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  • Community of Insecurity

    SADC's Struggle for Peace and Security in Southern Africa

    by Laurie Nathan ...
    Series series New Regionalisms Series
    Exploring the formation, evolution and effectiveness of the regional security arrangements of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Nathan examines a number of vital and troubling questions: * why has SADC struggled to establish a viable security regime? * why has it been unable to engage in successful peacemaking?, and * why has it defied the optimistic prognosis in the early 1990s ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Conflict Mediation in the Arab World

    by Ibrahim Fraihat, Isak Svensson, Peter Wallensteen, Stina Högbladh, Laurie Nathan, Mohammed Abu-Nimer, I. William Zartman0, Magnus Lundgren2, Alma Abdul-Hadi Jadallah3, Mohammed Cherkaoui4, Allard Duursma5, Siniša Vukovic6, Danielle Martin7, Love Calissendorff8, Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs9, Najla El-Mangoush0, Ghassan Khatib1, Desirée Nilsson2, Luís Martínez Lorenzo3, Massaab al-Aloosy4, Mary Hope Schwoebel5 ...
    The Middle East and North Africa region has been plagued with civil wars, international interventions, and increasing militarization, making it one of the most war-affected areas in the world today. Despite numerous mediation processes and initiatives for conflict resolution, most have failed to transform conflicts from war to peace. Seeking to learn from these past efforts and apply new research, ... Read more

    $68.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Wars, