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This book tackles the assumptions behind common understandings of religious nationalism, exploring the complex connections between religion, nationalism, conflict, and conflict transformation.

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US diplomatic policy towards European Jews, Zionists and Israelis is important to the stability and international posture of numerous countries. This study traces this policy from its roots in isolated responses to post-World War I anti-Semitism to its coherent post-World War II statement.

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Examines patterns of change and continuity in American foreign policy strategy by looking at four major turning points: the periods following World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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A team of noted international experts critically examines how and why Germany and Japan have modified their military postures since 1990, and assesses how far the countries still have to go - and why. The contributors also highlight the risks the United States takes if it makes too simplistic a demand for the two countries to do more.

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Examines the social origins of civil-democratic Islam, its long-term prospects, its implications for the West, and its lessons for our understanding of religion and politics in modern times. This book is a comparative study of Islam and democracy. The contributors are Bahman Baktiari, Thomas Barfield, John R Bowen, Dale F Eickelman, and more.

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As part of the "Nationalism and Internationalism" series, this volume examines such areas as: civil war, community and state in the Middle East; the impasse of liberalizing Arab authoritarianism; the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Lebanon; and Iran's foreign policy since the Gulf war.

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As part of the "Nationalism and Internationalism" series, this volume examines such areas as: civil war, community and state in the Middle East; the impasse of liberalizing Arab authoritarianism; the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Lebanon; and Iran's foreign policy since the Gulf war.

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This book explores the significance of remembering the rescuers denouncing human rights crimes and protecting targeted victimsincluding the deadduring the Cold War state violence in Latin America. It moves past a victim perpetrator dichotomy to focus on those whose righteous acts were beacons for good in the midst of extreme violence.

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Studies why congress passed the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986, and assesses how the Act changed the U.S. military.

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In 1993, Congress created a student loan repayment plan intended to enable high-debt graduates to accept low-income, public service jobs by reducing their loan payments and eventually forgiving part of their debts.

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This volume looks back at the last half of the 20th century through the work and reminiscences of ten of the era's preeminent journalists.

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The Western world's responses to genocide have been slow, unwieldly and sometimes unfit for purpose.

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The Lowy Institute is an independent, nonpartisan international policy think tank located in Sydney, Australia. This anthology collects some of the best and most interesting papers, articles and op eds commissioned by the Lowy Institute since they first opened ten years ago, in April 2003.

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This book addresses a critical issue in global politics: how recognition and misrecognition fuel conflict or initiate reconciliation. Using a detailed empirical investigation of the fraught bilateral relations between the US and Iran, the book demonstrates how representations of one state by another influence foreign policy-making behavior.

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This book addresses a critical issue in global politics: how recognition and misrecognition fuel conflict or initiate reconciliation. Using a detailed empirical investigation of the fraught bilateral relations between the US and Iran, the book demonstrates how representations of one state by another influence foreign policy-making behavior.

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When people vote in a democracy, they expect the result of the election to be 'fair.' Is this true in the UK and if not, why not This book explains how our system of 'first-past-the-post' translates votes into seats and is essential reading at a time of unprecedented electoral uncertainty. -- .