"After one of the most controversial and divisive periods in the history of American foreign policy under President George W. Bush, the Obama administration was expected to make changes for the better in US relations with the wider world. Now, international problems confronting …
In 'Mediterranean paradiplomacies: The dynamics of diplomatic reterritorialization', Manuel Duran presents a new view on the phenomenon of paradiplomacy by analyzing the diplomatic activities of a number of Mediterranean substate entities as a site of political territorializatio…
"John F. Kennedy and Europe offers a collection of essays by both participants in and scholars of United States policy toward Europe from 1961 to 1963. The essays treat such important topics as Kennedy's relationships with European leaders, his administration's Italian and Portu…
"In The Dutch Moment, Wim Klooster shows how the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire that stretched from the homeland in the United Provinces to the Hudson River and from Brazil and the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast. The fleets and armies that fought for the…
The Pergau dam in Malaysia was the most controversial project in the history of British aid. Because of its high cost, it was a poor candidate for aid funding. It was provided in part to honour a highly irregular promise of civil aid in connection with a major arms deal. After t…
Negli anni Settanta e Ottanta l'intreccio di interessi politico-economici fra le due sponde dell'Europa divenne più fitto. Il dialogo Est-Ovest si consolidò, coinvolgendo la diplomazia, il mondo dell'impresa e della finanza e i partiti, "fratelli" e non. Il volume esplora i rapp…