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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031421747
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 218 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Twenty-first Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human Conflict
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    Keywords: Peace. ; Diplomacy. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; Nichtstaatliche Organisation ; Politischer Konflikt ; Innenpolitik ; Friede ; Schlichtung ; Mediation ; Norm ; Diffusion ; Myanmar
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: Unsettled Reflections from Golden Valley, Myanmar -- Chapter 2: Promoting Peace or Pushing Norms? Understanding Normative Agency in Mediation Processes -- Chapter 3: New Kids on the Block: The Rise of NGO Mediators in Mediation and Peacemaking -- Chapter 4: The Promised Land of Inclusive Peace: NGO Mediators as Norm Promoters of Inclusion -- Chapter 5: What’s in a Norm? What Normative Frameworks in Myanmar Reveal about Inclusivity -- Chapter 6: Chronicles of a Norm for Sale: Norm Entrepreneurship in the Myanmar NCA Negotiations -- Chapter 7: “The Trouble with Inclusivity”: How Promoting Inclusive Peace led to an Exclusive Outcome -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: The Life and Death of Inclusive Peace in Myanmar.
    Abstract: Can informal actors such as NGOs mediate peace agreements? If so, how does it work and what are the consequences for international peace mediation? This book tackles these questions and more through looking at the role of nongovernmental (NGO) mediators in promoting “inclusive peace” to negotiating parties in Myanmar’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) negotiations from 2011-2015. The author argues that NGO mediators, traditionally seen as part of civil society or as weak mediators with little power or leverage, have become established mediation actors alongside more formal actors and are redefining the mediation field through norm promotion. However, even if NGO mediators can promote norms, the book questions whether they should promote norms in the first place, as the NCA process shows how the promotion of inclusivity contributed to a more exclusive outcome of years of peace negotiations in Myanmar. The outcome of the NCA process presents a critical and cautionary tale of promoting a presumed universal norm into a given locale and expecting a certain outcome without understanding how an external norm interacts with existing normative frameworks. This is an open access book. Julia Palmiano Federer holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Basel and a Master in International Affairs from The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Palmiano Federer is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Ottawa and the Head of Research at the Ottawa Dialogue, an organisation that specializes in the resolution of armed conflicts around the world through Track Two diplomacy, a form of unofficial and informal dialogue between warring parties. She is also currently a Senior Fellow at the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Collaboratory at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership.
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    ISBN: 9783031478765
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVIII, 478 p. 14 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; International relations. ; Teilstreitkraft ; Marine ; Seemacht ; Seekrieg ; Strategie ; Internationale Politik ; Europa
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Evolution of European Naval Power -- Chapter 2. Cold War Roots -- Chapter 3. 1991 – 2001: Enemy, where Art Though? - Chapter 4. 2001 – 2014 Land Wars and Financial Woes -- Chapter 5. 2014 – 2022: Entering a New Age of Competition -- Chapter 6. From Competitive to Collaborative and Back Again?
    Abstract: “In his latest work, Stöhs expands his analytical horizon to assess post-Cold War European naval operations, driven by national and transnational requirements, and their role within the traditional NATO alliance structure. Stöhs skillfully teases apart strategy, force structures, and operations to reaffirm a vital truth – that collective naval employment amongst NATO allies and partners remains the most desirable policy choice.” — Admiral James Stavridis, USN, (Ret), 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO “Western navies are facing both, a looming cold war and an ongoing hybrid war at sea. For that, they must be readied. This is the definitive study on European naval power and will be indispensable to policy-makers, naval analysts, military officers, and industry leaders alike.” — Dr. Sebastian Bruns, Senior Researcher Institute for Security Policy, Kiel University “Naval forces play a critical role in safeguarding Europe’s prosperity and constitute the linchpin upon which rests the defense of the transatlantic alliance. Stöhs does a masterful job in providing an in-depth view of the evolution of European naval power from the end of the Cold War to today’s era of hybrid threats.” — Admiral James Foggo III, USN, (Ret), Former Commander of United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa and Allied Joint Force Command Naples This book charts new waters in the study of European naval power. It explores the evolution of Europe’s navies from the final days of the Cold War to a period of hybrid wars and renewed strategic competition, manifest in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s increasingly aggressive behavior in the Asia-Pacific Region. The author highlights how inconsistencies and shortsighted naval policies have led to dangerous capability shortfalls and offers several recommendations for navies to navigate successfully the future maritime environment. Dr. Jeremy Stöhs is a security and defense analyst, the Deputy Director of the Austrian Center for Intelligence, Propaganda & Security Studies (ACIPSS), and a Fellow at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK).
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031499753
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 229 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Emigration and immigration ; Europe
    Abstract: Introduction -- Roles, ideologies and positions -- Political parties -- Government -- President -- Securitisation -- Foreign ministry -- Emotions -- Non-governmental organisations -- European reaction -- Conclusions: Czechia and Central Europe.
    Abstract: This edited volume investigates the Czech response to the European migration crisis of 2015. Focusing on the discourses and practices the book analyses the foreign policy ideas which were guiding the Czech foreign policy in the period from 2014 to 2019. The chapters offer a variety of methodologies (discourse analysis, content analysis, and case study) and perspectives (decision-makers, NGOs, emotions, foreign policy practice, and European partners). All the chapters rely on a common conceptual framework that operationalises foreign policy ideas as ideologies (Atlanticism, Europeanism, Internationalism, and Sovereignism) and roles (Democracy Supporter, Protectee, Faithful Ally, Regional Collaborator, Reformer, and Prosperity Builder). The main benefit of the book consists in using a unique conceptual framework to produce new empirical insights into the Czech foreign policy making. The book will be of particular interest to the students of the Czech politics and it can be also used as a case study in foreign policy-making. It also offers a nuanced perspective on the Central and Eastern Europe decision-making during the EU migration crisis which goes beyond the usual ideological classifications of those countries in the West European public discourse. Petr Drulák is a Professor at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the Faculty of Arts of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, a senior researcher at the Institute of International Relations in Prague, and a guest professor at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA). He served as Ambassador of the Czech Republic to France and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. He published extensively on Central Europe, national interest, and theory of international relations (e.g., in European Journal of International Relations, Journal of European Public Policy,Geopolitics, Journal of International Relations and Development, and Osteuropa).
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    ISBN: 9783031405044
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 189 p. 10 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Mobility & Politics
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Emigration and immigration.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Italian Border Management Policy Strategies.-Chapter 3. Humanitarianism, (De)politicization and Migration Control -- Chapter 4. The Implementation of the Hotspot Approach in Italy -- Chapter 5. Mainstream Humanitarian Organizations Politicizing the Increasingly Restrictive Border Management System -- Chapter 6. Mainstream Humanitarian Organizations Depoliticizing the Border Management System -- Chapter 7. Conclusion. .
    Abstract: This book focuses on the role mainstream humanitarian organizations have in the functioning of the border management system on the southern European border (i.e. Italy). In particular, the author analyses the mainstream humanitarian organizations and NGOs (i.e. Red Cross, the UNHCR, Medici per I Diritti Umani – MEDU, Terre des Hommes and Oxfam) and their role within and beyond the implementation of the so-called ‘hotspot approach’ in Sicily. This work suggests that a vision of humanitarian action as just anti-political and complicit with migration control can be questioned. This book suggests that a) mainstream organizations have been able to politicize their positioning and actions vis-à-vis authorities when migration policies have been tightened; b) mainstream organizations’ political borderwork has helped to promote incremental change in the status quo rather than a radical one. Finally, this book suggests that the discourses and practices of mainstream and grassroots actors seems to be characterized by similar contradictions. Roberto Calarco is Doctor of Sociology at the Sorbonne Paris Nord University, France, and Doctor of Sociology and Methodology of Social Research at the University of Milan, Italy.
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    ISBN: 9783031451669
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 400 p. 28 illus., 26 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies of the Americas
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    Keywords: Political science. ; International relations.
    Abstract: Part One: History And Foreign Policy -- Chapter 1: Introduction: China And Taiwan In Latin America And The Caribbean: History, Power Rivalry, And Regional Implications. By Cassandra R. Veney And Sabella O. Abidde -- Chapter 2: The Early History Of China And Taiwan In Latin America: Cuba And Peru From 1837 To 1971. By Angela Ju -- Chapter 3: The “One China” Policy: Battleground For Recognition In The Caribbean. By Kavita Johnson -- Chapter 4: The Dragon In The South: Argentina, Uruguay And Paraguay, The Rise Of China And The Implications For Taiwan’s Future. By Jorge Troisi Melean -- Chapter 5: Taiwan’s Diplomatic Instruments And Challenges In Its Relations With China-Aligned Countries In Latin America And The Caribbean. By Fabricio A. Fonseca And Yen-Pin Su -- Chapter 6: Soft Power And China-Taiwan Competition For Influence In Latin America. By Mohamad Zreik -- Part Two: The Politics Of Diplomatic Fidelity -- Chapter 7: What Can I Do You For: The Republic Of China's Cold War Courtship Of The Republic Of Panama. By Justina Hwang -- Chapter 8: Past, Present, And The Future Of Colombia’s Commercial Relations With China And Taiwan. By Meng-Yu Liang, Jorge Andrés Contreras Calderón And Juan Pablo López Agudelo -- Chapter 9: Massive Chinese Investments In Latin America: What Is Taiwan's Diplomatic Fate In That Region?. By Mohamad Zreik -- Part Three: Issues And Policy Approaches -- Chapter 10: Strategic Communication. How China Promotes And Communicates Its Political Agenda In Latin America. By Maria Zuppello -- Chapter 11: China- Caricom Bilateral Engagements: Modalities, Motives, Impacts And Directions For The Regional Integration Agenda. By Dianna Dasilva-Glasgow And Denise Pile -- Chapter 12: The Belt And Road Initiative, China, Taiwan, And Brazil. By Charalampos Stamelos And Konstantinos Tsimaras -- Chapter 13: An Analysis Of The Relations Between China, Taiwan And Argentina And The Belt And Road Initiative. By Athina Moraiti -- Chapter 14: Challenges Facing China And Taiwan In Latin America And The Caribbean. By Priye S. Torulagha -- Chapter 15: Conclusion. By Cassandra R. Veney And Sabella O. Abidde.
    Abstract: The book provides an examination of the evolution of China and Taiwan after 1949. This starting point situates the contestation for power between the two entities in the region after Taipei was recognized by the international community as the representative of China. The ramifications for Taiwan were drastic as country after country switched its recognition to China including those in the Caribbean and Latin America. Taiwan was able to maintain diplomatic relations with several countries in both regions through diplomatic strategies including providing financial assistance. This has waned over time considering China’s economic rise to power and Western Europe’s and the United States’ fall in global economic and political prestige and power. This book discusses China’s and Taiwan’s continuing engagement with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with a particular emphasis on the sharp rise in trade between China and the two regions. China’s foreign policy agenda, and how Taiwan reacts to China’s policies, are also examined. Cassandra Rachel Veney is Executive Director of the Humanities in Leadership Learning Series at Case Western Reserve University. Sabella Abidde is Professor of Political Science at Alabama State University. He is the editor of the two book series: African Governance, Development, and Leadership and Africa-East Asia International Relations.
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    ISBN: 9783031463631
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 156 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Canada and International Affairs
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    Keywords: Politics and war. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; Political planning. ; Public administration. ; Waffensystem ; Modernisierung ; Kanada
    Abstract: Introduction -- Chapter 1: How Canada Procures for the Military -- Chapter 2: “Clearly, we’re not competent” – Joint Support Ships -- Chapter 3: “Delivery Expected as Soon as Possible” - Standard Military Pattern Trucks -- Chapter 4: “Tortured and Long Delayed” – Fixed-Wing Search and Rescue Airplanes -- Chapter 5: “A No Fail Mission” - Modernizing the Frigates -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: "Defence procurement has bedeviled governments in Canada, and indeed around the world, for decades. Jeffrey Collins provides an important contribution to finding a better way forward. A must-read for current and aspiring leaders." - Michael Wernick, Clerk of the Privy Council (2016-2019), Jarislowsky Chair in Public Sector Management, University of Ottawa and author of Governing Canada. "If everyone in the business reads this book, Canada saves billions buying kit and it's instantly the most valuable book ever published." - Dr. Ian Brodie, Professor of Political Science, University of Calgary, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2006-2008) and author of At the Centre of Government. "This well-research and authoritative book takes a commonly misunderstood and often maligned process, sheds light on its many challenges, and offers some potentially pragmatic solutions. It is a “should read” for anyone interested in this important topic; and, a “must read” for government officials, elected representatives and media pundits alike.” - Mark Norman, Vice-Admiral, Royal Canadian Navy (Ret’d) This book challenges the perceived underlying causes and culprits of the ongoing challenges in Canadian defence procurement, arguing that although headlines often put the blame on the political leadership, the defence procurement bureaucracy, ongoing pressures in the defence industry and continuous demands placed on Canada though its alliances also carry a large part of the responsibility. Focusing on four main case studies: the Fixed Wing Search and Rescue Plane, the Joint Support Ships, the Medium Support Vehicle System and the Halifax Class Modernization, the author offers a comparative analysis of how these ongoing procurement efforts were dealt with by different administrations, from Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin to Stephen Harper. Jeffrey F. Collins is Adjunct Professor at the University of Prince Edward Island.
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    ISBN: 9783031441233
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXIV, 359 p. 17 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
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    Keywords: International economic relations. ; International relations.
    Abstract: Part 1 cancer in pandemic times -- Chapter 1 - the cancer care challenge in the light of pandemic experience -- Chapter 2 - broken supply chains and local manufacturing innovation: responses to covid-19 and their implications for policy -- Part 2 the cancer care experience in east Africa -- Chapter 3 - the social pain of cancer in east africa: understanding need -- Chapter 4: access to cancer care: navigating the maze -- Chapter 5 - beyond ‘late presentation’: explaining delayed cancer diagnosis in east Africa -- Part 3 local industry and cancer care in india and east Africa -- Chapter 6 - cupboard full, cupboard empty: the industrial building blocks of covid-19 and cancer systems -- Chapter 7- manufacturing for cancer care in east africa: raising the ambition -- Chapter 8 - oncology drug production in sub-saharan africa: the challenge and opportunity, with evidence from india -- Part 4 - industrial innovation and industrial policy -- Chapter 9 - emerging business models in cancer diagnostic startups in india and lessons for african countries -- Chapter 10 - realistic ambitions: technology transfer for biologics platform technologies -- Chapter 11 - palliation economics: the industrial organization of morphine in india -- Part 5 - tackling institutional gaps: using scenarios -- Chapter 12 innovation and policy in cancer pain management: systemic interactions in Tanzania -- Chapter 13 - using scenarios to support innovation and mutual linkages -- Chapter 14- conclusion: better cancer care and greater local health security: lessons, opportunities and ways forward.
    Abstract: “This is a book whose time has come. Covid-19 should have forced a fundamental shift in thinking around the way African healthcare systems are organised, and how and where they procure essential health commodities. I recommend this book for every African policy maker, parliamentarian, opposition politician, financier, and especially for the political champions and civil servants in the Ministries of Health, Finance, Trade and Industry, Science and Education across the African continent.” --Dr Skhumbuzo Ngozwana, President & CEO Kiara Health; Board Chairman Biovac; Board Member, Federation of African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations, South Africa This open access edited volume focuses on the scope and benefits of strengthening local industrial-health linkages. The Covid-19 pandemic collapsed international supply chains for health. That experience brought home to African policy makers the critical nature of local manufacturing capabilities for sustaining and strengthening health care, and highlighted the pandemic benefits of India’s much stronger industrial base. At that time, a network of researchers in East Africa, India and the UK were investigating how to address the crisis of cancer care in low-resource health systems. Their project, uniquely, focused on the scope and benefits of strengthening local industrial-health linkages. The project researchers were also drawn into the pressing demands of Covid19 response. The result is this very timely book. The authors link their research on cancer to pandemic experience, and they draw sharp lessons for how countries can enhance their populations’ health security. The authors argue that improving cancer care is crucial for human wellbeing and more inclusive health care. They challenge policy makers to bring together health needs, health innovations and improved industrial capabilities to embed better cancer care and broader health system improvement in local industrial innovation and development. Geoffrey Banda is Senior Lecturer, Science Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS) Department, University of Edinburgh, UK Maureen Mackintosh is Emeritus Professor of Economics, Open University, UK Mercy Karimi Njeru is Research Scientist, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Kenya. Smita Srinivas is Founder, the Technological Change Lab and holds Visiting and Honorary Professorial appointments at the OU and UCL. Fortunata Songora Makene is Executive Director, Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), Tanzania.
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031451430
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 175 p. 8 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Political Campaigning and Communication
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    Keywords: Communication in politics. ; Middle East ; International relations.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Media and US Foreign Policy in the MENA area: From the war on terror to the Arab Spring -- Chapter 3. The US Public Opinion: A Marginal Impact on US Foreign Policy -- Chapter 4. Interest Groups : An imperfect Impact -- Chapter 5. Think Tanks: A Circuitous Impact on US Foreign Policy -- Summary and conclusion.
    Abstract: “This is an innovative application of a brand personality model to political marketing. It is also an in-depth examination of the impact that such a model has in a unique national polity. All in all, this is a well-designed, well-executed study that is well worth reading.” —Ken Cosgrove, Professor of Political Science, Suffolk University, MA, Boston, USA “ How do American presidents justify their foreign policy in the Middle East in an era of hegemonic dominance? In this fascinating book, Touzani shows the answer is far more complicated than assumed. This work is impressive in its encyclopaedic scope. It is a welcome addition to any library on US foreign policy in the Middle East.” —Sean Yom, Associate Professor of Political Science, Temple University, USA “ After establishing the theoretical foundation for his study and drawing heavily throughout on a very impressive array of secondary and other sources, Touzani effectively traces the interaction between communications media and the main issues of US foreign policy across American administrations going back to that of US President Ronald Reagan.” —Mark Tessler, Samuel Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan, USA The book examines how US media, public opinion, interest groups and think tanks respond to US Presidents’ attempts to market their foreign policies in the MENA Region. The scope of the analysis extends from the war on terror to the so-called Arab Spring. It focuses on some case studies including the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Iran nuclear deal. The book fills a gap in the literature pertaining to analyzing US foreign policy in the MENA area from a political communication perspective rather than from IR or a political-theory angle, which remains the dominant literature. In so saying, the book will appeal to students, researchers as well as thinks tanks and policy makers. Fouad Touzani is currently the founder and director of Ibn Ghazi Arabic Institute in Morocco. He has presented many research papers in many international conferences. His research interests include foreign policy, international security and political communication.
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    ISBN: 9783031445460
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 133 p. 5 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: The European Union in International Affairs
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    Keywords: Europe ; Political planning. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; Integration ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Staatensystem ; Internationale Organisation ; Entwicklung ; Politisches Mandat
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual framework -- 3. A differentiated European defence architecture in the making -- 4. EU (rope) and regional resilience -- 5. Conclusion.
    Abstract: “The successive crises the EU has undergone, notably with the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have highlighted dramatically how European security includes while spans well beyond defence. Picking up from this cue, this book masterfully expands the notion of European strategic autonomy across different areas while highlighting its fundamental compatibility with the goal of building stronger partnerships beyond the EU’s borders.” — Nathalie Tocci, director at IAI in Rome “European Actorness in a Shifting Geopolitical Context is a timely and thought-provoking contribution to the discourse on European strategic autonomy. Rieker and Giske go beyond conventional notions of defence to highlight the pressing need to address the growing risk of hybrid threats. With meticulous research and a nuanced understanding of contemporary debates on European integration and security, this volume presents a comprehensive approach to fleshing out European strategic autonomy. A must-read for policymakers, academic experts and anyone interested in understanding Europe’s evolving role on the international stage.” — Mark Leonard, director of ECFR “Rieker and Giske provide an innovative analysis of how external differentiation can help improve EU actorness and security. This is the first study that systematically brings together two core issues in European integration: external differentiation and strategic autonomy. Building on a broad empirical basis, the book makes an important contribution to current political and academic discussions on Europe’s foreign and security policy.” — Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor, ETH Zurich This is an open access book. Over the past decade, the global geopolitical context has changed significantly, with a geopolitical power shift and a more assertive Russia and China. With the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine, European security has been put on high alert. The implications of the Russian military invasion are many and difficult to grasp in full. But the need for greater European strategic autonomy appears increasingly evident. But how can this be achieved in the short run? A common answer to this question is that it is impossible or that this can only be achieved in the long run, if at all. The aim of this book is to present a different perspective. It aims at showing that it should be possible to make the most out of the current European system if we adjust our understanding of how it works. The book argues that strategic autonomy may be reached—also in the short run—if differentiated integration (DI) is seen as an asset rather than a challenge. While the EU remains the core in such a system (together with NATO in the military domain), there is a multitude of other (bilateral and minilateral) regional and sub-regional integration processes that need to be considered to get the full idea of how a more differentiated European strategic autonomy can be achieved. This book starts by presenting a theoretical framework for how to study European actorness beyond the EU (ch.2), then this framework is applied both to understand Europe as a global actor (ch. 3), Europe as an actor in security and defence (ch. 4) and Europe as a regional actor (ch. 5). Pernille Rieker holds a position as a research professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and a part-time full professor at the Inland University College (INN). Rieker is part of NUPI's research group on security and defence and is responsible for NUPI's Center for European Studies (NCE). Furthermore, she is the co-editor of the Scandinavian journal for international studies, 'Internasjonal Politikk'. Mathilde E. Giske is a Ph.D. candidate, Department for Political studies, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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    ISBN: 9783031496776
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 294 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: United States ; History, Modern. ; International relations.
    Abstract: I1. Introduction: Rethinking U.S. World Power: Domestic Histories of U.S. Foreign Relations -- 2. Recentering the United States in the Historiography of American Foreign Relations -- 3. Isolationism/Internationalism: Concepts of American Global Power -- 4. U.S. Elites and Scientific Mobilization after World War II -- 5. Bread not Bullets: Mobilizing American Farmers for the Postwar World -- 6. Slow March to Jerusalem: Domestic Politics and the History of the U.S. Embassy in Israel -- 7. Too Sweet a Deal: American “Candy Men” and International Cocoa Negotiations in the 1960s -- 8. The Vietnam Moratorium and the Limits of Cold War Congressional Peace Politics -- 9. Framing the Narrative of the Indochinese Diaspora: The Citizens Commission on Indochinese Refugees, Domestic Political Actors, and U.S. Foreign Relations -- 10. The New York City Fiscal Crisis and the Domestic Originsof Globalization -- 10. Squandering the “Peace Dividend”: Domestic Politics and the Political Economy of Defense Conversion, 1989-2000.
    Abstract: Since the late-1990s, diplomatic historians have emphasized the importance of international and transnational processes, flows, and events to the history of the United States in the world. Rethinking U.S. World Power provides an alternative to these scholarly frameworks by assembling a diverse group of historians to explore the impact of the United States and its domestic history on U.S. foreign relations and world affairs. In so doing, the collection underlines that, even in a global age, domestic politics and phenomena were crucial to the history of U.S. foreign policy and international relations more broadly. Daniel Bessner is the Annett H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Associate Professor in American Foreign Policy in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, USA. Michael Brenes is Co-Director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and Lecturer in History at Yale University, USA.
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    ISBN: 9783031527913
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVI, 117 p. 65 illus., 64 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Human Rights Interventions
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    Keywords: Environmental policy. ; Human rights. ; International relations.
    Abstract: Preface -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1.The Foundations: ECO_CARE -- CHAPTER 2. Legal Design and Visual Law: The Roadmap -- CHAPTER 3. The Stages of the Comic Book Co-creation and the Restitution to the Chiquitano Indigenous People -- CHAPTER 4. Toward a Spanish Version of the Escazú Agreement in Comics: Needs, Research Background, and Methodological -- CHAPTER 5. The Comic Book -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This open-access book aims to explore and promote indigenous participation in legal design and visual law, with a specific focus on co-creating a visual representation of the Escazu Agreement in collaboration with the Chiquitano people. This project stands out as a unique and transformative endeavor, offering distinctive features and a range of benefits to its readers and stakeholders. Margherita Paola Poto is Research Professor at the Faculty of Law, UiT—The Arctic University of Norway, and has taught for more than 20 years at the University of Turin, Italy. Giulia Parola is Research Fellow at the University of Turin, Italy.
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    ISBN: 9783031418501
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 391 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Security, International. ; International economic relations.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Permanent Counterrevolution, Technocracy, and World War III -- Chapter 2: Shock and Stress -- Chapter 3: Trauma-Based Mind Control -- Chapter 4: Fear and Thread -- Chapter 5: Cognitive Attack -- Chapter 6: Weaponised Deception -- Chapter 7: Mass Paranoia and Hysteria: Turning Society against itself -- Chapter 8: The coming Unrest.
    Abstract: David Hughes was one of the few academics who questioned the mainstream narrative following the attacks that triggered the War on Terror. That gave him a crucial advantage when the Covid emergency was declared. In this provocative study he explores in depth how governments have declared war on their populations to achieve a transformation to a technocratic dictatorship. The combination with psychological techniques developed over many decades makes this a particularly grave danger, which requires careful dissection to be understood and resisted. This book, the first of a two-volume set, provides that analysis. ~ Kees van der Pijl, author of States of Emergency. Keeping the Global Population in Check (Clarity Press, 2022) (The Netherlands) The silent coup engineering global central control depends heavily on asymmetrical warfare – including extensive investment in and application of psychological and neurological weaponry. In this book, David Hughes documents the development and application of a wide portfolio of soft and hard – and often invisible – weapons to brutally manipulate minds and emotions to engineer the adoption of technocracy. The first step to not falling victim is to see these 21st century weapons of war clearly. Hughes’ formidable scholarship helps you to do so. ~ Catherine Austin Fitts, Publisher, The Solari Report (United States) David A. Hughes is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Lincoln. He received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Oxford University and holds doctorates in German Studies (Duke University) and International Relations (Oxford Brookes University). His research focuses on psychological warfare, "9/11," "Covid-19," the deep state, technocracy, global class relations, and resurgent totalitarianism. Camouflaged by “Covid-19,” an undeclared global class war was initiated in 2020, aimed at replacing liberal democracy with technocracy, a novel, biodigital form of totalitarianism. The opening campaign involved the largest psychological operation in history, intended to demoralise, disorientate, and debilitate the public. This volume deals with the application of shock and stress, trauma-based mind control, the use of fear and threat, cognitive attack, weaponised deception, and techniques for turning society against itself.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 289 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Studies in Iranian Politics
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; Middle East ; International relations. ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Militärische Kooperation ; Völkerrechtlicher Vertrag ; Multilateraler Vertrag ; Kernenergie ; Kerntechnik ; Iran
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I Iran Nuclear Deal and Its Fracture -- Chapter 2: The Much-Awaited Deal of 2015 -- Chapter 3: The US Exit from the Deal in 2018 -- Chapter 4: Scholarship on the Ramifications of the Fractured Deal -- Part II Theory -- Chapter 5: Cooperation, Spill-over Effects, and Integration -- Chapter 6: Fast-Paced Spill Back Effect -- Chapter 7: Fractured Deal and Triggers to Renewed Proliferation Interest -- Part III Case Study: Iran -- Chapter 8: Iran’s Nuclear Ambition and Its Conflicts in the Pre-Deal Period -- Chapter 9: The Deal and Iran’s Muted Nuclear Status -- Chapter 10: US Exit from the Deal and Tehran’s Intense Proliferation Interest -- Part IV -- Chapter 11 Conclusion.
