An urgent Penguin Special investigating the 2014 mass-kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by the world's deadliest terroristsOn 14th April 2014, 276 girls disappeared from a secondary school in northern Nigeria, kidnapped by the world's deadliest terror group.
'Nathaniel Rich's account starts in Washington in the 1990s and tells the story of how climate change could have been stopped back then, if only the powerful had acted.
In just four months in 2009, Sri Lanka's 26 year-old desperate civil war came to a brutal and bloody end on a desolate stretch of beach in the island's north east.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016In The New Threat renowned expert and prize-winning reporter Jason Burke provides the clearest and most comprehensive guide to Islamic militancy today.
The must-read book to help you make sense of the world: perfect for fans of Prisoners of Geography, How the World Made the West and Empireland 'Well-informed and very valuable' - International AffairsDonald Trump has been re-elected.
'Do not miss this book' NAOMI KLEIN, author of This Changes EverythingThe history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation - of both human life and the natural environment - and the origin of our contemporary climate crisis.
Es ist ein True-Life Le Carré: Im Frühjahr 2018 werden der ehemalige russische Doppelagent Sergej Skripal und seine Tochter Julija in England mit lebensbedrohlichen Vergiftungserscheinungen aufgefunden.
La necesidad de superar la polarización político-ideológica en la región, establecer vínculos con otras regiones, contribuir en conjunto a la gobernanza global y definir una institucionalidad propia desde distintos modelos de desarrollo constituyen temas centrales de la integración regional latinoamericana en el siglo xxi, los cuales necesitan ser discutidos y comprendidos para poder enfrentar el futuro.
Conversations defining the Arctic region often provoke debate and controversy -- for scientists, this lies in the imprecise and imaginary line known as the Arctic Circle; for countries like Canada, Russia, the United States, and Denmark, such discussions are based in competition for land and resources; for indigenous communities, those discussions are also rooted in issues of rights.
Conversations defining the Arctic region often provoke debate and controversy -- for scientists, this lies in the imprecise and imaginary line known as the Arctic Circle; for countries like Canada, Russia, the United States, and Denmark, such discussions are based in competition for land and resources; for indigenous communities, those discussions are also rooted in issues of rights.
From Paul Mason, the award-winning Channel 4 presenter, Postcapitalism is a guide to our era of seismic economic change, and how we can build a more equal society.
La obra que el profesor Vicente Torrijos ha escrito sobre el sistema internacional actual constituye un serio profundo y documentado análisis sobre las tendencias del orden global y el trágico fenómeno que durante cinco décadas ha segado miles de vidas y sembrado de dolor la tierra colombiana.
Lo que en algún momento los intelectuales europeos definieron como "Medio Oriente" constituye la región más caliente, inestable e incomprendida del planeta.
Los trabajos reunidos en este libro fueron escritos por un nutrido grupo de especialistas y se organizan en tres ejes: "Viajes y tránsitos", "Poéticas y posicionamientos" y "Redes e instituciones".
The reform and open-door policy of China began with the adoption of a new economic development strategy at the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCPCC) in late 1978.
In this original and timely book, Bruno Ma es argues that the best word for the emerging global order is 'Eurasian', and shows why we need to begin thinking on a super-continental scale.
'As convoluted and deadly as the plot of a novel by John le Carre, but all too real' Daily Mail, Must Reads'With a gripping narrative and vivid interviews with those on all sides whose lives were directly affected by that grim symbol of the East-West divide that poisoned Europe for almost half a century, [MacGregor] has made an important contribution to the history of our times' Jonathan Dimbleby'Captures brilliantly and comprehensively both the danger and exhilaration that I and other reporters, soldiers, and people experienced intersecting with the wall - a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the Europe we have inherited' Jon SnowA powerful, fascinating, and ground-breaking history of Checkpoint Charlie, the legendary and most important military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States and her allies confronted the USSR during the Cold War.
Veränderung jetzt: Der Westen muss die Krise für sich nutzenPutins Krieg, Rückzug aus Afghanistan, Corona, Flüchtlingskrise 2015, Klimawandel: Erst der Schaden, dann das Handeln.
Es herrschen innen- und außenpolitische Krisenzeiten: Widersprüche in der US-Außenpolitik unter Präsident Biden im Kontext der sogenannten Großmachtkonflikte – insbesondere vor dem Hintergrund des russischen Aggressionskrieges gegen die Ukraine – werfen Fragen zur Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik der EU auf.
Cuando pase la pandemia y sobrevenga la pospandemia, habrá que enfrentar los profundos cambios en el sistema internacional que conducirán hacia un nuevo orden mundial.
