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Russia's Geostrategic Outlook and the Syrian Crisis
Av Hicham Tohme
Inbunden, 2020
1134 kr
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In this groundbreaking study, international relations scholar Hicham Tohme offers a critique of current academic, scholarly, and public understandings of Russia’s geostrategic outlook through the lens of the ongoing Syrian crisis. This critique is based on a reassessment of four key concepts that …
Conflict, Gender, and Body Politic in Nepal
Anthropological Engagement with the Threatened Lives and Well-Being of Women
Inbunden, 2018
1569 kr
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More than 13,000 people lost their lives and many others suffered in other ways during the Maoist-led armed conflict that lasted for ten years (1996-2006) in Nepal. Many people are still missing and many more have been displaced. The lives of women in particular have been affected, with a …
Predicting Gender Violence in India
A Counterintuitive Theoretical Approach
Inbunden, 2020
1864 kr
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In this provocative new book, Shritha Vasudevan argues that feminist international relations (IR) theory has inadvertently resulted in a biased worldview, the very opposite of what feminist IR set out to try to rectify. This book contests theoretical presumptions of Western feminist IR and attempts …
Sports and Foreign Policy in Taiwan
Nationalism in International Politics
Inbunden, 2019
829 kr
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In this exciting new book, Taiwanese scholar Catherine Kai-Ping Lin examines Taiwan’s diplomatic history since the 1970s through the lens of sports in the development of nationalism in foreign relations. Since 1971, when Taiwan lost its United Nations seat to the communist People’s Republic of …
Presence of the Past
Essays on Memory, Conflict, and Reconciliation
Av Martin Palous, Martin Palouš m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1584 kr
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Edited by veteran Czech diplomat and senior religion scholar Glenn Hughes, The Presence of the Past presents new insights from a conference hosted by the Václav Havel Program for Human Rights and Diplomacy at Florida International University, in cooperation with the Czech non-profit organization …
Warsaw Pact, 1969-1985
The Pinnacle and Path to Dissolution
Av Matěj Bílý
Inbunden, 2020
1632 kr
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In The Warsaw Pact, 1969-1985, young Czech scholar Mat?j Bílý analyzes the internal tensions of the Soviet-led Cold War alliance as its careened toward its end. Starting with the peak of the alliance’s power under Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, the book follows its ossification to its increasing …
Warsaw Pact, 1969-1985
The Pinnacle and Path to Dissolution
Av Matěj Bílý
Häftad, 2020
471 kr
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In The Warsaw Pact, 1969-1985, young Czech scholar Mat?j Bílý analyzes the internal tensions of the Soviet-led Cold War alliance as its careened toward its end. Starting with the peak of the alliance’s power under Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, the book follows its ossification to its increasing …
Mapping Human Security Challenges in the Kashmir Valley
Inbunden, 2019
1584 kr
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In this penetrating study, Mohd Aarif Rather tackles the problem of the Kashmir Valley, one of the most complex situations in international politics, from the perspective of human security. The Kashmir conflict involves disputed borders between two nuclear power, India and Pakistan, and a local …
China Moves South
Human Rights Implications in the Paracel and Spratly Islands
Av Tam Mai
Inbunden, 2019
1858 kr
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Vietnam has claimed the Paracel and Spratly Island groups for hundreds of years. China’s invasion and capture of the Paracels from South Vietnam in 1974, and its ongoing occupation of the Spratlys, have created increasing opposition and anger not only among Vietnamese citizens but worldwide. This …
Demise of Arms Control
Non-Compliance and the New World Order
Av Victor Ofosu
Inbunden, 2021
1584 kr
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The failure of six countries to reach an agreement in the Six-Party Talks on Korea has shown the futility of negotiations to denuclearize North Korea. As Victor Ofosu shows in this timely new study, diplomacy failed because nuclear reversal is not in Pyongyang security, regional, or economic …
Ronald Reagan
Revolution Ascendant
Inbunden, 2021
1632 kr
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When Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, he found America’s economy, defense, and global position weakened to the point of collapse. The previous seven years of attempted détente with the Soviet Union had resulted in the worst foreign policy failures in American history. As the …
Ronald Reagan
Revolution Betrayed
Inbunden, 2021
1632 kr
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The point of departure for distinguished historian Richard C. Thornton’s insightful new assessment of the Reagan administration is Reagan’s overwhelming re-election in 1984. His first-term policies had placed the United States in the ascendancy over the Soviet Union, and he sought to capitalize on …
Prisoners of War or Unlawful Combatants?
Guantanamo Bay and International Law
Inbunden, 2018
1569 kr
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In this engaging study, international relations scholar Valerie Jeche questions the legality of the detentions at Guantanamo Bay. She emphasises that Guantanamo is a legal detention camp and evaluates the rights that its detainees have under international humanitarian and human rights law. This …
