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Book SynopsisThe United States and Imperialism uses concepts of civilization, identity, the civilizing mission, and cooperation to explain the role of imperialism throughout American history. Ninkovich's original analysis of America as an empire shows how imperialism, anti-imperialism, and geopolitics have all played a role in how the United States made decisions when seeking new territories.Trade Review"Frank Ninkovich's The United States and Imperialism is a major work of historical research and writing. Ninkovich takes on several of the most important topics in the history of US foreign relations with grace, wit, and deep understanding. The book includes a vast amount of scholarship in primary and secondary sources. Best of all, it brings centuries' old issues up to date." Robert D. Schulzinger, University of Colorado "In this provocative overview, Frank Ninkovich reconceptualizes American imperialism 'as an element of the geopolitics of modernity.' By emphasizing the liberal sensibility and modernizing goals behind imperialism, he reorients stale debates and poses fresh questions about America's identity and 'civilizing' mission." Emily Rosenberg, Macalester College "Ninkovich provides an innovative and exciting synthesis." Choice "Ninkovich presents a fresh interpretation of the contours of the American empire and places the experience of imperialism within the larger context of modern US foreign policy. This study is to be commended for its clarity, conceptual sophistication, and eloquence. It is highly recommended for classroom adoption and equally suited for undergraduate and graduate discussions" American Nineteenth Century History JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Imperialism and National Identity in the 1890s. 2. Failed Expectations: The Civilizing Mission in the Philippines. 3. America's Caribbean Empire. 4. The Modernization of China and the Diplomacy of Imperialism. 5. Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism in America's World Policies. Conclusion: Beyond Imperialism: The Empire of Modernity. Index.

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Book SynopsisAs US troops marched into vanquished Austria at the end of World War II, they faced the dual tasks of destroying the remnants of Nazi power and establishing a new democratic nation. The American military forces were adept at the first task; they were woefully unprepared for the second. Their halting efforts, complicated by the difficulties of managing the occupation along with Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, exacerbated an already monumental undertaking and fueled the looming Cold War confrontation between East and West. In this first English-language study of secret postwar US military operations during the occupation of Austria and of the American effort to create a garrison state for NATO's defense, James Jay Carafano traces US policy and behaviour from the end of the war until 1955 and the signing of the treaty that finally led to the withdrawal of the occupation forces. He demonstrates that from the very beginning of an American presence in Austria, the US Army could not wean itself from the operational habits it had forged in war, practices that skewed US postwar foreign policy while earning Austrian resentment and Soviet mistrust. The fog of peace, Carafano concludes, befuddled US planners. In crystal-clear detail, Carafano lays out the course of the US presence in Austria, the problems America encountered, and the problems it caused. He sheds new light on this little-studied aspect of the Cold War, and he underscores the mundane truth that peace is fundamentally different from war and that if armies are used during peacetime, they have to be retrained to manage their postwar tasks successfully. Those interested in contemporary military peace-keeping efforts, as well as those trying to understand the lessons of the Cold War, should find this study an invaluable aid.Table of ContentsThe Disease and Unrest Formula; A Far Country; Shepherding Midnight's Children; The Largest Single Industry; On-the-Job Training; From Occupiers to Warriors; The Southern Flank; Secrets; Arming Austria.

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Book SynopsisThe U.S. military has historically believed itself to be the institution best suited to develop the character, spiritual values, and patriotism of American youth. Here, author Lori Bogle investigates how the armed forces assigned themselves this role and why they sought to create ""ideologically sound Americans capable of defeating communism and assuring the victory of democracy at home and abroad."" Bogle shows that this view of America's civil religion predated tension with the Soviet Union. She traces this trend from the Progressive Era though the early Cold War, when the Truman and Eisenhower administrations formulated plans that promised to prepare the American public morally and spiritually for confrontation with the evils of communism. Bogle's analysis suggests that cooperation among the military, evangelical right wing groups, and government was considered both necessary and normal. The Boy Scouts pushed a narrow vision of American democracy, and Joe McCarthy's chauvinism was less an aberration than a noxious manifestation of a widespread attitude. To combat communism, America and its armed forces embraced a narrow moral education that attacked everyone and everything not consonant with their view of the world order. Exposure of this alliance ultimately dissolved it.

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Book SynopsisJohn Brady Kiesling, a twenty-year veteran of the foreign service, publicly resigned his position as political counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Athens in February 2003 to protest the Bush administration's impending invasion of Iraq.

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Book SynopsisWhat is the current state of the global security system, and where is it headed? What challenges and opportunities do we face, and what dangers are emerging? How will various regions of the world be affected? How can the United States best act to help shape the future while protecting its security, interests, and values? How can the United ...

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Book SynopsisIn Red Rogue, Bruce Bechtol analyzes the changing nature of North Korea's national defense, foreign policy, and illicit economic activities in the post9/11 era. He describes how North Korea has adapted to a changing global and regional environment to ensure regime survival and has often dictated the agenda in East Asia.

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Book SynopsisIn emergency medicine, the golden hour is the first hour after injury during which treatment greatly increases survivability. In post-conflict transition terminology, it is the first year after hostilities end.

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Book SynopsisFDR's Four FreedomsFreedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fearwere presented to the American people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education.

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Book SynopsisDoes America's pro-Israel lobby, including the legendary American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), have as much power as is commonly believed? Does it have an unbreakable stranglehold on America's Middle East policies? The answer is no, according to Dan Fleshler, an American Jewish activist who has worked within his community to try ...

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Book SynopsisAmerican foreign policy is in severe crisis. The system and process are not working as they should. On one side we are beset by a seemingly uninformed policy, on the other by paralysis and gridlock. The sense is widespread that the American system of government is broken.

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Book SynopsisCompiled to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing security environment, this important collection grew out of an innovative Department of Defense (DOD) workshop.

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Book SynopsisWhen the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between the Soviet Union and United States faltered during the administration of Jimmy Carter, National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski claimed that SALT lies buried in the sands of the Ogaden. How did superpower détente survive Vietnam but stumble in the Horn of Africa? Historian Louise Woodroofe takes Brzezinski's claim as a starting point to analyse superpower relations during the 1970s, and in so doing she reveals how conflict in East Africa became a critical turning point in the ongoing Cold War battle for supremacy.Despite representing the era of détente, the 1970s superficially appeared to be one of Soviet successes and American setbacks. As such, the Soviet Union wanted the United States to recognise it as an equal power. However, Washington interpreted détente as a series of agreements and compromises designed to draw Moscow into an international system through which the United States could exercise some control over its rival, particularly in the Third World. These differing interpretations would prove to be the inherent flaw of détente, and nowhere was this better demonstrated than in the conflict in the Horn of Africa in 1974-78.The Ogaden War between Ethiopia and Somalia involved a web of shifting loyalties, as the United States and Soviet Union alternately supported both sides at different points. Woodroofe explores how the war represented a larger debate over U.S. foreign policy, which led Carter to take a much harder line against the Soviet Union. In a crucial post-Vietnam test of U.S. power, the American foreign policy establishment was unable to move beyond the prism of competition with the Soviet Union.The conflict and its superpower involvement turned out to be disasters for all involved, and many of the region s current difficulties trace their historic antecedents to this period. Soviet assistance propped up an Ethiopian regime that terrorised its people, reorganised its agricultural system to disastrous effects in the well-known famines of the 1980s, and kept it one of the poorest countries in the world. Somalia s defeat in the Ogaden War started its descent into a failed state. Eritrea, which had successfully fought Ethiopia prior to the introduction of Soviet and Cuban assistance, had to endure more than a decade more of repression.

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Book SynopsisIn an attempt to counter the insular narratives of much of the sesquicentennial commemorations of the Civil War in the United States, editors David T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis present this collection of essays that examine the war as more than a North American conflict, one with transnational concerns. The book, while addressing the origins of the Civil War, places the struggle over slavery and sovereignty in the United States in the context of other conflicts in the Western hemisphere. Additionally Gleeson and Lewis offer an analysis of the impact of the war and its results overseas. Although the Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history and arguably its single most defining event, this work underscores the reality that the war was by no means the only conflict that ensnared the global imperial powers in the mid-nineteenth century. In some ways the Civil War was just another part of contemporary conflicts over the definitions of liberty, democracy, and nationhood. The editors have successfully linked numerous provocative themes and convergences of time and space to make the work both coherent and cogent. Subjects include such disparate topics as Florence Nightingale, Gone with the Wind, war crimes and racial violence, and choices of allegiance made by immigrants to the United States. While we now take for granted the nation's values of freedom and democracy, we cannot understand the impact of the Civil War and the victorious ""new birth of freedom"" without thinking globally.The contributors to The Civil War as Global Conflict reveal that Civil War-era attitudes toward citizenship and democracy were far from fixed or stable. Race, ethnicity, nationhood, and slavery were subjects of fierce controversy. Examining the Civil War in a global context requires us to see the conflict as a seminal event in the continuous struggles of people to achieve liberty and fulfill the potential of human freedom. The book concludes with a coda that reconnects the global with the local and provides ways for Americans to discuss the war and its legacy more productively.

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Book SynopsisImitating the desire of others is inherent to the struggle for power in international politics. The imitation of desire is a human trait seldom recognized in International Relations studies, let alone conceptualized. The imitation of desire that takes place among entities-as opposed to being intentionally generated by them-challenges the conventional wisdom of International Relations that assumes rational autonomous individuals. This book identifies the root of Realism, pointing out its awareness of the conflicting impact of desire and imitation in a world driven by restless comparison. It subsequently demonstrates the conceptual value of mimetic theory while proposing a template of understanding international polities, starting from assumptions of disorder and violence. This volume not only contributes to the study of conflict based on the imitation of the desire of others among international polities, but also proposes in its conceptualization that it is worth looking at studies of agency and structure, normative change, peace, and reconciliation.

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Book SynopsisThe United States, the People's Republic of China, and Taiwan have danced on the knife's edge of war for more than seventy years. A work of sweeping historical vision, A World of Turmoil offers case studies of five critical moments: the end of World War II and the start of the Long Cold War; the almost-nuclear war over the Quemoy Islands in 1954-1955; the detente, deceptions, and denials surrounding the 1972 Shanghai Communique; the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-1996; and the rise of postcolonial nationalism in contemporary Taiwan.Diagnosing the communication dispositions that structured these events reveals that leaders in all three nations have fallen back on crippling stereotypes and self-serving denials in their diplomacy. The first communication-based study of its kind, this book merges history, rhetorical criticism, and advocacy in a tour de force of international scholarship. By mapping the history of miscommunication between the United States, China, and Taiwan, this provocative study shows where and how our entwined relationships have gone wrong, clearing the way for renewed dialogue, enhanced trust, and new understandings.

