Diplomacy, Society and the COVID-19 Challenge
Diplomacy, Society and the COVID-19 Challenge brings together authors from various disciplinary backgrounds to examine the impacts of the pandemic on world politics and international relations, focusing on diplomacy and national, regional, and global responses to COVID-19.
East-West Asia Relations in the 21st Century
This book examines the changing relations between the Asian part of the Middle East and the rest of the continent during the 21st century. Written by leading experts, this ground-breaking volume utilizes a comprehensive and multi-dimensional perspective to offer a novel and unique outlook on the evolving shape of East-West Asia relations and their global impact. Critically, it demonstrates that the intensification and diversification of East-West Asia relations since the 1990s have altered them from a set of separated bilateral ties into complex interregional relations.The book presents a nuanced, comparative look at Asian countries' responses to global developments, and China's rise in particular, and offers a new perspective on the very concept of Asia itself. It will be of interest to scholars, students, and practitioners working in the fields of International Relations, Asian Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies.
Discourse, Rhetoric and Shifting Political Behaviour in China
As a study of the rule of Xi Jinping and the rhetoric of the contemporary Chinese political system, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Chinese politics and political science more broadly.
Role Theory and Mexico's Foreign Policy
In Role Theory and Mexico's Foreign Policy, Omar Loera examines why Mexico has an unusual foreign policy for a middle power country and demonstrates how conflicting expectations from domestic and external actors have led to foreign policy contradictions.
Public Personnel Administration
This book addresses the processes and concerns within the purview of public personnel administration which is the key to success in carrying out governmental responsibilities and duties. This title will be useful to students, researchers and teachers of Public Administration, Public Policy, Political Science, and General Management.
Women and Inequality in a Changing World
Women and Inequality in a Changing World explores the obstacles women continue to face to their equal participation in all areas of daily life - political, social, and economic - which persist despite the growth in the education of girls, large scale social movements, and political waves.
Migration, EU Integration and the Balkan Route
This book shows how the countries on the Balkan migrant route have been affected according to their degree of integration with the EU and the specific socio-political and economic conditions of each country.
The Militarization of European Space Policy
This book is focused on militarisation as the nucleus of EU space policy and the interrelatedness of European security, industrial competitiveness and military capabilities in the shaping of this policy.
Strategic Corridors of India
The Indian corridors can be classified as strategic, proxy and gray zone conflict areas, internal trouble zones and cross border sensitive zones. In North India, the corridors are Ladakh, Kashmir and Punjab, in Central India, the Red Corridor and East India Siliguri and Northeast Corridors. All of the corridors border China, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar geographically. These corridors hold strategic and geopolitical importance for India; the control over the corridor thus remains the dominant factor in maintaining the region's stability. All of India's strategic corridors hold significant importance and present challenges at both political and military levels. These corridors are interconnected primarily due to external pressures from hostile neighbours. Key players include Pakistan, China, and more recently, Bangladesh, along with Islamic states that maintain an anti-India stance. Internal factors also heavily influence these corridors. The Indian political system often lacks a cohesive vision, focusing instead on survival and vote-bank politics, where national interest is often overshadowed. All of these corridors are highly sensitive, with implications that could severely impact India's strategic standing and geopolitical stability. If not carefully managed, these corridors could trigger significant national security issues, with potential political, military, diplomatic, social, ethnic, and cross-border ramifications involving state, non-state actors of neighbouring countries and deep state strategies of countries that are apprehensive of India's position in the world order.
Strategic Corridors of India
The Indian corridors can be classified as strategic, proxy and gray zone conflict areas, internal trouble zones and cross border sensitive zones. In North India, the corridors are Ladakh, Kashmir and Punjab, in Central India, the Red Corridor and East India Siliguri and Northeast Corridors. All of the corridors border China, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar geographically. These corridors hold strategic and geopolitical importance for India; the control over the corridor thus remains the dominant factor in maintaining the region's stability. All of India's strategic corridors hold significant importance and present challenges at both political and military levels. These corridors are interconnected primarily due to external pressures from hostile neighbours. Key players include Pakistan, China, and more recently, Bangladesh, along with Islamic states that maintain an anti-India stance. Internal factors also heavily influence these corridors. The Indian political system often lacks a cohesive vision, focusing instead on survival and vote-bank politics, where national interest is often overshadowed. All of these corridors are highly sensitive, with implications that could severely impact India's strategic standing and geopolitical stability. If not carefully managed, these corridors could trigger significant national security issues, with potential political, military, diplomatic, social, ethnic, and cross-border ramifications involving state, non-state actors of neighbouring countries and deep state strategies of countries that are apprehensive of India's position in the world order.
