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Book SynopsisOver the past seven decades, since the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was established in 1947, there has been a phenomenal increase in international trade in goods, largely due to sustained efforts by the world''s main trading nations to reduce and eliminate tariff barriers in a multilaterally orchestrated manner. This publication reviews how the procedures and practices relating to tariff negotiations and renegotiations have evolved over this time. In particular, this new edition recounts how negotiations to expand the duty-free coverage of the Information Technology Agreement were concluded and provides an account of tariff renegotiations regarding successive enlargements of the European Union. It also covers tariff negotiations for the accession of a number of new members to the WTO, such as China and Russia. This book will be of particular interest to negotiators, members of government, trade ministries, economists and academics specialized in trade policy.Table of ContentsPreface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Legal framework for tariff negotiations and renegotiations under GATT 1994; 2. Tariff conferences and rounds of multilateral trade negotiations; 3. Bilateral and plurilateral negotiations; 4. Practice and procedures in renegotiations; 5. Schedules of tariff concessions: rectification, modification and consolidation; 6. Conclusions; Appendix A. Key provisions in the Havana Charter and GATT 1994 and related decision and understandings; Appendix B. Decisions and declarations commencing rounds of multilateral trade negotiations; Appendix C. Protocols embodying the results of multilateral trade negotiations; Appendix D. Decisions on procedures on renegotiations, rectifications, modifications and related subjects; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisIn 2015, the United States Department of Defense published its long-awaited Law of War Manual making a significant statement on the position of the US government on important military matters. Whilst readers recognise the Manual''s legal and strategic importance, they may question whether particular statements of law are legally accurate or complete. This book offers a unique in-depth review of the complete Manual, including revisions, on a paragraph-by-paragraph, line-by-line and word-by-word basis. The authors offer their personal assessment of the DoD''s declared view as to the law that regulates the conduct of warfare, a subject of unparalleled current importance. William H. Boothby and Wolff Heintschel von Heinegg offer a balanced, articulate and authoritative critique for readers perusing the Manual in whatever capacity.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. General background; 2. Principles; 3. Application of the law of war; 4. Classes of persons; 5. The conduct of hostilities; 6. Weapons; 7. Wounded, sick, shipwrecked, dead and the medical services; 8. Detention – overview and baseline rules; 9. Prisoners of war; 10. Civilians in the hands of a party to the conflict; 11. Military occupation; 12. Non-hostile relations between belligerents; 13. Naval warfare; 14. Air and space warfare; 15. The law of neutrality; 16. Cyber operations; 17. Non-international armed conflict; 18. Implementation and enforcement of the law of war; 19. Documentary appendix – notes on treaties and other relevant documents; 20. Post-publication amendments.

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Book SynopsisExplores the dynamics of governance and responsibility between member states and international financial institutions, building on existing literature and introducing novel perspectives. It is pertinent for academics and practitioners in international human rights and institutional law, as well as legal officials of international organisations.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The relationship between international (financial) institutions and their member states; 2. Accounting for the governance role of member states of international financial institutions in the regime of international responsibility; 3. Member states as human rights protectors in international financial institutions: matching governance with responsibility; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisIn The Big Truck That Went By award-winning writer Jonathan Katz ties together the two crises that continue to cripple Haiti: the aftermath of the earthquake and government corruption. Asking the hard questions about Western aid, this is a vividly told narrative of how the affluent nations can help the less fortunate in a smarter way.Trade Review"In a book that is an absorbing mixture of memoir, reportage and investigation, Katz tries to find out how the global relief effort backfired so badly and what happened to the money raised." -Ian Birrell, The World Today "The Big Truck That Went By is supremely valuable for collecting the chatter, statistics and anecdotes into a damning dossier" - London Review of Books 'Katz's blow-by-blow reportage of the quake and its immediate aftermath is riveting. The book's deeper structure offers a concise and accurate history of Haiti from its revolutionary origins to the present day, and a clear and cogent analysis of how and why the massive, expensive effort to rebuild the country after the quake has, for the most part, failed... required reading for anyone who wants to understand Haiti.'