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Book SynopsisIn Mediterranean Paradiplomacies: The Dynamics of Diplomatic Reterritorialization, Manuel Duran presents a new view on the phenomenon of paradiplomacy by analyzing the diplomatic activities of a number of Mediterranean substate entities as a site of political territorialization. The international agency of these substate entities is giving way to new patterns of territorialization, as well as alternative forms of diplomacy. Duran examines the diplomatic activities of two Spanish, two French and two Italian regions. The book poses the question of why and how these regions operate diplomatically in a given territorial milieu and convincingly elucidates the particular patterns of reterritorialization that result from these diplomatic activities.Table of ContentsChapter One: Introduction 1.1. The Case of Mediterranean Paradiplomacy and its Broader Relevance 1.2. Problem Statement and Main Questions 1.3. Ontological Perspectives, Methodology and Case Selection 1.3.1. Ontological Perspectives 1.3.2. Methodology 1.3.3. Case Selection 1.4. The Book’s Structure Chapter Two: Conceptualizations of Paradiplomacy 2.1. An Archaeology of Paradiplomacy 2.1.1. The Term “Paradiplomacy” 2.1.2. The False Embassy and the Ambassador of God 2.1.3. Christian Diplomacy and Diplomacy of the Church 2.1.4. Hybrids and Corsairs 2.1.5. Diasporas and Cities 2.2. Contemporary Paradiplomacy 2.2.1. Territory, Deterritorialization and Reterritorialization 2.2.2. The Level of Analysis within IR 2.2.3. Reterritorializing Diplomacy 2.2.4. Mediterranean Substate Entities 2.2.5 Substate Diplomacy or Paradiplomacy Concluding Remarks Chapter Three: Diplomacy between Self, Other and Same 3.1. Explanandum (1): Paradiplomacy 3.2. Explanans (1): Ecological Triad 3.2.1. Operational Milieu 3.2.2. Psychological Milieu 3.3. Explanandum (2): Patterns of Reterritorialization 3.4. Explanans (2): The Practice of Paradiplomacy 3.5. Coda: Explaining the Explananda Chapter Four: The Mediterranean as a Space of Thought, Encounters and Diplomacy 4.1. Mediterranean Thinking 4.2. Mediterranean Encounters 4.3. Mediterranean Diplomacy 4.3.1. The Mediterranean Diplomacies of France, Italy and Spain 4.3.2. The European Union as a Diplomatic Actor in the Mediterranean 4.4. Conclusion Chapter Five: The Mediterranean Substate Entities 5.1. Italy 5.1.1. Paradiplomacy all’italiana 5.1.2. The Region of Emilia-Romagna 5.1.3. The Region of Puglia 5.1.4. Conclusion: The Geopolitical DNA for Italian Regions 5.2. France 5.2.1. The French Institutional Context: The Millefeuille institutionnel français 5.2.2. The Region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 5.2.3. The Region of Languedoc-Roussillon 5.2.4. Conclusion: The Geopolitical DNA for French Regions 5.3. Spain 5.3.1. Spanish Devolution 5.3.2. The Historic Nation of Catalonia 5.3.3. The Autonomous Community of Andalusia 5.3.4. Conclusion: The Geopolitical DNA for Spanish Autonomous Communities 5.4. Conclusion Chapter Six: Diplomatic Representation 6.1. Conceptualizing Representation 6.2. Formalistic Representation 6.3. Substantive Representation 6.3.1. EU Representation 6.3.2. Political Representation: Mimicking the State 6.3.3. Economic Diplomacy: The Network of Commercial Representation 6.3.4. Other Forms of Representation: Cultural Houses, Tourism Offices and Diasporas 6.4. The Diplomatic Audience 6.5. Symbolic Representation 6.6. Conclusion: Reterritorializing Representation Chapter Seven: Paradiplomacy as Communication 7.1. Diplomacy as Communication 7.2. Language 7.3. Presenting the Diplomatic Self 7.3.1. Images: Cartographic Maps 7.3.2. Words: Mental Maps, Discursive Traces of Geopolitical Goals 7.4. Public and Cultural Diplomacy 7.5. Conclusion: Reterritorializing Diplomatic Communication Chapter Eight: Substate Diplomatic Socialization: Dealing with the Other 8.1. The Nearby Other: The Central Government and the Co-regions 8.2. The European Other: Dealing with the EU Level and the Other Europeans 8.2.1. The Committee of the Regions 8.2.2. European Territorial Cooperation 8.3. The International Other: Dealing with the Mediterranean 8.3.1. Getting Connected: Organizations and Networks 8.3.2. Multi-stakeholder Diplomacy: Decentralized Development Cooperation 8.3.3. Bilateral and Multilateral Relations 8.4. Conclusion: New Layers of Diplomatic Relations – Socializing Paradiplomacy Chapter Nine: Patterns of Reterritorialization 9.1. New Mediterranean Geographies, Renewed Identities 9.1.1. From the Center: The Various Euro-Mediterranean Partnerships 9.1.2. From the Periphery, Within the Mediterranean 9.2. Mimicry: Defying the State Monopoly on Diplomacy 9.3. Division of Labor: The Lower Profile of the State (Collaboration) 9.3.1. Collaboration with the State 9.3.2. Barcelona or Marseille: Capital(s) of the Mediterranean 9.4. Homo-diplomacy: The Human Face of Paradiplomacy 9.5. Conclusion: Reterritorialization from Antagonism to Agonism and Humanism Chapter 10: General Conclusions 10.1. The Westphalian Myth: The Territorial Trap 10.2. Diplomatic Actorness 10.3. The Geopolitical DNA of Mediterranean Substate Entities 10.4. Multilevel and Multifaceted Diplomacy (Engaging with the Others) 10.5. Thoughts on Methodology 10.6. Sites for Future Research

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Book SynopsisThe four sovereign Indian Ocean states of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles, the two French overseas departments of Mayotte and Reunion, as well as the British colony of BIOT (Chagos), all form part of Africa. As insular nations and territories in an increasingly globalized, militarized and largely unregulated ocean, they face particular challenges. Commonly overlooked in the fields of African and international studies, this text traces the islands’ history and explores their diverse contemporary social, political and economic trajectories. From human settlement and slavery to conflict resolution and piracy, the relations with continental Africa and the African Union feature prominently. Richly sourced, this comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to Africa’s Indian Ocean islands covers a significant lacuna.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Maps List of Boxes Reference Tables List of Acronyms Preface Introduction: From Zanj to Maersk Madagascar: Old Cultures, Contemporary Crises Comoros: Legacies of Monsoon Trade and Un-Finished Independence Reunion, Mauritius and Seychelles: Creole Islands in Development Mayotte and Chagos: Colonialism Continued Bibliography/References Name Index Indian Ocean Place Names: Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThe Changing Arctic and the European Union a book based on the report “Strategic Assessment of the Development of the Arctic: Assessment Conducted for the European Union”. It provides a balanced overview of changes taking place in the Arctic. The ways how the EU affects Arctic developments is considered, including the process of formulating an umbrella EU Arctic policy.Table of ContentsList of Acronyms; List of Figures and Pictures; Introduction: Understanding Arctic Change through Assessments and Stakeholder Engagement Adam Stępień, Paula Kankaanpää and Timo Koivurova; The Making of a Coherent Arctic Policy for the European Union: Anxieties, Contradictions and Possible Future Pathways Adam Stępień and Timo Koivurova; Climate Change in the Arctic Mikko Strahlendorff, Sébastien Duyck, Johan Gille, Anastasia Leonenko, Timo Koivurova, Marie-Theres von Schickfus, Adam Stępień and Jennie Thomas; Changes in Arctic Maritime Transport Gunnar Sander, Johan Gille, Adam Stępień, Timo Koivurova, Jennie Thomas, Jean-Claude Gascard and Debra Justus; Changing Nature of Arctic Fisheries Sigmar Arnarsson and Debra Justus; Arctic Offshore Hydrocarbons and the European Union: More Constraints and Less Opportunities Michał Łuszczuk, Debra Justus, Jennie Thomas, Chris Klok and Federica Gerber; Mining in the European Arctic Kim van Dam, Annette Scheepstra, Johan Gille, Adam Stępień and Timo Koivurova; Activities Affecting Land Use in the European Arctic Kirsi Latola, Simo Sarkki, Adam Stępień, and Mikko Jokinen; Socioeconomic and Cultural Changes in the European Arctic Adam Stępień, Karolina Banul, Annette Scheepstra, Kim van Dam, Kirsi Latola and Timo Koivurova; European Arctic Initiatives: Capacities, Gaps and Future Opportunities Lize-Marié van der Watt, Arne Riedel, Björn Dahlbäck, Elizabeth Tedsen, Kamil Jagodziński and Paula Kankaanpää; Role and Effectiveness of Assessments in Policy-making: On the Importance of the Process Małgorzata Śmieszek, Karolina Banul, Paula Kankaanpää, Timo Koivurova, Pamela Lesser and Adam Stępień; Conclusion: The Region of Uncertainty - Arctic Change and Possible Pathways for the EU Adam Stępień, Timo Koivurova and Paula Kankaanpää; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Peace of Utrecht (1713), which brought an end to the War of the Spanish Succession, was a milestone in global history. Performances of Peace aims to rethink the significance of the Peace of Utrecht by exploring the nexus between culture and politics. For too long, cultural and political historians have studied early modern international relations in isolation. By studying the political as well as the cultural aspects of this peace (and its concomitant paradoxes) from a broader perspective, this volume aims to shed new light on the relation between diplomacy and performative culture in the public sphere. Contributors are: Samia Al-Shayban, Lucien Bély, Renger E. de Bruin, Suzan van Dijk, Heinz Duchhardt, Julie Farguson, Linda Frey, Marsha Frey, Willem Frijhoff, Henriette Goldwyn, Cornelis van der Haven, Clare Jackson, Lotte Jensen, Phil McCluskey, Jane O. Newman, Aaron Alejandro Olivas, David Onnekink. This book is available in Open Access.Table of ContentsThe book is freely available in Open Access online. List of Illustrations ... ix Notes on Contributors ... xi Introduction ... 1 Renger E. de Bruin, Cornelis van der Haven, Lotte Jensen and David Onnekink Part 1 The Diplomatic Stage 1 The Olive and the Horse: The Eighteenth-Century Culture of Diplomacy ... 25 Linda Frey and Marsha Frey 2 Behind the Stage: The Global Dimension of the Negotiations ... 40 Lucien Bély 3 ‘Enemies of their patrie’? Savoyard Identity and the Dilemmas of War, 1690–1713 ... 53 Phil McCluskey 4 Pride and Prejudice: Universal Monarchy Discourse and the Peace Negotiations of 1709–1710 ... 69 David Onnekink Part 2 The Publicity Stage 5 Madame Du Noyer Presenting and Re-presenting the Peace of Utrecht ... 95 Henriette Goldwyn and Suzan van Dijk 6 ‘Dieu veuille que cette Paix soit de longue durée . . .’ The History of the Congress and the Peace of Utrecht by Casimir Freschot ... 114 Heinz Duchhardt 7 The Treaty of Utrecht and Addison’s Cato: Britain’s War of the Spanish Succession, Peace and the Imperial Road Map ... 123 Samia Al-Shayban 8 Jonathan Swift’s Peace of Utrecht ... 142 Clare Jackson 9 Visions of Europe: Contrasts and Combinations of National and European Identities in Literary Representations of the Peace of Utrecht (1713) ... 159 Lotte Jensen Part 3 The Theatrical Stage 10 Theatres of War and Diplomacy on the Early-Eighteenth-Century Amsterdam Stage ... 181 Cornelis van der Haven 11 Performance and Propaganda in Spanish America during the War of the Spanish Succession ... 197 Aaron Alejandro Olivas 12 Promoting the Peace: Queen Anne and the Public Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral ... 207 Julie Farguson 13 Fiery Metaphors in the Public Space: Celebratory Culture and Political Consciousness around the Peace of Utrecht ... 223 Willem Frijhoff Part 4 The Commemorative Stage 14 Memory Theatre: Remembering the Peace after Three Hundred Years ... 251 Jane O. Newman 15 Peace Was Made Here: The Tercentennial of the Treaty of Utrecht, 2013–2015 ... 266 Renger E. de Bruin Index ... 283

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Book SynopsisIn Volume II of his study, Rising China and Its Postmodern Fate, Charles Horner continues his examination of how China’s continuously changing view of its modern historical experience is also changing its understanding of its long intellectual and cultural tradition. He reflects on China's current rise, not as an anomaly, but as part of a long tradition of dramatic transformations and he therefore looks at many different Chinas as they interact with various world systems and ever-changing trends. He sees China’s formation of its future Grand Strategy as a creative intellectual activity which draws on the strategic imagination that can be found in history, literature, art, architecture and urban planning.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements, Volume ii, Horner, Rising China A Note on Romanization and the Pronunciation of Chinese (from Volume i) List of Figures Prologue Chapter 1 Empires Old and New, East and West, Traditional and Modern, and With More to Come Chapter 2 The Multi-Front War for the Chinese Mind: Mapping the Battlefield Chapter 3 Where No Man Has Gone Before: Urban China in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 4 Empire’s Irresistible Lure: Creating a Pre-modern Polity in a Postmodern Age Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUnresolved Border, Land and Maritime Disputes in Southeast Asia, edited by Alfred Gerstl and Mária Strašáková, sheds light on various unresolved and lingering territorial disputes in Southeast Asia and their reflection in current inter-state relations in the region. The authors, academics from Europe and East Asia, particularly address the territorial disputes in the South China Sea and those between Vietnam and Cambodia and Thailand and Cambodia. They apply International Relations theories in a wider regional and comparative perspective. The empirical analyses are embedded in a concise theoretical discussion of the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and borders. Furthermore, the book discusses the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other multi-track mechanisms in border conflict mediation. Contributors are: Petra Andělová, Alica Kizeková, Filip Kraus, Josef Falko Loher, Padraig Lysaght, Jörg Thiele, Richard Turcsányi, Truong-Minh Vu and Zdeněk Kříž.

