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Book SynopsisGreatly revised and expanded, with a new afterword, this update to Martin Jacques’s global bestseller is an essential guide to understanding a world increasingly shaped by Chinese power Soon, China will rule the world. But in doing so, it will not become more Western.Since the first publication of When China Rules the World, the landscape of world power has shifted dramatically. In the three years since the first edition was published, When China Rules the World has proved to be a remarkably prescient book, transforming the nature of the debate on China.Now, in this greatly expanded and fully updated edition, boasting nearly 300 pages of new material, and backed up by the latest statistical data, Martin Jacques renews his assault on conventional thinking about China’s ascendancy, showing how its impact will be as much political and cultural as economic, changing the world as we know it.First published in

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Book SynopsisWho is held responsible when EU policies fail? Which blame games resonate in the European public? European Blame Games challenges the conventional wisdom that the complexity of EU decision-making eschews clarity of responsibility, thereby rendering European blame games untargeted and diffuse. The book argues that the politicization of EU policies triggers a plausibility assessment of blame attributions in the public domain with the effect that European blame games gravitate towards true responsibilities, targeting those political actors involved in enacting a policy that is subsequently considered a policy failure. It distinguishes three kinds of European blame games. In scapegoat games, supranational EU institutions are held responsible for a policy failure. Renegade games occur when individual member state governments are considered the culprits for a failed policy. When responsibility for a policy failure is shared between EU institutions and member states, diffusion games prevail. The book also explores three conditions to explain when each of the three European blame games prevails: the type of policy failure, the type of policy making, and the type of policy implementation. To empirically probe these conditions, European Blame Games studies the blame games in ten instances of EU policy failures, including EU foreign policy, environmental policy, fiscal stabilization, and migration policy.Transformations in Governance is a major academic book series from Oxford University Press. It is designed to accommodate the impressive growth of research in comparative politics, international relations, public policy, federalism, and environmental and urban studies concerned with the dispersion of authority from central states to supranational institutions, subnational governments, and public-private networks. It brings together work that advances our understanding of the organization, causes, and consequences of multilevel and complex governance. The series is selective, containing annually a small number of books of exceptionally high quality by leading and emerging scholars.The series is edited by Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Walter Mattli of the University of Oxford.This is an open access title available under the terms of a [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International] licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.

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Book SynopsisEquipping you to plan and implement Global Politics from day 1, this Course Book has been developed directly with the IB to help you get your programme off the ground. With a truly concept-based structure based around the central theme of People, Power and Politics it ensures critical understanding of big picture issues, problems and solutions.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Power, Sovereignty and international relations 2.1: Introduction 2.2: Social order, ideology and power 2.3: States and statehood in the contemporary world 2.4: The nation state, power and modes of social control 2.5: Violence and structural violence 2.6: Interpretations of justice, liberty and equality 2.7: Non-state actors in global politics 2.8: Interactions in global politics 2.9: Levels of Geographic organization and international relations 2.10: Conclusion 3: Human Rights 3.1: The development of human rights 3.2: The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights 3.3: The three 'generations' of human rights 3.4: Conclusion 4: Development 4.1: Introduction: The Role of Development in Global Politics 4.2: Contested Meanings of Development 4.3: Factors That May Promote or Inhibit Development 4.4: Pathways Towards Development 4.5: Debates Surrounding Development: Challenges of Globalization, Inequality, Sustainability 4.6: Conclusion 5: Peace and Conflict 5.1: Introduction: the role of Peace and Conflict in Global Politics 5.2: Contested meanings of peace, conflict and violence 5.3: Causes and parties to conflict 5.4: Evolution of conflict 5.5: Conflict resolution and post-conflict transformation 5.6: Conclusions/epilogue

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Book SynopsisOn a global scale, the central tool for responding to complex security challenges is public international law. This handbook provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of the relationship between international law and global security.Table of ContentsRobin Geiß and Nils Melzer: Introduction Part I. International Law and Global Security 1: Nigel White and Auden Davies-Bright: The Concept of Security in International Law 2: Hitoshi Nasu: The Global Security Agenda: Securitization of Everything? 3: Ursula Schroeder: The Transformation of Security Concepts: Beyond the State 4: Tilmann Altwicker: Transnationalization of Security 5: Gina Heathcote: Gendered Security 6: Peter Hough: Accidently Insecure 7: Nayef Al-Rodhan and Ioana-Maria Puscas: Global Security and Neurophilosophy: Understanding the Human Factor Part II. Predominant Security Challenges and International Law National and Transnational Security 8: Cecily Rose: Corruption and Global Security 9: Christian Henderson: Internal Strife and Insurgency 10: Rob McLaughlin: International Law and State Failure 11: Helen Duffy and Larissa van den Herik: Terrorism and the Security Council 12: Pierre Hauck and Sven Peterke: Transnational Organized Crime International Security 13: Claus Kreß: Aggression 14: Jakob Kellenberger: Armed Conflicts, International Law and Global Security 15: Christopher J Borgen: Contested Territory 16: Douglas Guilfoyle: Maritime Security 17: Mirko Sossai: International Disarmament and Arms Control: In the Middle of a Paradigm Shift? 18: Masahiko Asada: Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament under International Law Human Security 19: Adama Dieng: Atrocity Crimes and Large-Scale Human Rights Violations 20: Cordula Droege and Helen Durham: Civilian Protection in Armed Conflict 21: Vladislava Stoyanova: Human Trafficking and Slavery 22: Natasa Mavronicola: Institutionalized Inhumanity: From Torture to Assassination 23: Ben Saul: Migration, Displacement, Security and International Law 24: Markos Karavias: States and Non-State Actors and Human Security Economic and Resource Security 25: Tibisay Morgandi and Jorge E Viñuales: Energy Security in International Law 26: Jasper Finke: Financial Crises 27: Hilal Elver: Food Security 28: Emanuela-Chiara Gillard and Nathalie Weizmann: Humanitarian Relief in Situations of Armed Conflict 29: Pierre Thielbörger: Water Security Environmental Security 30: Joyeeta Gupta and Hilmer Bosch: Climate Change and Security 31: Arnold N Pronto: International Disaster Law 32: J Benton Heath: Pandemics and Other Health Emergencies 33: Gus Waschefort: Wild Fauna and Flora Protection Technological Security 34: Martina Kunz and Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh: Artificial Intelligence and Robotization 35: James Revill and Anna Roessing: Biosecurity 36: Michael N Schmitt: Cybersecurity and International Law 37: Steven Freeland and Elise Gruttner: Outer Space Security Part III. Security Governance Tools 38: Théodore Christakis and Katia Bouslimani: National Security, Surveillance and Human Rights 39: Kimberley Trapp and Priya Urs: Peace Diplomacy and Conflict Prevention 40: Christian Tams: International Courts and Tribunals and Violent Conflict 41: Fausto Pocar: Criminal Prosecution 42: Antonios Tzanakopoulos: We Who Are Not as Others: Sanctions and (Global) Security Governance 43: Benjamin F Kusi: United Nations Peacekeeping: A View from the Ground 44: Simon Chesterman: Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Intervention: From Apology to Utopia and Back Again 45: Elizabeth Wilmshurst: The Use of Force Part IV. Power Politics, International Law and Global Security 46: Congyan Cai: China 47: Eleni Methymaki and Asli Ozcelik: Europe 48: Alejandro Rodiles: The Global South and the Law and Governance of Global Security: Towards a Scholarship on the Global Ecology of Insecurities 49: B.S. Chimni: India 50: Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov: The Russian Federation 51: Malcolm Jorgensen: The United States Part V. Global and Regional Security Mechanisms 52: Diane A Desierto: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Southeast Asia's Regional Security 53: Jerusha Asin Owino: The African Union: Security Governance under the African Peace and Security Architecture 54: Eva Nanopoulos: The European Union 55: Sabine Gless and Helge Elisabeth Zeitler: The International Criminal Police Organization 56: Christina Binder: Non-Governmental Organizations: Their Relevance and Impact in the International Law of Global Security 57: Steven Hill: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization 58: Thomas Greminger: The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 59: Adam Day and David M Malone: The Role of the United Nations in Shaping Global Security Law

