International institutions

This book examines the European governance of emerging security technologies.

International Organizations and the Media in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries is the first volume to explore the historical relationship between international organizations and the media.

According to Tom Gallagher, Romania's predatory rulers, the heirs of the sinister communist dictator Ceausescu, have inflicted a humiliating defeat on the European Union.

This book shows how small countries use "e;big"e; diplomacy to advance national interests and global agendas - from issues of peace and security (the South China Sea and nuclearization in Korea) and human rights (decolonization) to development (landlocked and least developed countries) and environment (hydropower development).

Ronan McCrea offers the first comprehensive account of the role of religion within the public order of the European Union.

International cooperation has never been more needed, but the current system of "e;aid"e; is outdated and ineffective.

Over the last two decades, EU legislation has established a growing number of subsidiary bodies commonly referred to as EU decentralised agencies.

2009 wurde die UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention zur gleichberechtigten Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft verabschiedet.

The European Union is mired in the worst crisis it has seen for many decades.

The US decision not to work through NATO after 9/11 left many European members of the alliance feeling deflated.

This book explores the limits of NGO influence and the conditions that constrain NGOs when they participate in international negotiationsThrough an empirically rich study of the UN World Summits on the Information Society (WSIS) this book conceptualizes structural power mechanisms that shape global ICT governance and analyses the impact of NGOs on communication rights, intellectual property rights, financing, and Internet governance.

The increase in China's economic and political involvement in Africa is arguably the most momentous development on the continent since the end of the Cold War.

This book presents realistic alternatives to security policies based on nuclear weapons for the Northeast Asian region.

The UN Security Council formally acknowledged an obligation to promote justice and the rule of law in 2003.

Wir alle spüren, dass Deutschland eine Macht im Umbruch ist, ein Land, das tiefgreifende Veränderungen erfährt.

This book examines the vision and strategy of the EU's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ), which has become one of the key objectives of the European Union (EU).

This book examines the ways in which long-term processes of state-formation limit the possibilities for short-term political projects of statebuilding.

International Organizations (IOs) were designed to provide global public goods, among which security for all, trade for the richest, and development for the poorest.

This volume attempts to examine the many possible causes of Brexit.

In this path-breaking book, the author argues that European countries' political-economic policies, practices, and discourses have changed profoundly in response to globalization and Europeanization, but they have not converged.

From limited interactions in the early 1990s, the EU and Central Asia now consider each other to be increasingly important.

Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective.

Gender equality is one of the founding democratic principles of the EU.

What does gender equality mean for peace, justice, and security?

Analyses the impact of the managerial reforms of the European Commission.

This short monograph examines the tense relationship between central bank independence and democratic legitimation, which has changed as the European Central Bank (ECB) has been entrusted with new tasks and faced unprecedented challenges.

National and European Foreign Policy explores the processes of interaction between the national and the European levels in foreign policy making in European Union states.

The majority of rules adopted at the EU level are not issued by democratically elected institutions, but rather by administrative bodies which are empowered to exercise rule-making powers by legislative acts.

New Dimensions of World Politics (1975) examines the changes to world politics as bankers, industrialists and scientists have taken more influence over world affairs from diplomats and soldiers.

Critically examines the human rights activities of the Council of Europe and the European Union at a time of uncertainty and change.

Mark D.

This book redefines the traditional understanding of state responsibility.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which were adopted by the United Nations in September 2015 are universally applicable in all 193 UN Member States and connect the big challenges of our time, such as hunger and poverty, climate change, health in an urbanised environment, sustainable energy, mobility, economic development and environmental degradation.

This book draws together leading experts to examine the key issues in China-EU relations.

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication which provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

This book provides a comparative analysis of the impact of 'soft Europeanization' on higher education governance in Western Europe.

The purpose of this book is twofold.

This 2007 book argues that a strong party system in the European Parliament is promoting democratic accountability.

Few events over the past few decades have given rise to an amount of debate and speculation concerning the state of the European Union (EU) and the future of European integration as the economic and financial crisis that began in 2007.

Multinational Enterprises and the Law is the only comprehensive, contemporary, and interdisciplinary account of the techniques used to regulate multinational enterprises (MNEs) at the national, regional, and multilateral levels.

Recognition is a basic human need, but it is not a panacea to all societal ills.

This book examines the complex process of German foreign policy adaptation to a shifting global landscape, especially to the rise of new powers.

This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of US foreign policy throughout the Indo-Pacific.

This book looks at the evolution of the role of Europe in US grand strategy, and unpacks how US administrations have instrumentalized this relationship in pursuit of extra-European objectives.

This book provides an insightful analysis and holistic account of the process of the formation of de facto states in the post-Soviet area.

This book gives an in-depth analysis of the role of faith in the work of Tearfund, a leading evangelical relief and development NGO that works in over 50 countries worldwide.

This book is concerned with European identities among ethnic minorities who live along the eastern border of the European Union.

A growing body of EU law and regulation is preoccupied with the protection of EU citizens from health and environmental risks.

From the start of the European integration process, one question has puzzled scholars: what type of political association is the European Union?

On its face, The Art of World-Making focuses on honouring the career of Nicholas Greenwood Onuf and his contributions to the study of international relations; of equal importance, however, while using Onuf's work as their touchstone, the contributions to this volume range widely across IR theory, making important interventions in some of the most important topics in the field today.