    Abstract: “This important book offers a new theory and policy-related insights with respect to the Iran nuclear deal. It is the first study to see the nuclear deal as a means toward confidence-building between longstanding enemies. Iranian proliferation activities prior to the deal emerged as a result of simultaneous protracted conflicts with the US, Israel and Iraq. The volume offers a unique comparative analysis of Iranian nuclear policy over time and will be of great interest to academics and foreign policy practitioners alike.” - Patrick James, Dean’s Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California This in-depth study perceptively illuminates how the Iranian nuclear deal unraveled after the Trump administration withdrew, and with what consequences. The case reveals how relations between rival states can be improved through the positive spill-over effects of cooperative arrangements, but also how rapid and comprehensive spill-back can result from their unravelling. With her compelling analysis Khan persuasively demonstrates the importance of a renewed agreement with Iran backed by the United States.” - Annette Freyberg-Inan, Professor of International Relations Theory, University of Amsterdam This book introduces a novel theory surrounding the spillback effects stemming from the fracture of cooperative arrangements, exemplified by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and rigorously examines its applicability through an in-depth analysis of the Iranian context. The book draws connections between the JCPOA and the broader landscape of conflict resolution and contends that cooperation can manifest between protracted conflict states, and once established through trust and confidence-building measures, can lead to spill-over effects into other domains. This comprehensive study undertakes a unique comparative analysis, scrutinizing Iran's proclivity towards proliferation before the JCPOA, the period of subdued proliferation during the deal's existence, and the subsequent surge in proliferation activities following US withdrawal. This book marks essential reading for researchers interested in Iranian politics, Middle Eastern politics, nuclear proliferation, US foreign policy, and international relations theory. Saira Khan is an international affairs expert with a career spanning over twenty years as a Professor of International Relations.
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    ISBN: 9783031558931
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 318 p. 26 illus., 13 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; International economic relations. ; Human rights.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Shadow Banks, the IMF and the Politics of Financial Crisis -- Chapter 3: Financial Crisis, The IMF, and State Repression -- Chapter 4: IMF Programs, Shadow Banks, and Financial Crisis -- Chapter 5: State Repression, the IMF, and Financial Crisis: Empirical Evidence -- Chapter 6: The Fund, Financial Crisis and Repression in Turkey -- Chapter 7: Financial Crisis Prevention and Repression in India and Brazil -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.
    Abstract: Why do financial crises occur under some IMF programs? When does state-perpetrated repression increase in the aftermath of such financial crises? Mukherjee and Yadav provide a compelling theoretical answer to these crucial questions, moving beyond earlier work to examine when a financial crisis occurs in states assisted by the IMF and how this leads to repression of human rights. They analyze a global sample of developing states and carefully examine the Brazil, India, and Turkey cases to evaluate their claims. The IMF, Financial Crisis and Repression of Human Rights is an important book that should be widely read by scholars and policy practitioners. -Quan Li, Professor of Political Science, The Bush School of Government & Public Service,Texas A&M University This book seeks to answer a number of key questions about the relationship between the IMF, developing states and the impact of financial crises on human rights abuses, including: Why do some but not other IMF-assisted developing states experience the joint outbreak of currency and sudden reversal crises under the Fund’s program?; What are some of the short-term political ramifications of such crises?; Why do human rights violation by governments increase sharply in the wake of twin currency and sudden reversal crisis in some but not all crisis-affected countries? Bumba Mukherjee is Professor of the Department of Political Science at Penn State University, United States. Vineeta Yadav is Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science at Penn State University, United States.
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    ISBN: 9783031450976
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 179 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Mobility & Politics
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Sex. ; Identity politics.
    Abstract: Chapter 1:Introduction: At the Crossroads of Europe and the Mediterranean -- Chapter 2: The Life of Julienne -- Chapter 3: The Long Journey of African Migrant Women -- Chapter 4: Archipelagos of Constraint: The Arrival in Europe -- Chapter 5: In the Margins: The Moral Landscapes of the Migrant Reception System -- Chapter 6: The Scales of Autonomy: The Body, the Domestic Space, the Digital Space -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: What Migration Does to Women, What Women Do to Migration.
    Abstract: This book offers a history of migration in the Mediterranean written about and from the perspective of women. It gives a complex picture of individual journeys of migrant women, and in a radical departure from the miserabilist or culturalist approach through which women are usually viewed, and instead argues for a politically and socially aware feminism that is attuned to what border-obsessed migration policies actually do to women. The book depicts the journey of women as they experience brutal separations and make heart-wrenching decisions, but also as they make acquaintances and find new opportunities. The first-person accounts collected here demonstrate that the reasons behind these women’s decision to leave are anything but simple and linear: they combine various forms of persecution and oppression with a desire for autonomy.The book further explores the daily lives of women in reception centres as they wait for a Europe that rejects them to acknowledge their presence. At the same time, this study shows that these women are taking charge of their own destinies and journeys. This accordingly puts the space of everyday life front and centre. Such a space acts as an impediment to these women’s journeys: it generates a “moralscape” of waiting, which plays a key role in these women’s daily lives. However, it can also help these women gain greater autonomy, thus empowering them. Camille Schmoll is Research Director at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Fellow of the Institut Convergences Migrations, and a member of the Géographie-cités research centre, France. A feminist political geographer, she is especially interested in gender and migration issues, critical migration studies, and reflexivity within migration scholarship. Her work explores migration from an ethnographic perspective, with a particular focus on the making of border-places (e.g. islands, cities, neighbourhoods) and the trajectories of migrant women. She was Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales from 2019 to 2022, and has authored, co-authored and co-edited several books in French, Italian and English.
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    ISBN: 9783031537240
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 412 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in International Relations
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    Keywords: International relations.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Science Discovers, Medicine Applies, Protection Lags, 1896-1902 -- Chapter 3: X-ray Protection Advances, Radium Protection Lags, 1902-13 -- Chapter 4: War Enlarges and Enriches Medical Radiology, 1912-18 -- Chapter 5: X-ray Measurements and Radium Protection Catch Up, 1914-22 -- Chapter 6: Establishment of International Norms, 1922-40 -- Chapter 7: War Generates Radioactive and Political Fallout, 1939-1965 -- Chapter 8: Tightening Norms Again and Opening to the Public, 1965-2023 -- Chapter 9: What Radiation Protection Suggests About Other Issues, 1990-present.
    Abstract: "Tour-de-force on ICRP – the book narrates how, “a strong, science-based but value-laden ‘epistemic community’ regulates a controversial area of human endeavor (radiation) on global basis.” By doing so, Daniel optimistically calls on world bodies to learn and mimic similar pathways to solve global problems such as air pollution, toxic chemicals and even climate change" --Dr M. Mahesh Professor of Radiology & Cardiology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA "A fascinating tale of how the standards for radiation dosage came about – not through an international convention, or by inter-governmental agreement but by doctors on the job and scientists in different countries debating and critiquing each other’s work. There is a lot to learn from the process as it unfolded." ---Roy Gutman, Pulitzer-prize journalist and president, Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, USA This book is intended to examine the history of radiation protection up to the present from the perspective of regime theory, with a view to elucidating what this case teaches about how a strong regime in a controversial area can form and maintain itself. This is a particularly relevant issue at present when the overall international rules-based order is under threat and scientific authority doubted. There are significant parallels between the international radiation protection regime and efforts to slow climate change, stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons, manage the applications of artificial intelligence, control the use of drones, and confront the risks posed by pandemics. While each has its own dynamics, all these issues involve the interaction of scientific discovery and expertise with the societies that generate them. Learning what works and what does not is vital if we are to limit harm and ensure survival of humanity on a shrinking and warming planet. Daniel Serwer (Ph.D., Princeton) is Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), where he was previously Professor and Director of the Conflict Management and American Foreign Policy programs. He has served as a Vice President at the United States Institute of Peace and as a Minister-Counselor at the U.S. State Department.
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    ISBN: 9783031553455
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 182 p. 26 illus., 16 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; International relations. ; Diplomacy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2.The American Military and Football -- Chapter 3 International Relations Theory -- Chapter 4. Strategic Theory -- Chapter 5. Football and U.S. Military Strategy -- Chapter 6. Levels of War -- Chapter 7.Operations and the Principles of War -- Chapter 8. Application of Joint Doctrine and Joint Functions -- Chapter 9. Design, Planning, and Problem Solving -- Chapter 10. Revolution, Innovation, and Adaptation -- Chapter 11. Civil-Military Relations -- Chapter 12. The Similarities -- Chapter 13. The Differences -- Chapter 14. Conclusion / Epilogue -- Bibliography.
    Abstract: This book provides the reader with a history on the linkages between American Football and the American Way of War. It provides concise summaries of aspects of tactics, operations, and strategy, as well as international relations theory using football as a metaphor to simplify the concepts. International relations theory and military strategy tend to be complicated subjects often explained with jargon that puts the average reader to sleep. A book about war and foreign policy explained through football analogies and comparisons is designed to liven the topic and explain various military theories, strategies, and concepts. War and football tend to dominate national media. War is often a topic of debate from the highest levels of government to local bars and coffeehouses. Football is the monolith of sports that blankets sports television and radio throughout the year. This book provides the reader an understanding of how military professionals formulate and execute strategy in an easily understandable manner. Daniel Sukman is an Army Strategist who served as the Chief of Strategy Development on the Joint Staff”.
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    ISBN: 9783031487477
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 438 Seiten)
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    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series
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    Keywords: Criminology. ; Crime ; Peace. ; International relations. ; Comparative government.
    Abstract: Preface -- 1. Rapid cascades, coupled crises -- 2. Containment of crises -- 3. Containing states rarely, temporarily -- 4. Institutions to manage threats -- 5. Containing Weapon Systems -- 6. Restorative diplomacy -- 7. Contest political ritualism -- 8. Taking simple institutional virtues seriously.
    Abstract: This open access book sets out simple solutions to managing complex catastrophes. It focusses on four kinds of crises – climate change, crime-war cascades, epidemics and financial crises. These catastrophes are conceived as complex and prone to cascade effects. This book is optimistic in explaining that there are identifiable simple institutions that international society can strengthen and some simple principles that can help humankind to control the expanding gamut of complex catastrophes that confront the planet including simple, stable institutions and regulatory bodies. It draws on a wide range of current and past crises and challenges, from the Cold War to COVID-19, and from Weapons of Mass Destruction to restorative diplomacy with States like China, to provide an urgent and timely path forward. It speaks to those interested in criminology, public policy and international relations, political science, sociology, public health and economics. John Braithwaite is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of the Australian National University and an interdisciplinary scholar of peacebuilding, war crime, business crime, criminological theory, and regulation and governance. He founded and was the first Director of the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at ANU. Many of his previous works can be downloaded from johnbraithwaite.com.
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    ISBN: 9783031513701
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 208 p. 11 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Diplomacy. ; Security, International.
    Abstract: 1.Introduction -- 2. Sanctions: A Theoretical Review -- 3. Annexation of Crimea: Western Sanctions and Russia’s Response (2014-2021) -- 4. The War in Ukraine: Avalanche of Western Sanctions and Russia’s Reaction -- 5. Sanctions Busting: The Role of Various States in Russia’s Resistance to Sanctions -- 6. Assessing Sanctions Effectiveness -- 7. Implications of sanctions to the rest of the world -- 8. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book is required reading to grasp the dynamics of economic sanctions. Drawing on recent Western sanctions imposed on the Russian economy, it provides a persuasive corrective to the dominant perspective that sanctions undermine target countries. -Immanuel Ness, Chairperson and Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College, NY. This is an outstanding contribution to the literature. It provides a comprehensive and balanced analysis of the role of sanctions in the contemporary era. -Alan W. Cafruny, Henry Bristol Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Hamilton College, USA. This important study shows how Russia has survived being the most sanctioned country in the world by reorienting its trade towards the East and creating import-substitution policies and investment in local industries. -Jeremy Kuzmarov, author of The Russians are Coming, Again: The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as Farce. A timely contribution to the growing sanctions literature that urges policy adjustment to new geopolitical realities. -Dr. Ksenia Kirkham, Lecturer in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. This book analyses the goals of Western sanctions imposed on Russia from 2014 to 2023. It explores the effects of sanctions on the Russian economy and its political course, as well as the repercussions of the sanctions to the senders and third parties, including spillover effects on neighboring countries and boomerang effects on the senders. While sanctions can be considered relatively effective in terms of economic consequences, the Russian economy is far from being crushed. Importantly, sanctions proved to be ineffective as an instrument of foreign policy. They have failed to alter Moscow’s resolve to continue its military operation and are unlikely to change it in the near future. Dr. Angela Borozna is Adjunct Professor at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Lada V. Kochtcheeva is Professor of Political Science in the School of Public and International Affairs at the North Carolina State University. .
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    ISBN: 9783031523670
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 207 p. 13 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Global Political Sociology
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Philosophy and social sciences. ; Political science. ; Sociology.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Formation Of The Indian State And Its Post-Colonial Condition: Field, Capital And Doxa -- Chapter 3: We Are Still Here: The Habitus That Resigns And That Challenges Necropolitics -- Chapter 4: Final Considerations: Solidarity, Resistance And Defeat.
    Abstract: This book engages the concept of necropolitics to present a vision of how to understand the physical body as a space of power and resistance to social order, in the context of the Kashmir resistance. The author sheds new light on the relations between India and Pakistan, with a focus on tensions over the Kashmir region, in order to better understand the emergence and stabilization of the narrative that criminalizes and thus justifies the population that rebels against state actions in the region. The research draws from archival and interview research and presents the reader with new insight into both conceptual and material dimensions of necropolitics. Vinícius Tavares de Oliveira is Assistant Professor in International Relations at PUC Minas campus Poços de Caldas.
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    ISBN: 9783031389177
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 481 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy
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    Keywords: Political planning. ; Diplomacy. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; America ; Public Diplomacy ; Diplomatie ; Internationale Politik ; Politische Kommunikation ; Mitarbeiter ; Praxis ; Geschichte ; USA
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I Precursors and Concepts -- Chapter 1. Colonial Era Foundations -- Chapter 2. Turning Points in a New Nation -- Chapter 3. Framing Practitioner Communities -- Part II, 20th Century Practitioners -- Chapter 4. Borrowing from Civil Society, 1917-1947 -- Chapter 5. Foreign Service – Building a Foundation, 1948-1970 -- Chapter 6. Foreign Service – Transforming Diplomacy, 1970-1990 -- Chapter 7. Cultural Diplomats -- Chapter 8. International Broadcasters -- Chapter 9. Soldiers -- Chapter 10. Covert Operatives and Front Groups -- Chapter 11. Democracy Builders -- Chapter 12. Presidential Aides -- Part III 21st Century US Diplomacy -- Chapter 13. Reinvention and Fragmentation -- Chapter 14. A Failure to Communicate? -- Chapter 15. Drivers of Change -- Chapter 16. What Happens Now? -- Acronyms -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
    Abstract: This book tells the story of how innovative and rival practitioner communities have shaped American diplomacy’s public dimension. It is the fi rst book to frame U.S. public diplomacy in the broad sweep of American diplomatic practice from the early colonial period to the present. “…not only original but also potentially fi eld shifting. This is not simply another good book on American public diplomacy: it will be the book on American public diplomacy.” —Professor Geoffrey Wiseman, DePaul University, U.S.A “American Diplomacy’s Public Dimension, a masterful historical overview of American diplomatic communication, provides fi rst-time insight into the evolution of U.S. public diplomacy from the colonial era to the present day. This book also offers a nuanced assessment of contemporary public diplomacy practices in the face of rapid technological transformation and increasingly ‘societized’ diplomatic engagement. An exceptional blend of public diplomacy scholarship and deep institutional knowledge, this major work will appeal to diplomatic practitioners, professors, and policymakers.” — Vivian S. Walker, Executive Director, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy “Gregory thinks like an academic while seeing public diplomacy through the lens of the work of the men and women who have put fl esh on the bones of U.S. public diplomacy policies… This book is steeped in deep knowledge and his exceptional dedication to getting our understanding of public diplomacy right.” —Professor Jan Melissen, Editor-in-Chief, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy Bruce Gregory taught graduate and undergraduate courses on public diplomacy at Georgetown University and George Washington University for 17 years. Prior to that, his 33-year government career included positions at the Department of State, U.S. Information Agency, 13 years as executive director of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, and three years on the faculty of the National War College. Publications include peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, public policy reports, and a bimonthly literature review. P.
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    ISBN: 9783031421983
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 214 p. 24 illus., 22 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
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    Keywords: International economic relations. ; International relations. ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Neoclassical and Keynesian perspectives and the rebirth of Comparative Political Economy -- Chapter 3. From the birth of the Euro to the Eurozone crisis: What went wrong? -- Chapter 4. The European response to the global financial crisis: Reinforcing the status quo? -- Chapter 5. The bailout programmes in the ‘intermediate’ economies -- Chapter 6. The European response to Covid-19: A break with the past? -- Chapter 7. Conclusions.
    Abstract: “Dr Myrodias makes an important contribution by showing how the response to the recent crises solidified Greece and Portugal’s subordinate position in the Eurozone. This was part-engineered in the interests of northern European economies – a dismaying replay of how European colonial states earlier engineered the dependent status of their colonies to boost their own economic growth and political power. Plus ça change…” - Robert H. Wade, Professor of Political Economy, London School of Economics (LSE) Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought (2008) “Dr Myrodias’ concise and brisk analysis of the fate of Greece and Portugal in recent crises has numerous distinctive virtues. Of these, the most important is that Dr Myrodias frames the core issues as matters of economic theory. A more compelling test of theoretical economics is difficult to imagine.” - James K. Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin “The Euro Area has lurched from crisis to crisis in the near quarter of a century since its foundation. In this fascinating overview Dr Myrodias takes us carefully through these events that have at various times threatened its very existence.” - Jagjit S. Chadha, Director of the National Institute of Economic & Social Research (NIESR), London, UK Global crises throughout history have shaken humanity and transformed economies and societies. The Eurozone faced two such crises soon after its foundation. This book brings new insights regarding the Eurozone’s response to the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic and its effectiveness in dealing with the macroeconomic imbalances in Europe. Is the Eurozone more resilient now? This book is an indispensable addition to the literature on the recent global crises and the Eurozone for both academics and policymakers who are eager to delve deeper into these vital questions. Konstantinos A. Myrodias is Lecturer in International Political Economy at King’s College London and a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics. .
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    ISBN: 9783031553561
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 344 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Political science. ; International relations. ; Peace. ; Politics and war.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Prolegomena to the Basic Concepts -- Chapter 3.The Fragile States in the Global Security System -- Chapter 4. State Fragility and Legitimacy: National Dynamics and Domestic-Grown Factors -- Chapter 5.State Fragility and Legitimacy “Beyond the State” -- Chapter 6.Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Legitimacy-Based Rule -- Chapter 7.Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book delves into the complex dynamics of legitimizing power in fragile states. With five comprehensive chapters, it analyzes the geopolitical, domestic, and international dimensions of fragile states. The unique contribution lies in unraveling specific forms of legitimization linked to various types of state fragility, providing a nuanced understanding. The book distinguishes between temporary crises and chronic fragility, crucial for shaping effective international support strategies. It addresses the challenges and consequences of weak legitimacy on global security, highlighting its impact on aid interventions and systemic stability. The author's analysis emphasizes the diverse nature of political regimes in fragile states, incorporating considerations of hybrid regimes. Additionally, it explores the dynamics of authoritarian enclaves at the sub-state level, revealing their potential national influence. By scrutinizing the decline of trust in democratic systems, the book addresses contemporary challenges, making it a vital resource for understanding and navigating the complexities of fragile states' political landscapes. Ryszard Ficek is a Lecturer at the College of Social and Economics in Przeworsk, Poland.
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    ISBN: 9783031557507
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(Approx. 200 p. 10 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Abstract: Foreword: Vladimir Tismaneanu -- Chapter 1: Introduction – Dennis Deletant -- Part I: Institutions and Elites -- Chapter 2: Institutional Choices and Weaknesses after 1989 – Florin Anghel -- Chapter 3: An Overview of Cabinet Demographics -- Alexandra Horobet, Claudia Ogrean, Dana Alexandru and Robert Oprescu -- Chapter 4: The Eroding Force of Informal Rules: Romania between Democracy and Europeanisation -- Clara Volintiru and Edit Zgut-Przybylska -- Chapter 5: Are We There Yet? Romania’s Semi-Peripheral Rule of Law -- Mihaela Şerban -- Chapter 6: Protracted Transition: The Civilian Control over the Military and Intelligence -- Marius Ghincea and Marian Zulean -- Part II: Civil Society and Its Values Chapter 7: Romanian Parties and Post-Communist Democracy -- Sorina Soare and Mattia Collini -- Chapter 8: The Challenges of Political Protest and Democratic Representation -- Radu Cinpoes -- Chapter 9: Political Anachronism and Elite Political Culture: The Lacunae Theory - Delia Popescu -- Part III: Change and Continuity in Areas of Life -- Chapter 10: Riding the Waves of Democratization: The Interminable Sea Sickness of Romania's Media -- Peter Gross -- Chapter 11: Change and Continuity in the Higher Education System -- Razvan Zaharia, Rodica Milena Zaharia and Tudor Edu -- Chapter 12: Health and Citizenship in Post-Socialist Romania -- Gerard Weber and Sabina Stan -- Chapter 13: Wild Capitalism with Political Clout -- Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea -- Part IV: Conclusion -- Chapter 14: Conclusion – Tom Gallagher.
    Abstract: “For anyone interested in contemporary Romania, the publication of Post-Communist Progress and Stagnation at 35, is an exciting event. Ably edited by distinguished Professors Lavinia Stan and Diane Vancea, this volume brings together sophisticated analyses by some of the most clear-sighted specialists to argue that Romania’s post-communist transformation has failed to achieve even an approximation of a liberal democracy or to create conditions in which the mainstream media, the educational system, or the economy itself can operate free of corruption and abuse.” --Sabrina P. Ramet, author of East Central Europe and Communism: Politics, Culture, and Society, 1943-1991 (Routledge, 2023) This book examines Romania’s efforts to consolidate liberal democracy and market economy, as desired by the generation who effected change in 1989 and required by the European Union. The ousting of Nicolae Ceausescu, leader of an autarchic and nationalistic dictatorship, underscored the limitations of politically engineering change when rule of law is weak, institutions are misused, and intolerance and cheating are prevalent. Despite initial hopes, Romania’s transition combined progress and stagnation, missed opportunities, detours, unintended consequences, and success. The contributions illustrate the tenuous relationship between continuity and change in a country that is yet to catch up with its neighbors. Lavinia Stan is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Post-Communist Studies at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. Diane Vancea is Professor of Economics and International Affairs and President of the Senate of the University “Ovidius” in Constanta, Romania. .
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    ISBN: 9783031545610
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 139 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: International relations.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Democracy and cyber deterrence -- Chapter 3: Why defensive measures are just too defensive: strategy of denial -- Chapter 4: Why hard measures are just too hard: strategy of punishment through offensive cyber operations -- Chapter 5: Why soft measures are just too soft: international law and norms -- Chapter 6: Between hard and soft: active defense countermeasures -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
    Abstract: “A much-needed, timely analysis of evolving cyber security concerns for liberal democracies. Katagiri puts forward the notion of cyber deterrence as presenting viable strategic options for countering hacking group sponsored by authoritarian states. This erudite and balanced study on the opportunities and challenges associated with cyber deterrence in democratic contexts will make a significant contribution to literature on emerging technologies in International Relations.” - Ingvild Bode, Associate Professor and Principal Investigator of ERC AutoNorms, Center for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark "Katagiri moves us beyond the often too military-focused analyses of cyber operations and defense. The book is a tremendous recovery of the fundamental difficulty that liberal democracies have in cyberspace. How liberal democracies defend their cyber networks from hackers is unrelenting in its concern for the incomplete and often weak tools that democracies have to deter opportunistic states. A must-read for any scholar thinking about states and cyberspace strategies." -Dr. Nina Kollars, Associate Professor, Cyber and Innovation Policy Institute, United States Naval War College This book outlines the main technological, legal, and operational options that liberal democratic nations have when confronting challenges in cyberspace. It offers a range of policy ideas they can adopt to make their defense stronger and deter future cyber-attacks. The author explores how liberal societies, especially those in the Western world, have so far confronted a variety of cybersecurity challenges by hackers in nondemocratic regimes like Russia and China. and zooms in on the main challenges that democratic states face in adopting strategies of cyber deterrence, and how those challenges shape their ability to actually deter hackers. Nori Katagiri is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Coordinator (Director) of International Studies at Saint Louis University (SLU). She is also Senior Fellow of the Irregular Warfare Initiative of the Modern War Institute at the United States Military Academy at West Point (2022-2023).
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    ISBN: 9783031521751
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIX, 441 p. 9 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Africa ; International relations. ; Diplomacy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Role Conceptions and International Politics: Nigeria and Beyond -- Chapter 3. Philosophical and Ideological Basis of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy -- Chapter 4. Hegemonic Years: From the Founding Fathers to Soldier-Diplomats -- Chapter 5. Nigeria’s Roles in Africa under Military Rule, September 1985- May 1999 -- Chapter 6. Nigeria’s Roles in Africa under Civilian Rule, 1999-2022 -- Chapter 7. Hegemony in Decline: Causes and Costs -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.
    Abstract: Potshots at regaining her hegemonic position have underlined Nigeria’s international relations history in the last 25 years or more. The ‘Giant of Africa’ has seen its best years, and yet has witnessed its lowest times in global politics, which deserves a holistic study. This book is that gap-filler, examining Nigeria’s declining political hegemony in Africa between 1985 and 2022, a period characterised by dramatic internal political, social, and economic downturns that negatively affected her image and international relations. The study traces the country’s shifting leadership and foreign policies through different eras. Chapters analysing the Nigerian foreign policy internal dynamics, ideology, her military and civilian leadership, and how these played out in Nigeria's regional influence, paint a holistic politico-historical portrait of a nation in hegemonic flux from 1989 continuing into the present day. Deploying National Role Conception as an analytical tool to contextualise and dissect Nigerian foreign policy, this book deepens our understanding of the nation’s international relations and challenges preconceptions as to how, and through what lenses, foreign policies of declining states can and should be considered. Through its approach, the book offers scholars, students, researchers and policymakers fresh perspectives and tools for analysing foreign policies of states, particularly Nigeria. Sheriff Folarin is Professor of International Relations and teaches at Texas State University and University of Rwanda. He is also a Professor-at-Large at the Institute for Peace, Security and Development Studies at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, and Ife Institute of Advanced Studies, both in Nigeria, where he teaches graduate students and research fellows. He has had a rich academic career spanning twenty-four years, holding numerous academic leadership positions in institutions across Africa and the United States. He is a recipient of prestigious international fellowships and awards, including Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) and Study of United States Institute (SUSI) Fellowship. He has been instrumental in pioneering and/or editing academic publications, including Covenant University Journal of Politics and International Affairs, and the Africa Symposia Issues of Good Governance Worldwide, a journal of American Society for Public Administration.