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Book SynopsisThis unique volume looks at international peace treaties, at their results, effects and failures. It reflects the outcome of an international conference held in the Peace Palace (The Hague) on the occasion of the Centenary of this institution, which opened its doors on the eve of World War I. The volume offers the reflections of the leading experts attending the conference and the open debate which followed. The Treaty of Versailles of 1919, the mother of all peace treaties, is the first to be critically discussed. How should this treaty be viewed with the knowledge of today? What are the lessons learned in the light of historic developments? Subsequently, the Dayton Agreement, which sealed the end to the bloody conflict in the former Yugoslavia (1992-1995), and the Sudan Agreement, which came into being after lengthy negotiations in 2005, are analysed in the same way. Finally, the situations which arose in relation to the devastating wars between Iran and Iraq (1980-1988) and between Kuwait and Iraq are discussed. As these states could not reach a settlement themselves, the United Nations Security Council imposed the terms of the ceasefire and peaceful cooperation in important and innovative resolutions. The book offers additional perspective by looking at the role of judicial settlement by the International Court of Justice or the Permanent Court of Arbitration, vis-a-vis the instrument of political mediation between states with the help of a third party. Mediation can be very effective, but certain conditions are required for it to be successful, conditions which are not easy to bring about in today’s world. Dispute settlement under international law is and continues to be the core business in the Peace Palace.Trade Review"While it is difficult to do justice in a short review to a book that covers so many interlocking themes, it can safely be concluded that it makes an important contribution to this topical issue. Not pretending to be an academically-orientated work, it reflects the problems and processes experienced at the coalface of peace processes, and will for this reason be of value to a wide audience of both academics and practitioners. While the English expression holds that one should not judge a book on its cover, the importance of attractive presentation cannot be denied, and the publishers should be congratulated with its striking cover design and neat presentation." André Stemmet, Netherlands International Law Review (2019) 66:179–183Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations; Preface; From Utrecht’s Peace to Modern Times: Introductory Words by Martti Koskenniemi, University of Helsinki, Treaty of Utrecht Chair at Utrecht University Part 1 The Versailles Peace Agreement, Paris (1919) Introduction 1.1 Keynote: Sir Adam Roberts, British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences 1.2 Commentary: Randall Lesafffer, Tilburg University 1.3 Roundtable Debate 1.4 Interview with Sir Adam Roberts Part 2 The Dayton Peace Agreement, Yugoslavia (1995) Introduction 2.1 Keynote: Abiodun Williams, The Hague Institute for Global Justice 2.2 Commentary: Marc Weller, Cambridge University 2.3 Roundtable Debate Part 3 The Sudan Peace Agreement (2005) Introduction 3.1 Prelude: Peace and Its Confluences, a Short Story by Jamal Mahjoub 3.2 Keynote: Barney Afako, Former Legal Advisor to the Juba Peace Talks 3.3 Commentary: Sarah Nouwen, Cambridge University 3.4 Roundtable Debate 3.5 Interview with Sarah Nouwen 3.6 Interview with Barney Afako Part 4 The Absence of Peace Agreements Introduction to and Texts of Security Council Resolutions 598 (1987) and 687 (1991) Concerning Iran and Iraq 4.1 Keynote: Djamchid Momtaz, University of Tehran 4.2 Commentary: Nico Schrijver, Leiden University 4.3 Roundtable Debate Part 5 Roundtable Debate: Mediation versus Adjudication Peace Palace, 16 September 2014 Roundtable Debate: Mediation versus Adjudication Part 6 Concluding Remarks on Lessons Learned 6.1 Concluding Remarks on the Conference by the Chairman of the Carnegie Foundation, Bernard Bot 6.2 Personal Experiences with Peace Mediation: An Interview with Bernard Bot, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands Epilogue; About the Contributors; List of Illustrations; Index.

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Book SynopsisRekindling the Strong State in Russia and China offers a thorough analysis of the profound regeneration of the State and its intense interaction with the external projections of Russia and China. In the international political scene, leaderships are under constant negotiation. Financial crisis, social and cultural transformations, values setting and migration flows have a deep impact on global powers, leading to the appearance of new actors. At present, the assumed rise of a new axis between two emerging powers, such as Russia and China, effaces their different backgrounds, leading to misinterpretations of their positioning in the geopolitical arena. This book is an essential and multifaceted guide aimed at understanding the deep changes that affect these two countries and their global aspirations. Contributors are: Marco Puleri; Andrea Passeri; Marco Balboni; Carmelo Danisi; Mingjiang Li; Mahalakshmi Ganapathy; Rosa Mulè; Olga Dubrovina; Evgeny Mironov; Yongshun Cai; Vasil Sakaev; Eugenia Baroncelli; Sonia Lucarelli; Nicolò Fasola; Stefano Bianchini; Stanislav Tkachenko; Vitaly Kozyrev; Marco Borraccetti; Francesco Privitera; Antonio Fiori, Massimiliano Trentin; Arrigo Pallotti; Giuliana Laschi; Michael Leigh.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Contributors List of Maps, Tables and Figures List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: Reshaping International Norms andState models? China and Russia’s New Role in the World Arena Stefano Bianchini and Antonio Fiori Part I: Managing State-Society Relations in Russia and China 2. In Search of “New Roots”: Towards a Situational Ideology in Putin’s Russia Marco Puleri 3. Towards the “Great Rejuvenation”: State Nationalism, Shifting Identities, and Foreign Policy Choices in Contemporary China Andrea Passeri 4. Reframing Human Rights in Russia and China: How National Identity and National Interests Shape Relations with, and the Implementation of, International Law Marco Balboni and Carmelo Danisi 5. The Emerging Influence of the Chinese Strong-State Model Mingjiang Li and Mahalakshmi Ganapathy 6. Envisioning the Russian Welfare State Model: The New Political Economy of Gender and the Labour Market Rosa Mulè and Olga Dubrovina 7. Reshaping the Strong-State Model: Dmitrii Medvedev’s “Failed Modernisation” Evgeny Mironov 8. State and Social Protests in China Yongshun Cai 9. Migration Flows Between Russia and China: Legal and Social Implications Vasil Sakaev Part II: China and Russia in the Changing World: Opportunities and Sources of Competition 10. Global Shocks, Regional Conflicts and the Quest for Stable Prosperity: Which Way Forward for China and Russia? Eugenia Baroncelli 11. NATO-Russia Relations through the Prism of Strategic Culture Sonia Lucarelli and Nicolò Fasola 12. The Western Decline, Multipolarity and the Challenges of Identity in the Making of Russian Foreign Policy Stefano Bianchini 13. BRICS and Development Alternatives: Russia and China Stanislav Tkachenko 14. Engaging with European (Dis-)Integration. Russia in dialogue with Europe/s Marco Puleri 15. Looking at the EU from the Russian and Chinese Perspectives Vitaly Kozyrev 16. The Fight Against Human Trafficking in the European Union and Russia Marco Borraccetti Part III: Russia and China in Contested Regional Theatres: Some Case Studies 17. The Disputed Ukrainian Knot Francesco Privitera 18. Central Asia in China’s Energy Strategy Antonio Fiori 19. The Convergence of Differences: Russia and China in the Middle East and North Africa Massimiliano Trentin 20. The Chinese Penetration in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Tanzania Arrigo Pallotti 21. Relations with the West: The Case Study of the EEC-USSR, as Viewed by the Community (1950-1991) Giuliana Laschi 22. Postface: Europe’s Response to Challenges from China and Russia Michael Leigh 23. Concluding Remarks Stefano Bianchini and Antonio Fiori Index

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Book SynopsisWhich three stages of the evolution of world order has China gone through? How does China deal with its neighbors, and with the countries on its periphery? How will China and the United States avoid falling into ‘The Thucydides Trap’? What led China to propose the ‘One-Belt-One-Road’ joint development initiative? This volume, the first of its kind, gathers a collection of translations of influential essays, speeches, and papers on Chinese foreign policy, national security, and foreign economic relations written by Chinese scholars. Many papers have also served as propositions for policy prescriptions to China's leaders, the vast majority of which have, to date, only been available in Chinese.Table of ContentsList of Contributors vii Journal Information xvIi Introduction 1 Shao Binhong 1 Return of China’s Regional Concept and Construction of a New Order 11 Zhang Yunling 2 Beyond Geopolitical Myth: China’s New Asia Strategy 38 Zhong Feiteng 3 China’s Future East Asian Security Policy Framework: A “Four-Wheel” Structure Design 54 Xu Jin 4 Integration of China Renminbi Internationalization with Asian Monetary Cooperation 69 Zhang Ming 5 China and the United States: It’s Complicated! 83 Fu Ying 6 Sino-US Relations and the East Asian Cold War 90 Niu Jun 7 An Exploration of Conditions for Building a New Type of Major Power Relationship between China and the United States 114 Jin Canrong and Zhao Yuanliang 8 New Game Expects New System 134 Zhao Tingyang 9 Understanding China’s One-Belt-One-Road Initiative—A New Link Pattern for Deepened Interaction between China and the World 146 Xing Guangcheng 10 Connotation, Orientation and Path of the One-Belt-One-Road Initiative 164 Hu An-gang, Ma Wei, and Yan Yilong 11 Why China? The Economic Logic behind China’s One-Belt-One-Road Initiative 181 Lu Feng, Li Xin, Li Shuangshuang, Jiang Zhixiao, Zhang Jieping, and Yang Yewei 12 Prudence Crucial for the One-Belt-One-Road Initiative 203 Shi Yinhong 13 The One-Belt-One-Road Initiative and Financial Innovation 211 Ding Yifan, Zhang Ming, Xu Qiyuan, and Deng Haiqing 14 Diplomatic Risks Facing China’s One-Belt-One-Road Initiative 237 Xue Li Roundtable Discussions 15 One Belt, One Road, but Many Different Voices 253 Allen Carlson 16 A Few Thoughts on the Motivations and Consequences of the One-Belt-One-Road Initiative 254 Scott L. Kastner 17 China’s One-Belt-One-Road Initiative and Political Risks 258 Frans Paul van der Putten Index 261

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Book SynopsisThe Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs includes articles and international law materials relating to the Republic of China on Taiwan and contemporary Asia-Pacific issues. This volume provides insight into the South China Sea Arbitration, investment and financial integration in Asia, the Ma-Xi Summit in Singapore, the Taiwan-Philippines Fisheries Agreement, and the 70th Anniversary of the ROC’s War of Resistance against Japan. Questions and comments can be directed to the editorial board of the Yearbook by email at yearbook@nccu.edu.twTable of ContentsExcerpt from Table of Contents Preface Ying-jeou Ma Essay Establish Yourself at Thirty: My Decision to Study China’s Legal System, Jerome A. Cohen Articles Law-Making Process concerning State Jurisdiction over Artworks Loaned from Abroad: Implications of the Exhibition of Treasured Masterpieces from Taipei, Mizushima Tomonori U.S. Practice Regarding Article 121(3) of UNCLOS and the South China Sea Arbitration Case, Yann-huei Song The 2015 Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility of the South China Sea Arbitration and the Insurmountable Thresholds, Michael Sheng-ti Gau Infrastructure Investment in Asia and Protection under International Investment Agreements, Yuka Fukunaga Coordinating Games: The Challenge of Pursuing a Financial Integration Project in ASEAN, Michelle Dy Special Reports Amicus Curiae Submission by the Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law in the South China Sea Arbitration: An Introductory Note, Nigel N.T. Li Taiwan Practices in the WTO Main Activities: 2002-2015, Der-Chin Horng The 2015 Ma-Xi Meeting in Singapore, Pasha L. Hsieh & Pei-Lun Tsai Bibliography Selected Bibliography on Traditional Chinese Law, Norman P. Ho Contemporary Practice and Judicial Decisions of The Republic of China (Taiwan) Relating to International Law, 2015 Compiled by Chun-i Chen, Pasha L. Hsieh, Pei-Lun Tsai, Chun-Liang Lai, I-Hon Hsiao, and Kai-Chih Chang, with the Assistance of Lee & Li Attorneys-at-Law Explanatory Note I. International Law in General II. Subjects of International Law III. International Organizations IV. Individuals V. Territory and Territorial Jurisdiction VI. State Responsibility VII. The Law of the Sea, Environment, Health, and Aviation VIII. The Law of Treaties IX. Diplomatic, Consular, and Similar Relations X. Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes XI. Arms Control, Use of Force, and International Criminal Law XII. International Economic Relations XIII. Private International Law XIV. Cross-Strait Relations Mainland China; Hong Kong and Macau XV. Others Treaties/Agreements Concluded by the Republic of China (Taiwan) with Other Countries and Organizations in 2015 Chronological List Selected Texts Burkina Faso; Japan; Philippines; Solomon Islands; United States. Table of Cases; Index; Guidelines for Submissions to the Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs.

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Book SynopsisMutual Perceptions and Images in Japanese-German Relations, 1860–2010 examines the mutual images formed between Japan and Germany from the mid-nineteenth to twenty-first centuries, and the influence of these images on the development of bilateral relations. Unlike earlier research on Japanese-German relations, which focused on the similarity of these countries’ historical trajectories, this publication presents a more nuanced picture. It relativizes perceptions of a special “spiritual relationship” between Japan and Germany as well as their commonalities of “national character” through an exploration of previously untapped historical visual and textual sources. With essays by sixteen leading scholars in the field, this collection is an invaluable contribution to the historiography of modern Japan and Germany, and to the field of international relations. Contributors are: Hans-Joachim Bieber, Fukuoka Mariko, Hakoishi Hiroshi, Iwasa Takurō, Katō Yōko, Kawakita Atsuko, Gerhard Krebs, Kudō Akira, Heinrich Menkhaus, Danny Orbach, Peter Pantzer, Sven Saaler, Satō Takumi, Volker Stanzel, Suzuki Naoko, Tajima Nobuo, Tano Daisuke, and Rolf-Harald Wippich.Trade Review‘The very instructive volume can be recommended to everyone interested in Japan and its relation with Germany.’ Christian W. Spang, Daitō Bunka University, Tokyo, Contemporary Japan, DOI: 10.1080/18692729.2018.1468641Table of ContentsList of illustrations Preface - Volker Stanzel Acknowledgments Notes to Readers Introduction: Japanese-German Mutual Images from the 1860s to the Present - Sven Saaler Part I: Early Encounters 1. Prussia or North Germany? The Image of “Germany” During the Prusso-Japanese Treaty Negotiations in 1860–1861 - Fukuoka Mariko 2. Japanese-German Mutual Perceptions in the 1860s and 1870s: The Eulenburg and Bunkyū Missions - Suzuki Naoko 3. The Image of Prussia in Japan during the Boshin War (1868–1869) - Hakoishi Hiroshi Part II: Perceptions of a “Golden Age” of Japanese-German Relations 4. Katsura Tarō’s Experiences in Germany and Kido Takayoshi’s Ideas on a Constitution - Katō Yōko 5. The Image of Japan and the Japanese in the German Satirical Journals Kladderadatsch and Simplicissimus, 1853–1914 - Rolf-Harald Wippich 6. Images of Japan Held by German Legal Experts in the Meiji Period - Heinrich Menkhaus 7. Japan in Early Twentieth-century European Picture Postcards - Peter Pantzer Part III: Drifting Apart: Tensions and War 8. The Image of Germany in Japanese Politics and Society, 1890–1914 - Sven Saaler 9. Rathenau and Ludendorff: Two Japanese Images of Germany in World War I - Kudō Akira 10. Images of Japan and East Asia in German Politics in the Early Nazi Era - Tajima Nobuo Part IV: Idealization of “The Other” in the Age of Totalitarianism 11. “Strength Through Joy” in Japan: Mutual Perceptions of Leisure Movements in Germany and Japan, 1935–1942 - Tano Daisuke 12. Images of German-Japanese Similarities and Affinities in National-Socialist Germany (1933–1945) - Hans-Joachim Bieber 13. German Perspectives on Japanese Heroism During the Nazi Era - Gerhard Krebs 14. Colonialism Through the Mirror: Japan in the Eyes of the SS and the German Conservative Resistance - Danny Orbach Part V: Post-war Images 15. Images of Japan in Post-war German Media: How the “Past” is Used to Reinforce Images of Self and Other - Kawakita Atsuko 16. The Consumption of Nazi Images in Post-war Japanese Popular Culture -Satō Takumi 17 German and European Academic Images of Japan: The “Group Model” and the “Cultural Importer Model” from the 1970s to the 1990s - Iwasa Takurō Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTitoist Yugoslavia is a particularly interesting setting to examine the integrity of the modern nation-state, especially the viability of distinctly multi-ethnic nation-building projects. Scholarly literature on the brutal civil wars that destroyed Yugoslavia during the 1990s emphasizes divisive nationalism and dysfunctional politics to explain why the state disintegrated. But the larger question remains unanswered—just how did Tito’s state function so successfully for the preceding forty-six years. In an attempt to understand better what united the stable, multi-ethnic, and globally important Yugoslavia that existed before 1991 Robert Niebuhr argues that we should pay special attention to the dynamic and robust foreign policy that helped shape the Cold War.

