Proxy wars from a global perspective

non-state actors and armed conflicts

Proxy warfare is a growing international phenomenon. Although states have used proxies in armed conflicts for centuries, evolving regional and global security architecture is now forcing states to radically change the way contemporary conflicts are fought. Based on ten case studies, this reassesses exactly how ...

Francisco Suárez: teoría de la guerra y la paz

La guerra, la intervención y la paz internacional

Este volumen, cuyo preliminar incluye una bibliografía de Francisco Suárez correspondiente al primer cuarto de siglo XXI la cual demuestra la actualidad del gran filósofo salmanticense, se compone de dos libros: los extensos estudios de Luciano Pereña, ideador del "Corpus Hispanorum de Pace", acerca de ...

The information animal

umans, technology and the competition for reality

Depending on the news you read, new tools like AI will either save or destroy us. But our response to emerging technology's 'unprecedented' threats actually follows a pattern as old as civilisation. From ancient Athens to COVID-19, social media to spam, Alicia Wanless shows ...

Poder inhumano

Inteligencia Artificial y el futuro del capitalismo

La Inteligencia Artificial (IA) ha tenido avances considerables en los últimos años. Si bien las máquinas siempre fueron centrales para el análisis marxista del capitalismo, la IA es un nuevo tipo de máquina que Marx no podría haber anticipado. La IA contemporánea de aprendizaje automático ...

Platformland

an anatomy of next-generation public services

Platformland describes the types of interaction we should expect from the next generation of public services, the digital platforms and infrastructure they will be built with, and the public sector design values needed to make them a reality. It includes 30 illustrated design patterns, 10 ...

Capital's grave

neofeudalism and the new class struggle

Bringing together analyses from different fields-law, technology, Marxism, and psychoanalysis-Jodi Dean shows the direction the contemporary world is heading: neofeudalism. Feudalism isn't just a metaphor. It's the operating system for the present. Politics and plunder thrive in the capitalist pursuit of profit, and ...

España tiene solución

Hacia un futuro brillante y próspero

¿España está condenada o simplemente mal contada? Durante décadas nos han repetido que España no tiene remedio. Que somos diferentes, incorregibles, un caso perdido. Pero, ¿y si esa resignación no fuera más que el resultado de una hábil estrategia de ingeniería cultural? ¿Y si el ...

Not thinking like a liberal

Liberalism is so amorphous and pervasive that for many people it is background noise. But there are nooks and crannies in every society where the prevailing winds don't blow. Raymond Geuss grew up some distance from the cultural mainstream and recounts here the unusual ...

Republicanistas: de Philip Pettit a Michael Sandel

Una alternativa a la actual política americana

La república, definida como comunidad política bien gobernada, entiende que el gobierno priorizará el bien común sobre los intereses particulares, pero también contiene un ideal que ha vuelto a revitalizarse desde finales del siglo XX. Estos dos autores representan bien ese proyecto, su comparación es ...

Los grupos de presión de la democracia

'Asociaciones' y 'organizaciones sociales' son los conceptos generales empleados para la investigación de grupos políticos. El término 'organizaciones sociales' forma parte de la tradición de la separación conceptual entre Estado y sociedad del siglo XIX. El término 'asociaciones' (que reemplazó a una palabra extranjera a ...

La violación sistemática de derechos en Cuba

El caso de la 'Primavera Negra'

Violación sistemática derechos en Cuba. El caso de la «Primavera Negra» Este libro repasa aspectos de la historia de los últimos setenta años en Cuba. Desde del inicio de la resistencia armada popular contra el dictador Fulgencio Batista, pasando por el establecimiento de un nuevo ...

Latin political propaganda in the War of the Spanish Succession and its aftermath, 1700-1740

Latin Political Propaganda offers the first comprehensive study of the central role played by the Latin language to celebrate or undermine political power during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1715). Waged as much on the printed page as on the battlefield, this worldwide conflict ...

Los socialistas y el estado autonómico

Este libro ofrece un análisis de la contribución del Partido Socialista a la construcción, puesta en marcha y consolidación del Estado de las Autonomías, desde 1977 hasta 2025. A sólo tres años de la conmemoración del cincuentenario de la Constitución, esta obra hace un balance ...

Diaspora diplomacy

the politics of Turkish emigration to Europe

Since the early 2000s, Turkey has shown an unprecedented interest in its diaspora. This book provides the first in-depth examination of the institutionalisation of Turkey's diaspora engagement policy since the Justice and Development Party's rise to power in 2002, the Turkish diaspora's ...

The fall of the Assads

the end of half a century of tyranny in Syria and how it will change the world

The first comprehensive book on the subject, authored by an expert who has studied the Syrian civil war for over a decade. This gripping account delves into the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship, tracing the 2011 uprising and Assad's brutal atrocities. Through detailed ...

Sahel

the perfect storm

The Sahel is the borderland of 3 million square kilometres between the Sahara Desert and the African savannah and forest lands further south. Much of this huge area is inhospitable. Insurgencies are common, as are migration and smuggling, jobs being as rare here as effective ...

Axis of resistance

asymmetric deterrence and rules of the game in contemporary Middle East conflicts

An in-depth analysis of the primary conflicts animating the contemporary struggle over the regional order of the Middle East. From the conflict between the United States and the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria to the recent Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, events in ...

Blowing up Ukraine

the return of Russian terror and the threat of World War III

Blowing up Ukraine delves into the complex and tumultuous history of Ukraine, shedding light on the various political, social, and economic factors that have shaped the country's destiny. From the Soviet era to the present day, Felshtinsky explores the deep-rooted corruption, power struggles, and ...

War in the smartphone age

conflict, connectivity and the crises at our fingertips

An essential guide to understanding war and information on today's data-saturated battlefields--from Ukraine to Gaza and beyond. Thanks to smartphones, war is everywhere, all the time. Anyone can view, analyse and comment on photos, videos or other warzone media. Where did this technology come ...

The new Cold War and the remaking of regions

A compelling examination of how secondary states are preserving their strategic autonomy and are resisting spheres of influence Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the deteriorating United States-China relationship signify the onset of the New Cold War. Unlike the original Cold War, this competition is ...