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    ISBN: 9783031556920
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 164 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: America ; International relations.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Organizing the World as the Liberal Hegemon -- Chapter 3: Why the Liberal Hegemon is Necessary -- Chapter 4: The Political Culture of the Liberal Hegemon -- Chapter 5: Pitfalls and Lessons facing America’s Hegemonic Policy -- Chapter 6: What are the Rewards of Citizenry In the Liberal Hegemon? .
    Abstract: The United States as Global Liberal Hegemon examines America’s role as the global liberal hegemon. Using a historical analysis to understand how the United States came to serve as the world leader, Goldberg argues why the role of a liberal hegemon is needed, whether the United States has the ability to fulfill this role, and what the pitfalls and liabilities of continuing in this role are for the nation. He also considers the impact that this role on the global stage has for the country as well as individual citizens of the United States. Goldberg argues that the United States's geographic location away from strong competitors, it's role as the dominant economy for much of the 20th century, and its political culture of meritocracy all contributed to the United States taking this role in the 1940s. He also argues that the role of liberal hegemon has shifted to include not only being the international policeperson but also to be the world's central banker, a role that at this time only the Unites States can fill. The United States as Global Liberal Hegemon examines America’s role as the global liberal hegemon. Using a historical analysis to understand how the United States came to serve as the world leader, Goldberg argues why the role of a liberal hegemon is needed, whether the United States has the ability to fulfill this role, and what the pitfalls and liabilities of continuing in this role are for the nation. He also considers the impact that this role on the global stage has for the country as well as individual citizens of the United States. Goldberg argues that the United States's geographic location away from strong competitors, it's role as the dominant economy for much of the 20th century, and its political culture of meritocracy all contributed to the United States taking this role in the 1940s. He also argues that the role of liberal hegemon has shifted to include not only being the international policeperson but also to be the world's central banker, a role that at this time only the Unites States can fill.
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    ISBN: 9783031510199
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 243 p. 9 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; Economic development. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; Africa
    Abstract: Chapter One: Introduction Dr. Adeoye O. Akinola -- Chapter Two: Historicing Coup d’etat in Africa Dr Omololu Fagbadebo -- Chapter Three: The Political Economy of Military Coups in Africa Professor Femi Mimiko -- Chapter Four: The Nature of Post-Colonial State and Military Coup Dr. Adeoye O. Akinola, Ms. Ratidzo C. Makombe -- Chapter Five: Military Coups and the Question of Misgovernance Dr. Gwinyai R. Taruvinga -- Chapter Six: Patterns and Case Studies of Coups in Contemporary Africa Dr. Issaka Souaré -- Chapter Seven: Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions as a Response to Coup D’états in Mali Delcio P. Maianhai and Dr. Emmaculate Asige Liaga -- Chapter Eight: Security Reform and the Politicisation of the Military Dr Maggie Dwyer -- Chapter Nine: Coups and the Roleof African Regional Organisations Dr. Emma Birikorang, Kofi Annan -- Chapter Ten: The Role of External Powers in African Military Dr Adeoye O. Akinola.
    Abstract: This book presents the reality of democratic reversals and waves of coups cutting through Africa, explores the political economy of coups, and through a case study approach, provides a nuanced analysis of the negative impacts of coups in Africa and interrogates the roles of African regional organisations in curtailing coups and foreign powers in distorting the security architecture of African states, particularly in the Sahel region. It proffers sustainable policy templates for politicaldevelopment,professionalism of the military and the subsequent withdrawal of the military from African politics. Apart from its policy relevance, it will serve as a resource pool for researchers working in the area of African political development, peace and security, and security sector reforms. With the incremental exit of France from the Sahel, the book will also offer a nuanced perspective on the ‘scramble for the soul’ of the Sahel by non-Western powers, such as China, Russia, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. Dr Adeoye O. Akinola is Head of Research and Teaching, and Head of the African Union Studies Unit at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation / Institute for Global African Affairs, University of Johannesburg in South Africa. He obtained a doctorate in Political Science from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. He was a Visiting Professor at the United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) Africa Regional Programme in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and a Lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, between 2007-2012.
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    ISBN: 9783031557040
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 161 p. 15 illus., 14 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Economic development. ; Knowledge, Sociology of. ; International relations.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Conceptual framework -- Chapter 3: Empirical approach -- Chapter 4: Methods for data collection and analysis -- Chapter 5: Empirical findings -- Chapter 6: Empirical findings across cases -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
    Abstract: “This book is a pioneering attempt to systematically and concretely analyze diverse knowledge actors, focusing on a typology of their modalities of knowledge interaction. Highly recommended for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners interested in shaping the future of knowledge partnerships.” ---Izumi Ohno, Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan "The authors in this timely and very accessible book, leaning on a wealth of experiences across the world, expose the diverse modalities of knowledge production and exchange which already occur and probably should occur in the realm of interactions we call 'development'. They emphasize the need for co-production of knowledge, while wisely refraining from replacing one form of modernism by new high-modernist state building projects and their models of knowledge for development." ---Kristof Van Assche, Professor Planning, Governance & Development, Universityof Alberta, Canada In this open access book, we provide evidence to support the conceptual discussion of what constitutes “modalities of knowledge interaction” and suggest an analytical framework for effective knowledge cooperation. In practice, knowledge cooperation is realised through different modalities that serve as a toolbox to co-create, share and communicate knowledge among actors. Effective knowledge cooperation is crucial to addressing global challenges. It is increasingly attracting attention due to the rise of South–South Cooperation, to which it is central. Our empirical cases (Germany, India, Republic of Korea and Rwanda) comprise South-South cooperation and traditional development cooperation actors. Dr Stephan Klingebiel is Head of the Research Programme “Inter- and Transnational Cooperation” at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and Visiting Professor at Ewha Womans University (Graduate School of InternationalStudies), Seoul. Flora L. Hartmann graduated from the M.Sc. Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security at the United Nations University (UNU-EHS). Elisa Madani studied International Management at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht in Berlin and the Ecole Supérieure du Commerce Extérieur in Paris. Jonas Paintner studied Global Political Economy as well as International Development and was part of the Postgraduate Research Programme at IDOS. Rebekka A. Rohe studied International Relations (MA) at the Freie Universität Berlin, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Potsdam University, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Lisa Trebs studied Development Studies at the Institute of Development Studies, UK. Teodor Wolk has an academic background in human- and economic geography.
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    ISBN: 9783031567728
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 208 p. 13 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Environmental policy.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Chapter I: Achieving a Common Future for All Through Sustainability-Conscious Legal Education and Research Methods -- Chapter II: Methodological steps toward ecological and emotional education and research fostering multipotentiality -- Chapter III: Cross-disciplinary Methodology for Ocean Literacy: the example of the Ocean Senses Handbook -- Chapter IV: Wildlife/Ocean tourism: when emotions meet science -- Chapter V:Accessibility in Ocean Literacy/Marine Science/Ocean Conservation -- Chapter VI: The physical states of Water and their relationships: a dialogue between Brazil and Norway -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This open access book aims to promote ecological and emotional research and education for sustainability by cultivating values and behaviours consistent with how nature makes us feel connected and nurtured. Built upon the intersection of ecological literacy and socio-emotional learning, grounded in sustainability and relational thinking, the research developed in the book covers a wide range of themes connected to the Agenda 2030. Giuliana Panieri is Professor at the Department of Geosciences at UiT The Arctic University of Norway Margherita Paola Poto is Research Professor at the Faculty of Law, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway and has taught Administrative Law for more than twenty years at the University of Turin, Italy. She is the project coordinator of ECO_CARE and the Ocean Incubator Network Emily Murray is a Ph.D. researcher in the School of Law, University College Cork, Ireland.
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    ISBN: 9783031536380
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 188 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Emigration and immigration
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The State and transnationalism -- Chapter 3: The Transnational Emigration State -- Chapter 4: The Transnational Immigration State and the totalitarian temptation -- Chapter 5: The revolt of ecotones.
    Abstract: This work in two parts examines the relations between transnational societies and states. The second volume of this work contends that current policies meant to control or enhance transnational flows have led to the emergence of a transnational policy apparatus coined the transnational state. This book proposes an innovative conceptual framework to grasp the transformations of the contemporary state in both sending and receiving countries. It shows how states expand beyond national territorial limits by reaching out to migrants where they are. In response to the migrants’ endeavours to circumvent the constrains imposed by selective migration policies, public authorities expand the reach of their control beyond (externalisation), within (internalisation) and at (expansion) borders. A totalitarian temptation seems to have seized contemporary state bureaucracies, affecting the very nature of borders and societies. The core argument of this research is that the development of the transnational state is not random. It is a process shaping and shaped by the structures of the transnational society. Thomas Lacroix is a geographer, CNRS director of research at the Centre for International Research of Sciences Po Paris and a fellow of the Institute Convergence Migrations.
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    ISBN: 9783031489983
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 296 p. 3 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: The European Union in International Affairs
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    Keywords: Europe ; Political science. ; International relations. ; Sektorale Strukturpolitik ; Wirtschaftskooperation ; Schweiz ; Israel ; Marokko
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. EU-Switzerland -- 3. EU-Israel -- 4. EU-Morocco -- 5. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book conceptualizes the EU’s ambition at exercising a “joined up approach” (i.e. the mobilization of EU sectoral policies to realize EU foreign policy goals towards a third country). The framework is applied to three case studies: Switzerland and the Institutional Framework Agreement, Morocco and the Western Sahara issue, and Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. With the help of these, the author argues that the EU is more likely to follow foreign policy objectives by leveraging on sectoral cooperation ties when the foreign policy objective concerns the conditions of participation in the single market (Switzerland). He also shows that a lack of member states’ coherence concerning the compatibility of the foreign policy objective with overarching economic (Israel) or regional/geopolitical (Israel and Morocco) interests counteracts the exercise of a joined-up approach. Alexandre Veuthey is a researcher at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He has published various works on the EU's external relations, mainly EU-Switzerland relations, Brexit and its impact on EU-Switzerland relations, as well as the external relations of EU agencies.
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    ISBN: 9783031479052
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 262 p. 13 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in International Relations
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Postkolonialismus ; Weltordnung ; Staat ; Funktion ; Hoheitsrecht ; China ; Indien
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Liquid Sovereignty: Theoretical and Analytical Approach -- 3. China’s Approach to Sovereignty: A General Overview -- 4. China-Hong Kong Relationship -- 5. China-Taiwan Relationship -- 6. India’s Approach to Sovereignty: A General Overview -- 7. India-Kashmir Relationship -- 8. India-Bhutan Relationship -- 9. Conclusion. .
    Abstract: This book project studies the variation of sovereignty in international order by analysing how the general model of sovereignty is localised in the political practice of two major non-Western rising powers, namely China and India. It aims to investigate how the sovereignty of these states is constituted, which includes the question of how sovereignty works and becomes constituted in specific contexts and cases that fall outside the discourses and positions of the so-called Westphalian (conservative, absolutist) sovereignty that is dominantly advocated by these two states on a global level. The core of this project explores specific contested cases and situates them vis-à-vis the broader approaches of China and India to sovereignty. I specifically analyse four particular cases: China’s approach to sovereignty in relation to Hong Kong and Taiwan and India’s approach to sovereignty in relation to Bhutan and Kashmir. In doing so, I will illustrate that sovereignty is a flexible and plastic phenomenon which can be intertwined with principles, models or practices that are usually seen as divergent from or contradicting sovereignty; for example, those that derive from China’s and India’s imperial and colonial history. Aleš Karmazin is Lecturer at the Metropolitan University Prague and Researcher at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. He has received his Master’s degrees in China studies from LSE and IR from Aberystwyth and PhD in IR from Charles University.
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    ISBN: 9783031475757
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 200 p. 7 illus., 6 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America
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    Keywords: Regionalism. ; Ethnology ; Culture. ; International relations. ; Internationales politisches System ; Position ; Herrschaftssystem ; Brasilien
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Brazil’s status ambition -- Chapter 2: The eyes of the beholders: Intersubjectivity and status in IR -- Chapter 3: The status of Brazil: an assessment based on the intersubjective perceptions of great powers -- Chapter 4: Towards a theory of international status increase -- Chapter 5: Conclusion - Brazil’s status inconsistency and barriers of international status quo.
    Abstract: This book focusses on the intersubjective character of status in order to understand the degree to which Brazil has been able to achieve an increase in its global status. Buarque compares the long-standing ambitions of Brazilian foreign policy elites with external perspectives of observers in states with greater international status who would need to recognize Brazil as a great power and a state increasing in international prestige. Buarque develops a multidisciplinary approach influenced by sociology and psychology scholarship and gives special attention to the importance of recognition whilst drawing on international relations scholarship focussed on prestige, identity, roles and ontological security. In so doing, the book argues for the difference between the status and role Brazil aspires to have in the world and the external beliefs about the level of prestige of the state, amounting to status inconsistency and anxiety leading to ontological insecurity. It proposes that powerful states perceive Brazil as a coveted pawn in international politics and outlines a typology of what states that aspire to have more prestige need to do to achieve recognition for higher status. Daniel Buarque researches and focuses on the study of international status of states from an intersubjective external perspective, working towards a theory of how nations can increase their level of prestige. He is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of São Paulo, holds a joint PhD in International Relations from King’s College London (UK) in partnership with Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) and also holds an MA in Brazil in Global Perspective from King’s College London. A journalist with more than 20 years of experience in Brazilian news outlets, he has also published six books.
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    ISBN: 9783031480638
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 183 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Security, International. ; Militärtechnik ; Gefechtskopf ; Waffensystem ; Modernisierung ; Kollektive Sicherheit
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Theoretical Analysis of Role of Missiles in International Security -- Chapter 2: Technological Aspects of Missiles: Missiles and Warheads -- Chapter 3: Role of Missiles in International Security -- Chapter 4: Why States Acquire Missile Systems -- Chapter 5: Historical and Contemporary Missile Development -- Chapter 6: Survivability of Nuclear Missile Force and Contemporary Debates -- Chapter 7: Can the World Do Without Missiles?.
    Abstract: The book attempts to understand the myriad roles of ballistic and cruise missiles in international security. They are for combat purpose, deterrence, coercive diplomacy and power and prestige of a state. The book also studies missile developments across the world. The book also aims to fathom the various possibilities to reduce the threat from missile systems. Debalina Ghoshal is Non-Resident Fellow at the Council on International Policy, Canada. .
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    ISBN: 9783031160080
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 425 p. 11 illus., 9 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 8th ed. 2023.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Aliber, Robert Z., 1930 - Manias, panics, and crashes
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    Keywords: Finanzkrise ; Spekulation ; Bankenkrise ; Wirtschaftskrise ; Geldgeschichte ; Bankgeschichte ; Finanzkrise ; Lender of Last Resort ; Welt ; USA ; Financial crises ; Business cycles ; Depressions ; Macroeconomics. ; Finance. ; History. ; Economic history. ; Financial services industry. ; International relations. ; Financial crises ; Financial history ; Financial crashes ; Global financial crisis ; Financial markets ; Financial bubbles ; National banking systems ; Asset-price bubbles ; Exchange-rate volatility ; International financial systems ; Economic history ; Lender of last resort ; International economy ; Liquid capital ; Capital markets ; Housing based credit bubbles ; Minksy moment ; Japanese bubble of late 1980s ; Credit fueled price bubbles ; Cryptocurrencies ; Finanzkrise ; Bankenkrise ; Depression ; Geschichte ; Finanzwirtschaft ; Spekulation ; Börsenkrach ; Krise ; Weltwirtschaft ; Geschichte
    Abstract: 1: Financial Crises: a Hardy Perennial -- 2: The Anatomy of a Typical Crisis.-3: Speculative Manias -- 4: Fueling the Flames: the Expansion of Credit -- 5: The Critical Stage – When the Bubble Is About To Pop -- 6: Bernie Madoff: Frauds, Swindles, and the Credit Cycle -- 7: Domestic Contagion: Twin Peaks? -- 8: International Contagion 1618–1933 -- 9: Bubble Contagion: Mexico City to Tokyo to Bangkok to New York, London, and Reykjavik -- 10: Policy Responses: Benign Neglect, Exhortation, and Bank Holidays -- 11: The Domestic Lender of Last Resort -- 12: The International Lender of Last Resort before 2000.-13: The 21st Century International Lender of Last Resort -- 14: Bitcoin: Worse than a Ponzi -- 15 The Lessons of History.
    Abstract: In the Eighth Edition of this classic text on the financial history of bubbles and crashes, Robert McCauley joins with Robert Aliber in building on Charles Kindleberger's renowned work. McCauley draws on his central banking experience to introduce new chapters on cryptocurrency and the United States as the 21st Century global lender of last resort. He also updates the book's coverage of the recent property bubble in China, as well as providing new perspectives on the US housing bubble of 2003-2006, and the Japanese bubble of the late 1980s. And he gives new attention to the social psychology that leads people to take the risk of investing in Ponzi schemes and asset price bubbles. For the first time in this revised and updated edition, figures highlight key points to ensure that today’s generation of finance and economic researchers, students, practitioners and policy-makers—as well as investors looking to avoid crashes—have access to this panoramic history of financial crisis.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 332 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Middle East—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Diplomacy. ; Middle East
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- PART I: The Rise of Paradiplomacy -- Chapter 2: The Evolution of Kurdistan-Iraq’s Paradiplomacy: Causes and constraints -- Chapter 3: The Evolution of Palestine’s Paradiplomacy: Causes and constraints -- PART II: The foundations of Paradiplomacy -- Chapter 4: Legal framework, institutionalization, tools and motivs of Kurdistan Iraq’s Paradiplomacy -- Chapter 5: Legal framework, institutionalization, tools and motivs of Palestine’s Paradiplomacy -- PART III: Paradiplomacy in Practise (selected relations) -- Chapter 6: Palestine and USA -- Chapter 7: Kurdistan-Iraq and EU -- Chapter 8: Palestine and EU -- Chapter 9: Palestine and Russia -- Chapter 10: Kurdistan-Iraq and China -- Chapter 11: Palestine and China -- Chapter 12: Kurdistan-Iraq and Turkey -- Chapter 13: Kurdistan-Iraq and Iran -- Chapter 14: Palestine and Iran -- Chapter 15: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book compares the involvement of Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine (Palestinian Territory of the West Bank and Gaza Strip) in international relations from the viewpoint of their practical performance. In particular, it provides an overview over the current Kurdish and Palestinian paradiplomatic activities and their practical performance in terms of their capabilities, capacities and practical achievements. The contributing authors analyze the evolution of paradiplomacy, the domestic legal and institutional framework, the goals, instruments, and capabilities of Kurdish and Palestinian paradiplomacy, and selected foreign relations. The book identifies the similarities and differences between the paradiplomacy of Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine with regard to a set of guidelines: causes, legal foundations, institutionalization, predominant motives, practical implementation, and outcomes of paradiplomacy. It provides empirical explanations about how and why Kurdistan-Iraq and Palestine develop and practice paradiplomacy and contributes to a better understanding of Kurdistan-Iraq’s and Palestine’s involvement in international affairs and their activities. Gülistan Gürbey is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Sabine Hofmann is Researcher and Associate Lecturer at Freie Universität Berlin, at Philipps Universität Marburg, and at Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany. Ferhad Ibrahim Seyder is Professor emeritus at Freie Universität Berlin, and Universität Erfurt, Germany.
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    ISBN: 9783031180262
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 300 p. 35 illus., 33 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: International economic relations. ; Economic development. ; Economics. ; International relations. ; China ; Latin America ; Regional order ; Global order ; Trade ; Infrastructure ; Finance ; Economic growth ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction (Alessandro Teixeira and Aaron Schneider) -- Part I. Sectoral and Historical Issues. ­Chapter 2. History: The Long Trajectory of a Relationship Yet to be Fulfilled (Rafael R. Ioris and Marco Cepik) -- Chapter 3. Chinese Economic Policy: Internationalization in LAC and Future Perspectives (Mathilde Closset, Cecilia Plottier and Zebulun Kreiter). – Chapter 4. Chinese Economic Development: Impact on LAC countries (Menghuai Xiang and Mingyuan Li) -- Chapter 5. Chinese Foreign Policy: Context, Decision, and Implementation (Marco Cepik and Cui Shoujun) -- Chapter 6. Infrastructure: The Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America (Alessandro Teixeira and Nicolas Azocar) -- Chapter 7. Trade: Competition or Complementarity? (Alessandro Teixeira, Wenying Chen, and Zhengyu Jiang) -- Chapter 8. Geopolitics: China, US, and Latin America - Conflict, Competition, or Collaboration? (Louis W. Goodman and Aaron Schneider) -- Part II. Regional and National Questions -- Chapter 9. Central America (Aaron Schneider and Henrique Estides Delgado) -- Chapter 10. The Mexico-Queretaro Train, Dragon Mart, and the Ups and Downs of the Mexico-China Trade Relation (Luz María Gallardo Castro and Juan Carlos Morales Marcucci) -- Chapter11. Sino-Brazilian Relations (Jorge Arbache and Gabriel Condi) -- Chapter 12. A Comparative View of Chinese Relations with Peru (Alvin Camba and Victoria Chonn Ching).
    Abstract: “The extraordinary expansion of China’s ties to Latin America marks a turning point in the region’s engagement in the international arena, and this timely volume illuminates the implications across key countries and sub-regions as well as different economic and strategic domains.” —Eric Hershberg, Professor of Government, American University “This volume not only presents a rich and comprehensive analysis of China-Latin American relations, it also offers important insights into China’s overall economic, foreign policy and geopolitical strategies and limitations as an emerging global power. Required reading for anyone interested in a deep and contextual analysis of China and world order.” —Amitav Acharya, Distinguished Professor of International Relations, American University “The volume makes an important contribution to the literature on China’s rising power behavior in one of the most important regions of the world. Strongly recommended for anyone who is interested in Chinese foreign policy, great power relations, and regional dynamics in Latin America.” —Suisheng Zhao, Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and Editor of Journal of Contemporary China This book offers accounts of the ways in which Chinese engagement with Latin America will shape the regional and global order. The historical, sectoral, regional, and national stories told here seek to change the narrative on China-Latin American relations. In particular, the book argues that there is room for cooperation between the US, China, and Latin American nations towards development, peace, and equity. Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira is Professor of Public Policy at School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University and Professor of International Business at Schwartzman College, Tsinghua University, China. Aaron Schneider is Leo Block Professor of International Studies at the University of Denver, United States.
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    ISBN: 9783031243707
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 290 p. 14 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
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    Keywords: Information technology—Law and legislation. ; Mass media—Law and legislation. ; Crime—Sociological aspects. ; Law and the social sciences. ; Political science. ; International law. ; International relations. ; Mass media ; Information technology ; Crime
    Abstract: Part I: Introduction to IP -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part II: Case Studies -- Chapter 2: China Enga/ges in International Regulation of Geographical Indications -- Chapter 3: China Engages in International Regulation of Disclosure Obligation -- Chapter 4: China Emerges in International Standardisation -- Chapter 5: China’s Bilateral IP Engagement: A Look into the Chinese FTAs -- Chapter 6: China and Multilateral IP Governance -- Part III: Discussion -- Chapter 7: Who Governs? Actors in China’s International IP Engagement -- Chapter 8: Principles for China’s International IP Engagement -- Chapter 9: China’s Strategies to Engage in Global IP Governance -- Chapter 10: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book analyses how China has engaged in global IP governance and the implications of its engagement for global distributive justice. It investigates five cases on China’s IP engagement in geographical indications, the disclosure obligation, IP and standardisation, and its bilateral and multilateral IP engagement. It takes a regulation-oriented approach to examine substate and non-state actors involved in China’s global IP engagement, identifies principles that have guided or constrained its engagement, and discusses strategies actors have used in managing the principles. Its focus on engagement directs attention to processes instead of outcomes, which enables a more nuanced understanding of the role that China plays in global IP governance than the dichotomic categorisation of China either as a global IP rule-taker or rule-maker. This book identifies two groups of strategies that China has used in its global IP engagement: forum and agenda-related strategies and principle-related strategies. The first group concerns questions of where and how China has advanced its IP agenda, including multi-forum engagement, dissembling, and more cohesive responsive engagement. The second group consists of strategies to achieve a certain principle or manage contesting principles, including modelling and balancing. It shows that China’s deployment of engagement strategies makes its IP system similar to those of the EU and the US. Its balancing strategy has led to constructed inconsistency of its IP positions across forums. This book argues that China still has some way to go to influence global IP agenda-setting in a way matching its status as the second largest economy. Wenting Cheng is Grand Challenge Research Fellow at the College of Law, the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia. .
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 418 p. 20 illus., 11 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Political Pedagogies
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    Abstract: Introduction -- Section I: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Pedagogical Research -- Chapter 1: Teaching Philosophy and Teaching Philosophies: Developing a Pedagogical Identity as an Early Career Instructor -- Chapter 2: Research while Teaching: A Reflection -- Chapter 3: Amplifying Student Investment in the Political Science Classroom with Reflective Assignments -- Chapter 4: Engaging Students’ Lived Experience as a Research and Pedagogical Tool -- Chapter 5: Collaboration and Independent Study: Working with Undergraduate Students to Design, Implement, and Assess a Simulation -- Chapter 6: Learning Human Rights through Games -- Chapter 7: “I’m Gonna Make Them an Offer They Can’t Refuse”: Teaching Politics and Mafia through a Role Play to Improve Student Learning and Understanding -- Section II: Writing Textbooks -- Chapter 8: Writing a Textbook is Good for You -- Chapter 9: Taking Innovative Teaching to the Next Level – Writing and Publishing Instructional Materials and Textbooks -- Section III: Conducting Research with Students -- Chapter 10: The Many Rewards (and a Few Pitfalls) of Doing Research with Students -- Chapter 11: A Guide to Balancing Teaching, Research and Service at a Comprehensive University by Engaging Undergraduates in Political Science Research -- Chapter 12: How to Hire Student Researchers, Find Funds to Pay Them and Advance Your Scholarship All While Teaching Way Too Much -- Chapter 13: Empowering Undergraduate Women Researchers Through Mentorship and Care -- Chapter 14: Early Challenges and Successes from Adapting the Laboratory Model to Undergraduate Teaching Institutions -- Chapter 15: Teamwork makes the (Research) Dream Work: Lessons in Working with a Student Research Team -- Chapter 15: Teamwork makes the (Research) Dream Work: Lessons in Working with a Student Research Team -- Chapter 16: Making Contingency Work: Conducting Student-Engaging Research Off the Tenure Track.-Chapter 17: Research-oriented Teaching in Political Science: Emphasizing Science in the Name of Our Profession -- Chapter 18: Partnering with Graduate Students on Policy Research and Practice -- Chapter 19: Graduate Students and Learning the Publishing Game -- Section IV: Research with Students: Experiential Learning and Civic Engagement -- Chapter 20: Combining Project-Based Learning and Service Learning in Teaching Global Issues -- Chapter 21: Unlocking Hidden Connections: Synergizing Scholarship and Student Engagement.-Chapter 22: Using Election Exit Polls to Teach Students about Public Opinion Research and Sustain a Scholarly Agenda -- Chapter 23: Why Iowa? An Experiential Approach to Teaching Presidential Nominations.-Chapter 24: Enhancing Teaching and Research Outcomes through Community Engagement -- Chapter 25: Creating the Ties that Bind: Weaving Undergraduate Research into Your Career Success -- Chapter 26: Community is Key: How Working Across Interdisciplinary Divides Can Improve Teaching, Research, and Service -- Section V: Embedding Research in Teaching and Generating Research Ideas from Teaching -- Chapter 27: Smart Teachers: Identifying Teaching Moments in Research -- Chapter 28: Remaining Research-Active at Teaching-Intensive Universities -- Chapter 29: Using Review Sessions to Jump Start Research Projects in Methods Coursework -- Chapter 30: Doing Political Theory in the Classroom -- Chapter 31: Teaching Food Security to Fed Students: Using Images to Promote Engagement.-Chapter 32: Knowledge Production and Student Learning in Political Science: Bhutan and the Politics of Happiness -- Chapter 33: The Evolution of a Senior Capstone Project -- 34. Conclusion.