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Book SynopsisIn Reframing the Diplomat Albertine Bloemendal offers a unique window onto the unofficial dimension of Cold War transatlantic relations by analyzing the diplomatic role of the Dutch Atlanticist Ernst van der Beugel as a government official and as a private diplomat. After a career with the Dutch government at the frontlines of the Marshall Plan, European integration and transatlantic relations, Van der Beugel pursued a more freestyle approach to diplomacy as a private citizen, most notably through his role as Secretary-General of the illustrious Bilderberg Meetings and his ties to the European and American foreign policy establishments. This book also traces his close friendship with Henry Kissinger, which provided him with a direct line to the White House.Trade Review"In conclusion, measured against the objectives of the New Diplomatic History as formulated by the author, this book can certainly be considered a success. It is clear that the part played in Cold War transatlantic relations by informal actors such as Ernst van der Beugel could be significant, and an account such as this one is a valuable addition, not only to the traditional, state-oriented historiography, but also the already existing work on networks such as Bilderberg." - Ruud van Dijk, Rezension zu: Bloemendal, Albertine: Reframing the Diplomat. Ernst van der Beugel and the Cold War Atlantic Community, in: H-Soz-Kult, 27.07.2018 (www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-28587).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction  Ernst van der Beugel  The Atlantic Elite and the Unofficial “Atlantic Community”  Ernst van der Beugel: A Case Study in New Diplomatic History  Sources and Structure 1 “The Great Mistake of the West”  Youth and Student Years  The Worst Years: “The Idea of War is Growing more Familiar to us Every Day”  The War Years  Conclusion 2 “Present at the Creation”  The Marshall Plan  The Paris Conference  To Washington  The Washington Meetings  The Marshall Plan: A Joint Venture between the Public and the Private Sector  The Dutch Organization  Public Private Linkages in the Netherlands  Cooperation with the American Country Mission in The Hague  A Comprehensive PR-Campaign  The ERP: Developing Transatlantic Networks  Hirschfeld’s Heir  Conclusion 3 An Atlanticist European  Historical Context: the Netherlands and the Road to Rome  Political and Military Integration  The Group of Ten  Diverging Paths: The EDC and the Rise of the Gaullists  Atlanticist vs. Europeanists and the Straightjacket of Administrative Discipline  State Secretary: The Road to Rome  Hope and Disillusionment: The Free Trade Area and Charles de Gaulle  Conclusion: an Atlanticist European 4 Unofficial Ambassador for an Atlantic Community  Statesman without Office  KLM Connections  Transition and Continuity  The Unofficial Atlantic Community  The Bilderberg Meetings  Public Voice  A Transatlantic Mediator  Turbulence at KLM  Conclusion 5 The Gaullist Challenge  Atlantic Crisis: A Nightmare Come True  Beyond ‘Facilitation’: The Run-Up to the Bilderberg Meeting in Cannes  Cannes, 1963: “We Now Know What We Are Up Against”  The MLF Conversion: From “Patch-Up Tool” to Instrument for Atlantic Cohesion  Transatlantic Family Quarrels: The Lingering Rivalry of Europeanists vs. Atlanticists  American Leadership: A Cri de Coeur  Reverberations of Williamsburg  MLF: The Battle Continues  European Political Union Revisited: The Erhard Plan  Conclusion 6 Defense, Détente and the “Average Man”  Détente and the Soviet Threat  A Decline in Accepted and Acceptable American Leadership  The Atlantic Elite and the ‘Average Man’  The Dutch Scene: Nieuw Links, the PvdA and the Vietnam Letter  The Dutch Defense Debate  A Friend in the White House  A Small Intervention that Could Make All the Difference  The Biesheuvel Cabinet and the Committee of Civil and Military Experts  In Pursuit of a Domestic Climate Conducive to Close Transatlantic Relations  Conclusion 7 The Challenge of the Successor Generation  A Very Serious Generation Problem  Consultancy: The Ford Foundation and the Successor Generation  Bilderberg and the Pursuit of a ‘Continuous Rejuvenation’  Bridging the Generation Gap: From Marienlyst to Woodstock  The Old Guard in Defense of the Capitalist System  Bilderberg and the Lockheed Scandal: An Existential Crisis  “The Smoothest Coup d’état in the History of the Atlantic Alliance”  “NATO-Professor”  Conclusion Conclusion: A Call for a New Diplomatic History Sources & Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Moral Pressure for Responsible Globalization, Sherrie M. Steiner offers an account of religious diplomacy with the G8, G7 and G20 to evoke new possibilities in an effort to influence globalization to become more equitable and sustainable. Commonly portrayed as ‘out of control’, globalization is considered here as a political process that can be redirected to avoid the tragedy of the global commons. The secularization tradition of religion depicts faith-based public engagement as dangerous. Making use of historical materials from faith-based G-plus System shadow summits (2005-2017), Steiner provides ample information to arrive at an interpretation that significantly differs from traditional accounts. Using broader scope conditions, Steiner considers how human induced environmental changes contribute to religious resurgence under conditions of weakening nation states.Trade Review"Rigorous, inclusive, and extensive, Moral Pressure for Responsible Globalization is an exemplary model of transdisciplinary scholarship that not only contributes new knowledge otherwise lost between the interstices of disciplines, but also addresses at its core the ethical imperative of globalized responsibility for the ecosystems upon which our lives depend. At a time when the era of globalization is characterized by “governance without government,” mounting uncertainties, and “wicked problems” such as the metastasizing of religiously motivated violence, Moral Pressure for Responsible Globalization is indispensable literature for religious studies scholars and political scientists alike." - Adam Loch, University of Denver/Illif School of Theology, Reading Religion March 2018 "This impressive and well-researched book provides readers with new insights into the politics at the juncture of religion and transnational environmental policy." - P. Sean Morris, University of Helsinki, Finland, International Affairs 95: 6, 2019.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations and Acronyms 1 Introduction: Religious Engagement for More Responsible Governance  Beyond Sustainable Development as Oxymoron  The Evolution of Religious Shadow Summitry  Theoretical Account of the F8/F7/F20 Initiative  Theoretical Development—Why Religion? Why Now?  In Matters of Religion, Religion Matters 2 G-plus System Diplomacy  The Origins and Evolution of the G-plus System  The Rules of Governing without Government  Broadening the Dialogue  Engagement Group Recognition  Monitoring of the G-plus System 3 Governance in the Age of the Anthropocene  Primarily Human-induced Global Environmental Changes  Environmental Implications for Governance  ‘Transition Science’ Emerges to Inform Governance  Governance for a Common Future  Implications for G8/G7 and G20 Financial Deliberations  Patterned Vulnerabilities and Anti-Globalization Protests  Governance without Government  The Costs of Globalized Irresponsibility  Conclusion 4 The Return of Religion to Transnational Relations  Transnational Religious Resurgence  The Crisis of Secularization  Can Secularization be Taken Too Far?  Reimagining the Secular with ‘Cosmopolitan Solutions’   Religious Diplomacy   Cosmopiety  Conclusion 5 The F8/F7/F20 Initiative  Origins and Evolution   The F8   The F7   The F20   The Merge  Patterning after the G-plus System  Distinguishing Factors  Invitees and Organizational Representation  Phases of Development  Conclusion 6 Illuminating the Unseen  Summary Overview  Annual Initiatives   2005 United Kingdom—Civil Society Ecumenical Origins   2006 Russia—An Interfaith State Affair   2007 Germany—Consolidating the Vision   2008 Japan—Decentering Anthropocentrism   2009 Italy—A Natural Disaster   2010 Canada—Engagement and Governance   2011 France—Respecting the ‘Other’   2012 United States—Special Delivery   2013 United Kingdom—All a Twitter   2014 Australia—New Beginnings   2015 Istanbul—Consolidation   2016 China—Entering a New Phase of Dialogue   2017 Germany—Officially Engaged  Conclusion 7 Organizing Details, External Relations, and Documentation  Organizing the Summits   Leadership Rotation   The Organizing Committees   Financing   Religious Ritual   Special Events and Excursions   Aborted Events  External Relations   Heads of State   Government Advisors   Foreign Ministers   Sherpas   Members of Parliament   Mayors   Special Advisors   Civil Society   Academia   Business   Media  Conclusion 8 Reform, Assessment, and Impact  Reform   Accountability   Enduring Informality   Reflexive Engagement  Assessment   Information Technology   Influence of International Relations   Institutional Differentiation  Competing Assessments   Redundant   Replacement   Rejection   Reinforcement  Impact   G-plus System   Gender   Domestic Relations  Conclusion 9 The Golden Thread  A New Millennium  Global Ethic—Global Norm  The MDG Focal Point  F8/F7/F20 MDG Dialogue  Transition Dynamics  F20 SDG Dialogue  Non-human Agency  Conclusion 10 Collaboration for a Responsible Future  Religious Diplomacy in the Age of the Anthropocene  Tikkun Olam  Changing Times  SDG Implementation Challenges  Governance Forecasts  What an F20 Might Offer  Further Research Appendix A: Theoretical Orientation, Methodology, Documentation & Data  Methodology  Documentation  Data Appendix B: Institutional Affiliations Reference List References

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Book SynopsisThe first of a new series, the Contemporary Archive of the Islamic World, this title draws on the resources of World of Information, a British publisher that since 1975 has published analyses of the politics and economics of all the Middle East countries. For decades Syria lay at the heart of Middle Eastern affairs. Under Assad rulers, and sharing a border with Israel, Syria’s fortunes have been complex. Strategic alliances were formed and fell apart. Domestic rebellions were quelled, often violently. Since 2011, Syria has been in the world’s headlines every day, riven by a civil war that has risked bringing the world’s major powers into open conflict. The CAIW provides an essential background to a complex international problem.

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Book SynopsisIn Neutrality as a Policy Choice for Small/Weak Democracies: Learning from the Belgian Experience, Michael F. Palo has three main objectives. First, he employs a counterfactual approach to examine the hypothesis that had permanent neutrality not been imposed on Belgium in 1839, it would have pursued neutrality anyway until war broke out in 1914. Secondly, he analyses why, after abandoning obligatory neutrality during World War I, the Belgians adopted voluntary neutrality in October 1936. Finally, he seeks to use the historical Belgian case study to test specific International Relations’ Theories and to contribute to Small State Studies, especially the behaviour of small/weak democracies in the international system.Trade Review“In a detailed and well-written synthesis, the author combines old and new insights, and international and national scholarship on Belgian foreign policy during the 19th and 20th century… The two chapters on Belgian foreign and security policies between 1914 and 1940 are the heart of this work, and should be mandatory reading for all students of European international relations in the era of the Two World Wars… [The book] is impressive, and should be a fixture in the libraries of both political scientists and historians interested in how small democracies operate, survive, and thrive in a big and volatile world.” – Nel de Mûelenaere, in: Review in Journal of Belgian History 50/3-4 (2020) "[Palo] is geslaagd vanuit een historische methodologie een wezenlijke bijdrage te leveren aan politiek-wetenschappelijke debatten. In combinatie met de doorgedreven denkoefening die hij in deze doorwrochte studie te berde brengt, klinkt zijn afsluitende pleidooi voor een interdisciplinaire benadering van de internationale betrekkingen, dan ook heel overtuigend." – Michael Auwers [Full review] [English translation of the above text] “… Palo has succeeded in making an essential contribution to political-scientific debates from a historical methodology. His final plea for an interdisciplinary approach to international relations, in combination with the thorough thinking he brings up in this elaborate study, sounds very convincing.” [Full review]

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Book SynopsisPolitical Economy of Globalization and China's Options offers the political economy of globalization and China’s options in response to globalization’s retrogression, and the construction of world order. What are the strategies for upgrading the competitiveness of an emerging major power? Why does world need a new concept of openness? What are the four major challenges for the world economy? How do Chinese scholars think of in an “Anti-Globalization” environment? What are the five major objectives of global politics? Besides answering these basic questions, we will also consider other issues: the triangular relationship among China, the United States, and Russia; Rise of China and transformation of international order; understanding nuclear security and safety issues from the perspective of global governance.Table of ContentsSeries Advisor’s Foreward List of Contributors Journal Information (第六辑) 1 The Political Economy of Globalization and China’s Options in Response to Globalization’s Retrogression  Cai Fang 2 Strategies for Upgrading the Competitiveness of an Emerging Major Power  Long Guoqiang 3 The World Needs a New Vision of Openness  Ye He 4 The Costs and Benefits to China in Leading Economic Globalization within an “Anti-Globalization” Environment  Li Xiangyang 5 Four Major Challenges for the World Economy  Yao Zhizhong 6 China’s Industrialization Process and Its Influence on Globalization  Huang Qunhui 7 China’s Industrial Transformation and Upgrading in Globalization’s New Era  Jin Bei 8 Inclusive Globalization: An Investigative Analysis  Xie Danyang and Cheng Kun 9 The Five Major Objectives of Global Politics  Wang Jisi 10 The Current Triangular Relationship between China, the United States, and Russia  Zou Zhibo 11 The Restructuring of Global Value Chains and Vitalization of China’s Manufacturing Sector in the Context of the “One Belt One Road” Initiative  Liu Zhibiao 12 China’s Rise and the Transformation of International Order (1985–2015)  Men Honghua 13 Understanding Nuclear Security and Safety Issues from the Perspective of Global Governance  Fu Xiaoqiang 14 China’s Trade and Investment Promotion Measures in the Context of Economic Globalization  Cui Xiaomin and Yu Miaojie 15 State Governance, Global Governance, and the Construction of World Order  Chen Zhimin

