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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this volume, Ivanov provides a new and valuable perspective on why NATO did not fade away at the end of the Cold War. Dr. Ivanov argues convincingly that understanding NATO's post Cold War evolution requires examining the dynamic intersections of three processes: membership expansion, mission enlargement and capabilities transformation. This analysis debunks arguments that NATO would become irrelevant in the absence of the Soviet threat as well as those warning that expanded NATO's membership would bring decision-making to its knees. This book makes a valuable contribution to the discussion of why NATO members continue to value the alliance, even with its shortcomings and fault lines. -- Stanley R. Sloan, visiting scholar at Middlebury College and author of Permanent Alliance? NATO and the Transatlantic Bargain from Truman to ObUsing new theoretical perspectives, Ivan Ivanov's Transforming the Club provides innovative and compelling explanations for NATO's ongoing transformation. The book is a welcome addition to the literature on NATO's new members, its array of new missions, and the alliance's evolving capabilities. -- Ryan C. Hendrickson, professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University and author of Diplomacy and War at NATO: The Secretary GeneralThis analysis of NATO's transformation over the past two decades is required reading for all scholars of the subject. It lucidly explains the relationship between NATO's gradual expansion, its changing mission, and its altered capabilities and resources. Here is a masterly study of the alliance's foreign and security policy and how it has evolved in a changing world. -- William Howard Taft IV, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1984–1989, and former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATOIvanov (Univ. of Cincinnati) provides a novel, interesting set of analytical approaches to examine NATO's post-Cold War missions, capabilities, and new members. The author advances the ideas of club goods theory as well as "complementarities" to help understand the widespread changes in NATO's evolution from a conservative Cold War military alliance to the current, ever-expanding role it plays in global security affairs. Ivanov views all of these changes in a rather holistic sense, noting how new missions impact new members, as well as result in an expansion of different capabilities. This book offers an excellent overview of the many changes witnessed in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse, including examinations of NATO's operations in the Balkans, as well as an excellent chapter on NATO's struggling mission in Afghanistan. Chapter 5, which focuses upon NATO's newest allies and various partners that work with the alliance, is another especially useful chapter. Ivanov draws from an extensive body of NATO scholarship as well as his own personal interviews to produce an impressive addition to the literature. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate readers and above. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Abbreviations Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Chapter 1. Management and Sustainability of Clubs: Conceptual Foundations of NATO Politics Chapter 5 Chapter 2. Explaining NATO's Transformation: the Concept of Complementarities Chapter 6 Chapter 3. Expanding the Mission: NATO's Out of the Area Involvement Chapter 7 Chapter 4. Advancing NATO's New Capabilities Chapter 8 Chapter 5. Adding New Allies: Three Rounds of Post-Cold War NATO Expansion Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Managing Twenty-First Century Operations: NATO's Involvement in Afghanistan Chapter 10 Conclusions Chapter 11 Appendix: Assessing the Effect of Complementarities Chapter 12 Bibliography Chapter 13 Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this volume, Ivanov provides a new and valuable perspective on why NATO did not fade away at the end of the Cold War. Dr. Ivanov argues convincingly that understanding NATO's post Cold War evolution requires examining the dynamic intersections of three processes: membership expansion, mission enlargement and capabilities transformation. This analysis debunks arguments that NATO would become irrelevant in the absence of the Soviet threat as well as those warning that expanded NATO's membership would bring decision-making to its knees. This book makes a valuable contribution to the discussion of why NATO members continue to value the alliance, even with its shortcomings and fault lines. -- Stanley R. Sloan, visiting scholar at Middlebury College and author of Permanent Alliance? NATO and the Transatlantic Bargain from Truman to ObUsing new theoretical perspectives, Ivan Ivanov's Transforming the Club provides innovative and compelling explanations for NATO's ongoing transformation. The book is a welcome addition to the literature on NATO's new members, its array of new missions, and the alliance's evolving capabilities. -- Ryan C. Hendrickson, professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University and author of Diplomacy and War at NATO: The Secretary GeneralThis analysis of NATO's transformation over the past two decades is required reading for all scholars of the subject. It lucidly explains the relationship between NATO's gradual expansion, its changing mission, and its altered capabilities and resources. Here is a masterly study of the alliance's foreign and security policy and how it has evolved in a changing world. -- William Howard Taft IV, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, 1984–1989, and former U.S. Permanent Representative to NATOIvanov (Univ. of Cincinnati) provides a novel, interesting set of analytical approaches to examine NATO's post-Cold War missions, capabilities, and new members. The author advances the ideas of club goods theory as well as "complementarities" to help understand the widespread changes in NATO's evolution from a conservative Cold War military alliance to the current, ever-expanding role it plays in global security affairs. Ivanov views all of these changes in a rather holistic sense, noting how new missions impact new members, as well as result in an expansion of different capabilities. This book offers an excellent overview of the many changes witnessed in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse, including examinations of NATO's operations in the Balkans, as well as an excellent chapter on NATO's struggling mission in Afghanistan. Chapter 5, which focuses upon NATO's newest allies and various partners that work with the alliance, is another especially useful chapter. Ivanov draws from an extensive body of NATO scholarship as well as his own personal interviews to produce an impressive addition to the literature. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduate readers and above. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Abbreviations Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Chapter 1. Management and Sustainability of Clubs: Conceptual Foundations of NATO Politics Chapter 5 Chapter 2. Explaining NATO's Transformation: the Concept of Complementarities Chapter 6 Chapter 3. Expanding the Mission: NATO's Out of the Area Involvement Chapter 7 Chapter 4. Advancing NATO's New Capabilities Chapter 8 Chapter 5. Adding New Allies: Three Rounds of Post-Cold War NATO Expansion Chapter 9 Chapter 6: Managing Twenty-First Century Operations: NATO's Involvement in Afghanistan Chapter 10 Conclusions Chapter 11 Appendix: Assessing the Effect of Complementarities Chapter 12 Bibliography Chapter 13 Index