    Abstract: “With contributions by leading scholars and practitioners from around the world, this collection represents the best single resource for anyone looking to get more out of bringing together teaching and research.” – Simon Usherwood, The Open University, UK “An essential resource filled with new ideas and approaches, this will become the go-to volume for political science instructors eager to find efficient, productive, and fun ways to combine their teaching and research interests.” – Amanda Rosen, Webster University, US “This book is an excellent contribution to the field of political science pedagogy. Given the constant challenge that professors face to do quality research and quality teaching, this book is a very useful resource for academics to better focus on the importance of research into effective pedagogy and how this research can be helpful to the professor and their students.” – Victor Asal, University of Albany, US This book provides a resource for political science faculty wanting to increase their research productivity and/or teaching effectiveness in a time and resource efficient way. Faculty from various subfields and institution types offer examples of how they align their research and teaching activities to “get more bang for their buck.” While some contributors discuss projects within the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research tradition, others go beyond this approach and integrate their teaching and research in other ways. As a result, this volume offers diverse, innovative, and practical ways faculty can leverage the teaching/scholarship connection to both improve scholarly productivity and ground political science instruction in pedagogical literature. Charity Butcher is Director of the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development at Kennesaw State University. Tavishi Bhasin is a Professor in the School of Government and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University. Elizabeth Gordon is a Professor in the School of Government and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University. Maia Hallward is Professor in the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development at Kennesaw State University.
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    ISBN: 9783031499968
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 156 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Security, International. ; Russia ; Europe, Eastern ; Soviet Union ; World politics. ; Konzeption ; Strategie ; Internationales politisches System ; Position ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Schwarzmeer-Gebiet
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction - A Geopolitical Matryoshka -- Chapter 2: Russkiy Mir: Socio- Cultural Cognitive Framing of Russian Foreign Policy -- Chapter 3: Wind of Change: Russian Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World -- Chapter 4: Enemy at the Gates: NATO In The Black Sea -- Chapter 5: Socio-Economic Warfare with the “Collective West” Starts in the Black Sea -- Chapter 6: Nothing New on The Easter Front: Russkiy Mir in the Black Sea.
    Abstract: This distinctive book deconstructs the foundational elements of Russian foreign policy from a Russian perspective and with references to Russian sources, rather than the typical Western perspective. The author Olga Raluca Chiriac situates her work at the intersection of strategic studies and cognitive psychology, offering an analysis that goes deep into the roots of Russian strategic behavior, especially socio-cultural elements such as attitudes towards the West, language, culture. She highlights Russia’s unique decision-making process, sometimes overt and other times covert. The book aims to present a mechanism for analysis in both strategic choices and foreign policy, but it also points out that countries and nations are complicated entities, all having a particular historical experience, generational trauma, culture and traditions. Dr. Olga R. Chiriac is a social scientist and professor of political science. Her work is situated at the intersection of psychology and security studies (decision making and strategic culture) with a special interest in military applications of cognitive sciences and political warfare. Dr. Chiriac is the Project Europe Head of Engagement with the Irregular Warfare Initiative of the Modern War Institute, at West Point and Visiting Professor at the University of Bucharest where she leads engagement for the Black Sea Program. She is affiliated as an Associated Researcher with the Joint Special Operations University in Tampa, Florida and the Economic Conflict & Competition Research Group (ECCRG) at Kings College.
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    ISBN: 9783031198670
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVI, 356 p. 37 illus., 30 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Comparative government. ; International relations.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical framework and non-western soft power strategy -- 3. China’s soft power strategy -- 4. China’s soft power strategy in Iran -- 5. India’s soft power strategy -- 6. India’s soft power strategy in Iran -- 7. Comparing the China and India’s soft power strategy in the case of Iran -- 8. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book comparatively assesses the China and India’s soft power strategy in Iran. By employing Joseph S. Nye’s “Soft Power” theory and forming the new concept of “Power of Bonding”, this book formulated China and India’s soft power narratives and applied it through the empirical analysis in Iran. Based on this theory, this book seeks explanations for the question of “How China and India respectively, strategically and comparatively use the soft power strategy in Iran?”. To reach the find-out, this book compares the understanding, resources, strategies, influences and uses of China and India’s soft power in Iran under three thematic areas, including “power of bonding through cultural attractions, and attributions”; ‎“political and diplomatic engagement” and “economic partnerships”. By analysing China and India’s soft power strategy in Iran, this book ‎seeks to contribute to the soft power literature through a theoretical replication based ‎on non-Western soft power strategy, the concept and its empirical application in China and India. Md. Nazmul Islam is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political ‎Science and Public Administration and Head, Turkey, Asia and Indo-Pacific Studies, ULİSA, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Communication Studies at the Ankara University, Turkey.
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    ISBN: 9783031165672
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 256 p. 12 illus., 11 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
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    Keywords: Peace. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; Palästinafrage ; Nahostkonflikt ; Regionalkonflikt ; Friede ; Identität ; Identitätsentwicklung ; Verlauf ; Konflikt ; Versöhnung ; Israel ; Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete
    Abstract: 1 Introduction -- Part I Identities in Conflict -- 2 The Construction of Identities in Protracted Conflicts -- 3 Elements of Identity in Conflict -- Part II The Genealogy of Dehumanization and Peace-less Reconciliation in Israel and Palestine -- 4 Before the Peace Process: Historical Roots of a Dysfunctional Relationship -- 5 The UN Approach to the ‘Question of Palestine’ During the Cold War -- 6 Reconciliation and Recognition in the Oslo Accords -- 7 The Twenty-First Century ‘No War, No Peace’: From the Second Intifada to the Stalemate of the Protracted Peace Process -- 8 Conclusion: Unravelling the Cycle of Protractedness.
    Abstract: This open access book discusses the impact of protracted peace processes on identities in conflict. It is concerned with how lingering peace processes affect, in the long-term, patterns of othering in protracted conflicts, and how this relates with enduring violence. Taking Israel and Palestine as a case study, the book traces different representations of success and failure of the protracted peace process, as well as its associated policies, narratives, norms and practices, to analyze its impact on identity and its contribution to the maintenance and/or transformation of the cultural component of violence. On the one hand, drawing from an interdisciplinary approach comprising International Relations (IR), History and Social Psychology, this book proposes an analytical framework for assessing the specificities of the construction of identities in protracted conflicts. It identifies dehumanization and practices of reconciliation in ongoing conflicts – what is called peace-less reconciliation – as the main elements influencing processes of othering and violence in this kind of conflicts. On the other hand, the book offers an empirical historical analysis on how the protracted peace process has impacted identity building and representations made of the ‘other’ in the case of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the end of the 19th century to the present day. Joana Ricarte is a Researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies (CEIS20) at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Her academic background is profoundly interdisciplinary, including research experience in several fields of social sciences and humanities, with emphasis on identity and conflict studies. She holds a PhD in International Politics and Conflict Resolution and a MA in International Relations with specialisation in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Coimbra. She graduated in History from the University of Brasília, Brazil.
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    ISBN: 9783031153891
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 351 p. 23 illus., 20 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Herrschaftssystem ; Internationales politisches System ; Bipolarität ; Rivalität ; Internationale Politik ; Drittland ; Strategie ; Außenpolitik ; Neutralismus ; China ; USA ; Erde
    Abstract: China-US Strategic Competition: Impact on Small and Middle Powers in Europe and Asia -- US-China Strategic Competition in the Context of the Global Covid-19 Pandemic -- U.S.-China Strategic Competition in Each Domestic Context -- Strategic Choices for Switzerland in the US-China Competition -- The China Nudge: Naivety, Neutrality and Non-alignment in Sweden -- Continuity and change in Italy-China relations: From economic pragmatism to selective followership and back -- China and Germany after the 2021 Election: Between Continuity and Increasing Confrontation -- The UK’s response to the challenge of managing its relationships with China and the USA -- Navigating and Riding the Double Bind of Economic and Political Hedging: Japan and the US-China Strategic Competition -- Explaining Korea’s Positioning in the US-China Strategic Competition -- Taking side with the US against China? An analysis of the Taiwanese Choice -- Other Countries are Small Countries, and That’s Just a Fact: Singapore’s Efforts to Navigate the US-China Strategic Rivalry.
    Abstract: “This edited volume is a collection of chapters by noted scholars of US-China relations as well as regional experts on Europe and East Asia. It makes a major contribution to our understanding of the impacts of great power competition on the middle powers in the two most important and dynamic areas of the world. All chapters are clearly written and original, providing fresh and unique insights into the complicated issues in the contemporary world. Strongly recommended for anyone who is interested in the great power relations and regional dynamics in Asia and Europe.” --Suisheng Zhao, Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and Editor of Journal of Contemporary China. “Focusing on two uniquely important countries, the US and China, and the spillover effects of their competition on middle powers and smaller states in Europe and East Asia, the contributors have produced a volume that offers valuable comparative insights and fresh perspectives on the defining great power competition of our era.” --Jacques deLisle is Professor of Law and Political Science, and Director of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China, at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, USA. This open access edited book brings together a closer examination of European and Asian responses to the escalating rivalry between the US and China. As the new Cold War has surfaced as a perceivable reality in the post-COVID era, the topic itself is of great importance to policymakers, academic researchers, and the interested public. Furthermore, this manuscript makes a valuable contribution to an under-studied and increasingly important phenomenon in international relations: the impact of the growing strategic competition between the United States and China on third parties, such as small and middle powers in the two arguably most affected regions of the world: Europe and East Asia. Simona A. Grano is Senior Lecturer and Director of the Taiwan Studies Project at the University of Zurich. David Wei-Feng Huang is Associate Research Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
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    ISBN: 9783031137228
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 437 p. 29 illus., 9 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Internationale Politik ; Internationales politisches System ; Weltordnung ; Politischer Prozess ; Zukunft ; Futurologie ; Entwicklung ; Tendenz ; Erde
    Abstract: 1. Introduction - The qurative turn in Global Politics -- Part I: Theory and concepts -- 2 The Evolution of Global Society Theory. By Barry Buzan a.k.a. Yrrab Nazub -- 3. The Past, Present and Future of Global Thought’ Reviewing a Handbook Chapter from 2122. By Lucian Ashworth -- 4. From World Politics to ‘Time Epistemics’: New Medievalism and the Story of a Certain Scholar. By Aleksandra Spalińska -- 5. Herman Gorter: An Introduction to the End of a World. By Annette Freyberg-Inan and Alexander van Eijk -- Part II- Themes -- (In)Security -- 6. Strategic Partnerships in Twenty-Second Century Global Politics: From Weathering Storms to the Politics of Anticipation. By Andriy Tyushka and Lucyna Czechowska -- 7. Nuclear Weapons in 2122: Disaster, Stability, or Disarmament?. By Michal Onderco and Jeffrey W. Knopf -- 8. The Death and Renaissance of Diplomacy. The New Diplomatic Order for Our Times. By Tomasz Kamiński -- 9. Ignored Histories, Neglected Regions: Origins of the Genosocial Order and the Normative Change Reconsidered. By Jakub Zahora -- 10. Not Yet a Global Health Paradigm: a scenario-based analysis of Global Health Policies. By Maria Ferreira -- Governance and technology -- 11. World-systems and the rescaling geography of Europe. By Giuseppe Porcaro -- 12. Shades of democracy in the post-Anthropocene. By Peter Christoff and Ayṣem Mert a.k.a. PCAM -- 13. ‘Big Daddy Don’t Like That!’ Global Rule by Planetary Algorithm. By Ronnie D. Lipschutz -- The Anthropocene -- 14. The Global Political Economics of Hydrogen. By John Szabó -- 15. The degrowth transition in Latin America: Deurbanised, autonomous city-states in 2122– An invitation. By Joshua Hurtado Hurtado -- 16. Planetary Politics in the 22nd Century. By Ian Manners -- 17. “Now Live from Lagos, Tehran and Oceanside”: Three B7CC Leaders Reflect on Strategies for Cooperation after the Anthropocentric Purge. By Franziska Müller -- Culture and Identity -- 18. World religions. By Luca Ozzano and Alberta Giorgi -- 19. The UNCorp Quantum Mechanism for Wellbeing. By Isabella Hermann -- 20. Cloning God: the UN Bioethics and Human Dignity Declaration of 2043 and the Rise of Monotheistic Fertility Cults in the Middle East. By Elana Gomel -- Policies/ Practices and reflections -- 21. An Autobiographical Reflection by Daqin Kanja Augustine. By Patrick Thaddeus Jackson -- 22. Search: Physical Twin. By Frans Magnusson and Elin Haettner, a.k.a. Hagnus Frelin -- 23. The Origins of AGE: From States and Markets to Scientific Methods. By Karim Zakhour -- Part III- Conclusions -- 24. Conclusion: Global Politics and IR in 2022.
    Abstract: This handbook offers a unique approach to the question: How do scholars write the future of global politics? Written in futur antérieur style, around the 200-year anniversary of the birth of International Relations (IR) as an academic discipline, the contributions engage in world-building and imagine different futures of IR. Set in a multiverse, 23 chapters draw on a range of possible themes and imaginaries, for instance post-pandemic conditions, the Anthropocene, and not least academic practices and the role of researchers. A concluding chapter anchors these explorations in contemporary discussions. The book mirrors the format and style of existing handbooks, combining outlines and discussions of theories, structures, processes, and core issues in IR with an academic science fiction account of how these might play out over the course of the next century. In doing so, the book challenges IR and provides alternative imaginaries, rather than predicting future conditions for all humanity. The book invites readers to reflect on how thinking about the future has become an increasingly radical, but more than ever necessary act. Laura Horn is Associate Professor at the Department of Social Science and Business at Roskilde University, Denmark. Ayṣem Mert is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University, Sweden. Franziska Müller is Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and Business at University of Hamburg, Germany.
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    ISBN: 9783031091872
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 215 p. 9 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Middle East—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; Middle East
    Abstract: 1. Introduction, Maha Yahya -- 2. Smuggling and State Formation: A Match Made in Algeria, Dalia Ghanem -- 3.Cronies and Contraband: Why Integrating Tunisia’s Informal Economic Elite Has Become Necessary, Hamza Meddeb -- 4. North Pacific: Why Lebanon’s Akkar Region Weathered the Syrian Conflict, Maha Yahya and Mohanad Hage Ali -- 5. Transnationalization of a Borderland: Center, Periphery, and Identity in Western Iraq, Harith Hasan -- 6. Hadramawt’s Emergence as a Center: A Confluence of Yemeni Circumstances and Hadrami Resourcefulness, Ahmed Nagi -- 7. How Syria’s War Extended Border Policies to Much of the Country, Kheder Khaddour and Kevin Mazur -- 8. The Center Gives: Southern Syria and the Rise of New Peripheral Powerbrokers, Armenak Tokmajyan -- 9. On the Edge: How Risks from Iraq Have Helped Form Kuwaiti Identity, Bader Al-Saif.
    Abstract: This book addresses the multiple dimensions of the limited reach, or breakdown, of central authority in border regions of Arab states, and their implications for state sovereignty and modes of governance. These include the emergence of illicit networks of exchange, the rise of new nonstate actors in border regions, including paramilitary or jihadi groups, and the transformation of border areas into areas of regional conflict. Collectively, the essays in this volume address such processes, which have been observable in conflict-stricken countries such as Syria, Iraq, and Yemen, and in fragile political or economic contexts, like the ones in Lebanon, Tunisia, and Algeria, as well as in relatively stable Emirates such as Kuwait. The contributions also shed light on how border peripheries in the Arab world have impacted the center of political and economic power in their states. Maha Yahya is Director of the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut, Lebanon, where her work focuses broadly on political violence and identity politics, pluralism, development and social justice, the challenges of citizenship, and the political and socio-economic implications of the migration/refugee crisis.
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    ISBN: 9783031168482
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 352 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Global Political Sociology
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Political sociology. ; Ideologie ; Populismus ; Internationale Politik ; Außenpolitik ; Innenpolitik ; Politischer Prozess ; Internationalisierung ; Wirkung ; Auswirkung ; Erde
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: Populism and International Relations -- Chapter 2: The Populist Challenge to International Relations: Concept-Stretching, Methodological Nationalism and the Omission of Popular Sovereignty -- Chapter 3: Theorizing the Relations between Populism and Foreign Policy: A Discursive, Poststructuralist Approach -- Chapter 4: Addressing Shortcomings in the Laclauian Discursive Approach to Populism: Ontology, Radical Contingency, Affect and the Role of Populist Leaders and Antagonism -- Chapter 5: Right-wing Populism and Foreign Policy in the United States, Germany and India -- Chapter 6: Left-wing Populism and Foreign Policy in the United States, Europe and Venezuela -- Chapter 7: International and Transnational Populism: Cross-border Collaboration and Identity Construction -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Re-Conceptualizing and De-centring Populism in International Relations.
    Abstract: Populism has lately experienced a meteoric rise to become one of the most widely used terms in academic and wider public discourses and a supposedly defining feature of both domestic and world politics. Situated at the intersection of International Relations (IR), Political Theory and Comparative Politics, this book makes a critical intervention into the burgeoning IR scholarship on populism and problematizes the often hyperbolic and sweeping usage of the term as a general descriptor for non-centrist politics of different persuasions. The book seeks to move into a different theoretical direction and broaden the empirical focus of existing IR research. Theoretically, it bridges the gap between theories of populism and IR by bringing the Laclauian, discursive approach and IR poststructuralism together in a theoretical framework. The proposed framework moves away from the search for the policy preferences and impact of populism, and instead conceptualizes foreign policy and world politics as potential sites for practicing populism, ranging from the articulation of societal grievances to the construction of populist identities such as ‘the people’. Empirically, the book takes IR scholarship beyond the predominant focus on the populist radical right and single-country and -region studies. Building on the discourse analysis of an original data set, it offers a comparative analysis of right-wing and left-wing populist discourses in different world regions as well as populist cross-border collaboration and identity construction. Thorsten Wojczewski is Lecturer in International Relations at Coventry University, UK.
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    ISBN: 9783031092893
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 138 p. 4 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Comparative government. ; International relations. ; Europe
    Abstract: 1. Imagined States: Nationalism and Internationalism -- 2. At the Crossroads: Ireland's Path to Europe -- 3. Hopes and Handouts: Adapting to Membership -- 4. A Tiger in the Zoo: Growth and Greed -- 5. The Bonds that Tie: Crisis and Cooperation -- 6. Four Green Fields and 12 Gold Stars: Nationalism in Internationalism.
    Abstract: This book interprets the relationship between Ireland and the European Union (EU). We are coming up to 50 years since Ireland acceded to the EU (2023), and the links between the two are unique and distinctive. This volume presents an original interpretation of Irish-EU relations, and this in turn has implications for a wider understanding of the EU. Its aim is to analyse the Irish-EU relationship from the idea of two apparently contradictory political ideas – internationalism (as represented by European integration in this particular instance) and nationalism (long the dominant value in Irish politics). The authors argue that to date the contradictions have been managed with considerable ease, leading us to characterise the Irish-EU relationship as “nationalism within internationalism.” Michael Holmes is Associate Professor of Political Science at ESPOL (European School of Political and Social Sciences) at the Catholic University of Lille, France. His research focuses mainly on Ireland and the EU and on the impact of European integration on political parties. Kathryn Simpson is Associate Professor of Economics and Politics of the European Union at Keele Business School and School of Social, Political and Studies at Keele University, UK. Her research focuses on public opinion, political behaviour and attitudes towards the EU, in particular in Ireland and the UK in the context of Brexit.
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    ISBN: 9783031159718
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 190 p. 1 illus.)
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    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
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    Keywords: International economic relations. ; International relations. ; Security, International.
    Abstract: Chapter One: Introduction: Who and What Does “the Economy” Serve? -- Chapter Two: The Origins of Statecraft -- Chapter Three: The Public Purpose of Political Economy -- Chapter Four: National Economic Policy: History, Culture, and the Limits of Developmentalism -- Chapter Five: The Delicate Order of Liberalism -- Chapter Six: The Transgressive Economy -- Chapter Seven: Neoliberal Governmentality and the Promise of the Demotic Economy -- Conclusion: Political Economy as a Liberal Art.
    Abstract: Rising inequality, the advance of far-right populism, ecological and climatic catastrophe and the scourge of global pandemic disease – these are among the defining crises of our time. Addressing the governing challenges posed by each requires a more expansive vision of the scope and possibilities of state action than political scientists and economists have furnished to date. In Statecraft and the Political Economy of Capitalism political economists Scott G. Nelson and Joel T. Shelton examine several key social and political dynamics of advanced capitalism for insights into the fate of equality, community and solidarity. In chapters addressing divergent problems and spanning several centuries, statecraft is presented as a conceptual lens through which the art and practice of public action is continually rearticulated in response to the shifting economic, social and political conditions of a given epoch. The authors examine several consequential moments in the long tradition of political economy in relation to the governing predicaments of the present day, highlighting those predicaments that bear upon the well-being of all people, especially society’s most vulnerable. The book thus reintroduces the creative and purposive aspects of governing to the study and practice of Political Economy, a field that has been too preoccupied with technical, institutional and procedural aspects of economic management. Framing problems of governing national and global economies in relation to the craft of the state means searching out continuities between capitalism's early promise and present peril. Scott G. Nelson is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech. His most recent book (co-authored with Bradley S. Klein) is Citizenship After Trump: Democracy versus Authoritarianism in a Post-Pandemic Era (Routledge, 2022). Joel T. Shelton is Associate Professor of Political Science & Policy Studies at Elon University and Coordinator of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) program at Elon. He is the author of Conditionality and the Ambitions of Governance: Social Transformation in Southeastern Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), and co-author of Research and Writing in International Relations, 3rd ed (Routledge, 2020). .
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    ISBN: 9783031221583
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 247 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Canada and International Affairs
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Globalization. ; Diplomacy. ; Regionalism. ; Bündnis ; Verteidigung ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Internationale Organisation ; Beitrag ; Aufgabengliederung ; Militärische Kooperation ; Militärausgaben ; Militärhaushalt ; Bedrohungsvorstellung ; Risikomanagement
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Cooperation, sharing defense burdens, and defense institutions -- Chapter 3: Complexity and burden sharing: member risks and threats -- Chapter 4: “Measuring” NATO member defense burdens—Beyond 2% -- Chapter 5: Theoretical perspectives on collective (defense & security) burden sharing -- Chapter 6: Risk management model of institutional burden sharing -- Chapter 7: Support for the Risk management model of institutional burdens -- Chapter 8: Contributions, future plans, implications, & conclusions.
    Abstract: This book advances North Atlantic Treaty Organization (henceforth, NATO) burden analysis through a decomposition of the political, financial, social, and defense burdens members take on for the institution. The overemphasis of committing a minimum of 2% of member state Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to defense spending, as a proxy indicator of alliance commitment does not properly reflect how commitments reduce risks should Article V be invoked through attack (i.e., 2% is a political & symbolic target adopted by Defense Ministers in 2006 at Riga). Considering defense burdens multi-dimensionally explains why some members overcontribute, as well as, why burden sharing negotiations cause friction among 30 diverse members with differing threats and risks. In creating a comprehensive institutional burden management model and focusing on risks to members, the book explores the weaknesses of major theories on the study and division of collective burdens and institutional assets. It argues that member risks and threats are essential to understanding how burdens are distributed across a set of overlapping institutions within NATO’s structure providing its central goods. The importance of the USA, as a defense underwriter for some, affects negotiations despite its absence from research empirically; new data permit testing the argument (Kavanaugh 2014). This book contributes conceptual innovation and theoretical analysis to advance student, researcher, and policymaker understanding of burden management, strategic bargaining, and defense cooperation. The contribution is a generalizable risk management model of IO burden sharing using NATO as the case for scientific study due to its prominence. Anessa L. Kimball is Director of the Center for International Security at the École supérieur D’études Internationales and Professor in the Department of Political Science at Université Laval, Québec City. Professor Kimball is also the Co-Director of Security for the Canadian Defence and Security Network, a SSHRC partnership network.
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    ISBN: 9783031156700
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXI, 264 p. 31 illus., 29 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security
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    Keywords: International relations.
    Abstract: 1. The Suez Canal: Forthcoming Strategic and Geopolitical Challenges (Shaul Chorev) -- 2. China and the Suez Canal: Politics, Economy, and Logistics (Ehud Gonen) -- 3. The Butterfly Effect: The Influence of the Nixon Administration's Preoccupation with Vietnam on Sadat's February 1971 Proposal to Reopen the Suez Canal (Yehuda Blanga) -- 4. Suez and the United States: Oil, Lifelines, and "All of Mankind" in the Cold War (Christopher R. W. Dietrich) -- 5. The Global Oil Market and the Status of the Suez Canal (Yossi Mann) -- 6. Freedom of Navigation in the Suez Canal and the Cannels: Law of the Sea (Benny Spanier) -- 7. International Law and Freedom of Navigation through the Suez Canal (Robbie Sabel) -- 8. Israel's Freedom of Passage in the Suez Canal, 1957-1967 (Eitan Barak) -- 9. The Impact of the Suez Canal on Egypt's Geography and Economy, 1867-2019 (150 years since its opening) (Arnon Soffer) -- 10. A Sea, a Canal, a Disaster: The Suez Canal and the Transformation of the Mediterranean Biota (Bella S. Galil) -- 11. Increased Anthropogenic Activity in the Mediterranean since the Opening of the Suez Canal (Semion Polinov) -- 12. Standing of the Mega-Ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal: Causes, Consequences, and Lessons to be Learned (Aleksander Gerson). .
