As perennial famine and material shortages call into question the tenability of North Korea's military-authoritarian government, the international community has struggled to reconcile contradictory humanitarian, economic, and political goals in formulating foreign policy and aid responses to the secretive Pyongyang regime.
Gueldry analyzes the substantive transformations brought upon the French state by European integration through an incremental and cumulative process generally described as Europeanization.
Whether the product of passion or of a cool-headed decision to use ideas to rationalize excess, the decimation of the world's libraries occurred throughout the 20th century, and there is no end in sight.
Without succumbing to utopian fantasies or realistic pessimism, Riemer and his contributors call for strengthening the key institutions of a global human rights regime, developing an effective policy of prudent prevention of genocide, working out a sagacious strategy of keenly targeted sanctions-political, economic, military, judicial-and adopting a guiding philosophy of just humanitarian intervention.
This handbook presents an authoritative overview of South Asia through the lens of geopolitics, political dynamics, economics, human security, and sustainable development.
Fazio examines the significance of the US-Australian Korean engagement, 1947-53, in the evolution of the relationship between the two nations in the formative years of the Cold War.
This handbook presents an authoritative overview of South Asia through the lens of geopolitics, political dynamics, economics, human security, and sustainable development.
The differences between the United States and Mexico may be immense, but their links-economic, political, and social-are profound, and growing stronger.
This work provides a theoretical and historical examination of the relationship between provision of military assistance and success in achieving donor aims.
This collection of essays demonstrates how the security of Americans is potentially threatened by individuals and governments who are engaged in the illicit trade in arms, drugs, and human beings in distant parts of the globe.
Dominating world politics since 1945, the Cold War created a fragile peace while suppressing national groups in the Cold War's most dangerous theater-Europe.
China's boldest advocate for press and speech freedom provides a collection of his 1981-1999 arguments for greater freedom of press and speech, as presented to China's government, Party officials, and its intellectual community.
The Rotating European Union Council Presidency and Small Member States explores the opportunities and burdens for small states of holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The Rotating European Union Council Presidency and Small Member States explores the opportunities and burdens for small states of holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.
This book provides innovative thinking from a variety of perspectives on the important human rights, human security, and national security policy issues of today-and how these issues intersect.
Written for foreign policy practitioners, scholars, and students, this book offers critical insights into the modern landscape of international politics and warfare and explains how the United States can sustain its strategic advantages in the 21st century and beyond.
The first work of its kind, this strategic assessment of China's national security reveals the nation's intentions, capabilities, and threats-and their implications for the United States and the world.
This book investigates the historical economic and legal regimes that legitimated the resource extraction and exploitation of Africa between the 15th and 19th centuries and led to the continent's trajectory of underdevelopment in the world system.
This book builds on theory of authoritarian regionalism and is the first attempt to analyse the interaction of authoritarian regional organizations in Eurasia with their global and regional counterparts (NATO, EU, WTO, IMF etc.
The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has for four decades been considered by many to be one of the most important legislative achievements of international law.
Originally published in 1975, this volume examines conceptual and theoretical aspects of the study of internal migration, both in chapters dealing specifically with theory and data and in case studies.
The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has for four decades been considered by many to be one of the most important legislative achievements of international law.
Desde hace apenas un par de décadas, la prensa internacional comenzó a hablar del BRICS (inicialmente BRIC) para referirse a los países emergentes con mayor crecimiento económico en los últimos años: Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica; pero, ¿qué sabemos sobre el grupo?
Dieses Buch bietet eine Analyse der Politik des Konsums und zeigt, wie der "gebildete Verbraucher" eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Förderung verantwortungsvoller Marktpraktiken und des Konsums spielt.
Dieses Buch befasst sich mit den Prozessen des Wandels und der Erneuerung der Grenzkontrollen und der Grenzsicherung und -verwaltung in den letzten 30 Jahren nach dem Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs sowie mit den immensen Herausforderungen bei der Nationenbildung in Südosteuropa nach dem Zusammenbruch des ehemaligen Jugoslawien in Bezug auf das strategische Sicherheitsmanagement.
Dieser Band bietet systematische Forschung zum Regionalismus in Afrika und untersucht die Rolle und den Einfluss externer Partner auf die Dynamik, die institutionelle Gestaltung und die Leistung regionaler Integrationsprojekte.
In recent years, China has not only expanded its economic presence worldwide but has also actively pursued initiatives to enhance its global leadership, promote international cooperation, and provide humanitarian aid.
