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A blue new deal

why we need a new politics for the ocean

The ocean sustains life on our planet, from absorbing carbon to regulating temperatures, and, as we exhaust the resources to be found on land, it is becoming central to the global market. But today we are facing two urgent challenges at sea: massive environmental destruction ...

The weaponisation of everything

a field guide to the new way of war

Hybrid War, Grey Zone Warfare, Unrestricted War: today, traditional conflict-fought with guns, bombs, and drones-has become too expensive to wage, too unpopular at home, and too difficult to manage. In an age when America threatens Europe with sanctions, and when China spends billions buying influence ...

The return of the Taliban

Afghanistan after the Americans left

Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, the Taliban have effective control of Afghanistan-a scenario few Western commentators anticipated. But after a twenty-year-long bitter war against the Republic of Afghanistan, reestablishing control is a complex procedure. What is the Taliban’s strategy now that they ...

The lost future

and how to reclaim it

The future seems increasingly uncertain. Our democracies are failing to prevent financial crises, energy shortages, climate change, and war—so how can we look to the future with confidence? Jan Zielonka argues that it is democracy’s shortsightedness that makes politics stumble in our increasingly ...

Mixed signals

how incentives really work

Incentives send powerful signals that aim to influence behavior. But often there is a conflict between what we say and what we do in response to these incentives. The result: mixed signals. Consider the CEO who urges teamwork but designs incentives for individual success, who ...

The origins of victory

how disruptive military innovation determines the fates of great powers

How the character of war is changing and how militaries can successfully adapt to meet the challenge This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that ...

The economic weapon

the rise of sanctions as a tool of modern wa

Economic sanctions dominate the landscape of world politics today. First developed in the early twentieth century as a way of exploiting the flows of globalization to defend liberal internationalism, their appeal is that they function as an alternative to war. This view, however, ignores the ...

Modern statutory interpretation

framework, principles and practice

Statutory interpretation is both a distinct body of law governing the determination of the meaning of legislation and a task that requires a set of skills. It is thus an essential area of legal practice, education and research. Modern Statutory Interpretation: Framework, Principles and Practice ...

European private international family law

the Brussels IIb Regulation

European Private International Family Law provides a comprehensive examination of the new Brussels IIb Regulation (Regulation 2019/1111). This regulation replaces the Brussels IIa Regulation, which has been the cornerstone of European private international family law since August 2004, and is applicable from 1 August ...

Beijing's global media offensive

China's uneven campaign to influence Asia and the world

A major analysis of how China is attempting to become a media and information superpower around the world, seeking to shape the politics, local media, and information environments of both East Asia and the World. Since China's ascendancy toward major-power status began in the ...

Sigo sin saber de ti

Notas al margen

Nuestra vida está marcada por los libros y los autores que nos acompañaron. Peter Orner vuelve a enamorarnos de la ficción y de la literatura. Peter Orner lee a Isaac Babel en un vuelo pesadillesco y con turbulencias extremas, a Chéjov en un Dunkin Donuts ...

O debate sobre a teoria dos princípios formais de Robert Alexy

A Teoria dos Princípios de Robert Alexy constitui uma das mais influentes e mais estudadas teorias desenvolvidas no Constitucionalismo alemão do Pós-Guerra. Contudo, os princípios formais, embora sejam um dos temas mais importantes e, ao mesmo tempo, mais difíceis dentro da moderna Teoria dos Princípios ...

Lavagem de dinheiro

(com a jurisprudência do STF e do STJ)

Revigorada com novos argumentos, a presente 2ª edição dá continuidade às reflexões anteriormente realizadas e agora enriquecidas com elementos de análise que tornam a obra ainda mais relevante. Com efeito, a obtenção de vantagens monetariamente quantificáveis permanece sendo um notável objetivo de inúmeras atividades criminosas ...

El Don Quijote alemán

El don Quijote alemán (Breslavia, 1753) nos presenta las andanzas del joven Johann Glück, quien, tras la ingente lectura de novelas galantes francesas, decide abandonar su pueblo y la vida de comerciante a la que su familia le había destinado para dirigirse a París junto ...

Las resistencias nobiliarias al poder real en el siglo XVII

¿noblezas rebeldes?

Desde que en 1979 Artette Joaunna publicó “Le devoir de révolte”, numerosos estudios han intentado definir las motivaciones que explican la actitud política de la nobleza europea ante la consolidación del Estado en la Época Moderna. No siempre la oposición al rey se puede explicar ...

No te pierdo de vista

muertes inexplicables en una isla remota

La isla de Lilla Karlsö está en calma tras la temporada turística y un largo y caluroso verano. Un grupo de universitarios pasa el fin de semana en la árida y solitaria isla antes de que comience el curso, pero solo una chica regresa con ...

Reina, madre y estadista

Mariana de Austria y el gobierno de España

Cuando en 1665 falleció Felipe IV, su heredero, Carlos II, tenía tres años. La crisis dinástica que se abatió sobre España se sumaba a décadas de inmensos esfuerzos militares que habían dejado una Monarquía exhausta, prácticamente en bancarrota, con las fronteras vulnerables y un ejército ...

Picasso, El Greco y el cubismo analítico

Entre las muchas y muy diversas influencias de otros maestros que confluyen en la obra de Picasso, la del Greco es quizás la más temprana y decisiva, ya que se inició a finales del siglo XIX, cuando el malagueño, casi adolescente, residía en Madrid. Estudiante ...

El templo de alabastro

historia constructiva de la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles en Mallén

La restauración de un edifico histórico constituye un irrepetible momento de reconocimiento de su realidad material y de su historia, si se acomete con rigor y metodología interdisciplinar. Este libro es inseparable de su origen en ese momento, una aproximación muy directa e íntima al ...

Catálogo de manuscritos medievales de la Biblioteca Histórica 'Marqués de Valdecilla' (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Addenda

Esta Addenda viene a completar el Catálogo de manuscritos medievales de la Biblioteca Histórica «Marqués de Valdecilla» (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) editado en 2019. Se describen ahora de manera sistemática los manuscritos medievales de la Biblioteca Histórica (posteriores al BH MSS 161), es decir, los ...