    Abstract: “This book should be at the top of all reading lists as maritime commerce, global supply chains, and the Suez Canal will continue to profoundly affect our daily lives.” —Admiral Gary Roughead, U.S. Navy (Retired), Former U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations “The authors have filled a gap in the academic literature with this superb edited volume. Maritime trade is changing, the importance of sea resources is growing, and power rivalries are increasingly being expressed at sea.” —Bruno Tertrais, Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique, France This open access book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of the Suez Canal after 150 years of operation, studying it from various perspectives: political and geopolitical, energy, legal, and environmental and human impact. The book addresses several gaps in the scholarly literature, including a much-needed geostrategic analysis of the Canal in the volatile Middle East amid structural changes in the international system, and topics that are usually less emphasized in the context of the Suez Canal, such as anthropogenic activity. Carmela Lutmar is Senior Lecturer in the Division of International Relations in the School of Political Sciences at the University of Haifa, Israel, and Adjunct Lecturer at New York University, USA. Ziv Rubinovitz is Research Fellow and Academic Coordinator at the Chaikin Chair for Geostrategy, Research Coordinator of the Maritime Policy and Strategy Research Center, the Ezri Center for Iran and Gulf States Research, and the Wydra Division of Shipping and Ports at the University of Haifa, Israel.
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    ISBN: 9783031068829
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXVII, 441 p. 9 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Africa—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; Diplomacy. ; Security, International. ; Comparative government. ; Africa
    Abstract: Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Introduction: understanding Nigeria’s foreign policy: reflections on Nigeria’s journey so far -- Part 2: The domestic dimensions of Nigeria’s foreign policy and external relations -- Chapter 2: Bureaucratic model: the ministry of foreign affairs and Nigerian foreign policy -- Chapter 3: Nigerian foreign policy and challenges of economic development -- Part 3: Afrocentricity and the regional dimensions of Nigeria’s foreign policy -- Chapter 4: A critical review of Nigeria's Afrocentric policy: rationale, gains and consequence -- Chapter 5: Natural resource endowment and regional integration in west Africa: the setbacks and implications for Nigerian foreign policy -- Part 4: Nigeria and the global and emerging powers -- Chapter 6: The dynamics and strategic interests in Nigeria-US relations -- Chapter 7: Nigeria-UK relations in the 21st century -- Chapter 8: The foreign policy of emerging big power? Nigeria and china’s belt and road initiative -- Chapter 9: Nigeria-South Africa relations: prospects and challenges of a strategic partnership -- Chapter 10: Nigeria-Brazil relations: ties that bind and binds that tie -- Part 5: Contemporary issues and challenges in Nigeria's foreign policy environment -- Chapter 11: Nigeria's foreign policy since independence: problems, challenges and opportunities -- Chapter 12: Nigeria foreign policy in the age of globalization: issues and challenges -- Chapter 13: “Gulliver's Odyssey”: assessing Nigeria's role in Ecowas -- Chapter 14: Migration and Nigeria's external relations: a trend analysis of its nature and dynamics in the last 60 years -- Chapter 15: Nigeria's foreign policy and diaspora engagements: the unharnessed strategic asset -- Chapter 16: Climate change and Nigeria's foreign relations -- Chapter 17: Nigeria relations with the organisation of Islamic countries -- Part 6: Conclusion -- Chapter 18: Conclusion: future prospects of Nigeria's foreign policy beyond 60 years of independence: emerging trends and tasks ahead.
    Abstract: 'This is a timely contribution that responds to the concerns of a renowned political scientist, Joseph Nye, who expressed deep concern about the widening gap between academic theory and foreign policy practice.' –Professor Eghosa Osaghae, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) ‘The book is a welcome addition and deserves a distinct place among the many academic works on Nigeria’s foreign policy. The rich insights by authors carefully selected to contribute to this book will be useful for both academics and policy makers with deep interest in the area of Nigeria’s foreign policy architecture. –Otunba Olusegun Akinsanya, mni, Former Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Ethiopia ‘A timely work of scholarship devoid of propaganda offering a rich mix of optimism and criticism of Nigeria’s foreign policy in the past 60 years.’ –Ambassador Zango Abdu, mni, Retired Diplomat This book covers critical issues in Nigeria’s external relations since 1960. As an independent nation, Nigeria has stood out as the most populous black country in the world and contributed immensely to the search for solutions to pressing international issues, notably in Africa affairs. Nigeria has also participated actively in global affairs and used the platform of international organisation to advance her national interests, cognisant also of its regional and global obligations and responsibilities. Contributors to this thought-provoking book make a strong case for Nigeria to press for a foreign policy that puts Nigerian people at the centre. One of the strong points also emanating from the contributors of this book is the imperative for Nigeria to address domestic challenges that continue to impinge on the country’s external image. Usman A. Tar is Endowed Professor of Defence and Security Studies, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the Nigerian Defence Academy. Sharkdam Wapmuk is Associate Professor at the Department of Defence and Security Studies, Nigerian Defence Academy.
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    ISBN: 9783031307966
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(V, 218 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Außenpolitik ; Innenpolitik ; Internationale Politik ; Diskussion ; Politische Willensbildung ; Politische Einstellung ; Politisches System ; Einflussgröße ; Internationale Organisation ; Mitwirkung ; Bündnis ; Verteidigung ; USA
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Continuity and Change in U.S. Foreign Policy Toward NATO -- Chapter 2: American Public Perceptions and U.S. Foreign Policy toward Europe -- Chapter 3: Foreign Policy Elites and the National Security State -- Chapter 4: Democracy Promotion and Euro-Atlantic Integration -- Chapter 5: From Nation-Building at Home to America First and Make America Great Again -- Chapter 6: A Foreign Policy for the Middle Class? -- Chapter 7: Conclusions. .
    Abstract: “Professor Dolan’s book is must-reading for students, scholars, and observers of American foreign policy interested in understanding the U.S. relationship with NATO and domestic forces within the United States threatening the long-term support and health of that important international institution. Given the rise of populism in the United States, President Trump’s attempts to disengage from NATO and refocus on the perceived threat from China, and Russia’s unprovoked invasion and continued brutal military action in Ukraine, Dolan’s work could not be more timely and relevant.” —Dr. David B. Cohen, University of Akron “Turbulent global events like the fall of the Berlin Wall, 9/11, the rise of China, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have changed the international system that the United States and NATO have known since the end of the Second World War. From the perspective of American domestic politics, the world has become a more dangerous place. Read this exceptional analysis to help understand why.” —Dr. Alan G. Stolberg, Former Director of European Studies, United States Army War College This book argues that domestic politics and political pressures determine the extent of the U.S. role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from the emergence of containment strategy against the Soviet Union to the Russian war in Ukraine. NATO has evolved in the domestic politics of U.S. foreign policy from a conventional military alliance to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War to an important instrument in the competition against China and Russia. This book examines American domestic political implications of U.S. security commitments to NATO. It adopts a historical approach and places the U.S. foreign policy toward NATO on the domestic level of analysis by highlighting domestic political determinants in the foreign policymaking process. It also highlights the connections between the Biden Administration’s definition of a struggle between democracy and autocracy and the state of American democracy following the January 6th insurrection by far-right Trump extremists. U.S. These include the evolution of American attitudes towards NATO, societal and economic factors, and entrenched bureaucratic interests shaping U.S. foreign policy. The book incorporates the contributions of major theoretical works on the domestic political factors that shape foreign policy preferences and behavior to understand the extent to which domestic politics influences the historical evolution of the U.S. role in NATO and American foreign policy toward Europe. Chris J. Dolan is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Master’s of Science program in Intelligence and Security Studies at Lebanon Valley College and a two-time Fulbright U.S. Scholar (North Macedonia, 2022; Kosovo, 2020).
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    ISBN: 9783031233838
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 288 p. 23 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Middle East—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Middle East ; Politischer Konflikt ; Innenpolitik ; Aufstand ; Bürgerkrieg ; Verlauf ; Konflikt ; Konfliktlösung ; Beilegung ; Friedenskonsolidierung ; Naher Osten ; Mittlerer Osten ; Nordafrika
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Role of Sazman-e- Honari Rosanai Oax (Owj) during the “Maximum Pressure” Campaign against Iran -- 3. Seeing Like a State: The Crisis of Building the State of South Sudan -- 4. Policing coexistence through economic incentives: an analysis of Nir Barkat’s policies on education in East Jerusalem during his tenure as mayor (2009-2018) -- 5. An exploration of the dimensions of exclusion associated with intimate violence among Syrian refugees in Lebanon, etc.
    Abstract: “The book deals with a critical and a timely issue: public policies in the aftermath of civil wars and armed conflicts. Elayah and his team provide a fascinating analysis that represents an excellent resource for policymakers, practitioners, researchers and graduate students working on the Middle East and Africa.” — Omar Ashour is Professor of Security and Military Studies at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. This book explores the challenges of the governance and public policy in the midst and after conflicts, revolutions, and civil wars in the Middle East and Africa. As anywhere else, the task of rebuilding peace and institutionalizing stability in countries experiencing conflict or just emerging from it, is daunting, uncertain and context specific. Yet, focusing on the Middle East and Africa is of particular relevance, as these two regions feature the highest numbers of inter- and intra-state conflicts, and the central states are more often contested than in the rest of world regions. The book proposes different cases addressing the fundamental challenge of inclusion and cohesion as well as the recurring issue of exclusion in conflict-affected situations. It also offers more theoretical insights and proposed pathways to develop more inclusive and peaceful governance settings in Africa, the Middle East and beyond. It deploys different lenses of social sciences, public policy, and international relations, but also benefits other disciplines that enable a more comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted, complex and dynamic issues at play. Dr. Moosa A. Elayah is Assistant Professor in Public Administration, specialized in Conflict Studies, Peacebuilding, and International Development, at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar. Dr. Laurent A. Lambert is Assistant Professor in Public Policy, specialized in energy policy and climate change politics, at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar.
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    ISBN: 9783031251405
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 240 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Abstract: Chapter 1: From Crisis Decision-Making to Discourse Theory -- Chapter 2: The Discursive Character of the Social -- Chapter 3: The Permanent Dimension of Dislocation -- Chapter 4: The Recurring Dimension of Dislocation -- Chapter 5: The Ephemeral Dimension of Dislocation -- Chapter 6: Discourse Analysis -- Chapter 7: The Coronavirus Crisis.
    Abstract: The book develops a novel framework for the analysis of global crises. It differentiates crises on three dimensions: permanent, recurring and ephemeral crises. This conceptualization allows us to analyze global crises not only in their immediate environment, but makes it possible to understand them in the broader context of social instability. The approach revolves around the terminology of discursive dislocation which provides fundamental insights into diverse forms of social instability. A multidimensional conceptualization of dislocation is advanced which informs the differentiation of global crises. Furthermore, a methodological toolkit is developed and tailored to the theoretical framework, which makes it possible to utilize the book both theoretically and methodologically for the analysis of manifold forms of global crises. The book also provides a comprehensive analysis of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States under Donald Trump. Making use of the aforementioned methodology, it presents a hands-on illustration of how the multidimensional framework can be utilized for practical analyses. The analysis reveals how the construction of the Covid-19 pandemic is embedded in the historically ingrained self-portrayal of the United States, and how crisis responses are invoked to serve particular socio-political purposes in retaining an established vision of the United States. Nadine Klopf is Research Fellow and PhD candidate in the Research Group on International Political Sociology at Kiel University, Germany. Her research focuses on crisis theory, discourse theory and poststructuralism in International Relations.
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    ISBN: 9783031253942
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 97 p. 1 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
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    Keywords: Peace. ; International relations. ; Palästinafrage ; Transitional Justice ; Friedenskonsolidierung ; Siedlungspolitik ; Kolonialismus ; Vergangenheitsbewältigung ; Internationales Strafrecht ; Palästinensische Autonomiegebiete ; Palästina ; Israel
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Transitional Justice and Enforcing the ‘Peace’ on Palestine -- Chapter 3: Truth, acknowledgement and combatting ‘memoricide’ -- Chapter 4: Pursuing International Criminal Justice, the ICC, and Palestine -- Chapter 5: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book considers the growing interest in transitional justice practices that take place against the backdrop of ongoing settler-colonialism in Palestine. By critiquing the role of common top-down and bottom-up interventions, namely truth recovery and international criminal justice, the book argues that transitional justice acts as an extension of a deeply flawed peacebuilding process that has been so destructive in Palestine and has a deflating effect when it comes to advancing calls for meaningful decolonisation. A ‘radicalisation’ of transitional justice that takes place in settler-colonial contexts, one that prioritises conversations around meaningful decolonisation, is therefore required. The book will appeal to those with an interest in peacebuilding, conflict transformation and transitional justice. Dr Brendan Ciarán Browne is Assistant Professor Conflict Resolution & Reconciliation, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland and Fellow at the Trinity Centre for Resistance Studies.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVIII, 363 p. 1 illus.)
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    Abstract: 1. Sexual harassment, human rights and feminism -- 2. Towards a woman-centered approach in addressing sexual harassment in Africa -- 3. Protecting women with disabilities from sexual harassment in africa -- 4. Nowhere is safe for women: adopting a rights-based approach in addressing in-flight sexual harassment -- 5. The dynamics of sexual harassment against women and access to protection for victims in zimbabwe’s informal sector -- 6. Addressing the epidemic of sexual harassment in idp camps in Nigeria -- 7. Sexual harassment: vulnerability of domestic workers in Nigeria -- 8. The legal framework on sexual harassment in eswatini – a critical review in light of the maputo protocol -- 9. Sexual harassment in the workplace in the gambia: an analysis of recent developments from a feminist perspective -- 10. Sexual harassment in the university workplace: the place of section 35(5) of south africa’s constitution -- 11. The role of the courts in addressing sexual harassment in Nigeria.
    Abstract: “The book is unique and somewhat first of its kind, providing extensive analysis on how sexual and gender- based violence affect marginalised communities...” ––Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, University of Lagos & Executive Director, Women Advocate Research & Documentation Centre, Nigeria “This book takes an intersectional approach to human rights by exploring the intersection of gender, disability, refugee status, and social class, and in so doing, offers an invaluable contribution to the literature on women’s human rights in Africa.” ––Prof Johanna Bond, Dean Faculty of Law Rutgers University, USA “It adopts a very unique-multidisciplinary perspective to sexual harassment by analysing it using the human rights based approach, something that has been lacking from the Global South!” ––Dr Linet Sithole, Law Lecturer at Africa University, Zimbabwe This book delves into the endemic and pervasive issue of sexual harassment in Africa, examining it as a gendered expression of power and a gross violation of human rights. It explores sexual harassment in various sectors, including domestic work, academia, and the informal economy, across a range of African countries. The book also highlights the sexual harassment experienced by vulnerable populations, such as internally displaced people, people with disabilities, and women and girls traveling by air. With a keen focus on the intersection of law, feminism, and human rights, the book analyzes the role of the courts and national human rights institutions in addressing sexual harassment, drawing lessons from other jurisdictions. This book is a must-read for researchers, policymakers, and civil society organizations interested in gender power relations and women‘s rights in Africa and beyond. Ebenezer Durojaye is Professor and Head of the Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Satang Nabaneh is Research Professor of Law at the University of Dayton School of Law and the Human Rights Center’s Director of Programs. Adetoun Adebanjo is Legal Researcher and Consultant in Queensland, Australia.
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    ISBN: 9783031336614
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 274 p. 9 illus., 7 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Politics and war. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Krieg ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Staat ; Souveränität ; Unabhängigkeit ; Internationales politisches System ; Position ; Erde
    Abstract: Chapter 1 (introduction) The contingency of the war-state-sovereignty triad. Updating a canonical debate -- Part I: Revisiting the Link Between War, State and Sovereignty -- Chapter 2 Is War still an Expression of State Sovereignty? Multidisciplinary round-table -- Chapter 3 Vladimir Putin's Territorial Trap. What the Invasion of Ukraine reveals about the Contemporary War-Sovereignty Nexus -- Chapter 4 The Omnipresent Absent. The State at the Centre of the War-Sovereignty Dialectic -- Chapter 5 The Failed Gamble of the 1920s. Sovereignty without War -- Chapter 6 Political-military relations. Civil Supremacy under the test of Sovereignty -- Part II: Case Studies of Contested and Renegotiated Sovereignty -- Chapter 7 Security and Regional Integration through a Maritime Lens. Shared Sovereignty and Non-Cooperation in the Inter-American Region Chapter 8 When the “war on terror” undermines the sovereignty of fragile, failing and failed states -- Chapter 9 De Facto sovereignty and multilateral sanctions for a return to constitutional order in a context of regional armed conflict. The case of Mali -- Chapter 10 New Spaces of Contested Sovereignty -- Chapter 11 Operational efficiency challenged by industrial sovereignty: the uncertainties of "participatory" innovation -- Chapter 12 Foreign military bases and the sovereignty of local communities. The case of Poland -- Chapter 13 (conclusion): War and sovereignty: “words that go together well” for an interdisciplinary approach.
    Abstract: This book addresses the links between war, state and sovereignty using an interdisciplinary approach. The authors and editors investigate the transformation of the state through the practices of security governance - an effective way to question the evolution of authority and legitimacy of state violence, and the organisation of human societies. This work contributes to the understanding of the transformation of state through the prism of security challenges and provides the means to identify the evolution of their regalian contours, the legal and technical forms of regulating violence, and the legitimisation of public power. This volume shows that the contribution of the social sciences is decisive for understanding the changes of the role and insertion of armed forces in their political, social and professional environment. Grégory Daho is Associate Professor of Political Science at University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France Yann Richard is Professor of Geography at University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France.
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    ISBN: 9783031220531
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 313 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in International Relations
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Security, International. ; Internationale Politik ; Rivalität ; Militärisches Gleichgewicht ; Strategische Stabilität ; Bedrohungsvorstellung ; Rüstungswettlauf ; Geschichte ; Japan ; USA ; Pazifischer Raum
    Abstract: 1. Overbalancing as a Systemic Pathology -- 2. Explaining Japan’s Rush to the Pacific War -- 3. Appropriate Balancing in the Naval Arms Control Era, 1920-1931 -- 4. The Manchurian Crisis as an Exogenous Shock, 1931-1933 -- 5. Overbalancing and Japan’s Rush to the Pacific War, 1933-1941 -- 6. Beyond Japan and the Pacific War.
    Abstract: This book investigates the phenomenon of overbalancing through an analysis of Japan’s foreign policy during the interbellum. In the mid-1930s, Japan withdrew from a naval arms control framework that had restrained military buildup on both sides of the Pacific Ocean since the early 1920s. By doing so, Japan not only triggered a naval arms race with the United States that exhausted its economy, it also destroyed the last institutionalized structure regulating the relationship between the two Pacific powers. Japan and the United States became caught in a spiral of tensions that culminated with the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Puzzling is the fact that the international environment in the Asia-Pacific was relatively stable in the mid-1930s, while Washington was pursuing a policy of accommodation toward Tokyo. By rejecting arms control and engaging in unfettered naval expansion, Japan overbalanced against the United States and began its rush to the Pacific War. The book explains Japan’s overbalancing with a neoclassical realist model that combines the literatures on threat perception and civil-military relations. Amid the Manchurian crisis of 1931-1933, as the Japanese government collaborated with the military institution to address the situation in China, military influence on the formulation of foreign policy surged. The perceptual and policy biases of the military, which include the tendency to distrust other countries’ intentions, to adopt worst-case analyses of international dynamics and to strive to maximize military power, gradually penetrated the decision-making process. Dysfunctions in the preexisting structure of Japanese civil-military relations, engendered by an over-depoliticization of the military institution, allowed the navy to convince policymakers that the United States was inherently hostile to Japan, hence the necessity to prepare for war. The government was brainstormed, adopting the biased military perspective on international affairs. Japan overbalanced in a myopic but conscious way. Lionel P. Fatton is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Webster University Geneva, Switzerland, and Research Collaborator at the Research Institute for the History of Global Arms Transfer, Meiji University, Japan.
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 543 p. 13 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Diplomacy. ; International relations. ; Internationale Politik ; Politisches Verhalten ; Politische Kommunikation ; Diplomatische Beziehungen ; Diplomatie ; Außenpolitik ; Informationstechnik ; Kommunikationstechnik ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Auswirkung
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Diplomatic Thought and Practice (Onditi) -- Part I: Foundations of Diplomatic Thought and Practice -- 2 Visibilizing African Heritage in Diplomatic Thought and Practice (Okoth & Were) -- 3 Afrodiplomacy: Collective Continental Communiqué (Kuwali & Kuwali) -- 4 Feminist Foreign Policy and Diplomacy (Fröhlich & Scheyer) -- 5 Modifying Diplomacy for the Twenty-First Century: A New Postmodern Approach (Georghiu) -- Part II: Tools and Types of Diplomacy -- 6 The Increasing Significance of Public Diplomacy in International Relations: New Types and Actors (Maunder & Stivachtis) -- 7 Sport Diplomacy (Brand) -- 8 Humanitarian Diplomacy (Felfeli) -- 9 Vaccine Diplomacy (Brand) -- 10 Global Environmental Diplomacy (Atisa) -- 11 Faith-Based Diplomacy as a New (and Old) Practice in Foreign Policy: Concepts and Cases (Lehmann McLarren) -- 12 Dynastic Diplomacy: Soft Suzerainty, Transdynastic Relations, Nepotism (Yates) -- 13 Great Power Diplomacy in the digital age (Stivachtis) -- Part III: Diplomacy in a Dynamic World -- 14 African Union Non-Military Conflict Interventions (Engel) -- 15 How to Apply Kinetic Diplomacy to Gray Zone Conflict (Onditi & Yuko) -- 16 Africa’s Science Diplomacy (Inyang & Simelane) -- 17 Neighboring Military Occupation: Modern Surrogate to Conquest (Ben-Nun) -- 18 Negotiating with the Devil: Counter-Terrorism and the Rise of Mediation Organizations (Hazan) -- 19 Diplomacy and Foreign Policy in the Digital Era: A Case Study of the 2015 “Refugee Crisis” in Germany (Dück) -- 20 Women and Feminist Diplomacy in Turbulent Times: How France Coped with the Silent Pandemic (Anand, R.) -- 21 From National to International Actorness: International Organizations and the Transformation of Public Diplomacy—The Cases of the European Union and NATO (Stivachtis) -- Part IV: Experiences of Diplomacy -- 22 Foreign Service Officers: Are They Fit for Purpose? (Sooklal) -- 23 Diplomats in Uniform: ‘Security Diplomacy’ Described Through a Practical Experience Report (Waldbauer-Hable) -- 24 Conclusion: The English School and Diplomacy as a Dynamic and Core Primary Institution (McLarren).
    Abstract: This handbook offers important perspectives on the theory and practice of diplomacy in the age of rapid technological change. Focusing on African and international politics, the authors examine tools, case studies, and first-hand experiences in a masterful collection. - Dr. Lise Howard, Professor of Government and Foreign Service, Georgetown University and President of the Academic Council on the United Nations System. This valuable handbook asks us to reconceptualise the theory and practice of diplomacy in the context of global technological revolution. It offers a useful corrective to previous Eurocentric theories, with a diverse set of contributors, perspectives and case studies. It will be vital reading for those interested in the evolution of the field of diplomacy. - Professor Pádraig Carmody, Department of Geography, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. This handbook integrates a range of conceptual and empirical approaches to diplomacy in the context of ongoing technological and societal change. Technological and societal disruptions affect modern diplomacy, altering its character and reforming its way. In light of such changes, this book offers both historical foundations and contemporary perspectives in the field. By doing so, it demonstrates how contemporary change impacts the work of diplomats representing sovereign states. Global diplomatic services will forever be affected by the digitalization of engagement between states during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. In this rapidly changing culture, with burgeoning geopolitical and geostrategic realignment among global powers, the tools of diplomacy have changed. The state’s foreign policy astuteness and responses to these changes could have long-term impacts. All this culminates in opportunities for improving the management of diplomatic services and efficiency of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of various states. This book provides useful insights into how modern diplomacy works, especially the integration of informalities into formal diplomatic practices in complex peace and security environments, within such a framework of change. Francis Onditi is Associate Professor at Riara University, Kenya. Katharina McLarren is senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany.. Gilad Ben-Nun is Alfred Grosser Professor at Sciences-Po, Paris, France. Yannis A. Stivachtis is Professor at Virginia Tech, USA. Pontian G. Okoth is Professor at Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, Kenya.
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    ISBN: 9783031382185
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 343 p. 24 illus., 22 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
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    Keywords: Peace. ; International relations. ; Security, International. ; Konflikt ; Auswirkung ; Transformation ; Friede ; Begriff ; Komplexes System ; Fotografie ; Friedensforschung ; Konfliktforschung ; Bosnien-Herzegowina
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: Ambiguities in Local and Global Contexts -- Part I: Complexity and Ambiguity -- Chapter 2: Approaching Complexity in Peace and Conflict -- Chapter 3: Tolerance of Ambiguity -- Part II: New Photographies and Visual Ambiguities -- Chapter 4: The Crisis of Photojournalism and the Emergence of New Photographies -- Chapter 5: Visual Ambiguities: Controlling the Meaning of Images in a Digital and Interactive World -- Part III: Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to Peace -- Chapter 6: Introducing Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to Peace -- Chapter 7: Navigating Bosnia: Uncertain Paths to Peace -- Chapter 8: The Grids: Architectural Space and Panel-to-Panel Transitions -- Chapter 9: Interactivity and the Author-Audience Relationship -- Part IV: Leveraging Ambiguity for Peace -- Chapter 10: Embracing Difference: Learning from Bosnia? -- Chapter 11: Exploring the Surround, Appreciating Complexity -- Chapter 12: Active Looking: Images in Peace Mediation -- Chapter 13: Concluding Reflections: Tolerance of Ambiguity and the Ambiguity of Tolerance.
    Abstract: This book argues that we can capitalize on the tolerance of ambiguity-enhancing potentialities inherent in visual images – their non-coherence – and thus increase our capability of tolerating ambiguities. Studying international relations equals studying ambiguity. The international system is complex, and where there is complexity, there is also ambiguity. Crucially, in a world saturated not only with ambiguities but also with visual images, it is mandatory to think ambiguity and visuality together. The authors analyze the constructive and peaceful potentialities of ambiguities through an exploration of journalistic imagery in the context of post-war Bosnia and post-siege Sarajevo. The book is a theoretically sophisticated, yet accessible, and politically relevant exercise in inter-disciplinary thinking, uniquely combining literature on complexity, ambiguity and visuality thus offering important readings for international relations, peace and conflict research, and security studies. Rasmus Bellmer is based in Berlin and currently works for the Berghof Foundation. He holds a master’s degree in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research. From 2020 to 2022, he worked as a project researcher in the research project Peace Videography, funded by Kone Foundation, and was affiliated with the Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University, Finland. His research was published in journals such as International Political Sociology, Peacebuilding and Journal of Peace Education. Frank Möller is a peace and conflict researcher residing in Tampere (Finland). He is affiliated with Tampere University as Docent in Peace and Conflict Research. From 2020 to 2022, he was in charge of the project Peace Videography, funded by Kone Foundation, and in 2023, he received a scholarship grant from the Gerda Henkel Foundation. Möller is the co-editor of Art as a Political Witness (2017) and the author of Visual Peace: Images, Spectatorship and the Politics of Violence (2013), Peace Photography (2019) and numerous journal articles and book chapters.
