International institutions

The global financial crisis that began in 2007 was the most destructive since the 1930s.

This book shows that political narratives can promote or thwart the prospects for international cooperation and are major factors in international negotiation processes in the 21st century.

A constantly evolving security agenda has become a vital part of US EU relations.

Recent debates in security policy have highlighted trends towards fragmentation, informalisation and privatisation in the diverse field of security policy, with its increasingly transnational security risks.

Investment protection treaties generally provide for the obligation to treat investments fairly and equitably, even if the wording of the rule and its relationship with the customary international standard may differ.

The Routledge Handbook of Arctic Security offers a comprehensive examination of security in the region, encompassing both state-based and militarized notions of security, as well as broader security perspectives reflecting debates about changes in climate, environment, economies, and societies.

The negative results of referenda on the European Union (EU) Constitutional Treaty in France and the Netherlands, and subsequent low-key adoption of the Treaty of Lisbon raise complex questions about the possible democratization of international organisations.

This book seeks to help shape the debate surrounding power and polarity in the twenty-first century, both by assessing the likelihood of US decline and by analysing what each of the so-called 'rising powers' can do.

After describing NAFTA as 'the worst trade deal maybe ever signed anywhere', Donald Trump's election seemed to represent the final nail in the coffin for North American economic integration.

Hierarchical relationships-rules that structure both international and domestic politics-are pervasive.

This book explores the discourses, attitudes and behaviours of professional politicians and ordinary citizens alike characterized by hostility towards the political sphere, political parties and, above all, professional politicians.

Originally published in 1970 The Theory and Practice of Neutrality in the Twentieth Century documents the various shapes and forms that neutrality has taken.

This book analyzes UN intervention discourses and practices in Iraq and develops a deconstructive approach to international interventions.

Drawing upon the disciplines of politics, anthropology, psychoanalysis, aesthetics and cinema studies, Salgo presents a new way of looking at the art of European unification.

Migration is now regarded as a security issue, both in public debate and government policies.

The first book-length study of the importance of collateral frameworks in monetary policy, focusing on the Eurozone and euro crisis.

This is a systematic, up-to-date exploration of the politics of European integration that includes balanced coverage of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Union.

World orders are increasingly contested.

This book provides an in-depth introduction to, and analysis of, the issues relating to the implementation of the recent Responsibility to Protect principle in international relationsThe Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) has come a long way in a short space of time.

This book examines Syrian displacement since the start of the 2011 conflict.

This book examines just what the European Union is, in the context of the ongoing structural transformation of the global system.

The Gay Games is an important piece of new social history, examining one of the largest sporting, cultural and human rights events in the world.

Examined the development of legislatures under colonial rule, post-colonial autocratic single party rule, and multi-party politics in Africa.

An assessment of the experiences of irregular migrants and stateless people living in ''Fortress Europe''.

This innovative study considers why embassies today are especially relevant to the international system, examining the new representation options and global diplomacy techniques in an information age.

Originally published in 1972, this book examines the scope and possibilities for small states in the conduct of their foreign policies.

This book explores post-Soviet Eurasian regional security governance, as embedded in the military alliance of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

The authorized, paginated WTO Dispute Settlement Reports in English: cases for 2015.

Both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) practice periodic surveillance of members to ensure that countries are adopting appropriate economic policies.

The last two decades have witnessed an exponential growth in debates on the use of foreign law by courts.

"e;Although technological innovation is undoubtedly crucial for addressing climate change, low-carbon innovation policies and politics have hardly been studied.

"e;This book makes a vital contribution to the current literature on human well-being.

This book shows how international trade was a key part of the classic Western policy of containment towards the Soviet Union in the Cold War in the late 1970s.

This books, available in paperback for the first time, examines the period between the military intervention against Serbia by NATO and the one in Iraq by the US.

This recasting of modern European history offers new insights into the Visegrad Group's significant role in changing political mind-sets and refashioning the continentRick Fawn has written the first book-length account of the Visegrad Group of states, which consists of the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Poland, and Hungary.

This book offers a new approach to the study of EU law of external relations.

Previously published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy, this volume presents a theory of constitutionalization as well as comparative analyses and case studies to underscore the claim that the European integration process itself engenders a democratic self-healing mechanism.

International economic law is one of the crucial branches of international law, and of major importance both practically and conceptually.

The author provides a theoretical framework of the global political economy of banking regulation and analyses the policies and politics of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the first full-length study of the largest nongovernmental, global regulatory network whose scope and influence rivals that of the UN system.

This book examines decision-making in the EU and the impact of the recent enlargements to twenty-seven member states.

A lively debate on the constitutionalisation of the international legal order has emerged in recent years.

Inquires into the role of the unexpected in world politics by examining the protean power effects of agile innovation and improvisation.

This book offers the first thorough legal analysis of the practice of mixity since the Lisbon Treaty, providing the perspectives of international, EU, and national law.

This book analyses how sustainability affects internal decision-making within the European Union and its external relations in working towards achieving its long-term goal of a climate-neutral Europe by 2050.

This comprehensive volume analyses the phenomena of populism and Islamism in Turkey under Justice and Development Party (JDP) rule since 2002, and its impact on the country's foreign policy.

Groundbreaking comparative analysis of governance systems and institutional choices in different regional and international organizations.

The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) are now established as one of the larger groups in the European Parliament and from 2014 to 2019 had more MEPs than the Liberals, Greens or radical left and right-wing factions.

International Organizations and the Idea of Autonomy is an exploratory text looking at the idea of intergovernmental organizations as autonomous international actors.