-The Nation 'Katz eloquently blends personal anecdotes and Haitian history with in-depth reportage to show how one catastrophe led to so many more, and how, three years later, Haiti has barely moved forward... One hopes that the policymakers involved in helping Haiti read this book and take it to heart.'-Associated Press 'Katz offers a frank insider's guide to Haiti.'-The Financial Times "Compelling ...damning ...wry...This is a book without heroes - not Bill Clinton, the United Nations special envoy to Haiti; not Sean Penn, the Hollywood star who runs a huge camp there; not Rene Preval, the reclusive president; and certainly not the international community and its competing, self-aggrandising NGOs, which got so much so wrong."-The Times 'Katz succeeds in transporting the reader straight into the midst of the events he describes so eloquently, without attempting to gloss over the harshness of everyday life in Haiti, both before and after the earthquake. He provides excellent background information on the country and its society, and his arguments are balanced and nuanced.'-The Boston Globe 'A heartbreaking book.'-The Huffington Post 'A top-notch account of Haiti's recent history, including the January 2010 earthquake, from the only American reporter stationed in the country at the time ...An eye-opening, trailblazing expose.' - Kirkus Reviews (starred) 'Wise, deeply reported... both a primer on how and why reconstructions fail, and an indictment of the benign paternalism that motivates donors, developers, and other do-gooders...a stark, compelling first-person account.'-Justin Peters, Columbia Journalism Review 'Beautifully-written, brave, and riveting, The Big Truck That Went By tells the devastating story of the post-earthquake reconstruction effort in Haiti. Weaving together his personal experiences with the knowledge gained from his intensive investigative report, Katz offers us an autopsy of a global relief effort gone wrong. But the book also offers us a moving portrait of the courage, humor, and vision of the Haitians he worked with, offering a glimpse of the possibilities for a different future. Anyone seeking to understand Haiti's current situation, as well as the broader impasses of our current model of aid, should read this book." - Laurent Dubois, author of Haiti: The Aftershocks of History "With lucidity and great humanity, Jonathan Katz has written THE book on Haiti's devastating earthquake and its bungled reconstruction. For anyone who wants to know why the "international community" can't fix anything anymore, but who still hope to find solutions to global problems, this book is a must-read." - Jon Lee Anderson, bestselling author of Che Guevera: a Revolutionary Life 'A brilliant piece of writing... the best description of living through the Haiti quake I've read anywhere.' - Jonathan Alter 'Katz is a great storyteller who enmeshes the reader in a lively web of history, incident, and examples of humanity pushing through disaster, hard luck, iniquity, and triumph to muck it up all over again.' - The judges of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award 'The horror of the catastrophic Haitian earthquake of 2010, the adrenaline rush of being a reporter in the middle of dramatic events, the frustration of watching local politicians and poorly informed outsiders combine to paralyze the recovery effort, and the joy of finding love in the midst of the ruins: it's all here. Katz, the only American journalist on the scene when the earthquake struck, gives us unique insights into the plight of a close neighbor whose fate is vitally connected to our own.'-Jeremy Popkin, author of You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery " Jonathan M. Katz has a passion for the truth. He has shown respect for the people of Haiti by seeking that truth throughout the earthquake and the aftermath... This is an important book, and a page-turner!" - Mark Doyle, BBC correspondent "With every page of Jonathan Katz's book I cringed, grr'ed and couldn't wait to turn for the next revelation. Hubris, America! Thought we could wave a magic wand and save Haiti? Non, merci. Bravo to Katz for telling the real story." - Laurie Garrett, author of I Heard the Sirens Scream 'Jonathan Katz's strength is his unique combination of heart, history and solid reporting, brilliantly married in The Big Truck That Went By. Readers experience the country through his personal roadmap, one that is both sympathetic and yet sharply critical of all that could have gone right, but didn't.' - Kathie Klarreich, author of Madame Dread: A tale of Love, Vodou and Civil Strife in Haiti 'From the exploits of international stars like Sean Penn and native son Wyclef Jean of the Fugees, to the muddled planning that can result in unmitigated disasters like the cholera outbreak caused by insufficiently vaccinated Nepalese peacekeepers, Katz paints a thoroughly researched picture of (mostly) good intentions gone astray, leaving readers suspended somewhere between fragile hope and outright fury.'