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    ISBN: 9783031404436
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 224 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Quashie, Emanuel Stakeholders of terrorism and the Caribbean
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    Keywords: Terrorism. ; Political violence. ; International relations. ; Peace. ; Political science. ; Karibik ; Islamischer Staat ; Terrorismus ; Medien ; Kriminalität ; Bekämpfung ; Sicherheitspolitik
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Methodological Consideration -- Chapter 2: An Overview of the Existing Literature -- Chapter 3: Contribution to Knowledge -- Chapter 4: Terrorism and the Caribbean -- Chapter 5: Understanding Terrorism: Stakeholders of Terrorism, and the Caribbean. A Caribbean Case Study -- Chapter 6: Conclusion and Recommendation.
    Abstract: The book ambitiously seeks to shape our understanding of terrorism by offering a more systematic interpretation of terrorism-activism through the Stakeholders of Terrorism concept. The author presents an original assessment of terrorism broadly and specifically within the context of the Caribbean through the Stakeholders of Terrorism concept with a view to help the region enhance its counterterrorism policies (nationally & regionally) that recognises the complex inherent duality. In doing so, the author first borrows from and adds to the prevailing literature as it relates to the various explanatory frameworks (psychology, religion, strategy, culture/civilization context, politics and economic dimensions) and the specific stakeholders of terrorism (U.S. mainstream media, ISIS and Individual actors/lone wolf). The Stakeholders of Terrorism concept argues more broadly the existence of an inherent duality, a multiplicity of intangible and tangible negatives and positives that are simultaneously present in most situations concerning terrorism-activism. Emanuel Quashie is Lecturer in the Department of Government at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus.
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    ISBN: 9783031274275
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 168 p. 1 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Human Rights Interventions
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Human rights. ; Zivilbevölkerung ; Schutz ; Bewaffneter Konflikt ; Menschenrecht ; Friedenssicherung ; Friedenskonsolidierung ; Humanitäre Intervention ; Internationale Organisation ; Politisches Mandat ; Entwicklung
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Understanding Protection -- Chapter 3: Understanding Peacekeeping -- Chapter 4: Understanding the Applicable Legal Framework -- Chapter 5: Human rights and humanitarianism -- Chapter 6: Protection of civilians through working with armed non-state actors -- Chapter 7: Conclusions.
    Abstract: The book provides an up to date and authoritative account of how the UN is re[1]thinking its obligations to protect civilians during conflicts. Based on hundreds of interviews with senior UN officials and humanitarian protection staff in headquarters and in the field and a review of the UN´s ´grey literature´. It also draws on the author´s own experience of working on human rights and protection in some of the world´s most violent conflicts. It is written not about what the UN ought to do – or how it could have behaved differently in an abstract or theoretically ideal world – but what the UN is actually doing to fulfil the fundamental purposes set forth in its Charter. Conor Foley teaches at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro and works as a consultant on legal reform, human rights, and humanitarian protection in conflict zones. His previous books include UN Peacekeeping Operations and the Protection of Civilians, saving succeeding generations (2017) The Thin Blue Line, how humanitarianism went to war (2008) and In Spite of You: Bolsonaro and the new Brazilian resistance (2019).
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    ISBN: 9783031361074
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 186 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Global Political Thinkers
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    Keywords: Political science. ; America ; International relations. ; Peace. ; Political leadership. ; Internationale Politik ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Friede ; Friedenskonsolidierung ; Person ; Politische Elite ; Lateinamerika
    Abstract: Introduction -- Chapter 1: An Intellectual of the Americas: Carlos Saavedra Lamas’ vision for peace -- Chapter 2: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel: Grassroots movements and Human Rights -- Chapter 3: The International Political Thought of Alfonso García Robles -- Chapter 4: Oscar Arias and Reconciliation in Central America -- Chapter 5: Rigoberta Menchú: Peacebuilding through respect for diversity -- Chapter 6: Juan Manuel Santos: Colombian diplomacy for peace (2010-2018) -- Chapter 7: Javier Pérez de Cuellar: United Nations -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: “This welcomed and important book immensely enriches the literatures on peace studies, Global IR, and Latin American contributions to international society. It focuses upon seven Latin American Nobel Peace recipients ranging from Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1936) to Juan Manuel Santos (2016), and their impact on ideas and practices of peace in Latin America and beyond, including issue-areas such as mediation and diplomacy, human rights, nuclear disarmament, indigenous rights, peacekeeping, reconciliation, and ending civil wars.” — Prof. Arie M. Kacowicz, Chaim Weizmann Chair in International Relations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel “From the social activism of Rigoberta Menchú to the global initiatives of UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, this book explores the connection between the power of ideas and the actions of peace leaders to build a better world. The authors’ analyses serve as a reminder to academics and diplomats of the importance of taking small and large steps to manage and transform conflict and create institutions with a human focus.” — Ambassador Claudia Fuentes Julio, Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland This book analyzes the contributions of seven Latin American peace actors to reconciliation and conflict resolution: Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Alfonso García Robles, Óscar Arias Sánchez, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Juan Manuel Santos, and Javier Pérez de Cuéllar. Working within an eclectic conceptual approach to systematize the difusion of their ideas, the chapters build upon three fundamentals of mainstream constructivism: a) change across time and space in each peace actor’s lifetime; b) socialization through changing norms, rules, and language; and c) processes of interaction in which they chose strategies and built networks. In their respective historical times, their views and ideas transcended the confines of Latin America to influence global political thought and produce change that favored peace. Roberto Domínguez is Professor of International Relations at Suffolk University, USA. Andrea Oelsner is Associate Professor and Director of the Political Science and IR Programs at the University of San Andrés, Argentina.
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    ISBN: 9783031182198
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 321 p. 8 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Twenty-first Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human Conflict
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    Keywords: Peace. ; International relations. ; Security, International. ; Bewaffneter Konflikt ; Friedenskonsolidierung ; Friedenssichernde Maßnahme ; Friede ; Konfliktregelung ; Konflikt ; Transformation ; Anpassung ; Politische Beteiligung ; Fallstudie ; Erde
    Abstract: 1 Introduction. Exploring Alternative Approaches to Peacebuilding - Cedric de Coning, Rui Saraiva, and Ako Muto -- 2 Adaptive Peacebuilding: Leveraging the Context-specific and Participatory Dimensions of Self-sustainable Peace - Cedric de Coning -- 3 How Can the UN Sustaining Peace Agenda Live Up to Its Potential? - Youssef Mahmoud -- 4 Experiencing Adaptive Actions Within a Complex Peacebuilding Framework: The Colombian Case - Lina Penagos -- 5 Adaptive Peacebuilding in Mozambique: Examples of Localized International Non-Governmental Organizations (L-INGOs) in a Complex and Uncertain Environment - Rui Saraiva -- 6 Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH): Impartiality and an Adaptive Peacebuilding Approach in Structural Asymmetry - Ryoji Tateyama -- 7 The Challenges and Effects of Externally Driven and Locally Driven Peacebuilding Approaches in a Complex Context: A Case Study of the Syrian Conflict - Ako Muto -- 8 Accommodating Incomplete DDR, Security Sector Development, and Veterans’ Issues to Peacebuilding Efforts: National Responses, Suco, and Local Security in Timor-Leste - Yukako Tanaka-Sakabe -- 9 China’s Peacebuilding in South Sudan: “Top-down” Adaptation and Its Effectiveness - Miwa Hirono -- 10 The Role of Adaptive Peacebuilding in Japan’s Assistance of the Mindanao Peace Process in the Philippines - Miyoko Taniguchi -- 11 Conclusions. What Have We Learned About Adaptive Peacebuilding from Comparing Determined-Design with Context-Specific Peacebuilding Experiences? - Cedric de Coning, Rui Saraiva, and Ako Muto.
    Abstract: Adaptive Peacebuilding is an invaluable contribution to our thinking and practice. The various cases studied demonstrate that context specific peacebuilding help to sustain peace because they stimulate, facilitate, and support local agency and resilience. - Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support Adaptive Peacebuilding is a welcome addition to the literature on peacebuilding. It captures the complexities needed to making peacebuilding work in different contexts. - Kwesi Aning, Professor, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Accra, Ghana This book responds to the urgent need to improve how we prevent and resolve conflict. It introduces Adaptive Peacebuilding through evidence-based research from eight case studies across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. It also considers how China and Japan view and practice peacebuilding. The book focuses on how peacebuilders design, implement and evaluate programs to sustain peace, how interactions between external and local actors have facilitated or hindered peacemaking, and how adaptation to complexity and uncertainty occurred in each case study. Cedric de Coning is Research Professor with the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and Senior Advisor with the African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD). Rui Saraiva is Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development. Ako Muto is Executive Senior Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development.
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    ISBN: 9783031372049
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 306 p. 23 illus., 20 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Maritime Politics and Security
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Political science. ; Politics and war.
    Abstract: Chapter 1 – Introduction -- Chapter 2 – Global Maritime Powers and Turkey’s Interest in Naval Development -- Chapter 3 – The Modern Origins of Turkey’s Blue Homeland Policy -- Chapter 4 – Turkey’s Maritime Crisis and Naval Development -- Chapter 5 – Liberalisation and the EU Journey: 2004-2010 -- Chapter 6 – Identity Projection and Axis Shift towards the Middle East: 2010-2016 -- Chapter 7 – Re-securitization and the Emergence of Blue Homeland: 2016-2022 -- Chapter 8 – Conclusion.
    Abstract: ‘Çubukçuoğlu meticulously traces the international and domestic determinants of Turkey’s ‘arduous journey to claim its place in the league of maritime nations’. We had best understand it’. --Deborah Winslow Nutter, Former Senior Associate Dean, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, US ‘In this highly original and engaging book, Çubukçuoğlu examines the growth of Turkey’s maritime ambitions in the Mediterranean, Black, and Aegean seas over the past two decades. Building upon neoclassical realism, he contends shifts in the regional balance-of-power and threat environment, as mediated through Turkish domestic institutions and ideological factors, led to the Blue Homeland concept. The book is superb extension of neoclassical realism to the study of grand strategic adjustment by an important regional power.’ --Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, Tufts University, US This book explores the significance of Turkey’s Blue Homeland (Mavi Vatan) naval concept, which defines its maritime rights and interests in the surrounding seas – Aegean Sea, Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. The concept has a powerful socialized definition and a popular appeal across the political spectrum in Turkey with important implications for security in the wider Middle East. The book investigates the impact of geopolitics and domestic-political factors on the concept and uncovers motivations behind its trajectory since 2004 with a particular focus on the last several years, the period when Turkey’s naval assertiveness reached its peak following the failed coup attempt in 2016. Based on in-depth interviews with diplomats, naval officers, academics, and researchers in the field, the book takes the reader through a journey on how the Turkish government has reinforced an activist policy since 2016 due to pressures of regional insecurity, domestic coalition logrolling, and nationalist sentiment. Serhat Süha Çubukçuoğlu is a geopolitical strategist working at the intersection of policymaking, research, and media. He is currently a Senior Fellow in Strategic Studies at TRENDS Research and Advisory in Abu Dhabi, UAE, as well as an advisory board member at Koç University’s Maritime Forum in Istanbul, Turkey.
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    Series Statement: Environmental Politics and Theory
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    Keywords: Environmental policy. ; Political science. ; Environmental law, International. ; International relations. ; Environment. ; Human ecology
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework -- Chapter 3: Propagation: the Aarhus Convention’s International Context -- Chapter 4: Germination: the Aarhus Convention’s Procedural Trinity -- Chapter 5:Growth: the Aarhus Convention’s Organisational Infrastructure -- Chapter 6: Conclusion: Towards Solidarisation.
    Abstract: The Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters has been celebrated as a pioneering international environmental agreement. Given that a quarter-century has passed since Aarhus was opened for signature, now is an opportune moment to revisit it from a fresh perspective. Marking this anniversary, this book explores Aarhus from the vista of the English School of International Relations, an ethically-minded perspective used to gauge the prevalence of state-oriented and human-oriented progress from the Convention's rationales and realities. It firstly considers Aarhus' propagation, investigating the legal, diplomatic and geopolitical contexts enabling its emergence. It secondly investigates Aarhus' germination, with reference to its trinity of procedural rights. Thirdly, the book examines the Convention's growth, in terms of the development of its organisational infrastructure. The chief finding is that Aarhus demonstrates, in environmental contexts, the feasibility and benefit of fostering 'humankind' solidarist progress, rooted in moral cosmopolitanism, within the existing power arrangements of a sovereignty-based pluralism. Pluralist concerns for diversity and international order are found to be a precondition for more ethically ambitious solidarist endeavours. These observations reinforce the logic of solidarisation, an English School innovation that presents sovereignty as (a) being ethically matured by solidarism whilst (b) delimiting solidarism within the threshold of states' tolerance. Dr. Duncan Weaver is Senior Lecturer at University of Suffolk, United Kingdom.
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    ISBN: 9783031396113
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 259 p. 31 illus., 23 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Humanitarian Supply Chains in COVID-19 Era -- 3. Crossing Borders in the COVID-19 Lockdown Process: Vaccine Diplomacy -- 4. Fiscal Space and Climate Change in the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic: Double Crises of SIDS -- 5. the International Trade Agenda of the Pandemic: Systematic Evaluation of the Global Trade Crisis in the Post-COVID-19 Era -- 6. Anti- Immigration Rhetoric of Far-Right Movements in the COVID-19 Era -- 7. Borders in the Post-Pandemic World Order -- 8. The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Tackling COVID-19 -- 9. COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa: Global Uncertainty and Security Quests -- 10. Post-Pandemic Economies Development Perspective in Countries of the South Caucasus: Comparative Analysis -- 11. COVID-19 and the Political Economy of Depending Socio-Economic Inequalities -- 12. Optimistic Outlook on the Impact of COVID-19 -- On Higher Education -- 13. Digital Diplomacy: As A Strategy of Global Crisis Management During the Time of COVID-19 -- 14. Xenophobia, Racism, and Populism in the COVID-19 Era -- 15. Concerns About Civod-19 in the Eyes of Respondents: Example from Poland -- 16. Branding in the Pandemic: the “Cool Japan” Strategy -- 17. Impact of COVID-19 On Greenhouse Gas Emission in OECD Countries: K-Mean Method -- 18. Re-Thinking International Migration in Terms of Vulnerability: A Critical Overview of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
    Abstract: This is a comprehensive book series that comprises two distinct yet interconnected volumes. Volume I focuses on international relations and global politics, while Volume II delves into social sciences and humanities studies. Both volumes revolve around the central theme of the COVID-19 pandemic era, exploring its profound impact on various aspects of the world. In Volume I, scholars, and experts in the field of international relations delve into the intricate dynamics of global politics in the context of the pandemic. They analyse the shifting power dynamics, the role of international organisations, the challenges to global governance, and the geopolitical implications of the crisis. This book provides valuable insights into how the pandemic has shaped and transformed the international system, influencing state behaviour, diplomatic relations, and global cooperation. Volume II takes a multidisciplinary approach, examining the social, cultural, economic, and psychological dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts from the fields of social sciences and humanities contribute their research and perspectives, offering critical analyses of the pandemic's effects on societies, communities, individuals, and various aspects of human life. Together, these two volumes provide a comprehensive exploration of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on world politics, society, and human experiences. By bringing together scholars from different disciplines, the book series offers a holistic understanding of the challenges and opportunities presented by this unprecedented global crisis. It serves as a valuable resource for academics, policymakers, and anyone seeking to comprehend and navigate the complexities of the COVID-19 era. Erman Akilli is Associate Professor at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of International Relations, Turkey. Burak Güneş is Assistant Professor at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University International Relations Department, Turkey.
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    ISBN: 9783031412493
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 241 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations
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    Keywords: Diplomacy. ; Political science. ; Public health. ; International relations. ; International organization.
    Abstract: 1 Introduction - Humphrey Ngala Ndi -- 2. Health in Diplomacy and Foreign Policy - Humphrey Ngala Ndi -- 3. Health Diplomacy and Africa: An Overview - Zebulon Suifon Takwa -- 4. The Role of Regional Agencies in African Health Diplomacy - Anna Baninla Mbur Tasha and Guy Elessa -- 5. Diseases, Epidemics, and Diplomacy in Africa - Humphrey Ngala Ndi, Henry Ngenyam Bang, and Emmanuel Etamo Kengo -- 6. Violent Conflict, Diplomacy, and Health in Africa - Humphrey Ngala Ndi -- 7. Crisis Communication in Twenty-First Century Diplomacy: Implications for Digital Transformation of Foreign Policy - Henry Ngenyam Bang -- 8. Health in Climate Change Diplomacy in Africa - Estherine Lisinge-Fotabong -- 9. Health Data Sharing for Public Health Resilience: Benefits, Challenges, and Prospects in Africa - Henry Ngenyam Bang, Humphrey Ngala Ndi, and Emmanuel Etamo Kengo -- 10. With or Without Diplomacy: The Urgent Need to Decolonize Healthcare in Africa - Godfrey B. Tangwa -- 11. Conclusion - Humphrey Ngala Ndi.
    Abstract: The purpose of this book is to project diplomacy as an unavoidable instrument for monitoring, prevention and control of health and disaster risks among African countries. The book advocates health cooperation in Africa at a time when pandemics are recurrent. Outside of the WHO, many countries, even within regional groupings have not actively pursued health cooperation. We intend this book to provide the basis for advocating the inclusion of health diplomacy in the curricula of the training of the African diplomat with the hope to stimulate gradual policy shifts in foreign ministries, regional groupings, and the African Union. Humphrey Ngala Ndi is Cultural Counsellor at the High Commission of Cameroon in London. He is also professor of health geography at the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon. He holds an MSc degree in Diplomacy, Foreign Policy, and Statecraft from Loughborough University. Humphrey has many articles in peer-review journals to his credit. Henry Ngenyam Bang is a disaster management scholar, educator and practitioner with extensive research, publication, and higher education teaching experience. He teaches courses in Disaster and Emergency Management at Coventry University, UK. Henry holds two Master of Science degrees (Applied Geology & Environment and Development) and a PhD in International Development from the University of East Anglia UK. His interdisciplinary research interest bisects crises/disaster management and diplomacy/foreign policy. Zebulon Suifon Takwa serves as senior Peace and Development Advisor (PDA) for Zimbabwe. In this role, he provides regular strategic analytical support to the UN Resident Coordinator and supports the UN Country Team in its programmatic engagement with national stakeholders in relation to conflict prevention, peacebuilding, social cohesion, and democratic governance. Anna B Mbur Tasha is Minister Counsellor at the Cameroon High Commission in London. Anna graduated with History and English from Bayero University Kano in 1989 and proceeded to study diplomacy and international relations at the International Relations Institute of Cameroon. For over 30 years, she served in several senior positions in Cameroon’s foreign ministry before being posted to London. She has expertise in development, peace, and conflict management. .
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    ISBN: 9783031444494
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 338 p. 10 illus., 4 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Zajontz, Tim The Political Economy of China’s Infrastructure Development in Africa
    Keywords: International economic relations. ; International relations. ; Security, International. ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Wirtschaftskooperation ; Infrastruktur ; Verkehrsinfrastruktur ; Schulden ; Tansania ; Sambia ; China
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Chinese capital and its spatio-temporal fix -- Chapter 3: Theorising African state agency -- Chapter 4: The destiny of the Freedom Railway: From anti-imperialism to accumulation by dispossession? -- Chapter 5: Divergent state agency: Zambia’s debt impasse and Magufuli’s nationalist infrastructure state -- Chapter 6: The price of the Sino-Zambian ‘road bonanza’ -- Chapter 7: The political economy of ‘not so public’ procurement -- Chapter 8: Towards a ‘new era’ of Sino-African infrastructure cooperation.
    Abstract: “Theoretically informed and enriched by fieldwork, this book sheds light on the sometimes-murky depths of Chinese infrastructure engagement in Africa. Using Tanzania and Zambia to ground the research, Zajontz highlights the African state strategies that shaped disparate outcomes. This perceptive analysis has global implications. It will be a useful resource for scholars and policymakers trying to understand the expansion of Chinese capital across Africa, and beyond.” --Deborah Brautigam, Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy Emerita, Johns Hopkins University “This is one of the first studies to develop an innovative, synthetic and overarching theoretical framework to understand the Belt and Road Initiative’s operation. It demonstrates its applicability through detailed, definitive and defining empirical research. This is vital reading to understand China’s current and ongoing impacts in Africa.” --Pádraig Carmody, Professor in Geography, Trinity College Dublin “This book is a welcome addition to the China-Africa field. Empirically detailed and rich, its real strength lies in its theoretical sophistication and valuable engagement with the notion of Africa’s agency in relations with China. A compelling analysis of China’s evolving role in Africa’s infrastructure economy, the book is sure to be a landmark text in the field.” --Scarlett Cornelissen, Professor in Political Science, Stellenbosch University This book sheds light on structural drivers that led to the Chinese omnipresence in African infrastructure markets and offers a strategic-relational approach to the study of African agency in Sino-African infrastructure encounters. Case studies cover the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), Zambia’s road sector as well as Tanzania’s Bagamoyo port and Standard Gauge Railway. It is shown that African (state) agency in the infrastructure sector is contingent upon dynamic state-society relations and distinct political-economic contexts and constraints. The book problematises contradictions related to infrastructure debt, the emergence of Sino-African public-private partnerships and the intensifying geopolitics-cum-geoeconomics of infrastructure across Africa. Tim Zajontz is Lecturer in Global Political Economy at the University of Freiburg, Research Fellow in the Centre for International and Comparative Politics at Stellenbosch University and Research Associate in the Second Cold War Observatory.
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    ISBN: 9783031297588
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXV, 125 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Peace. ; International relations. ; Security, International. ; Politischer Konflikt ; Innenpolitik ; Minderheitenfrage ; Innerstaatlicher Konflikt ; Beilegung ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Friede ; Versöhnung ; Gesellschaft ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Zypern
    Abstract: CHAPTER ONE: Cyprus, a Special Case -- CHAPTER TWO: Rethinking the “Cyprus Problem” -- CHAPTER THREE: “On-the-Ground” Perspective: Cyprus is a Perfect Example of a Negotiation Culture Inherent in Lengthy Peace Processes -- CHAPTER FOUR: Greek Cypriot Vassiliou and Turkish Cypriot Akinci Bridge the Cyprus Divide -- CHAPTER FIVE: Reflections and Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book follows the author's 22-year journey through Cyprus and surrounding countries beyond in an exploration of conflict resolution with regard to the Cyprus Problem. The struggle is emblematic of numerous international attempts over the years to resolve this identity-based ethnic conflict historically referred to as the Cyprus Problem. So far all have failed miserably. The current situation indicates any solution other than a formal partition of the island between the two communities seems increasingly remote as the years pass.This has led the author to conclude a resolution to the Cyprus Problem no longer is a realistic political goal, but rather one eclipsed by the need for a non-political solution, which at least may succeed in convincing people on both sides to live together peacefully for their joint benefit. A. Marco Turk is Professor and Director Emeritus of the Negotiation, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Program at the California State University Dominguez Hills. .
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    ISBN: 9783031121166
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 193 p. 38 illus., 29 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Comparative government. ; Economic development. ; International organization.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: Economy and Foreign Policy in an Uncertain World -- Chapter 2: Development-Foreign Policy Nexus: A Regime Coherence Framework -- Chapter 3: Development and Foreign Policy: State of the Art -- Chapter 4: Economic Governance -- Chapter 5: State-Business Relations -- Chapter 6: Financial Statecraft -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Talking the Talk, Walking the Walk.
    Abstract: This book sketches an institutional political economy framework to discuss the interaction between development and foreign policy in the global South with reference to Turkey. The authors argue that although the developmental state framework has commonly been employed to explore domestic economic development processes without analytically focusing on the foreign policy dimension, developmental state institutions are highly relevant in the creation and pursuit of a development-oriented foreign policy at a time of growing uncertainty marred by geopolitical and geoeconomic tensions. The book develops a two-level ‘Regime Coherence Framework’ to account for the domestic and international dimensions of development-oriented foreign policy. The main argument posits that the development regime in Turkey and associated foreign policies lack coherence, due to weak institutional complementarities between economic governance, state-business relations, and financial statecraft at the domestic-external nexus. Mustafa Kutlay is Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at City, University of London, UK. He works on comparative politics, politics of development, emerging powers, Turkish political economy, and the global South. H. Emrah Karaoğuz is Assistant Professor in the International Relations department at Kadir Has University, Turkey. His current research focuses on political economy of development, international/comparative political economy, Turkish political economy, and political economy of innovation.
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    ISBN: 9783031094132
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 283 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Zhou, Jinghao, 1955 - Great Power Competition as the New Normal of China–US Relations
    Keywords: International relations. ; Herrschaftssystem ; Internationales politisches System ; Hegemonie ; Rivalität ; Internationale Politik ; Position ; Großmacht ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Politisches Interesse ; Außenpolitik ; Interessenkonflikt ; Wettbewerb ; Competition ; Diplomatic relations ; China ; USA ; China ; United States
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: U.S. Engagement Strategy Partially Failed -- Chapter 3: Nature of the Great Power Competition -- Chapter 4: Real Trap of China-U.S. Relations -- Chapter 5: Intention of Chinese Policymakers: Cultural Source of the Great Power Competition -- Chapter 6: China’s Global Expansion and the International Institutions -- Chapter 7: China’s Core Interests vs. American Vital Interests -- Chapter 8: War Is Not Imminent During the Great Power Competition -- Chapter 9: Great Power Competition in the Post-Pandemic Era. .
    Abstract: Will China–U.S. relations come back to the normal track? Does the confrontational approach work for China–US relations? This book argues that it is an unrealistic hope to bring China–US relations back to the so-called normal track because the great power competition will be a new normal of China–US relations and the USA will gain more from strategic competition than cooperation in the long run. This book shows that the strategy of “great power cooperation through competition” is more positive and constructive than the approaches of “peaceful coexist” and “maximum pressure.” This book does not intend to provide policy recommendations for governments to consider, but mainly to explain why the great power competition is inevitable and why it is necessary to continuously work with China in some areas through strategic competition. This book alarms the importance of understanding the nature of the Chinese Communist Party during the great power competition and aims to motivate both sides to revisit their foreign policy practice and come up with a better foreign policy strategy of handling China–US relations. Jinghao Zhou is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in New York, USA. His research focuses on Chinese ideology, politics, religions, and US–China relations. He has five books published which are as follows: Why Is the China Model Losing Its Power? (2020), Chinese vs. Western Perspectives: Understanding Contemporary China (2014), China’s Peaceful Rise in a Global Context: A Domestic Aspect of China’s Road Map to Democratization (2010), Remaking China’s Public Philosophy and Chinese Women’s Liberation: The volatile mixing of Confucianism, Marxism, and Feminism (2006), and Remaking China’s Public Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century (2003).