Crucible of Beliefs
How do foreign policymakers learn from history? When do states enter alliances? Why have some small powers chosen to enter alliances whereas others have stayed neutral? In Crucible of Beliefs, Dan Reiter uses work in social psychology and organization theory to build a formative-events model of learning in international politics. History does inform the decisions of policymakers, he suggests, but it is history of a specific sort, based on firsthand experience in major events such as wars.Tested against balance-of-threat theory, the leading realist explanation of alliance behavior, Reiter's formative-events model of learning emerges as a far better predictor of states' decisions. Crucible of Beliefs shows that, contrary to balance-of-threat theory, state leaders ignore the level of international threat and focus instead on avoiding past mistakes and repeating past successes. A serious blow to realism, these findings demonstrate that to understand the dynamics of world politics, it is essential to know how leaders learn from history.
The Stories We Could Tell
This book is an effort to contribute to the preservation of El Salvador's historical memory. It recounts the tragedy of a civil war that lasted nearly two decades and resulted in the loss of over 75,000 lives. It highlights the perspectives of significant figures from that era, a challenging endeavour for those unaccustomed to sharing their stories. The book also examines the Salvadoran people's aspirations for a new nation and lasting peace. The Stories We Could Tell is an attempt to push back against current strategies that distort and erase historical memory. It begins with the testimony of Rufina Amaya (to whom the book is dedicated), a poor peasant woman and the sole survivor of one of the worst civilian massacres in modern times, vilified, ridiculed, and discredited by both the Salvadoran and US governments in her desperate attempts to reveal the truth about the rape, torture, and slaughter of some 1,000 men, women, children, and the elderly in the village of El Mozote between December 11 and 12, 1981. The book provides a concise overview of the war and its origins, highlighting how the United States contributed to the ongoing suffering and escalating costs for El Salvador and its citizens. It outlines the unwavering efforts of key figures striving for a peaceful resolution through a lengthy and challenging negotiation process. Inspiring and sometimes harrowing testimonies of bravery and hope from pivotal individuals in the fight for a fairer and more democratic nation showcase their dedication and resilience in a prolonged struggle.
The Accords Before Abraham's
By September 2020 the world was surprised with the White House's announcement regarding the normalization treaties between Israel and two Gulf Monarchies, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. It is imperative, nonetheless, to not consider the Abraham Accords as a normalization moment isolated from the framework of the relations between Israel and the Arab and Muslim states. It is important to remember the past peace treaties with Israel, namely the 1979 Peace Treaty with Egypt and the 1994 Peace Treaty with Jordan. Given that these agreements already existed, the innovation of the Abraham Accords in terms of international and regional relations is questionable. Therefore, the research question that will guide this paper is as follows: How is the 2020 Abraham Accords considered innovative as compared to the Peace Treaties celebrated between Israel and Egypt in 1979 and with Jordan in 1994? The main goal of this investigative work is to understand the differences between the Abraham Accords and the cited Peace Treaties at the sociohistorical level and the impact on International Relations according to the Theory of the Balance of Threat and the Theory of the Alliance, both by Stephen Walt. The main argument of this paper is that it is understood that the Abraham Accords are of a different nature from the 1979 Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel and from the 1994 Peace Treaty between Israel and Jordan as the sociohistorical, geopolitical and geostrategic contexts were essentially distinct, as it is perceived by applying the Theory of the Balance of Threat and the Theory of the Alliance, both by Stephen Walt. Therefore, the impact on the regional and international relations of each treaty was distinctively different.
