Clash of ideas in world politics

transnational networks, States, and regime change, 1510-2010

Some blame the violence and unrest in the Muslim world on Islam itself, arguing that the religion and its history is inherently bloody. Others blame the United States, arguing that American attempts to spread democracy by force have destabilized the region, and that these efforts ...

International statebuilding

the rise of post-liberal governance

This concise and accessible new text offers original and insightful analysis of the policy paradigm informing international statebuilding interventions. The book covers the theoretical frameworks and practices of international statebuilding, the debates they have triggered, and the way that international statebuilding has developed in the ...

Institutional dynamics

emergent patterns in international environmental governance

International environmental regimes--institutional arrangements that govern human-environmental interactions--are dynamic, changing continuously over time. Some regimes go from strength to strength, becoming more effective over the years, while others seem stymied from the beginning. Some regimes start strong, then decline; others are ineffective at first but ...

Human Rights Watch World Report 2010

This 20th annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide. It reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2009 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with human rights activists in the country in question.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

creating norms for a complex world

This book traces the history of UNESCO from its foundational idealism to its current stature as the preeminent international organization for science, education, and culture, building a well rounded understanding of this important organization. The key features of the book include: provides an overview of ...

The UN Secretary-General and secretariat

The new edition of this accessible introduction to the important role of the United Nations Secretary-General continues to offer a keen insight into the United Nations - the Secretariat and its head, the Secretary-General, summing up the history, structure, strengths and weaknesses, and continuing operations of ...

NATO in search of a vision

Eds. Gülnur Aybet, Rebecca R. Moore; Foreword by Lawrence Freedman. As the NATO Alliance enters its seventh decade, it finds itself involved in an array of military missions ranging from Afghanistan to Kosovo to Sudan. It also stands at the center of a host of ...

Multinational military intervention

NATO policy, strategy and burden sharing

War, as Clausewitz reminds, is the most uncertain of human political and social activities. It also imposes burdens. In an alliance among states for the promotion of collective defense or security, such as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), burdens have to be shared. This ...

Historical Dictionary of International Organizations

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of International Organizations provides a comprehensive overview of major international organizations, both intergovernmental and international intergovernmental, of the 20th and 21st centuries. While the emphasis is on today's organizations, those that have ceased to exist are also included ...

Global think tanks

policy networks and governance

"Global Think Tanks" provides a clear description of and context for the global proliferation of think tanks. Whilst these institutions are still relatively new players in global and national politics, they are becoming a significant source of strength in an increasingly transnational and less Western-led ...

Balcanes, la herida abierta de Europa

conflicto y reconstrucción de la convivencia

Ed. José Ángel Ruiz Jiménez. Desde el inicio de las guerras balcánicas en 1991, ha existido un constante interés académico y mediático en esa región, casi siempre centrado en su cara más violenta y llamativa: guerras, limpiezas étnicas, nacionalismos asesinos, odios milenarios, etc. Esta obra ...

Notas al pie de Gaza

Trad. Marc Viaplana. Rafah, una pequeña ciudad de la franja de Gaza, ha sido protagonista en más de una ocasión del amargo conflicto de Oriente Medio. En 1956 se convirtió en el escenario de un incidente muy sangriento: 111 palestinos murieron a manos de soldados ...

From the Hindu Kush to Lisbon

NATO, Afghanistan, and the future of the Atlantic Alliance

Eds. Sten Rynning and Antonio Marquina. Introduction: Sten Rynning and Antonio Marquina 1. Afghanistan in Context: NATO Out-of-Area Debates in the 1990s Martin Smith 2. NATO in Afghanistan Stanley Sloan 3. NATO#s Counterinsurgency Campaign in Afghanistan: Are the Classical Doctrines Suitable for Alliances? Jens ...

Dictionary of Terrorism

One of the defining features of the post-9/11 world is the extent to which terrorism has become a key organising principle for domestic and international politics. Introduced by an essay exploring the complex nature of terrorism and with more than 250 entries, each containing ...

Between terror and democracy

Algeria since 1989

Algeria's democratic experiment is seminal in post-Cold War history. The first Muslim nation to attempt the transition from an authoritarian system to democratic pluralism, this North African country became a test case for reform in Africa, the Arab world and beyond. Yet when the ...

Afghan frontier

at the crossroads of conflict

This book is required reading for anyone who wishes to understand the background and history of the North-West Frontier and Afghanistan as a means of explaining the nature of this turbulent region today. Biography: Victoria Schofield is a writer and broadcaster, and the author of ...

The policing of terrorism

organizational and global perspectives

This book offers an analysis of the policing of terrorism in a variety of national and international contexts. Centered on developments since the events of September 11, 2001, the study devotes its empirical attention to important police aspects of counter-terrorism in the United States and ...

The pen and the sword

press, war, and terror in the 21st century

'Challenges students to reexamine their beliefs about the news media, helping them to become more critical citizens. In doing this, the text engages students' attention in crucial developments in the media, in politics, and in the intersection of the two' - Paul R. Brewer, University of ...

Causes of war

Written by leading scholars in the field, Causes of War provides the first comprehensive analysis of the leading theories relating to the origins of both interstate and civil wars. Utilizes historical examples to illustrate individual theories throughout Includes an analysis of theories of civil wars ...

Transforming violent conflict

radical disagreement, dialogue and survival

This book investigates intractable conflicts and their main verbal manifestation - radical disagreement # and explores what can be done when conflict resolution fails. The book identifies agonistic dialogue - dialogue between enemies - as the key to linguistic intractability. It suggests how agonistic dialogue can best be studied ...