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Book SynopsisThis volume offers a study of when and why contested international norms decline. It includes four contemporary case studies (the torture prohibition, the responsibility to protect, the duty to prosecute institutionalized in the ICC, and commercial whaling) and two historical case studies (privateering and the transatlantic slave trade).Trade ReviewThis timely study tests the limits of normative contestation. This team of scholars show that it is important to distinguish challenges to the application of a norm from those that challenge the very validity of the norm itself. The former may help to bring potential adherents onboard, while the latter is more likely to spell instability. This study makes an important contribution at a time when international norms seem besieged from the left and the right. * Beth Simmons, Andrea Mitchell University Professor in Law, Political Science and Business Ethics University of Pennsylvania *International Norm Disputes unpacks the effects of international norm contestation, arguing that disputes over the application of norms can shift their content, but arguments over the validity of norms can undermine them. A striking finding, across six rich and nuanced case studies, is that the clustering of norms and their embeddedness in institutions that promote procedural fairness enhance norm robustness. The book offers an important advance in our understanding of international norm dynamics. * Wayne Sandholtz, John A. McCone Chair in International Relations, Professor of International Relations and Law, University of Southern California *International Norm Disputes is the long-awaited summary of a decade of frontline research on the contestation of international norms. Combining theory development, in-depth case studies, and comparison, the book significantly advances our understanding of the normative robustness of the liberal international order. * Jonas Tallberg, Professor of Political Science University of Stockholm *This book represents a major milestone in the study of norm contestations and norm robustness. The distinction between applicatory and validity contestations specifies the conditions under which challenges to international norms strengthen or weaken international institutions. A "must read!" at a time when the liberal international order faces deep contestations! * Thomas Risse, Director, Berlin International College of Research and Graduate Training Senior Professor, Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script" Freie Universität Berlin *Table of Contents1: Introduction: Contestation and the dynamics of norm robustness 2: The international torture prohibition: A contested norm endures 3: The responsibility to protect: A robust but changing norm? 4: Contesting the IWC moratorium on commercial whaling: A norm weakens at the international level 5: Losing Africa? Contestation and the decline in the ICC's regional robustness 6: Bad pirates, good privateers? The surprising robustness of privateering norms 7: The Atlantic slave trade: Stabilization through contestation 8: Norm disputes: Comparative insights for theory and practice Appendix: Coding schemes for applicatory and validity contestation

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Book SynopsisThe Armed Conflict Survey provides in-depth analysis of the political, military and humanitarian dimensions of all major armed conflicts, as well as data on fatalities, refugees and internally displaced persons. Compiled by the IISS, publisher of The Military Balance, it is the standard reference work on contemporary conflict.The book assesses key developments in 36 high-, medium- and low-intensity conflicts, including those in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, South Sudan, IsraelPalestine, Southern Thailand, Colombia and Ukraine.The Armed Conflict Survey features essays by some of the world's leading experts on armed conflict, including Mats Berdal, Elisabeth Jean Wood, Julia Bleckner, Nelly Lahoud, William Reno and Carrie Manning. They write on: UN peacekeeping; conflict-related sexual violence; the Islamic State's shifting narrative; the changing foundations of governance by armed groups; and rebel-to-party transitionsTable of ContentsEditor’s Introduction Notes on Methodology Global Trends Humanitarian Aid as a Weapon of War Conflict Expansion to Cities Armed Conflict and Forced Displacement The Security Implications of Climate ChangeConflict Reports1 Americas Regional Introduction Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Colombia El SalvadorHonduras Mexico (Cartels)2 Asia-Pacific Regional Introduction Myanmar (EAOs) Philippines (ASG) Philippines (Moro)Philippines (NPA) Southern Thailand 3 Europe and Eurasia Regional Introduction Armenia–Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh)UkraineTanzanian soldiers from the UNpeacekeeping mission in CentralAfrican Republic (MINUSCA)4 Middle East and North AfricaRegional IntroductionEgypt (Sinai) IraqIsrael–PalestineLibya Syria Turkey (PKK) Yemen 5 South AsiaRegional Introduction AfghanistanIndia (CPI–Maoist) India (Northeast) India–Pakistan (Kashmir) Pakistan 6 Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Introduction Cameroon Central African RepublicThe Democratic Republic of the CongoLake Chad Basin (Boko Haram) Mali (The Sahel) Nigeria (Farmer–Pastoralist) Somalia South SudanSudanIndex

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Book SynopsisNew York Times Bestseller COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come?Trade Review"With his lively language and to-the-point examples, Zakaria tells the story well, while resisting boilerplate as served up by the left and the right. … Read Ten Lessons. It is an intelligent, learned and judicious guide for a world already in the making." -- Josef Joffe - New York Times

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Book SynopsisNATO was hugely successful in facing off the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But has it been equally successful in addressing the new threats of the post-Cold War era? This new study assesses the organization's political and military initiatives, and how its outreach to Russia, Ukraine, and other countries in the Euro-Atlantic and Mediterranean regions, devoted considerable attention to WMD proliferation risks. It also probes the political factors, both inside and outside NATO, as well as resource constraints, which have limited the alliance''s added value in the international community''s effort to combat proliferation. The events of 11 September 2001 and bitter intra-alliance controversy over the 2003 Iraq intervention have highlighted questions regarding NATO''s future role, and even its continued viability. This is a serious reflection on how the alliance should figure in the fight against WMD and terrorist threats and an examination of today's key Trade Review'A well-researched book ... Recommended.' - Choice'An original study.' - The International SpectatorTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Abstract Introduction Chapter 1. A New Cognizance of the WMD Threat, 1994-1999 Chapter 2. The Washington Summit Initiative on WMD, 1999-2001 Chapter 3. From 11 September to the Prague Summit Chapter 4. From Baghdad to Istanbul Chapter 5. NATO and WMD: Lessons for the Future? Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe dramatic surge in regional integration schemes over the past two decades has been one of the most important developments in world politics. Virtually all countries are now members of at least one regional grouping. South Asia is no exception to this trend. In December 1985, seven South Asian countries came together to establish South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to address issues of peace and development in the region. This book examines regionalism in South Asia, exploring the linkages between institutional structures, government capabilities, and domestic actors' preferences to explain the dynamics of regional cooperation. It considers the formation and evolution of SAARC, explaining why its growth in terms of institutional developments and program implementation has remained modest and slow over the past two decades. It also addresses the impact of important issues such as the acquisition of nuclear capabilities by India and Pakistan, the unendingTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Explaining Regional Cooperation in South Asia 3. Regional Dynamics 4. Origin and Evolution of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 5. The Challenge of Regionalism in South Asia 6. Domestic Politics and Regional Economic Cooperation in South Asia 7. Domestic Preferences for Regional Cooperation: Cross-National Comparisons 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2007. This book explores the complicity of democratic states from the global North in state terrorism in the global South.Table of ContentsSummaries -- Fields of Chaos_ -- 5 Risks and Opportunities in Somalia /Jonathan Stevenson -- Preserving Hope in the Democratic Republic of the Congo /Christopher S. Chivvis -- Organising for Nation Building /Nora Bensahel -- Middle East Transitions -- Enriched Islam: The Muslim Crisis of Education /Mamoun Tandy -- Prospects for Middle East Security-Sector Reform /Ellen Laipson -- A Nuclear lran:The Reactions of Neighbours /Dalia Dassa Kaye and Trederic M. Wehrey -- The US and Turkey: End of an Alliance? /Rajan Menon and S. Enders Wimbush -- Debating the UN -- 145 America and the United Nations: An Exchange /Mark P. Lagon and David Shorr -- Plus -- 157 Japan's New Security Agenda /Christopher W. Hughes and Ellis S. Krauss -- Review Essays -- The Counterweight /Spencer Ackerman -- Who Was Responsible? /Lanxin Xiang -- Newly Arrived Titles.