Fragmented Powers
Against the backdrop of an increasingly unstable and multipolar modern world, this edited collection takes an interdisciplinary approach to explore institutional, political, social and media fragmentation in today's increasingly polarised English-speaking world environment. Taking fragmentation as either conflictive or resulting in cooperation, it evaluates to what extent the changes induced are long-lasting and irreversible. Introducing 20 new case studies which analyse national-level politics, local governance, civil society mobilisation and more, the chapters examine the trajectories of American and British societies. Uncovering both the positive and negative effects of fragmentation, the former materialising in shifts in power away from centralised structures towards private economic actors, citizens and consumers, as well as local authorities, thus allowing for economic innovation, individual freedom and progressive policies, and the latter leading to disunity and the inability to guarantee basic rights, or devise common strategies, maintain stable and functioning economies, and organise effective opposition to state power. Adopting a multi-level approach to exploring the various meanings of fragmentation, chapters cover a variety of political, social, and geopolitical topics. These include fragmented constitutional frameworks and settings; fragmented governance; fragmented political parties; fragmentation in activism and social mobilisation; fragmented cities and urban environments; fragmented public services provision; as well as fragmentation in media and social media. Fragmented Powers is a rich resource for scholars of public policy, urban studies, political science, sociology, international relations, and more.
Sustainable Peace of the South China Sea
The year 2022 marked the 20th Anniversary of Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC). China and the ASEAN Member States issued a Joint Statement on this occasion. As another milestone consensus between ASEAN and China on the South China Sea, the Joint Statement recognises the benefits of having the South China Sea as a sea of peace, friendship and cooperation, appreciates the progress in the negotiations of the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC), and reaffirms that the future adoption of the COC would further promote peace and stability in the region.In a collaboration between the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation & Peace (CICP) and China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU), this book discusses respective and joint DOC- and COC-related experiences and practices for a sustainable peace of the South China Sea, from the perspective of both Chinese as well as ASEAN scholars.
The Politics of Women, Peace, and Security in Un Mediation
This groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive analysis of the United Nations' efforts to incorporate the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda into its mediation practices. Based on extensive fieldwork and primary material, the book examines how gendered and racialised ideas about mediation as an 'art' or a 'science' have shaped the UN's approach to WPS. Senior mediators view mediation as an art of managing relationships with mostly male negotiators, meaning that including women can threaten parties' consent to the process. Meanwhile, experts and headquarters units see mediation as a science, resulting in the co-optation of gender expertise and local women to reinforce technical approaches to mediation. This has hindered the WPS agenda's goal of meaningful women's participation in peace processes. This book is an essential read for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners interested in gender, peace, and security.
Taiwan and the Danger of a Sino-American War
The author presents contrarian arguments contesting mainstream US views on the danger of a Sino-American war over Taiwan's status. They contend that these countries' dispute about Taiwan is motivated by opposing strategic interests and security concerns rather than just, or even mainly, clashing values such as national reunification, sovereignty, democracy, and self-determination. The danger of a Sino-American confrontation has become more elevated recently due to a confluence of several concurrent developments. Despite this increased danger compared to any time since Richard Nixon visited Beijing in 1972, they conclude that war is not imminent or likely-barring extreme hardliners and radical nationalists taking over policymaking in Beijing, Taipei and/or Washington. Despite a rising chorus urging Washington to commit more firmly to Taiwan's defense, they argue that the United States will not likely intervene directly on Taiwan's behalf. Even more controversially, they submit that Beijing will eventually prevail in this dispute.
Digital Sovereignty in the Brics Countries
In a world where digital development and policymaking are dominated by Silicon Valley tech giants, the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - play an increasingly important role. With forty percent of the world's population and twenty-five percent of global GDP, these nations possess vast troves of personal data. Yet, their conceptions, narratives, and initiatives of digital sovereignty remain understudied. This volume is the first to explore digital sovereignty from a Global South perspective and offers a forward-looking take on what a world less dependent on Silicon Valley might look like. It brings together excellent analyses of BRICS digital sovereignty issues, from historical imaginaries to up-to-date conceptualizations, e-payment to smart cities, legal analysis to geopolitical assessment. By offering neglected perspectives from the Global South, this book makes important contributions to the digital sovereignty debate. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Taiwan and the Danger of a Sino-American War
The author presents contrarian arguments contesting mainstream US views on the danger of a Sino-American war over Taiwan's status. They contend that these countries' dispute about Taiwan is motivated by opposing strategic interests and security concerns rather than just, or even mainly, clashing values such as national reunification, sovereignty, democracy, and self-determination. The danger of a Sino-American confrontation has become more elevated recently due to a confluence of several concurrent developments. Despite this increased danger compared to any time since Richard Nixon visited Beijing in 1972, they conclude that war is not imminent or likely-barring extreme hardliners and radical nationalists taking over policymaking in Beijing, Taipei and/or Washington. Despite a rising chorus urging Washington to commit more firmly to Taiwan's defense, they argue that the United States will not likely intervene directly on Taiwan's behalf. Even more controversially, they submit that Beijing will eventually prevail in this dispute.
