God on Our Side

Religion in International Affairs

AvShireen T. Hunter

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This timely book offers an accessible introduction to religion in international affairs. Shireen T. Hunter highlights the growing importance of religion in politics and analyzes its nature, role, and significance. She places the question of religion’s impact on global affairs in the broader context of state and nonstate actors, weighing the factors that most affect their actions. Through the lens of three compelling and distinctive case studies—Russia’s response to the Yugoslav crisis, Turkey’s reaction to the Bosnian war, and Europe’s policy toward Turkish membership in the EU—Hunter demonstrates that religion increasingly shapes international affairs in significant and diverse ways. Her book is essential reading for anyone needing a better understanding of why and, more important, how, religion influences the behavior of international actors and thus the character of world politics.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-10-12
Mått:160 x 239 x 22 mm
Vikt:526 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:274
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781442272576

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Shireen T. Hunter is research professor at the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. Her books include Iran Divided: The Historical Roots of Iranian Debates on Identity, Culture, and Governance in the Twenty-First Century, a Choice Outstanding Academic title.

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Have students of international relations underplayed the role of religion? Hunter says no, but the resurgence of religion in domestic politics during the past 40 years requires a systematic framework to isolate this impact on foreign policy. The end of the Cold War, the breakup of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, and Western intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq have forced many states, old and new, to reshape their national identities—often by recalling a religiously infused past. Cosmopolitan/universalistic ideals retreated as religious conflict and ethnic sorting created new states and political movements. And the competition of non-state actors, ranging from the United Nations, NGOs, and terrorist entities, have especially pressured weak states to shape religiously inflected ideologies to enhance and consolidate their power. Three case studies—Russia’s policy toward the Yugoslav crisis, Turkey’s policy toward the Bosnian War, and European policy toward Turkish membership in the EU—constitute the core of the book. Both Russian and Turkish foreign policy demonstrate the continued centrality of security and national interest in their responses to the Yugoslav breakup. Europe’s resistance to Turkish membership, ironically, is suffused with secularized forms of Christianity.Summing Up:Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Introduction Chapter 1 The Range and Characteristics of International Actors Chapter 2 Determinants of Behavior of International Actors Chapter 3 Russia’s Policy toward the Yugoslav Crisis: The Role of Religion Chapter 4 Turkey’s Policy toward the Bosnian War Chapter 5 European Policy toward Turkish Membership in the EU ConclusionsAppendixBibliography

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