Treaties category: 216 books
Transatlantic traumas
Has illiberalism brought the West to the brink of collapse?
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
A new addition to the Pocket Politics series*, Transatlantic traumas* takes a timely, compelling look at connections between external and internal threats that challenge the concept and coherence of the West and its leading institutions, NATO and the European Union. Frank and direct, in a style that’s...
The Reuniting of Europe
Promises, Negotiations and Compromises
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
This title was first published in 2001: In 1989, central and Eastern European countries broke free form the Soviet Union and looked upon the European Community to support their 'return to Europe'. Some years later, leaders of the European Community, meeting in Copenhagen in June 1993, endorsed for...
The Balancing Act
National Identity and Sovereignty for Britain in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
This is a careful examination of the historical formation of Britain and of key moments in its relations with the European powers. The author looks at the governing discourses of politicians, the mass media, and the British people. The rhetoric of sovereignty among political elites and the population...
Governing the Nile River Basin
The Search for a New Legal Regime
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
The effective and efficient management of water is a major problem, not just for economic growth and development in the Nile River basin, but also for the peaceful coexistence of the millions of people who live in the region. Of critical importance to the people of this part of Africa is the reasonable,...
by Abhijit Naskar
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2019
"If humanity is in misery, it may not be my fault, but if I die leaving humanity with the same amount of misery, then it is my fault."
"The Constitution of The United Peoples of Earth" is a seminal literary composition by the 21st century Neuroscientist and Thinker Abhijit...
by Anton Earle, Ana Elisa Cascao, Stina Hansson
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
Climate change has an impact on the ability of transboundary water management institutions to deliver on their respective mandates. The starting point for this book is that actors within transboundary water management institutions develop responses to the climate change debate, as distinct from the...
The Council of Europe
Structure, History and Issues in European Politics
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
The book provides a succinct and much needed introduction to the Council of Europe from its foundation through the early conventions on human rights and culture to its expansion into the fields of social affairs, environment and education.
Founded in 1949 within a month of NATO, the Council...
China's Multilateral Co-operation in Asia and the Pacific
Institutionalizing Beijing's 'Good Neighbour Policy'
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
The leaders and bureaucrats of China have actively attended, initiated, promoted or made skilful use of regional multilateral political, economic, and security institutions to accelerate regional cooperation and integration with neighboring states, convince Asian states that China’s rise will not...
India-Pakistan Composite Dialogue Process
Issues and Action
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
India and Pakistan started the Composite Dialogue Process (CDP) in 1997 when at Male, the capital of the Maldives, the then Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif proposed the idea of a structured dialogue. Initially the dialogue process became the casualty...
Australia as an Asia-Pacific Regional Power
Friendships in Flux?
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
During recent years, in its traditional role as an important Asia-Pacific regional power, Australia has had to cope with a rapidly changing external security environment and a series of new challenges, including a rising China, an increasingly assertive United States, and most notably the Global War...
Understanding Transatlantic Relations
Whither the West?
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
In light of the Arab Spring and after days of public quarreling that highlighted the divisions among NATO’s members on an agreement to give command of the "no-fly" zone in Libya to the Alliance, it is evident that the U.S. is having problems engaging with its European allies and partners....
A Strategic Understanding of UN Economic Sanctions
International Relations, Law and Development
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Economic Sanctions are increasingly used as a legal, non-military technique of combating abusers of international peace. However it remains unclear how the success or failure of these sanctions is measured. This book examines the seldom-explored United Nations’ economic sanctions deliberation process...
by Peter Nadin
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
This volume comprehensively evaluates the current state and future reform prospects of the UN Security Council, providing the most accessible and rigorous treatment of the subject of reform to date. Apart from a couple of critical eyes in the academic community, few have asked the pertinent questions...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
As pillars of the post-1945 international economic system the Regional and Sub-Regional Development Banks (RSDBs) have long been considered mini-World Banks, reiterating the policy approach of the largest official multilateral development lender in the world. The main objective of the collection is...