Research on China's Strategy and Policy in Northeast Asia
Research on China's Strategy and Policy in Northeast Asia offers a comprehensive, in-depth, and systematic analysis of China's strategy and policy in Northeast Asia. It examines the region's political, economic, security-related, and cultural dynamics, with a focus on key issues and territorial sovereignty disputes. The research integrates theoretical, applied, strategic, and policy-based research methods, to provide a multifaceted perspective. The analysis is framed through the lens of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics and China's foreign policy towards Northeast Asia.This book explores China's strategic vision for Northeast Asia, emphasizing the evolving international system in the region and China's strategic responses. It argues for the establishment of a new order of international relations in Northeast Asia, characterized by equality, mutual trust, good-neighborliness, and cooperation. Additionally, the book addresses three fundamental issues: security threats and the development of security mechanisms, energy security challenges and energy system development, and the enhancement of trade, investment facilitation, and regional economic cooperation.This book is an engaging read for scholars specializing in political, economic, security, and cultural research on Northeast Asia, as well as policymakers and strategists focused on China's foreign policy and diplomatic efforts in the region.
Digital Sovereignty in the Brics Countries
In a world where digital development and policymaking are dominated by Silicon Valley tech giants, the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - play an increasingly important role. With forty percent of the world's population and twenty-five percent of global GDP, these nations possess vast troves of personal data. Yet, their conceptions, narratives, and initiatives of digital sovereignty remain understudied. This volume is the first to explore digital sovereignty from a Global South perspective and offers a forward-looking take on what a world less dependent on Silicon Valley might look like. It brings together excellent analyses of BRICS digital sovereignty issues, from historical imaginaries to up-to-date conceptualizations, e-payment to smart cities, legal analysis to geopolitical assessment. By offering neglected perspectives from the Global South, this book makes important contributions to the digital sovereignty debate. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
The Politics of Women, Peace, and Security in Un Mediation
This groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive analysis of the United Nations' efforts to incorporate the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda into its mediation practices. Based on extensive fieldwork and primary material, the book examines how gendered and racialised ideas about mediation as an 'art' or a 'science' have shaped the UN's approach to WPS. Senior mediators view mediation as an art of managing relationships with mostly male negotiators, meaning that including women can threaten parties' consent to the process. Meanwhile, experts and headquarters units see mediation as a science, resulting in the co-optation of gender expertise and local women to reinforce technical approaches to mediation. This has hindered the WPS agenda's goal of meaningful women's participation in peace processes. This book is an essential read for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners interested in gender, peace, and security.
Ideology, Post-Ideology and Anti-Ideology in Latin America
The Latin American political landscape has already changed substantially in the 21st century. This book offers an approach to the Latin American political panorama that makes room for a post-ideological perspective - exploring its dimensions, main underpinnings, and possibilities - while also subjecting it to criticism and exposing its shortcomings and blind spots. In doing so, it presents a pluralistic view of social and political processes currently taking place in Latin America. Each chapter casts light on the subcontinent's transition from the 20th to the 21st century from different vantage points, countries or regions, and advances comparative lines that enrich our picture of the region as whole. Case studies include Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia.
Liberalism and War
In this book leading scholar Andrew J. Williams examines contemporary liberal thinking on the ending of wars and puts it into its historical context. Using a vast range of archival material, he examines the main strategies used by liberal states to consolidate their gains in the aftermath of war and prevent conflict re-occurring.
The Global Game of Coal
Coal occupies a large share in the global energy basket. This book explores 'coal game' within the context of shifting energy geopolitics, the 'resource war' and the debates over climate change and energy security.
Political Legitimacy and Traditional Values in Putin's Russia
Since Vladimir Putin's return to the Russian presidency in 2012, protection and promotion of so-called 'traditional values' has played a prominent role in the Kremlin's propaganda campaigns. From the large-scale demonstrations in 2011-2012 to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, conservative social values have been mobilised to justify the Kremlin's policy choices. In the case of the invasion, for example, Putin argued that the allegedly 'decadent' western world was using Ukraine as a springboard to export its 'pseudo-values' into Russia. Drawing on a series of case studies spanning elite-level political rhetoric, the work of various ideological 'values entrepreneurs' such as the Russian Orthodox Church, and, not least, of grassroots sentiments, Political Legitimacy and Traditional Values in Putin's Russia explores authoritarian regime legitimation in today's Russia.
