China's westernmost province of Xinjiang has experienced escalating violence, cycles of interethnic strife, and state repression since the 1990s. Searching for the roots of these growing tensions, most of the research on the region has tended to zero in on ethnic clashes and pol…
In India, the eight states that border Myanmar, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Tibetan areas of China are often referred to as just "the Northeast." 'In the Name of the Nation' offers a critical and historical account of the country's troubled relations with this borderland region. …
"The book deals with the methodological and ethical issues arising when researching conflicts in violently divided societies where there is no consensus about policing, law and order, the impartiality of the state or indeed about the legitimacy of the state itself. With contribu…
"The study of international relations has suffered from an oversupply of theories and a lack of comprehensive, comparative tests between them. In The Behavioral Origins of War, Bennett and Stam draw from the systemic, dyadic, and monadic levels of analysis to evaluate the relati…
Hybrid War, Grey Zone Warfare, Unrestricted War: today, traditional conflict-fought with guns, bombs, and drones-has become too expensive to wage, too unpopular at home, and too difficult to manage. In an age when America threatens Europe with sanctions, and when China spends bi…
In der deutschsprachigen Friedens- und Konfliktforschung werden dekoloniale und postkoloniale Perspektiven bisher noch selten verwendet und kaum intensiv diskutiert. Der vorliegende ZeFKo-Sonderband bietet einen Einblick in verschiedene Ansätze, die Gewalt, Vulnerabilität, Fluch…