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume critically examines the changing dynamics of multidimensional relations between China, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asia in an emerging 'multiplex world'. It challenges both extremes of 'Sinophobia' and 'Sinophilia' by studying the real 'pragmatist' China. This book, in a foreword, introduction and thirteen chapters, problematises what MENA and Asia means to China in the age of neoliberalism, explores what are the real or perceived pillars of Sino‒MENA-Asia relations, and sheds light on how MENA can benefit from its relations with China while keeping a clear distance from the harms of neoliberal authoritarianism. Contributors are Mojtaba Mahdavi, Tugrul Keskin, Manochehr Dorraj, Sari Hanafi, Habibul Haque Khondker, Dara Conduit, Rigas Arvanitis, Saeed Shafqat, Jordi Quero Arias, Mahesh Ranjan Debata, Andrea Ghiselli, Mher Sahakyan, Michael McCall, Yossra M. Taha and Xiaoyue Li.Table of ContentsForeword: Belt and Road: China’s Opportunities and Challenges   Manochehr Dorraj List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction   Mojtaba Mahdavi and Tugrul Keskin part 1 China–mena Relations at Large 1 The Triple Pillar of Sino–mena Relations in the Age of Neoliberalism   Mojtaba Mahdavi 2 China’s Mental Maps of the Middle East and North Africa Critical Discourse Analysis of the Contemporary prc Leadership’s Geopolitical Image   Jordi Quero Arias part 2 The Belt and Road Initiative: Challenges and Opportunities 3 Is Growing the Iran–China Relationship as Easy as Building a Belt and Road?   Dara Conduit 4 Belt and Road Initiative Central Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia   Mahesh Ranjan Debata 5 The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Building National Consensus, Curbing Terrorism, and Managing Regional Rivalries in Balochistan   Saeed Shafqat part 3 China’s Soft Power and Hard Power in the mena Region 6 Confucius in the uae Chinese Soft Power in the gcc   Habibul Haque Khondker 7 China–Egypt Relations Constructing Images and Perceptions in the Belt and Road Initiative   Xiaoyue Li 8 Smoothing the Waters Science and Research Collaboration between China and the Arab World   Sari Hanafi and Rigas Arvanitis 9 China and the mena Region in a Decentred World   Andrea Ghiselli part 4 Sino-mena Regional Dynamics: Energy and Beyond 10 Sino–Turkish Relations in the New Era From Political Conflict to Economic Cooperation   Michael McCall and Tugrul Keskin 11 Sino–Egyptian Relations and the New Regional Dynamics of the Middle East   Yossra M. Taha 12 China’s Policy on the Iranian Nuclear Issue Cooperation and Disagreements with Russia and the United States   Mher Sahakyan 13 Chinese Engagement with the mena Region Exploring Sino–mena Event Data   Michael McCall Index

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Book SynopsisThe essays in this book, originally published in a special issue of the journal International Negotiation (vol. 23.1, 2018), are intended to enhance America's ability to mediate Israel-Palestine conflict. Every American president for the last thirty years, down to Donald Trump, has chosen to engage in this effort. To help understand and evaluate these efforts, and to focus upon the more promising mediation directions, these essays analyze mediation options in detail. I. William Zartman accentuates special challenges of third party mediation. Amira Schiff critiques John Kerry’s mediation effort made on behalf of the Obama Administration. Galia Golan outlines mediation requirements in light of past American mediation efforts. Walid Salem suggests a new paradigm centered upon symmetry rather than asymmetry to assist Israel-Palestine peacemaking. And Barry Steiner studies a specific mediation action proposal.

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Book SynopsisOn the occasion of the centenary of the International Labour Organization (ILO), this 11th volume of International Development Policy explores the Organization's capacity for action, its effectiveness and its ability to adapt and innovate. The collection of thirteen articles, written by authors from around the world, covers three broad areas: the ILO’s historic context and contemporary challenges; approaches and results in relation to labour and social protection; and the changes shaping the future of work. The articles highlight the progress and gaps to date, as well as the context and constraints faced by the ILO in its efforts to respond to the new dilemmas and challenges of the fourth industrial revolution, with regard to labour and social protection. Contributors include: Juliette Alenda-Demoutiez, Abena Asomaning Antwi, Zrampieu Sarah Ba, Stefano Bellucci, Thomas Biersteker, Filipe Calvão, Gilles Carbonnier, Nancy Coulson, Antonio Donini, Christophe Gironde, Karl Hanson, Mavis Hermanus, Velibor Jakovleski, Scott Jerbi, Sandrine Kott, Marieke Louis, Elvire Mendo, Eric Otenyo, Agnès Parent-Thirion, Sizwe Phakathi, Paul Stewart, Kaveri Thara, Edward van Daalen, Kees van der Ree, Patricia Vendramin, and Christine Verschuur.Table of ContentsForeword Preface List of Figures and Tables List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction 1 The ILO at 100: In Search of Renewed Relevance  Gilles Carbonnier and Christophe Gironde Part 1: The ILO At Work 2 ILO: Social Justice in a Global World? A History in Tension  Sandrine Kott 3 Who Decides? Representation and Decision-making at the International Labour Organization  Marieke Louis 4 The Achievements and Limitations of Statutory and Non-statutory Tripartism in South African Mining  May Hermanus, Sizwe Phakathi, Nancy Coulson and Paul Stewart 5 The ILO’s Role in Global Governance: Limits and Potential  Velibor Jakovleski, Scott Jerbi and Thomas Biersteker Part 2: Protecting People 6 Health Protection in Ghana and Senegal: What is the ILO’s Role?  Juliette Alenda-Demoutiez, Abena Asomaning Antwi, Elvire Mendo and Zrampieu Sarah Ba 7 The ILO’s Shifts in Child Labour Policy: Regulation and Abolition  Edward van Daalen and Karl Hanson 8 From the Centre to the Margins and Back Again: Women in Agriculture at the ILO  Christine Verschuur 9 Social Suffering and Structural Violence: Nepali Workers in Qatar  Antonio Donini Part 3: The Future of Work 10 Digitisation and the Disappearing Job Theory: A Role for the ILO in Africa?  Stefano Bellucci and Eric E. Otenyo 11 Working Futures: The ILO, Automation and Digital Work in India  Filipe Calvão and Kaveri Thara 12 Promoting Green Jobs: Decent Work in the Transition to Low-carbon, Green Economies  Kees van der Ree 13 Redefining Working Conditions in Europe  Patricia Vendramin and Agnès Parent-Thirion Index

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Book SynopsisIn Regional Integration in Africa: What Role for South Africa, Henri Bah, Siphamandla Zondi and André Mbata Mangu reflect on African integration and the contribution of post-Apartheid South Africa. From their different scientific backgrounds, they demonstrate that despite some progress made under the African Union that superseded the Organisation of African Unity, Africa is still lagging behind in terms of regional integration and South Africa, which benefitted from the rest of the continent in her struggle against apartheid, has not as yet played a major role in this process. Apart from contributing to advancing knowledge, the book is a recommended read for all those interested in African regional integration and the relationships between Africa and post-Apartheid South Africa. Contributors are Henri Bah, André Mbata Mangu and Siphamandla Zondi. Foreword by Eddy Maloka.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors 1 Perspectives on South Africa and Its Role in African Regional Integration  André Mbata B. Mangu 2 South Africa's Contribution to Constitutionalism, the Rule of Law, and Democracy in Africa: Two Decades On  André Mbata B. Mangu 3 L’Afrique du Sud et l’intégration des peuples africains : forces et faiblesses d’une renaissance africaine  Henri Bah 4 The Pursuit of Developmental Regional Integration in Southern Africa and the Role of South Africa  Siphamandla Zondi 5 Movement of Persons, Migration, and Xenophobia in South Africa: Africa’s Hard Road to Regional Integration  André Mbata B. Mangu 6 The Paradigm of Peace: South Africa’s Peace Diplomacy in Burundi and Madagascar  Siphamandla Zondi 7 Reconstruction post-conflit : la Côte d’Ivoire à l’école sud-africaine  Henri Bah 8 South Africa and Regional Integration in Africa: Challenges and Prospects  André Mbata B. Mangu Index

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Book SynopsisA History of Russo-Japanese Relations offers an in-depth analysis of the history of relations between Russia and Japan from the eighteenth century until the present day, with views and interpretations from Russian and Japanese perspectives that showcase the differences and the similarities in their joint history, including the territory problem as well as economic exchange.Table of ContentsForeword  Iokibe Makoto Foreword  Anatoliĭ V. Torkunov Preface  Dmitry V. Streltsov and Shimotomai Nobuo Notes to Readers Notes on Contributors The Legacy of the 18th and 19th Centuries: from Hierarchical and Ethnocentric Foreign Relations to a Western Model of Equal International Relations  Ikuta Michiko Russo-Japanese Relations in the 18th and 19th Centuries: Exploration and Negotiation  Sergey V. Grishachev The Diplomatic Dimension of the Russo-Japanese War: the Portsmouth Conference and Its Aftermath  Tosh Minohara Russia and Japan in the Late 19th to 20th Centuries: the Road to War and Peace  Igor V. Lukoyanov Japanese-Russian Relations after the Treaty of Portsmouth: between Friendship and Suspicion  Kurosawa Fumitaka Russo-Japanese Relations from 1905 to 1916: from Enemies to Allies  Yuriĭ S. Pestushko and Yaroslav A. Shulatov World War I, Revolution, and Intervention: from the Perspective of the Japanese Diaspora in Russia  Hara Teruyuki Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War and Japan’s Troops in Russia’s Far East, 1918–1922  Sergey V. Grishachev and Vladimir G. Datsyshen Japanese-Russian Relations in the 1920s: Struggles between Anti-Soviet and Pro-Soviet Forces  Tomita Takeshi Soviet-Japanese Relations in the 1920s: from Hostility to Coexistence  Vladimir A. Grinyuk, Yaroslav A. Shulatov and Anastasia S. Lozhkina Japan’s Policy toward the Soviet Union, 1931–1941: the Japanese-Soviet Non-aggression Pact  Tobe Ryōchi  Translated by Radmir Compel Soviet-Japanese Relations after the Manchurian Incident, 1931–1939  Anastasia S. Lozhkina, Yaroslav A. Shulatov and Kirill E. Cherevko Wartime Relations between Japan and the Soviet Union, 1941–1945  Hatano Sumio Issues of Dispute in Soviet-Japanese Relations during World War II: the Origins of Territorial Dispute  Andrey I. Kravtsevich The Reality of the Siberian Internment: Japanese Captives in the Soviet Union and Their Movements after Repatriation  Tomita Takeshi  Translated by Sherzod Muminov The “Маnchurian Blitzkrieg” of 1945 and Japanese Prisoners of War in the Soviet Union  Alekseĭ A. Кirichenko From Peace to the Restoration of Diplomatic Relations: Soviet-Japanese Territorial Relations, 1951–1970  Kouno Yasuko and Shimotomai Nobuo  Translated by Robert D. Eldridge Postwar Relations between the USSR and Japan from the Late 1940s to the 1950s  Sergey V. Chugrov Soviet-Japanese Relations and the Principle of the “Indivisibility of Politics and Economics,” 1960–1985  Ozawa Haruko  Translated by Sherzod Muminov Soviet-Japanese Relations from 1960 to 1985: an Era of Ups and Downs  Viktor V. Kuz’minkov and Viktor N. Pavlyatenko The Rise to Power of Mikhail Gorbachev and the Policy of “Expanding Equilibrium”  Shimotomai Nobuo Perestroika and Russian-Japanese Relations, 1985–1991  Konstantin O. Sarkisov From the Tokyo Declaration to the Irkutsk Statement, 1991 to 2001  Tōgō Kazuhiko Russian Policy toward Japan, 1992–2001: from Over-optimism to Realism in Developing Relations  Alexander N. Panov Japanese-Russian Relations in the 21st Century, 2001–2015  Kawaraji Hidetake Russia and Japan at the Beginning of the 21st Century: an Era of Untapped Potential  Oleg I. Kazakov, Valeriĭ O. Kistanov and Dmitry V. Streltsov The “Northern Territories” Problem: a Continuing Legacy of the San Francisco System  Kimie Hara The Territorial Issue in Russian-Japanese Relations: an Overview  Dmitry V. Streltsov List of Names Index

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Book SynopsisThe second volume in a new series, the Contemporary Archive of the Islamic World (CAIW), this title draws on the resources of World of Information, a Cambridge-based British publisher that since 1975 has published analyses of the politics and economics of all the Middle East countries. The United Arab Emirates is a young country. This title covers the first four decades or so of the country’s existence looking at the individual emirates, their rulers and their tribes. Rivalries occasionally became conflicts, but year by year differences have diminished and unity prevailed. In this title each annual overview gives a comprehensive picture.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a much-needed update on our understanding of public diplomacy. It intends to stimulate new thinking on what is one of the most remarkable recent developments in diplomatic practice that has challenged practitioners as much as scholars. Thought-leaders and up-and-coming authors in Debating Public Diplomacy agree that official efforts to create and maintain relationships with publics in other societies encounter unprecedented and often unexpected difficulties. Resurgent geo-strategic rivalry and technological change affecting state-society relations are among the factors complicating international relationships in a much more citizen-centric world. This book discusses today’s most pressing public diplomacy challenges, including recent sharp power campaigns, the rise of populism, the politicization of diaspora relations, deep-rooted nation-state-based perspectives on culture, and public diplomacy’s contribution to counterterrorism. With influential academic voices exploring policy implications for tomorrow, this collection of essays is also forward-looking by examining unfolding trends in public diplomacy strategies and practices. Originally published as Volume 14, Nos. 1-2 (2019) pp. 1-197 in Brill’s journal The Hague Journal of Diplomacy.

