Hakobyan Armen. A Brief History and structure of EU

Contents List of tables xii Forewords xiii Acknowledgments xx List of abbreviations xxiii Introduction 1 1 History: shared heritage, common struggle 8 2 Human rights in the world community 28 3 International obligation 42 4 Universality 53 5 Equality 62 6 Democracy 73 7 Development 85 8 International cooperation and dialogue 98 9 Protection 115 10 Justice, remedy, and reparation 142 11 Conclusion 153 Notes 162 Select bibliography 177 Index 179

Rputledge, London and New York, 2008. 248 p. This timely book provides a general overview of Great Power politics and world order from 1500 to the present. Jeremy Black provides several historical case studies, each of which throws light on both the power in question and the international system of the period, and how it had developed from the preceding period. The point of departure for this book is Paul Kennedy’s 1988 masterpiece, The Rise and...

Cambridge University Press, 2003. 570 p. This book develops the idea that, since decolonisation, regional patterns of security have become more prominent in international politics. The authors combine an operational theory of regional security with an empirical application across the whole of the international system. Individual chapters cover Africa, the Balkans, CIS-Europe, East Asia, EU-Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America, a...

The free press, 1992. 418 p. An old question asked anew. Our Pessimism. The Weakness of Strong States I. 3 The Weakness of Strong States II, or, Eating Pineapples on the Moon. The Worldwide Liberal Revolution. The old age of mankind. An Idea for a Universal History. The Mechanism of Desire. No Barbarians at the Gates. Accumulation without End. The Victory of the VCR. In the Land of Education. The Former Question Answered. No Democracy without Dem...

Routledge, 2007. 306 p. War, Peace and International Relations is an introduction to the strategic history of the past two centuries, years which were shaped and reshaped by wars. The book shows that war is not only about warfare – the military conduct of war – but is crucial to the political, social and cultural behaviour of states. Written by leading strategist Professor Colin Gray, this textbook provides students with a good grounding in the...

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or Arab-Israeli conflict, is perhaps one of the more sensitive issues that is discussed. From the historic British dominance in the Middle East, and the more recent US influence and control over the region, the Anglo-American goal is simply to be able to dominate the Middle East due to the vast oil reserves and the West's economic dependence upon it. Prior to the discovery of oil, one of the main reasons for invo...

Scientific article, Geneva, European University Institute, Working Paper Robert Schuman Centre No 98/49, 1998, 22 pages. Review of ethnic minorities problem in East Central Europe (history, current situation, tendancies) and their influence to the EU east-enlargement.

First published 2007. by Routledge. 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN. Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada. by Routledge. 270 Madison Ave, New York, NY. Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group, an informa business. Contents. List of tables viii. Preface x. List of abbreviations xv. Map xx. Conceptual frameworks: ‘The Balkans’ and the nature. of post-Communist democratization and economic. transformati...

Cambridge University Press, 2006. 340 p. The agent–structure problem is a much discussed issue in the field of international relations. In his comprehensive analysis of this problem, Colin Wight deconstructs the accounts of structure and agency embedded within differing IR theories and, on the basis of this analysis, explores the implications of ontology – the metaphysical study of existence and reality. Wight argues that there are many gaps in...

Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 204 p. International Relations and the Philosophy of History examines the concept of civilization in relation to international systems through an extensive use of the literature in the philosophy of history. A. Nuri Yurdusev demonstrates the relevance of a civilizational approach to the study of contemporary international relations by looking at the multi-civilizational nature of the modern international system, the com...