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Consisting of more than 300 entries, this new and authoritative dictionary provides a useful overview of the wide array of political structures and systems that comprise the contemporary Middle East. From Turkey through Iraq and Iran, to the Arabian Peninsula and the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-06-21
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Fighting for Peace in Somalia provides the first comprehensive analysis of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an operation deployed in 2007 to stabilize the country and defend its fledgling government from one of the world's deadliest militant organizations,...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-06-20
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This book critically investigates the historiography of International Relations. For the past fifteen years, the field has witnessed the development of a strong interest in the history of the discipline. The chapters in this edited volume, written by some of the field’s...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-19
Collection :
The Palgrave Macmillan History of International Thought
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Fighting for Peace in Somalia provides the first comprehensive analysis of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), an operation deployed in 2007 to stabilize the country and defend its fledgling government from one of the world's deadliest militant organizations,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-06-14
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This volume examines the history and current state of Canadian studies in a number of countries and regions across the world, including Canada's major trading partners. From the mid-1980s until 2012, Canadian studies was seen as an important tool of soft power,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-13
Collection :
Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy
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The idea of studying peace has gained considerable traction in the past few years after languishing in the shadows of conflict for decades but how should it be studied?The Peace Continuum offers a parallax view of how we think about peace and the complexities that...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-06-12
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This book shows how an encounter with everyday nationhood in the northern United Arab Emirates can make us revisit the classics of sociology as continuous analytical world-views. Through the textual universe of Georg Simmel, and in particular his analysis of modern life...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2018-06-06
Collection :
The Modern Muslim World
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If states are not to go to war, what should they do instead? In The Alternatives to War, James Pattison considers the case for the alternatives to military action to address mass atrocities and aggression.
The volume examines the normative issues raised by measures...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-06-04
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If states are not to go to war, what should they do instead? In The Alternatives to War, James Pattison considers the case for the alternatives to military action to address mass atrocities and aggression.
The volume examines the normative issues raised by measures...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-06-03
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Why do politicians think that war is the answer to terror when military intervention in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Mali, Somalia and elsewhere has made things worse?Why do some conflicts never end? And how is it that practices like beheadings, extra-judicial...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2018-05-21
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?The scholarly study of international relations tends to go over the same cases, issues, and themes. This book addresses this by challenging readers to think creatively about international politics. It highlights some of the strangest and rarest phenomena in diplomacy...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-19
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This book proposes, from a civil perspective —such as that developed by Stefano Zamagni— and a cordial perspective —such as that developed by Adela Cortina—, orientations to design an economy in tune with what the historical moment demands. Among other things, this...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2018-05-17
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This book is a theoretical and empirical analysis of institutional foundation of long-term economic growth from the perspective of state-market and central-local relations. The book argues that, in order to safeguard sustainable market development, it is necessary to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-17
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In the wake of the 2003 Iraq War, the term ‘intelligence failure’ became synonymous with the Blair Government and how it had used intelligence to construct a case for war. This book examines British secret intelligence over the thirty years preceding its very public...
Editeur :
Hurst
Parution :
2018-05-15
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This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of Canadian foreign policy under the government of Justin Trudeau, with a concentration on the areas of climate change, trade, Indigenous rights, arms sales, refugees, military affairs, and relationships with the United...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-12
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This book provides a short and accessible introduction to the theory of strategy, examines the general theory of strategy in accordance with 23 key Principles and explains its nature, functions, and intended consequences.
Theory of Strategy makes the radical argument...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-05-11
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Focusing on four East European polities-Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania--this book examines the dynamics and implications of processes of commercialization of security that have occurred following the collapse of communist regimes. These processes have been...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-05-11
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Focusing on four East European polities-Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania--this book examines the dynamics and implications of processes of commercialization of security that have occurred following the collapse of communist regimes. These processes have been...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-05-10
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This book provides a short and accessible introduction to the theory of strategy, examines the general theory of strategy in accordance with 23 key Principles and explains its nature, functions, and intended consequences.
Theory of Strategy makes the radical argument...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-05-10
ePub
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Small state behavior has been largely ignored by academics in both international relations and strategic/intelligence studies. Yet, when we analyze the root causes of war, insurrections, rebellions, revolutions and general sociological human behavior, it is the small...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-05-08
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