A critical analysis on the reasons of underdevelopment in Africa
Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - Region: Africa, language: English, abstract: This paper explores the factors responsible for the underdevelopment of most African states with an attempt to provide some possible recommendations to overcoming the socio-economic and political problems faced by the continent in a growing inter connected (globalised) world. Some of the factors that hinder Africa's development are at the starting point of this essay. The possible measures that may help reduce the agony in the continent if applied sincerely were put forward for consideration. It is assumed that states do not fail because of accidents but primarily due to the faults of kleptocrats who find themselves in power either through force or rigged elections.
Policy Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic
This book examines why and how different countries developed different policy positions and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, by surveying a sample of countries that are geographically, politically, and culturally diverse, particularly those representing the West and the East.
Attach矇 Case
"The Kitchen Confidential of the State Department."You've seen them on the news, looking competent and concerned in their navy suits. They're in Beijing, Riyadh, Nairobi, Geneva, and of course Washington, DC. They look uneasy on camera. When they speak (which is as little as possible), it's with caution, hemmed in by protocol and the fear of causing an incident.These are the diplomats.Opening up a famously tight-lipped profession, State Department veteran Todd Pierce takes you backstage at the embassy, sharing what it's like to serve as a working-level diplomat.Funny, revealing, pointed, and deeply human, Attach矇 Case tells what it feels like to represent the celebrity country-the US-a place everyone thinks they know and has an opinion about.
Attach矇 Case
"The Kitchen Confidential of the State Department."You've seen them on the news, looking competent and concerned in their navy suits. They're in Beijing, Riyadh, Nairobi, Geneva, and of course Washington, DC. They look uneasy on camera. When they speak (which is as little as possible), it's with caution, hemmed in by protocol and the fear of causing an incident.These are the diplomats.Opening up a famously tight-lipped profession, State Department veteran Todd Pierce takes you backstage at the embassy, sharing what it's like to serve as a working-level diplomat.Funny, revealing, pointed, and deeply human, Attach矇 Case tells what it feels like to represent the celebrity country-the US-a place everyone thinks they know and has an opinion about.
The Middle East in the Lula Government's Foreign Policy (2003-2010)
When he took office in 2003, President Lula sought to strengthen diplomatic ties with the countries of the Middle East, a region which, in retrospect, had always been treated as a low priority for Brazilian diplomacy, despite the fact that it is an area of paramount importance for international stability. The Lula administration (2003-2010) strengthened ties with the Arab-Islamic world in an unprecedented way in Brazilian diplomatic history, projecting the image of a nation in search of new political partners, with the aim of changing the balance of power in the post-Cold War international scenario.
The Populist Style
Through a comparative case study analysing the 2016 and 2017 presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen, The Populist Style examines the links between far-right ideology and populism. Adopting an interdisciplinary framework combining political science and performance studies, this book develops a critical definition of populism as a style, that is, as a repertoire of political performances that shapes and is given shape by ideological content. The book argues that the populist style relies on three clusters of performances: performances of identity, performances of transgression and performances of crisis. Through an analysis of a corpus including presidential debates, speeches during rallies and political advertisements drawn from the campaigns of Trump and Le Pen, this book shows the adaptability of the populist style and its relevance as discursive-performative strategy across two different national contexts as it was used by far-right political actors to make their reactionary agenda and exclusionary nationalism more appealing.