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Book SynopsisSurvival, the Institute of Strategic Studies'' quarterly journal, is a leading forum for analysis and debate of international and strategic affairs. With a diverse range of authors, eight to ten articles per issue, plus thoughtful reviews and review essays, Survival is scholarly in depth while vivid, well-written and policy-relevant in approach. Shaped by its editors to be both timely and forward-thinking, the journal encourages writers to challenge conventional wisdom and bring fresh, often controversial, perspectives to bear on the strategic issues of the moment.Table of ContentsSummaries -- Six Days and Forty Years -- Inducing a Failed State in Palestine /Yezid Sayigh -- Space Race -- China's Military Space Strategy /Ashley ]. Tellis -- Power Grid -- Unipolar Illusions /David P. Calleo -- A Strategic View of Energy Futures /Mathew Burrows and Gregory F. Treverton -- Moscow's Balkan Policy -- Russia and the Deadlock over Kosovo /Oksana Antonenko -- Terror Resurgent? -- The Return of the Knights: al-Qaeda and the Fruits of Middle East Disorder /Bruce Riedel -- US Counter-terrorism Options: A Taxonomy /Daniel Byman -- Beyond the Dirty Bomb: Re-thinking Radiological Terror /James M. Acton, M. Brooke Rogers and Peter D. Zimmerman -- Plus -- The Iranian Nuclear Impasse /Tim Guldimann -- America's Global Role after Bush /Bruce W. Jentleson -- Review Essay -- Charting a New Course /Kishore Mahbubani -- Newly Arrived Titles.

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Book SynopsisLike most years in the 50-year history of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 2008 saw events that could have significant consequences for international relations and global balances of power. These included the election of Barack Obama as US president; the brief war in Georgia, which caused the West to look at Russia with more watchful eyes; and a cataclysmic crisis in the world's financial markets that seemed to threaten globalisation and even capitalism, and to herald a period of greater economic austerity. Even as these events occurred, the security issues and risks that have been the core focus of the work of the IISS during the past half-century continued to loom large, among them nuclear proliferation and the relations between the major powers. In addition to these perennial themes was another set of issues that has in recent times risen higher on the international security agenda, including the security ramifications of natural disasters and envTable of ContentsContributors -- Foreword John Chipman -- Introduction Alexander Nicoll and Tim Huxley -- I. Global Security Dynamics -- Carl Bildt Address to the IISS 50th Anniversary Dinner -- William Hague Preventing a New Age of Nuclear Insecurity -- Francesc Vendrell Current Conflicts: Afghanistan -- David Richards European Armies: The Challenge -- Karl Eikenberry Europe and Conflict Resolution: Isolated or Engaged? -- John Chipman Strategic Survey 2008 Launch Address -- Oksana Antonenko The War in the Caucasus: Causes and Strategic Implications -- II. Perspectives on Asian Security -- Lee Hsien Loong Keynote Address to the 7th IISS Asia Security Summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue -- Robert Gates Challenges to Stability in the Asia-Pacific -- Han Seung-soo Charting a New Frontier: 'Global Korea' in the Twenty-First Century -- Ma Xiaotian The Future of East Asian Security -- Shiv Shankar Menon Keynote Address to the 1st IISS—Citi India Global Forum -- Michael McDevitt Asian Military Modernisation: Key Areas of Concern -- Jeffrey Mazo Asian Environmental Concerns -- III. The Widening Security Agenda -- Jakob Kellenberger Restoring Peace in Complex Emergencies -- Ronald Cohen Economics in Conflict Resolution -- Nigel Inkster Assessing Political Risk.

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Book SynopsisNo region of the world has been more affected by the forces of instability and the factors of war and insecurity than has the Middle East. The area has seen more violence and conflict in the last three or four decades than all of the other world regions put together. Moreover, conflict in the area has an international significance far beyond its borders. These events and issues have also been of the greatest international and academic interest, with much study generated.The editor's choice of materials in this new Routledge collection is based on an effort to cover a full range of issues concerning external and internal threats to the stability of Middle Eastern states as well as the means by which they try to ensure their security both at home and abroad. The topics include military, ideological, sub-national, Islamist, and economic challenges. In geographic terms it encompasses the greater Middle East: the Arab world, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, and Afghanistan.

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Book SynopsisCritical approaches to International Relations are now central to both current scholarship and contemporary teaching. Indeed, in the last decade or so, serious work that embraces traditions including, among others, the postcolonial, poststructuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist, deconstructive, genealogical, and interpretive, has moved decisively from the periphery to centre stage. Moreover, Critical International Relations increasingly draws on critical approaches in other disciplines, such as Human Geography, Literary Studies, Performance Studies and the visual arts, as well as Critical Historiography and Critical Legal Studies.To help users navigate and make sense of such an enormous, growingâand ever more complexâcorpus of scholarship, Routledge is pleased to announce this new four-volume collection edited by Jenny Edkins. Critical International Relations answers the need for a one-stop reference resource to enable scholars and students readily to acquaint themselves with key themes and contributions that typify the use of critical approaches to International Relations in diverse temporal and geographical locations.Much more than a historical survey of the field, or a simple assembly of works that may be regarded as âcanonicalâ, the editor has brought together an innovative compilation of materials to reflect the vibrancy and excitement of Critical International Relations. And, in addition to those relatively new to the field who will especially benefit from this enterprise, the collection will also be welcomed by established researchers from across the disciplinary spectrum who are currently engaged in critical work on topics related to International Relations.Volume I sets the scene. The materials gathered here explore how the space for a Critical International Relations was opened by early scholars; the theoretical and philosophical resources on which the field draws; and the methods and methodology it employs. Volumes II and III, meanwhile, bring together the major works by scholars of Critical International Relations, and those from cognate disciplines. The selections exemplify the approach, demonstrate the significance and specificity of Critical International Relations, and show how its assumptions and methods translate in practice into challenging and highly policy-relevant outputs. Finally, Volume IV includes sections on questions of pedagogy, interdisciplinarity, and the responsibility of scholars in relation to the growing dominance of Critical International Relations.The collection is supplemented with a full index, and also includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor. It will be appreciated by scholars, students, and researchers as a vital reference and pedagogic resource.

