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The last quarter of the twentieth century was a period of economic crises, increasing indebtedness as well as financial instability for Latin America and most other developing countries; in contrast, China showed amazingly high growth rates during this...

There's no doubt that Royal Dutch Shell of the "Committee of 300" is one of the oldest and largest of all the oil companies operating in the world today. Its sales in 2005 were $306.73 billion. The late Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, Lord Victor...

The majority of Americans know that there is a drug epidemic, but only a small minority is aware that it was inflicted upon our society by the "rulers of darkness, the wicked men in high places, who prefer darkness rather than light because their deeds...

"The enemy in Washington is more to be feared than the enemy in Moscow." This is a sentiment I have expressed over and over again. Communism did not destroy tariff protection erected by President George Washington. Communism did not force the United...

The history of how the United Nations was created is a classic case of Diplomacy by deception. The United Nations is the successor to the defunct League of Nations, the first attempt to set up a One World Government in the wake of the Paris Peace...

Humanity stands at a critical crossroads. Social, political, religious, economic, and environmental systems are unraveling with bewildering rapidity all around us. In the face of such disintegration many of us feel helpless, despondent, angry, and...

ንዓንደብርሃን ወልደጊዮርጊስ፡ ስለ'ዛ ብቑዕ መግለጺ እዋናዊ ፖለቲካዊ ኲነታት ኣብ ኤርትራ እተስንቕ ጥራይ ዘይኰነ፡ እንተላይ ብዛዕባ መጻኢ ናይታ ምጭውቲ ሃገሩ ኣገደስቲ ሕቶታት እተልዕል፡ ዚለዓለ ክብሪ ዚሓዘለ ትሕዝቶ ዘለዋን ኣዝያ ሓባሪትን መጽሓፉ ዮሃና እብሎ። ኣብቲ ነዊሕ ተመክሮኡ ከም ተጋዳላይ፡ ከም ላዕለዋይ መንግስታዊ ኣገልጋሊ፡ ከም ኣምባሳደርን ኣብቲ ሃብታም ተመክሮኡ ናይ ኣፍሪቃን...

"It is important to have public diplomacy as a solution to one of the greatest weaknesses in US foreign policy that has exacerbated the unprecedented antiAmericanism of recent years-the US government's inability to conduct the "full spectrum" of...

*This book is in the Rapid Communications in Conflict and Security (RCCS) Series (General Editor: Thomas G. Mahnken; Founding Editor: Geoffrey R.H. Burn)Beginning in 2010, a public debate emerged about the role of so-called mainland strikes in...

The first English translation of De Jure Belli et Pacis Libre Tres (by Clement Barksdale). In this momentous work Grotius describes situations in which war is a valid tool of law enforcement and outlines principles for the use of force. Though based on...

The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy (1920), by Lothrop Stoddard, postulates the collapse of white world empire, and of colonialism, because of the population growth among colored peoples. The postulations constitute scientific racism,...

A code of land warfare. Thomas Erskine Holland [1835–1926] analyzed the proceedings of the international conventions held at St. Petersburg in 1868, Geneva in 1906 and the Hague in 1899 and 1907. He found that they provided enough common material...

The "Definitive Biography." xiii, 445 pp. Originally published: Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, [1947]. Francis Lieber [1798-1872] was a prominent political philosopher and who helped lay the foundation for the study of political science...

How India's COVID-19 lockdown is creating an unprecedented humanitarian disasterWith the advent of COVID-19, India's rulers imposed the world's most stringent lockdown on an already depressed economy, dealing a body blow to the majority of India's...

Although democracy, the rule of law and respect for fundamental human rights are the defining idioms of contemporary state governance and international relations, they are hardly commonplace in Africa. In domestic environments severely degraded by abuse...

Situated in the triangle between South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China, Burma is a country of 50 million people struggling under the oppression of one of the world's most brutal military regimes. Yet, the voices of its people remain largely unheard...

This study explores the emergence and development of the conservation movement in Argentina during the twentieth century. I argue that the development of the conservation movement has been linked to shifts in the broader spectrum of Argentina's...

The purpose of this book is to examine the birth of bilateral strategic arms control between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Johnson Administration, from 1964 to 1969. It is about the time and the place of the birth of bilateral...

How does the state system measure up to today's realitites when it comes to managing conflict? To what extent are efforts to manage conflict successful, and for whom? Prevailing structures designed to deal with conflict between collectives --...