Unesco, Religious Cultural Heritage and Political Contestation
Chapter 1: A concise introduction to the world of religious heritage.- Chapter 2: The values of tangible religious heritage through the lens of unesco.- Chapter 3: The values of intangible religious heritage through the lens of unesco.- Chapter 4: The contestation of religious heritage through the lens of states: challenging approaches and problematic outcomes.- Chapter 5: Contested religious heritage in the middle eastern region: the old city of hebron.- Chapter 6: Contested religious heritage in the balkans: The medieval monuments of kosovo and metohija.- Chapter 7: Contested religious heritage in south east asia: the temple of preah vihear.- Chapter 8: The politicization of tangible and intangible religious heritage: A final appraisal
Iran's Policies Toward Central Asia and the Caucasus
In a striking departure from its traditional foreign policy approach, Tehran's pragmatic stance toward Central Asia and the Caucasus is analyzed in compelling detail in Iran's Policy Toward Central Asia and the Caucasus, Investing in Opportunities and Ousting Competitors. Infused with historical depth, the book explains the complex geopolitics of the region known as Eurasia, the longstanding great power competition that continues to prevail and Iran's ambitions to entrench its influence across the countries of the region. Iran's soft power policy toward the region's countries is discussed as well as the cultural and linguistic commonalities Iran shares with the region which it uses as a basis to expand relations in an attempt to strengthen its battered economy, break its international isolation and contain the advancement of regional rivals like Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The book includes an in-depth examination of several prominent issues such as Iran's interests in the resources of the Caspian Sea, the highly prized energy pipeline projects passing through the region, the International North-South Transport Corridor, Iran's inclusion in prominent regional blocs, and the impact of Iran's role in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Iran's Policies Toward Central Asia and the Caucasus
In a striking departure from its traditional foreign policy approach, Tehran's pragmatic stance toward Central Asia and the Caucasus is analyzed in compelling detail in Iran's Policy Toward Central Asia and the Caucasus, Investing in Opportunities and Ousting Competitors. Infused with historical depth, the book explains the complex geopolitics of the region known as Eurasia, the longstanding great power competition that continues to prevail and Iran's ambitions to entrench its influence across the countries of the region. Iran's soft power policy toward the region's countries is discussed as well as the cultural and linguistic commonalities Iran shares with the region which it uses as a basis to expand relations in an attempt to strengthen its battered economy, break its international isolation and contain the advancement of regional rivals like Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The book includes an in-depth examination of several prominent issues such as Iran's interests in the resources of the Caspian Sea, the highly prized energy pipeline projects passing through the region, the International North-South Transport Corridor, Iran's inclusion in prominent regional blocs, and the impact of Iran's role in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Chinese Investments and the Economic Security Turn in Europe
Focusing on inward foreign direct investment (FDI) screening, this book provides an in-depth analysis of how European states' economic interactions with China have become a security issue. Based on 100 interviews with scholars, journalists, policy makers, and politicians from across Europe, the book underscores the importance of the policy making process that led to the adoption of investment screening in European nations for the development of the EU's economic security approach. The book details how the economic security shift in Europe is attributed to changes such as China's growing economic presence, the persistence of non-market practices, the loss of competitiveness, and the use of economic statecraft.
Liberty and Security in an Anarchical World Volume I
This book takes a hard look at libertarian foreign policy doctrines, especially those of non-intervention, interstate federalism, and non-aggression, and applies new insights to these old doctrines. Classical liberal thinkers such as Vincent Ostrom, James Madison, and F.A. Hayek have all hinted at the idea of world governance from a libertarian standpoint. Yet today, "the libertarian position" on foreign policy is either non-intervention from the US side of the Atlantic or half-hearted confederation from the European side of the Atlantic. This volume (I) hones in on the problems of Westphalian sovereignty and its nationalist shortcomings, while the other celebrates Westphalian sovereignty's achievements in regards to keeping imperialism at bay.
Shadow Games
In the aftermath of the Cold War, America reigned as the sole superpower, shaping a world order built on democracy, free markets, and military superiority. Yet, lurking in the shadows, Vladimir Putin's Russia has been methodically chipping away at this dominance. From cyberattacks to disinformation campaigns, hybrid warfare to strategic alliances, Putin's tactics defy traditional rules, reshaping the geopolitical landscape in profound ways.Shadow Games delves into Russia's covert strategies to erode American influence, destabilize Western institutions, and realign global power dynamics. Through insightful analysis, this book unveils how the Kremlin exploits vulnerabilities within democracies, leveraging energy resources, cyber warfare, and alliances with rising powers like China to challenge the liberal international order.Explore the pivotal role of Eastern Europe, the rise of cyber warfare, and the strategic partnership between Russia and China as the story unfolds. At its heart, this gripping expos矇 asks: Can America adapt to this shifting chessboard of global politics, or will Putin's shadow games redefine the 21st century?Perfect for readers of international politics, espionage, and global strategy, Shadow Games is a must-read for those seeking to understand the forces reshaping our world.
