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Negotiations between Israel and the Arab states have continued in several forms for over a decade, through three Israeli administrations, the death of a King in Jordan, and through countless riots and incidences of protest by Palestinians and Jews. The...

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Massive Retaliation and Soviet Ballistic Missile Defence, 1953-7 We Can Hit a Fly in Outer Space, 1957-62 From Cuba to Détente, 1962-68 Missile Defence and Arms Control Diplomacy, 1968-72 Missile...

Eero Palmujoki examines the regionalist debate in Southeast Asia from the end of the Cold War up to the beginning of the new millennium. He focuses on the organization of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and covers the political, economic, and...

The German-speaking population of the Bohemian lands has been the centre of political controversy for over a century. The success of the fascist Sudeten German Party in the 1930s led to the Munich Agreement of September 1938 - the event that was soon to...

Introduction Integration Conflict Economics Security Institutions Rules and Maps References Annexes Index

Several hundred directives on environmental policy have been produced by the European Union. What impact has the output of this "legislative factory" had? After considering how decisions on environmental policy in the EU are made and the balance of power...

This book uses case studies and theoretical reflection to contextualize the linkages between collective action theories, social movement practices, and the phenomenon of globalization. The perspectives presented will force a rethinking of the exact...

PART I: INTRODUCTION Introduction: Beyond Billiard Ball Analysis Learning to Read Between the Lines An Overview of Sri Lanka in Politics PART II: CRITICAL JUNCTURES Critical Juncture I: 1948 Independence and the Disenfranchisement of the Plantation...

List of Tables and Map Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Introduction: Considering Contradictions The Origins of NORAD: Institutionalizing Canadian/US Military Cooperation Canada's Nuclear Weapons: The Relations of Military Cooperation Constructing an...

Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Abbreviations and Acronyms - World Citizenship: Allegiance to Humanity, Executive Overview - PART 1: RATIONALE FOR WORLD CITIZENSHIP - Effect of Modern Science and Technology on Relations Between Nations; M.G.K.Menon...

Foreword; P.Kooijmans - Preface - Preface to the Second Edition - PART 1: GENERAL - Introduction - Universality and Cultural Relativism - Policy Choices - Policy Instruments - Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy - Intergovernmental Organizations - PART 2:...

From Power Politics to Conflict Resolution surveys the development of the ideas of John W. Burton, an Australian civil servant and diplomat who became a prolific author in the fields of International Relations and Conflict Theory. This work, beginning...

List of Tables - List of Figures - List of Abbreviations - Foreword - Bibliographic Details of Contributors - PART 1: NGOs, STATES AND DONORS: AN OVERVIEW AND KEY ISSUES - NGOs, States and Donors: An Overview; D.Hulme & M.Edwards - Donors,...

Preface - Abbreviations - Allied Occupation and German Political Party Tradition: Preconditions for a Revival - Crafting a Party System: The Return of German Party Politics and the Beginning of Licensing Regimes - In Fear of Reaction: Restraining the...