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together a distinguished group of thinkers, working in ethics, religion and history, to explore moral and religious issues that underlie the violence in Bosnia. ********************************************************* This volume brings together a distinguished group of thinkers to explore the moral and religious issues that underlie the violence and atrocities in Bosnia. From diverse academic and philosophical perspectives, the works of Jean Bethke Elshtain, James Turner Johnson, Michael Sells, John Kelsay, and G. Scott Davis will inform not just scholars of ethics, politics and religion, but everyone concerned with the prospects for justice in the post Cold War world.Trade Review"These five essays are all worth reading more than once, for the new and unique insight they provide into the Bosnian conflict." -- The Boston Book Review"These five essays are all worth reading more than once, for the new and unique insight they provide into the Bosnian conflict." -- HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction, G. Scott Davis; Chapter 1 Religion, History, and Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovinal, Michael Sells; Chapter 2 Nationalism and Self-Determination: The Bosnian Tragedy, Jean Bethke Elshtain; Chapter 3 War for Cities and Noncombatant Immunity in the Bosnian Conflict, James Turner Johnson; Chapter 4 Bosnia, the United States, and the Just War Tradition, G. Scott Davis; Chapter 5 Bosnia and the Muslim Critique of Modernity, John Kelsay;

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Book SynopsisAnthony Adamthwaite is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.Trade Review'Adamthwaite skillfully mixes narrative with analysis, and integrates diplomatic history with political, economic, social, cultural and individual influences that ultimately shaped foreign relations. An excellent addition to undergraduate collections.' Choice 'Here is a responsible but absorbing account of a troubled moment in French history. This book richly deserves the broad readership which it seeks.' The Historian 'There are delightful pen portraits of politicians and diplomats such as Briand, Laval, Leger and Berthelot, and a gift for the witty phrase that makes the book a pleasure to read.' Military and Naval History JournalTable of ContentsIllustrations, maps and tables Preface Acknowledgments Chronology Presidents and ministers of France (1914-1940) 1. France and the World 2. Armageddon 3. Peace-making, 1919 4. The Price of Victory 5. A flawed response 6. Predominance, 1919-1924 7. Locarno, 1925 8. Indian summer, 1926-1931 9. Economics, armaments, decision-making 10. Ideology, opinion and foreign policy 11. Challenges, 1932-1936 12. War again, 1936-1939 Epilogue Notes Guide to further reading Index

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Book SynopsisEmerging from discussion between the top American and European statesmen, policymakers, and officials in government, The TransAtlantic Drift Debates offers readers a bridge for the growing diplomatic divide between the United States and Europe.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introductory Remarks Chapter 3 Panel I: Can Politcal/Military Tensions Lead to a Disruption of Economic Relations between the U.S. and Europe? Chapter 4 Panel II: Under What Conditions is a Transatlantic Political Consensus on the Use of Force Possible? Chapter 5 Panel III: What Role Has the Media Played in U.S.-European Relations? Chapter 6 Panel IV: Do Objective Differences in National Interests Dictate a Fundamental Shift in the U.S. European Relationship?

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewChak Kwan Chan’s Social Security in Hong Kong is a well-written book on Hong Kong’s social welfare policies. ... [T]his is an informative book which serves as a useful textbook or background reference for the study of Hong Kong society. * The China Journal *In this very well-written and richly detailed analysis, Chak Kwan Chan offers a convincing argument to explain why Hong Kong's social welfare system has remained highly residual as a result of skillful manipulation by colonial officials on traditional Chinese family values. The author's insightful analysis on the political economy of social welfare makes a significant contribution to the literature on East Asian social policy and social development. It should be widely read in the academic and policy communities. -- James Lee, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University[This] is among a handful of studies that have paid attention to the role of European imperialism in social welfare and should inspire more research into this neglected topic. It also offers important insights of relevance to social security policy in other parts of the world as well. -- James Midgley, University of California, BerkeleyThe book is probably the best I have read about social policy in Hong Kong. Tracing welfare development in Hong Kong, the author discusses the influence of traditional Chinese values on welfare, the interplay between British colonialism and Chinese socialism, and the striving of the local Hong Kong people to develop a system that links up welfare and democracy. -- Nelson Chow, University of Hong KongSocial Security Policy in Hong Kong is undoubtedly the outstanding book on social security and the nature of the welfare system in Hong Kong. The book makes accessible a mountain of evidence and is essential reading for anyone interested in social policy in Hong Kong and China. -- Alan Walker, University of SheffieldTable of ContentsChapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 Abbreviations Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 Chapter One: Hong Kong Social Policy and Chinese Welfare Ideologies Chapter 5 Chapter Two: Co-Optive Politics and Welfare Constraints Chapter 6 Chapter Three: Legitimacy and Chinese Welfare Ideologies Chapter 7 Chapter Four: Traditional Chinese Welfare Ideologies Chapter 8 Chapter Five: Social Security and Chinese Welfare Ideologies Before 1945 Chapter 9 Chapter Six: Social Security and Chinese Welfare Ideologies: 1945–1967 Chapter 10 Chapter Seven: Social Security and Chinese Welfare Ideologies: 1968–1997 Chapter 11 Chapter Eight: Postcolonial Polity and Welfare Approach Chapter 12 Chapter Nine: Postcolonial Social Security and Chinese Welfare Ideologies Chapter 13 Chapter Ten: Chinese Welfare Ideologies and Hong Kong's Capitalism Chapter 14 Bibliography Chapter 15 Index

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Book SynopsisGlobal Multiculturalism offers a rich collection of case studies on ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity drawn from thirteen countrieseach unique in the way it understands, negotiates, and represents its diversity. A multi-disciplinary group of authors shows how, in different nations, identity groups are included, or made invisible by forced assimilation, or reviled even to the point of genocide. Framed within a theoretical discussion of national identity, transnationalism, hybridity, and diaspora, each chapter surveys the demographics and history of its country and then analyzes the dynamics of diversity. With cases ranging from Bosnia to Chiapas, Cuba to China, and Zimbabwe to France, this volume offers a truly global perspective and scope. Its genuinely comparative methodology and range of disciplinary perspectives make it a unique resource for all those seeking to understand ethnic conflict and diversity.Trade ReviewThis volume is a welcome antidote to the many books that confine themselves to an examination of multiculturalism in a single context. It should be read by anyone trying to understand the complex realities of globalization and multiculturalism in the twenty-first century. * Ethnic and Racial Studies *This is a thoughtful collection of essays which examine a number of important themes in a coherent manner. It is highly recommended for courses concerned with multiculturalism, comparative racial and ethnic relations, identity politics, and cultural studies. * Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies *A book that is undeniably of great interest. * Bulletin Quotidien Europe *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: National Boundaries/Transnational Identities Part 2 Part I: Multi Culturalism and Ethnicity: Contested Ownership of National Culture Chapter 3 Miscegenation as a Metaphor for Nation Building: The ‘Douglarisation‘ Controversy in Trinidad and Tobago Chapter 4 The Chinese in Thailand: Ethnicity and Power Chapter 5 “To Be French:” Franco-Maghrebians and the Commission de la Nationalite Chapter 6 Spectacular Imaginings: Performing Community in Guatemala Part 7 Part II: Multiculturalism and Race: Alternative Constructions of Black and White Chapter 8 Brazil: Interactions and Conflicts in a Multicultural Society Chapter 9 Songs in a Strange Land: Race, Dual Consciousness, and the Narrative of African-American Identity in the United States Chapter 10 Letting the Side Down: Personal Reflections on Colonial and Independent Kenya Chapter 11 Race in the Formation of Cuban National and Cultural Identity Part 12 Part III: Multiculturalism and Politics: Constitutional Approaches to Inequality Chapter 13 The Zimbabwe Constitution: Race, Land Reform and Social Justice Chapter 14 Bosnia: Two Days in November Chapter 15 The Crisis of the Mexican State and the Nation: Chiapas as Metaphor Chapter 16 China’s Ethnicities: State Ideology and Policy in Historical Perspective Chapter 17 Official Multiculturalism in Canada: Between Virtue and Politics

