International institutions

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.

In the context of the debate on the future of Europe, this book makes the case for a new approach to structural transformation, growth and cohesion in the EU.

The Commonwealth consists of only a quarter of the world's states and yet the Commonwealth Secretariat and Foundation have made and continue to make a significant contribution to global politics.

This book investigates the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and politicized debates held there.

Representing Europeans takes a fresh and quizzical look at the problems facing the European Union.

This book examines peacekeeping in Africa, exploring how the various actors are forming an African security regime complex.

This work shows that, over the past two centuries, international organizations have adopted ''more democratic'' decision-making rules.

The EU has been portrayed as a leader in international climate change negotiations.

This book shows how environmentalists have shaped the world's largest multilateral development lender, investment financier and political risk insurer to take up sustainable development.

EU external democracy promotion has traditionally been based on 'linkage', i.

This book analyses the allocation of responsibility for human rights violations that occur in the context of border control or return operations coordinated by Frontex.

The idea for this volume came from the enigma that some Central and Eastern European (CEE) European Union (EU) member states have been keen to join the Eurozone while others have shown persistent reluctance.

The cutting-edge contributions to this book analyse different facets of the European Union (EU): closer integration among the member states, policymaking within a 'normal' political system, and the implications of European integration for its member states.

A History of European Economic Thought grafts the history of economic thought onto Global History by showing how significant economic ideas have influenced the process of Europe's formation from the very beginning to the present day.

In 2016, the voters of the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union.

In recent years States have made more and more extensive use of the International Court of Justice for the judicial settlement of disputes.

The conflict in eastern Ukraine continues with little sign of a negotiated resolution.

Analyses the effectiveness of international organisations as problem solvers of key issues in global politics.

The interwar period has left a deep impression on later generations.

This book examines the interplay between the national and the European levels in EU foreign policymaking, focusing on the Middle East.

This volume is the first detailed study of the emergence of regular and frequent heads of government meetings (summits), covering the period from the mid-1970s to the early 1990s.

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.

Attacks on humanitarian aid operations are both a symptom and a weapon of modern warfare, and as armed groups increasingly target aid workers for violence, relief operations are curtailed in places where civilians are most in need.

This book considers the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international diplomacy, and the challenges and opportunities it presents for the future of multilateralism.

The book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the withdrawal agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and the European Union to to create the legal framework for Brexit.

This book examines the dynamic processes by which communities establish distinct notions of 'home' and 'belonging'.

Procedural Politics, first published in 2004, develops a theory of everyday politics with respect to rules.

Health is a matter of fundamental importance in European societies, both as a human right in itself, and as a factor in a productive workforce and therefore a healthy economy.

The euro crisis, rising Euroscepticism, and Brexit have once again highlighted the European Union's unresolved legitimacy deficit.

This book confronts the difficulty of theorizing progressive politics during radical state transformation.

This book provides an indispensable guide to the economic, political and diplomatic process that led to the creation of the European single market and the signing of the Maastricht Treaty.

From Discrimination to Death studies the process of genocide through the human rights violations that occur during genocide.

Now that the process of full implementation of European Monetary Union has begun, it is time to shift attention away from the process of introduction to the implications that the common currency will have for a wide range of institutions and policy areas.

Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?

This book discusses the legal responsibility of UN peacekeepers for the protection of civilians under international legal regimes, particularly international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international refugee law, and occupation law.

This book examines the changing relations between the Asian part of the Middle East and the rest of the continent during the 21st century.

A collection of essays that surveys the development and structure of the European Union''s constitutional regime for foreign affairs.

The prohibition of the use of force in international law is one of the major achievements of international law in the past century.

This book traces the trajectory and different meanings of the concept of peacebuilding in the United Nations since the early 1990s.

The first comprehensive analysis of the philosophical issues raised by the hijab controversy in France, this book also conducts a dialogue between contemporary Anglo-American and French political theory and defends a progressive republican solution to so-called multicultural conflicts in contemporary societies.

This book discusses the role of gender and participation within the context of budgeting and planning.

Emerging multinational enterprises (or EMNEs) have made a huge impact on the international business stage by internationalising at a rapid rate.

A highly topical examination of the effect of European integration on relations between states and minority nations.

New Europe is a rhetorical term used by some analysts to describe European post-communist transition success stories.

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is the centrepiece of international efforts to address racial discrimination, defined in broad terms to include discrimination based on skin colour, descent, ethnic, and national origin.

This edited book is devoted to an analysis of how the multiple modernities approach might help strengthen the strategic autonomy of the European Union and foster cooperative EU-China relations at a time when some observers believe that a new global cold war may be on the horizon.

The debate on law, governance and constitutionalism beyond the state is confronted with new challenges.