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Book SynopsisRelations between Turkey and the European Union have a very long history. Officially, they began with the Ankara Agreement. Following the signature of this Agreement, the relationship has undergone many developments. Some authors compare this relation to a turbulent marriage; though it has its share of problems, it remains an ongoing one, and both parties have managed to stay together. The book is designed to include discussion of consumer protection law, competition law, the dispute settlement procedures, the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality with regard to Turkish workers in the European Union and Union workers in Turkey, as well as an overview of Turkey-EU relations that consists of legal, political and economic assessments on Turkish accession to the European Union. This book aims to draw a framework regarding the Turkish Law and enable the readers to learn about Turkish Law. Though it could easily be stated that though there are certain points to be completed, most aspects of Turkish Law are in harmony with EU Law. Turkey has taken many important steps in the past 50 year history with the EU, and especially from the legal perspective, has fulfilled most of the important goals. Thus, readers will also have a vision of this development, and of Turkish Law as a whole, after reading this book.Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Changing Patterns in Turkey-EU Relations: From Association to Full Membership By Belgin Akçay and Derya Büyüktanir Chapter 2: The Developments in Turkish Consumer Protection Law and the Effects of EU Law on These Developments By Sebnem Akipek Chapter 3: From Association: Turning into a Teenager with the same role model "18 year Turkish Competition Law” By Gamze Öz Chapter 4: The Dispute Settlement Procedures in Ankara Agreement-Decision No.1/95 and the Jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice By Asli Bilgin Chapter 5: The Principle of Non-Discrimination on Grounds of Nationality with regard to Turkish Workers in the European Union and Union Workers in Turkey By Ilke Göçmen and Orhan Ersun Civan Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book examines Russia's emergence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its creation of a security architecture in the post-Soviet space. Many scholars argue that Russia is a coercive power in the region that forces states to act in only its own interests. While acknowledging Russia's power this author argues that it is not able to merely force states to behave as it wants them to. Instead, Russia must use bilateral and multilateral cooperation to develop a security architecture that provides order, stability and predictable behavior for both Russia as the hegemon and the weaker powers in the region. By building this security architecture, Russia and the other states in the post-Soviet space are better able to achieve their strategic goals and provide for their own security. To achieve this, weaker states are able to press for certain concessions from Russia regarding how to structure bilateral relations as well as multilateral organizations. While Western politicians have argTrade ReviewSlobodchikoff seeks to analyze the role of Russia as a regional power in the former Soviet Union through a network analysis of the treaties signed between Russia and its neighbors. There are several dozen diagrams showing thematic clusters of treaties, 'nesting' within each other. . . .The author comes up with various indexes through which he processes the bilateral and multilateral treaties. . . .The data is intriguing. Summing Up: . . . . [For] researchers. * CHOICE *[T]his book raises some important issues and provides analysis of subjects of great concern to observers of Russian foreign policy and students of international relations theory. * Slavic Review *This work offers a depiction of Russia’s evolving role in the post-Soviet space grounded in Russian and Soviet history, as well as domestic Russian, regional, and geopolitical realities. Prof. Slobodchikoff wisely eschews the hyperbole that often surrounds treatments of Russian foreign policy under Vladimir Putin in favor of a more comprehensive look at the incentives and instruments of leverage on which Russia has depended to pursue hegemonic influence in its neighborhood. Overall, the author's careful examination of Soviet and post-Soviet bilateral treaty agreements, as well as multilateral treaty-based institutions, is a welcome addition to the literature on security in the post-Soviet space. -- Matthew Rojanski, Director Kennan Institute, Wilson CenterIn his prescient analysis of foreign policy in the post-Soviet space, Michael Slobodchikoff examines how Russia reemerged as a regional hegemon after the collapse of the Soviet Union. This book carefully lays out how Russia employed a variety of bilateral and multilateral treaty mechanisms that enabled it to slowly reestablish its regional preeminence, when it could no longer rely on force alone. Building Hegemonic Order Russia’s Way pulls off a unique feat in that it employs sophisticated research methods but is yet easily accessible to a wide audience. Using tools of network analysis embedded in deep contextual knowledge, Slobodchikoff speaks to scholars of international organization and security studies as well as to policymakers seeking to untangle the puzzle of how Russia has reemerged as an important international player. -- Jennifer Murtazashvili, University of PittsburghThis study offers a welcome antidote to numerous simple geopolitical studies of Russian international relations. Slobodchikoff argues that bilateral and multilateral treaties matter and can provide the basis for developing rules and networks in the post-Soviet regional order, even if Russia is still capable of exerting hegemonic power. This kind of systematic analysis provides a solid foundation for advanced students and researchers of this increasingly contentious and volatile part of the world. -- Roy Allison, Univerisity of OxfordIn this meticulously researched and thoughtful work, which he fits within the context of theories of global and regional order, Michael Slobodchikoff not only highlights the dangers of underestimating and neglecting Russia, but provides an extensive and nuanced assessment of Moscow’s continuing attempts to create a viable security architecture in the post-Soviet space. Importantly, he points out that even though Russia is powerful within this space it cannot merely force states to behave as Moscow wishes them to but needs to use bilateral and multilateral cooperation to create a security architecture where all states, including the weaker powers, gain necessary benefits, including stability and order. This most helpful analysis, that explains Russia’s needs and the rationale for certain policies, still leaves open the question though of what will happen following Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the Kremlin’s continued pressure on the rest of Ukraine. Will Russia overreach and fall victim to dangerous imperial delusions, or perhaps put more colloquially will it be a case where 'the appetite grows with eating'? -- Aurel Braun, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsChapter One: Establishing Regional Order Chapter Two: Bilateral Relations in the Post-Soviet Space Chapter Three: Multilateral Relations in the Post-Soviet Space Chapter Four: Troika Option Chapter Five: Building a Regional IGO Network Chapter Six: Building a Regional Order