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Book SynopsisPeters analyzes 198 cyber events and three case studies, discussing their area of effect, targeting intent, method, and attribution to elucidate the complex narrative of cyber strategy and its influence on economic power outcomes.

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Book SynopsisIn The Warsaw Pact, 1969-1985, young Czech scholar Mat?j Bílý analyzes the internal tensions of the Soviet-led Cold War alliance as its careened toward its end. Starting with the peak of the alliance’s power under Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, the book follows its ossification to its increasing haplessness under Brezhnev’s successors Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko. Rooted in detailed research in Czech, Polish, and German archives, this book presents much previously unknown information about the alliance’s mechanisms as it served as one of the Kremlin’s increasingly ineffective tools for managing the Eastern Bloc.Bílý’s findings prove that the Warsaw Pact never became an initiator of political processes within the Soviet sphere of interest and only reactively addressed military issues. The alliance's framework did not allow it to become an incubator or agent of any independent development in the Soviet sphere of influence. To the contrary, events within the Warsaw Pact reflected the overall dismal situation in the Eastern Bloc and the changing policy of the Kremlin toward its East European satellites. Because of the alliance’s lack of flexibility and cumbersome internal mechanisms, it was unable to react to the dynamic challenges of the 1980s and helplessly followed a path to its own end.

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Book SynopsisAs the beating drums within the United States for a war with Iran grow louder, it is important, now more than ever, to understand precisely how and why neo-conservatives have chosen to orchestrate a sustained and coordinated campaign for a U.S. attack on Iran, or short of that, support an Israeli strike against the Islamic Republic's nuclear technology facilities. This campaign is aimed at convincing U.S. politicians, and policy- and decision-makers, that the Iranian regime is inherently evil and dangerous, and is intent on acquiring nuclear weapons for the sole purpose of attacking Israel. This study breaks down some of the key rhetorical techniques neo-conservatives have utilized in this campaign, which gained serious momentum following the official withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq from 2007-2011 and the ratifying of the Iran Nuclear Deal in 2015. It also locates and dissects the origins and the nature of the political and religious sources inspiring these choices, exploring the motivating roles played by ideas such as U.S., Israeli, and Jewish exceptionalism, and the concept of the End Times. While this work is heavily geared towards focusing on how and why the neo-conservatives have chosen to engage themselves in the war of ideas about the 'true nature' of the Iranian regime, its people and their intentions, it also addresses the 'bricks and mortar;' aspect of the neo-conservative network primarily operating in and around Washington D.C. and New York.

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Book SynopsisThe letters between Dominican revolutionaries Minerva Mirabal Reyes and Manolo Tavárez Justo tell an intimate story of life and love under the brutal dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, who held power in the nation from 1930 to 1961. Leaders in the 14th of June Movement, Minerva and Manolo were imprisoned multiple times. Minerva—one of three Mirabal sisters known by the code name “Las Mariposas” (The Butterflies)—was assassinated with her sisters in 1960; Manolo was killed in 1963. This translation and critical edition of their correspondence brings their stories to the English-language readers of the world.Paired with commentary from the couple’s daughter, political activist Minou Tavárez Mirabal, these 117 letters and telegrams span from the first notes Minerva and Manolo exchanged while courting in law school to the last message Manolo sent to 7-year-old Minou before his murder. Translator Heather Hennes introduces the collection with a history of the Trujillo regime and its opposition, and the book includes a foreword by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Through this volume, readers will discover the human complexities of the iconic and much-mythologized “Butterfly,” Minerva, and will appreciate the importance of the couple’s legacy in the politics and democratic growth of the country today.Trade Review“Minerva Mirabal and Manolo Tavárez are martyrs of the Dominican struggle against tyranny and oppression, but they were also two human beings deeply in love with each other. Through this superb and careful translation of their letters and the powerful evocations of their daughter, Heather Hennes brings to the English-speaking public this very necessary book. A must read!”—Ramón Antonio Victoriano-Martínez, author of Rayanos y Dominicanyorks: La dominicanidad del siglo XXI“An original and significant addition to the history and literature of the Dominican Republic, as it translates a collection of historically significant letters exchanged between two major figures in the struggle to end the infamous, long-lasting, widely condemned Trujillo dictatorship.”—Elizabeth Horan, editor and translator of Gabriela Mistral’s Motivos: The Life of St. Francis“Beautiful, sad, revelatory, and inspiring, this book offers English-language readers the opportunity to glimpse into a revolutionary relationship, the beginnings of the radical movement that ended the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic, and leftist mobilization in Latin America. A timely and important contribution to Dominican historiography and the study of dictatorship, resistance, and revolution that also reminds us of the very real exigencies of memory and reconciliation.”—Elizabeth S. Manley, author of The Paradox of Paternalism: Women and the Politics of Authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic

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Book SynopsisIn this fascinating analysis of political discourse in Cuban culture, María de los Ángeles Torres focuses on how the concept of time has been employed by different political projects. While the past and future are often evoked in rhetoric associated with authoritarianism, Torres argues, an emphasis on human actions in the present is important for a more democratic political culture, and she searches over a century of Cuban thought for this perspective.Delving into political texts and essays, literature, and art, Torres puts theories of temporalities in conversation with the Cuban experience. Torres closely examines the use of time and its political implications in Fidel Castro’s “History Will Absolve Me” speech, the writings of Jose Martí and Che Guevara, the poetry of Eliseo Diego and the Orígenes group, and paintings by Cuban exiles Nereida García Ferraz and María Martínez-Cañas.Recent events in Cuba have placed the search for democracy and social justice center stage, and Torres also studies the temporalities underpinning these movements, asking whether these projects are providing alternatives to overused past and future tropes. She suggests ways of thinking for today’s activists, encouraging them to remember history and imagine new possibilities while cultivating space for human agency now.

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Book SynopsisForgotten Futures, Colonized Pasts traces the existence of a now largely forgotten history of inter-American alliance-making, transnational community formation, and intercultural collaboration between Mexican and Anglo American elites. This communion between elites was often based upon Mexican elites’ own acceptance and reestablishment of problematic socioeconomic, cultural, and ethno-racial hierarchies that placed them above other groups—the poor, working class, indigenous, or Afro-Mexicans, for example—within their own larger community of Greater Mexico. Using close readings of literary texts, such as novels, diaries, letters, newspapers, political essays, and travel narratives produced by nineteenth-century writers from Greater Mexico, Forgotten Futures, Colonized Pasts brings to light the forgotten imaginings of how elite Mexicans and Mexican Americans defined themselves and their relationship with Spain, Mexico, the United States, and Anglo America in the nineteenth century. These “lost” discourses—long ago written out of official national narratives and discarded as unrealized or impossible avenues for identity and nation formation—reveal the rifts, fractures, violence, and internal colonizations that are a foundational, but little recognized, part of the history and culture of Greater Mexico. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"Excavates shards of an alternative U.S.-Mexico relationship." * California History *"[An] intelligent reading...Kinnally does us a great service in dismantling a static Mexicano identity, inevitably rooted in antagonism and resistance. By further excavating the “forgotten futures” that she has brought to light, we will surely uncover some unexpected, stimulating pasts." * Hispanic American Historical Review *"Excavates shards of an alternative U.S.-Mexico relationship." * California History *"[An] intelligent reading...Kinnally does us a great service in dismantling a static Mexicano identity, inevitably rooted in antagonism and resistance. By further excavating the “forgotten futures” that she has brought to light, we will surely uncover some unexpected, stimulating pasts." * Hispanic American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAbbreviations ... vA Note on Translations and Terminology ... vi Introduction: A Novel and a History “yellowed and tattered with age”... 1 One - Imperial Republics: Lorenzo de Zavala’s Travels Between Civilization and Barbarism... 63 Two - A Proposed Intercultural and (Neo)Colonial Coalition: Justo Sierra O’Reilly’s Yucatecan Borderlands ... 132 Three - A Transnational Romance: María Amparo Ruiz de Burton’s Who Would Have Thought It? ... 192 Four - Between Two Empires: The Black Legend and Off-Whiteness in Eusebio Chacón’s New Mexican Literary Tradition ... 255 Conclusion: Remember(ing) the Alamo ... 313Acknowledgements ... 326Bibliography ... 329Index ... 360About the Author ... 361

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Book SynopsisMany people think they can do a better job running a country than politicians – but few actually give it a go. What happens when political disagreement pushes to the point of no return? When a person has a dream of what their ideal country would be, and then tries to create it? A place where there is no monarchy, or no taxes, or no government regulation …There are around 130 of these countries – better known as micronations –across the globe. One third of them are in Australia. Harry Hobbs and George Williams take us into some of the most prominent and fascinating micronations around the world, including the Principality of Hutt River, the Principality of Sealand, the Republic of Minerva, the Principality of New Utopia and more.How to Rule Your Own Country is a lively account of the people who decide that 'enough is enough' and create their own nation.