-The Montreal Gazette 'Excellent...will reward any sensitive, curious reader.'-The Dallas Morning News 'On Jan. 12, AP correspondent Jonathan Katz was about to leave Haiti after two years. He survived through sheer luck, camped out in the courtyard of an intact hotel, and stayed to record the impact of the disaster. His new book The Big Truck That Went By is the single most comprehensive and understandable account of what happened, and why.'-The Tyee 'Katz makes an empathic, likable guide through this grim catalog of how help can harm... His agile, eye-opening firsthand account, engaging persona and sharp criticisms may help reform future relief efforts.'-The Cleveland Plain Dealer '[Katz's] on-the-ground experience makes for a rich account.'-The San Francisco Chronicle 'Katz brings an on-the-ground flavor to his depiction of events that is more vivid than those in the more ponderous tomes published in the wake of the calamity... His minute dissection of the failure of most of the promised aid and the misdirection of much of what did arrive is a valuable contribution to understanding how the international community should respond to such crises in the future.'-The Miami Herald 'Katz presents an engaging first-person account of the quake and the first year of the international response that followed.'-Reason magazine 'Offers a compelling account that is alternately comic and tragic.'-The Louisville Courier-Journal 'Katz was the only American reporter on the ground when the devastating earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010...Debunks the assumption that a disaster leads to social disintegration or rioting and observes how media sensationalism prompted unwise giving.'-Publishers Weekly "A captivating look at Haiti's history, people and politics ... a great primer on the challenges of reporting the news in a disaster zone."-June Thomas, Slate book critic "The despair and love of Haiti in one earthquake story."-The New York Times Magazine "Essential... Katz exposes the machinations behind the international reconstruction effort, weaving in a firsthand account of the day of the disaster."-Los Angeles Review of Books "Ultimately, Katz's book is both an eloquent and heartbreaking reminder that it takes much more than good intentions to end a humanitarian crisis."-The Financialist "[Katz] is able somehow to create this story that has intense drama even when there's a press conference with Bill Clinton and some rich donors about how to get money to Haiti ... It's an amazing story of disaster and survival, and then government and bureaucracy, that I'm having trouble thinking of a comparison to ... Just buy it and talk about it with people."-David Weigel, Slate "Julian Fantino, Canada's minister in charge of the Canadian International Development Agency, recently wondered why Haiti, with so many unemployed, is covered in garbage-despite all the aid money that has poured into the country since its devastating 2010 earthquake. He would probably learn a lot from this book."-Michael Petrou, Maclean's "The best book yet on the earthquake and its on-the-ground consequences."-Haiti Support GroupTable of ContentsIntroduction Prologue 1. The End 2. Love Theme from Titanic 3. Blan and Neg 4. The Crossroads In Louisville 5. Spoiled Corn 6. Bon Dola 7. The Governor 8. 'When I Get Older' 9. Sugar Land 10. Miracle Falls 11. Face to Face 12. A Gut Feeling 13. Cardboard Palace 14. All Together Now Epilogue Afterword Notes Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisUsing an approach that combines transnational and comparative social policy analysis with international relations, this book assesses various global social policy actors and compares their ideas and prescriptions about national health care systems. It highlights the importance of considering health policies across multiple scales.Table of Contents1. Global Social Policy Actors and Health Care Systems Ideas2. UN Organisations: Health for All and All for Health Care Systems?3. The OECD and the WTO: Outside the UN but Increasingly Important?4. The New Centres of Power? G8, G20 and the BRICS and Health Care Systems5. The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria: A Hybrid Organisation as the Best Health Care Systems Actor?6. Non-Governmental Organisations and Health Care System Ideas7. The Polish Health Care System Under Global Scrutiny8. Conclusions: Multiple Actors, Uncertain Ideas, Nested Discourses