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth survey of Britain's Mandate in Palestine, an issue crucial to understanding the continuing atmosphere of mistrust and violence in the region that continues to the present. At the conclusion of the First World War (191418), the League of Nations awarded a Mandate to Great Britain, which entailed governing a part of the defunct Ottoman Empire, a part which became known as Palestine. The Mandate, empowering Britain to govern this area for an unspecified period, had as one of its main objectives the understanding that Britain would assist the Zionist Movement in the creation of a Homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine. During the thirty years that Britain ruled Palestine, it made no serious effort to carry out this commitment. The author discusses a variety of reasons for this failure, but the greatest obstacle preventing it from fulfilling its Mandate was that Britain completely miscalculated the reaction of the large Arab majority in the country. ITrade ReviewThe arguments presented in Britain's Unfulfilled Mandate for Palestine are new—in some cases, renewed—and important. For many years, the classical Zionist narrative posited a struggle between those striving for a Jewish State and the British administration of Palestine. At the same time, in the Palestinian and other Arab versions, the British were the villains and the Mandate the tool for the creation of Israel. Nick Reynold returns to a more balanced and nuanced account, whereby the British role was not manifestly pro-Zionist, but alternated between pro-Jewish and pro-Arab policies. Reynold has researched the subject with admirable thoroughness, and his tone is balanced and fair. All in all, he gives the reader a detailed and accurate picture. -- Daniel Gavron, author of Holy Land Mosaic: Stories of Cooperation and Coexistence between Israelis and PalestiniansTable of ContentsCHAPTER ONE: From Whence the Mandate Came CHAPTER TWO: Getting Off to a Bad Start in Palestine CHAPTER THREE: The New Samuel Broom Sweeps Clean! CHAPTER FOUR: The Palestinian Arabs Set Out to Torpedo the Mandate CHAPTER FIVE: Herbert Samuel - Part Two CHAPTER SIX: Seeking a Jewish-Arab Entente 1924-1929 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Second and Third British High Commissioners for Palestine CHAPTER EIGHT: Whither Britain's Commitment to Zionism? CHAPTER NINE: The Battle between the Palestine Administration and the Jewish Agency (over Immigration, Land and Jobs) CHAPTER TEN: The Tables Begin to Turn CHAPTER ELEVEN: Appeasement Rules the Waves CHAPTER TWELVE: Would There Be Life after the 1939 White Paper?

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Book SynopsisJust peace has been much talked about in everyday life, but it is less well researched by academics. The rationale of this book is therefore to probe what constitutes a just peace, both conceptually within the field of peacebuilding and empirically in the context of the EU as a peacebuilder in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The EU has used the term just peace in many of its most important declarations on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict throughout the years. Defining a just peace is about these declaratory efforts by the EU to articulate a common formula of a just peace in the conflict. Securing and building a just peace are about the EU's role in implementing this formula for a just peace in the conflict through the creation of a Palestinian state. As the EU enters its fifth decade of involvement in the conflict, there can be little doubt that in common with the rest of the international community it has failed in its efforts to establish a just peace between Israelis and PalestiniTrade ReviewAnders Persson raises critical questions about the ‘notion of just peace’ in EU diplomacy. Though the notion ‘just peace’ has been used consistently in the EU’s declaratory diplomacy over decades, it received only sparse attention. Previous research predominantly focused on the cumbersome process of forging internal political compromise on the EU’s conflict resolution policy. This book shifts focus by elaborating on the intersubjective nature of just peace and the way the EU’s own notion of a just peace has evolved over time. While the book touches on several important issues and is empirically rich, it is its particular conceptual focus on the notion of ‘just peace’ that makes it unique and will stimulate the reader’s thinking. It almost seems paradoxical, but at a time when the feasibility of establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel is more and more questioned, the EU’s own view of a just solution to the longstanding conflict has crystalized into an increasingly elaborated vision of a two-state settlement. -- Patrick Müller, Vienna UniversityThis is an informed and informative work in which Anders Persson offers an original examination of Europe's frustrated and often frustrating attempt to turn her geographic proximity, historic links, and deep contemporary economic ties with the Middle East into a just and lasting peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Throughout it makes a valuable contribution to the literature on Europe and the Arab-Israeli conflict. -- Rory Miller, author, “Meditations on Violence”In The EU and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict 1971–2013: In Pursuit of a Just Peace, Anders Persson provides a highly analytical, multi-disciplinary, cutting-edge, theoretically informed, and insightful contribution to scholarship pertaining to the EU’s attempts to establish a just peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The thorough, comprehensive, and critical approach renders the book of great assistance to scholars dealing with conflict resolution, peace building, state building, and the dialectic relations between peace building and state building. As such it is highly recommended. -- Guy Harpaz, Hebrew University of JerusalemTable of ContentsChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Just Peace in the Context of Peacebuilding Chapter Three: The EU and Just Peace Chapter Four: Defining a Just Peace in the Conflict Chapter Five: Securing a Just Peace: the EU and Security Sector Reform in the Palestinian Territories Chapter Six: Building a Palestinian State Chapter Seven: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book uses a new theoretical framework to explain when civil wars become protracted. It focuses on how individuals evaluate their prospects under a peace settlement and shows how fears of future security can make war seem like the safest option, providing new insights on how intergroup interactions and reputation influence civil war processes.Trade ReviewKirschner’s theory has the potential of being more broadly applied, which makes the book a worthwhile read. . . .Current conflicts such as in the Middle East, northern Africa and Ukraine show the obvious relevance of the theory. The quantitative analysis forms an interesting foundation to build future case studies from. The chapters containing case studies offer insights into the conflicts studied with the focus on trust and fear. . . .The findings from these semi-structured interviews do invite other scholars to conduct comparative research using the same hypotheses. * Kurdish Studies *This engaging book seeks to explain why some civil wars last longer than others. Focusing on the feelings of insecurity experienced by groups and individuals in conflict settings, the author convincingly argues that adversaries who fear that a settlement has a high likelihood of collapsing and that its failure will be costly will be likely to engage in prolonged conflicts. Buttressing this argument is a novel theory of the role that particular kinds of information impart to combatants regarding their future security. Employing quantitative methods, well-developed case studies, and structured interviews with individuals in two of her civil war cases, the author finds that both state policy and adversaries’ behavior inform reputation in a manner that can make wars hard to end. Actors seeking to end civil wars will do well to keep in mind this analysis. -- Caroline Hartzell, Gettysburg CollegeShanna Kirschner's book, Trust and Fear in Civil Wars, is a valuable contribution to the literature on the duration of civil war. In a careful, mixed-methodology empirical analysis the author confirms the idea that civil wars are hard to resolve if the parties do not trust each other to stick to their agreements. In a compelling extension, she shows that widespread fear of deadly repercussions if the agreement breaks down greatly exacerbates commitment problems. The analysis casts new light not only on why some civil wars last so long, but also on the dynamics of ethnic conflicts. -- Håvard Hegre, Uppsala UniversityIn Trust and Fear in Civil War, Shanna Kirschner has made a valuable contribution to our understanding of the conditions under which lack of trust and fear among combatants prevents the termination of civil wars. Combining careful theorizing with quantitative tests and case studies, this book provides new insights into commitment problems as a key obstacle to ending wars through negotiated agreements. I highly recommend Trust and Fear in Civil Wars to students, scholars, and policymakers. -- Paul Huth, University of Maryland, and editor, Journal of Conflict ResolutionTable of ContentsChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Trust and Fears for the Future Chapter Three: Trust and Fear across Civil Wars Chapter Four: Sri Lanka: Both Short And Long Civil Wars Chapter Five: Turkey: Ongoing Conflict With No Settlement Chapter Six: Cyprus: Frozen Conflict with No Settlement Chapter Seven: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book uses a new theoretical framework to explain when civil wars become protracted. It focuses on how individuals evaluate their prospects under a peace settlement and shows how fears of future security can make war seem like the safest option, providing new insights on how intergroup interactions and reputation influence civil war processes.Table of ContentsChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Trust and Fears for the Future Chapter Three: Trust and Fear across Civil Wars Chapter Four: Sri Lanka: Both Short And Long Civil Wars Chapter Five: Turkey: Ongoing Conflict With No Settlement Chapter Six: Cyprus: Frozen Conflict with No Settlement Chapter Seven: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisCrusading Realism discusses the presidential dominance of American foreign policy and the religiosity and leadership style of President George W. Bush. Contrasting the post-9/11 Bush administration with its earlier incarnation and with that of its immediate predecessor, the development of a distinctive policy position founded on pre-emption, prevention, primacy, and the promotion of democracy is examined. The emergence of the Bush Doctrine from 2001-2003 is analyzed in relation to four distinct phases: its genesis, initial development, further evolution, and maturation. The Bush Doctrine in this period culminates in the decision to invade Iraq in the light of the heightened sense of threat occasioned by a ''toxic nexus'' of trans-national terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and rogue states. The standard accounts of neo-conservative coup are re-assessed and dismissed. Attempts to characterize the Bush Doctrine in terms of Realism, Idealism or other theories of international relatioTrade ReviewThis is a well-written and thoroughly researched book....Those who really want to study the roots of American foreign policy and learn about the dynamic tensions between the realists and idealists who formed it, will find it a worthy investment of their time. * The Washington Times, November 2008 *A deft and scholarly explanation of international affairs in a post 9/11 world. * Midwest Book Review, October 2008 *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 1: Introduction Chapter 3 2: Continuity and Change in Presidential Doctrine Chapter 4 3: National Security and Terrorism Before Bush: The Clinton Years Chapter 5 4: A Crisis Foreshadowed Chapter 6 5: The Genesis and Rise of 'Crusading Realism' Chapter 7 6: After 9/11: Initial Development of the Bush Doctrine Chapter 8 7: The Bush Doctrine Evolves: the Second Phase Chapter 9 8: The Road to Baghdad Chapter 10 9: Understanding 'Crusading Realism'