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Book SynopsisThis timely study provides a clear analysis of both the domestic and foreign policies and security issues confronting RussiaOs largest and most important neighbor during its first decade as an independent state. Roman Solchanyk emphasizes throughout the book, the complex, centuries-old Ukrainian-Russian relationship, which is so central that the ORussian questionO plays the determining role in UkraineOs foreign and domestic politics. In turn, the policy choices of UkraineOs leaders influence the direction of RussiaOs own transformation. The book opens with a conceptual framework that addresses the key issues of the Ukrainian-Russian relationship. The initial chapters illustrate how relations between Kyiv and Moscow changed_in the final analysis, dramatically_under the conditions of a crumbling and ultimately collapsing Soviet state. This is followed by a discussion of how the ORussian questionO influences UkraineOs internal developments_political, social, and economic_as well as its bTrade ReviewStands out for its detailed reconstruction of unfolding events, particularly those involving Crimea. Solchanyk enriches the picture by including other dimensions of Ukrainian policy, including the preferred but elusive option of turning toward the West and the burden imposed by Ukraine's domestic failings. * Foreign Affairs *Timely, ably written, and factually rich. . . . The volume provides excellent material for courses covering problems of postcommunist countries. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *The book does an admirable job of discussing the issues surrounding the Ukrainian-Russian relationship. * Political Science Quarterly *Solchanyk's study is a welcome addition to the growing English-language literature on modern Ukraine, not least because it is the first to concentrate on the all-important bilateral relationship between Ukraine and Russia. It does so in an informative and illuminating fashion. * Seer *Impressive scholarly achievement. * Canadian Slavonic Papers *This is a balanced portrayal of two countries trying to come to terms with each other's independence. This is far from a finished process. Solchanyk's book enables us to understand why. * Europe-Asia Studies *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 A Framework for Discussion, or K Postanovke Problemy Chapter 3 Ukraine, Russia, and the Center Chapter 4 After the Fall Chapter 5 Problems of Transition, Dilemmas of Security Chapter 6 Foreign and Security Policy: Looking West, Watching East Chapter 7 State and Society Chapter 8 Regions and Nations Chapter 9 The Crimean Imbroglio I: Kyiv and Moscow Chapter 10 The Crimean Imbroglio II: Kyiv and Simferopol Chapter 11 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisReflects on the proper place of the United States in a world it has defined almost exclusively by 9/11, the war on terrorism, and the invasion of Iraq. This work considers the ethics of intervention, the morality of human rights, how to repair our relationship with Europe, and the pitfalls of American unilateralism.Trade ReviewStanley Hoffmann is the premier essayist of American foreign policy and world politics. This collection offers a kaleidoscope of penetrating and brilliant insights that reveal a rare intellect. On every page Hoffmann's light-footed eclecticism gets the better of heavy-handed fundamentalism. -- Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell UniversityStanley Hoffmann is the most perceptive, acute, and fearless of American experts on foreign affairs, with a viewpoint that bridges the Atlantic. His latest book is full of insights on a world of power and terror, conflict, and the elusive search for peace. -- Baroness Shirley Williams of Crosby, House of LordsTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: The State of the World and the State of the Discipline Chapter 2: A View of the World Chapter 3: Lost Illusions Chapter 4: Thoughts on Fear in Global Society Chapter 5: World Governance: Beyond Utopia Chapter 6: Peace and Justice Chapter 7: The Debate about Intervention Chapter 8: Intervention: Should It Go On, Can It Go On? Chapter 9: Intervention and Human Rights Chapter 10: The U.S. and Collective Security Chapter 11: The U.S. and International Organizations: The Clinton Years Chapter 12: American Exceptionalism: The New Version Chapter 13: Why Don't They Like Us? Chapter 14: After 9/11/2001: The Pitfalls of War Chapter 15: Iraq: Instead of War Chapter 16: France, the United States, and Iraq Chapter 17: Out of Iraq Chapter 18: U.S.-European Relationships Chapter 19: European Sisyphus