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Book SynopsisThis volume makes available transcripts and commentary from the secret correspondence between former Chechen foreign minister Ilyas Akhmatov and Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov. This correspondence provides revelatory insights into both men's attempts to secure Western support for a peaceful transition to an independent Chechnya.Trade Review"Indispensable. Akhmadov and Daniloff have given us a vital and extraordinary record that has instantly become required reading for any serious discussion of the Chechen conflicts. Akhmadov's comments provide the necessary context to really understand the nuances of historical events as well as the depth and humanity of Maskhadov's character." - Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. Schaefer, U.S. Army Special Forces, and author of The Insurgency in Chechnya and the North Caucasus (2011) "Contemporary Russian historians, specialists on the North Caucasus region and general readers will discover much useful information in this volume containing unique audio tapes made during the period July 2000-March 2003 by Chechen separatist president Aslan Maskhadov. Relentlessly hunted down by Russian forces he was finally killed in March of 2005 the Chechen leader emerges as a sympathetic if frequently confused and understandably paranoid leader. The book also sheds helpful light on the Russian and Chechen policies of the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations and as well as those of the OSCE and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe." - John B. Dunlop, Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution, author of The Moscow Bombings of September 1999 (2012) "So important, yet so little known. Read about one brave Chechen's until-now secret quest for peace in his battered homeland. A serious and important book." - Marvin Kalb, Murrow Professor Emeritus at Harvard, USA, and author of The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed (2013) "This is a remarkable piece of living and dying history: how the democratically elected leader of the Chechen Freedom Fighters (before the movement was taken over by Islamic extremists) and his foreign minister living in exile engaged in an effort to generate some sort of peaceful accord with Putin's Russia." - Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor, Carter Administration. "The disembodied voice captured in this unique book that of Aslan Maskhadov, the ill-fated leader of Chechnya's rebellion against Russia underscores the challenges facing all those who seek a negotiated solution to violent conflict. This is the illuminating story of a beleaguered opposition figure whose efforts to engage the Russian leadership, both directly and through international intermediaries, are undermined by a dizzying array of other actors with divergent goals, and by ruthless Chechen fighters who carry out horrific terrorist acts. Ultimately, Maskhadov is swept away by the sheer force of too many factors beyond his control. This book is a series of personal testimonies to a specific time, place, and set of circumstances, but it has a sobering message for today." - Dr. Fiona Hill, Director, Center for the United States and Europe, Brookings Institute, USATable of Contents1 Maskhadov's First Briefing 2. Immediate Tasks Ahead 3. Contact with Dr. Brzezinski 4. Taliban Recognition of Chechnya 5. Russian Army Disintegrating? 6. Election of George W. Bush 7. Russia Goes Authoritarian 8. Mystery Kidnapping of Dr. Gluck 9. Russia Seeks to Bribe Maskhadov out of Chechnya 10. Meeting with Putin Suddenly Cancelled 11. Akhmadov Talks with U.S. State Department 12. Maskhadov Hopes for CIA Support 13. Seeking Negotiations 14. Challenge of Rebel Commanders 15. The Gelayev Problem in Georgia 16. Reaction to 9/11 17. Maskhadov Names a Successor 18. The January 27 Presidential Issue 19. Russia Takes Advantage of 9/11 20. The problem with Lord Judd 21. The Russian Policy of Rape 22. Solving the Chechen Problem 23. Peace Plans for Chechnya Fail 24. Maskhadov's Last Message 25. The Voice from Beyond

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Book SynopsisUpdating the papers from the 2011 Asan Conference to cover the end of 2011, this book reflects the state of analysis on the eve of the important 2012-13 transition to China's fifth-generation leaders.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Gilbert Rozman PART I: CHINA'S LEADERSHIP AND FOREIGN POLICY 1. More Actors, Less Coordination? New Challenges for the Leaders of a Rising China; Thomas Christensen 2. China's Foreign Policy and the Leadership Transition: Prospects for Change under the 'Fifth Generation'; Avery Goldstein 3. Another Take on Prospects for the Foreign Policy of the Chinese Fifth-Generation Leadership; Shin Jung-seung PART II: CHINA'S THINK TANKS AND FOREIGN POLICY 4. Chinese Foreign Policy Research Institutes and the Practice of Influence; Bonnie S. Glaser 5. Moving between the 'Inner Circle' and the 'Outer Circle': The Limited Impact of Think Tanks on Policy Making in China; Quansheng Zhao PART III: CHINA'S NATIONAL IDENTITY AND FOREIGN POLICY 6. Chinese National Identity and Foreign Policy: Linkages between the Two; Gilbert Rozman 7. Chinese Nationalism and the American Response: Sources of Tension and Prospects for Renewed Cooperation; Robert S. Ross PART IV: FINANCIAL FACTORS IN CHINESE FOREIGN POLICY MAKING 8. China's Leadership and Their Financial and Monetary Policies; William H. Overholt 9. How Do Monetary and Financial Issues Interact with China's Foreign Policy Making?; François Godemont PART V: CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD THE KOREAN PENINSULA 10. China's North Korea Policy: Misperception and Reality (An Independent Chinese Perspective on Sino-Korean Relations); Chen Ping 11. China's Korea Policy in the Making; Yufan Hao 12. Disillusionment and Dismay: How Chinese Netizens Think and Feel about the Two Koreas; Peter Gries Index