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Book SynopsisIn the 1980s and 1990s, Nicolas Jabko suggests, the character of European integration altered radically, from slow growth to what he terms a quiet revolution. In this book he traces the political strategy that underlay the move from the Single Market of 1986 through the official creation of the European Union in 1992 to the coming of the euro in 1999. The official, shared language of the political forces behind this revolution was that of market reformsyet, as Jabko notes, this was a very strange market revolution, one that saw the building of massive new public institutions designed to regulate economic activity, such as the Economic and Monetary Union, and deeper liberalization in economic areas unaffected by external pressure than in truly internationalized sectors of the European economy.What held together this remarkably diverse reform movement? Precisely because the market wasn''t a single standard, the agenda of market reforms gained the support of a vast and heterogenTrade ReviewPlaying the Market is an excellent book that deserves a wide audience of political scientists, economists, and policymakers. It is ambitious, insightful, novel, and persuasive and should stand the test of time. * Perspectives in Politics *For those bent on solving the last remaining mysteries of European integration, Playing the Market is a must. * Journal of Common Market Studies *Why did the European Union (EU) rapidly embark on the path to a single market with a common currency during the 1980s and 1990s? Playing the Market addresses this important and popular question in an exceptional way. It is an engaging book with a new approach that can be effectively applied to other areas of European integration such as political or security integration. * Comparative Political Studies *

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Book Synopsis In this new Brookings Marshall Paper, Michael O''Hanlon argues that now is the time for Western nations to negotiate a new security architecture for neutral countries in eastern Europe to stabilize the region and reduce the risks of war with Russia. He believes NATO expansion has gone far enough. The core concept of this new security architecture would be one of permanent neutrality. The countries in question collectively make a broken-up arc, from Europe''s far north to its south: Finland and Sweden; Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus; Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan; and finally Cyprus plus Serbia, as well as possibly several other Balkan states. Discussion on the new framework should begin within NATO, followed by deliberation with the neutral countries themselves, and then formal negotiations with Russia. The new security architecture would require that Russia, like NATO, commit to help uphold the security of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and other states in the region. Russ

