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The simple yet challenging goal of this book is to deliberate the legitimacy, and advance the feasibility, of an important new concept the notion of ""global civics.

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It gives a unique overview of the INF Treaty showing what happened and why in the 1980s in terms of arms control and offering some points about the future of arms control regimes at the turn of this century.

George Rueckert delineates the origins of INF negotiations and how they proceeded in Geneva and Reykjavik.

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Brings together a prominent group of experts, including several recently appointed government officials, to examine a form of security that emphasizes collaborative rather than confrontational relationships among the national military establishment.

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Global Geopolitical Power and African Political and Economic Institutions describes the emergence of the prevailing political and economic institutions of Africa for two distinct periods. Itillustrates how two important, region-wide shifts in African political and economic institutions and practices are related to global geopolitical realignments.

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This book uses international relations theory to offer different explanations for the politics of global health governance.

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This book uses international relations theory to offer different explanations for the politics of global health governance.

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This text examines how diplomacy serves global governance and how diverse international actors use it in the areas of peace and security, economic governance, social issues, human rights, and environmental protection. It explores diplomacy at work in policy issues relevant to the current debates in international politics.

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This text examines how diplomacy serves global governance and how diverse international actors use it in the areas of peace and security, economic governance, social issues, human rights, and environmental protection. It explores diplomacy at work in policy issues relevant to the current debates in international politics.

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The current international system of institutions and governance groups is proving inadequate to meet many of today's most important challenges, such as terrorism, poverty, nuclear proliferation, financial integration, and climate change.

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This volume presents the reader with a comprehensive account of the development of shale oil and gas reserves globally. This study provides a comparative perspective that enables readers to situate the unique US experience in a broader global context and appreciate the limitations of reproducing it elsewhere in the immediate future.

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Global Leadership in Transition calls for innovations that would ""institutionalize"" or consolidate the G20, helping to make it the global economy's steering committee.

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Adopted in April 2004, UN Security Council Resolution 1540 obliges all states to take steps to prevent non-state actors, especially terrorist organizations and arms traffickers, from acquiring weapons of mass destruction and related materials.

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The third section deals with central features of campaign practices from a comparative perspective and provides information and data about the media infrastructure and political culture indicators for 50 countries as well as a detailed comparison of country-specific campaign regulations, party system features, and campaign styles.

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Shows how and why cities are re-asserting their historic role at the forefront of international economic and political life. The book focuses on fifteen major cities across Europe, Asia, and the United States, including New York, London, Tokyo, Brussels, Seoul, Geneva, and Hong Kong, not to mention Beijing and Washington, D.C.

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"A systematic and integrated analysis of the theory and practice of contemporary international relations, covering traditional and critical theory, core issues and recent developments in the field"--

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Global Politics in the Information Age presents a provocative and wide-ranging introduction to the notion that information technologies are creating new formations of power, control and resistance across the planet. -- .

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Global Politics in the Information Age presents a provocative and wide-ranging introduction to the notion that information technologies are creating new formations of power, control and resistance across the planet. -- .

(Hardback, Third Edition)

This thoroughly updated edition offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas throughout the world. Writing in an engaging style, Sean Kay integrates traditional and emerging challenges in one easily accessible study that gives readers the tools they need to develop a thoughtful and nuanced understanding of global security.

(Paperback, Third Edition)

This thoroughly updated edition offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas throughout the world. Writing in an engaging style, Sean Kay integrates traditional and emerging challenges in one easily accessible study that gives readers the tools they need to develop a thoughtful and nuanced understanding of global security.

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Mustafa and Aysegul Kibaroglu examine the issues that drive Turkish foreign policy decisions in this crucial region.

This reference work chronicles the factors which have shaped the mindsets of the makers of Turkey's foreign and security policies from the foundation of the Republic in 1923.

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This book presents a comprehensive overview of China's main foreign and defense policies, providing students, policy makers, and general readers with an up-to-date assessment of this most important country.

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This new volume in the Global Security Watch series examines the contemporary foreign, military, and security policies of India as it moves towards becoming a formidable global power in the coming decades.

India is poised to join the major nations of the world as one of the next superpowers in the multi-polar, 21st-century world.

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This book offers a comprehensive overview of Japan's national security institutions and policy today, including a detailed discussion of Japan's regional security environment and its alliance with the United States in the context of the Democratic Party of Japan's rise to power in August 2009.

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This insightful study explores how a small state with limited economic resources has played an important role in vital, ongoing Middle Eastern political and security controversies.