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Book SynopsisGeopolitics and climate change now have immediate consequences for national and international security interests across the Arctic and Antarctic. The world's polar regions are contested and strategically central to geopolitical rivalry. At the same time, rapid political, social, and environmental change presents unprecedented challenges for governance, environmental protection, and maritime operations in the regions.With chapters that raise awareness, address challenges, and inform policy options, Polar Cousins reviews the state of strategic thinking and options on Antarctica and the Southern Oceans in light of experience in the circumpolar North. Prioritizing strategic issues, it provides an essential discussion of geostrategic thinking, strategic policy, and strategy development.Featuring contributions from international defence experts, scientists, academics, policymakers, and decisionmakers, Polar Cousins offers key insights into the challenges unique to the polar regions.Trade Review"The geopolitics of the polar regions are rapidly evolving, and this book provides critical insights and a contextual foundation into the similarities and differences of the Northern and Southern Polar regions, as well as their connections to, and impacts on the rest of the world."—Mike Sfraga, chair, United States Arctic Research Commission, founding director, chair, and distinguished fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Centre"Polar regions are increasingly strategically important. Polar Cousins provides relevant, timely information and historical examples to contrast the geostrategic significance of the Arctic and Antarctic helping the reader understand the two poles, and how and why they matter."—Frances Ulmer, Former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska and Former Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage"Polar Cousins is an expansive, innovative, fascinating and multi-disciplinary comparative study, examining the state of the Arctic and Antarctic – all at a time of heightened environmental, great power and governance challenges. It introduces fresh scholarship, comparing the circumstances at the two poles, addressing strategic competition, contrasting history and geography, territorial issues, geo-politics, military threats, trade and economic challenges, environmental and ecological concerns and legal perspectives. This is a must read for environmental, security, economic and foreign policy makers, notably including claimant and resident states such as the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand."—Professor John Blaxland, Australian National University, former Head, Strategic and Defence Studies CentreTable of Contents Contents Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction Christian Leuprecht, Douglas Causey, Roger Bradbury, and Heather Nicol Part I Prologue: Arctic Polar Security Randy "Church" Kee Polar Environmental Security: Challenges, Threats, and Realities Douglas Causey, Randy "Church" Kee, and Brenda Dunkle The Evolving Geopolitics of Polar Regions Heather N. Nicol and Lassi K. Heininen Polar Disaster Diplomacy: Geostrategies for Norway Ilan Kelman The Case for a Five Eyes Critical Minerals Alliance Focusing on Greenland Dwayne Ryan Menezes Part II Prologue: A Southern Perspective A. J. (Tony) Press Challenges and Opportunities for Southern Ocean and Antarctic Governance Joanna Vince Australia's East Antarctic Geostrategic Futures: Nirvana or Doom Inbound? Peter Layton Antarctic Environmental Security: Status and Challenges Robin Warner New Zealand's Foreign and Security Policy in Antarctica: Small States, Shelter Seeking, and the Changing Polar Landscape Joe Burton Polar Coda Heather Nicol, Timo Koivurova, and Douglas Causey

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Book SynopsisThe information age has opened a new front of adversarial statecraft. The past decades have seen the rise and refinement of conflict enacted in the world of information, with tactics including seeding disinformation, the theft of sensitive data, confusing or obscuring public opinion to forward specific goals, and beyond. Deterrence in the 21st Century asks how, and if it is indeed possible, to deter an enemy in the realm of information warfare.Setting the stage with an overview of key concepts of deterrence in the information age, the book presents new conceptual approaches and their possible applications. Bringing together some of the most respected analysts working today, Deterrence in the 21st Century looks beyond the technical aspects of the use of information and disinformation as adversarial statecraft to seek new avenues to deter the undermining of institutions and societies.Treating deterrence as a concept, a policy, a social challenge, and a series of practical solutions, Deterrence in the 21st Century presents theoretical approaches, conceptual analysis, empirical research, and content analysis. This is a thorough, thoughtful, and expert analysis of one of the most difficult and essential security challenges of our time.With contributions by: Christopher Ankersen, Yair Ansbacher, Oshri Bar-Gill, Stephen J. Cimbala, Maddie D'Agata, Molly Ellenberg, Leandre R. Fabrigar, Rachel Lea Heide, Nicole J. Jackson, Pierre Jolicoeur, Christian Leuprecht, Adam Lowther, Sarah Jane Meharg, Eric Ouellet, Ronald D. Porter, Anthony Seaboyer, Ron Schleifer, Miniqian Shen, Anne Speckhard, Keith Stewart, Joseph Szeman, and Alex Wilner

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Book SynopsisBRICS is a grouping of the five major emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Volume five in the Democratic Marxism series, BRICS and the New American Imperialism challenges the mainstream understanding of BRICS and US dominance to situate the new global rivalries engulfing capitalism. It offers novel analyses of BRICS in the context of increasing US induced imperial chaos, deepening environmental crisis tendencies (such as climate change and water scarcity), contradictory dynamics inside BRICS countries and growing subaltern resistance. The authors revisit contemporary thinking on imperialism and anti-imperialism, drawing on the work of Rosa Luxemburg, one of the leading theorists after Marx, who attempted to understand the expansionary nature of capitalism from the heartlands to the peripheries. The richness of Luxemburg’s pioneering work inspires most of the volume’s contributors in their analyses of the dangerous contradictions of the contemporary world as well as forms of democratic agency advancing resistance.While various forms of resistance are highlighted, among them water protests, mass worker strikes, anti-corporate campaigning and forms of cultural critique, this volume grapples with the challenge of renewing anti-imperialism beyond the NGO-driven World Social Forum and considers the prospects of a new horizontal political vessel to build global convergence. It also explores the prospects of a Fifth International of Peoples and Workers.Trade ReviewOur barbaric present, marked by savage inequalities and ecological devastation, is rooted in the historical logic of imperialism. Building on Rosa Luxemburg’s brilliant theorising, this book shows why socialism is our only chance of survival. — Jacklyn Cock, professor emeritus, Department of Sociology and research associate, Society, Work and Politics Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg This important volume foregrounds the burning questions facing a crisis-ridden capitalist system. It is an essential read for all those wanting to understand changing global power dynamics, so as to pose a social transformation agenda that transcends capitalism. — Gunnett Kaaf, Marxist activist, South Africa This book brings together scholars from across the North-South axis to map the shifting fault lines of the world-system in a perilous conjuncture. What emerges is a rich cartography of rivalry and resistance that will speak to the knowledge interests of both scholars and activists – essential reading. — Alf Gunvald Nilsen, professor, Department of Sociology, University of PretoriaTable of Contents Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Chapter 1 Old and New Imperialism: The End of US Domination? – Vishwas Satgar Part I: Global Crisis, BRICS and Rivalry Chapter 2 Fossil Capital, Imperialism and the Global Corporate Elite – William K. Carroll Chapter 3 Water Wars in the World and South Africa – Ferrial Adam Chapter 4 Subimperial BRICS Enter the Bolsonaro-Putin-Modi-Xi-Ramaphosa Era – Patrick Bond Chapter 5 A Road to Development? The Nacala Corridor at the Intersection between Brazilian and Global Investments – Ana Garcia and Karina Kato Part II: Global Resistance Chapter 6 The Vessel: An Alternative Strategy for the Global Left – Christopher Chase-Dunn Chapter 7 Towards the Fifth International? – Samir Amin Chapter 8 The Campaign to Dismantle Transnational Corporations – Keamogetswe Seipato Chapter 9 Mass Strikes in a Global Conjuncture of Crisis: A Luxemburgian Analysis – Alexander Gallas Chapter 10 The Novel in a Time of Neoliberalism – Nivedita Majumdar Conclusion – Vishwas Satgar Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAs a few alert mainstream and corporate economists rediscover the certain elements of Marx's analysis of capitalism, the essays in the first part of this volume demonstrate that they have far to go. To their discredit, mainstream understandings whether of capitalism's growth or of Western capitalism's interrelated long-term stagnation and financialization are derailed precisely by political aversion to, or ignorance of, Marxist categories and analyses. The chapters in the second part extend Marxist insights into assessing the value of the so-called information, or knowledge-based, commodities, and offer a Marxist critique of Lenin, the only world leader who earlier had deeply studied his own country's economy. The part also presents two important works in translation. The first, read in Russian by Marx himself, raises serious questions about the relevance of Hegel in the understanding of Capital and offers its own insightful analysis. The other, by a Marxist collective in the 1970s demonstrates the centrality of politics and the class struggle in the simplistically conceived economic devalorization of constant capital. The final part contains a debate on the merits of positivist Marxism sparked by an article in Volume 26 of this research series.Table of ContentsPART I: STAGNATION AND FINANCE IN TODAY'S CAPITALISM A Critique of Mainstream Growth Theory: Ways out of the Neoclassical Science(-Fiction) and Towards Marxism - Remy Herrera, Centre national de la Recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France From Growth Stagnation to Financial Crisis: Unproductive Labour as a Missing Link in Mainstream Theory - Robert Chernomas and Fletcher Baragar, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada Capitalist Crisis and the Great Recession: A Personal Journey from Marx to Minsky - Riccardo Bellofiore, Universita di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy 'Financial' vs. 'Real': An Overview of the Contradictory Role of Finance - Ozgur Orhangazi, Roosevelt University, Chicago, USA PART II: REVITALIZING MARXIST THEORY Nikolai Sieber: An Introduction to a Political Economist Approved by Marx - James D. White, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Marx's Economic Theory (1874, translated by James D. White) - Nikolai Sieber The Value and Price of Information Commodities: An Assessment of the South Korean Controversy - Heesang Jeon, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, UK Lenin's Economics: A Marxian Critique - Seongjin Jeong, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea Class Struggle in Production and Devalorization of Capital (1975, translated by Paul Zarembka) - A. D. Magaline (anonymous) PART III: COMMENTARY ON POSITIVIST MARXISM Marxism, Crisis and Economic Laws: A Comment -Gary Mongiovi, St John's University, New York, USA Marxism, Crisis and Economic Laws: A Response - Alan Freeman, London Metropolitan University, London, UK