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Book SynopsisElected an unprecedented four times to the presidency, Franklin D. Roosevelt led the United States through some of the most dramatic and trying foreign and domestic episodes in its history. Coming to power in the throws of a crippling depression, Roosevelt quickly found himself having to juggle the need for tremendous domestic revitalization in a world menaced by burgeoning aggressor states. In Debating Franklin D. Roosevelt''s Foreign Policies, noted historians Justus D. Doenecke and Mark A. Stoler offer differing perspectives on the Roosevelt years, finding disparate meanings from common data. Finding Roosevelt astute at choosing the most effective option of those available, Stoler generally defends FDR''s policies against their traditional critics. Conversely, Doenecke emphasizes a dangerous shallowness and superficiality in FDR''s approach to foreign affairs, particularly in his first two terms. The contrary viewpoints of the authors, supplemented by carefully chosen documents, proTrade ReviewBoth scholars cover the whole of FDR's foreign policies in a concise yet nuanced fashion, they present intellectually consistent arguments that gibe with their own previous scholarship, and they bring authority to their different perspectives with objectivity and without any 'Cross-Fire' hype. -- Garry Clifford, University of ConnecticutAmong our best, and most provocative scholars who are writing on the FDR years, Justus Doenecke and Mark Stoler are also distinguished teachers. In this book their scholarship and teaching skills mesh to provide alternative overviews of Roosevelt—accompanied by well-chosen, revealing documents—that will trigger debates inside and outside of the classroom. -- Walter LaFeberOpens up the issues and sources for one of the critical periods of 20th-century history in a novel, interesting, and useful way. -- David Reynolds, Cambridge University, author of From Munich to Pearl HarborIn this provocative volume, two distinguished historians reappraise Franklin Roosevelt's highly controversial foreign policies from divergent perspectives. Roosevelt's record, they agree, was neither black nor white but mottled. But how mottled, and why, and compared to what alternatives? Roosevelt's defenders and detractors—and the still uncommitted—will profit from pondering the differing answers that Doenecke and Stoler offer. -- George H. Nash, author of The Life of Herbert HooverDebating Frankline D. Roosevelt's Foreign Policies illustrates how events and policies are open to differing interpretations. As a result, it is an outstanding book for those embarking on the study of history in general and U.S. diplomatic history in particular. -- Mary Glantz * The Journal Of Military History *There is no better way to become familiar with the fascinating journey made by FDR from inexperienced new president to an architect of victory and of the postwar world. Doenecke and Stoler neatly lay out the arguments over Roosevelt's policies, debates that are surprisingly relevant to the world of the early 21st century. -- Warren F. Kimball, Robert Treat Professor of History, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Roosevelt Foreign Policy: An Ambiguous Legacy, by Justus D. Doenecke 1: Roosevelt to William Phillips, Acting Secretary of State 2: Memorandum on Neutrality by R. Walton Moore, Assistant Secretary of State, August 27, 1935 3: President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Quarantine" Speech, October 5, 1937 4: The Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941 (White House News Release) 5: War on Submarines, Radio Address by President Roosevelt, September 11, 1941 6: Transcription of Press Conference at Casablanca, January 24, 1943 Part II: The Roosevelt Foreign Policy: Flawed, but Superior to the Competition, by Mark A. Stoler 1: The Neutrality Acts, 1935–1939 2: President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Proposal for Lend-Lease Aid to Great Britain, December 17 and 29, 1940 3: President Roosevelt's War Message, December 8, 1941 4: The Teheran Conference Minutes, November 29–30, 1943 5: The Churchill-Roosevelt Agreement on Atomic Energy, September 18, 1944 6: The Yalta Protocol of Proceedings 7: Roosevelt's Messages to Stalin and Churchill, 1945 Bibliography

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Book Synopsis“[Vladimir] Putin’s aggression makes the possibility of a war in Europe between nuclear-armed adversaries frighteningly real,” writes Kimberly Marten in a new Council Special Report on tensions between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). She outlines how U.S. policymakers can deter Russian aggression with robust support for NATO, while reassuring Russia of NATO’s defensive intentions through clear words and actions based in international law.Marten, a professor of political science at Barnard College, Columbia University, and director of the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at Columbia’s Harriman Institute, lays out several scenarios that could lead to a dangerous confrontation, ranging from an inadvertent encounter between NATO and Russian military aircraft or ships to an intentional Russian land grab in Europe. The report, produced by the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on F

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Book SynopsisBuilding on a careful analysis of Southeast Asia's recent history, politics, economics, and place within the Asia Pacific, this report looks forward two decades to anticipate the development of trends in the region and how they will impact the U.S.-Japan alliance. How will Southeast Asian states come to grips with the political and economic rise of China? How will they modernize their military forces and security relationships, and what role can the United States and Japan play? How will they manage their disputes in the South China Sea, and how will they pursue greater regional integration? These questions will prove critical in understanding Southeast Asia's role in the Asia Pacific, and in the U.S.-Japan alliance, in the decades ahead.