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Book SynopsisThis original and detailed collection explores how regional actors deal with uncertainties that are inherent to the current geopolitical situation in East Asia. The contributors collectively demonstrate that strategic uncertainty has become a major factor in the shaping of the security order in East Asia.Trade Review'This important volume offers an excellent range of views and arguments on the most important strategic question in Asia, and perhaps globally, today. In well-considered chapters by many of the leading scholars of Asian strategic affairs it offers rigorous and balanced analyses of the key questions which will shape Asia's strategic order over coming years. The chapters combine scholarly rigour with a robust sense of political and policy realities. It will quickly win a key place in the literature on Asian strategic affairs.' - Hugh White, Australian National University, Australia 'Changing Security Dynamics is an excellent and timely contribution to the key debates surrounding the evolving regional security order in East Asia. The volume brings together many of the established and now emerging thought leaders on these issues from North America, Asia and Europe. The analysis in the volume is distinguished by a mix of clear theoretical thinking, detailed consideration of the role of the US and China in determining any new or continuing security order, and the manoeuvring of other key states actors in Northeast and Southeast Asia in influencing the emerging strategic landscape. Overall, the volume forms a central work in debating the future permutations of the US 'rebalance' and US-centred regional order and forms essential reading for both advanced researchers and students.' - Christopher W. Hughes, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why strategic uncertainty?; Elena Atanassova-Cornelis and Frans-Paul Van der Putten PART I: EVOLVING REGIONAL SECURITY ORDER IN EAST ASIA - KEY PERSPECTIVES 1. Theoretical Approaches to Asia's Changing Security Order; Nick Bisley 2. East Asian Security, Policy Debates and American Leadership; Robert Sutter 3. China's Approach to the US Role in East Asia: The Dynamics of Volatile Competition; Shi Yinhong PART II: EAST ASIAN RESPONSES TO STRATEGIC UNCERTAINTY 4. 'Keeping the United States In': Japan and Regional Order in East Asia; Kuniko Ashizawa 5. The US Security Role in South Korea: Issues that Test South Korean Confidence in the US Commitment; Larry Niksch 6. Political Resolve and Strategic Uncertainty in Taiwan-US Relations; Alexis Littlefield 7. New Strategic Uncertainty and Security Order in Southeast Asia; Carlyle A. Thayer PART III: ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF REGIONAL SECURITY ORDER 8. A US-China Dual Leadership in East Asia?; Quansheng Zhao 9. Non-Traditional Security Cooperation and Northeast Asian Regional Order; Jaewoo Choo 10. Power Bumps on the Way to Regional Community: Asia's Mixed Security Logics; Alice Ba Conclusion: A post-US regional order in the making? East Asia's security futures; Frans-Paul van der Putten and Elena Atanassova-Corne

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An assessment of the influence of the Marxism of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on revolutionary developments in China. The work covers the period from the first appearance of the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Zedong until its full transformation by Deng Xiaoping - into a nationalist, developmental, single-party, developmental dictatorship.

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Book SynopsisCybercrime affects over 1 million people worldwide a day, and cyber attacks on public institutions and businesses are increasing. This book interrogates the European Union's evolving cybersecurity policies and strategy and argues that while progress is being made, much remains to be done to ensure a secure and resilient cyberspace in the future.Trade Review“The book is well written and clear in its content and purposes. It is well suited for both academics and practitioners, including political and military personnel, presenting a clear overview of the development of the EU’s cybersecurity framework. … it makes a useful contribution to the academic debate on the global role of the EU as a security actor, as well as on the idea of a ‘civilian response’ to cyber threats.” (Simona Autolitano, The International Spectator, Vol. 52 (1), 2017)Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Conceptualising Security as Resilience in Cyberspace 3. Cybersecurity in the Global Ecosystem 4. National Cybersecurity Approaches in the European Union: The Case of the UK 5. The European Union and Cybercrime 6. Network and Information Security and Cyber Defence in the European Union 7. Transatlantic Cooperation in Cybersecurity: Converging on Security as Resilience? 8. Conclusions: Towards Effective Security as Resilience in the European Union?