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Book SynopsisIn this meticulously researched volume, Vincent Chang resurrects a near forgotten yet pivotal chapter of Dutch-Chinese ties to narrate how World War II, the civil war in China, and Indonesia’s decolonization redefined and remade this age-old bilateral relationship. Drawing on a unique range of hitherto unexplored archives, the book explains how China’s nascent rise on the global scene and the Netherlands’ simultaneous decline as a colonial power shaped events in Dutch-controlled Indonesia (and vice versa) and prompted a recalibration of their mutual ties, culminating in the Netherlands’ recognition of the People’s Republic and laying the foundations for Dutch and Chinese policies through to the present. Offering insightful analyses of power dynamics and international law at the close of empire, this book is a critical resource for historians and China specialists as well as scholars of international relations.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Tables List of Plates Note Introduction  1 Dutch Diplomatic History  2 Chinese Diplomatic History  3 Merging Histories  4 Traits of Modern Dutch-Chinese Relations  5 Aims, Arguments, and Organization of the Book Part 1: Readjustment 1 Diplomatic Relations During the Prewar Years: 1927–1936  1 International Context  2 Development of Bilateral Ties  3 Dutch Official Representation in China  4 Chinese Official Representation in the Netherlands  5 Conclusion 2 Remission of the Dutch Share in China’s Boxer Indemnity  1 A Watershed Moment  2 The Central Hydraulic Research Institute at Nanjing  3 Life, Loss, and Lasting Friendship  4 Effects and Significance Plates 1–24 Part 2: Realignment 3 Diplomatic Relations during the War Years: 1937–1945  1 International Context  2 Development of Bilateral Ties  3 Dutch Official Representation in China  4 Chinese Official Representation in the Netherlands  5 Conclusion 4 Abrogation of Dutch Extraterritorial Rights in China  1 The System of Extraterritoriality in China  2 Extraterritoriality and Dutch-Chinese Treaty Relations  3 The Dutch-Chinese Treaty of  4 Effects and Significance Plates 25–45 Part 3: Reset 5 Diplomatic Relations during the Postwar Years: 1946–1950  1 International Context  2 Development of Bilateral Ties  3 Dutch Official Representation in China  4 Chinese Official Representation in the Netherlands  5 Conclusion 6 Recognition of the People’s Republic of China  1 Early Encounters  2 The Path to Recognition  3 Rationales, Response, Result  4 Effects and Significance Conclusion  1 Change and Continuity  2 Policies and People  3 Power Dynamics  4 Past and Present  5 The Future Past Appendix 1: Chronology of Major Events Appendix 2: Overview of Senior Envoys, 1927–1950 Appendix 3: Exchange of Notes Dated 4 April 1933 Appendix 4: Joint Announcement Dated 15 February 1943 Appendix 5: Dutch-Chinese Treaty of 29 May 1945 Appendix 6: Notes on Recognition, March/April 1950 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Fundamental Dynamic Effect on Reform and Opening in China is the seventh volume of the series China in the World. The year 2018 marks the fortieth year of China’s reform and opening. China’s reform and opening has involved many areas. This volume focuses on reform and opening’s dynamic mechanisms, but it also touches on how to look at some of the problems that these dynamic mechanisms face today. The articles in this volume explore the driving force of China’s reform and opening up from the perspective of institutional changes, such as the political economy of globalization and China’s options in response to globalization’s retrogression and the (re)construction of world order. What are the strategies for upgrading the competitiveness of an emerging major power? Why does world need a new concept of openness? What are the four major challenges for the world economy? How do Chinese scholars think in an “Anti-Globalization” environment?Table of ContentsSeries Advisor’s Foreword List of Contributors List of Journals 1 Introduction: the Cultural Value Drivers of the Economic Achievements of China’s Reform and Opening  Shao Binhong and He Huaihong 2 The Cost of Systemic Institutions and the Chinese Economy  Zhou Qiren 3 Historical Moments and Salient Facts: an Update on China’s Urbanization  Cai Fang 4 Land Issues in China’s Urban-Rural Stage of Development  Liu Shouying 5 A Trade War That is Unwarranted  Yu Yongding 6 Sino-US Trade: Multilateral and Bilateral Perspectives  Zhu Min and Miao Yanliang 7 Forty Years of China’s Development as an Open Economy: Retrospect and Prospects  Hong Junjie and Shang Hui 8 China’s Opening Up after 40 Years: Standing at a Historic Turning Point  Ju Jiandong and Yu Xinding 9 The Great Opening Up and the Roadmap for the Future: the Story of China’s International Trade  Du Yan and Lu Yi 10 Opening Up in the Upper Middle-Income Phase: Lessons from International Experience  Zou Jingxian and Zhang Bin 11 What Is “New” in China’s New Open Economy System?  Sheng Bin and Li Feng 12 Opening to the Outside World in the New Era Should Respond to Declining Demographic and Globalization Dividends  Xu Qiyuan 13 Actively and Prudently Open Up China’s Financial Sector  Huang Yiping 14 On Appropriately Sequencing in China’s Financial Opening Up around the “Three-in-One”  Guan Tao, Zhang Antian, and Liu Lipin Index

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Book SynopsisNew Books Network: Modernization Dreams, Lusotropical Promises What history and motivations make up the discourses we are taught to hold, and spread, as common sense? As a member of Brazil's upper middle class, Ana Beatriz Ribeiro grew up with the image that to be developed was to be as European as possible. However, as a researcher in Europe during her country's Workers' Party era, she kept reading that Africans should be repaid for developing Brazilian society – via Brazil's "bestowal" of development upon Africa as an "emerging power." In Modernization Dreams, Lusotropical Promises, the researcher investigates where these two worldviews might intersect, diverge and date back to, gauging relations between representatives and projects of the Brazilian and Mozambican states, said to be joined in cooperation more than others.Table of Contents Preface  Acknowledgments  List of Images, Figures and Maps  Acronyms and Abbreviations  Introduction: The “dreams” and the “promises”  Genesis  History  Definitions  Layout 1 Opinion-makers and the Making of Cooperation  1.1 Brazil-Mozambique Studies: What’s Missing?  1.2 Builders and Subjects of Lusofonia  1.3 Creating and Sculpting the Lusotropical Group  1.4 The Discursive Struggle against Lusotropicalism 2 (Luso)tropical Development as Policy in Brazil  2.1 Between the Old Empire and Nascent States  2.2 Africa in Brazil’s “Independent Foreign Policy”  2.3 Pragmatism as a Rapprochement Instrument  2.4 Channeling Slavery-era Bonds into Politics 3 Diplomats, Technocrats and Reality Checks  3.1 A Gap between “promises” and Actions?  3.2 Africa as Kindred Continent and Priority  3.3 “Demand-driven” Cooperation in Mozambique  3.4 Technical Cooperation versus Profit-seeking? 4 Aid, Agency and Extraction in Mozambique  4.1 From “donor darling” to Donor and Investor  4.2 From Colonial Endeavor to National Enterprise  4.3 History and Diplomacy of Moatize Mining  4.4 Mines Spill into Farms, Spill into Factories 5 Dependency, Development and Liberalization  5.1 Constructing Mozambique’s Modernization  5.2 A “South-South” Alliance in Public Health   5.2.1 Turning the smm Factory into Business   5.2.2 Growing Local Industry or Dependency?  5.3 A Triangular Alliance in Agricultural Production  5.4 The Uncertain Outlook of ProSavana Ambitions 6 The Enduring Legacy of Lusotropicalism  6.1 Post-colonial Self-affirmation and CPLP  6.2 Takes on 21st century “lusophone” Leadership  6.3 Brazil Memories of a Mozambican in Lisbon  Conclusion  Overarching Reflections and Findings  Further Measuring the “dreams” and “promises”  Bibliography  Index

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Book SynopsisThe third in a new series, the Contemporary Archive of the Islamic World (CAIW), this title draws on the resources of Cambridge-based World of Information, which since 1975 has followed the politics and economics of the region. Kuwait’s documented history begins in the mid-19th Century. Its location established it as an important entrepôt at the head of the Arabian Gulf. Notionally under Ottoman rule, it became a de facto protectorate of Great Britain. The discovery of oil changed Kuwait beyond recognition. It gained full independence in 1971 and was long considered the most developed state in the Gulf. Coveted by Iraq, it was invaded in 1990. It also played a part in the2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Book SynopsisAs the EU’s relations with Russia remain at an all-time low and continue to be in a state of paralysis, marked by de-institutionalisation, inertia and estrangement, the EU’s policy towards Russia seems up for review. By taking stock of the implementation of the EU’s Global Strategy and the five principles that are guiding EU-Russia relations, this volume provides a forward-looking angle and contributes to a better understanding of the current EU-Russia relationship and the prospects for overcoming the existing deadlock. By bringing together European and Russian scholars and adopting an interdisciplinary perspective that combines insights from EU studies, international relations, and European and international law, the book provides a comprehensive and holistic view on the state of affairs in EU-Russia relations.Table of ContentsPreface List of Abbreviations List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors General Introduction From Strategic Partner to Strategic Challenge: In Search of an EU Policy towards Russia   Peter Van Elsuwege and Fabienne Bossuyt part 1 The Minsk Agreements and the Sanctions Regime in EU-Russia Relations 1 The Minsk Agreements Has the Glimmer of Hope Faded?   Sebastiaan Van Severen 2 The role of EU Member States and the Future of EU-Russia Relations Disentangling the role of Germany and the Netherlands in EU Decision-Making on Relations with Russia since the Ukraine Crisis   Tony van der Togt 3 Two Monologues Don’t Make a Dialogue The EU’s and Russia’s Strategic Narratives about the Minsk Agreements and Sanctions Regime   Irina Petrova 4 The Punitive Effect of the EU’s Restrictive Measures against Russia A Help or a Hindrance for Principled Pragmatism?   Alexandra Hofer 5 The EU-Russia Sanctions Regime before the Court of Justice of the EU   Kirill Entin 6 The Impact of the Adjudication of Sanctions against Russia before the Court of Justice of the EU   Celia Challet part 2 EU-Russia Relations and the Shared Neighbourhood 7 Armenia A Precarious Navigation between Eurasian Integration and the European Union   Laure Delcour and Narine Ghazaryan 8 The EU and the De Facto States of the East European Periphery Constraints in International and European Law   Benedikt Harzl 9 The EU’s and Russia’s Visa Diplomacy in a Contested Neighbourhood   Igor Merheim-Eyre part 3 EU Resilience to Russian Threats 10 The EU’s Concept of Resilience in the Context of EU-Russia Relations   Elena Pavlova and Tatiana Romanova 11 The EU’s Energy Relationship with Russia Between Resilience and Engagement   Marco Siddi 12 Addressing Cyber Security Threats from Russia in the EU   Andreas Marazis part 4 Selective Engagement with Russia 13 Countering Transnational Security Threats: Prospects for EU-Russia Cooperation in an Era of Sanctions   Olga Potemkina 14 Conditions for Effective Selective Engagement Greening Russia’s Energy Sector   Niels Smeets 15 The Arctic as a Micro-Cosmos for Selective Engagement between the EU and Russia?   Thomas Kruessmann part 5 Supporting Russian Civil Society and People-to-People Contacts 16 Principled Pragmatism and Civil Society in the EU Policies Towards Russia   Elena Belokurova and Andrey Demidov 17 A Crisis or a Turning Point? EU Cultural Relations with Russia after Crimea   Domenico Valenza 18 The Integration of Russia in the European Higher Education Area Challenges and Opportunities   Natalia Leskina  General Conclusion The Five Guiding Principles for the EU’s Relations with Russia: In Need of Revision?   Fabienne Bossuyt and Peter Van Elsuwege Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first to explore the rich festival culture of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century France as a tool for diplomacy. Bram van Leuveren examines how the late Valois and early Bourbon rulers of the kingdom made conscious use of festivals to advance their diplomatic interests in a war-torn Europe and how diplomatic stakeholders from across the continent participated in and responded to the theatrical and ceremonial events that featured at these festivals. Analysing a large body of multilingual eyewitness and commemorative accounts, as well as visual and material objects, Van Leuveren argues that French festival culture operated as a contested site where the diplomatic concerns of stakeholders from various national, religious, and social backgrounds fought for recognition.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures List of Abbreviations Preliminary Notes Introduction  1 Diplomatic Practices  2 Topic and Terminology  3 State of the Field  4 Methodology and Historical Sources  5 Outline of Chapters 1 Unhappy Products of Unhappy Times: European Thought on Diplomacy and Festival Culture in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries  1 Introduction  2 The Humanist Roots of Diplomacy and Festival Culture  3 Practices of Negotiation  4 Practices of Hospitality  5 Practices of Publicisation  6 Conclusion 2 Cross-Confessional Diplomacy: The Parisian Court Festivals of Summer 1572  1 Introduction  2 Diplomatic Context  3 The Ratification Ceremony for the Treaty of Blois, 15 June 1572  4 Banquets and Theatrical Entertainments, 13–20 June 1572  5 The Nuptial Ceremony for the Valois-Navarre Festival, 18 August 1572  6 A Royal Dinner and Theatrical Entertainments, 18–21 August 1572  7 Conclusion 3 Diplomatic (In)Hospitality: Henri III’s Controversial Reception of Dutch Rebels, Winter 1585  1 Introduction  2 Diplomatic Context  3 Travelling to Paris, January–February 1585  4 Reception at Court, February–March 1585  5 Conclusion 4 Public and Back-Channel Diplomacy: Broadcasting Reconciliation at the Time of the Edict of Nantes and the Peace of Vervins, 1598–1600  1 Introduction  2 Diplomatic Context  3 Receiving Catholic and Protestant Allies, Spring 1598  4 Staging Reconciliation, Winter 1600  5 Conclusion 5 Contesting Diplomacies: Continuity and Audience Control at Two Royal Marriages, 1612–1615  1 Introduction  2 Diplomatic Context  3 Winning Support for the Franco-Spanish Double Marriage in Paris, 1612  4 Celebrating the Anglo–German Wedding in London, 1613  5 Celebrating the Franco–Spanish Double Marriage in Paris, 1615  6 Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe 12th volume of International Development Policy explores the relationship between international drug policy and development goals, both current and within a historical perspective. Contributions address the drugs and development nexus from a range of critical viewpoints, highlighting gaps and contradictions, as well as exploring strategies and opportunities for enhanced linkages between drug control and development programming. Criminalisation and coercive law enforcement-based responses in international and national level drug control are shown to undermine peace, security and development objectives. Contributors include: Kenza Afsahi, Damon Barrett, David Bewley-Taylor, Daniel Brombacher, Julia Buxton, Mary Chinery-Hesse, John Collins, Joanne Csete, Sarah David, Ann Fordham, Corina Giacomello, Martin Jelsma, Sylvia Kay, Diederik Lohman, David Mansfield, José Ramos-Horta, Tuesday Reitano, Andrew Scheibe, Shaun Shelly, Khalid Tinasti, and Anna Versfeld.Trade Review"In the era of sustainable development, cross-cutting issues such as drug control—with real-life impacts on public health, public security and the enjoyment of human rights—need to be aligned with the priorities of achieving the 2030 Agenda. This volume by International Development Policy and the Global Commission on Drug Policy provides an insight into the political, economic and social barriers to needed drug policy reforms." — Helen Clark, former Administrator of UNDP; member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy "With a complex architecture, multi-stakeholder involvement, and multi-sector intervention, drug policy remains a neglected area in public policy analysis, while it engages massive resources and directly impacts development indicators. This volume of International Development Policy provides the reader with a structured path via which to capture the challenges that drug policy poses, and how they translate as barriers to development on the ground." — Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, Professor of International History, the Graduate InstituteTable of ContentsForeword Preface List of Illustrations List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction 1 Are Barriers to Sustainable Development Endogenous to Drug Control Policies?  Khalid Tinasti, Julia Buxton and Mary Chinery-Hesse PART 1 Milestones of Drug Policies and Development 2 Drug Control and Development: a Blind Spot  Julia Buxton 3 Imperial Drug Economies, Development, and the Search for Alternatives in Asia, from Colonialism to Decolonisation  John Collins 4 From Alternative Development to Development-oriented Drug Policies  Daniel Brombacher and Sarah David 5 Trying to Be All Things to All People: Alternative Development in Afghanistan  David Mansfield 6 Cannabis Regulation and Development: Fair(er) Trade Options for Emerging Legal Markets  David Bewley-Taylor, Martin Jelsma and Sylvia Kay PART 2 Human Development and Drug Policies 7 Making War: Conflict Zones and Their Implications for Drug Policy  Tuesday Reitano 8 The Neo-patrimonial ‘Use’ of Drug Policy in Electoral Processes  Khalid Tinasti 9 The Meaningful Participation of ‘Stakeholders’ in Global Drug Policy Debates—A Policy Comment  Ann Fordham 10 The World Drug Policy Problem: Interview with José Ramos-Horta  José Ramos-Horta and Khalid Tinasti PART 3 Drugs, Development and Cross-cutting Issues 11 The Rif and California: Environmental Violence in the Era of New Cannabis Markets  Kenza Afsahi 12 The Gendered Impacts of Drug Policy on Women: Case Studies from Mexico  Corina Giacomello 13 Incorporating Child Rights into Scheduling Decisions at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs  Damon Barrett and Diederik Lohman 14 More Harm than Public Health in Drug Policy? A Comment  Joanne Csete 15 Prohibitionist Drug Policy in South Africa—Reasons and Effects  Andrew Scheibe, Shaun Shelly and Anna Versfeld Index

