International institutions

This book revisits post-Cold War Disarmament Disintegration and Reintegration (DDR) programmes in the light of previous experiences of disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration.

Offering an investigation of the ways in which matters of human rights give shape to the European Union's interaction with Asia, this volume argues for the consideration of selected social-constructivist perspectives with regard to the Asia-EU dialogue.

Offering an investigation of the ways in which matters of human rights give shape to the European Union's interaction with Asia, this volume argues for the consideration of selected social-constructivist perspectives with regard to the Asia-EU dialogue.

The South Caucasus region, comprising the former Soviet states of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia occupies a key strategic location, squeezed between the Black and Caspian Seas, Iran, Russia and Turkey.

The South Caucasus region, comprising the former Soviet states of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia occupies a key strategic location, squeezed between the Black and Caspian Seas, Iran, Russia and Turkey.

The expansion of the European Union in 2004 has had significant consequences for both existing and new members of the Union.

The expansion of the European Union in 2004 has had significant consequences for both existing and new members of the Union.

We assume that the ideas, interests and strategies of regional powers are highly significant variables, with the power to influence foreign policy.

We assume that the ideas, interests and strategies of regional powers are highly significant variables, with the power to influence foreign policy.

Zahid Shahab Ahmed evaluates the progress of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

Zahid Shahab Ahmed evaluates the progress of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

New regionalism and globalization have been prominent themes in academic and political debates since the beginning of the 1990s.

New regionalism and globalization have been prominent themes in academic and political debates since the beginning of the 1990s.

Global development actors such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund claim that the shift to the poverty reduction strategy framework and emphasis on local participation address the social cost of earlier adjustment programs and help put aid-receiving countries back in control of their own development agenda.

Global development actors such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund claim that the shift to the poverty reduction strategy framework and emphasis on local participation address the social cost of earlier adjustment programs and help put aid-receiving countries back in control of their own development agenda.

Lying on the periphery of Europe, Russia, Turkey and Iran, and also being of interest to the United States, the South Caucasus is receiving growing attention among decision-makers and scholars of international relations.

Lying on the periphery of Europe, Russia, Turkey and Iran, and also being of interest to the United States, the South Caucasus is receiving growing attention among decision-makers and scholars of international relations.

Since the end of the Second World War the map of the Americas has changed dramatically.

Since the end of the Second World War the map of the Americas has changed dramatically.

Securing the Global Economy explores how and why the G8 and other institutions of global governance deal with increasingly comprehensive and complex economic-security connections.

Securing the Global Economy explores how and why the G8 and other institutions of global governance deal with increasingly comprehensive and complex economic-security connections.

Over the past few decades states all around the globe have intensified institutionalized cooperation at the regional level.

Over the past few decades states all around the globe have intensified institutionalized cooperation at the regional level.

Mario Carranza studies in depth the linkages between Indo-Pakistani nuclear relations and the International Nuclear Order.

Mario Carranza studies in depth the linkages between Indo-Pakistani nuclear relations and the International Nuclear Order.

Why do some states resist entering into international treaty regimes while others demonstrate eagerness to participate?

Why do some states resist entering into international treaty regimes while others demonstrate eagerness to participate?

The most recent EU-enlargements have considerably increased the number of small member states.

The most recent EU-enlargements have considerably increased the number of small member states.

While the European Union (EU) is widely perceived as a model for regional integration, the encouragement of regional co-operation also ranks high among its foreign policy priorities.

While the European Union (EU) is widely perceived as a model for regional integration, the encouragement of regional co-operation also ranks high among its foreign policy priorities.

Protests at summit meetings have inspired intense debate over the nature and significance of the 'anti-globalization' or 'anti-capitalist' movement.

Protests at summit meetings have inspired intense debate over the nature and significance of the 'anti-globalization' or 'anti-capitalist' movement.

What were the unifying principles or strategies that governed the protest movements that swept the Middle East and North Africa in the spring of 2011?

What were the unifying principles or strategies that governed the protest movements that swept the Middle East and North Africa in the spring of 2011?

This volume provides a state of the art review of current thinking on the full range of trade policy issues, addressing the economic and political dimensions of international trade policy.

This volume provides a state of the art review of current thinking on the full range of trade policy issues, addressing the economic and political dimensions of international trade policy.

EU studies increasingly recognize the salience of new regional insights.

EU studies increasingly recognize the salience of new regional insights.

The Black Sea region rarely hit the media headlines until the outbreak of war in Georgia in 2008, yet its importance as a focus of European Union (EU) external policy making had already been growing for several years.

The Black Sea region rarely hit the media headlines until the outbreak of war in Georgia in 2008, yet its importance as a focus of European Union (EU) external policy making had already been growing for several years.

The world is in an era of great transformations.

The world is in an era of great transformations.

Much has been said about the driving forces of region-building processes or regionalization worldwide, yet few systematic and comparative studies have been conducted on how regions can contribute to the building of other regions - and more concretely, how the European Union has 'pushed' for regionalization worldwide.

Much has been said about the driving forces of region-building processes or regionalization worldwide, yet few systematic and comparative studies have been conducted on how regions can contribute to the building of other regions - and more concretely, how the European Union has 'pushed' for regionalization worldwide.

Delreux examines how the EU functions when it participates in international environmental negotiations.

Delreux examines how the EU functions when it participates in international environmental negotiations.

The EU-NATO relationship continues to develop at a time of significant change for both organizations.

The EU-NATO relationship continues to develop at a time of significant change for both organizations.

Conflict and cooperation are two dynamics that have shaped the political economy and international relations around the Black Sea since the early nineties.