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive investigation into Hans Morgenthau's life and work. Identifying power, knowledge, and dissent as the fundamental principles that have informed his worldview, this book argues that Morgenthau's lasting contribution to the discipline of International Relations is the human condition of politics.Trade Review"Hans Morgenthau was one of the great intellectual figures in the study of international politics, and Felix Rösch's insightful study helps remind us why. Focusing on Morgenthau's intellectual roots in Weimar Germany, Rösch brings Morgenthau into the present by underscoring his relevance to vital strands of recent political and social thought. An indispensable contribution to the growing literature on international realism." - William E. Scheuerman, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, USA "An original, thoughtful, readable investigation of Hans Morgenthau's intellectual development that goes beyond his writings to personal, cultural, and intellectual history to understand his world view and that of realism. It is a major contribution to our understanding, not only of realism, but to the creative efforts of intellectuals to go beyond ideology and the academy to grapple with the challenges of modernity." - Richard Ned Lebow, Professor of International Political Theory, King's College London, IKTable of Contents1. Prolegomena: Realism and Worldview 2. Chapter I: Hans Morgenthau and Weimar 3. Chapter II: Power - Hans Morgenthau and Ontology 4. Chapter III: Knowledge - Hans Morgenthau and Epistemology 5. Chapter IV: Dissent - Hans Morgenthau and Political Agency 6. Epilogue: The Human Condition of Politics

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Book SynopsisControl of the air is the foundation for all conventional military operations against an adversary with an air defence capability. In future warfare, will it be possible for Unmanned Combat Air Systems to undertake the tasks and accept most of the risks that, until now, have been the lot of military aviators? Trade Review''This book is an excellent and original contribution to the literature. The material is cutting-edge and innovative in the unmanned/remotely piloted literature, taking us out of what has become quite a stale debate on what has come to be called 'drone wars'. It is also original because it addresses the interoperability of different aspects of these systems, making the whole greater than the sum of its parts a point which applies as much to the book as its subject matter. The work is of a rigorous academic standard and well written, making the subject matter accessible despite the degree of specialisation. This is going to remain the standard work on unmanned/remotely piloted combat systems for some time to come and is essential reading for anyone wishing to follow the debate on the strategy of these systems over the coming years.'' - Dr Chris Wyatt, University of Birmingham, UKTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Research Interviews 3. Overview 4. Unmanned Combat Air Systems: Technical And Legal Challenges 5. The Role Of Air And Space Power, And Control Of The Air 6. The Evolution Of Air-To-Air Warfare 7. International Relations And Future Threats 8. Conclusion 9. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisJapan is shifting onto a new trajectory for a more muscular national security policy, US-Japan alliance ties functioning for regional and global security, and the encirclement of China's influence in East Asia. The author explores how PM Abe Shinzo's doctrine may prove contradictory and counter-productive to Japanese national interests. Trade Review“This concise volume provides a timely update on recent developments in the security sphere, particularly focusing on the current Abe government’s policies. … The research is thorough and well-presented, though curiously formatted in the style of a collection of short articles. … In sum, this is a very welcome update on Japanese foreign and security policies that does East Asian specialists a notable service through its collation and analysis … .” (Thomas S. Wilkins, Japanese Studies, Vol. 36 (1), June, 2016)“This timely book is a valuable companion to understanding the foreign and security policy initiatives undertaken by the second Abe Shinzō administration. The book’s six brisk chapters assess the origins, domestic impact, and international ramifications of Abe’s security and diplomatic revolution. … this book is required reading for understanding the contours of change in Japan’s security system in the Abe era and it will appeal to Political Science and Japanese Studies scholars, as well as practitioners and students.” (Giulio Pugliese, Asien, Vol. 139, April, 2016)Table of Contents1. Introduction: From 'Yoshida Doctrine' To 'Abe Doctrine'? 2. The Origins And Ideological Drivers Of The 'Abe Doctrine' Ending The 'Post-War Regime', Restoring Great Power Status Constitutional Revision Historical Revisionism, Challenging The K?no Statement, Patriotic Education Yasukuni Shrine And Challenging The Tokyo Tribunals 3. Japan's National Security Under Abe National Security Strategy, National Defence Programme Guidelines, State Secrecy Law Breaching The Arms Export Ban, Militarisation Of ODA Collective Self-Defence Made Reality Radical New Security Precedents 4. The 'Abe Doctrine' And US-Japan Relations Revising The US-Japan Defence Guidelines, Futenma Relocation, TPP Negotiations Fears Of Abandonment, Resistance In Okinawa, Trade Blockages Distrust Over Revisionism And Yasukuni Who Is Entrapping Whom? 5. Japan's Relations Under Abe With China, The Korean Peninsula, And ASEAN Encircling China More Progress With North Korea Than South Korea? Abe Isolates Japan, China Encircles Japan? Sino-Japanese Stalemate? 6. Conclusion: 'Abe Doctrine' As Revolution Or Contradictory Failure? Three Great Contradictions Resentful Realism Redux