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Book SynopsisThe fourth in this series, the Contemporary Archive of the Islamic World (CAIW), this title draws on the resources of Cambridge-based World of Information, which since 1975 has followed the politics and economics of the region. Qatar’s documented history begins in the mid-19th Century. Its location established it as having close, if differing links to Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Notionally under Ottoman rule, Qatar did not become a de facto protectorate of Great Britain until some time after the end of the Ottoman empire. The discovery of oil in Qatar happened later than was the case with its neighbours. However, the discovery of substantial oil deposits, and later of enormous gas reserves changed Qatar beyond recognition, allowing it to claim in the 1980s that its inhabitants were the richest people on earth. Still a semi-feudal monarchy, it gained full independence in 1971 but was initially considered to be the least developed state in the Gulf. By the 21st century many close neighbours felt that in a number of respects Qatar was becoming an unreliable partner. To the extent that in 2017 a number of its fellow Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members, as well as other states – notably Egypt - broke off diplomatic relations.

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Book SynopsisThe Impact of Innovation on Globalization is the eighth volume of the series China in the World. Like other volumes in the series, this volume includes views of leading Chinese scholars on China’s relations with other countries and regions in the world. In view of the theme of “globalization” in this volume, the contributors in this volume pay attention to how the Covid-19 pandemic impacts and challenges globalization, especially how it affects China, the United States, and their mutual relations. However, this is not to say that some issues surrounding globalization—the orientation and interrelationship of political and economic decision-making in China and the United States—have emerged only after the outbreak of the pandemic. The volume focuses on some long-term trends and innovations, from the past to the future. Chapter 2, “Globalization, Convergence, and China’s Economic Development,” describes the patterns of globalization. Chapter 3, “The Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation is Unstoppable,” talks about views on current economic and financial issues. Chapter 4, “Reconstructing Global Industrial Chains under the Pandemic, and China’s Response,” discusses China’s pivotal position in global supply chains. Besides answering these basic questions, the book investigates other important issues, such as Global Value Chains, Changes in the International Order, Changes in the International Economic Landscape, WTO Reform, China’s Foreign Economic and Trade Strategies, Towards a Climate Resilience Society, Identity Politics, and the AI “Revolution”.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors List of Journals 1 Introduction: How Will Globalization Continue?  Shao Binhong and He Huaihong 2 Globalization, Convergence, and China’s Economic Development  Cai Fang 3 The Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation Is Unstoppable  Guo Shuqing 4 Reconstructing Global Industrial Chains under the Pandemic, and China’s Response  Huang Qifan 5 Global Value Chains, National Value Chains, and Economic Growth: Substitutional or Complementary?  Sheng Bin, Su Danni, and Shao Chaodui 6 Change in the International Order—and China’s Options  Tang Shiping 7 Changes in the International Economic Landscape and China’s Strategic Options in the Next Fifteen Years: Research Group for “Changes in the International Economic Landscape and China’s Strategic Options”  Development Research Center of the State Council 8 wto Reform: The Global Approach and China’s Position  Liao Fan 9 Adjusting China’s Foreign Economic and Trade Strategies Is in Line with Its Own Strategic Interests  Yu Zhi 10 Towards a Climate Resilience Society: Challenges and Prospects  Sun Shao 11 What Kind of Globalism Does the Trump Administration Want?  Li Xiangyang 12 Identity Politics and the Evolution of World Order  Kong Yuan 13 The “Proximate Sorrows” and “Distant Worries” of the AI “Revolution”: An Ethical and Ontological Analysis  Zhao Tingyang Index

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume offers new insights into the inner life of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) and introduces scholars of African security dynamics to innovative epistemological, conceptual and methodological approaches. Based on intellectual openness and an interest in transdisciplinary perspectives, the volume challenges existing orthodoxies, poses new questions and opens a discussion on actual research practice. Drawing on Global Studies and critical International Studies perspectives, the authors follow inductive approaches and let the empirical data enrich their theoretical frameworks and conceptual tools. In this endeavor they focus on actors, practices and narratives involved in African Peace and Security and move beyond the often Western-centric premises of research carried out within rigid disciplinary boundaries. Contributors are Michael Aeby, Yvonne Akpasom, Katharina P.W. Döring, Ulf Engel, Fana Gebresenbet Erda, Linnéa Gelot, Amandine Gnanguênon, Toni Haastrup, Jens Herpolsheimer, Alin Hilowle, Jamie Pring, Lilian Seffer, Thomas Kwasi Tieku, Antonia Witt, Dawit Yohannes WondemagegnehuTrade Review[...] '„The book’s focus on methods may be one of its more enduring contributions. Long after more empirical and policy-orientated studies have moved on to focus on emergent developments and other cases, this book’s invitation to be more methodologically transparent, reflexive, and creative, is one many other researchers could heed'. Aly Verjee, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, in African Security Review (2022)

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Book SynopsisEuropean Perceptions of China and Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative is a collection of fourteen essays on the way China is perceived in Europe today. These perceptions – and they are multiple – are particularly important to the People’s Republic of China as the country grapples with its increasingly prominent role on the international stage, and equally important to Europe as it attempts to come to terms with the technological, social and economic advances of the Belt and Road Initiative. The authors are, on the whole, senior academics specializing in such topics as International Relations and Security, Public Diplomacy, Media and Cultural Studies, and Philosophy and Religion from more than a dozen different European countries and are involved in various international projects focussed on Europe-China relations.Table of ContentsList of Graphs, Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction   Stephen Rowley 1 ‘Stuck between a Rock and a Hard Place’  Europe, the EU and the New Chinese Century   David J Galbreath, Neville Chi Hang Li and Max Roger Taylor 2 Spain’s Views of China  The Economy Is The Key   Mario Esteban 3 Kyiv – Beijing Relations in the Context of the Ukrainian-Russian Conflict  Interests, Concerns and Images   Olexiy Haran 4 Sino-Polish Relations  From Socialist Brothers to the Post-Cold War Period’s Reconfigurations   Dominik Mierzejewski 5 German and Hungarian Views on The Belt and Road Initiative – A Power Game Balance in Central Europe?   Csaba Moldicz 6 Transnational Organized Crime and Foreign Direct Investment in Spain  What Could the Government-Supported Chinese FDI Learn from the Russian Precedent?   Rubén Ruiz Ramas 7 Know Better, Like Better  An Appraisal of the Effect of the Belt and Road Initiative on Chinese Brand Image in France   Youssef El Haoussine 8 China’s Image in the Czech Republic  Media Reflection of Elite Policies   Ivana Karásková 9 China’s Image in Belgian Media  Between Fascination and Fear   Erik Vlaeminck 10 Exploring Public Perceptions of, and Interactions with, the Chinese in Hungary   Irina Golubeva 11 China – A View from Romania Beyond Perceptions and Stereotypes   Mariana Nicolae 12 China’s Public Diplomacy Versus Mainstream Media’s Narrative  A Challenge in Image and Reputation Management   Greg Simons 13 The Spiritual Roots of Typical European (and Western) Evaluations of China   Kaspars Klavins 14 The Historical Foundation for a Speculative BRI as the Best Route to a Renewed Self   Jean-Paul Rosaye Index

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Book SynopsisRekindling the Strong State in Russia and China offers a thorough analysis of the profound regeneration of the State and its intense interaction with the external projections of Russia and China. In the international political scene, leaderships are under constant negotiation. Financial crisis, social and cultural transformations, values setting and migration flows have a deep impact on global powers, leading to the appearance of new actors. At present, the assumed rise of a new axis between two emerging powers, such as Russia and China, effaces their different backgrounds, leading to misinterpretations of their positioning in the geopolitical arena. This book is an essential and multifaceted guide aimed at understanding the deep changes that affect these two countries and their global aspirations. Contributors are: Marco Puleri; Andrea Passeri; Marco Balboni; Carmelo Danisi; Mingjiang Li; Mahalakshmi Ganapathy; Rosa Mulè; Olga Dubrovina; Evgeny Mironov; Yongshun Cai; Vasil Sakaev; Eugenia Baroncelli; Sonia Lucarelli; Nicolò Fasola; Stefano Bianchini; Stanislav Tkachenko; Vitaly Kozyrev; Marco Borraccetti; Francesco Privitera; Antonio Fiori, Massimiliano Trentin; Arrigo Pallotti; Giuliana Laschi; Michael Leigh.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Contributors List of Maps, Tables and Figures List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: Reshaping International Norms andState models? China and Russia’s New Role in the World Arena Stefano Bianchini and Antonio Fiori Part I: Managing State-Society Relations in Russia and China 2. In Search of “New Roots”: Towards a Situational Ideology in Putin’s Russia Marco Puleri 3. Towards the “Great Rejuvenation”: State Nationalism, Shifting Identities, and Foreign Policy Choices in Contemporary China Andrea Passeri 4. Reframing Human Rights in Russia and China: How National Identity and National Interests Shape Relations with, and the Implementation of, International Law Marco Balboni and Carmelo Danisi 5. The Emerging Influence of the Chinese Strong-State Model Mingjiang Li and Mahalakshmi Ganapathy 6. Envisioning the Russian Welfare State Model: The New Political Economy of Gender and the Labour Market Rosa Mulè and Olga Dubrovina 7. Reshaping the Strong-State Model: Dmitrii Medvedev’s “Failed Modernisation” Evgeny Mironov 8. State and Social Protests in China Yongshun Cai 9. Migration Flows Between Russia and China: Legal and Social Implications Vasil Sakaev Part II: China and Russia in the Changing World: Opportunities and Sources of Competition 10. Global Shocks, Regional Conflicts and the Quest for Stable Prosperity: Which Way Forward for China and Russia? Eugenia Baroncelli 11. NATO-Russia Relations through the Prism of Strategic Culture Sonia Lucarelli and Nicolò Fasola 12. The Western Decline, Multipolarity and the Challenges of Identity in the Making of Russian Foreign Policy Stefano Bianchini 13. BRICS and Development Alternatives: Russia and China Stanislav Tkachenko 14. Engaging with European (Dis-)Integration. Russia in dialogue with Europe/s Marco Puleri 15. Looking at the EU from the Russian and Chinese Perspectives Vitaly Kozyrev 16. The Fight Against Human Trafficking in the European Union and Russia Marco Borraccetti Part III: Russia and China in Contested Regional Theatres: Some Case Studies 17. The Disputed Ukrainian Knot Francesco Privitera 18. Central Asia in China’s Energy Strategy Antonio Fiori 19. The Convergence of Differences: Russia and China in the Middle East and North Africa Massimiliano Trentin 20. The Chinese Penetration in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Tanzania Arrigo Pallotti 21. Relations with the West: The Case Study of the EEC-USSR, as Viewed by the Community (1950-1991) Giuliana Laschi 22. Postface: Europe’s Response to Challenges from China and Russia Michael Leigh 23. Concluding Remarks Stefano Bianchini and Antonio Fiori Index

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Book SynopsisBy examining the great economic and political transformations of our time, Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez reveals how cities and their hinterlands have become part of globalisation. The global city has joined the group of actors who develop diplomatic, political and communicative action in a manner that is de facto and lawful. Thus, the city is involved in the formulation of foreign policy at the same time that it proposes its own political agenda, which may or may not be aligned with its own country. The city thereby becomes a source of innovation in the field of diplomacy. The Covid-19 pandemic is accelerating the political and diplomatic role of cities, which have become epicentres of prevention and response in the face of this public health crisis.Trade Review" It [the book] is valuable as a starting point for future empirical research on urban diplomacy and provides valuable teaching material for graduate courses. Its style and length make Urban Diplomacy suitable for broader audiences in the fields of urban studies and international relations. By developing a deeper understanding of city diplomacy the book can inform political practice and public policy addressing urban challenges that have global significance." - Alejandra Trejo-Nieto, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico, in Journal of Urban Affairs, 2022.Table of ContentsUrban Diplomacy: A Cosmopolitan Outlook  Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez Abstract Keywords  1 Introduction  2 The Urban Planet: Demography, Connectivity and Multimodal Transport  3 What Is City Diplomacy?  4 From Ideation to Action: How Cities Carry out Their Diplomacy  5 Do City and State Diplomacy Work Together?  6 Conclusions  References