Shadow Games
In the aftermath of the Cold War, America reigned as the sole superpower, shaping a world order built on democracy, free markets, and military superiority. Yet, lurking in the shadows, Vladimir Putin's Russia has been methodically chipping away at this dominance. From cyberattacks to disinformation campaigns, hybrid warfare to strategic alliances, Putin's tactics defy traditional rules, reshaping the geopolitical landscape in profound ways.Shadow Games delves into Russia's covert strategies to erode American influence, destabilize Western institutions, and realign global power dynamics. Through insightful analysis, this book unveils how the Kremlin exploits vulnerabilities within democracies, leveraging energy resources, cyber warfare, and alliances with rising powers like China to challenge the liberal international order.Explore the pivotal role of Eastern Europe, the rise of cyber warfare, and the strategic partnership between Russia and China as the story unfolds. At its heart, this gripping expos矇 asks: Can America adapt to this shifting chessboard of global politics, or will Putin's shadow games redefine the 21st century?Perfect for readers of international politics, espionage, and global strategy, Shadow Games is a must-read for those seeking to understand the forces reshaping our world.
Cannibalism Myths, Empire, and Identity in Colonial Sierra Leone
Through careful analysis of court transcripts and modern scholarship on the 1913 Human Leopard cases in Sierra Leone, this book uncovers a complex web of judicial overreach, colonial ambitions, indigenous belief systems, European paranoia, animals whose habitat was being encroached upon, and socio-political turmoil.
Seeing China's Belt and Road
Launched in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is China's signature trillion-dollar global policy. Based on infrastructure development assistance and financing, the BRI quickly set in motion a possible restructuring of the global economy and indeed the world order. In Seeing China's Belt and Road, Edward Schatz and Rachel Silvey assemble leading field researchers to consider the BRI from different "downstream" contexts, ranging from Central and Southeast Asia to Europe and Africa. By uncovering perspectives on the BRI from Chinese authorities, local businesses, state bureaucrats, expatriated migrants, ordinary citizens, and environmental activists, Seeing China's Belt and Road shows the BRI's dynamic, multidimensional character as it manifests in specific sites. A timely analysis of the BRI, this book moves beyond polarized debates about China's rise and offers a grounded assessment of the dynamic complexity of changes to the world order.
Breaking Point
The post-Cold War order established by the United States of America is currently at a crossroads. No longer is the liberal order and United States hegemonic power a given. Moscow and Beijing have both begun their challenges to the United States. While long dissatisfied with US hegemony, in February, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian military.The response by the United States and its allies was swift and unprecedented. Wave after wave of sanctions were levied against Moscow, and NATO member states began to provide military support to Kyiv in trying to maintain its independence from Moscow. The first major war on the European continent since World War II was to have a profound global effect on relations with other countries. First, there was a significant demographic impact as migrants left Ukraine either to the West or to Russia. Further, as men were prevented from leaving Ukraine due to mandatory conscription, the refugees were overwhelmingly made up of either old people, or women with children. Russia also was not spared from a huge demographic crisis. Not only has it lost an enormous amount of young men to the war, but it also instituted forced conscription, leading to many men fleeing the country.Initially Washington described the invasion of Ukraine as a war between democracy and autocracy, with Kyiv being on the front lines of this new war. However, the real situation was much more complicated than a simple framing of the conflict. While Kyiv enjoyed overwhelming support from the United States and its NATO allies, other democracies globally were a lot warier of supporting Ukraine. Countries like India, Turkey, Hungary, South Africa, Brazil, and other democracies began a strategy of hedging. Publicly, they urged caution in the conflict stating that while Moscow possessed legitimate security concerns, that the conflict had to be resolved peacefully.The hedging strategy employed by much of the world confused Washington, however, the United States found its attention torn between two continents. The war in Ukraine was its main concern, however, a newly resurgent China threatened to begin its own war against Taiwan. Washington could ill afford a diplomatic blitz to force hedging states to support its policies in Kyiv. Moscow, on the other hand, recognized that it stood to gain from Washington's focus. It began to bolster its diplomatic efforts to woo those hedging countries into not aligning with the United States. Further, the alliance between Moscow and Beijing deepened during this period. In other words, a period of tremendous uncertainty about the future of the global order was born.In this book, we examine the aftermath of Moscow's invasion and its implications on the global order. In this edited volume, we first examine the regional effects of the invasion. We then examine Moscow's relations with other states globally, and argue that while it is not possible to predict who will win the war in Ukraine, that the war has had a profound impact on both Russia's relations with the world as well as on the United States' global relations.