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Book SynopsisThis ground breaking book discusses whether human rights can be forged into a common set of transcendent principles against which actions of every nation can be judged and whether such a common understanding, or civil religion, could one day become a vehicle for global peace. Eminent international scholars from political science, international relations, human rights and civil religion argue both sides of this debate. In the first section the theoretical issues relating to why human rights have come about and whether they should be fought for are discussed. Part two focuses on the reality of actions brought about by human rights ideas with illuminating case studies showing that human rights ideas and practice are generated from both the bottom up and top down by individual actors and institutions. The unique book will be of great interest to scholars in the field of history, human rights, international relations and political science in general.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Helle Porsdam PART I: THE THEORETICAL ISSUES 2. Human Rights: A Possible Civil Religion? Helle Porsdam 3. A Civil Religion of Human Rights? Paul W. Kahn 4. Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism Joel H. Rosenthal 5. Rights, Religion, Security: A Christian Realist Perspective Vibeke Schou Tjalve PART II: HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRACTICE 6. Faith and Empire: American Missionaries, Humanitarianism, and the Spread of Human Rights Andrew Preston 7. The United States and Global Human Rights Imagination of the 1940s Mark Philip Bradley 8. Human Rights and Dag Hammarskjöld Bruce Kuklick 9. Human Rights as Lived Experience: Kinship, Fictive Kinship, and Human Rights Among Trans-national Migrants Jay M. Winter 10. Hard Secularism as Intolerant Civil Religion: Denmark and the Cartoon Case Tøger Seidenfaden Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis'This superb analysis of water governance in the Rhine and Mekong river basins should be read by everyone interested in the challenges of international water management.'- Thomas Bernauer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland 'This is a must read for scholars and water governance practitioners as it addresses the underexploited role of non-state actors and local citizens in the field of international water governance. The book fills in this knowledge gap by offering an inspiring refinement of the theory of polycentricity. Evidence is found by well-written and attractive in-depth case studies dealing with the international clean up of the Rhine and the construction of the Pak Mun Dam in the Mekong basin.' - Carel Dieperink, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 'Employing a sophisticated understanding of the interplay between states and nonstate actors, Tun Myint develops a convincing account of the evolution of governance systems for the Rhine and Mekong river basins. In the process, he not only adds to our knowledge of water management at the international level but also deepens our appreciation of the various roles that nonstate actors play in international environmental governance.' - Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara, US 'Comparative studies of great river systems and the politics of their regulation are rare. Far rarer still, are comparisons of this historical depth, analytical sophistication, attention to local detail and to the contingencies that make breakthroughs possible. Tun Myint's study of the Rhine and Mekong will inspire and inform future studies of both river and environmental politics.' - James C. Scott, Yale University, US This important book employs the theory of polycentricity, a system with several centers as an analytical concept to explain the multilayered international environmental governance of river basins. It introduces a new methodological framework to deconstruct and investigate the dynamics of citizens, states and non-state actors in world politics via the context of river basin governance. The methodology is tested through in-depth field-based case studies, illustrating how local citizens and industries in the Mekong and Rhine river basins participate in transnational environmental governance at both local and international levels. Tun Myint expertly presents both a methodology and theory to conceive polycentricity of world politics as a major intellectual milestone in theorizing world politics. Providing nuanced details of cases showing the challenges and feasibilities of incorporating multiple actors into a governance framework, the book provides careful analysis into the power of non-state actors.Contents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References IndexTrade ReviewIn this engaging book, Myint seeks to answer the question of how and why non-state actors and local communities are shaping transnational environmental regimes. . . Governing International Rivers is a book of value to both practitioners and scholars interested in the politics of water management. Myint's focus on the Rhine and Mekong makes the book especially relevant, since there are few basins in the world that have been more contentious for longer periods of time that these. For those who study these two basins in particular, Myint's book will continue to a better understanding of the effect that political disputes have on policy-making processes and thus will retain its scholarly value for years to come. --Ramiro Berardo, International RelationsThis most detailed and comprehensive study is most important. --Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat should businesses consider in preparing for terrorist attacks, natural disasters, pandemic illnesses and other emergencies? What steps can a business take to ensure continuity during and after a crisis? What can we learn from past success?This edited collection provides responses to these and other questions from prominent business executives and academics, drawn from their personal experiences with such crises as the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Asian tsunami. Their analyses prove a major step forward in the emerging academic and professional field of homeland security.In this first volume, The Challenge of the New Age, the contributors- noted authorities in security and risk management, technology, public health, political science and business - look at specific ways disasters can impact businesses, both in the short and long term. They recount their experiences with terrorist attacks and natural disasters, and explore the potential impact of other hazards, such as a biological event or pandemic.Intended for business practitioners, real world operators, students and faculty, government leaders, and their libraries, the book demonstrates with historical examples the connectivity between threats, hazards, policies, jurisdictions, information, technology, leadership, and considerations of profit and loss. Those who want to benefit from best practices while avoiding mistakes of the past will find this an excellent place to start.Contributors: D. Alexander, F. Burton, B. Eggers, E. Gursky, W.I. Hancock, J. Jackson, P.B. Kurtz, P. Leitner, K. Lindsey, D.H. McIntyre, G. McNeal, M. Minor, G. Pellegrino, N. Saiff, G. Selig, K. Senser, C. Shays, G. Williams, D. WyssTrade Review'[T]his volume provides valuable, expert perspective on a wide variety of topics relevant to homeland security research and practice. It will become a go-to reference for consultants working in this area and be of value to students of business administration, resource managers, and senior managers.' --K.J. Constas, Choice'As someone who has been teaching homeland security at the graduate and undergraduate levels since 1999, I find this book perfectly suited as a supplemental reader for homeland security courses, particularly those examining the role of the private sector. The authors of this edited volume are well-recognized in this field - most with decades of related experience. Well-written and concise. Perfect for the busy executive and for the classroom.' --Randall J. Larsen, author, Our Own Worst EnemyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: The Challenge of the New Age Christopher Shays Preface David H. McIntyre Introduction to Volume 1 PART I: BUSINESS IN DANGEROUS TIMES: THE NEW REALITY 1. Terror and the Economy David Wyss 2. Terrorism: A Short-term Phenomenon? Michael Minor 3. Business Continuity and Enterprise Value Peter Leitner 4. The Legal Impact of Homeland Security on Business Greg McNeal 5. Legal Liability when Businesses are Unprepared for Disasters Kevin Lindsey 6. The Impact of Threats and Catastrophes on Corporate Governance: How to Minimize Disruption, Mitigate the Risks and Manage Business Recovery and Continuity Proactively Gad Selig PART II: REAL DANGERS DEMAND REAL ANSWERS 7. The Threat of Terrorism Fred Burton 8. Transcending the Consequences of Terror on Business Dean Alexander 9. The Impact of Disease and Pandemics on Business Continuity Elin Gursky 10. Telework in the Face of a Pandemic Paul B. Kurtz 11. Immediate Effects of Terrorism on Business Dean Alexander 12. Prospering in the Secure Economy Greg Pellegrino and Bill Eggers PART III: DISASTER STORIES WE CAN LEARN FROM 13. Failure to Communicate: Lesson of 9/11 Geoff Williams 14. A Networked Model for Emergency Planning and Response: The Lessons of Katrina (I) Bill Eggers 15. Wal-Mart Case Study: The Lessons of Katrina (II) Ken Senser and Jason Jackson 16. Doing Business in No Man’s Land: The Lessons of Katrina (III) Geoff Williams Index

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Book SynopsisThe world economy is near a critical crossroads, as a rising China, the greatest-ever beneficiary of US-led capitalism, dreams to replace America's supremacy as a new hegemonic power with a non-liberal world order. This third volume of the trilogy on reformulating the 'flying-geese' theory explains how capitalism has changed industrial structures across the world. It asks whether the 'flying-geese' formation will survive the changes that have produced the East Asian miracle, and - as hoped - spread to Africa.Terutomo Ozawa's reformulated 'flying-geese' theory explains structural changes as an innovation-driven, ratcheting-up process of economic growth and shows that market-driven multinational corporations are key players for a successful 'flying-geese' formation and structural transformation. The book argues that the 'ladder' of economic development must be conceived as a double-helix with inter- and intra-industry rungs, the latter embedding cross-border supply chains and adaptive innovations. A thorough exploration of the structural changes under Pax Britannica and Pax Americana - moving from 'kicking away the ladder' from emerging economies to then providing it - demonstrates that this trend engenders multinational corporations that can facilitate structural transformation, particularly in catching-up economies. Ozawa shows that China is now in the critical transitional period that requires more sophisticated institutional, socio-political setups, as well as more advanced knowledge and ethics to move from the lower to the higher rungs.This enlightening, accessible and timely conclusion to Ozawa's trilogy will be of great interest to many, particularly those specialising in international business, economics, political science, and international relations. Academics and practitioners alike will find this an invaluable resource.Trade ReviewTerutomo Ozawa's by now established ''flying-geese'' framework connects the development objectives of home and host countries in international business relationships. This book shifts his analytical attention from the role of Japan to the role of China in international business and cross-border development linkages. In a masterly fashion, Ozawa derives some wonderfully perceptive insights from his cross-country framework that explains the system of relationships between international business growth, East Asian catch up, and the scope for wider global development. --John Cantwell, Rutgers University, US and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Business StudiesTable of ContentsContents: PART I REFORMULATION IN STRUCTURALIST PERSPECTIVE 1. Why Akamatsu's Original Theory needs Reformulation 2. The Classical Origins of Akamatsu's Ideas: A Missing Link to David Hume's 'Flying-manufacturers' Theory 3. The Ladder of Economic Development Revisited– and Elaborated 4. The Dynamics of MNC-impacted Comparative Advantage: Relevance to Ricardo's View on FDI and Samuelson's Scepticism about Globalization PART II HOME-GROWN MULTINATIONALS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF GROWTH 5. The Rise of Multinationals from Emerging Markets: East Asian Experiences 6. The Next Great Industrial Transmigration: Relocating China's Factories to Sub-Saharan Africa, Flying-geese Style? PART III FLYING-GEESE FORMATION AT A NEW CROSSROADS 7. Prospects for the Future of FG-style Growth Index