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Book SynopsisComposed of original articles from academics and policy notes from practitioners, this book attempts to draw up the state of multilateralism through the UN model and identify potential ways to address its challenges and shortcomings. The contributors question the role of multilateralism, sometimes accused of being fragmented, inefficient and unrepresentative, and its impact on global governance, democracy, trade and investment, the environment, and human rights. Since most of the authors are not from the UN system, the content of the contributions provides an external and more neutral assessment of the UN’s ability to continue to function today as a serious actor within a global movement in favor of a renewed form of multilateralism.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments IX List of Figures and Tables X Abbreviations XI Notes on ContributorsV Introduction Part 1: Special Contribution 1 Post-Bipolar Challenges to Multilateralism  Bertrand Badie Part 2: Global Governance, New Actors and Challenges to Multilateralism 2 Is Classic Multilateralism Outdated? The Case of the UN  Marcello Scarone 3 Geopolitical Shifts: Issues and Challenges for the Arctic Region  Lutz Feldt 4 New Multilateralism: The United Nations and Governance in the Era of Nonstate Actors  Elizabeth A. Bloodgood 5 Inclusive Multilateralism: Cities Take a Seat at the Table  Henri-Paul Normandin Part 3: Threats to Democracy Undermining the Multilateral System 6 Democratic Erosion and Multilateralism:When Authoritarian Leaders Challenge the Liberal International Order  Marianne Kneuer Part 4: International Multilateral Trade Governance 7 Multilateralism, Interdependence and Globalization  Michèle Rioux 8 The Gradual and Uneven Consolidation of an International Investment Protection Regime Decoupled from Multilateral Economic Organizations  María Teresa Gutiérrez Haces 9 Reframing the International Trade and Investment Framework to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century  Mehdi Abbas Part 5: Environmental Governance and the Climate Challenge 10 A New Climate Club Is the Best Way to Reduce Global Emissions of Greenhouse Gases  Guy Saint-Jacques 11 Biodiversity Loss Under the Lens of Multilateralism: An Environmental Governance and International Law Perspective  Valériane Thool 12 Fostering Sustainable Economic Growth, Transformation and Promotion of Responsible Consumption and Production: The Subnational Government’s Role in Contributions to Multilateralism  Patrícia Iglecias 13 Challenges for the Coming Years: Learning Regional Lessons on Environmental Protection and Achieving the Participation of Indigenous Peoples in the United Nations System  Walter Arévalo-Ramírez Human Rights and Migration Governance 14 Migrants’ Protection and Assistance in the Face of a Changing World: Taking Stock of the Challenges and Responses  Emnet B. Gebre 15 What UNRWA Tells Us About Refugees and the United Nations  Yasmeen Abu-Laban 16 The Value of Re-socializing Boys and Men for Positive Gender Relations to Curb Gender-Based Violence and Femicide in South Africa  Christopher Isike Special Contribution 17 The UN at 75: A Political Declarationand a Global Conversation  Cecilia Cannon Index

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Book SynopsisQarakhanid Roads to China reconsiders the diplomacy, trade and geography of transcontinental networks between Central Asia and China from the 10th to the 12th centuries and challenges the concept of “the Silk Road crisis” in the period between the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the rise of the Mongols. Utilizing a broad range of Islamic and Chinese primary sources together with archaeological data, Dilnoza Duturaeva demonstrates the complexity of interaction along the Silk Roads and beyond that, revolutionizes our understanding of the Qarakhanid world and Song-era China’s relations with neighboring regions.Trade Review"Her encyclopedic knowledge and patient teasing out of her conclusions from philological sources in Chinese, Turkish, Arabic and Persian, are admirable. [...] Qarakhanid Roads to China offers a comprehensive portrait of the peoples and the activities of this little-known era of the Silk Road, and will be a valuable reference for students and scholars alike." – David Chaffetz, in Asian Review of Books (2022). "Overall, this book is an excellent example of the importance of integrating data from Chinese sources as well as archaeological, art-historical and numismatic studies to shed light into this little-studied historical period of Central Asian history, and, by extension, the aspects of global medieval trade that the Qarakhanids were part of. The revised political history of the Qarakhanids can be written only thanks to such works that bridge sources from multiple languages and disciplines. There is certainly much additional work to do in Qarakhanid studies." – Dilrabo Tosheva, in Central Asian Survey (2022), DOI: 10.1080/02634937.2022.2110354.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments List of Maps, Tables and Figures Abbreviations Used in the Tables Note on Transliterations and Measures Introduction 1 The Qarakhanid World  Introduction  1 Notes on the Qarakhanid Image and Origin  2 The Qarakhanid Trade Partners in the West  3 The Qarakhanids and the East  Conclusion 2 Between the Islamic World and Liao China  Introduction  1 Gifting between the Qarakhanid and the Islamic World: The Ghaznavid Case  2 Gifting between the Qarakhanids and the Sinitic World: The Liao Case  Conclusion 3 Envoys and Traders to Northern Song China  Introduction  1 Names for the Qarakhanids  2 The Image of the West in China  3 Envoys and Traders to Kaifeng  4 Women Envoys and Travelers  5 Official Communication  6 Diplomatic Gifts and Trade Commodities  7 Roads, Itineraries and Maps  8 Missions to Hangzhou?  Conclusion 4 Before China: Dunhuang, Turfan and Tibet  Introduction  1 Dunhuang  2 Turfan  3 Tibet  Conclusion 5 Qarakhanid Allies and China  Introduction  1 The Liao Envoy in Ghazna and the “Persians” from Northern India in Kaifeng  2 Sultans and Rum: Saljuq Missions to Northern Song China  3 The “Uyghurs” of Khwarzm: Records on the Khwarazmshahs  Conclusion 6 The Qarakhanid Silk Roads and Beyond  Introduction  1 Silk Road Symbols and Images  2 The Amber Road and Migration of Culture  3 The Frankincense Road  4 The Qinghai Road: Tea and Horse Trade  Conclusion Conclusion Appendix 1: Records on the Qarakhanids in Song shi Appendix 2: Documents on the Qarakhanid Diplomacy and Trade Appendix 3: List of the Qarakhanid Missions to Song China Appendix 4: Glossary of Chinese Characters Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat makes the relationship between Switzerland and the EU so challenging? For both parties, mutual relations are of crucial importance, not least economically. As a result of the Swiss voters’ rejection of the European Economic Area 30 years ago, there is at present a large number of agreements that provide for Switzerland's partial participation in the EU's internal market as well as other matters. At the same time, there has now for more than a decade been an increasing degree of institutional and legal uncertainty. The present volume offers an inventory of different sides of this special relationship, which is interesting also in a comparative context.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of Figures Abbreviations Notes on Contributors – Excluding the Editors, Marc Maresceau and Christa Tobler Introduction Switzerland and the EU: A Challenging Relationship   Marc Maresceau and Christa Tobler 1 The Policy of Autonomous Adaptation of Swiss Law to EU Law   Matthias Oesch and Mattia Brugger 2 The Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons From the (Almost) Complete Integration of EU acquis on Social Security Coordination to the Absence of Integration of Directive 2004/38   Pauline Melin 3 Sectoral Bilateralism Lessons from the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union   Peter Van Elsuwege 4 The Swiss Posted Workers Act and Free Movement of Services between Switzerland and the European Union   Kurt Pärli 5 covid-19, Switzerland and the EU Pandemic-Related EU Action and Its Legal Effect on Switzerland as Compared to the eea efta States   Christa Tobler 6 Switzerland’s Structural Participation in EU Agencies   Merijn Chamon 7 The Case-by-case Cooperation between the EU and Switzerland in Foreign Policy, Security and Defence   Christophe Hillion 8 The Road to Tax Transparency in Switzerland   Hans-Joachim Jaeger and Katharina Manz 9 A Comparison between the Swiss Cohesion Payments and the eea and Norway Grants   Benedikt Pirker 10 The Shelved Institutional Agreement eu-ch from a Political Science Perspective   René Schwok 11 Switzerland and the EU The Failure of the Institutional Agreement from a Legal Perspective   Christine Kaddous 12 The Federal Council’s Suggested Sectoral Approach Post-26 May 2021 and the Future of EU-Swiss Trade Relations   Michael Hahn 13 Switzerland-UK Trade Relations: A Future Planned by the Past? An Overview of the Trade Agreement between Switzerland and the United Kingdom and Related Agreements   Georges Baur Index

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Book SynopsisThe fifth in the CAIW series, this title reflects 50 years of experience of Cambridge (UK)-based World of Information, which since 1975 has followed the region’s politics and economics. In the period following the Second World War, Saudi Arabia – a curious fusion of medieval theocracy, unruly dictatorship and extrovert wealth - has been called a country of ‘superlatives.’ The modernisation of the Kingdom’s oil industry has been a smooth process: its oilfields are highly sophisticated. However, social modernisation has not kept pace. ‘Reform’, long a preoccupation among the Peninsula’s leaders does not necessarily go hand in hand with religion.

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Book SynopsisIf you want to better understand not only international but also social diplomacy, then this book is for you. If you are a practitioner in traditional diplomacy or a person who want to apply diplomatic ideas and methods in social life, you can find many useful insights in this original work. A scholar and experienced diplomat, the author argues that international and social diplomacy can learn from each other. He explores genuine diplomacy as a goodwill mission, constructive engagement, and dialogical interaction that can help states, non-state organizations, companies, groups, individuals, and their aggregations to create public goods and make positive social changes.Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures and Tables Introduction 1 The Sense of Diplomacy  1 What Is Diplomacy?  2 Diplomacy of Multifaceted Entities and Multidimensional Diplomacies  3 The Social and the Political in Diplomacy  4 New Diplomacies 2 The Essentials of Diplomacy  1 Preconditions for Diplomacy  2 The Self-Other Paradigm in Diplomacy  3 The Idea and Practice of Diplomacy  4 Aspirational Aspect of Diplomacy: Diplomatic Mission and Objectives  4.1 Diplomacy as a Goodwill Mission  4.2 Diplomatic Objectives: Decency  5 The Performative Aspect of Diplomacy: Diplomatic Means and Norms  5.1 Methods of Diplomatic Interactions  5.2 Diplomatic Code of Conduct  6 Constructive Engagement as the Way of Diplomacy  7 Diplomatic Spirit 3 Actors, Engagement and Interactions in Diplomacy  1 Actors, Agencies, and Agents in Diplomacy  2 The Ambassador as a High-Level Diplomatic Agent  2.1 Envoys  2.2 The Ambassador’s Credentials  3 The Diplomat: An Interactional Perspective  4 Diplomacy and a Global Interaction Complex 4 Unconventional Ambassadors  1 New Types of Ambassadors  2 Goodwill Ambassadors  2.1 Appointed and Volunteer Goodwill Ambassadors  2.2 Appointed and Volunteer Goodwill Ambassadors as Unconventional Diplomatic Representatives  3 Independent Goodwill Ambassadors  3.1 Self-Representation  3.2 The Individual’s Self-Constituted Representation of Other Entities or Causes  4 Everyday Ambassadors 5 Diplomatic Functions  1 Diplomatic Functions in Traditional Diplomacy  2 Representation as a Diplomatic Mega-function  3 Negotiation as a Diplomatic Mega-function 6 Diplomatic Methods, Skills and Mindset  1 Diplomatic Methods  1.1 Conversation  1.2 Negotiation  1.3 Dispute  1.4 Rhetoric  2 Diplomatic Skills  3 Diplomatic Skillsets for Dialogical Interaction and Tactful Conduct  3.1 Interoperating Skills  3.2 Reflection Skills  3.3 Organizational Skills  3.4 Self-Regulation Skills  3.5 Moral Skills  4 Diplomatic Dispositions and Attitudes  5 A Diplomat’s Personal Behavior Style 7 The Social and Relational in Diplomacy  1 The Social Side of Diplomacy  2 Relations and Relationships in Diplomacy  3 Social Framing of Relationships  4 International Diplomacy in a Relational Context  5 Relationships as a Primary and Secondary Concern in Traditional Diplomacy  5.1 Coordinating and Negotiating Interests, Values, Legal Rights and Relationships in Diplomacy 8 Toward Social Diplomacy  1 Everyday, Transprofessional and Social Diplomacies  2 Social Diplomacy as a Way of Constructing Relationships  3 Social Diplomats as Constructive Conversationalists  4 Social Diplomacy’s Don’ts 9 Greetings as Micro-diplomacy or Coordinated Social Engagement  1 Greetings, covid-19 and Human Engagement  2 Greeting as an Act of Diplomacy  3 Greeting as an Interactional Instrument of Relationship Management  4 Greeting as a Meaningful Social Exchange  5 Greeting as a Strategic Interaction and Coordination Game  6 The Relationship Payoff Matrix in a Greeting Negotiation  7 Getting to Yes in Greeting, or Social Diplomacy of Greeting Conclusion  Appendix 1 “Engagement” in International Diplomacy  Appendix 2 Interaction Structures in International Diplomacy  1 Levels of Diplomatic Interactions  2 Areas Affected by Diplomatic Interactions  3 Channels of Diplomatic Interaction  4 The Intensity of Diplomatic Interactions  5 Modality of Diplomatic Interactions  6 Exposure of Diplomatic Interactions  7 The Intentionality of Diplomatic Interactions  Appendix 3 Relationship-Enhancing Practices in International Diplomacy  1 The Practice of Communication  2 The Practice of Honoring  3 The Practice of Affiliation  4 The Practice of Collaboration  5 The Practice of Helping  6 The Practice of Empathizing  7 The Practice of Ceremony  8 The Practice of Normative Behavior  9 The Practice of Entertaining  10 The Practice of Apology  11 The Practice of Commitment  12 The Practice of Framing Relationships  13 The Practice of Giving a Gift  14 The Practice of Cultural Interest  15 The Practice of Public Engagement References Index