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Book SynopsisThis study examines three historical maritime disputes to draw lessons and insights for the future of maritime governance in a rapidly transforming Arctic.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores challenges to international conflict resolution efforts in the South Caucasus. It examines the efforts made by the UN, the OSCE, and the EU, and by the states of Russia, Turkey, and the United States. The conflict is analyzed through the theoretical frameworks of neorealism, constructivism, and neoclassical realism.Trade ReviewPlagued by long-standing ethnonational conflicts in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, South Caucasus has seen little security and stability since Armenia and Georgia declared their independence in the aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Jafarova focuses her research on this understudied region, and on the efforts of the international community to bring about a resolution to that conflict. The volume’s seven brief chapters provide a summary of the conflict; discuss the input of the UN, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and the EU, but also Russia, Turkey, and the US in conflict resolution; and highlight some of the misconceptions that have underpinned international engagement with the region. Jafarova’s understanding of the complex local dynamics and efforts to situate the South Caucasus conflicts within existing theoretical insights make this volume a welcome addition to the literature. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, research, and professional collections. * CHOICE *With an insider's understanding of complex local dynamics and an eye on shifting international political agendas, Esmira Jafarova skillfully analyzes the contributions and limitations of the international resolution mechanisms and outside powers that have operated in the conflicts of the South Caucasus. This book offers helpful guidance to both scholars and policymakers, exposing the flawed assumptions that often underpin the international community's engagement with the region. -- Alexander Cooley, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1. South Caucasus in a Perspective: Introduction, Context, and Theoretical Framework Chapter 2. Background to the Conflicts in South Caucasus Chapter 3. The United Nations and the OSCE in Action Chapter 4. Regional Players: Russia and Turkey Chapter 5. Euro-Atlantic Actors: The EU and the United States Chapter 6. Theoretical Analysis: Contradictory Narratives, Actors’ Interests Hypotheses, and the Role of Diaspora in Formation of Interests Chapter 7. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to highlight the efforts by the international community to facilitate solutions to the conflicts in the South Caucasus, and focuses particularly on the existing challenges to these efforts. The South Caucasus region has long been roiled by the lingering ethno-national conflictsNagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia conflicts within Georgiathat continue to disrupt security and stability in the entire region. Throughout different phases of the conflicts the international community has shown varying degrees of activism in conflict resolution. For clarity purposes, it should be emphasized that the notion of international community will be confined to the relevant organizations that have palpable share in the processthe UN, the OSCE, and the EUand the states that have the biggest impact on conflict resolution and the leverage on the conflicting partiesRussia, Turkey, and the United States.Trade ReviewPlagued by long-standing ethnonational conflicts in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, South Caucasus has seen little security and stability since Armenia and Georgia declared their independence in the aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Jafarova focuses her research on this understudied region, and on the efforts of the international community to bring about a resolution to that conflict. The volume’s seven brief chapters provide a summary of the conflict; discuss the input of the UN, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and the EU, but also Russia, Turkey, and the US in conflict resolution; and highlight some of the misconceptions that have underpinned international engagement with the region. Jafarova’s understanding of the complex local dynamics and efforts to situate the South Caucasus conflicts within existing theoretical insights make this volume a welcome addition to the literature. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, research, and professional collections. * CHOICE *With an insider's understanding of complex local dynamics and an eye on shifting international political agendas, Esmira Jafarova skillfully analyzes the contributions and limitations of the international resolution mechanisms and outside powers that have operated in the conflicts of the South Caucasus. This book offers helpful guidance to both scholars and policymakers, exposing the flawed assumptions that often underpin the international community's engagement with the region. -- Alexander Cooley, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1. South Caucasus in a Perspective: Introduction, Context, and Theoretical Framework Chapter 2. Background to the Conflicts in South Caucasus Chapter 3. The United Nations and the OSCE in Action Chapter 4. Regional Players: Russia and Turkey Chapter 5. Euro-Atlantic Actors: The EU and the United States Chapter 6. Theoretical Analysis: Contradictory Narratives, Actors’ Interests Hypotheses, and the Role of Diaspora in Formation of Interests Chapter 7. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book examines Russia's emergence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its creation of a security architecture in the post-Soviet space. Many scholars argue that Russia is a coercive power in the region that forces states to act in only its own interests. While acknowledging Russia's power this author argues that it is not able to merely force states to behave as it wants them to. Instead, Russia must use bilateral and multilateral cooperation to develop a security architecture that provides order, stability and predictable behavior for both Russia as the hegemon and the weaker powers in the region. By building this security architecture, Russia and the other states in the post-Soviet space are better able to achieve their strategic goals and provide for their own security. To achieve this, weaker states are able to press for certain concessions from Russia regarding how to structure bilateral relations as well as multilateral organizations. While Western politicians have argTrade Review[T]his book raises some important issues and provides analysis of subjects of great concern to observers of Russian foreign policy and students of international relations theory. * Slavic Review *Table of ContentsChapter One: Establishing Regional Order Chapter Two: Bilateral Relations in the Post-Soviet Space Chapter Three: Multilateral Relations in the Post-Soviet Space Chapter Four: Troika Option Chapter Five: Building a Regional IGO Network Chapter Six: Building a Regional Order

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Book SynopsisJust peace has been much talked about in everyday life, but it is less well researched by academics. The rationale of this book is therefore to probe what constitutes a just peace, both conceptually within the field of peacebuilding and empirically in the context of the EU as a peacebuilder in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The EU has used the term just peace in many of its most important declarations on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict throughout the years. Defining a just peace is about these declaratory efforts by the EU to articulate a common formula of a just peace in the conflict. Securing and building a just peace are about the EU's role in implementing this formula for a just peace in the conflict through the creation of a Palestinian state. As the EU enters its fifth decade of involvement in the conflict, there can be little doubt that in common with the rest of the international community it has failed in its efforts to establish a just peace between Israelis and PalestiniTrade ReviewAnders Persson raises critical questions about the ‘notion of just peace’ in EU diplomacy. Though the notion ‘just peace’ has been used consistently in the EU’s declaratory diplomacy over decades, it received only sparse attention. Previous research predominantly focused on the cumbersome process of forging internal political compromise on the EU’s conflict resolution policy. This book shifts focus by elaborating on the intersubjective nature of just peace and the way the EU’s own notion of a just peace has evolved over time. While the book touches on several important issues and is empirically rich, it is its particular conceptual focus on the notion of ‘just peace’ that makes it unique and will stimulate the reader’s thinking. It almost seems paradoxical, but at a time when the feasibility of establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel is more and more questioned, the EU’s own view of a just solution to the longstanding conflict has crystalized into an increasingly elaborated vision of a two-state settlement. -- Patrick Müller, Vienna UniversityThis is an informed and informative work in which Anders Persson offers an original examination of Europe's frustrated and often frustrating attempt to turn her geographic proximity, historic links, and deep contemporary economic ties with the Middle East into a just and lasting peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Throughout it makes a valuable contribution to the literature on Europe and the Arab-Israeli conflict. -- Rory Miller, author, “Meditations on Violence”In The EU and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict 1971–2013: In Pursuit of a Just Peace, Anders Persson provides a highly analytical, multi-disciplinary, cutting-edge, theoretically informed, and insightful contribution to scholarship pertaining to the EU’s attempts to establish a just peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The thorough, comprehensive, and critical approach renders the book of great assistance to scholars dealing with conflict resolution, peace building, state building, and the dialectic relations between peace building and state building. As such it is highly recommended. -- Guy Harpaz, Hebrew University of JerusalemTable of ContentsChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Just Peace in the Context of Peacebuilding Chapter Three: The EU and Just Peace Chapter Four: Defining a Just Peace in the Conflict Chapter Five: Securing a Just Peace: the EU and Security Sector Reform in the Palestinian Territories Chapter Six: Building a Palestinian State Chapter Seven: Conclusions