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Book Synopsis'While there is a wealth of writing on Sino-US relations and a growing body of work on interactions between Europe and China, it is much rarer to find studies that triangulate these different sets of relationships. Through a series of issue-based case studies, this volume unpacks the different layers of this triangular relationship, showing where interests coincide and diverge. The result is not a single relationship, but a patchwork of different sets of power configurations depending on the issue at hand.'- Shaun Breslin, University of Warwick, UK'This book presents a novel, remarkably informative analysis of the implications of the rise of China in world politics and Sino-US-EU relations in different contexts. Its triangular approach and focus on the emerging post-financial crisis period ensure that it will help to set the agenda for future research on the G2 or G3 in a world of 'messy multilateralism'. It is certain to be essential reading for anyone interested in China or EU-US-China relations.'- Francis Snyder, Peking University School of Transnational Law, China, LSE, UK and College of Europe, BelgiumThe interaction between the EU, the US and China is of particular importance to the formation of the international order in the 21st century. This book focuses on the latest developments and examines how critical the interactions between these three players are to future global governance.Jing Men, Wei Shen and their carefully selected contributors explore how China's ascending role is contrasted with the seemingly declining influence of the US and the EU, and challenges the existing power configuration in the global order. They examine how China's growth and future development trajectory will be a key factor, and why it is still hesitant to the responsibilities it should assume in global governance. The book argues that in order to fully construct a working and productive triangle relationship between the EU, the US and China, thus establishing an effective political and economic global leadership, both economic and trade cooperation, and more importantly, strategic thinking on global responsibilities should be developed among the three players.This book will appeal to researchers, professors and students of international and comparative politics, as well as international relations. It will also be of interest to officials working within international organizations or national ministries, in addition to anyone who has a general interest in international affairs.Contributors: S. Finamore, D.-Y. Kao, G. Marlier, J. Men, M. Otero-Iglesias, R. Pacheco Pardo, W. Shen, M. Smith, H. Zhang, X. Zhang, S. ZhaoTrade Review'The relationship between the EU, China and the US is crucially important in the modern world. But as this wide-ranging study by an international collection of scholars shows, it is one that has been unfairly neglected. This book starts to put that right, showing how the three differ in their political commitment, identity and vision as they seek new roles in the midst of the changing economic and political dynamics of the 21st century. The value of this work is its assembly of diverse perspectives, showing the richness of EU-US-China relations and new frameworks that this can be conceptualised in.' --Kerry Brown, University of Sydney, Australia'The edited volume brings together a number of mainly younger scholars in Europe and China to assess the interactions of China, the European Union and United States. The strengths of the book lie in the analyses of China-EU relations and China's evolving roles in multilateral institutions, and it is refreshing to have the views of a younger generation of scholars on these and other topics.' --David Shambaugh, George Washington University and The Brookings Institution, US'This volume makes a substantial contribution to the literature, both by focusing specifically on the neglected issue of tripartite relations and by providing a range of useful and engaging analytical frameworks.' --Jonathan Benney, European Review of International StudiesTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Jing Men and Wei Shen 2. The EU, the US and China: Strategic Engagement, Political Commitment and Diplomatic Interaction in Multilateral Arenas Michael Smith 3. Sino-EU-US Relations: Where Are They Going? Jing Men 4. The Impact of European Debt Crisis on EU-US-China Relations Xiaotong Zhang 5. The EU and the G2: Is a G3 Possible? Ramon Pacheco Pardo 6. ‘Currency Wars’ between the US and China: Where Does the EU Stand? Miguel Otero-Iglesias 7. Norms, Instruments and Strategy: Comparing EU and US Engagements of China Salvatore Finamore 8. China’s Geo-strategy and Relations with the Major Powers During the Global Downturn in 2008–2010 Suisheng Zhao 9. The Evolution of China’s Normative Position on the Use of Force Grant Marlier and De-Yuan Kao 10. The Adjustment of Global Economic Governance and China’s Role Haibing Zhang 11. Conclusion Jing Men and Wei Shen

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Book SynopsisThis book takes account of the global financial crisis from Asian perspectives, considering Asian responses to the crisis via two key arenas - regionalism in Asia and the G20. The expert contributors - both Asian and Western - illustrate that as G20 members, many Asian countries are now able to showcase their increasing powers and influence on global issues. Within this context, and via multidisciplinary economic and political science perspectives, the book deals with various issues such as World System analysis, the debate between the Washington Consensus and the Beijing Consensus, roles within the G20, and the contribution of 'middle' powers such as Korea and Australia. The application of European experiences to Asia is also considered, as are perspectives from the US. The book concludes that the key to resolving the current global economic crisis lies in how quickly a new global governance and monitoring system can be constructed, and that there are multiple roles for Asian countries to play in its development. Written with a uniquely multidisciplinary approach, this book will prove a fascinating read for a wide-ranging audience encompassing academics, students, researchers and policymakers in a number of fields including Asian studies, economics, public policy and regional studies. Contributors: E.K.Y. Chen, R. Higgott, D. Hundt, G. Kim, P. Kim, T. Kim, Y. Kim, J. Ma, W. Moon, T. Nakajima, W. Pan, J. Park, T.J. Pempel, S. Quirk, L. Tian, I. Wallerstein, G. Xiao, J. Yang, L. Yongtao, D.R. YoonTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Northeast Asia in the Multipolar World-System Immanuel Wallerstein 2. The Other 80 Percent: Understanding Economic Drivers of Global Transformation Geng Xiao, Sean Quirk and Jing Yang 3. Asian Capitalism: Beijing Consensus as an Economic Development Model for the 21st Century Edward K.Y. Chen 4. The Renminbi Debate: A Review of Issues and Search for Resolution Yoonbai Kim and Gil Kim 5. Weathering the Financial Storms: The Government of China Jing Ma and Lihui Tian 6. The Global Financial Crisis and its Implications for East Asian Financial Integration Pilhyun Kim 7. The G20 and the Role of Asia in the Future Deok Ryong Yoon 8. The G20 and Asian Monetary Cooperation Woosik Moon 9. APEC: The Future Prospects for a Bridge Spanning the Pacific Tomoyoshi Nakajima 10. The ASEAN Economic Community and East Asian Economic Integration Taeyoon Kim 11. Global Financial Regulation: G2 or G20? T.J. Pempel 12. East Asian Community Building Wei Pan 13. Sino–US Relations: Possible Trends and Implications for the East Asia Community Liu Yongtao 14. Middle Powers and the Building of Regional Order: Australia and South Korea Compared David Hundt 15. The Utility and Limits of the ‘European Model’ for the Regional Institutionalization of East Asia Richard Higgott 16. Conclusion: From the Asian Community to the World Economy Government Jehoon Park Index

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Book Synopsis'This superb analysis of water governance in the Rhine and Mekong river basins should be read by everyone interested in the challenges of international water management.'- Thomas Bernauer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland 'This is a must read for scholars and water governance practitioners as it addresses the underexploited role of non-state actors and local citizens in the field of international water governance. The book fills in this knowledge gap by offering an inspiring refinement of the theory of polycentricity. Evidence is found by well-written and attractive in-depth case studies dealing with the international clean up of the Rhine and the construction of the Pak Mun Dam in the Mekong basin.' - Carel Dieperink, Utrecht University, The Netherlands 'Employing a sophisticated understanding of the interplay between states and nonstate actors, Tun Myint develops a convincing account of the evolution of governance systems for the Rhine and Mekong river basins. In the process, he not only adds to our knowledge of water management at the international level but also deepens our appreciation of the various roles that nonstate actors play in international environmental governance.' - Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara, US 'Comparative studies of great river systems and the politics of their regulation are rare. Far rarer still, are comparisons of this historical depth, analytical sophistication, attention to local detail and to the contingencies that make breakthroughs possible. Tun Myint's study of the Rhine and Mekong will inspire and inform future studies of both river and environmental politics.' - James C. Scott, Yale University, US This important book employs the theory of polycentricity, a system with several centers as an analytical concept to explain the multilayered international environmental governance of river basins. It introduces a new methodological framework to deconstruct and investigate the dynamics of citizens, states and non-state actors in world politics via the context of river basin governance. The methodology is tested through in-depth field-based case studies, illustrating how local citizens and industries in the Mekong and Rhine river basins participate in transnational environmental governance at both local and international levels. Tun Myint expertly presents both a methodology and theory to conceive polycentricity of world politics as a major intellectual milestone in theorizing world politics. Providing nuanced details of cases showing the challenges and feasibilities of incorporating multiple actors into a governance framework, the book provides careful analysis into the power of non-state actors.Contents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References IndexTrade ReviewIn this engaging book, Myint seeks to answer the question of how and why non-state actors and local communities are shaping transnational environmental regimes. . . Governing International Rivers is a book of value to both practitioners and scholars interested in the politics of water management. Myint's focus on the Rhine and Mekong makes the book especially relevant, since there are few basins in the world that have been more contentious for longer periods of time that these. For those who study these two basins in particular, Myint's book will continue to a better understanding of the effect that political disputes have on policy-making processes and thus will retain its scholarly value for years to come. --Ramiro Berardo, International RelationsThis most detailed and comprehensive study is most important. --Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: 1. Governance and International Rivers 2. Polycentricity of World Politics 3. Institutional Evolution in the Mekong and the Rhine 4. Multilayer Environmental Governance in the Rhine 5. Influence of Non-state Actors in Governance of the Rhine 6. Issues, Interests and Actors in the Pak Mun Dam Project 7. Influence of Non-state Actors on Pak Mun Dam 8. Polycentric Environmental Governance References Index

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Book SynopsisChina, the European Union and Global Governance examines the key determinants of European and Chinese approaches to the restructuring of global governance systems. Using a multidisciplinary method, this collection of chapters analyzes four distinct fields that are key for both China and the EU and in the development of their relations and future cooperation: the global trading system, the international monetary system, climate and energy policy and international security. In the context of China's growing role in global governance and of EU-China cooperation, these contributions emphasize strategies, prospects and objectives of both actors. They outline possible avenues for an enhanced partnership in light of the changing global order, which implies a rethinking of the existing multilateral structures. This interdisciplinary study will appeal to researchers and scholars interested in global governance, European foreign policy, Chinese foreign policy, EU China relations, as well as trade, the international economy and climate change policies. Postgraduate students in international relations, international political economy, European studies and Chinese studies, as well as policymakers in the areas of external relations and EU-China relations, will also find much to interest them in this book. Contributors: M. Aglietta, E. Atanassova-Cornelis, D. Belis, Q. Bo, H. Bruyninckx, B. Buijs, M. Burnay, P.-f. Chang, J. Chen, R.N. Cooper, H. Cuyckens, J.-C. Defraigne, P. Defraigne, T. de Wilde d'Estmael, J.P. Panda, S. Plasschaert, S. Schunz, B. Snoy, L. van Geuns, X. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Wouters, C.-H. WuTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: China’s Rise as a Global Actor, its Consequences for Global Governance and How Europe Copes with it Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Jan Wouters, Tanguy de Wilde and Pierre Defraigne PART I: SHIFTS IN THE GLOBAL ORDER 1. China Shakes the World: Challenges Arising from Shifts in the Global Balance of Power Jean-Christophe Defraigne 2. China and the EU in Global Governance: Seeking Harmony in Identities Yiwei Wang 3. Europe, China and the Group of Twenty Stewart Fleming PART II: THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM 4. China and the European Union in the World Trade Organization: Living Apart Together? Jan Wouters and Matthieu Burnay 5. What Lessons Can be Learned from the Doha Round? Xiaodong Wang 6. Beyond European Conditionality and Chinese Non-Interference: Articulating EU–China–Africa Trilateral Relations Chien-Huei Wu PART III: THE WORLD FINANCIAL AND MONETARY SYSTEM 7. A Monetary G3 with a Multilateral Perspective Pierre Defraigne 8. Prospects for the International Monetary System: Key Questions Michel Aglietta 9. Is the Renminbi Undervalued? Sylvain Plasschaert 10. Dynamic Engagement: China’s Participation in International Monetary Institutions Qu Bo PART IV: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY 11. Global Climate Governance and the Energy Challenge: European and Chinese Perspectives David Belis and Simon Schunz 12. China–EU and the Challenge of Global Climate Change and Energy Richard N. Cooper 13. Climate Change, Technology Transfer and Low-carbon Economy Development in China Jingquan Chen 14. EU–China Climate Relations: The Clean Development Mechanism and Renewable Energy in China Pei-fei Chang, David Belis and Hans Bruyninckx 15. The Energy Challenge: China, the EU and the Restructuring of Global Governance Bernard Snoy 16. China, the EU and Sustainable Energy: Cooperation, Competition or Conflict? Bram Buijs and Lucia van Geuns PART V: SECURITY AND POLITICS 17. The US–Japan Alliance and the Rise of China: Implications for the East Asian Security Order and the EU’s Regional Role Elena Atanassova-Cornelis 18. The EU vis-à-vis China: A Question of Power and Coercion? Tanguy de Wilde d’Estmael 19. The EU and China: Emerging Global Powers Capable of Balancing US Hegemony and Shaping a New World Order? Hanne Cuyckens 20. BRICs, China and the Emerging World Order: Is the PRC Writing a New Global Script? Jagannath P. Panda Concluding Remarks: China–EU Relations in Turbulent Times: Which Way Forward? Jan Wouters and Matthieu Burnay Index

