Political Science : International Relations

Most conflicts are internal, yet under international law, accountability for acts committed by armed groups is unclear. These groups should be legally identified, argues Liesbeth Zegveld, in this award-winning scholarship. Of interest to academics, postgraduate students and professionals involved with armed conflict and international relations. more...

Price: $39.00

The Actors in Europe's Foreign Policy is a timely survey of the interplay between the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and the long-established national foreign policies of the Union's member states. more...

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Examines policy-making at EU-level; explores how three major nation-states have adapted their policy processes and institutions to the European challenge; and focuses on the impact of the EU on industrial, competition and social policies. more...

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The West has never understood Afghanistan. It has been portrayed as both an exotic and remote land of turbaned warriors and as a ‘failed‘ state requiring our humanitarian assistance. Politically marginal after the withdrawal of Soviet troops, Afghanistan‘s strategic importance re-emerged after 11 September 2001, when the ‘war on terror‘ was launched as part of a new generation of international interventions. Drawing on the experience of a decade and a half of living and working in Afghanistan, Chris Johnson and Jolyon Leslie examine what the changes of recent years have meant in terms of Afghans‘ sense of their own identity and argue that if there is to be a hope of peace and stability, there needs to be a new form of engagement with the country, which respects the rights of Afghans to determine their own political future while recognising the responsibilities that must follow an intervention in someone else‘s land. more...

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Locating Africa on the global stage, this book examines and compares external involvement in the continent, exploring the foreign policies of major states and international organizations towards Africa. more...

Price: $47.95