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn Scott's view, the American military-industrial complex so feared by Eisenhower has grown into a military-industrial-corporate behemoth. This 'overclass,' often functioning independently from the official elected government, has spearheaded countless actions that it perceives to be in the best interest of perpetuating American hegemony. With exhaustive research and extremely persuasive arguments, Scott seeks to prove that the funding and motivation behind America's assertion of global supremacy can be traced to drugs. Drug money fueled American actions in Laos and Vietnam during the Cold War, American support of the mujahedeen in Afghanistan in the '80s, and defines American political action in Latin America and present-day Afghanistan. By looking at covert activity and recorded history through the lens of American global dominance, Scott makes a terrifyingly compelling case; he asks readers to consider what actions taken in the last fifty years have not benefited America's military-industrial complex, such an integral part of the global economy. . . . [His] carefully structured arguments never fail to interest or disturb. * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review *Scott has written a provocative account of CIA machinations and their link to spikes in global drug production, war, and terrorism. His chapters on Thailand and the Far East are especially well-grounded and of great use to historians. . . . [Scott] is a creative thinker who deserves credit for delving into the netherworld of clandestine operations and global corruption which most academics choose to ignore. . . . At his core, Scott is an idealist who believes that in exposing the sinister forces accounting for the spread of unnecessary violence, an aroused citizenry can mobilize to rein them in. The stakes today are especially high, because if left unchecked, the pattern of warfare and destabilization which Scott describes may lead to a global confrontation of truly catastrophic proportions as well as irreversible environmental damage and the economic bankruptcy of the United States. * History News Network *There are certain books that, once read, alter one’s mind permanently. This is such a book. Naïve readers and patriots beware: You will never think about the world in the same way after you have read just the first two chapters of American War Machine. * The Erowid Review *American War Machine explains how one of the principal techniques of [commandeering power in the United States by secret, undemocratic means] has been the CIA’s utilization of the drug traffic to combat communism, the governments and movements of the left, and, in our time, to maintain American supremacy in the world. . . . The demonstration is, one could say, stupefying. . . . This book reads like a real thriller filled with twists and suspense; a thriller for which one does not, yet, know the end. But can there be an end? In this world where the honest citizen is overwhelmed by mountains of data, this book must absolutely be read because it allows us to understand to what degree we have been so manipulated and misinformed. . . . [A] solid and convincing document, the mind-blowing reading of which truly leads to original and non-conformist elements of reflection, indispensable for attempting to understand the world which surrounds us, and for trying to discern where it is going. -- Bernard Norlain * Revue Défense Nationale *Peter Dale Scott has published a book of stunning richness. . . . I know of no study that so precisely captures a period as dangerous as our own. . . . Indeed, empires, kingdoms, and republics have their state secrets, but when the entire state becomes a secret, when in so-called democratic nations everything is decided without the people, elections themselves being open to doubt, it is necessary that one escape from the fear of ordinary people in the presence of the powerful and try to understand where these decisions are trending that are contrary to our interest. . . . Peter Dale Scott is the Tocqueville of this era, helping us understand how we are sliding into a world that can only be revolutionary if it wishes to survive. . . . Buy this book, read it, make it known. -- Ariane Walter * Agoravox *What I like most about Peter Dale Scott are his fierce intellectual curiosity, his willingness to investigate radioactive topics, and his tireless commitment to unearthing the truth. Over the years, he has done more than almost anyone to discover and chronicle the forces that covertly shape our policies. American War Machine may be his greatest work yet. -- Russ Baker, award-winning investigative journalist and author of Family of SecretsPeter Dale Scott is our most fearless and illuminating chronicler of the lethal and mysterious web of unaccountable violence linking government to organized crime, the drug trade, state terror, and eventuating in disastrous wars. Read this extraordinary book to understand why this country finds itself gridlocked in Afghanistan, yet another costly quagmire, because a small cabal at the top is still dedicated to the mirage of American global dominance. -- Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus, Princeton UniversityPeter Dale Scott writes with his inimitable eloquence about the intersection between U.S. covert operations and international narcotics trafficking and its destructive undermining of American democracy. The past half-century of drug politics—and the country’s complicit acceptance of the violence it has spawned—is an ominous portent for our present and future. American War Machine should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the upper- and underworld marriage that drives contemporary foreign policy. -- Sally Denton, author of The Bluegrass ConspiracyPeter Dale Scott flashes a bright light on a dark illicit world of lowly thugs and high-placed political and moneyed cabals. Thoroughly researched and deeply informed, this book makes for an intriguing read. -- Michael Parenti, author of The Face of Imperialism and God and His DemonsI said of Scott's last brilliant take on this subject, Drugs, Oil and War, that 'It makes most academic and journalistic explanations of our past and current interventions read like government propaganda written for children.' Now Scott has written an even better book. Read it! -- Daniel Ellsberg, author of Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon PapersTable of ContentsIntroduction: Deep History and the Global Drug Connection Part I: Overview Chapter 1: Sanctioned Violence, the Dominance Machine, and the Overworld Part II: The CIA and Drugs Abroad Chapter 2: Mexico, Drugs, the DFS, and the United States Chapter 3: Operation Paper: The United States and Drugs in Thailand and Burma Chapter 4: Rollback, PARU, and Laos: Preparing for Offensive War Chapter 5: Laos: Financing a War by Drugs Chapter 6: The War on Drugs in Asia: A Phony War with Real Casualties Part III: Deep Events and the Drug Connection at Home Chapter 7: The CIA, the Global Drug Connection, and Terrorism Chapter 8: Inside the War Machine: The Profiteers from Enduring Violence Chapter 9: 9/11 and the American Tradition of Engineered Deep Events Part IV: America and Afghanistan Today Chapter 10: Obama and Afghanistan: America's Drug-Corrupted War Chapter 11: Conclusion: The War Machine and the Deep Politics of Drugs Final Words Bibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewGreg Cashman thoroughly examines the validity and reliability of empirical findings and the theories of international relations they attempt to test. He is clear, balanced, and precise. Every student of world politics ought to own this book. -- Charles F. Doran, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International StudiesCashman takes a comprehensive look at the various factors thought to contribute to the outbreak of war. Using a levels of analysis approach, he presents an exhaustive set of theories at the individual, substate, state, dyadic, and international levels. Following the explanation of each theory, Cashman presents the empirical record supporting and/or refuting the theories. In this second edition, the book has been expanded to include the growing body of literature examining the causes of war. Further, Cashman has added more depth to the theoretical discussions by including throughout the book case illustrations that should help pique the interest of students. He has also added a chapter on constructivism reflecting an evolving field of study. This book presents a most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of literature surrounding the causes of war. It is ideal for graduate and advanced undergraduates studying contemporary war. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, research, and professional collections. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Empirical Theory and the Causes of War Chapter 2: The Individual Level of Analysis, Part I: Human Aggression Chapter 3: The Individual Level of Analysis, Part II: Psychological Explanations for War Chapter 4: The Substate Level of Analysis: Group Decision Making Chapter 5: The State Level of Analysis, Part I: Political, Economic, and Demographic Factors Chapter 6: The State Level of Analysis, Part II: Internal Conflicts, Nationalism, and War Weariness Chapter 7: The Dyadic Level of Analysis, Part I: The Nature of Dyads—Really Bad Dyads and Pretty Good Dyads Chapter 8: The Dyadic Level of Analysis, Part II: International Interactions Chapter 9: The Dyadic Level of Analysis, Part III: Game Theory, Bargaining, and Deterrence Theory Chapter 10: The International System Level of Analysis, Part I: Realism, Anarchy, and the Balance of Power Chapter 11: The International System Level of Analysis, Part II: Power Dynamics, Cyclical Theories, and Historical-Structural Theories of War Chapter 12: Constructivism: A Digression Chapter 13: Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive description and critique of the six most important historical interpretations of US Cold War foreign policy: Traditionalism, Revisionism, Post-Revisionism, Corporatism, World Systems Theory, and Post-Structuralism.Trade ReviewA good historiographical summary / critique of six persepectives on American Cold War foreign policy. Choice Hurst's book is a valuable summary of all the main strands of theoretical explorations into the Cold War policy of the United States. The relative shortness of the book make it ideal as an advanced undergraduate or postgraduate reader. Political Studies Review Hurst has written a challenging book that crosses the sometimes treacherous boundaries of history and political science. It is a fine look at Cold War historiography. -- Professor Lloyd Gardner, Rutgers University Steven Hurst provides a clear and sophisticated discussion of various approaches to the historical understanding of the Cold War. I recommend this book very strongly to everyone who is interested in Cold War history and historiography. -- John Dumbrell, Professor of Politics, Leicester University A good historiographical summary / critique of six persepectives on American Cold War foreign policy. Hurst's book is a valuable summary of all the main strands of theoretical explorations into the Cold War policy of the United States. The relative shortness of the book make it ideal as an advanced undergraduate or postgraduate reader. Hurst has written a challenging book that crosses the sometimes treacherous boundaries of history and political science. It is a fine look at Cold War historiography. Steven Hurst provides a clear and sophisticated discussion of various approaches to the historical understanding of the Cold War. I recommend this book very strongly to everyone who is interested in Cold War history and historiography.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Traditionalism; 2. Revisionism; 3. Post-Revisionism; 4. Corporatism; 5. World Systems Theory; 6. Post-Structuralism and Culture; Conclusions; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisIn the age of terrorism Michael Ignatieff argues that we must not shrink from the use of violence. But its use - in a liberal democracy - must be measured.Trade ReviewIgnatieff is a rarity among modern thinkers and ethicists for his ability to communicate to a wide audience with lucidity, intellectual clarity and power. All these were to the fore in his 2000 analysis Virtual War, focussed on the Balkan conflicts, and they are present to the highest degree in The Lesser Evil ... Profound and powerful and a book that no thinking person should fail to read. Michael Ignatieff has written a sober yet chilling account of the issues facing liberal democracies in the face of modern international terrorism. In a surgical analysis he describes the challenges facing their leaders and citizens. His warning of the critical dangers of under- and over-reaction in combating terrorism could not be more timely. -- Justice Richard Goldstone, Constitutional Court of South Africa The strength of Igniatieff's thoughtful book is that it avoids reflexive answers and ideological certainties and insists on weighing choices carefully with respect to concrete human consequences.Table of Contents1. Political Ethics in an Age of Terror; 2. The Strength of the Weak; 3. The Weakness of the Strong; 4. The Ethics of Emergency; 5. The Temptations of Nihilism; 6. The Usefulness of Ethics.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the ethical dimension of peacebuilding. In the aftermath of the Cold War the hope for a more stable and just international order was rapidly dissolved by the internecine conflicts that plagued all continents. The Rwanda and Srebrenica genocides demonstrated the challenge of promoting peace in a world increasingly defined by intra-state conflict and sub-national groups confronting nation-states. Murithi interrogates the role that ethics plays in promoting and consolidating peacebuilding and presents a synthesis of moral philosophy and international relations and an analysis of the ethics of negotiation, mediation, forgiveness and reconciliation. In its attempt to explore the extent to which ethical concerns influence and inform peacebuilding this book contributes to a growing body of literature on ethics and international relations which will enable students, scholars and practitioners to ground their understanding of a principled peacebuilding.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Moral Knowledge and Peace Research; 3. The Morality of Conflict Resolution: A Critique of the State System and its Management of Sub-national Conflict; 4. The Utility of Negotiation and Mediation; 5. The Virtue of Forgiveness; 6. The Value of Reconciliation; 7. Toward an Agenda for Ethical Peacebuilding; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThis book represents the first comprehensive overview of the US-Iraqi relationship since 1979 and the first attempt to place the 2003 American invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in that wider historical context. Using a modified version of World Systems Theory, the book places American policy toward Iraq at the centre of a number of dynamics, including America''s dominant role in managing the world capitalist system, the fundamental importance of Persian Gulf oil to that system, and long-term change in the American political system.It argues that American policy towards Iraq since 1979 has been shaped above all by the importance of Persian Gulf oil to the world economy and the consequent need to restore America''s position as regional hegemon and guarantor of the global oil supply, which had been destabilized by the Iranian revolution.It also emphasizes the role of American domestic politics and above all the ''conservative ascendancy'' which brought George W. Bush to the presidency, as a critical factor in explaining the 2003 invasion of Iraq.Trade ReviewSteven Hurst has written a first-rate and very readable book. This is an authoritative and comprehensive explanation of the most important and controversial foreign policy adventure that the United States has embarked upon in the post-Cold War era. Hurst manages to confidently tell this complex and multifaceted story without resorting to polemics, moralising or simplistic generalisations. -- Dr Toby Dodge, Senior Consulting Fellow for the Middle East, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London Steven Hurst has written a first-rate and very readable book. This is an authoritative and comprehensive explanation of the most important and controversial foreign policy adventure that the United States has embarked upon in the post-Cold War era. Hurst manages to confidently tell this complex and multifaceted story without resorting to polemics, moralising or simplistic generalisations.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Towards a New Relationship, 1979-1984; 2. From a Tilt to an Embrace, 1984-1989; 3. The Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991; 4. Dual Containment, 1992-2000; 5. A Second War for Hegemony, 2001-3; 6. Things Fall Apart, 2003-8; Conclusions: American Hegemony after the Iraq War; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisCritique of Security brings together very diverse discussions about security in order to sustain a genuine critique of security and its study.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. 'The supreme concept of bourgeois society': liberalism and the technique of security; (i) Security, sovereignty, prerogative; (ii) Liberty in security and liberal insecurity; (iii) Prerogative and necessity: towards emergency; 2. Emergency? What emergency?; (i) From martial law to emergency powers; (ii) Walter Benjamin goes to Senate; (iii) Against normality; 3. From social to national security: on the fabrication of economic order; (i) The garden of security, or 'Security - this is more like it'; (ii) Containment I: national security, international order and six million corpses; 4. Security, identity, loyalty; (i) Containment II: national security, domestic order and the fear of disintegration; (ii) The garden of pansies, or 'no communists or cocksuckers in the library'; 5. The Company and the Campus; (i) Security fetishism; (ii) Security intellectuals; (iii) Closing gambit: return the gift.