Homeland Security and Terrorism in Nigeria
Tracing the origins and examining the dimensions of homeland security challenges, this book analyzes these crises, deepens understanding of the Nigerian security dilemma, and seeks pathways to a more secure homeland.
Statesmen, Strategists, and Diplomats
An examination of the legacy of Canada's prime ministers on foreign policy. Foreign policy is a tricky business. Typically, challenges and proposed solutions are perceived as disparate unless a leader can amass enough support for an idea that creates alignment. And because the prime minister is typically the one proposing that idea, Canadian foreign policy can be analyzed through the actions of these leaders. Statesmen, Strategists & Diplomats explores how prime ministers from Sir John A. Macdonald to Justin Trudeau have shaped foreign policy by manipulating government structures, adopting and rejecting options, and imprinting their personalities on the process. Contributors consider the impact of a wide range of policy decisions--increasing or decreasing department budgets, forming or ending alliances, and pursuing trade relationships--particularly as these choices affected the bureaucracies that deliver foreign policy diplomatically and militarily. This innovative focus is destined to trigger a new appreciation for the formidable personal attention and acuity involved in a successful approach to external affairs.
Navigating Uncertainty
In Navigating Uncertainty: The Future of Global Governance and Influence, Dr Hichem Karoui embarks on an ambitious journey through the tangled web of modern geopolitics and international relations. This exploration unfurls in an epoch underscored by relentless change and unpredictability, revealing how our world is being reshaped at an unprecedented speed. The text serves as a compelling tapestry, weaving together threads of rising nationalism, shifting alliances, and the ascent of emerging powers, painting a vivid portrait of the current landscape.Diving deep into this intricate milieu, the author presents a series of thought-provoking chapters dissecting traditional governance frameworks' crumbling pillars. He probes into the profound impacts of technological breakthroughs, environmental crises, and vibrant social movements redefining global governance's essence. It is here, amidst this transformative chaos, that the implications for multilateral institutions become starkly apparent. The author analyzes these dynamics and reflects on bold, innovative strategies to cultivate cooperation amid a world that increasingly resembles a fragmented mosaic.As nations wrestle with the weighty complexities of interdependence, Navigating Uncertainty emerges as a timely and vital beacon. It deftly scrutinizes pathways for wielding influence in global policymaking - all while championing the imperative of sustainable development. This essential read is an indispensable resource for policymakers, academics, and passionate citizens alike, furnishing them with the crucial insights and tools necessary to traverse the labyrinth of our interconnected future.In conclusion, within this rich discourse landscape, the text offers not just analysis but a clarion call for adaptability and resilience in the face of uncertainty. It urges all stakeholders to engage with the shifting dynamics of influence, armed with a nuanced understanding of the complexities at play. As we chart our course forward, the lessons gleaned from this work will undoubtedly resonate, shaping the contours of global governance for years to come.
International Political and Environment Folly
This work sets out to show that governments internationally are taking too much in terms of taxes and, consequently, leave their 'supporters' unable to pay for the necessities of life. The politicians blame the banks for irresponsible lending, where both parties are thought to be equally at fault here. Politicians also seem to have gotten the 'wrong end of the stick' with regard to climate change, it's causes, and the tragic consequences for humanity. This work sets out an explanation of said changes and offers solutions to overcome the phenomenon. Political shortcomings appear to be because our leaders are mainly listening to advisors who have little to do with the problems of the Man in Street. This work concludes by showing how to correct the exposed political shortcomings by the simplified but effective use of the ballot box.
Political Geography
This textbook on political geography is devoted to a discipline concerned with the spatial dimensions of politics. This course is an introduction to the study of political science, international relations and area studies, providing a systemic approach to the spatial dimension of political processes at all levels. It covers their basic elements, including states, supranational unions, geopolitical systems, regions, borders, capitals, dependent, and internationally administered territories. Political geography develops fundamental theoretical approaches that give insight into the peculiarities of foreign and domestic policies. The ability to use spatial analysis techniques allows determining patterns and regularities of political phenomena both at the global and the regional and local levels. "The Ultimate Handbook of Political Geography." Gerard Toal, Journal of International Analytics"The breadth of this book is its strength, and it makes it a valuable reference source." Nick Megoran, Political Geography"The book is synoptic and encyclopedic."　John Pickles,　Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society