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Book Synopsis1. Energy, Capitalism and World Order; Tim Di Muzio; Jesse Salah OvadiaPART I: ENERGY, CAPITAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEORY2. IPE and the Unfashionable Problematic of Capital and Energy; Tim Di Muzio3. Reassessing the Crisis: Ecology and Liberal International Relations; Shane Mulligan4. The Political Economy of Trade in the Age of Carbon Energy; Silke Trommer; Tim Di MuzioPART II: ENERGY, CAPITALISM AND THE (RE)MAKING OF WORLD ORDER5. Oil-Backed Capitalist Development in the Global South: A Case of Positive Oil Exceptionalism?; Jesse Salah Ovadia6. A Different Kind of Magic? Oil, Development and the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela; Tom Chodor7. Towards a North American Energy Bloc: the Geopolitical implications of Market Preserving Federalism; Dan Bousfield8. The Political Economy of (Climate) Change: Low Carbon Energy Transitions under Capitalism; Peter NewellPART III: ENERGY, CAPITALISM AND THE 21ST CENTURY9. The Ethanol Boom and DistributioTrade Review“The book will be helpful for readers in academic fields like development studies, history, geography, international relations, political science, public administration and even sociology. It may also be of interest to practitioners in the energy sector, policy experts, government and the public sector, as well as other experts who want to examine energy and its relationship with capitalism and the future world order through the prism of international political economy.” (Donn David P. Ramos, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, November, 2016)Table of Contents1. Energy, Capitalism and World Order; Tim Di Muzio; Jesse Salah OvadiaPART I: ENERGY, CAPITAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEORY2. IPE and the Unfashionable Problematic of Capital and Energy; Tim Di Muzio3. Reassessing the Crisis: Ecology and Liberal International Relations; Shane Mulligan4. The Political Economy of Trade in the Age of Carbon Energy; Silke Trommer; Tim Di MuzioPART II: ENERGY, CAPITALISM AND THE (RE)MAKING OF WORLD ORDER5. Oil-Backed Capitalist Development in the Global South: A Case of Positive Oil Exceptionalism?; Jesse Salah Ovadia6. A Different Kind of Magic? Oil, Development and the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela; Tom Chodor7. Towards a North American Energy Bloc: the Geopolitical implications of Market Preserving Federalism; Dan Bousfield8. The Political Economy of (Climate) Change: Low Carbon Energy Transitions under Capitalism; Peter NewellPART III: ENERGY, CAPITALISM AND THE 21ST CENTURY9. The Ethanol Boom and Distributional Coalitions in US Agribusiness: Beyond 'Capital in General'; Joseph Baines; David Ravensbergen10. The Unsustainable Nature of Petro-Market Civilization in Canada; Matt Dow11. Fracking into the Future of Petro-Market Civilization; Emma Lee12. Critical IPE, the Open Range and the Illusion of the Epoch; Tim Di Muzio; Jesse Salah Ovadia

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an in-depth historical and technical description of Iran's nuclear program in political, economic, and strategic contexts. The author points out this issue's connections with the evolution of global and regional strategic balances, as well as the stability of the international regime against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.Trade Review“This is a … comprehensive review of Iran's policy history of creating a nuclear energy capability. … The author includes a great deal of insight about the inner workings of the Iranian government system, adding to the book’s value. … Anyone interested in the question of nuclear energy in Iran and the Middle East must be aware of this book. It is indispensable. Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates and above.” (S. R. Silverburg, Choice, Vol. 53 (10), June, 2016)“This book develops Iran’s path in the nuclear energy field from the first steps under Shah Reza Pahlavi in the 70s to the definition of the Joint Plan of Action (JPA) in April 2015 … . It is clear that the book is the result of an accurate and pains-taking research path, undoubtedly making it a great tool for those who want to go into the deepest details of the story.” (Greta Zunino, The International Spectator, Vol. 51 (4), 2016)Table of Contents1. The Nuclear Program of the Shah (1957-79) 2. The Impact of the Revolution (1979-89) 3. Progressive Consolidation (1989-98) 4. Expansion and Disclosure (1998-2003) 5. Diplomacy at Work (2003-05) 6. Sanctions and Tensions (2005-08) 7. Possible Military Dimensions 8. Negotiations and Pressures (2008-12) 9. Prudence and Hope

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