International institutions

How can the European Union create laws that are uniform in a multitude of languages?

The First Bilateral Investment Treaties is the first and only history of the U.

The First Bilateral Investment Treaties is the first and only history of the U.

In crisis management operations, strategic errors can cost lives.

In crisis management operations, strategic errors can cost lives.

One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States.

One of the most remarkable stories of immigration in the last half century is that of Indians to the United States.

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Two decades ago, V.

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In 2003, the United Nations adopted a common rights-based approach to development in their efforts to promote an international standard of human rights throughout the world.

In 2003, the United Nations adopted a common rights-based approach to development in their efforts to promote an international standard of human rights throughout the world.

Challenging the conventional narrative that the European Union suffers from a "e;democratic deficit,"e; Athanasios Psygkas argues that EU mandates have enhanced the democratic accountability of national regulatory agencies.

Challenging the conventional narrative that the European Union suffers from a "e;democratic deficit,"e; Athanasios Psygkas argues that EU mandates have enhanced the democratic accountability of national regulatory agencies.

In Gaining Currency, leading China scholar Eswar S.

In Gaining Currency, leading China scholar Eswar S.

How does an idea that forms in the minds of a few activists in one part of the world become a global norm that nearly all states obey?

Some pundits claim cyber weaponry is the most important military innovation in decades, a transformative new technology that promises a paralyzing first-strike advantage difficult for opponents to deter.

Some pundits claim cyber weaponry is the most important military innovation in decades, a transformative new technology that promises a paralyzing first-strike advantage difficult for opponents to deter.

In Giving Aid Effectively, Mark T.

The Puzzle of Peace moves beyond defining peace as the absence of war and develops a broader conceptualization and explanation for the increasing peacefulness of the international system.

How does an idea that forms in the minds of a few activists in one part of the world become a global norm that nearly all states obey?

Europe is in a serious crisis but that it can face up to these challenges.

Europe is in a serious crisis but that it can face up to these challenges.

As Oliver Richmond explains, there is a level to peacemaking that operates in the realm of dialogue, declarations, symbols and rituals.

Law and Practice of the United Nations: Documents and Commentary combines primary materials with expert commentary demonstrating the interaction between law and practice in the UN organization, as well as the possibilities and limitations of multilateral institutions in general.

International organizations do not always live up to the expectations and mandates of their member countries.

When considering the structures that drive the global diffusion of human rights norms, Brian Greenhill argues that we need to look beyond institutions that are explicitly committed to human rights and instead focus on the dense web of international government organizations (IGOs)-some big, some small; some focused on human rights; some not-that has arisen in the last two generations.

A nation of peacekeepers or soldiers?

The past few decades have seen a massive increase in the number of international organizations focusing on global health.

The past few decades have seen a massive increase in the number of international organizations focusing on global health.

As Oliver Richmond explains, there is a level to peacemaking that operates in the realm of dialogue, declarations, symbols and rituals.

Why is the United Nations not more effective on global environmental challenges?

Why is the United Nations not more effective on global environmental challenges?

After seven decades of existence has the UN become obsolete?

After seven decades of existence has the UN become obsolete?

For many observers, the European Union is mired in a deep crisis.

For many observers, the European Union is mired in a deep crisis.

Geopolitical shifts, increasing demands for accountability, and growing competition have been driving the need for change within transnational nongovernmental organizations (TNGOs).

Geopolitical shifts, increasing demands for accountability, and growing competition have been driving the need for change within transnational nongovernmental organizations (TNGOs).

With World War II still raging, nations came together to create a new international monetary order, the Bretton Woods system.

With World War II still raging, nations came together to create a new international monetary order, the Bretton Woods system.

Nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, early hopes for the integration of the post-Soviet states into a "e;Europe whole and free"e; seem to have been decisively dashed.

Nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, early hopes for the integration of the post-Soviet states into a "e;Europe whole and free"e; seem to have been decisively dashed.

Investment treaty arbitration (sometimes called investor-state dispute settlement or ISDS) has become a flashpoint in the backlash against globalization, with costs becoming an area of core scrutiny.

Investment treaty arbitration (sometimes called investor-state dispute settlement or ISDS) has become a flashpoint in the backlash against globalization, with costs becoming an area of core scrutiny.

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERGeography comes before history.

Over forty years of service to the United Nations - the last ten as Secretary-General - Kofi Annan has been at the centre of the major geopolitical events of our time.

Sergio Vieira de Mello-a humanitarian, peacemaker and state builder -was at centre of the most significant geopolitical crises of the last half-century.

This book gives a new compelling meaning to the metaphor of 'Global South' against the background of the global political challenge to international order, driven not only through the BRICS grouping, but also by the activities of middle powers striving to alter the political status quo.