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There was a profound shift in peace and security norms from the African Union (AU) to the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Prevailing explanations of this change focus on the post-Cold War period; whereas this book traces the emergence of norms from the OAU through to the AU arguing that they emerged from within Africa.

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Explores the legacies of Hannah Arendt's redefinition of political practice and recommendation of alternative public realms.

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Artificial Intelligence and International Security critically examines the rise of AI-driven Arms Races, exploring its ethical, legal, and security challenges while proposing solutions for responsible deployment and global stability.

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Beneath the Red Umbrella explores sex worker rights, solidarity, and social justice through the evolving friendship of three university students.

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Blitzkrieg and the Russian art of war moves beyond discussions of hybrid warfare to offer a broad account of contemporary Russian thinking on war. Exploring key concepts in Russian military thinking, it contributes to the debate about Russias role in international affairs and the challenge the country poses to the international order.

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Blitzkrieg and the Russian art of war moves beyond discussions of hybrid warfare to offer a broad account of contemporary Russian thinking on war. Exploring key concepts in Russian military thinking, it contributes to the debate about Russias role in international affairs and the challenge the country poses to the international order.

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Conservatism, Christian Democracy, and the Dynamics of Transformation compares the centre-right political traditions of Britain, the Nordic countries, France, West Germany, and Austria and looks for evidence of political cooperation and influence across borders during the period 1945-91.

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This book explores the relationship between peacebuilding and dance, including insights dance provides on key debates around peace and conflict.It investigates the application, practice, and analysis of a dance-focused peacebuilding programme and tells the important story of young people who engage in dance for peacebuilding.

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This book discusses EU member state institutions that vote either by unanimity or by two-thirds majority

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Examining the histories, development and contemporary practices of diplomatic training, this edited collection places training centrally within our understanding of international relations. It offers a globe-spanning, interdisciplinary account of the politics of diplomatic training and appeals to both scholarly and practitioner audiences.

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An incisive, data-driven look at the rise of China and India that considers how these new 'superstates' are reshaping the world order.

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This book presents a unique, in-depth and critical analysis of preventing and countering extremism. A multidisciplinary analysis of both theoretical and practical aspects related to extremism, the volume provides an overview of the timeliest debates on the topic and the possibility for the reader to 'encounter extremism'.

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The first book-length analysis of EU health policy since the COVID-19 pandemic, encompassing the creation of the European Health Union and the Recovery and Resilience Facility, this volume offers a timely and accessible analysis of the EU's health policy, institutions and governance.

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A new assessment of the ideology and political program of Britain's fascist and extreme right-wing community during the interwar period (1919-1940). The book examines this group's belief system as it clustered around three major preoccupations Modernization, Empire, and War, and in so doing identifies many inconsistencies, contradictions, and moral failings.

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Ten chapters from five continents (Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, Africa) provide a global perspective on current anti-feminism and anti-gender discourses

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A critical examination of the Nordic model and its claims to exceptionalism, exploring how Nordic welfare states have both shaped and been shaped by global events since 1970-from Cold War tensions and globalization to the COVID-19 pandemic-through diverse case studies and perspectives.

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This book explains how Louis XIV survived his bid for European hegemony unscathed while other aspiring hegemons in modern history suffered catastrophic defeats. It argues that Louis employed a powerful coalition-breaking strategy unique to him and lays out the implications of Louis XIV's unique case for today's security competitions.

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This book explores the neglected history of textile crafts in projects of social and moral reform and considers how historical processes have become materialised in contemporary humanitarian craft-work.

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What can a turn to humour offer International Relations This book suggests a focus on comic practice illuminates the relationship between global politics, culture and the everyday. It offers a theoretically rich examination of humour's contribution to the making and unmaking of subjectivity, identity and community at a range of empirical sites.