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book is a valuable study because Michael Slobodchikoff analyses the region from a particular perspective. . . .The structure of the book is clear and well organised. The author provides a convincing and original explanation for bilateral relations in the former Soviet space by putting treaties and treaty nesting at the centre of the analysis. * Europe-Asia Studies *[This] book offers a theoretically innovative approach to understanding international cooperation in the post-Soviet Eurasia. * International Studies Review *Michael Slobodchikoff’s innovative study illuminates important ways by which treaty construction and networks enable states to advance their foreign policy, economic, and security interests. With a focus on Russia’s relations with former Soviet Union states such as Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus, this volume offers careful and timely analyses relevant to Putin period Eurasian politics. Relying on a combination of systematic analyses and focused case studies of inter-state treaty construction, this book enables readers to assess the differing opportunities and constraints that influence both a great power and less powerful states as they engage one another. Strategic Cooperation challenges the assumption that Russia is merely a coercive regional power that can unilaterally realize its ends without constraint. In fact, smaller countries have means by which they can safeguard, and even advance, their agendas, and in fact they are often quite energetic in doing so. Treaty networks, constructed over time, have structured and channeled the intersecting interests of both Russia and its less powerful (but diplomatically active) neighbors. Slobodchikoff’s volume shows the utility for all states, powerful and not, to engage in strategic cooperation that is more long-term and nuanced in its approach, with the real possibility for all states in a region to achieve many of their interconnected strategic goals. -- John P. Willerton, Professor of Political Science, University of ArizonaAnyone interested in international cooperation and post-Soviet Eurasia should read this book. The nested treaties approach is both original and productive for explaining how states expand their relations even when the resource of trust is not in place. -- Andrei P. Tsygankov, San Francisco State UniversityTable of ContentsFigures and Tables Preface Chapter 1: Impediments to Cooperation Chapter 2: Theoretical Approaches to Cooperation Chapter 3: Soviet-Finnish Relations Chapter 4: State Motivations for Cooperation Chapter 5: Treaty Networks Chapter 6: The Necessity of Cooperation Chapter 7: Implications of Treaty Networks Bibliography

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Book SynopsisIn Lawmaking under Pressure, Giovanni Mantilla analyzes the origins and development of the international humanitarian treaty rules that now exist to regulate internal armed conflict. Until well into the twentieth century, states allowed atrocious violence as an acceptable product of internal conflict. Why have states created international laws to control internal armed conflict? Why did states compromise their national security by accepting these international humanitarian constraints? Why did they create these rules at improbable moments, as European empires cracked, freedom fighters emerged, and fears of communist rebellion spread? Mantilla explores the global politics and diplomatic dynamics that led to the creation of such laws in 1949 and in the 1970s.By the 1949 Diplomatic Conference that revised the Geneva Conventions, most countries supported legislation committing states and rebels to humane principles of wartime behavior and to the avoidance of Trade ReviewGiovanni Mantilla has written what will likely become a landmark history of the evolution of the Geneva Conventions. [L]ike all good works of political science, Lawmaking Under Pressure is as important for the gaps it leaves open as for the questions it resolves. * Opinion Juris *Lawmaking Under Pressure is an incredibly detailed and insightful account of the history of non-international armed conflict. Giovanni Mantilla has certainly produced a book that will be mandatory reading. * Armed Groups and International Law *Mantilla examines the process by which constraints on national sovereignty eventually came about in the context of the 'fascinating international politics of shame, status, and hypocrisy that helped to produce the humanitarian rules now governing internal conflict'. * Law & Society Review *Recommended. Graduate students and faculty. * Choice *Lawmaking Under Pressure is a stimulating and original contribution to the historical scholarship on IHL. With an ease of writing and robustness of insight it is sure to be of lasting interest to students of international law. * Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies *In Lawmaking under Pressure, Mantilla deftly combines international relations theory with legal and diplomatic history to explain the processes of social pressure through which a collection of states and nongovernmental organizations broadened IHL to internal conflicts, despite the opposition of major states. Mantilla raises numerous questions for future research [and in] a time when some worry that US influence is waning, such questions portend noteworthy, practical insights. * International Studies Review *The analysis is well researched and well written and accurate in its main points. * Human Rights Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Failure in Paris, Success in Geneva 1. Social Pressure in International Lawmaking 2. Normative Gatekeeping (1863–1921) 3. Squaring the Circle: Creating Common Article 3 (1921–1949) 4. A Winding Road to the Additional Protocols (1950–1968) 5. A Revolution in Lawmaking? (1968–1977) Conclusion: Custom and Socially-Pressured Codification

