContentsDedication.- Preface.- Chapter 1: Life Without Satellites.- Chapter 2: Space as the Next Theater of War.- Chapter 3: The Environment of Space as a Theater of War.- Chapter 4: Space Debris as a Weapon.- Chapter 5: A Summary of the US Space Program and Its Relationship to the Military.- Chapter 6: Who Controls Space and How.- Chapter 7: The Cold War and Missile Defense.-Chapter 8: Post-SDI Missile Defense.- Chapter 9: Satellite Technology.- Chapter 10: Preventing a War in Space.- Appendix A: Space Treaty.- Appendix B: Additional Resources for Space Warfare Topics.- Appendix C: Space Defense Terms and Programs and Their Historical Context.- Appendix D: Timeline of Missile Defense.- Acknowledgements.- Index.
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VDM Verlag The World War Two Allied Economic Warfare
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VDM Verlag Consensus Building
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Held Captive by Gas: The Price of Politics in Gazprom's Long-Term Contracts with Central European Buyers (2009 to 2014)
Book SynopsisGas makes or breaks economies, as shown by the effects of the 2009 Ukraine/Russia gas supply crisis. Joshua Posaner looks at four case study countries in Central and Eastern Europe. He examines the interdependence between the domestic political structure of a gas import-dependent country and the price it paid for imports up to 2014, using the level of reliance on the dominant supplier as an indicator. The more dependent a country is on a single supplier, the more it pays for its supplies. The author aims to explain why capitals prioritize energy security and balance their import portfolios differently, while taking a new angle on the European gas system. He offers a timely investigation into an oft-reported subject, with Russia’s perceived “energy weapon” and themes of “energy dependence” weighing heavily on European political discourse.Table of ContentsEnergy Security.- Research Design and Case Selection.- Case Studies: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary.- Relationship between Price and Dependence.- Re-Appraising the ‘Energy Weapon’.
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LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Memory Politics and International Relations in
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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Russia’s War in Ukraine 2022: Personal
Book SynopsisWhen Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24, 2022, academic life and other social activities in Ukraine changed drastically. Scholars who either stayed in their cities or were forced to evacuate gained first-hand participant observation experience of war. Their teaching and research have been interrupted, but they continued to reflect on social, political, and economic events in Ukraine.This book is a collection of personal reflections by scholars of different disciplines, offering a variety of perspectives on Russia's war against Ukraine. We immerse in the personal experiences and stories of researchers who reflect on their academic and analytical backgrounds-sociology, political science, international relations, and literature. This unique collection offers not only fascinating and shocking insights from Ukrainian citizens but also the thoughts and reflections of scholars of several fields that help us better understand the situation in Ukrainian society during the war.
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LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Energy Security and Sustainable Development
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ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INSTITUTE Financial Inclusion, Regulation, Literacy, and
Book SynopsisFinancial inclusion and financial education are becoming increasingly recognized as key requirements for sustainable and inclusive growth, and have been recognized as such by international fora such the Group of Twenty (G20) and the OECD. However, countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus region have generally lagged in this area. Aside from Kazakhstan, the levels of financial inclusion are substantially below the average level of developing economies. Moreover, there has been little study of the determinants of and barriers to the development of financial inclusion and financial literacy in this region.In this study, prominent scholars in each country examine recent trends in financial inclusion in seven countries—Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan—for both individuals and small and medium-sized firms (SMEs); institutional and regulatory barriers to the expansion of financial inclusion; and policy options to support greater financial inclusion while maintaining financial stability. The book also examines issues related to the assessment of financial literacy and promotion of financial education to support greater financial inclusion in the region.One prominent feature of the region is the relatively slow uptake of innovative financial technologies that could promote financial inclusion such as mobile phone banking, crowd funding and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms. This book examines the barriers to such development, as recommends policies to facilitate the introduction of such technologies.
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