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Book SynopsisEver since the Asia-Pacific transformed from an 'institutional desert' into one of the most networked areas in the world, questions of the region's future and the future of the global system have become closely intertwined. This volume explores the key issues of regional co-operation, economic and political integration, security relations and international affairs within and across the Asia-Pacific. The expert contributors shed critical light on how significant developments are impacting on the global system. In particular, they consider emerging forms of global governance, and how the Asia-Pacific as a region, individual countries such as China, Japan, South Korea and the US, and regional organizations and forums like APEC are shaping the world. Uniquely, the discussion is not limited to East Asia but also takes Latin America prominently into the equation. This timely book will prove to be a stimulating read for academics, students, researchers and policy makers with an interest in Asian studies, development and agriculture, economics, international studies. Contributors: R.P. Appelbaum, M. Chen, C.M. Dent, H. Dobson, J. Dosch, M. Falck Reyes, Q. Fang, D.S.G. Goodman, J. Henderson, Y. Hong, J.L. Leon-Manriquez, S.A. Oyen, C.H. Park, R. Parker, J. Ravenhill, J. Reilly, A. Santa-Cruz, C. YaoTrade ReviewDent and Dosch have put together a superb volume that explores new dimensions of the world events for the past five decades and take decrypting the processes of regionalism, global system, and world society to a new height. The contributors have enhanced our understanding of how regionalism has been changing, when a world society will be created, and why East Asia's centrality matters in this unfolding drama. Policymakers, academics, and mass media opinion makers will find the book useful, provocative, and refreshing. --Eul-Soo Pang, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Asia-Pacific, Regionalism and the Global System: An Introduction Jörn Dosch and Christopher M. Dent PART II: ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: ASIA-PACIFIC AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 2. Is Japanese Foreign Direct Investment Fostering Production Networks in Mexico? Melba Falck Reyes 3. Managing the Great Recession in South Korea and Mexico: Economic Institutions, Domestic Market and Regional Trade José Luis León-Manríquez 4. On Globalisation and Region-building: The Case of North America Arturo Santa-Cruz PART III: REGIONAL AND GLOBAL MULTILATERALISM 5. The Numbers Game in Asia-Pacific Cooperation John Ravenhill 6. The Principle of ‘Subsidiarity’ and Asian Unification Yao Chaocheng 7. Asia Shaping the Group of 20 or the Group of 20 Shaping Asia? Hugo Dobson 8. From G8 to G20: A Shift of the Dynamics of Global Economic Governance? Hong Yousheng and Fang Qing 9. Regional Answers to the Global Crisis? Asia-Pacific Multilateral Organisations and the Economic Downturn Jörn Dosch 10. Intra-regional Geopolitical Dynamics in Northeast Asia Cheol Hee Park PART IV: EAST ASIA AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT 11. China and the Changing Nature of Globalisation Jeffrey Henderson 12. China’s Developmental Experience: Lessons for the Asia-Pacific Minglu Chen and David S.G. Goodman 13. China’s Move to High-tech Innovation: Some Regional Policy Implications Richard P. Appelbaum and Rachel Parker 14. A Northeast Asian Model of ODA? Comparing Chinese, Japanese and Korean Official Development Assistance James Reilly PART V: SOCIETAL PERSPECTIVES 15. The Rise of an Empire: EXPO 2010 as a Symbol of the Ambiguity of Chinese Modernisation Simen Andersen Øyen 16. The Century Belongs to All of Us: East Asian Regionalism and World Society Christopher M. Dent Index

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Book SynopsisImpressive in coverage, comprehensive in scope, there are few texts that offer as compelling an introduction to the complex world of international organisation as this. Readers are treated to a rich, historically grounded, investigation of myriad international organisations, and invited to consider international organisation as a complete phenomenon rather than one that is subdivided into segments that, when explored in isolation, tell us little about the onward march of international institutionalisation. There is little doubt this book is a major contribution to the field and a must read for all interested in international organisation and global governance.'- Rorden Wilkinson, University of Manchester, UK'This is by far the most comprehensive one-volume compendium yet published on international organizations, far more useful and interesting than any simple directory. Clear overviews are provided of all the main organizations, including many less well-known and usually ignored, interspersed with boxes of key individual and milestone events. Professionals, international businessmen, even diplomats, will find this a mine of relevant information, endlessly useful, especially for the mature comments of well-informed insiders. Students wanting an introduction to the UN, the development banks or the Bretton Woods Institutions or writing theses on international organizations will find it a wonderful introduction to a complex and ever more important world.'- Sir Richard Jolly, Co-author of UN Ideas That Changed the WorldThis text provides a pioneering and comprehensive analysis of over one hundred international organizations. After introducing the broad historical and contextual settings, the book covers the full range of international organizations including those that are often overlooked or get minimal inclusion elsewhere. Each organization is analyzed in a stand-alone section that considers its origins, basic mandates and evolution, the governance structure and the associated key players, current activities and future challenges. The descriptions also reflect each organization s broader relationships with other international bodies.Some of the organizations covered include:- The United Nations plus its system of semi-autonomous and Specialized Agencies- The European Union and other regional organizations- The development banks, international financial institutions and other international economic organizations- The international scientific, transport, communications and agricultural organizations.This detailed textbook will serve as an essential companion volume supplementing core texts on undergraduate modules where international organizations have a prominent role.Contents: 1. An Introduction to International Organizations in Theory and Practice 2. International Organizations an Early History 3. The Modern Historical Context 4. The Character and Environment of International Organizations 5. The United Nations 6. The United Nations Semi-autonomous Agencies 7. The United Nations Specialized Agencies 8. The Development Banks 9. The Money Managers 10. Economics, Trade and Commerce 11. The European Union 12. The European Union's Semi-autonomous Agencies 13. Political Alliances and Security 14. The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research 15. Intergovernmental Scientific Organizations 16. Transport and Communications 17. International Organizations: An Ever-expanding Universe? Bibliography IndexTrade Review‘This solid companion by Michael Davies and Richard Woodward discusses more international organizations than most reference books and introductory volumes. The reader will profit from its clear overview of subgroups and carefully chosen cases. The authors use a pleasant style of writing when presenting the insights gained from a wide range of basic and recent studies in international relations and economics as well as from practical experience’ -- Bob Reinalda, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands‘Impressive in coverage, comprehensive in scope, there are few texts that offer as compelling an introduction to the complex world of international organisation as this. Readers are treated to a rich, historically grounded, investigation of myriad international organisations, and invited to consider international organisation as a complete phenomenon rather than one that is subdivided into segments that, when explored in isolation, tell us little about the onward march of international institutionalisation. There is little doubt this book is a major contribution to the field and a must read for all interested in international organisation and global governance.’ -- Rorden Wilkinson, University of Manchester, UK‘This is an amazingly comprehensive volume that really discusses the full universe of international organizations. It takes history seriously, and it has an exceptional discussion of why international organizations are created that helps students appreciate the role of private actors in global governance. It also takes IO design seriously in a way that links structure to outcomes. Having a common structure for all of the chapters helps students appreciate the challenges that IOs face as well as their vital importance.’ -- Martin S. Edwards, Seton Hall University, US‘This is by far the most comprehensive one-volume compendium yet published on international organizations, far more useful and interesting than any simple directory. Clear overviews are provided of all the main organizations, including many less well-known and usually ignored, interspersed with boxes of key individual and milestone events. Professionals, international businessmen, even diplomats, will find this a mine of relevant information, endlessly useful, especially for the mature comments of well-informed insiders. Students wanting an introduction to the UN, the development banks or the Bretton Woods Institutions or writing theses on international organizations will find it a wonderful introduction to a complex and ever more important world.’ -- Sir Richard Jolly, Co-author of UN Ideas That Changed the WorldTable of ContentsContents: 1. An Introduction to International Organizations in Theory and Practice 2. International Organizations an Early History 3. The Modern Historical Context 4. The Character and Environment of International Organizations 5. The United Nations 6. The United Nations Semi-autonomous Agencies 7. The United Nations Specialized Agencies 8. The Development Banks 9. The Money Managers 10. Economics, Trade and Commerce 11. The European Union 12. The European Union’s Semi-autonomous Agencies 13. Political Alliances and Security 14. The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research 15. Intergovernmental Scientific Organizations 16. Transport and Communications 17. International Organizations: An Ever-expanding Universe? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg is remembered mainly for the promotion of a novel form of global governance: the so-called 'partnerships for sustainable development'. This book provides a first authoritative assessment of partnerships for sustainable development, ten years after the Johannesburg Summit. The extensive research builds on an exclusive Global Sustainability Partnerships Database and a series of in-depth qualitative case studies. Key questions studied in this book include the overall effectiveness and influence of partnerships, their geographical, functional and organizational scope, and their legitimacy. This unique book systematically investigates the questions of emergence, influence and legitimacy, which will prove invaluable for scholars and students interested in global environmental governance and sustainability, public-private partnerships, sustainability at the UN level and environmental governance beyond international agreements and policies. Contributors: K. Backstrand, F. Biermann, S. Chan, D. Compagnon, E. Dellas, A. Mert, C. Muller, P. Pattberg, K. SzuleckiTrade ReviewThe authors advance our understanding of the role of non-state actors in global governance. Not only do they empirically investigate the role of public - private - type 2 - partnerships systematically, they also critically consider their role in mitigating global governance deficits and their accountability in global governance. --Peter M. Haas, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Partnerships for Sustainable Development Philipp Pattberg, Frank Biermann, Sander Chan and Ayşem Mert PART I: EMERGENCE OF PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2. The Politics of Partnerships for Sustainable Development Ayşem Mert and Sander Chan 3. Explaining the Geographic, Thematic and Organizational Differentiation of Partnerships for Sustainable Development Sander Chan and Christina Müller PART II: INFLUENCE OF PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 4. The Overall Effects of Partnerships for Sustainable Development: More Smoke than Fire? Frank Biermann, Sander Chan, Ayşem Mert and Philipp Pattberg 5. Partnerships for Sustainable Development in the Energy Sector: Explaining Variation in their Problem-Solving Effectiveness Kacper Szulecki, Philipp Pattberg and Frank Biermann PART III: PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BEYOND THE OECD WORLD 6. Partnerships for Sustainable Development beyond the OECD World: Comparing China and India Sander Chan 7. Africa’s Involvement in Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Holy Grail or Business as Usual? Daniel Compagnon PART IV: LEGITIMACY OF PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 8. Are Partnerships for Sustainable Development Democratic and Legitimate? Karin Bäckstrand 9. Partnerships for Sustainable Development in the Water Sector: Privatization, Participation and Legitimacy Eleni Dellas 10. Assessing the Legitimacy of Technology Transfer through Partnerships for Sustainable Development in the Water Sector Ayşem Mert and Eleni Dellas 11. Conclusions: Partnership for Sustainable Development Philipp Pattberg, Frank Biermann, Sander Chan and Ayşem Mert Index