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    ISBN: 9783031119682
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 174 p. 10 illus., 9 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Politics and war. ; Risk management.
    Abstract: 1. Varieties of risk -- 2. Bringing the harm home – applying the concept of social harm to home ownership -- 3. ‘Reason is just one letter away from treason’ - exploring risk in defence procurement -- 4. Realities of conflict - risk and military decision-makers -- 5. Exploring organisational risk dynamics - insights and challenges to organisational risk management -- 6. Risking money, risking lives - thinking critically about risk, thinking beyond risk.
    Abstract: This book is about risk conceptions, experiences and reflections. It applies the concept of the risk triangle, with its societal, organisational and personal angles, to two areas of inquiry: financial markets and the military, seeking to demonstrate the challenges, dilemmas and, in many ways, also the impossibilities of risk analysis and risk management. Drawing on empirical and micro- and macro-level analysis, this innovative work will appeal to students of political science, economics and business as well as to risk professionals and risk-takers. Marc Schelhase is Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, King’s College London at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK Defence Academy. .
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    ISBN: 9783031171697
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (v, 306 Seiten)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023
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    Keywords: International law. ; Human rights. ; International relations. ; International organization. ; International criminal law. ; Internationales Recht ; Entkriminalisierung ; Verrechtlichung ; Menschenrecht ; Beachtung ; Missachtung ; Rechtsanwendung ; Innerstaatliches Recht ; Erde
    Abstract: This book provides an expanded conceptualization of legalization that focuses on implementation of obligation, precision, and delegation at the international and domestic levels of politics. By adding domestic politics and the actors to the international level of analysis, the authors add the insights of Kenneth Waltz, Graham Allison, and Louis Henkin to understand why most international law is developed and observed most of the time. However, the authors argue that law-breaking and law-distorting occurs as a part of negative legalization. Consequently, the book offers a framework for understanding how international law both produces and undermines order and justice. The authors also draw from realist, liberal, constructivist, cosmopolitan and critical theories to analyse how legalization can both build and/or undermine consensus, which results in either positive or negative legalization of international law. The authors argue that legalization is a process over time and not just a snapshot in time. Henry (Chip) Carey is Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University, USA. Stacey M. Mitchell is Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University’s Perimeter College, USA. .
    Note: Introduction : re-conceptualizing legalization—the positive and negative uses and effects of international law , Legalization with lawyers in lawfare : the case of national security , Legalization of reform of torture laws and practices : compliant, exceptionalist, and hybrid types , Limits to the legalization of economic, social, and cultural rights : ambiguous obligation and imprecision with varying implementation , Positive and negative legalization of women’s rights : the limits on implementation by the committee for the elimination of discrimination against women , Legalization of human rights in Africa , European regional effects on legalization , Conclusions about legalization
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    ISBN: 9783031225871
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 206 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in International Relations
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Theorie ; Politische Theorie ; Politische Wissenschaft ; Kritische Theorie ; Politische Ökonomie ; Internationale Politik
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The crisis of critique -- Chapter 3: Two Histories of the Frankfurt School- Chapter 4: The Habermasian Paradigm -- Chapter 5: Habermas and Cosmopolitan Democracy -- Chapter 6: Linklater and Critical International Relations Theory -- Chapter 7: The way ahead -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book addresses the ‘crisis of critique’ of Frankfurt School Critical Theory in International Relations and puts forward a proposal for how it can be overcome. It starts from the premise that the present conjuncture, marked by capitalist crisis and a fracturing international order, urgently calls for critical perspectives capable of clarifying the state of global affairs and the emancipatory struggles within it. Critical Theory in International Relations should be well placed to provide answers to this demand, yet it finds itself today in a state of decline. Its prevailing form – that of a universalist cosmopolitan project – reflects a narrow Eurocentric perspective and the concerns of a time now past, while the Frankfurt School tradition as a whole struggles to develop new modes of analysis and new political imaginaries that are appropriate to the current historical situation. The book diagnoses this situation of intellectual and political crisis and seeks to trace a way out. It does so by providing a comprehensive account of the development of Critical Theory in International Relations and the ways in which it has applied Frankfurt School thought to the study of international politics. It then makes a provocative case as to the exhaustion of the cosmopolitan and Habermasian paradigm of critique that has guided Frankfurt School research on international politics for the past thirty years. Finally, it puts forward a proposal for the revitalisation of Critical Theory in IR through a renewed emphasis on the critique of political economy and sketches a research agenda which can make the tradition relevant again to contemporary political questions. Davide Schmid is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. His research sits at the intersection of Critical Theory and International Political Economy.
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    ISBN: 9783031242397
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 274 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Security, International. ; Politics and war. ; Politische Wissenschaft ; Internationale Politik ; Theorie ; Popkultur ; Kultur ; Film ; Hörfunksendung ; Fernsehsendung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Fantasy and Politics: Worlds of Possibility -- Chapter 2. Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves, and Men/Women: The Politics and IR of Lord of the Rings -- Chapter 3. Winning or Dying: The Politics and IR of Game of Thrones -- Chapter 4. Magic and Community: The Politics and IR of Harry Potter -- Chapter 5. When You Wish Upon a Star: Children’s Fantasies and Politics -- Chapter 6. When Women Rule: Women’s Fantasy Politics in Television and Movies.
    Abstract: “This is a masterful examination of fantasy films and television series, and the ways that they illustrate political themes. The book effectively employs constructivist theory to show how fantasy franchise norms, values, and institutions have changed over time. Looking in detail at Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, the Harry Potter movies, along with fairytales and children’s tales, readers gain a sense of the usefulness of these stories as vehicles for understanding politics. They also come to appreciate these movies and TV shows as allegories of contemporary politics and international relations.” —Hieyeon Keum, University of Seoul, South Korea “Fantasy movies create…a broad canvas on which authors and filmmakers weave amazing yarns that express our fondest hopes and greatest fears. This book is one of the best studies of fantasy films and television and their expression of political ideas. I was particularly struck by the author’s illustration of the changing roles of women and girls in many of these stories, as female empowerment recently has become a major theme of fantasy projects. You can learn much about both fantasy stories and politics. Buy this book.” —Barry Pollick, Okinawa University, Japan This book uses several fantasy movies or movie series and television series to explain political and international relations (IR) concepts and theories. It indicates the importance of fantasy in literature, film and television, and its increasing impact on politics and International Relations. It then presents the political, IR, and social issues in each franchise, and in five chapters uses these tales’ key story arcs or plot points to illustrate major political and IR themes. The volume pays particular attention to such fantasy franchises as Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones, the Harry Potter films, recent fairytale and children’s stories, and female-led fantasy projects. Joel R. Campbell is Associate Professor of political science at Troy University. He teaches in the Masters of Science in International Relations (MSIR) program in Troy's Pacific Region (Japan and Korea).
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    ISBN: 9783031200892
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 183 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: New Security Challenges
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    Keywords: America—Politics and government. ; Asia—Politics and government. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; America ; Asia ; Europe ; Internationale Politik ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Postkommunismus ; Internationales politisches System ; Politischer Wandel ; Politischer Prozess ; Liberalismus ; Demokratie ; Autoritarismus ; Erde
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Management of the Liberal International Order -- 3. Russian – Western Relations: A Trust Never Built -- 4. The Rise of China and the China – Russia Relationship -- 5. The Limits of Liberal Universalism and the Crisis in Ukraine -- 6. Pluralism and Pragmatism in International Relations. .
    Abstract: ❝An exceptionally well-informed, balanced and perceptive analysis of the origins and course of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. Essential reading.❞ — Richard Sakwa, Emeritus Professor of Russian and European Politics, University of Kent, UK ❝As war rages in Ukraine yet the prospect of a world after Putin becomes more thinkable, this is an essential moment to examine the way naive assumptions about the triumph of liberalism after the Cold War led to renewed confrontation. This book unpicks the power but also the limits of liberal hegemony, and makes a clear-eyed pitch for a more pragmatic approach in the future.❞ — Prof. Mark Galeotti, author of 'Putin's Wars: from Chechnya to Ukraine' This book analyzes international affairs in the post-Cold War era by taking a special look at identity, norms and interests and the limits of liberal normative universalism. The book assesses the causes of the deterioration of Russian – Western relations, the management of the liberal international order, the challenges liberal democracies face today, the rise of China and its consequences on global governance, and the war in Ukraine as an outcome of the dynamics described throughout the book. China and Russia represent different normative frameworks, have their own national interests, have increased their relative strength and influence and represent alternative economic and diplomatic partners for the Global South. Meanwhile, rising populist sentiment in western liberal democracies reflects important dissatisfaction with establishment policies. This research is particularly important for crafting creative solutions to the dynamic changes of the 21st century and the rise of nonwestern powers with different identities, interests and norms. Suzanne Loftus is Research Fellow in the Russia/Eurasia program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Her publications include “Legitimacy and Societal Consent under Putin’s Leadership: State Capacity and National Identity,” in Russian Politics, and her book, Insecurity and the Rise of Nationalism in Putin’s Russia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). .
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    ISBN: 9783031207020
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 339 p. 20 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
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    Keywords: International economic relations. ; International relations.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: Emerging Market Economies and Alternative Development Paths -- Chapter 2: Conflict between great powers is back with vengeance: the new cold war between the US and China plus Russia -- Chapter 3: Middle-Income Trap and the Evolving Role of Institutions along the Development Path -- Chapter 4: Populism and/or developmentalism: Past and present experiences -- Chapter 5: Surviving and competing successfully? Internationalisation of state-owned companies in Central and Eastern Europe -- Chapter 6: The role of manufacturing in the Central and Eastern European countries in the various periods from transition to mature EU membership -- Chapter 7: The Belarusian Development Path: From Command Economy to State Capitalism? -- Chapter 8: Rent streams and institutional development in the (semi-)periphery: Iran and Hungary -- Chapter 9: The return of Industrial Policy in Turkey -- Chapter 10: Educational developmentalism: a key to the success of the East Asian developmental states -- Chapter 11: Are there Varieties of Capitalism in Developing Countries? Public Finance and Social Transfers in Türkiye and Poland -- Chapter 12: Emergism as Ideology: Zimbabwe’s Ill-fated Policies for an ‘Emerging’ Upper Middle-Income Economy -- Chapter 13: Conclusions: The contradictions of dependent development in hegemonic transition.
    Abstract: "The Global Financial Crisis and later crises clearly showed serious challenges faced by global capitalism in last decades. Focusing on successes and failures of contemporary state-led developmental experiments around the world this book provides a new fresh view on perspectives for economic development in dramatically changing world." --Andrei Yakovlev, HSE Institute for Industrial and Market Studies & Davis Center at Harvard University (United States) "The volume offers a rich collection of inspiring readings to academics, policy makers, and students interested in the theories and paths of latecomer development. Its chapters cover a large variety of latecomer trajectories from China to Turkey, and from Central and Eastern Europe to Zimbabwe. The volume captures a historical turning point at which hegemony is challenged, development paths are altered, and the future is less predictable than ever." --Béla Greskovits, Central European University, Vienna (Austria) This volume is the continuation of our research on economic and developmental policy-making in the global semi-periphery in the post-crisis cycle (see our two recently published volumes titled ‘Market-Liberalism and Economic Patriotism in Capitalist Systems’ edited by Gerőcs and Szanyi, 2019, Palgrave Macmillan and ‘The Post-Crisis Developmental State – Perspectives from the Global Periphery’ edited by Gerőcs and Ricz, 2021). Our new volume aims to be a contribution to the analysis of emerging market economies’ alternative development trajectories, as we explore the new perspectives on semi-peripheral dependent development since the Global Financial Crisis and especially amidst the new global pandemic, the COVID-19. The volume extends on topics inherently linked to the changing global context and theoretical framework of latecomer development aiming at expanding both thematic and regional focus of Comparative Capitalism research. Judit Ricz (PhD) is Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies and Associate Professor at Institute of Global Studies at the Corvinus University Budapest, Hungary. Tamás Gerőcs (PhD) is External Research Fellow at the Institute of World Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies and SUNY Binghamton, United States. .
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    ISBN: 9783031327032
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 229 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; Political sociology. ; Europe ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Verteidigung ; Planung ; Änderung ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie ; Sicherheit ; Bedrohungsvorstellung ; Geopolitik ; Einflussgröße ; Internationale Politik ; Diskussion ; Innenpolitik ; Politische Willensbildung ; Tschechien
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: The Problematic Politics of ‘hybrid warfare’ -- 2. Liminal Insecurities: Crises, Geopolitics and the Logic of War -- 3. Formation: Emergence of the ‘hybrid warfare’ Assemblage in Czechia (2014–2016/17) -- 4. Politicisation, Institutionalisation, Internationalisation: The Czech ‘hybrid warfare’ Assemblage in 2017–2021 -- 5. Differentiation: Three Main Narratives of ‘hybrid warfare’ -- 6. Boundaries: Expertise, Authority and Contestation in the Czech ‘hybrid warfare’ Debate -- 7. Conclusion: Reclaiming Politics from the Logic of War.
    Abstract: This book offers a timely and trenchant addition to the vanguard of critical political thought in Central Europe. Reclaiming politics from the logic of war, the book provides a sobering cut into the political work of hybrid warfare discourse. With its theoretical sophistication and thick empirical embeddedness in the stories from the ‘in-between zone’ of Czechia, this is a must-read for untangling the lazy causality between the problems with Western democracies and Russian subversive actions. -Maria Mälksoo, University of Copenhagen This is a first book-long analysis showing how the notion of ‘hybrid warfare’ was used to transform security policies and discourses in an EU/NATO country. Building on current debates in International Political Sociology, Critical Security Studies, and Critical Geopolitics, it provides a novel account of how crisis, geopolitics, uncertainty, and expertise are intertwined in the social construction of threats. Based on extensive and original empirical research of large textual archive and elite interviews in the Czech Republic and Brussels, the book shows how officials, bureaucrats, journalists, activists, and experts all participate in the reshaping of security in a new geopolitical environment. Zooming on the case of Czechia and its specific Central European context, it complements the predominantly Western-centric studies of insecurity with an account of how the liminal position on an East/West boundary influences security politics. As a first study of its kind and scope, it will be of interest to academics and students interested in Central European politics, practices and discourses of hybrid warfare, as well as critical approaches to security and geopolitics. Jakub Eberle is Research Director and Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague. He works on IR theory, Czech and German foreign policy, and politics of Central Europe. He is the author of Discourse and Affect in Foreign Policy: Germany and the Iraq War (2019). Jan Daniel is Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague. His research mostly draws on International Political Sociology and Critical Security and Peace Studies and focuses on politics of (in)security in Central Europe and the Middle East.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 645 p. 7 illus., 4 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Security, International. ; International organization. ; Bündnis ; Verteidigung ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Internationale Organisation ; Militärische Kooperation ; Erweiterung ; Ost-West-Beziehungen ; Staatensystem ; Bündnispolitik ; Strategie
    Abstract: 1. Evaluating NATO enlargement: scholarly debates, policy implications, and roads not taken -- Part I. Foreign Policy and Strategy Debates -- 2. Patterns of Continuity in NATO’s Long History -- 3. NATO as a Political Alliance: Continuities and Legacies in the Enlargement Debates of the 1990s -- 4. NATO Enlargement and US Foreign Policy: Origins and Consequences -- 5. Myths and Realities of Putinism and NATO Expansion -- Part II. Great Power Relations -- 6. NATO Enlargement and US Grand Strategy: A Net Assessment -- 7. NATO Enlargement: Evaluating Its Consequences in Russia -- 8. The Tragedy of US-Russian Relations: NATO Centrality and the Revisionists’ Spiral -- 9. China Views NATO: Beijing’s Concerns About Transatlantic Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific -- Part III. European Security -- 10. Thank Goodness For NATO Enlargement -- 11. Good For Democracy? Evidence from the 2004 NATO Expansion -- 12. Ukraine’s Bid to Join NATO: Re-evaluating Enlargement in a New Strategic Context -- 13. Every Which Way But Loose: NATO Enlargement, European Strategic Autonomy, and Fragmentation -- Part IV. Organizational Politics and Debates -- 14. Assessing the Consequences of Enlargement for the NATO Military Alliance -- 15. From Peace to War: The Military Implications of NATO Enlargement -- 16. NATO Enlargement and The Failure of the Cooperative Security Mindset.
    Abstract: Mobilizing an interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners, this book reviews the history and consequences of NATO’s post-Cold War enlargement into Central and Eastern Europe. It offers a nuanced discussion of the merits and drawbacks of NATO enlargement across the different actors involved and compares the results of the policy against potential alternatives that were not chosen. Particular attention is given to NATO enlargement’s influence on the course of U.S. foreign policy, democracy and security in Central and Eastern Europe, NATO’s own development as a political and military institution, and relations with China and Russia (including the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War). Written for an engaged audience, the book is designed to appeal to students, researchers, and policymakers alike while offering both policy insights and avenues for future scholarship. James Goldgeier is Visiting Scholar at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation, Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Professor of International Relations at the School of International Service at American University, where he served as Dean from 2011–17. Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson is Associate Professor with the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, Senior Fellow with the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), and Associate Editor of H-Diplo’s International Security Studies Forum (ISSF).
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    ISBN: 9783031300813
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 127 p. 1 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
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    Keywords: Peace. ; International relations. ; Security, International. ; Internationaler Konflikt ; Politischer Konflikt ; Innenpolitik ; Friede ; Beilegung ; Friedenssichernde Maßnahme ; Misserfolg ; Weltordnung ; Erde
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptualising the Counter-Peace -- 3. Locating the Counter-Peace -- 4. Stalemate Pattern -- 5. Limited Peace Pattern -- 6. Unmitigated Counter-Peace -- 7. The Rise of Counter-Peace on the International Stage -- 8. Transitions in International Order and the Tools of Peacemaking: Back to the Future? -- 9. On Entanglement and the Impact on International Order -- 10. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book investigates why peace and reform processes across the world have recently been stagnating or have become blocked. They have failed to maintain security, rights, development, and justice in the liberal international order. The book identifies the related rise of counter-peace processes at the heart of failed peacemaking efforts, and explores the implications for an emerging multi-polar order where local and international tools for peace and reform appear to be ineffective. Across a range of recent cases, from Cambodia, the Balkans, the Sahel region, DRC, Colombia, Afghanistan, and many others, such dynamics are becoming clearer. In particular, small-scale blocking tactics across different peace processes have been evolving into larger political strategies which are then disseminated within revisionist and revanchist international networks. Ultimately, this phenomenon has undermined liberal international order. Spoilers and tactical blockages to peace have connected across local, national, regional and international scales, highlighting ideological divisions. Drawing on counter-revolutionary theory, the concept of counter-peace is used as a tool to critically interrogate a systemic array of blockages to peace. Distinct counter-peace patterns are now entangled in peace and reform processes, including the stalemate pattern, the limited counter-peace, and the unmitigated counter-peace patterns. Across cases, once tactical blockages begin to form these patterns, they become systemic and ultimately enable conflict escalation. Consequently, the intimate entanglement of the existing international peace architecture with counter-peace processes points to ideological divisions in international order, as well as the growing gulf between diminished practices of peace and reform with critical scholarship on peace, justice, and sustainability. Sandra Pogodda is Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Department of Politics, University of Manchester, UK. Oliver P. Richmond is Research Professor at the Department of Politics, University of Manchester, UK. He is also International Professor at Dublin City University, Ireland, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at EWHA University, Seoul, Korea. Gëzim Visoka is Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland.
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    ISBN: 9783031341151
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 259 p. 12 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Environmental Politics and Theory
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Environmental policy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Change of Players, Change of Game -- Chapter 3: The Train Has Left the Station: Automotive and Energy-Intensive Industries -- Chapter 4: Climate Influencers: Technology.-Chapter 5: The Earth is Shifting Beneath Their Feet: Finance -- Chapter 6: The Emergent Corporate Climate Consensus -- Chapter 7: Superpowers, Inc.: Lessons on World Order.
    Abstract: This book explores the origins and significance of the corporate climate action phenomenon, which has attracted increased attention in recent years. It examines how and why, during the 2010s, American, German, and Indian corporations spanning finance, technology, automotive, and energy-intensive industries adopted certain climate practices and converged around the idea that the private sector has a vital role to play in addressing climate change and advancing a lowcarbon future. It also considers how policy developments that states widely understood as watersheds, including the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, simply confirmed what the private sector had long believed: that states lacked answers about how to achieve concerted, ambitious, and effective climate action. It was in this context, amid diminishing expectations for robust state climate action, that select corporations sought to fill a perceived leadership vacuum in an issue area poised to shape future global trends. Providing a novel assessment of the corporate sector as a climate actor, this book evaluates how the shift in the center of gravity in the climate change issue area away from national governments and toward other players may influence world order and impact an international security landscape increasingly defined by non-military challenges. Charlotte Hulme is Assistant Professor of International Affairs and Deputy-Director of the Johnson Grand Strategy Program at the United States Military Academy.
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    ISBN: 9783031435522
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 119 p. 1 illus.)
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    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: A Case for a Critical Biopolitical Analysis of the Global Drug Control -- Chapter 2. Drug Control Dispositif, State of Exception and Democracy -- Chapter 3. Which Knowledge Deserves to Be Named Knowledge: The Place for Science and Evidence in Drug Policy -- Chapter 4. Migrants, Substances, and Borders: The Case of the Spanish Southern Border -- Chapter 5. Conclusion. .
    Abstract: This book presents an analysis tracing the operation of biopolitical mode of power in the global field of drug control. Through a series of theoretically framed investigations that relate current drug control policies to the broader frame of ‘vital politics,’ it attends to the relationship of drug control, democracy and authoritarianism and showcases these pressures on the case of the evolution of drug policy in the Czech Republic. Then, it turns attention to the relationship of power and knowledge, with a particular focus on ‘evidence-based’ policy that tends to more often sustain, rather than challenge coercive and punitive drug control policies. Last but not least, it looks at how the global drug control dispositif shapes those lives on one of Europe’s (internal) periphery, the Spanish Southern border. These investigations are intended to illuminate elements of the operation of the drug control dispositif and its far reaching (bio-)political effects in order to maintain and expand the space for thinking political alternatives. Ondrej Ditrych is Senior Researcher at the Institute of International Relations Prague. In his current research, inspired by continental philosophy, he explores revolution and political violence in global politics, ethnopolitics and geopolitics in Europe and Postsoviet space, and global risks. Constanza Sánchez Avilés is Law, Policy and Human Rights Director at the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research and Service (ICEERS) and Research Associate at the Global Drug Policy Observatory (UK). Her main areas of research and work are national and international drug policies, the political economy of illicit drugs and the intersection between drug control, human rights and social justice.
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    ISBN: 9783031403606
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 171 Seiten)
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    Keywords: Africa ; International relations. ; Internationale Politik ; Geschichte ; Kolonialismus ; Postkolonialismus ; Auswirkung ; Kollektives Gedächtnis ; Afrika ; Europa
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction – A Veil of Ignorance -- Chapter 2 Pre-colonial Political Order in Africa -- Chapter 3 Pillars of Africa’s Ancient Economies -- Chapter 4 African Pre-colonial Social and Political Structures -- Chapter 5 Colonialism and the Struggle for Independence -- Chapter 6 An Interdependency Stuck in the Past -- Chapter 7 Facing the Future.
    Abstract: “The past few decades have seen a new Africa rise, and a new Europe. Their mutual relations call for more knowledge of their respective pasts, empathy and respect for the other’s identity. Both continents are and will remain neighbours forever. They also share the global climate issues.” —Herman Count Van Rompuy, President Emeritus of the European Council “The emergence of a mutually beneficial transformative partnership between Europe and Africa requires that the past be acknowledged and made peace with, in order to free the present and enable the future to emerge for the benefit of generations yet to be born. Both are critical to the successful emergence of a new human civilisation where global equity for a healthy planet would be realised. This book is a must read for both European and African citizens to get to know how we have come to where we are and to be able to dream of a liberated future where equity and wellbeing for all would be core values.” —Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, former Managing Director of the World Bank. This book, through a politico-historical analysis, aims to provide a more balanced perspective regarding the nature of Africa’s relations with other global regions. It emphasizes the sophisticated nature of pre-colonial African politico-historical commentaries often overlooked or simplified. As such, the narrative avoids the usual misrepresentations which impress that African-European interactions are a history of European actions in an Africa generally devoid of anything similar to the cultures, institutions and abilities of Europe. Further, it contests the historical narrative that indigenous Africans have had no real active role vis-à-vis an assertive, dominating Europe in historical times. Within this book, the contestation of such narratives with evidence-based counter perspectives is of particular benefit for our current educational, social and political contexts. Adeyinka Adewale is Associate Professor, Leadership, Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. Stefan A.V.J.G. Schepers is Visiting Professor European Studies at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK, and director of AECIT in Johannesburg (SA).
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    ISBN: 9783031300547
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 321 p. 12 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
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    Keywords: Europe ; Politics and war. ; International organization. ; International relations. ; Political science. ; Sicherheitspolitik ; Staatensystem ; Gemeinsame Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik ; Militärpolitik ; Internationale Kooperation ; Internationales Regime ; Organisation ; Konflikt ; Mitgliedsstaaten ; Internationale Organisation
    Abstract: Part I. Introducing the Problem -- 1. Introduction -- Part II. Concepts and Theory -- 2. Authority relations in regime complexes -- 3. Struggling for authority in regime complexes -- Part III. Explaining authority distributions in the European defense complex -- 4. European defence cooperation and member state preferences -- 5. Integrating the WEAO into the EDA: Toward a European armaments agency? -- 6. The marginalization of the EDA: False premises, false promises? -- 7. The fragmentation of European defense planning: PESCO’s deep sleep -- 8. PESCO’s resilience: Jumpstarting the bandwagon -- Part IV. Assessment -- 9. Confronting contenders -- 10. Quo vadis, CSDP?.
    Abstract: This book addresses one of the most profound transformations in international governance: the proliferation of regime complexity. Regime complexes can be found wherever state interests clash. Thus, even in one of the most constitutionalized of institutional environments, the European Union (EU), regime complexity features prominently – especially in European defence cooperation, where states have created competing institutions overlapping in their mandates to organize armaments cooperation or defence planning. The tense relationship between the institutions of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and those of NATO is well-known. Yet inter-institutional conflict is not limited to this dichotomy. It extends to institutions beyond these two frameworks, such as those of the former Western European Union and regional defence cooperation frameworks such as the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO), or OCCAR – a minilateral armaments agency. All these institutions have partially overlapping membership structures and mandates and therefore rival authority claims in the field of European defence. This book uncovers the hidden regularities of the ongoing battle for institutional authority among EU member states. Felix Biermann is Research Fellow at the Geschwister-Scholl Institute for Political Science, LMU Munich, Germany. His areas of interest are European Integration, International Institutions, Cyber Security, and Security Studies.