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Book SynopsisCritique of Security brings together very diverse discussions about security in order to sustain a genuine critique of security and its study.Trade Review'There is no more urgent question than that of why and how western political systems have become saturated by the concern for security. Yet the more governments pursue security the more they subvert the freedoms they claim to secure. The more also they render the world dangerous. Mark Neocleous is amongst the most acute observers of this lethal paradox. Returning to it here, by interrogating the complicity that also obtains between security, freedom and capital, Neocleous asks who gets what, where, when, and how when security operates as the generative principle of formation for our political and economic orders. Detailing also how emergency powers derived from martial law in a process that has progressively militarised social and political relations he provides a powerful counter-weight to abstract arguments about states of emergency. Challenging and accessible, this book opens up new political questions as it describes the new ways in which life has become more comprehensively securitised.' Professor Michael Dillon, Politics and International Relations, Lancaster University -- Professor Michael Dillon, Lancaster University 'There is no more urgent question than that of why and how western political systems have become saturated by the concern for security. Yet the more governments pursue security the more they subvert the freedoms they claim to secure. The more also they render the world dangerous. Mark Neocleous is amongst the most acute observers of this lethal paradox. Returning to it here, by interrogating the complicity that also obtains between security, freedom and capital, Neocleous asks who gets what, where, when, and how when security operates as the generative principle of formation for our political and economic orders. Detailing also how emergency powers derived from martial law in a process that has progressively militarised social and political relations he provides a powerful counter-weight to abstract arguments about states of emergency. Challenging and accessible, this book opens up new political questions as it describes the new ways in which life has become more comprehensively securitised.' Professor Michael Dillon, Politics and International Relations, Lancaster UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. 'The supreme concept of bourgeois society': liberalism and the technique of security; (i) Security, sovereignty, prerogative; (ii) Liberty in security and liberal insecurity; (iii) Prerogative and necessity: towards emergency; 2. Emergency? What emergency?; (i) From martial law to emergency powers; (ii) Walter Benjamin goes to Senate; (iii) Against normality; 3. From social to national security: on the fabrication of economic order; (i) The garden of security, or 'Security - this is more like it'; (ii) Containment I: national security, international order and six million corpses; 4. Security, identity, loyalty; (i) Containment II: national security, domestic order and the fear of disintegration; (ii) The garden of pansies, or 'no communists or cocksuckers in the library'; 5. The Company and the Campus; (i) Security fetishism; (ii) Security intellectuals; (iii) Closing gambit: return the gift.

