International institutions

Sir John Chipman KCMG served as Director-General and Chief Executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) from 1993 to 2023.

Sir John Chipman KCMG served as Director-General and Chief Executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) from 1993 to 2023.

The Commentary provides quick access to the essentials of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (the "e;Withdrawal Agreement"e;).

This book argues that the performance of our governments can be transformed by managing bureaucrats for their empowerment rather than compliance.

Environmental degradation is not new, yet the impact of pollution on human health and wellbeing is growing.

How do governments in Europe justify their budgets towards the national parliament?

How do governments in Europe justify their budgets towards the national parliament?

The starting point of this book is the 'civil war' of ideas that broke out during the early 2010s about the purpose and even the desirability of the European Union as a polity, with a number of right-wing populist formations openly advocating for exiting the Union.

The starting point of this book is the 'civil war' of ideas that broke out during the early 2010s about the purpose and even the desirability of the European Union as a polity, with a number of right-wing populist formations openly advocating for exiting the Union.

The Office for Budget Responsibility and the Politics of Technocratic Economic Governance is about the politics of economic ideas and technocratic economic governance.

The Office for Budget Responsibility and the Politics of Technocratic Economic Governance is about the politics of economic ideas and technocratic economic governance.

Using Force to Protect Civilians offers the first comprehensive analysis of United Nations military protection operations across time and UN missions, drawing on a novel dataset that covers 200 operations from ten UN peacekeeping missions in Africa from 1999 to 2017.

Using Force to Protect Civilians offers the first comprehensive analysis of United Nations military protection operations across time and UN missions, drawing on a novel dataset that covers 200 operations from ten UN peacekeeping missions in Africa from 1999 to 2017.

EU Diplomatic Law provides a thorough analysis of the interactions between the European Union (EU) and international diplomatic and consular law.

EU Diplomatic Law provides a thorough analysis of the interactions between the European Union (EU) and international diplomatic and consular law.

This book examines the law and politics of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, attached to the Withdrawal Agreement, which regulates the terms of Brexit.

This book examines the law and politics of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, attached to the Withdrawal Agreement, which regulates the terms of Brexit.

Environmental degradation is not new, yet the impact of pollution on human health and wellbeing is growing.

Through a detailed analysis of the example of China and the World Trade Organization, this book considers how developing countries are defined and, more importantly, how developing countries could be better defined in international economic law.

From the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the World Health Organization, the work of international organizations fundamentally depends on expertise.

How did the far right go from illegitimate fringe to contender for public office, and did Europe have anything to do with it?

How did the far right go from illegitimate fringe to contender for public office, and did Europe have anything to do with it?

It is conventional wisdom among scholars, policymakers, and other observers that crises are one of the primary drivers of European integration.

It is conventional wisdom among scholars, policymakers, and other observers that crises are one of the primary drivers of European integration.

This volume examines the underexplored relationship between philosophy and international criminal law, disciplines commonly separated despite their shared engagement with truth, responsibility, and judgment.

Meta-organizations - organizations with other organizations as members - are everywhere.

Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered.

Constitutionalism has become a byword for legitimate government, but is it fated to lose its relevance as constitutional states relinquish power to international institutions?

UN Security Council decisions impact billions of people and yet its formal rules are minimal and tell us little about how decisions are made.

This volume examines the underexplored relationship between philosophy and international criminal law, disciplines commonly separated despite their shared engagement with truth, responsibility, and judgment.

UN Security Council decisions impact billions of people and yet its formal rules are minimal and tell us little about how decisions are made.

Since 2006, more than 85,000 people have disappeared in Mexico.

Since 2006, more than 85,000 people have disappeared in Mexico.

Constitutionalism has become a byword for legitimate government, but is it fated to lose its relevance as constitutional states relinquish power to international institutions?

Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered.

For every pithy conceptualization of complex events, there are additional lenses through which to examine them.

For every pithy conceptualization of complex events, there are additional lenses through which to examine them.

A fundamental challenge plagues the global peacebuilding community.

A fundamental challenge plagues the global peacebuilding community.

From the Berlin Airlift to the Iraq War, the UN Security Council has stood at the heart of global politics.

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed how far we as a European society still are from the proclaimed Union of Equality.

The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed how far we as a European society still are from the proclaimed Union of Equality.

The European Union's history exhibits numerous episodes in which Member States have sought to re-enforce their national autonomy in the face of deepening integration.

The European Union's history exhibits numerous episodes in which Member States have sought to re-enforce their national autonomy in the face of deepening integration.

Resumen:Este libro propone un marco analitico para evaluar la consolidacion de la construccion del Estado en procesos de creacion estatal bajo la intervencion de las Naciones Unidas a partir de tres dimensiones interrelacionadas: capacidad estatal, legitimidad politica y desempeno internacional.

This book explores the theoretical issues, empirical evidence, and normative debates elicited by the concept of multi-level governance (MLG).

Throughout the second half of the 20th century, fundamental differences in values and policy can be discerned in British-German relations.