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on how public and private international law address civil liability for transboundary pollution. In public international law, civil liability treaties promote the implementation of minimum procedural standards in domestic tort law. This approach implicitly relies on private international law to facilitate civil litigation against transboundary polluters. Yet this connection remains poorly understood. Filling the gap, this book engages in a meaningful dialogue between the two areas and explores how domestic private international law can reflect the policies developed in international environmental law. It begins with an investigation of civil liability in international environmental law. It then identifies preferable rules of civil jurisdiction, foreign judgments and choice of law for environmental damage, using Canadian private international law as a case study and making extensive references to European law. Liability for transboundary pollution is a contentious issue of the law, both in scholarship and practice: international lawyers both private and public as well as environmental lawyers will welcome this important work.Trade ReviewLibrarians and lawyers, both novice and experienced, will appreciate this text. It can be considered a must-have for any practice dealing with environmental law and transboundary pollution issues. -- Laura Lemmens * Canadian Law Library Review *This book provides new research ideas and frameworks, manifests the complex and understated links between PrIL and international environmental law, and provides a sound conceptual basis for the dialogue between PubIL and PrIL in transboundary environmental pollution. Lawyers and academics who are exploring international environmental law and PrIL are sure to be interested in this book. -- Yu Chen * Social & Legal Studies *A very good overview, from a Canadian standpoint, of issues pertaining to transboundary pollution in private international law and constitutes a very useful array of comparative-law lessons for other jurisdictions. -- Eduardo Álvarez-Armas * Revue critique de droit international privé *Table of ContentsIntroduction I. Context II. A Study of Private International Law and Global Governance III. Scope of the Book IV. Objectives of the Book V. Structure of the Book PART 1 LIABILITY AND THE INTERSECTION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 1. Liability for Transboundary Pollution in International Environmental Law I. State Responsibility, State Liability and Civil Liability A. Introduction to the Distinction between Responsibility and Liability B. State Responsibility C. State Liability D. Civil Liability II. The Duty to Ensure Prompt and Adequate Compensation A. Prompt and Adequate Compensation in International Law B. Future Development of the Duty to Ensure Prompt and Adequate Compensation III. Conclusion 2. Private International Law as Environmental Regulation I. Previous Work on Private International Law in Environmental Matters II. The Regulatory Function of Private International Law A. Private International Law as Obstacle? B. Private International Law as Regulation? III. Conclusion PART 2 TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION IN CANADIAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 3. Jurisdiction Over Transboundary Pollution I. International Environmental Law and the Approach of the ILC A. Jurisdiction in the ILC Principles on the Allocation of Loss B. Non-Discrimination and Equal Access C. Implementation of Equal Access in Canada D. Going beyond the ILC Principles on the Allocation of Loss II. Jurisdiction Over Transboundary Pollution in Canadian Private International Law A. Asserting Jurisdiction Over Transboundary Pollution B. Declining Jurisdiction Over Transboundary Pollution C. Enforcing Foreign Judgments against Local Polluters III. Conclusion 4. The Law Applicable to Transboundary Pollution I. International Environmental Law and the Approach of the ILC A. Choice of Law in the ILC Principles on the Allocation of Loss B. Non-Discrimination and Equal Remedy C. Implementation of Equal Remedy in Canada D. Going beyond the ILC Principles on the Allocation of Loss II. The Law Applicable to Transboundary Pollution in Canadian Private International Law A. Designating the Law Applicable to Transboundary Pollution B. Displacing the Applicable Law C. Extraterritorial Application of Statutory Causes of Action III. Conclusion Conclusion I. Conclusions of the Study II. Creatively Thinking about Liability for Transboundary Pollution

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Book SynopsisThe rise of international terrorism in today’s globalized world has focused attention on the degree to which international law should shape U.S. national security law and policy. This unique textbook of readings explores how international law relates to U.S. constitutional and statutory law in terms of the right to wage war, the law of armed conflict, combatant status, interrogation of detainees, military commissions, covert action, targeted killing, electronic surveillance, and cyber war. Each chapter is composed of a chronological set of core readings followed by a set of provocative questions, with commentary linking one reading to the next. Written in a lively and engaging manner, U.S. National Security Law makes challenging subject matter accessible for undergraduate students outside of a law school classroom.Trade ReviewPohlman highlights the importance of U.S. national security in today¹s turbulent world, but he does so without losing sight of the fundamental fact that civil liberties and human rights are legal principles at the core of what America stands for. -- Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, New York Law School and Former President, American Civil Liberties Union, 1991-2008For those trying to understand the complicated development of national security law, this book may represent the perfect means. Each chapter combines the substantive heft of primary documents with narrative explanation whose easy exposition disguises impressive erudition. In short, Pohlman has gracefully translated the courtroom to the classroom. -- Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin CollegeH. L. Pohlman’s U.S. National Security Law is a comprehensive, clear, and engaging approach to an important aspect of foreign policy. The volume deftly integrates legal analysis with political realities, and nicely situates the United States’s legal and political issues within the broader international legal and political environments. -- Matthew Zierler, James Madison CollegeTable of ContentsChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The Right to Make War—Jus ad Bellum Chapter Three: The Laws of War--Jus in Bello Chapter Four: Combatant Status Chapter Five: Torture and Interrogation Chapter Six: Military Commissions Chapter Seven: Covert Action Chapter Eight: Targeted Killing Chapter Nine: Electronic Surveillance Chapter Ten: Cyber War

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Book SynopsisThe rise of international terrorism in today’s globalized world has focused attention on the degree to which international law should shape U.S. national security law and policy. This unique textbook of readings explores how international law relates to U.S. constitutional and statutory law in terms of the right to wage war, the law of armed conflict, combatant status, interrogation of detainees, military commissions, covert action, targeted killing, electronic surveillance, and cyber war. Each chapter is composed of a chronological set of core readings followed by a set of provocative questions, with commentary linking one reading to the next. Written in a lively and engaging manner, U.S. National Security Law makes challenging subject matter accessible for undergraduate students outside of a law school classroom.Trade ReviewPohlman highlights the importance of U.S. national security in today¹s turbulent world, but he does so without losing sight of the fundamental fact that civil liberties and human rights are legal principles at the core of what America stands for. -- Nadine Strossen, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law, New York Law School and Former President, American Civil Liberties Union, 1991-2008For those trying to understand the complicated development of national security law, this book may represent the perfect means. Each chapter combines the substantive heft of primary documents with narrative explanation whose easy exposition disguises impressive erudition. In short, Pohlman has gracefully translated the courtroom to the classroom. -- Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin CollegeH. L. Pohlman’s U.S. National Security Law is a comprehensive, clear, and engaging approach to an important aspect of foreign policy. The volume deftly integrates legal analysis with political realities, and nicely situates the United States’s legal and political issues within the broader international legal and political environments. -- Matthew Zierler, James Madison CollegeTable of ContentsChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The Right to Make War—Jus ad Bellum Chapter Three: The Laws of War--Jus in Bello Chapter Four: Combatant Status Chapter Five: Torture and Interrogation Chapter Six: Military Commissions Chapter Seven: Covert Action Chapter Eight: Targeted Killing Chapter Nine: Electronic Surveillance Chapter Ten: Cyber War

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Book SynopsisTreaties in Force contains information on treaties and other international agreements to which the United States has become a party. The treaties presented here cover a wide range of subjects, including agricultural commodities, economic and technical cooperation, defense, education, general relations, and more.

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Book SynopsisTreaties in Force contains information on treaties and other international agreements to which the United States has become a party. The treaties presented here cover a wide range of subjects, including agricultural commodities, economic and technical cooperation, defense, education, general relations, and more.

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