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Book SynopsisWhat is international law? And what is international justice? This book shows that studying these questions together is essential. It helps students develop an understanding of international law and the importance of socio-economic and political factors in shaping its formulation, present development and operations.Table of Contents1. Sources of International Law; 2. International Persons; 3. United Nations and International Law; 4. The European Union and International Law; 5. Protection of Human Rights and International Law; 6. Diplomatic Communications; 7. The Use of Force and Security; 8. Non-Military Sanctions; 9. Challenges to International Law in the 21st Century.

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Book SynopsisWhat is international law? And what is international justice? This book shows that studying these questions together is essential. It helps students develop an understanding of international law and the importance of socio-economic and political factors in shaping its formulation, present development and operations.Table of Contents1. Sources of International Law; 2. International Persons; 3. United Nations and International Law; 4. The European Union and International Law; 5. Protection of Human Rights and International Law; 6. Diplomatic Communications; 7. The Use of Force and Security; 8. Non-Military Sanctions; 9. Challenges to International Law in the 21st Century.

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Book SynopsisA critical assessment of current liberal approaches to post-conflict statebuilding with constructive suggestions as to where improvements might be made. Newly available in paperback.Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Framework to Assess Liberal Peace Transitions; 1. Cambodia: Liberal Hubris and Virtual Peace; 2. Bosnia: Between Partition and Pluralism; 3. Liberal Peace in East Timor: The Emperors' New Clothes?; 4. Co-opting the Liberal Peace: Untying the Gordian Knot in Kosovo; 5. Building/ Rejecting the Liberal Peace: State Consolidation and Liberal Failure in the Middle East; Conclusion: Evaluating the Achievements of the Liberal Peace and Revitalising a Virtual Peace; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisExplores Anglo-American economic diplomacy in South America during the Second World War. Thomas Mills explores Anglo-American relations in the previously neglected region of South America during the Second World War to add a new dimension to our understanding of the two powers. He shows how these relations followed a very different pattern to the high-level discussions concerning the economic shape of the post-war world that were going on at the same time. In this way, he highlights the need for a more nuanced understanding of the broader process of Anglo-American economic diplomacy. Based on extensive archival research and a thorough knowledge of the secondary literature, this is a major addition to the study of Anglo-American relations in the 20th century.

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Book SynopsisMilitary occupation is a recurrent feature of modern international politics and yet has received little attention from political scientists. This book, newly available in paperback, sets out to remedy this neglect, offering:* An account of military occupation as a form of government* An assessment of key trends in the development of military occupations over the last two centuries* An explanation the conceptual and practical difficulties encountered by occupiers* Examples drawn from, amongst others, the First and Second World Wars, US occupations in Latin America and Japan, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, and the current occupation of IraqAfter a survey of the evolving practice and meaning of military occupation the book deals with its contested definitions, challenging restrictive approaches that disguise the true extent of the incidence of military occupation. Subsequent chapters explain the diverse forms that military government within occupation regimes take on and the role of civilian governors and agencies within occupation regimes; the significance of military occupation for our understanding of political obligation; the concept of sovereignty; the nature and meaning of justice; and our evaluation of regime transformation under conditions of military occupation.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The Evolving Practice and Meaning of Military Occupation; 2. Defining Occupation; 3. Forms of Military Government; 4. The Role of Civilian Governors in Military Occupation; 5. Occupation and Obligation; 6. Sovereignty and Occupation; 7. Justice under Occupation; 8. Occupation and Regime Transformation; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisA balanced overview of Johnson''s policies across a range of theatres and issues. Lyndon B. Johnson''s presidency was characterised by domestic successes and vilified interational policies. He presided over the advancement of civil rights and educational reform while escalating the disastrous war in Vietnam. Drawing on recently declassified documents and the latest research, this fresh account looks at Vietnam and beyond to Johnson''s relations with Europe, NATO and the rest of the world. Colman contends that, although the war in Vietnam could have been prosecuted more effectively, overall Johnson dealt with the world beyond the borders of the United States very capably. In particular, he dealt with successive challenges to the NATO alliance in a skilled and intelligent manner, leaving it politically stronger when he left office in 1969 than it had been in 1963.

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Book SynopsisHow does empire affect the route to successor sovereign state systems and the features of the sovereignty of these systems? This unique systematic comparison of empires and of their consequences for sovereignty in the Middle East and Central Asia brings theory on empire and sovereignty to bear on empirical variation across the two regions. The novel approach to understanding the political structures of states in two significant areas of the non-European world offers an important comparative discussion of post-imperial development and sovereignty. It raises a clear set of research questions about variations of imperial practice and puts forward an attractive and persuasive case that imperial legacy has been an important variable in the post-independence period.Table of Contents1. Introduction (Sally N. Cummings, University of St Andrews and Raymond Hinnebusch, University of St Andrews); Section One: Histories of Empire and After; 2. Russian Empires (Dominic Lieven, Bradford University); 3. The British and French empires in the Arab world: Some problems of colonial state-formation and its legacy (James McDougall, Trinity College, University of Oxford); 4. Ottoman Legacies and Economic Sovereignty in Post-Imperial Anatolia, Syria and Iraq (Fred Lawson, Mills College); Section Two: Paths to Sovereignty - Views from the Core and Periphery; 5. Sovereignty in the Ottoman Empire and After (Ben Fortna, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London); 6. Mandated Sovereignty? The Role of International Law in the Construction of Arab Statehood during and after Empire (Michelle Burgis, University of St Andrews); 7. Reluctant sovereigns? Central Asian states' path to independence (Mohira Suyarkulova, University of St Andrews); Section Three: Empire and Domestic Sovereignty; 8. The Middle East after Empire: Sovereignty and Institutions (Louise Fawcett, St Catherine's College, Oxford University); 9. Sovereignty after empire: the colonial roots of Central Asian authoritarianism (David Lewis, Bradford University); Section Four: Empire and Popular Sovereignty; 10. Culture, Colonialism and Sovereignty in Central Asia (Laura L. Adams, Harvard University); 11. Culture in the Middle East: the 'Western Question' and the sovereignty of post-imperial states in the Middle East (Morten Valbjorn, University of Aarhus); 12. Pathways of Islamist mobilisation against the state in the Middle East and Central Asia (Frederic Volpi, University of St Andrews); Section Five: Empire and External Sovereignty; 13. Empire and State Formation: Contrary tangents in Jordan and Syria (Raymond Hinnebusch); 14. Rentierism, Dependency and Sovereignty in Central Asia (Wojciech Ostrowski, Dundee University); 15. Tajikistan: from de facto colony to sovereign dependency (Muriel Atkin, The George Washington University); Conclusions (Sally N. Cummings and Raymond Hinnebusch).

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book offers a fresh and innovative perspective on ethics and politics after poststructuralism. Madeleine Fagan argues that the ethical should not be understood as a label; it does not mean good or right, and is not an evaluation or guide. Rather, both the ethical and the political are descriptions of the context in which we find ourselves. Fagan offers an account of the inseparability of ethics and politics that challenges existing accounts of poststructuralist ethics and shows the need for a practice-based rethinking of the ethico-political. Drawing on the work of Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy, Ethics and Politics after Poststructuralism puts forward a radical and far-reaching critique of both foundational and non-foundational ethical theory.

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