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    ISBN: 9783031257995
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 310 p. 10 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
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    Series Statement: Reform and Transition in the Mediterranean
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    Keywords: Europe—Politics and government. ; Middle East—Politics and government. ; International relations. ; Middle East ; Europe
    Abstract: Introduction -- Transformation of Party and Election System in Turkey -- Transformation and challenges in Government System in Turkey: ‘The Turkish Type of Presidentializm” -- Transformation of Judiciary for a Turkey in Transition: Dynamics and Consequences -- Turkey’s Political Economy in International Context -- Transformation of Secularism in Turkey -- Gender Equality in Turkey -- The Changing Dynamics of Protests under Turkey’s Authoritarian Transformation: Actors, Repertoires and Strategies of Repression -- (De)Securitization of the Kurdish Issue in Turkey: The Nexus between Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics in the Twenty-First Century -- The Transformation of Migration Governance in Turkey -- Transformation of Turkey’s Environmental Policy: A Case of Selective Europeanization? -- Transformation and Challenges in Turkey-EU Relations: A Case of Foreign Policy with Domestic Political Implications -- An Agent-Based Bounded Rationality Analysis Turkey’s Relations with Greece -- Turkey-US Relations: From the Catalyst of the Model Country Image to the Reference Point of Defensive Discourses -- Transformation and Challenges in Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey Russia Relations -- Turkey and the Middle East: The Rise and Fall of Turkey’s Power -- Cooperation Amid Transformation: Turkey and International Organizations.
    Abstract: This book analyzes the transformation of Turkey’s international and domestic politics in the past two decades through a comprehensive domestic- international nexus. It examines the domestic system and the main historical challenges without neglecting their international drivers and looks into main foreign policy areas and issues by accounting for the domestic developments that affected them. Looking inside Turkey’s transformation on the basis of an interplay of external and internal factors, through the prism of critical scholars who all agree on the interdependency of national and international politics, it is designed to provide a thoughtful look into the future of Turkey through themes and regions. Harun Arikan is Professor of International Relations at Çukurova University, Turkey. He was a research fellow at Oxford University in the UK, and a visiting scholar at the University of Southern Maine in the USA. Zeynep Alemdar is Professor of Political Science at Istanbul Okan University, Turkey, where she currently acts as Dean of the Business and Administration Faculty and directs the Gender Studies Research Center.
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    ISBN: 9783031461699
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 220 p. 21 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations
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    Keywords: Europe ; Political science. ; Security, International. ; International relations. ; Identity politics. ; Serben ; Securitization ; Bedrohungsvorstellung ; Gesellschaft ; Entwicklung ; Internationale Organisation ; Erweiterung ; Bosnien-Herzegowina
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Theoretical Framework -- 4. Imagining the Bosnian Serb Ethnic Identity: A Historical Overview -- 5. Discourse Analysis of Securitisation Acts of the Political Elite in Republika Srpska -- 6. Perceptions of the Voters in Republika Srpska on the Internat and External Other -- 7. Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book discusses the impact of the process of accession to the European Union (EU) – i.e. Europeanisation – on the formulation of the ethnic identity of Bosnian Serbs and the political identity of Republika Srpska (RS) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The centrepiece of the book is an examination of how it is possible that the expected effect of Europeanisation on ethnic identities in a post-conflict environment – a transformation of ethnic identities through desecuritisation – does not materialise in the case of BiH and the RS. The book starts from the assumption that the political elite in the RS uses Europeanisation as a context for the securitization of two sources of threats – the internal and external Other. This prevents the transformation of ethnic identities in BiH, and as a result also the desecuritisation of antagonisms among the ethnic groups of BiH. The results show that any attempt at a more active engagement by the EU and international community was interpreted by the RS political elite as Bosniak agenda aimed against the RS. In this respect, the book demonstrates that BiH’s EU accession process or a clearer EU perspective alone in scrutinized critical junctures did not outweigh the potential costs for the RS political elite if reforms aimed at creating a more functional BiH were to succeed. In all three analysed critical junctures, the political elite in RS presented motions for a more functional BiH as attempts to centralise the country and framed them as the beginning of the end for the RS as a political entity. Faris Kočan is Assistant Professor at University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences. His research is focused on the Europeanisation of the Western Balkans and the role of the European integration in addressing the troubled past of post-Yugoslav space. He has published, among others, in the Nationalities Papers, Ethnopolitics, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, and contributed chapters to monographs published in international publishing houses (Peter Lang, Ibidem). He has been working on many research projects, including those funded by Horizon 2020, JM/Erasmus+ and Slovenian Research Council.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 135 p. 1 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Canada and International Affairs
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    Abstract: Introduction - The Problem with China and Canada: Conflict and Retribution -- Chapter 1: A Brief History of Canada-China relations -- Chapter 2: Relationships, Face, and the Great Divide -- Chapter 3: A Human Security Framework as Potential for Canada-China Cooperation -- Chapter 4: Economic Security and Resilient Networks.-Chapter 5: Building Bridges through Educational/Social Frameworks -- Chapter 6: Sustainable Development as Public Diplomacy -- Conclusion. .
    Abstract: This book examines Canada’s foreign policy in terms of China, pointing to the flaws and attitudes relating to the impracticality and lack of its pragmatic design. We examine the historical and contemporary problem which these states face in terms of their economic, political, and social differentials to see what they have in common, what separates them, and how and why they can overcome these political and social divisions. Our aim is to provide solution-based strategies to the very substantial, diplomatic, and foreign policy dilemmas which exist between these two countries. We begin with an overview and analysis of the fraught diplomatic and economic relations between Canada and China, particularly exacerbated during the global pandemic. Secondly, we look at these problems and how they might be resolved through developing a human security lens, in particular the idea of what we call a ‘human security diplomacy’ framework which we believe can advocate and support Canadian values while offering a strategic tool for strengthening national interests in the short and long term. Finally, we look to the future of Canada-Chinese relations emphasizing an optimistic outlook while offering recommendations on how the relationship can be reimagined. Robert J. Hanlon is Associate Professor in Political Science and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, History and Politics at Thompson Rivers University. He is also Director of the Canada-Asia Pacific Policy Project and an Associate Faculty member in the School of Humanitarian Studies at Royal Roads University. Kenneth Christie is Professor and Director of the School of Humanitarian Studies at Royal Roads University where he serves as Program Head for the Human Security and Peacebuilding graduate program. Dr. Christie is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Reading’s School of Law and Director of the Political Studies Unit at the Athens Institute for Education and Research. .
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 240 p. 1 illus.)
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    Keywords: Peace. ; Terrorism. ; Political violence. ; International relations. ; Außenpolitik ; Strategie ; Entscheidungsfindung ; Friedenssicherung ; Friedenskonsolidierung ; Innenpolitik ; Regierung ; Irland
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: Ireland’s UN Peacekeeping Policy in the Cold War Era -- Chapter 2: Potential Obstacles to an Irish UN Peacekeeping Policy -- Chapter 3: Sinai 1957, Lebanon 1958, and Palestine 1958 -- Chapter 4: The Congo 1960 -- Chapter 5: Cyprus 1964 and India-Pakistan 1965 -- Chapter 6: Sinai 1973 -- Chapter 7: Cyprus 1976-1977 -- Chapter 8: Lebanon 1978 -- Chapter 9: Afghanistan-Pakistan 1988, Iran-Iraq 1988, and Central America 1989 -- Chapter 10: Namibia 1989 -- Chapter 11: Conclusions at the End of the Cold War.
    Abstract: This is the first book to study the establishment and evolution of an Irish Peacekeeping Policy. The author uses declassified primary source materials released by the Irish National Archives and relies on the notes and discussions of Government and legislative debates to demonstrate how the Irish governmental system operated to make the crucial decisions to dispatch contingents to UN peacekeeping operations. Analysed are: declassified discussion, debate, draft and final memos, and cables between the UN and Irish Government as well as internal to the Irish Government. The author considers the three step process of the political discussions between Ireland and the UN: the coordination between Ireland and other states; the discussions among members of the Irish Government; and the debate within the Irish legislature. Through this the author aims to promote an understanding of the mechanics behind Ireland’s rise in reputation as a major backer and contributor to UN peacekeeping. At the same time, it presents an examination of a unique codified state process related to agreeing to the dispatch of personnel in support of UN peacekeeping. Terry M. Mays is Professor of Political Science at The Citadel, USA.
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    ISBN: 9783031342646
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 253 p. 6 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
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    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Cultivation and Competition -- Chapter 3: Trade Clashes and the Uruguay Round -- Chapter 4: Compliance and Withdrawal -- Chapter 5: Discord, Dialogue and Cooperation -- Chapter 6: Reverberations and Resolution -- Chapter 7: Epilogue.
    Abstract: This book is about the remarkable trade conflict between two agricultural superpowers with a focus on Brazil’s rapid agricultural modernization in recent decades and its impact on trade policy formation and global economic governance. Previous research, including Black (2016), trace the origins and evolution of the cotton dispute up to the August 31, 2009 final arbitration ruling that authorized Brazil to impose retaliatory trade measures to compel U.S. compliance. Inside the Cotton Dispute offers a comprehensive examination of the bilateral relations and negotiations that culminated with the October 2014 mutual solution to one of the most important trade conflicts since the establishment of the World Trade Organization. Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D. is Senior Fellow and adjunct professor of Global Commerce and Policy at the Schar School of Policy and Government-George Mason University. He is senior advisor to Horizon Engage and former international advisor to the Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Algodão (Abrapa).
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    ISBN: 9783031354489
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 174 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in International Relations
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Security, International. ; Internationale Politik ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Militärische Kooperation ; Internationales politisches System ; Position ; Ungleichgewicht ; Kleinstaat ; Erde
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Weaker Voice in Asymmetric Alliances -- Chapter 3: The Anglo-Egyptian Alliance in the Early Cold War: a case of alliance termination -- Chapter 4: The Anglo-Iraqi Alliance in the Early Cold War: a case of alliance persistence -- Chapter 5: New Zealand’s exit from ANZUS in the mid-1980s: a case of alliance termination -- Chapter 6: The U.S.-Australian relation in the mid-1980s: a case of alliance persistence -- Chapter 7: Conclusions.
    Abstract: “Alliances are commonly conceived as tools that major powers use to control weaker partners. From this perspective, then, whether alliances endure or collapse depends on the patron’s will. Andrea Leva challenges this view: while acknowledging the implications of power asymmetry in inter-allied management, the author argues that junior allies may have a critical role in bringing the alliance to an end. Through an elegant five-case comparison, Leva uncovers the mechanisms at play in junior allies’ relations with major partners. By shedding light on a previously underscored phenomenon, this book is an important contribution to the theoretical literature on alliances.” —Andrea Locatelli, Associate Professor, Università Cattolica, Milan (Italy) “In a well-argued book, Andrea Leva sheds light on an overlooked area of alliance theory. Contrary to the realist and institutionalist arguments, Leva suggests that junior allies’ quest for autonomy and voice opportunity can critically affect their security relationship with the patron, even affecting the alliance’s persistence or termination. The book’s model is then applied to several interesting case studies. A must-read for those interested in questioning a simplistic view of asymmetric alliances.” —Andrea Carati, Associate Professor, Università degli Studi, Milan (Italy) Military alliances are a constant feature in international politics, and a better understanding of them can directly impact world affairs. This book examines why alliances endure or collapse. As a distinctive feature, it analyses asymmetric alliances focusing on the junior allies’ decision to continue or terminate a military agreement. It deepens our knowledge of alliance cohesion and erosion, investigating the relevance of the weaker side’s preferences and behavior in alliance politics. The author examines the literature on alliance persistence and termination and puts forward a theoretical model that helps interpret historical and contemporary cases in a way that is useful for expert researchers and non-expert readers alike. Andrea Leva received a Ph.D. from Università degli Studi di Milano Statale, Milan (Italy). He is a Policy Officer of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, working on European Affairs.
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    ISBN: 9783031122057
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 258 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy
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    Keywords: Civilization—History. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Diplomacy. ; Communication in politics. ; International relations. ; Civilization ; Europe
    Abstract: 1. Studying Finland’s Cultural Diplomacy from World War II to the CSCE -- 2. Defining Finland’s Cultural Diplomacy from Postwar to Cold War -- 3. Developing State Agencies and Centralizing International Cultural Relations -- 4. Coordinating and Facilitating Bilateral Cultural Contacts -- 5. Participating in Multilateral Cultural Cooperation -- 6. The Finnish State and International Cultural Relations, 1945–1975.
    Abstract: This open access book explores the organization and evolution of Finland’s Cold War cultural diplomacy (1945-1975) as the basis for a reflection on the country’s foreign relations, the link between culture and politics, small states’ autonomy during the Cold War, and the porosity of the East-West divide. The book offers a historical survey of the development of Finland’s cultural diplomacy as part of the Finnish state’s foreign activities. In its empirical parts, it focuses on archives drawn from the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education in order to explain Finland’s cultural diplomacy as the result of the country’s foreign policy orientations, interactions between domestic and foreign policy, and the expansion of state activities in the artistic, educational, and cultural sectors. Various reflections and reports on foreign cultural relations highlight the role of identity concerns, cultural relations, geopolitics and economic imperatives in the development of a specifically Finnish cultural diplomacy. Furthermore, the book focuses on specific aspects and events, considering for instance the organization and evolutions of Finland’s cultural relations with the USSR, the role of cultural treaties, academic exchanges and scientific cooperation, “cultural exports” and the marketization of culture, overlaps between cultural relations and high politics. Louis Clerc is Professor in Contemporary History in the Department of Contemporary History, Philosophy and Political Science at the University of Turku, Finland. His current research projects deal with the history of public and cultural diplomacy and the study of diplomatic relations.
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    ISBN: 9783031334443
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 210 p. 5 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
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    Keywords: International relations. ; International economic relations.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: From the Ottoman Empire to Republican Turkey. A Century of Disjunctions and Continuities, by Bayram Balci and Nicolas Monceau -- Chapter 2. Belonging to a Republic or Something Else: An Assessment of the Evolution and Challenges to Modern Citizenship in Contemporary Turkey, by Özlem Kaygusuz -- Chapter 3. Transformations in the Turkish Economy: A Political Economy Analysis of 100 Years of the Republic of Turkey, by Ümit Akcay -- Chapter 4. The State and Religion from 1923 to 2023: Major Tendencies in an Incomplete Development, by Bayram Balci -- Chapter 5. Turkey’s Nation-Building and the Kurdish question, by Evren Balta -- Chapter 6. Turkey, the West and Endless Search for Power, by Ilhan Üzgel -- Chapter 7. Turkey and Europe, an Ambivalent Relationship since the Establishment of the Turkish Republic, by Nicolas Monceau -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Turkey at the crossroads in 2023, by Bayram Balci and Nicolas Monceau. .
    Abstract: The Republic of Turkey celebrates the centenary of its proclamation in 2023. Founded on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, one of the world’s greatest empires both in terms of its geographical extent and its longevity, Republican Turkey has gone through a century of profound and constant changes and transformations from politics to society, economy to religion, or culture to history. These changes have been produced by inner and foreign policies carried out and implemented by the country’s leaders – from Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the current Turkish President in 2023 - but also under the influence of the regional and international context. This collective work aims to take stock of the great achievements of the Turkish republican project. It attempts to draw a general presentation of the evolution of contemporary Turkey in six main areas which constitute six major issues for the country: the general political evolution of Turkey focusing on the issue of citizenship; the transformations in the Turkish economy through a political economy analysis; the evolution of the relationship between religion, state and society; Turkey’s nation-building and the Kurdish question, which still seeks a solution; the changes in Turkish foreign policy focusing on the relationship between Turkey and the West; the relationship between Turkey and Europe, caught between the model of civilization for the republican regime and the prospects of accession to the European Union. Several “focus points” also concentrate on specific subjects such as the Alevi issue, the Cyprus issue or the Turkish soft power with an accent on Africa. Bayram Balci is CNRS researcher at CERI-Sciences Po Paris. His works and publications are related to religion and politics in Turkey, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East. Nicolas Monceau is Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Bordeaux, France. His research focuses on Turkish Politics and Turkey in its regional and international environment. He has published several books on Turkey and the Middle East, Turkey and the EU and the Turkish elite.
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    ISBN: 9783319743196
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(45 illus., 35 illus. in color. eReference.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Security, International. ; International relations. ; Politics and war. ; Sicherheit ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Alternative Sicherheitspolitik ; Menschliche Sicherheit ; Enzyklopädie ; Lexikon ; Erde
    Abstract: 1. Conflict and Security -- 2. Human Rights and Societal Security -- 3. Poverty and Economic Security -- 4. Environmental Security -- 5. Food Security -- 6. Energy Security -- 7. Health Security. .
    Abstract: This encyclopedia provides an authoritative guide intended for students of all levels of studies, offering multidisciplinary insight and analysis of over 500 headwords covering the main concepts of Security and Non-traditional Security, and their relation to other scholarly fields and aspects of real-world issues in the contemporary geopolitical world.
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    ISBN: 9783031340024
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 286 p. 48 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
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    Keywords: International economic relations. ; International relations.
    Abstract: Part I. Theory and Frames -- 1 The Quest for Technological Upgrading in Emerging Economies -- 2 Theoretical Framework: The Political Economy of Upgrading Regimes -- Part II. Technological Upgrading in Brazil: Achievements and Challenges -- 3 Evidence on Innovation Capacity Building -- 4 Political Coordination and Socio-economic Coalitions -- 5 Research & Development and Competition Policy -- 6 Finance -- 7 Education, Training, and Labor -- 8 International Integration -- 9 Macroeconomic Management and Domestic Demand -- Part III. Comparative Perspectives -- 10 Complementarities and Comparisons -- 11 Conclusions.
    Abstract: In his wonderfully researched and tightly argued book, Michael Schedelik explains why the Brazilian development strategy of significantly raising the level of technological development in order to be less dependent on raw material exports was not successful. A must-read for students of innovation processes in emerging economies for many years to come. Andreas Nölke, Professor of Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt Innovation in Brazil has been a topic of extensive research, but rarely before Michael Schedelik’s book has it been done as comprehensively with such a wealth of empirical evidence. Ben Ross Schneider, Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the MIT-Brazil Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology This is a path breaking contribution to the study of comparative political economy of development in emerging economies. It is a provocative must read for those who strive to avoid simplistic structural and facile political explanations of upgrading development. Antonio José Junqueira Botelho, Professor of Comparative Political Economy, IUPERJ Universidade Candido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro Today’s middle-income countries tend to be locked in a middle-income trap, unable to transition to higher income levels due to rising costs and declining competitiveness. While there is a broad consensus that upgrading these economies towards innovation-led growth is imperative, countless institutional and political economy obstacles remain. This book brings together analytical perspectives from comparative political economy, innovation studies, and development economics for the study of technological upgrading. Its distinctive contribution is the development of an innovative theoretical framework, named upgrading regimes, combining and extending the comparative capitalism and innovation system perspectives. It explores the usefulness of this approach by providing an indepth assessment of the political economy of upgrading in Brazil under the Workers’ Party governments. As the politics of technological upgrading will be one of the crucial research areas in the years to come, this book promises to become a key reference point in this debate. Michael Schedelik is Lecturer and Research Associate at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt. His research focuses on the politics of growth and innovation in developing and emerging economies.
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    ISBN: 9783031343186
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 322 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Internationale Politik ; Außenpolitik ; Regionalpolitik ; Geopolitik ; Geostrategie ; Balkan ; Levante
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Widening Gyre in the “New Near East”: Alliances in the Western Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean -- Chapter 2. EU Enlargement and Regional Geopolitics of the Western Balkans -- Chapter 3. Autocratic Powers, the Balkans and Democratic Decline -- Chapter 4. “Italy, the Balkans and the East Mediterranean: Regional NATO-E.U. Integration” -- Chapter 5. Turkey and the Western Balkans -- Chapter 6. Active or reactive? Greek foreign policy in East Mediterranean and Southeast Europe -- Chapter 7. An Analysis of Albanian Foreign Relations and Foreign Policy Interests -- Chapter 8. The Eastern Mediterranean, Africa and Libya After Qaddafi: Conflict, Terrorism, & Migration -- Chapter 9. Energy and Regional Geopolitics in the Western Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean -- Chapter 10. The Western Balkans and the Geopolitics of Populations -- Chapter 11. Western Balkans and environmental issues -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This edited book will examine the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean from multidimensional geo-strategic, political-economic, socio-cultural/religious and demographic perspectives. It analyzes the conflicting geopolitical interests of the major and regional powers, as well as those of NATO and the European Union, with a focus on energy, democracy and corruption, shifts in population, as well as religious political influence. The authors argue that the US, NATO and EU leaderships can no longer afford to ignore the two regions — if the increasing potential for conflict is to be averted. The Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean are returning to a major position in the contemporary geostrategic nexus since NATO began a new expansion into the Balkans by bringing Montenegro in 2017 and North Macedonia in March 2020 into membership, after its previous expansion to Slovenia in NATO’s “Big Bang” in 2004 and to both Albania and Croatia in 2009. Hall Gardner is Full Professor of History and Politics at The American University of Paris, France. .
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    ISBN: 9783031297045
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 159 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations
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    Keywords: America—Politics and government. ; Europe—Politics and government. ; Diplomacy. ; International relations. ; World politics. ; America ; Europe
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: American Philhellenism and “The Greek Fire” -- Chapter 3: The Tradition of Neutrality in America -- Chapter 4: The Origins and Promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine -- Chapter 5: Lessons for Greek American Relations.
    Abstract: This book attempts to explain why despite widespread popular support (the “Greek Fire”) in the United States of America for the Greek Revolution, the promulgation in 1823 of the Monroe Doctrine led to Washington D.C.’s non-recognition of the Hellenic efforts. It examines the origins and tradition of the diplomatic doctrine of neutrality and argues that the Monroe Doctrine represents its full realization. The new foreign policy doctrine is placed within its proper diplomatic framework, while the role of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams is highlighted. What remains remarkable, is how high on the U.S. policy agenda the Greek War of Independence was and how close it came to being politically vindicated. The epilogue of this book demonstrates based on specific historical episodes, that the “Greek Fire” and the Monroe Doctrine set in many ways the political framework that came to define Hellenic-American relations for almost the next two centuries.
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    ISBN: 9783031391217
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 221 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in International Relations
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Globalization. ; Security, International. ; Internationale Politik ; Theorie ; Philosophie ; Kultur ; Postkolonialismus ; Weltbild ; Grenze ; Buddhismus ; Westliche Welt ; Erde
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Prologue: Half the World Away -- Chapter 2: Global IR: A Paradigm? No, a Research Programme -- Chapter 3: Global IR: A Glimpse of Somewhere? No, of Anywhere -- Chapter 4: Global IR: An Agenda of One or Many? No, of One and Many -- Chapter 5: Epilogue: A Passage Across the Three Worlds.
    Abstract: The Global IR research programme promulgates a borderless ecology of cultures that has only an inside without an outside. This borderless ecology of cultures reinvents the human condition (including the condition of ‘the international’) as perpetually interconnected at the level of consciousness. While Western-centric IR theories depend on (neo-)Kantian philosophies to emphasize the time-space bounded identities of human beings living in visibly divided phenomenal worlds, the de-Kantian philosophies of the Global IR research programme – exemplified by the Tianxia, Advaita, and Nishida Kitaro’s Buddhism-inspired theories – recuperate the temporally-spatially indivisible phenomenal-noumenal flow of human life, thereby facilitating back-and-forth movement between the Westdominated ‘one world’ and the non-West-embodied ‘many worlds’. The central objective of the book is to demonstrate how this back-and-forth movement offers opportunities to conceive of and found a new world order that recognizes the temporally-spatially indivisible human condition on earth. The book delineates a set of guiding principles to promote an innovative practice of theory-building and policy-making that transcends the geo-centric limitations of knowledgeproduction and knowledge-application, thereby establishing the futuristic foundation of the Global IR research programme. Deepshikha Shahi is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the O. P. Jindal Global University, India.
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    ISBN: 9783031267611
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 382 p. 36 illus., 35 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies of the Americas
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    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction. Electoral cycles, continuity and change in Latin American politics. A framework for analysis -- Part 1: Conservative alternations -- Chapter 2: New political cycle in Chile: from centrist consensus to the struggle for cultural hegemony -- Chapter 3: Step right or step ahead? Explaining the 2019 presidential swing in Uruguay -- Chapter 4: Radicalization of alternation: political change and degraded democracy in El Salvador (2019-2021) -- Chapter 5: Guatemala, an alternation in continuity -- Chapter 6: The return of the divided rights. Alternations in Peru -- Part 2: Progressist alternations -- Chapter 7: Polarization, depolarization and (re)polarization. The 2019 electoral process and a new alternation in Argentine democracy -- Chapter 8: Mexico’s 2018 Tsunami-alternation: change and continuities following the collapse of the transitional three-party system -- Chapter 9: Panama: alternation inside the box -- Part 3: Conservative alternations following a destitution -- Chapter 10: Brazil 2016-2018: a double political alternation -- Chapter 11: The 2019 elections in Bolivia -- Part 4: Partial alternations -- Chapter 12: Colombia: the country where peace allowed political alternation -- Chapter 13: Paraguay 2018. A country of electoral “intralternation” -- Chapter 14: Costa Rica’s 2018 and 2020 elections: a partial alternation and a conservative turn -- Part 5: Electoral authoritarianism -- Chapter 15: The Sandinista order. Changes in voting procedures and authoritarianism in Nicaragua -- Chapter 16: Venezuela: the authoritarian and conservative turn of Nicolás Maduro -- Chapter 17: From competitive authoritarianism to state capture: a contested re-election in Honduras (2017).
    Abstract: This book explores pendular politics in Latin America, focusing on electoral cycles with a pattern of similar results. Latin America has been neoliberal in the 1990s, leftist during the 2000s, then conservative in 2016-2018 and progressist again since 2018. The reference to a right/left/right/left sequence over a period of thirty years undoubtedly accounts for a singular pendulum pattern yet proves to be excessively simplistic. The right/left dichotomy hides fractures and nuances that characterize each political camp. This book seeks to explain why some elections result in alternations and others do not. Based on an innovative theoretical framework and a unique collection of case studies, the book offers a rich understanding of Latin America’s contemporary political evolutions. Voters are getting accustomed to punishing incumbents for not delivering in time of crises, resulting in frequent alternations. It might be good for democracy, not so much for governability. Olivier Dabène is Professor of Political Science at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and Senior Researcher at the Center for International Studies (CERI, Sciences Po), France. He is also the President of the Political Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean (www.sciencespo.fr/opalc) and Visiting Professor in many Latin American universities. .
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