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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Chinese-Russian bilateral relationship, grounded in a historical perspective, and discusses the implications of the burgeoning 'strategic partnership' between these two major powers for world order and global...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-02-02
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International organizations (IOs) matter. This book uncovers the regular working world of IOs, examining whether, to what extent, and how these 'global governing bodies' can act independently of the will of states. This book explores this issue by asking who or what...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-01-11
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This volume explores the challenges to diversification in Gulf countries, which can no longer rely on profits from hydrocarbons to fund national expenditures. It elaborates on the problem of weak institutions, lack of coordination between policy makers and executors,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-01-09
Collection :
The Political Economy of the Middle East
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This book presents an analysis of how metaphors are essential elements in the study of international relations. It acknowledges the fact that theory and practice in international relations often rest on common metaphorical concepts which have implications for the ways...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-01-08
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International organizations (IOs) matter. This book uncovers the regular working world of IOs, examining whether, to what extent, and how these 'global governing bodies' can act independently of the will of states. This book explores this issue by asking who or what...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-01-05
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Grand strategies can be thought of as overall survival strategies of all states. Great powers seek survival against other great powers seeking to undermine their power and position, determining prestige-seeking behavior as psychotic and destructive. Weak states suffer...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-26
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The extent of Islamicity, or what Islam demands, is measured to confirm that self-declared Muslim countries have not adopted foundational Islamic teachings for rule-compliant Muslim communities. Western countries, on the other hand, are demonstrated to have better...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-13
Collection :
Political Economy of Islam
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This book collects some of the most influential scholars in international relations who focus on Asia globally in exploring the challenges of diplomacy faced in Asia as US policy drastically changes. The president-elect has suggested policies which, if implemented,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-12-04
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Within the context of regional integration, comparative regionalism, organizational change, and regional security literatures, this book investigates three cases wherein regional economic organizations were confronted with conventional security threats: the 1978-91...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2017-11-22
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This book analyzes the phenomenon of xenophobia across African countries. With its roots in colonialism, which coercively created modern states through border delineation and the artificial merging and dividing of communities, xenophobia continues to be a barrier to...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-11-13
Collection :
Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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From DNA sequences stored on computer databases to archived forensic samples and biomedical records, bioinformation comes in many forms. Its unique provenance – the fact that it is 'mined' from the very fabric of the human body – makes it a mercurial resource; one that...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-11-10
Collection :
Resources
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The international trading system remains a locus of fierce social conflict.The protesters who besiege gatherings of its managers-most famously on the streets of Seattle at the turn of the millennium-regard it with suspicion and hostility, as a threat to their...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-11-10
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The international trading system remains a locus of fierce social conflict.The protesters who besiege gatherings of its managers-most famously on the streets of Seattle at the turn of the millennium-regard it with suspicion and hostility, as a threat to their...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-11-03
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This book offers an assessment of China’s assertive foreign policy behavior with a special focus on Chinese policies in the South China Sea (SCS). By providing a detailed account of the events in the SCS and by analyzing power dynamics in the region, it identifies the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-10-27
Collection :
Global Power Shift
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This book probes key issues pertaining to Africa’s relations with global actors. It provides a comprehensive trajectory of Africa’s relations with key bilateral and major multilateral actors, assessing how the Cold War affected the African state systems’ political...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-25
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This book critically introduces two compelling contemporary schools of Marxian thought: the New Reading of Marx of Michael Heinrich and Werner Bonefeld, and the postoperaismo of Antonio Negri. Each stake novel claims on Marx’s value theory, the first revisiting key...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-17
Collection :
Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
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