International relations

Today, more than ever, we are buffeted by forces that originate from beyond our shores. Whether it's war, economics, politics, or law, we live in a global world influenced by a complex landscape of international transactions. Esteemed academic Charles Jones ably provides the building ...

Israeli Apartheid

a beginner's guide

Since its release in 2009 Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner's Guide has become an essential primer for undergraduate students and activists getting to grips with the Palestine/Israel conflict for the first time. Ben White skilfully distills the work of academics and experts into a ...

Shared responsibility

The United Nations in the age of globalization

The world is a difficult place to manage. Global power structures are changing. The United States and Europe are losing ground, as emerging economies like China and India increase their global reach. At the same time new global players carve out their own space, as ...

Y al final, la guerra

La aventura de las tropas españolas en Irak

Nayaf, 4 de abril de 2004. 12 horas. La base Al-Ándalus sufre el ataque de los milicianos del Ejército del Mahdi. Más de dos centenares de soldados españoles encuadrados enla División Mecanizadadeben movilizarse azarosamente, tomar posiciones y abrir fuego en un combate que durará horas ...

The art of war in an asymmetryc world

strategy for the post-cold war era

The work examines the rise of the movements against globalization, modernization, and Western dominance that followed the collapse of the bipolar world and the end of the Cold War and that culminated with today's global jihadist movements. It describes how the U.S. had ...

Los sistemas internacionales de protección de los Derechos Humanos

Una de las cuestiones más relevantes a la hora de estudiar el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos (DIDH) es el análisis de los sistemas internacionales de protección. Dichas estructuras son, a la vez, causa y consecuencia del proceso de humanización del derecho internacional que ...

Suramérica en el escenario global

gobernanza multinivel y birregionalismo

Fortalecer la democracia y el Estado de derecho, así como impulsar el diálogo sobre política exterior y seguridad -principios para consolidar la paz y la libertad en el mundo- son propósitos fundamentales del trabajo de la Fundación Konrad Adenauer (KAS) en más de 120 países ...

The tyranny of experts

economists, dictators, and the forgotten rights of the poor

Over the last century, global poverty has largely been viewed as a technical problem that merely requires the right "expert" solutions. Yet all too often, experts recommend solutions that fix immediate problems without addressing the systemic political factors that created them in the first place ...

Geopolitics and expertise

knowledge and authority in european diplomacy

Geopolitics and Expertise is an in-depth exploration of how expert knowledge is created and exercised in the external relations machinery of the European Union. Provides a rare, full-length work on transnational diplomatic practice Based on a rigorous and empirical study, involving over 100 interviews with ...

Guerra Santa e Santa Alleanza

religioni e disordine internazionale nel XXi secolo

Nel tormentato scenario globale contemporaneo, il rapporto religione politica è spesso visto in una prospettiva parziale, che dà risalto solo all'islam e a certe sue correnti più fondamentaliste. In realtà, nel corso degli ultimi decenni, tutte le religioni tradizionali sono tornate ad avere un ...

¡Matadlos!

quién estuvo detrás del 11-M y por qué se atentó en España

El 11 de marzo de 2004, Madrid fue el escenario del mayor atentado terrorista de la historia de España: 191 muertos y más de 1.800 heridos. Desde el primer momento, junto al dolor por las víctimas, se hizo evidente la necesidad de saber: ¿quién ...

Guerra de drones

política, tecnología y cambio social en los nuevos conflictos

En lo que respecta a la forma de hacer la guerra puede decirse que el futuro ya está aquí. Desde hace varios años Estados Unidos viene empleando aviones de combate no tripulados (también conocidos como drones) para enfrentarse contra Al Qaeda y diversos grupos insurgentes ...

Global shell games

experiments in transnational relations, crime, and terrorism

Every year a staggering number of unidentified shell corporations succeed in hiding perpetrators of terrorist financing, corruption and illegal arms trades, but the degree to which firms flout global identification standards remains unknown. Adopting a unique, experimental methodology, Global Shell Games attempts to unveil the ...

Violencia sexual y conflictos armados

La violencia sexual como arma de guerra ha sido durante largo tiempo ignorada en la aproximación a los conflictos armados, aunque en las últimas décadas se ha logrado su incorporación a la agenda de la paz y de la seguridad internacionales. Janie Leatherman analiza exhaustivamente ...

España y Marruecos

tratados, declaraciones y memorandos de entendimiento (1991-2013)

Esta obra recoge una selección de 60 documentos de indudable utilidad para entender las relación bilaterales entre España y Marruecos en el período 1991-2013, importantísimo para los dos países. Se recogen los más importantes textos acordados entre España y Marruecos, incluyendo Tratados bilaterales y Memorandos ...

El yunque y la espada

De la reserva de masas a los reservistas voluntarios (1912-2012)

La reserva militar es un recurso preventivo que, como sucede con todo lo castrense, está sujeto a transformación. El modo en que se configura es fruto del entorno estratégico, de la política de defensa y de la sociedad. Como es obvio, la evolución de estas ...

The limits of partnership

U.S.-Russian relations in the twenty-first century

The Limits of Partnership offers a riveting narrative on U.S.-Russian relations since the Soviet collapse and on the challenges ahead. It reflects the unique perspective of an insider who is also recognized as a leading expert on this troubled relationship. American presidents have ...

A history of international thought

from the origins of the modern state to academic international relations

International thought is the product of major political changes over the last few centuries, especially the development of the modern state and the industrialisation of the world economy. While the question of how to deal with strangers from other communities has been a constant throughout ...

Globalization

For the first time in human history, the vast majority of the world's population is connected through trade, travel, production, media and politics. Ours is an era of ubiquitous mobile communication, economic outsourcing, mass migration and imported consumer goods. At the same time, people ...

The dispensable nation

american foreign policy in retreat

Vali Nasr, author of the groundbreaking The Shia Revival, worked closely with Hillary Clinton at the State Department on Afghan and Pakistani affairs. In The Dispensable Nation, he takes us behind the scenes to show how Secretary Clinton and her ally, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, were ...