Christopher С.J. The united nations and international law

Изд. Routledge, 1996. 276 p. This exciting new text adopts a challenging question-led approach to the major issues facing global society today, in order to investigate the nature and complexity of global change. Among other things it looks at the future of the state, the environment, the international political economy, war and global rivalries, and the role of international law and the UN in the post-Cold War world. The book devises a readily c...

Routledge, 2007. 313 p. This unique volume examines the opportunities for, and initiates work in, interdisciplinary research between the fields of international law and international relations, disciplines that have engaged little with one another since the Second World War. Written by leading experts in the fields of international law and international relations, it argues that such interdisciplinary research is central to the creation of a kno...

Global Governance 12 (2006), 227–232. What is the optimal relationship between global bodies and regional agencies in international security? This question has been intensively discussed at various junctures during the last century, including at the establishment of the United Nations in the 1940s. Indeed, the regional approach was the loser at this juncture, when the Charter made provision for a dimly conceived and vaguely apprehended regionali...

Routledge, 2000. 373 p. During the twentieth century, formal links between governments have become much more intense, reflecting a growing emphasis on internationalism and the world community. There has been a multi-layered transformation in the relations between states, at both a social and a diplomatic level. This has resulted in, amongst other changes, an increase in the number of international organisations and collective security arrangemen...

Examines identity politics in the context of international relations. The field of international relations has recently witnessed a tremendous growth of interest in the theme of identity and its formation, construction, and deconstruction. In Uses of the Other, Iver B. Neumann demonstrates how thinking about identity in terms of the self and other may prove highly useful in the study of world politics. Neumann begins by tracing the four differe...

Propaganda Isn't the Way: Soft Power by Joseph S. Nye Jr. January 10, 2003 The International Herald Tribune All's fair in love and war, but should the American military carry out secret propaganda missions in friendly nations as part of the war on terrorism? Recent disclosure of a proposed Pentagon directive that takes psychological aim at friends is bad news for American soft power.

Stanford University Press, 2004. 384 p. Since the 16th century, balance of power politics have profoundly influenced international relations. But in recent years—with the sudden disappearance of the Soviet Union, growing power of the United States, and increasing prominence of international institutions—many scholars have argued that balance of power theory is losing its relevance. This book examines the current position and future of balance of...

Second edition Routledge, 2008. 258 p. Reflections on the Study of International Relations On Sovereignty Nations and States Power Force and Security International Law and the Use of Force Terrorism International Regimes and Organizations Globalization and Development The Environment Governing the Global Commons Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Gender and Other ‘Others’ Religion and International Relations Political Islam

I. Introduction 1 International Relations in Asia: The Two-Level Game II. Legacies and Theories 2 The Evolving Asian System: Three Transformations 3 Theoretical Perspectives on International Relations in Asia III. The Role of External Powers 4 The United States in Asia: Challenged but Durable Leadership 5 Europe in Asia IV. Regional Powers 6 China’s Role in Asia 7 The Rise of India in Asia 8 Japan in Asia V. Sub-Regional Actors 9 ASEAN and the Ne...

Oxford University Press, 2007. 282 p. The post-cold war years have witnessed an unprecedented involvement by the United Nations in the domestic affairs of states, to end conflicts and rebuild political and administrative institutions. International administrations established by the UN or Western states have exercised extensive executive, legislative, and judicial authority over post-conflict territories to facilitate institution building and pr...