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Book SynopsisThe Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States brings together contributions from a multidisciplinary group of internationally renowned scholars on such important issues as the causes of violent conflicts and state fragility, the challenges of conflict resolution and mediation, and the obstacles to post-conflict reconstruction and durable peace-building.While other companion volumes exist, this detailed and comprehensive book brings together an unrivalled range of disciplinary perspectives, including development economists, quantitative and qualitative political scientists, and sociologists. Topical chapters include: Post-Conflict and State Fragility, Ethnicity, Human Security, Poverty and Conflict, Economic Dimensions of Civil War, Climate Change and Armed Conflict, Rebel Recruitment, Education and Violent Conflict, Obstacles to Peace Settlements and many others.With detailed and comprehensive coverage, this Handbook will appeal to postgraduate and undergraduate students, policymakers, researchers and academics in conflict and peace studies, international relations, international politics and security studies.Contributors include: P. Aall, T. Addison, P.H. Baker, R.H. Bates, J. Bercovitch, G.K. Brown, H. Buhaug, P. Clark, C.A. Crocker, H. Dorussen, V.P. Fortna, S. Fukuda-Parr, K.S. Gleditsch, N.P. Gleditsch, Y. Guichaoua, F.O. Hampson, C.A. Hartzell, H. Hegre, H. Holtermann, L.M. Howard, P. Justino, A. Langer, R. Licklider, K. Long, C. Lutmar, D.M. Malone, J. McGarry, C. Messineo, N.W. Metternich, R. Muggah, S.M. Murshed, H. Nitzscke, B. O Leary, J. Ohiorhenuan, A. Ruggeri, B.R. Sørensen, F. Stewart, M.Z. Tadjoeddin, O.M. Theisen, H. Urdal, P. Vermeersch, S. WolffTrade Review'The Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States is an impressive volume. Its distinguished contributors offer a rich menu of courses, ranging from conflict and war to peacemaking, transitional justice, peacekeeping, and powersharing. Encyclopedic in its scope, the volume encompasses many different approaches to stimulate and provoke the careful reader. It serves up a feast for scholars and policymakers alike.' --Donald L. Horowitz, Duke University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Conflict, Post-Conflict, and State Fragility: Conceptual and Methodological Issues Arnim Langer and Graham K. Brown 2. Ethnicity Robert H. Bates 3. Human Security Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Carol Messineo 4. Poverty and Conflict Håvard Hegre and Helge Holtermann 5. Conflict and the Social Contract Syed Mansoob Murshed 6. Economic Dimensions of Civil War Heiko Nitzschke and David M. Malone 7. Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict Frances Stewart 8. Conflict, Natural Resources and Development Mohammad Zulfan Tadjoeddin 9. Climate Change and Armed Conflict Ole Magnus Theisen, Nils Petter Gleditsch and Halvard Buhaug 10. Demography and Armed Conflict Henrik Urdal 11. Rethinking Durable Solutions for Refugees Katy Long 12. Rebel Recruitment Yvan Guichaoua 13. Violent Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation Patricia Justino 14. Education and Violent Conflict Birgitte Refslund Sørensen 15. International Dimensions of Internal Conflict Nils W. Metternich, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Han Dorussen and Andrea Ruggeri 16. Theories of Ethnic Mobilization: Overview and Recent Trends Peter Vermeersch 17. Transitions from War to Peace Caroline A. Hartzell 18. Fragile States and Civil Wars: Is Mediation the Answer? Carmela Lutmar and Jacob Bercovitch 19. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Robert Muggah 20. Obstacles to Peace Settlements Roy Licklider 21. Pitfalls and Prospects in the Peacekeeping Literature Virginia Page Fortna and Lise Morjé Howard 22. Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies Phil Clark 23. Collective Conflict Management Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall 24. The Political Economy of Fragile States Tony Addison 25. Conflict Resolution versus Democratic Governance: Can Elections Bridge the Divide? Pauline H. Baker 26. Federations and Managing Nations John McGarry and Brendan O’Leary 27. Post-Conflict Recovery John Ohiorhenuan 28. Gendering Violent Conflicts Birgitte Refslund Sørensen 29. Complex Power Sharing Stefan Wolff References Index

