In this his latest work, Gavan McCormack argues that Abe Shinzo's efforts to re-engineer the Japanese state may fail, but his radicalism continues to shake the country and will have consequences not easy now to predict.
The policies relating to language pursued by European monarchies and states have been widely studied, but far less attention has been given to their linguistic and cultural policies in territories outside their own borders.
Sino-American Relations brings together high-quality research articles in order to examine one aspect of the political mechanism of modern China, from empire to the PRC: political initiatives to root out corruption.
Long before China promulgated the official One Belt One Road initiatives, vast networks of cross-border exchanges already existed across Asia and Eurasia.
Here is a new, challenging appraisal of Norway, the author's country of birth, that redefines its history, culture and heritage - 'after Ibsen' - and looks, with a degree of ominous foreboding, at its future and the future of Europe.
Geopolitical Challenges to the Global Influence of Western Society examines complex shifts, exploring how emerging forces, from geopolitical realignments to technological innovations and demographic changes, are redefining global power structures.
Kalter Krieg, Befreiungsbewegungen im Globalen Süden, Bürgerrechtsbewegungen in den USA und die Entwicklungspolitik als neues weltumspannendes Handlungsfeld: All das sind Bezugspunkte inter- und transnationaler Politiken im Österreich der späten 1950er- und 1960er-Jahre.
The book examines how well UNHCR's internal culture has remained aligned with its protection mandate's core values and principles amidst a rapidly evolving external environment and how this alignment-or lack thereof-impacts its external performance in refugee emergencies.
Pravozashchitnitsa Anna Karetnikova rasskazyvaet o rabote analitikom v rossiiskoi Federal'noi sluzhbe ispolneniya nakazanii v 2016–2022 godakh: o povsednevnoi zhizni SIZO, o lyudyakh, okazavshikhsya po raznye storony reshyotki, o bor'be s byurokratiei i ravnodushiem.
Economic Integration and Growth in Europe (1987) is an in-depth study of the economic effects of integration and an analysis of economic growth in the EEC.
"e;This book offers an account of the life of Shibusawa Eiichi, who may be considered the first 'internationalist' in modern Japan, written by his great grandson Masahide and published in 1970 under the title, Taiheiyo ni kakeru hashi (Building Bridges Over the Pacific).
This book analyses the foreign policy and science diplomacy models of ten Northern European countries, focusing on the Baltic Sea and European Arctic regions.
Transboundary water negotiations are complex as they are driven by diverse national interests, multiple legal and policy frameworks, historical, and asymmetric power relations.
Este libro tiene por objetivo presentar propuestas de politica sanitaria, ambiental y tecnologica que permitan la reactivacion de la integracion multidimensional latinoamericana, con base en estudios de regionalismo comparado de experiencias de Europa, de Asia, de Africa y de America Latina.
This book reveals how today's devastating conflicts across Gaza, Syria, and the broader Middle East represent imperialism in its most destructive form.
This volume offers a multidisciplinary reflection on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and digitalization in technology, epistemology, ethics, and governance.
This book provides a history of the South China Sea conflict and lays out the stakes for each of the bordering states and China's interaction with them - namely, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Indonesia; it also examines the U.
This book analyses the foreign policy and science diplomacy models of ten Northern European countries, focusing on the Baltic Sea and European Arctic regions.
Die Konfrontation zwischen dem ehemaligen US-Präsidenten Donald Trump und dem demokratischen Establishment im Zuge des US-Wahlkampfes war eng mit den aktuellen Konflikten in der Welt verknüpft.
A multi-award-winning journalist and former editor-in-chief of a major Australian newspaper searingly explores his Jewish identity at a time when a substantial - and growing - part of the left is opposed to the very existence of Israel as a Jewish state.
Geopolitical Challenges to the Global Influence of Western Society examines complex shifts, exploring how emerging forces, from geopolitical realignments to technological innovations and demographic changes, are redefining global power structures.
The gripping story of Taiwan, from the flood myths of ancient legend to its 'Asian Tiger' economic miracle - and the looming threat of invasion by China.
Routledge Handbook on Civil Society in the Middle East and North Africa provides a comprehensive and multidimensional exploration of civil society across the MENA region, tracing its historical emergence, diverse expressions, and contemporary transformations.
As China’s flagship platform for cultural diplomacy and international engagement, the global expansion of Confucius Institutes has been accompanied by growing controversy—particularly in the West.
This book provides a history of the South China Sea conflict and lays out the stakes for each of the bordering states and China's interaction with them - namely, Vietnam, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Indonesia; it also examines the U.
This book revisits the embrace of liberal capitalism in post-communist Eastern Europe to show that recent concerns about the rise of populist movements obfuscate the limits and the contradictions inherent in the concept.
The book examines how well UNHCR's internal culture has remained aligned with its protection mandate's core values and principles amidst a rapidly evolving external environment and how this alignment-or lack thereof-impacts its external performance in refugee emergencies.
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank were founded at the 1944 Bretton Woods conference on the premise that international cooperation and multilateralism would be to the benefit and enrichment of all.
Nursing in the European Community (1980) explains the content and implications of the EEC Nursing Directives in relation to the situation in each of the nine member states, and the context of directives for the other major health professions.
After war defeat in 1945, Japan underwent historic political, economic and social transformations resulting in the country's rebirth as an economic powerhouse and exemplar of liberal democracy in East Asia.
