Global good Samaritans

human rights and foreign policy

In a troubled world where millions die at the hands of their own governments and societies, some states risk their citizens' lives, considerable portions of their national budgets, and repercussions from opposing states to protect helpless foreigners. Dozens of Canadian peacekeepers have died in Afghanistan ...

El proceso de reforma de las Naciones Unidas

la dimensión institucional y el mantenimiento de la paz y la seguridad internacional

El libro tiene como objetivo principal analizar las principales cuestiones que plantea la siempre inacabada y pendiente reforma de las Naciones Unidas tras la celebración de la Cumbre Mundial, en septiembre de 2005. Los Informes del Grupo de Alto Nivel y del entonces Secretario General ...

Industrias culturales, creatividad y desarrollo

Índice: 5. Presentación 9. Prólogo 13. Introducción 19. PRIMERA PARTE: Recreación de la cultura y malestar del desarrollo 55. SEGUNDA PARTE: Industrias culturales y desarrollo 137. Bibliografía

Blood and Soil

a world history of genocide and extermination from Sparta to Darfur

For thirty years Ben Kiernan has been deeply involved in the study of genocide and crimes against humanity. He has played a key role in unearthing confidential documentation of the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge. His writings have transformed our understanding not only of ...

What Kind of Liberation?

Women and the Occupation of Iraq

In the run-up to war in Iraq, the Bush administration assured the world that America's interest was in liberation#especially for women. The first book to examine how Iraqi women have fared since the invasion, What Kind of Liberation? reports from the heart of ...

Ugly war, pretty package

how CNN and Fox News made the invasion of Iraq high concept

Deborah L. Jaramillo investigates cable news' presentation of the Iraq War in relation to 'high concept' filmmaking. High concept films can be reduced to single-sentence summaries and feature pre-sold elements; they were considered financially safe projects that would sustain consumer interest beyond their initial theatrical ...

Mass media and modern warfare

reporting on the Russian war on terrorism

Mass media are essential to democratic society; in contrast, the War on Terror has been interpreted as an assault on democracy and freedom by Islamic fundamentalists. The building and maintenance of public support is essential in modern warfare due to the increasing politicization of warfare ...

The new age of terrorism and the international political system

Did the 9/11 attacks on the US usher in a new age of mass-casualty terrorism and war on "terrorist groups of a global reach?" Adrian Guelke questions whether terrorism has evolved into a new form of political violence or whether it remains essentially unchanged ...

Achieving human rights

Richard Falk once again captures our attention with a nuanced analysis of what we need to do-at the personal level as well as state actions-to refocus our pursuit of human rights in a post-9/11 world. From democratic global governance, to the costs of the ...

Killing Mr Lebanon

the assassination of Rafik Hariri and its impact on the middle east

Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, known as "Mr. Lebanon," was killed by a massive explosion as he drove along the Beirut seafront on February 14, 2005. A business entrepreneur, who rose from nothing to become one of the most powerful men in Lebanese politics, Hariri ...

Counterterrorism

Terrorism has emerged as one of the most problematic issues facing national governments and the international community in the 21st century. But how is it possible to counter terrorism in a world in which governance is still dominated by the nation-state? Are we seeing new ...

A moral military

Revised and expanded edition, with a new chapter on torture. In this new edition of this classic book on the moral conduct of war, Sidney Axinn provides a full-length treatment of the military conventions from a philosophical point of view. Axinn considers these basic ethical ...

Kosovo. Las semillas del odio

cuando se rompen las fronteras de Europa

Prol., Jordi Marsal Kosovo, tierra mítica para albaneses y serbios, territorio en disputa siempre, constituye uno de los conflictos más antiguos del continente europeo que sigue a la espera de una solución política. Desde hace siglos. Ahora, tras la independencia de esta antaño región serbia ...

Perceptions and policy in transatlantic relations

prospective visions from the US and Europe

Eds. Natividad Fernández Sola, Michael Smith. In this book, experts from both sides of the Atlantic, examine the recent tensions between Western Europe and the United States over such issues as transatlantic security, policies towards terrorism and relations with Russia and the former Soviet Union ...

'Ndrangheta

la mafia menos conocida y más peligrosa del planeta

Tras la masacre de Duisburgo en agosto de 2007, el mundo ha descubierto a la 'Ndrangheta, la mafia más poderosa del mundo y también la menos conocida hasta la fecha. Sus bandas, las 'ndrine, pululan por el planeta partiendo de la atrasada y arcaica región ...

Managing world order

United Nations peace operations and the security agenda

Since the end of the Cold War, United Nations peace operations have become an established and prominent feature of world politics. From Liberia to East Timor, the UN now carries out extensive governance- related functions and is a significant political force in Southern states and ...

Terrorismo internacional en África

la construcción de una amenaza en el Sahel

En el complejo contexto de seguridad africano el Sahel se identifica como un agujero negro #del que escasamente conocemos su realidad social, política y económica# y como un foco de preocupación, tanto por sus recurrentes tensiones y conflictos como por la supuesta amenaza terrorista de ...

Land, conflict, and justice

a political theory of territory

Territorial disputes have defined modern politics, but political theorists and philosophers have said little about how to resolve such disputes fairly. Is it even possible to do so? If historical attachments or divine promises are decisive, it may not be. More significant than these largely ...

Conexión Madrid

como y por qué Sarhane y Jamal se convirtieron en terroristas yihadistas

Contiene ilustraciones "Conexión Madrid", una reconstrucción sin precedentes de la ruta psicológica de los líderes del 11-M. Durante dos años y medio, el periodista Ignacio Orovio y el documentalista Justin Webster, han analizado más de 100.000 páginas de documentos jurídicos, han entrevistado a fuentes ...

Virtuous war

mapping the military-industrial media-entertainment network

"Virtuous War" is the first book to map the emergence and judge the consequences of a new military-industrial-media-entertainment network. James Der Derian takes the reader from a family history of war and genocide to new virtual battlespaces in the Mojave Desert, Silicon Valley, Hollywood and ...