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Book SynopsisThis enriching book explores a theoretical gap in international relations and the role of leader ambition. It presents the idea that some leaders transcend political constraints and as a result, they fundamentally reshape their domestic polity while introducing change to the international system.Mark Menaldo revisits what is a fundamental question in the study of international politics: the role of statesmanship in foreign affairs. He critiques prevailing realist, rational choice, and personality theories of international relations for conceiving of leadership too narrowly. This book introduces the novel theory of transformative ambition, the idea that some leaders transcend domestic and international political constraints and, as a result, fundamentally reshape their domestic polity while introducing change to the international system. Drawing on Aristotle's idea of magnanimity and Niccolò Machiavelli's lessons to princes through his examples of great founders, the author shows how leaders throughout time accomplish great goals through the force of their vision, character, and practice of statesmanship. Case studies include Otto Von Bismarck, Latin America's autocrats, Woodrow Wilson, Charles de Gaulle, and Pericles.Providing a critique of international relations theory and a critical examination of how leaders with transformative ambition change domestic and international politics, this book will appeal to leadership, politics and international relations academics and students.Contents: Introduction 1. Realism and Ambition: Otto von Bismarck Reconsidered 2. The Strategic Perspective of Leadership: Ambition as Political Survival 3. Personality and Political Ambition 4. Transformational Leadership: A Theoretical Critique 5. Aristotle's Idea of Magnanimity and Transformative Ambition 6. Pericles' Transformative Ambition (1): Regime Politics and Character 7. Pericles' Transformative Ambition (2): Democracy, Empire, and the Peloponnesian War Conclusion References IndexTrade Review Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Realism and Ambition: Otto von Bismarck Reconsidered 2. The Strategic Perspective of Leadership: Ambition as Political Survival 3. Personality and Political Ambition 4. Transformational Leadership: A Theoretical Critique 5. Aristotle’s Idea of Magnanimity and Transformative Ambition 6. Pericles’ Transformative Ambition (1): Regime Politics and Character 7. Pericles’ Transformative Ambition (2): Democracy, Empire, and the Peloponnesian War Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely literature review analyses the most influential legal scholarship on the enforcement of human rights at institutional level, both regional and international. It includes discussion of charter-based and reporting monitoring procedures as well as the role of high commissioners and treaty bodies. The review later focuses on the movement towards establishing quasi-judicial procedures, the judicial enforcement of human rights and interim measures, concluding with a thoughtful consideration of the potential for universal judicial enforcement - a world court of human rights. This insightful study will be an essential research resource for those studying, working or teaching in this important field.Trade Review‘This collection, curated by eminent jurist Fausto Pocar, is destined to become an indispensable resource for a broad audience. Those newly exposed to the subject of human rights will find an elegant and comprehensive account of core elements of enforcement, as well as stimulating critiques of evolving measures of enforcement and implementation. Scholars and practitioners already steeped in the subject will treasure the collection's sophisticated assessments, authored by leading experts across multiple regions.’Table of ContentsContent: Acknowledgements Introduction Fausto Pocar 1. Thomas Buergenthal (2006), ‘The Evolving International Human Rights System’, American Journal of International Law, 100 (4), October, 783–807 2. Harold Hongju Koh (1999), ’How is International Human Rights Law Enforced?’, Indiana Law Journal, 74 (4), Fall, 1397–417 3. Douglas Donoho (2006), ‘Human Rights Enforcement in the Twenty-First Century’, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 35 (1), 1–52 4. Pammela Quinn Saunders (2012), ‘The Integrated Enforcement of Human Rights’, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, 45 (1), Fall, 97–174 5. Andrew Drzemczewski (2001), ‘The Prevention of Human Rights Violations: Monitoring Mechanisms of the Council of Europe’, in Linos-Alexander Sicilianos and Christiane Bourloyannis-Vrailas (eds), The Prevention of Human Rights Violation: Contribution on the Occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR), Part II, Chapter 4, The Hague, the Netherlands: Kluwer Law International, 139–77 6. W. Michael Reisman (1995), ‘Practical Matters for Consideration in the Establishment of a Regional Human Rights Mechanism: Lessons from the Inter-American System’, Saint Louis-Warsaw Transatlantic Law Journal, 1995, 89–101 7. Andrea Durbach, Catherine Renshaw and Andrew Byrnes (2009), ‘A Tongue but No Teeth? The Emergence of a Regional Human Rights Mechanism in the Asia Pacific Region’, Sydney Law Review, 31 (2), June, 211–38 PART II THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER BASED MONITORING PROCEDURES: FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 8. Paul Gordon Lauren (2007), ‘”To Preserve and Build on its Achievements and to Redress its Shortcomings”: The Journey from the Commission on Human Rights to the Human Rights Council’, Human Rights Quarterly, 29 (2), May, 307–45 9. Françoise J. Hampson (2007), ‘An Overview of the Reform of the UN Human Rights Machinery’, Human Rights Law Review: Special Issue, 7 (1), 7–27 10. Gian Luca Burci (2005), ‘The United Nations Human Rights Council’, Italian Yearbook of International Law, 15 (1), 25–42 11. Gareth Sweeney and Yuri Saito (2009), ‘An NGO Assessment of the New Mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council’, Human Rights Law Review, 9 (2), 203–23 12. Rosa Freedman (2013), ‘The United Nations Human Rights Council: More of the Same?’, Wisconsin International Law Journal, 31 (2), 208–51 PART III THE ENFORCEMENT ROLE OF HIGH COMMISSIONERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 13. Harold Hongju Koh (2003–2004), ‘A Job Description for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights’, Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Symposium on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: The First Ten Years of the Office, and the Next, 35 (3), Summer, 493–503 14. Lauri Sivonen (2012), ‘The Commissioner for Human Rights’, in Gauthier de Beco (ed.), Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms of the Council of Europe, Chapter 1, Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 17–42 PART IV THE MONITORING ROLE OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES BODIES THROUGH REPORTING PROCEDURES [389 pp] 15. Eckart Klein (1998), ‘The Reporting System under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’, in The Monitoring System of Human Rights Treaty Obligations: Colloquium Potsdam 22./23. November 1996, Berlin, Germany: Berlin Verlag Arno Spitz GmbH, 17–29 16. Manfred Nowak (1980), ‘The Effectiveness of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’, Human Rights Law Journal, 1 (1), 136–70 17. Ineke Boerefijn (1995), ‘Towards a Strong System of Supervision: The Human Rights Committee’s Role in Reforming the Reporting Procedure under Article 40 of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’, Human Rights Quarterly, 17 (4), November, 766–93 18. Torkel Opsahl (1989), ‘The General Comments of the Human Rights Committee’, in Jürgen Jekewitz, Karl Heinz Kein, Jörg Detlef Kühne, Hans Petersmann and Rüdiger Wolfrum (eds), Des Menschen Recht zwischen Freiheit und Verantwortung: Festschrift für Karl Josef Partsch zum 75. Geburtstag, Berlin, Germany: Duncker and Humblot, 273–86 19. Philip Alston (1979), ‘The United Nations’ Specialized Agencies and Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 18 (1), 79–118 20. Christophe Golay, Claire Mahon and Ioana Cismas (2011), ‘The Impact of the UN Special Procedures on the Development and Implementation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights’, International Journal of Human Rights: Special Issue, 15 (2), 299–318 21. Peter Burns and Obiora Okafor (1998), ‘The United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment or How it is Still Better to Light a Candle than to Curse the Darkness’, Otago Law Review, 9 (2), 399–432 22. Elina Steinerte (2013), ‘The Changing Nature of the Relationship between the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and National Preventive Mechanisms: In Search for Equilibrium’, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 31 (2), 132–58 23. Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling (2007), ‘Treaty Body Reform: The Case of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women’, Human Rights Law Review: Special Issue, 7 (1), 201–24 24. William F. Felice (2002), ‘The UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: Race, and Economic and Social Human Rights’, Human Rights Quarterly, 24 (1), February, 205–36 25. Jaap E. Doek (2003), ‘The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Some Observations on the Monitoring and the Social Context of its Implementation’, University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy, 14 (2), Spring, 125–36 26. Carla Edelenbos (2009), ‘Committee on Migrant Workers and Implementation of the ICRMW’, in Ryszard Cholewinski, Paul de Guchteneire and Antoine Pécoud (eds), Migration and Human Rights: The United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers’ Rights, Chapter 4, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press and Paris, France: UNESCO, 100–21 27. Michael O’Flaherty and Claire O’Brien (2007), ‘Reform of the UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Bodies: A Critique of the Concept Paper on the High Commissioner’s Proposal for a Unified Standing Treaty Body’, Human Rights Law Review: Special Issue, 7 (1), 141–72 28. Joanne Pedone and Andrew R. Kloster (2012–2013), ‘New Proposals for Human Rights Treaty Body Reform’, Journal of Transnational Law and Policy, 22, 29–84 PART V THE MONITORING ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY BODIES WITHIN REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 29. Antonio Cassese (1989), ‘A New Approach to Human Rights: The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture’, American Journal of International Law, 83 (1), 128–53 30. Jim Murdoch (1994), ‘The Work of the Council of Europe’s Torture Committee’, European Journal of International Law, Symposium: The European Torture Committee after Five Years: An Assessment, 5 (2), 220–48 31. Yolanda Román González (2009), ‘The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture’, in Felipe Gómez Isa and Koen de Feyter (eds), International Human Rights Law in a Global Context, Part IV, Bilbao, Spain: University of Deusto, 745–73 32. Robert Dunbar (2012), ‘The Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (The CECL)’, in Gauthier de Beco (ed.), Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms of the Council of Europe, Chapter 6, Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 150–70 Index Volume II Contents Acknowledgements Introduction An introduction to both volumes by the editor appears in Volume I PART I THE INCREASING MOVEMENT TOWARDS ESTABLISHING TREATY BODIES’ QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEDURES 1. P.R. Ghandhi (1986), ‘The Human Rights Committee and the Right of Individual Communication’, British Year Book of International Law, 57 (1), 201–51 2. Markus G. Schmidt (1992), ‘Individual Human Rights Complaints Procedures Based on United Nations Treaties and the Need for Reform’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 41 (3), July, 645–59 3. Diane A. Desierto and Colin E. Gillespie (2013), ‘Evolutive Interpretation and Subsequent Practice: Interpretive Communities and Processes in the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR’, Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, 73, 549–89 4. Suzanne Egan (2014), ‘The New Complaints Mechanism for the Convention on the Rights of the Child: A Mini Step forward for Children?’, International Journal of Children’s Rights, 22 (1), 205–25 5. Alexandra R. Harrington (2012), ‘Don’t Mind the Gap: The Rise of Individual Complaint Mechanisms within International Human Rights Treaties’, Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, 22 (2), Winter, 153–82 6. Robin R. Churchill and Urfan Khaliq (2004), ‘The Collective Complaints System of the European Social Charter: An Effective Mechanism for Ensuring Compliance with Economic and Social Rights?’, European Journal of International Law, 15 (3), 417–56 7. Rachel Murray and Elizabeth Mottershaw (2014), ‘Mechanisms for the Implementation of Decisions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’, Human Rights Quarterly, 36 (2), May, 349–72 PART II THE JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL A. Europe 8. Paul Mahoney (2003), ‘Separation of Powers in the Council of Europe: The Status of the European Court of Human Rights vis-à-vis the Authorities of the Council of Europe’, Human Rights Law Journal, 24 (5–8), 152–61 9. Luzius Wildhaber (2006), ‘The European Court of Human Rights: The Past, The Present, The Future’, American University International Law Review, 22 (4), 521–38 10. Tilmann Laubner (2004), ‘Relieving the Court of its Success? Protocol No. 14 to the European Convention of Human Rights’, German Yearbook of International Law, 47, 691–721 11. Christian Tomuschat (2009), ‘The European Court of Human Rights Overwhelmed by Applications: Problems and Possible Solutions’, in Rüdiger Wolfrum and Ulrike Deutsch (eds), The European Court of Human Rights Overwhelmed by Applications: Problems and Possible Solutions, Chapter 1, Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 1–18 12. Markus Fyrnys (2011), ‘Expanding Competences by Judicial Lawmaking: The Pilot Judgment Procedure of the European Court of Human Rights’, German Law Journal, 12 (5), 1231–59 13. Michael O’Boyle (2011), ‘The Future of the European Court of Human Rights’, German Law Journal, 12 (10), 1862–77 14. Marjorie Beulay (2013), ‘The Action of Legal Persons in the European System of Human Rights Protection – Collective or Individual Interest?’, Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, 12 (3), January, 321–41 B. Americas 15. Cecilia Medina (1990), ‘The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Reflections on a Joint Venture’, Human Rights Quarterly, 12 (4), November, 439–64 16. Felipe González (2009), ‘The Experience of the Inter-American Human Rights System’, Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 40 (1), 103–25 17. Jan Schneider (2012), ‘Implementation of Judgments: Should Supervision Be Unlinked from the General Assembly of the Organization of American States?’, Inter-American and European Human Rights Journal, 5 (1–2), 197–215 [19] 18. Ariel Dulitzky (2011), ‘The Inter-American Human Rights System Fifty Years Later: Time for Changes’, Quebec Journal of International Law: Special Edition, September, 127–64 C. Africa 19. Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen (2012), ‘Interpreting the European Convention: What Can the African Human Rights System Learn from the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights on the Interpretation of the European Convention?’, Inter-American and European Human Rights Journal, 5 (1–2), 90–123 20. Makau Mutua (1999), ‘The African Human Rights Court: A Two-Legged Stool?’, Human Rights Quarterly, 21 (2), May, 342–63 21. Nsongurua J. Udombana (2003), ‘An African Human Rights Court and an African Union Court: A Needful Duality or a Needless Duplication?’, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 28 (3), 811–70 22. Carolyn Scanlon Martorana (2008), ‘The New African Union: Will it Promote Enforcement of the Decisions of the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights?’, George Washington International Law Review, 40 (2), 583–610 23. Lucyline Nkatha Murungi and Jacqui Gallinetti (2010), ‘The Role of Sub-Regional Courts in the African Human Rights System’, Sur – International Journal on Human Rights, 7 (13), December–January, 119–43 24. Karen J. Alter, Laurence R. Helfer and Jacqueline R. McAllister (2013), ‘A New International Human Rights Court for West Africa: The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice’, American Journal of International Law, 107 (4), October, 737–79 PART III INTERIM MEASURES AS A MEANS FOR ENFORCING HUMAN RIGHTS 25. Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen (2009), ‘Interim Measures in the European Convention System of Protection of Human Rights’, Inter-American and European Human Rights Journal, 2 (1), 99–118 26. Clara Burbano Herrera and Yves Haeck (2010), ‘Letting States off the Hook? The Paradox of the Legal Consequences Following State Non-Compliance with Provisional Measures in the Inter-American and European Human Rights Systems’, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 28 (3), September, 332–60 27. 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