A world government capable of controlling nation-states has never evolved. Nonetheless, considerable governance underlies the current order among states, facilitates absorption of the rapid changes at work in the world, and gives direction to the challenges posed by interstate c…
The issue of nation-building has received a new impetus since 9/11 and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. The book looks at the connection of 'nation-building' to globalisation, democracy and the minority question, and should appeal to upper-level undergraduates and postgrad…
"Here is the definitive guide to the WTO. It reveals which WTO policies have led to U.S. job losses, the race to the bottom in wages, unsafe food, attacks on environmental and health laws, and burgeoning international inequality. Want to know why the WTO attracts passionate prot…
How will Russia redraw post-Soviet borders? In the wake of recent Russian expansionism, political risk expert Agnia Grigas illustrates how-for more than two decades-Moscow has consistently used its compatriots in bordering nations for its territorial ambitions. Demonstrating how…
Part one: The right of conquest in traditional international law and 1. The theoretical background to the right of conquest 2. The right of conquest in relations between European states and 3. The right of conquest in relations between states comprising 4. Conditions for the…
Conventional wisdom has the Korean War putting the "O" in NATO. Prior to that time, from the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949, to the North Korean invasion of South Korea on June 25, 1950, the Treaty allies were just going through the motions of establishing…
Ismael og Isak i det forjættede land: debatantologi
Structures and processes occurring within and between states are no longer the only - or even the most important - determinants of those political, economic and social developments and dynamics that shape the modern world. Many issues, including the environment, health, crime, d…
Structures and processes occurring within and between states are no longer the only - or even the most important - determinants of those political, economic and social developments and dynamics that shape the modern world. Many issues, including the environment, health, crime, d…
"Structures and processes occurring within and between states are no longer the only--or even the most important--determinants of those political, economic and social developments and dynamics that shape the modern world. Many issues, including the environment, health, crime, dr…
Während in der aktuellen Diskussion Menschenrechte häufig als einziger Legitimationsgrund für militärische Interventionen oder für globale Organisationsformen gelten, vertritt Ingeborg Maus in ihrem neuen Buch die programmatische These, dass Menschenrechte nur im Verbund mit Dem…