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This book presents a thought-provoking challenge to the commonly held belief that Islamists uniformly reject the Western-dominated world order. In the wake of George W. Bush's declaration of a "global war on terror" in 2001, Islamists have often been associated with violence, opposition to liberal values, and the disruption of order. However, a closer examination reveals that only a fraction of the groups categorised as "Islamist" genuinely combat the global order. Through an in-depth analysis of the discourses of Tunisian Ennahda and Lebanese Hezbollah, this book demonstrates that Islamist stances toward the world order involve a delicate balance between resistance to certain aspects of the Western-dominated order and recognition of others.

This book presents a thought-provoking challenge to the commonly held belief that Islamists uniformly reject the Western-dominated world order. In the wake of George W. Bush's declaration of a 'global war on terror' in 2001, Islamists have often been associated with violence, opposition to liberal values and the disruption of order. However, a closer examination reveals that only a fraction of the groups categorised as 'Islamist' genuinely combat the global order. Through an in-depth analysis of the discourses of Tunisian Ennahda and Lebanese Hezbollah, this book demonstrates that Islamist stances toward the world order involve a delicate balance between resistance to certain aspects of the Western-dominated order and recognition of others.

Recognition is often considered a means to de-escalate conflicts and promote peaceful social interactions. This volume explores the forms that social recognition and its withholding may take in asymmetric armed conflicts, examining the risks and opportunities that arise when local, state, and transnational actors recognise, misrecognise, or deny recognition of armed non-state actors.By studying key asymmetric conflicts through the prism of recognition, it offers an innovative perspective on the interactions between armed non-state actors and state actors. In what contexts does granting recognition to armed non-state actors foster conflict transformation? What happens when governments withhold recognition or label armed non-state actors in ways they perceive as misrecognition? The authors examine the ambivalence of recognition processes in violent conflicts and their sometimes-unintended consequences. The volume shows that, while non-recognition prevents conflict transformation, the recognition of armed non-state actors may produce counterproductive precedents and new modes of exclusion in intra-state and transnational politics.

Die Nachfrage nach natürlichen Ressourcen ist in den letzten Jahren weltweit kontinuierlich gestiegen. Umgekehrt ist das Angebot bei vielen dieser Ressourcen begrenzt und die Bestände sind weltweit sehr ungleich verteilt. Aufgrund ihrer herausragenden Bedeutung wird der Wettlauf um knappe Ressourcen zu einem zentralen Faktor nationaler Entwicklung und der internationalen Beziehungen. Wirtschaftliche Aspekte sind dabei oft aufs engste mit politischen Fragen verknüpft. Mit Blick auf die globale Gerechtigkeit analysieren die Autoren, wie eine Eskalation des Wettlaufs um Ressourcen vermieden und kooperative Lösungen für ein nachhaltiges Ressourcenmanagement gefunden werden können. Dazu ist aus ethischer Sicht etwa zu klären, wem die natürlichen Ressourcen gehören und wer welchen Anteil an den daraus erwachsenden Einnahmen erhalten soll.