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Book SynopsisThe 14th thematic volume of International Development Policy provides perspectives through case studies from the global Souths focusing on the challenges and opportunities of governing migration on the subnational, national, regional and international levels. Bringing together some thirty authors from Africa, Latin America and Asia, the book explores existing and new policies and frameworks in terms of their successes and best practices, and looks at them through the lens of additional challenges, such as those brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of nationalisms and an increase in xenophobia. The chapters also take the ‘5 Ps’ approach to sustainable development (people, planet, prosperity, peace and partnerships) and assess how migration policies serve sustainable development in a rapidly evolving context. Contributors are Yousra Abourabi, Gabriela Agosto, Belkis Aracena, Andrea Fernández Benítez, Macarena Chepo, Amanda Coffie, Jonathan Crush, María del Consuelo Dávila Pérez, Dêlidji Eric Degila, Jenny Lind Elmaco, René Leyva Flores, Luisa Feline Freier, Silvia Núñez García, Marcela Pezoa González, Binod Khadria, Ariel González Levaggi, Wei Li, Meixin Liu, Ling Ma, Ratnam Mishra, Daniel Naujoks, Claudia Padilla, Karol Rojas, Fabiana Rubinstein, Yining Tan, Narender Thakur, Gerasimos Tsourapas, Valeria Marina Valle and Jossette Iribarne Wiff.Trade Review“A powerful and challenging collection that offers a depth of empirical and conceptual insight in order to demonstrate the need both to think about and understand international migration from perspectives of the ‘global south’.” – Andrew Geddes, Professor of Migration Studies, Director of the Migration Policy Centre Migration Policy Centre, Robert Schuman Centre

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Book SynopsisASEAN, as being on the very core of this matter, deserves close attention through the case of Timor-Leste for understanding international strategic inclusion-exclusion dynamics. The manuscript we provide tackles this case through a small country ‘in-between’ the core global actors of economic and political concern: Timor-Leste as a ground for grasping large-scale complexities in decision-making processes, as much as the micro-understanding and dynamics of a small country ‘within the game’ – if not even on the forefront.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Figures and Tables Introduction  Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner Part 1: Political Process, Internal-External Constellations and Meta-Analysis 1 ASEAN in the Making: Centralities and Peripheries  Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner 2 Timor-Leste’s Membership of ASEAN: The Political Process and Its Discontents  Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner 3 ASEAN and Timor-Leste: An Analysis of Decision-Making Dynamics  Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner Part 2: Neighbors and Kin, Big Men and Brothers, and the Ecumene at Large 4 Is There an Endless Search for New (Overseas) Younger Brother(s)? Timor-Leste and Its Ecumenic Ambitions  Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner 5 ASEAN and Timor-Leste: A Discourse on Centrality, Sociopolitical Negotiations and Relationships  Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner 6 Neighbors and Kin: ASEAN as an Ecumene? Reality Constructions from a Timorese Perspective  Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes and Nadine Lobner 7 Disputing Centralities amidst Covid-19: The Triangular Relationship of ASEAN, China and Timor-Leste  Paulo Castro Seixas, Nuno Canas Mendes, Nadine Lobner and Kaian Lam Postscript: Timor-Leste ASEAN Membership: Rethinking the Debate  Ariel Mota Alves Index

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Book SynopsisBy comparing the great-powers’ foreign policy, this book investigates the global competition and revisionist attempts to dismantle the Western liberal order. Since February 2022, the international system has been challenged by the Russian invasion in Ukraine and its profound, multiple consequences.Putin’s War has reinvented the West. But still, this is not “the end of history”. To illustrate that tensions between democratic and autocratic great powers are nowadays at their peak since the end of the Cold War, one should consider President Biden’s words in Warsaw, referring to President Putin: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power!”Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction: Great-Power Competition, Revisionism and War: How Putin’s Invasion Reinvented the West  Valentin Naumescu 1 The Foreign Policy of the United States in the Post-Trump Era  Anda Ghilescu 2 The European Union’s Foreign Policy Capabilities  Adrian-Gabriel Corpadean 3 Understanding the Foreign Policy of the People’s Republic of China: Historical Facts, Main Trends, Actors and Decision-Making Bodies  Serban Filip Cioculescu 4 Germany: A Civilian Power in Line with a Changing World?  Georgiana Ciceo 5 The Mental Maps of French Foreign Policy: Between Ambitions of Grandeur and Constraints of Multipolarity in the Twenty-First Century  Marius-Mircea Mitrache and Sergiu Mi?coiu 6 UK’s Post: Brexit Alliance Building Practices in the Age of Global Competition  Agnes Nicolescu 7 Russia: Back to Utopia: Escaping the Long Siberian Winter  Dorin Popescu 8 Japan at the Beginning of the Reiwa Era: Role and Place in World Politics  Diana Peca and ?erban Georgescu 9 India: A Great Regional Power in Search of a Global Footprint  Stefan Popescu 10 Brazil: From Colony to Emergent Power  Razvan Victor Pantelimon 11 Beyond the “Iron Wall:” The Strategic Priorities of Israel’s Contemporary Foreign Policy  Raluca Moldovan Afterword: The Russo-Ukrainian War and Great Power Competition  Marius Ghincea Index

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Book SynopsisWhat were the changes in the international position of the Brazilian state during the Lula and Cardoso administrations? How were the classes and class fractions represented? These are the questions that Tatiana Berringer's work seeks to answer. Using the theoretical instruments of the Marxist Nicos Poulantzas, the book identifies the class interests that directed the international action of the Brazilian state. With notable originality, the text presents, theoretically and empirically, a truly consistent Marxist analysis of Brazilian foreign policy, as well as a rich interpretation of the class struggle in current Brazilian politics. The author offers the reader her reflections on the political crisis of 2016 and the foreign policy of the Dilma, Temer, and Bolsonaro governments.Table of ContentsForeword Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations and Acronyms Introduction 1 Power Bloc: Brazilian Theory and Policy  1 Theory: The Power Bloc and International Relations  2 Theory: Power Bloc and Foreign Policy Analysis 2 The fhc Governments: Neoliberalism, Power Bloc and Foreign Policy  1 Neoliberalism  2 Neoliberalism and the Power Bloc in Brazil  3 Foreign Policy in the fhc Governments  3.1 Adherence to the Missile Technology Control Regime (mtcr)  3.2 The Efforts to Reactivate the InterAmerican Treaty for Reciprocal Assistance (itra)  3.3 ftaa, mercosur and the Internal Bourgeoisie  3.4 Regional Politics between 1998 and 2000: The mercosur Crisis and the Launching of the irsa i  3.5 The Lafer Administration and the Brazilian State’s Passive Subordination to Imperialism  3.6 The 2002 Elections  3.7 The ftaa and the 2002 Elections  3.8 The Internal Bourgeoisie and the 2002 Election  3.9 The pt and the 2002 Elections 3 The Lula Governments: Neo-developmentalism, Power Bloc and Foreign Policy  1 Neo-developmentalism and Power Bloc  1.1 A Brief Review of Some of the Analytical Literature on the Lula Governments’ Social and Economic Policies  2 Foreign Policy during the Lula Governments  2.1 South-South Coalitions  2.2 Haiti  2.3 Regional Integration  2.4 Africa  2.5 The Middle East  2.6 China  2.7 European Union  2.8 The imf  2.9 The United States  2.10 Defense Policy  2.11 The Lula Governments’ Foreign Policy and the Neo-developmentalist Front  2.12 The Brazilian State’s Position in Regard to Imperialism  2.13 The Political Organization of the Neo-developmentalist Front  2.14 The Internal Bourgeoisie and the South-South Foreign Policy  2.15 Contradictions among Sectors Composing the Internal Bourgeoisie  2.16 The Unstable Equilibrium of Compromises and Foreign Policy  2.17 The Party-Political Dispute and Foreign Policy 4 Brazil and South America  1 Brazilian State and South America: Imperialism, Sub-imperialism and Neo-developmentalism  1.1 Brazilian Imperialism  1.2 Brazilian Sub-imperialism  1.3 Neo-developmentalism and Regional Politics  2 People’s Movements and Unionism in Relation to Regional Integration Processes in South America  2.1 Brazilian People’s Movements and Unionism and Regional Integration in the 1980s and 1990s  2.2 The People’s Classes and Regional Integration during the pt Governments 5 Brazil under fhc and Lula 6 Power Bloc and Foreign Policy in the Dilma, Temer and Bolsonaro Governments  1 The Dilma Government: Foreign Policy, Political Crisis and Power Bloc  1.1 Foreign Policy in the Dilma Governments  1.2 The Power Bloc, the Political Crisis and Foreign Policy  2 The Temer Government and the Return to Passive Subordination  2.1 Brazil’s Trade and Production Structures Compared with the World  2.2 The Brazilian State’s Re-embracing of Passive Subordination  2.3 Decadent External Insertion and Dependent Productive Structure  2.4 ‘Weak Meat’  3 The Bolsonaro Government and Its Explicit Passive Subordination to Imperialism: The Neofascist Alliance  3.1 Foreign Policies of the Bolsonaro Government and the Trump Government: The Neofascist Alliance  3.2 A New Stage in Brazil-USA Relations: The Biden Government References Index

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Book SynopsisCe volume édité offre des nouvelles perspectives sur la vie intérieure de l'Architecture africaine de paix et de sécurité (APSA) et présente aux spécialistes dand la domaine paix et securité africaine des approches épistémologiques, conceptuelles et méthodologiques innovantes. Basé sur une ouverture intellectuelle et un intérêt pour les perspectives transdisciplinaires, le volume remet en question les courants dominants, nous invitant à réfléchir sur les pratiques de recherche elles-mêmes. S'appuyant sur les perspectives des études globales et des études critiques internationales, les auteurs suivent des approches inductives et laissent les données empiriques enrichir leurs cadres théoriques et leurs outils conceptuels. Dans cette entreprise, ils se concentrent sur les acteurs, les pratiques et les discours impliqués qui donne forme aux institutions regionales. Les analyses ici-présentes examine les hypothèses qui informent habituellement les études sur le régionalisme et la gouvernance en Afrique.

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Book SynopsisEnergy Security has emerged as a critical issue in the field of International Relations. Focusing on the case of Pakistan this book attempts to establish the main actors, dynamics, and contributing elements in the exacerbating energy security situation of the country. The Author supports that clean energy generation sources are abundantly available yet remain unutilized in the Pakistani situation. How much can South Asian Geopolitics and Pakistan’s Partition be blamed for this Energy Security crisis? What political and institutional elements have profoundly deteriorated this situation? This volume highlights the challenges and opportunities regarding the country's Energy Security.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations List of illustrations Introduction  1 The Concept of ‘Energy Security and the Field of International Relations 1 The Implications of the Concept of Energy Security for the South Asian Region and Pakistan  1 The Implications of the ‘Securitization Theory’ for the Field of Energy Security  2 Main Theories of International Relations of Energy Security   2.1 Realism   2.2 Neorealism   2.3 Copenhagen School Approach   2.4 Liberalism  3 Neoliberalism and Energy Security Theory   3.1 Institutionalism and Energy Security Theory  4 The Inevitable Link between Security Theory and Concept of Energy Security  5 Energy Insecurity Concept and International Relations  6 Energy Security Dilemma of South Asia   6.1 Increase in Demand   6.2 Increase in Prices   6.3 Increase in Foreign Dependency  7 Pakistan’s Present Energy Security in Focus 2 The Historical Context of Pakistan’s Energy Insecurity (1947–1999)  1 Phase I: Energy Insecurity of Pakistan (1947–1977)  2 Major Developments in Main Energy Sectors (1947–1977)  3 An Analysis of Energy Sector in Five Year Plans (1947–77)  4 Phase II: Energy Insecurity Narrative of Pakistan (1977–99)  5 Major Developments in Main Energy Sectors (1977–1999) 3 Pakistan’s Energy Security Scenario on the Onset of 21st Century  1 Inherent and Policy Barriers to the Pakistan’s Energy Security   1.1 Water Insecurity   1.2 Thermal Reliability   1.3 Failure in Nuclear Power Energy Generation   1.4 Negligence of Renewable Energy Resources   1.5 Lack of Long Term and Coherent Energy Planning 4 A Critique of Prevailing Policies and Practices in the Energy Sector of Pakistan  1 Energy Crisis of 2008: Challenges and Implications  2 The National Energy Policy (2013–2018)   2.1 Efficiency   2.2 Competition   2.3 Sustainability  3 Strategies to Meet the Goals of National Energy Policy (2013–2018)   3.1 The Strategy of the Supply Side   3.2 The Strategy of the Demand Side   3.3 Strategy of Affordability   3.4 The Strategy of Supply Chain   3.5 The Strategy of Power Generation   3.6 The Strategy of Transmission   3.7 Strategy of Distribution   3.8 The Strategy of Financial Efficiency   3.9 The Strategy of Governance   3.10 Strategy of Prioritization  4 An Analysis of the Outcomes of the Energy Policy (2013–2018)   4.1 Established Energy Projects during 2013–2018   4.2 Oil Sector   4.3 Gas Sector   4.4 Coal Sector   4.5 Electricity   4.6 Renewable Energy Sources   4.7 Nuclear Power Projects  5 Comparative Analysis of the Energy Policies of Zardari and Nawaz Sharif Era   5.1 Oil Sector   5.2 Natural Gas Sector   5.3 Coal Sector   5.4 Electricity Generation Sector   5.5 Nuclear Energy Sector  6 Present Energy Mix of Pakistan  7 Realities of Energy Mix and Present Power Generation Capacity of Pakistan  8 Present Share of Energy Resources in Electricity Generation  9 Electricity Consumption Patterns in Different Consumer Sectors   9.1 Oil Sector (Petroleum Product)   9.2 Natural Gas Sector   9.3 Nuclear Energy Sector   9.4 Coal Sector   9.5 Shifting to Renewable/Clean Energy  10 Pakistan’s Energy Forecast (2021–2030) 5 Pakistan in Context: A Comparative Analysis of Energy Security Profile of South Asian Countries  1 Afghanistan  2 India  3 Maldives  4 Bhutan  5 Nepal  6 Sri Lanka  7 Bangladesh  8 Pakistan  9 Regional Energy Security Milieu of South Asian   9.1 Renewable Energy: Issues and Prospects  10 Prospects of Inter-State Energy Trade in South Asia   10.1 The Volume of Trade  11 Mapping the Prospects and Challenges for Energy Cooperation under SAARC   11.1 Cross-Border Power Trade   11.2 Inter-Regional and Intra-Regional Trade   11.3 Challenges and Barriers   11.4 Restricted Focus on Renewable Energy   11.5 Lack of Energy Trade   11.6 Inter-Regional Relations   11.7 Inter-Regional Trade Regulation   11.8 Operational and Capital Cost of Cross-Border Transmission Network   11.9 India’s Approach to Bilateralism   11.10 Realities and Future Plans  12 Complexities and Possibilities for Pakistan in the Regional Energy Cooperation 6 Pakistan’s Energy Insecurity: The Way Forward  1 Major Findings  2 Suggestions Appendixes: Appendix I: Interviews Appendix: II Interview and Survey Questionnaires References Index

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