Social Sciences & Culture  /  Political Sciences & Current Affairs
The Right to Interfere and the Responsibility to Protect Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 134
ISBN: 9788869774188
Pub Date: 29 Feb 2024
Series: Politics
Description:
Focusing on the Libyan crisis, the volume sets discourse on interference within a theoretical framework. The first part tries to understand the lawfulness of the duty to interfere and the responsibility to protect, as well as the semantic difference between these two forms of interventionism. The second part offers an investigation on how the right to protect was applied in Libya in 2011.
Warfare in the Robotics Age Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 257
ISBN: 9781685859817
Pub Date: 05 Feb 2024
Description:
“An impressive work..

Animals Are Us

A Guide to a Kinder World
Format: Paperback
Pages: 310
ISBN: 9781922669926
Pub Date: 01 Feb 2024
Imprint: Arden
Description:
‘This book will save lives - human and animals.’Victoria Thompson is a passionate advocate for the protection of animals from great harm. She movingly describes our appalling failures in this regard and praises those who press for the enlightened awareness and humane treatment of animals.
Arms Control at a Crossroads Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 331
ISBN: 9781685859848
Pub Date: 03 Jan 2024
Description:
"As the US wrestles with the reality of facing two potential nuclear peer competitors, understanding the opportunities and limitations of arms control is crucial for academics and policymakers alike. This important work will be invaluable in gaining that understanding." —Linton F.
Black Sea Battleground Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 311
ISBN: 9798987451915
Pub Date: 15 Dec 2023
Imprint: The Jamestown Foundation
Description:
Black Sea Battleground identifies and analyzes the key elements of a comprehensive US strategy for dealing with the cauldron of geopolitical and military competition in the Black Sea region.
China Moves West Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 263
ISBN: 9781685859831
Pub Date: 15 Nov 2023
Description:
In September 2013, Xi Jinping announced the launch of a Chinese-led megaproject, the Belt and Road Initiative, that would transform Asia's position within the global economy. Some ten years on, the BRI, while facing significant obstacles, has gone from strength to strength. How has China’s BRI diplomacy affected its image across Asia?
How Russia Loses Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 379
ISBN: 9798987451939
Pub Date: 09 Nov 2023
Imprint: The Jamestown Foundation
Description:
“Kent draws on his decades of experience..
Defining Democracy Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 267
ISBN: 9781685859558
Pub Date: 30 Aug 2023
Description:
"Ridge explains why scholars so often misread the political desires of people in the Arab world.” —Choice"Combines theoretical insights with impressive empirical evidence..
Narcostates Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 359
ISBN: 9781685853273
Pub Date: 30 Aug 2023
Description:
“The author masterfully pieces together and presents a comprehensive examination of the history and evolution of the war on drugs in the region and its inadvertent consequences..
Making Police Reform Matter in Latin America Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 249
ISBN: 9781685853532
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2023
Description:
“A much-needed contemporary foundation for understanding police reform in Latin America..
Waging War With Gold Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 249
ISBN: 9781685859459
Pub Date: 04 Aug 2023
Description:
"Timely, topical, and thought-provoking…. This is a terrific analysis of how states have tried to bend finance to their will over the ages." —Randall Germain, Carleton University"An important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between finance and national security, exploring how the financial sector itself offers opportunities to exert influence.
Remaking the World Cover Remaking the World Cover
Format: 
Pages: 316
ISBN: 9780813197487
Pub Date: 25 Jul 2023
Illustrations: 12 b&w illustrations
Pages: 316
ISBN: 9780813197623
Pub Date: 25 Jul 2023
Illustrations: 12 b&w illustrations
Description:
Between 1945 and 1965, more than fifty nations declared their independence from colonial rule. At the height of the Cold War, the global process of decolonization complicated US-Soviet relations, while Soviet and American interventionism transformed the decolonizing process. Remaking the World examines the connections between the Cold War and decolonization, which helped define the post-World War II global order.
Djibouti Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 221
ISBN: 9781685859527
Pub Date: 10 Jul 2023
Description:
“Thoughtful political history of a much-neglected country.” —Nicolas van de Walle, Foreign Affairs "A rare feat of analysis and insight on Djibouti…. Samson gives an astute account of this 'freak-of-history' state and the often dubious maneuvering of its leaders since independence in 1977.
Yanks in Blue Berets Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9780813197630
Pub Date: 04 Jul 2023
Series: American Warriors Series
Illustrations: 27 b&w halftones, 14 maps, 2 charts, 4 tables
Description:
In 1948 the United Nations launched the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization following the conflict that erupted between Israel and its Arab neighbors, who profoundly opposed the creation of a Jewish state. UNTSO quickly found itself overseeing the ceasefire lines between combatant parties. In the ensuing decades, as countries along the eastern Mediterranean engaged in a series of escalating military conflicts, UNTSO was continually challenged in its peacekeeping mission, often having to alter its configuration.
Electoral Malpractice in Asia Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 327
ISBN: 9781955055963
Pub Date: 28 Jun 2023
Description:
What causes widespread abuse of the electoral process? How do political elites choose and weigh the relative costs and benefits of differing kinds of electoral manipulation? How and why have patterns of electoral conduct changed over time?
Xi Jinping's China Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 179
ISBN: 9781685859473
Pub Date: 21 Jun 2023
Description:
“Offers valuable insights into personal and political aspects of Xi’s China and how he has shaped the country.” —Junchen Zhang, Asian Studies Review "A very good introduction to recent Chinese history and politics.… [Xi] is still a man of mystery, but this book is a good first step toward demystifying him.