Rein Mullerson – författare

Rein Mullerson was Deputy Foreign Minister of Estonia during the country''s independence struggles and is a distinguished professor of international relations. His book is concerned with the interplay of international law and politics in the changing international system.He analyses events in Eastern Europe and the former USSR to throw light on broad and controversial issues including non-use of force, non-interference in internal affairs, self-determination of peoples, minorities and nationalism in inter-ethnic conflicts and human rights in post-totalitarian societies. Controversial questions of continuity and succession of states and their recognition are also set in this context.One purpose of the book is to show how recent developments influence the international system as a whole and how international law has to change in order to respond to new challenges.

Rein Mullerson was Deputy Foreign Minister of Estonia during the country''s independence struggles and is a distinguished professor of international relations. His book is concerned with the interplay of international law and politics in the changing international system.He analyses events in Eastern Europe and the former USSR to throw light on broad and controversial issues including non-use of force, non-interference in internal affairs, self-determination of peoples, minorities and nationalism in inter-ethnic conflicts and human rights in post-totalitarian societies. Controversial questions of continuity and succession of states and their recognition are also set in this context.One purpose of the book is to show how recent developments influence the international system as a whole and how international law has to change in order to respond to new challenges.

This is an important analysis of a key but little-known region, in the wider context of world politics. Central Asia has huge oil and gas resources, divided between five independent states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - each with their own problems and interests. The region is energy-rich and, being situated between Russia and China and close to Afghanistan and other potential trouble-spots, it has acquired immense geo-strategic importance. History is seen and felt everywhere. Old legacies, whether they go back to Genghis Khan or stem from the recent Soviet past, have a profound effect on contemporary issues and political choices. Concentrating on today''s problems against a complex historical background, the book draws on the author''s extensive involvement with the region. Considerable attention is paid to Central Asian Islam, human rights issues in the region, and Central Asia''s place in the ''war against terrorism''.

This is an important analysis of a key but little-known region, in the wider context of world politics. Central Asia has huge oil and gas resources, divided between five independent states - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - each with their own problems and interests. The region is energy-rich and, being situated between Russia and China and close to Afghanistan and other potential trouble-spots, it has acquired immense geo-strategic importance. History is seen and felt everywhere. Old legacies, whether they go back to Genghis Khan or stem from the recent Soviet past, have a profound effect on contemporary issues and political choices. Concentrating on today''s problems against a complex historical background, the book draws on the author''s extensive involvement with the region. Considerable attention is paid to Central Asian Islam, human rights issues in the region, and Central Asia''s place in the ''war against terrorism''.