International institutions

Why do international organizations (IOs) look so different, yet so similar?

The legitimacy of international and regional organizations and their actions is frequently asserted and challenged by states and commentators alike.

This book reorients the study of European foreign and security policy towards the question of democracy.

It has become commonplace to observe the growing pervasiveness and impact of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

Understanding NATO in the 21st Century enhances existing strategic debates and clarifies thinking as to the direction and scope of NATO's potential evolution in the 21st century.

The EU's internal borders have become mostly invisible.

This book offers the most comprehensive analysis yet of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which remains the foremost dialogue forum for the promotion of cooperative security in the Asia-Pacific.

This book shows how international organizations have a greater capacity to violate human rights, but also take on responsibility to avert such harm.

This edited volume gathers together international scholars to reconsider the conceptualization of power in world politics.

This study examines the history and politics of Turkey-EU relations since 1959, exploring the complex interaction of geostrategic and normative concerns which have resulted in the current lack of accession progress and Turkey's slide to authoritarianism.

Space policy is at the cutting edge of current EU policy developments and is a fascinating object of study, involving multiple and diverse actors.

The most current, contextual and authoritative EU law text, including Brexit, the euro, and the migration crisis.

At a time when the UN demonstrates new vitality, this straightforward explanation of nearly a half century of the world organization's experience provides essential background.

This book analyses the European Union's (EU) approach to peacebuilding in its Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) missions, and explores how this approach impacts the EU's role in international conflict management.

The volumes included in The Collected Documents of The Group of 77 at the United Nations provide a chronological record of events and documents of the Group of 77 since its creation in 1963.

Recent terms such as globalisation, virtual reality, and cyberspace indicate that the traditional notion of the geographic and the social space is changing.

This biography tells the story of Theo van Boven's dynamic and courageous leadership to develop UN protection.

Heralded as a success that mobilized support for development, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ushered in an era of setting development agendas by setting global goals.

Through informed and skilful interviewing of the participants, Denis Stairs has reconstructed the background to Canadian policy during the Korean War.

The EU's eastern enlargement has coincided with a decade of rapid progress toward closer European integration.

Natural disasters have long been seen as naturally generated events, but as scientific, technological, and social knowledge of disasters has become more sophisticated, the part that people and systems play in disaster events has become more apparent.

This edited collection assesses the level of financial integration in the European Union (EU) and the differences across the countries and segments of the EU financial system.

Seven decades after the liberation of Europe, the strongmen of global politics are back.

The book provides a critical analysis of EU law-making policy on the confiscation of the proceeds of crime, using a minimalist restorative approach to justice focused on the rights of victims and communities, and more proactive roles for all participants in confiscation procedures.

This book deconstructs territoriality in the context of current and past European politics to advance international relations scholars' understanding of the uses and limits of territory in European history as well as the origin of an international system.

For land-locked and coastal states alike, the maritime dimension of national interests has increased dramatically in importance in recent years.

This book examines the role of the European Court of Justice in the regulation of the internal market from a competence perspective.

In the advent of important crises of both climate change and energy supply (in)security, questions are being asked about changes in energy governance.

European Union Governance and Policy-Making introduces the politics of the European Union (EU) to a student audience.

This completely revised edition of Global Think Tanks: Policy Networks and Governance provides a clear description of, and context for, the global proliferation of think tanks.

HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?

This book examines the evolution of international political economy (IPE) as a field of study in China, detailing the evolving boundaries and the content of the field.

This book offers a systematic analysis of the interaction between international investment law, investment arbitration and human rights, including the role of national and international courts, investor-state arbitral tribunals and alternative jurisdictions, the risks of legal and jurisdictional fragmentation, the human rights dimensions of investment law and arbitration, and the relationships of substantive and procedural principles of justice to international investment law.

The effects of the Eastern enlargement, the biggest so far, are still felt across the European Union (EU).

Fragmentation is one of the major debates within international law, but no detailed case studies have been made to show the problems that it creates, and how they can be addressed.

What is the role of international organizations in the international political system?

This book examines the Australia-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership since its inception in 1974 and looks at the networks of engagement that have shaped relations across three areas: regionalism, non-traditional security, and economic engagement.

Rules set by global governance organizations affect communities across the world.

International parliaments are on the rise.

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.

French rule over Syria and Lebanon was premised on a vision of a special French protectorate established through centuries of cultural activity: archaeological, educational and charitable.

The investigation of the internal workings of interest groups opens the view on the behavioural dynamics within these organisations.

The role of the European Union (EU) in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) and its 'near abroad' has attracted much scholarly attention over the past few years.

This book shows how international discourse citing 'self-determination' over the last hundred years has functioned as a battleground between two ideas of freedom: a 'radical' idea of freedom, and a 'liberal-conservative' idea of freedom.

This volume explores the Western-led liberal order that is claimed to be in crisis.