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In 2014, the declaration of the Islamic State caliphate was hailed as a major victory by the global jihadist movement. But it was short-lived. Three years on, the caliphate was destroyed, leaving its surviving fighters – many of whom were foreign recruits – to retreat...
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Polity
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2019-05-29
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How to handle Russia? This question has become ever more prominent as the Euro-Atlantic community’s relations with Russia languish in systemic crisis, with dialogue suspended, reciprocal sanctions in place and proxy wars raging. The wars in Ukraine and Syria,...
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Polity
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2019-05-29
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For most Western governments, defending against the threat of infectious disease is now an accepted security priority. Deciding what resources and policies to put in place to protect populations from pandemics, however, involves difficult political choices. How can we...
Editeur :
Polity
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2019-05-29
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The world has been sleep-walking into cyber chaos.The spread of misinformation via social media and the theft of data and intellectual property, along with regular cyberattacks, threaten the fabric of modern societies. All the while, the Internet of Things increases the...
Editeur :
Polity
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2019-05-29
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A brilliant analysis of the transition in world economics, finance, and power as the era of globalization ends and gives way to new power centers and institutions. The world is at a turning point similar to the fall of communism. Then, many focused on the collapse...
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PublicAffairs
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2019-05-28
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This book examines how 20th century theorists have used a discourse of “crisis” to frame their conceptualizations of modernity. Through an investigation of four key thinkers (Georg Lukács, Hannah Arendt, Reinhart Koselleck and Jürgen Habermas), Gilbert argues that...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-28
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This book develops a new approach in explaining how a nation's Grand Strategy is constituted, how to assess its merits, and how grand strategies may be comparatively evaluated within a broader framework.
The volume responds to three key problems common to both academia...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-05-28
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This book develops a new approach in explaining how a nation's Grand Strategy is constituted, how to assess its merits, and how grand strategies may be comparatively evaluated within a broader framework.
The volume responds to three key problems common to both academia...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-05-28
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This book examines the concept and public service value of social equity in public administration research and practice outside of the Western context, considering the influence that historical, cultural, and social trends of Asian and Pacific societies may have on how...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-25
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This edited volume analyzes how migration, the conformation of urban areas, and globalization impact Latin American geopolitics. Globalization has decisively influenced Latin American nationhood and it has also helped create a global region with global cities that are...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-25
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This book argues that security and defense have never been true priorities in the European Union, and have constantly been marginalized by the elites since the Soviet Union collapsed and the Warsaw Pact disintegrated. Despite the official rhetoric, only a few tangible...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-05-24
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This book takes the novel approach of framing Political Obligation as a situation rather than a problem. By doing so, Political Obligation is not considered as an issue to be solved, but a central condition of existence to be investigated and understood. The book...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-24
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?“A novel, insightful and provocative foray into the abilities, capacities and limits of corporate power on the one hand and public power and capacities on the other hand. Eckert offers new and refine insights on core issues in the theories of public and private...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-24
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This book studies the emergence of the regulatory state in Europe and its impact on democratic governance in Scandinavia. On the basis of comparative studies on various government structures in Scandinavia and the EU, the author analyses the repercussions of the change...
Editeur :
Springer
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2019-05-24
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Nils Petersen untersucht, ob sich das Politikfeld der Inneren Sicherheit tatsächlich europäisiert, wie gemeinhin angenommen wird. Der Begriff der Europäisierung in diesem Bereich ist bislang nicht klar genug gegenüber Integration im Sinne einer Abgabe von Hoheitsrechten...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2019-05-24
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Truth to Power, the first-ever history of the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC), is told through the reflections of its eight Chairs in the period from the end of the Cold War until 2017. Co-editors Robert Hutchings and Gregory Treverton add a substantial...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-05-24
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This book analyses the crucial role that guns play in the dynamics of extreme violence engulfing Latin America and the policies that are being implemented to confront it. Gun control is surprisingly not a prominent issue in most countries of the region, but this...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-23
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The popular uprisings in 2011 that overthrew Arab dictators were also a rebuke to crony capitalism, diverted against both rulers and their allied businessmen who monopolize all economic opportunities. While the Middle East has witnessed a growing nexus between business...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-05-23
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This book offers a comprehensive overview of current space exploration in terms of geopolitical and commercial aspects. Despite multiple attempts to foster commercial activities in the field of space exploration, for decades the domain largely continued to be...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-05-22
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This book analyzes state terror documentation as a form of peaceful resistance to oppressive regimes through substantial research in human rights archives that registered violations perpetrated by Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile. The contributors provide...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-05-22
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