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This innovative study considers why embassies today are especially relevant to the international system, examining the new representation options and global diplomacy techniques in an information age. Rana uniquely presents perspectives from developing states and analyses how embassies can improve their modes of function.

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Life in rural Britain has changed beyond recognition since the beginning of the 20th century. This title examines the historical background of the main controversies of contemporary rural life. It explores key elements of rural life, including the varying responses to animal disease from Biblical times to the 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth.

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A study of the Nicaraguan Resistance Movement, the Contras, by one of its former political officers. It follows the internal dynamics of that group from the exposure of Oliver North to the signing of the ceasefire at Sapoa, with special attention to the influence of the US political process.

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A study of the Nicaraguan Resistance Movement, the Contras, by one of its former political officers. It follows the internal dynamics of that group from the exposure of Oliver North to the signing of the ceasefire at Sapoa, with special attention to the influence of the US political process.

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The first comprehensive analysis of the design and effects of tax and expenditure limitations (TELs), The Control of Municipal Budgetsshows how limitation measures have worked and offers practical guidelines for analyzing and designing such programs under current economic and political conditions.

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New technology is introduced for the purpose of improving our control over a certain task: however, software, AI and robots often cause understandable fears of machines taking control of us. This is what Ezio di Nucci calls the control paradox.

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New technology is introduced for the purpose of improving our control over a certain task: however, software, AI and robots often cause understandable fears of machines taking control of us. This is what Ezio di Nucci calls the control paradox.

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In 1994, two political events occurred that would have been inconceivable just five years before: the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was launched, and Republicans took control of the U.

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In a time of heightened hostility towards experts, academics and scientists, the 2017 collection of the best Conversation articles and essays is a must-read. If proof were needed that academia makes an essential contribution to public debate, you'll find it in these pages.

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This book assesses the extent to which transnational non-state associations help to cultivate greater respect for the moral equality of all humans and to build transnational communities. It shows that such cosmopolitan ideals can arise from unexpected places in our world without the self-conscious intention of advancing a common human community.

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An explosive, news-breaking account of Donald Trump's collision with the American national security establishment.

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When it comes to conflict resolution, is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure Scholars lay out an analytical and methodological framework for evaluating this question, and case studies on global hotspots from Bosnia to Somalia, Rwanda, Cambodia, and El Salvador (among others) and put this assertion to the test.

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This author has spent over a decade working closely with military and political figures throughout Latin America. In this text, he identifies the motives of coup plotters and the way they build a coalition necessary to overthrow a government, as well as analysing how coups succeed and fail.

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Contains riveting first-hand recollections of working with Martin Luther King and of his character.

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Talks about a writer, Islamic fundamentalism, mythmaking, and international literary politics. This book presents the story of Taslima Nasreen, a writer who shot to international fame in 1993, at the age of thirty-four after she was accused of blasphemy by religious extremists in Bangladesh and her book "Shame" was banned.

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Medical doctors have been made political scapegoats for the financial crisis of healthcare and the failed war on drugs in the United States, says author Ronald Libby.