Fishing for a Solution provides a detailed, policy-based account of the development of Canada's fisheries relations with the European Union. It covers over 35 years of this contentious international relationship, from the extension of Canada's fisheries j

Canada's role as world power and its sense of itself in the global landscape has been largely shaped and defined over the past 100 years by the changing policies and personalities in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT).This

Collected here in this 4-in-1 omnibus are the most important books ever written on the art of war. The Art of War By Sun Tzu translated and commented on by Lionel Giles, On War by Carl von Clausewitz, The Art of War by Niccolò Machiavelli, and The Art...

“Our most provocative scholar of American power” reveals the forces behind the assassination of JFK—and their continuing influence over our world (David Talbot, Salon).   On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was gunned...

The change that new ministers experience upon entering government is immediate, one that is occasionally unexpected or for which they are unprepared, and it requires a radical transformation in their workload, in their responsibilities, and in the nature...

Our buildings shake and come apart, people cry and die, each day, children are born deformed that could have been prevented, and our world is in danger of destruction based on a single decision. Clearly, we live in a world of mayhem. The root of the...

European and American approaches to public policy differ, with the European approach more likely to have a generous social safety net, tougher regulations on businesses, and stronger protections for animals. Via a comparative analysis of several...

Competing Schemas within the American Liberal Democracy is a compelling book that dispels many of the common myths concerning Church and State, and shows that how one approaches the subject of religion and politics largely determines what types of...

This book is a timely and necessary examination of how organized labour and workers movements are engaging with this shifting environment. Based on extensive empirical research into emerging migrant and low-wage workers movements and their media...

Realist theory has dominated the study of international relations for more than half a century. In this provocative book, Lee Ryan Miller demonstrates that each of the fundamental assumptions of realism is seriously flawed. Then he pulls together the...

In 1942, the Department of State initiated a program of cultural exchanges with China that lasted until the coming of Mao in 1949. The program offered assistance to the Chinese people in such areas as education, public health, agriculture, and...

During World War II, the U. S. military's extensive planning for the occupation of Germany was a major factor in achieving long-term strategic objectives after the war was won. More recent examples of military operations also emphasize the challenges of...

The destruction of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq has opened the path to a new future for Iraqis, although it is not yet certain what direction that future will take. Iraq is a fragile political entity created in the aftermath of World War I through...

The U. S. relationship with China and the global war on terrorism are the two most significant strategic challenges faced by the Bush administration. Both are vital and complex; the way the administration manages them will shape American security for...

This comprehensive and innovative volume focuses on the usefulness and relevance of extending the scope of protections already in place for national minorities ('old minorities') to migrant populations ('new minorities') in Europe. Delving into a highly...

Exploring NATO's post-Cold War determination to support democracy abroad, this book addresses the alliance's adaptation to the new illiberal backlashes in Eastern Europe, the Western Balkans and Afghanistan after the alleged 'return of history'.The...

This book examines the importance of "military ethics" in the formulation and conduct of contemporary military strategy.Clausewitz's original analysis of war relegated ethics to the side-lines in favor of political realism, interpreting the proper use of...

This volume offers a state-of-the-art study of the diverse methodological approaches and issues in the study of emotions in international relations research. While interest in emotion and affect in IR has grown in recent years, there remains an absence...

This edited volume provides a timely analysis of the European Union's 'privileged' partnerships with neighbouring countries, identifying key points of comparison. It analyses which policy areas are covered and why, the reasons why a specific...

This is a book on methods, how scholars embody them and how working within, from or against Constructivism has shaped that use and embodiment.A vibrant cross-section of contributors write of interdisciplinary encounters, first interactions with the...

In this book, the late Prof. Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov argues that the failure of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process so far has been mainly the result of the inability of both sides to reach an agreed formula for linking justice to peace. The issues of...

La obsesión compleja alcanza el mayor grado de refinamiento y crueldad y quiere afectar a toda la sociedad. Un proyecto de poder atrae a políticos, empresarios y amplios sectores de la población. Magos negros, espectros y especialistas en hipnosis...

This book argues that China's Belt and Road Initiative should be seen more as a geopolitical project and less as a global economic project, with China aiming to bring about a new Chinese-led international order.

This book is the first annotated translation of the travelogues of Kang Youwei, one of the most famous intellectuals and modernizers of late 19th-century China.

This book explores the U.S.-China maritime relationship, examining the development and implementation of the maritime strategies of both the United States and China.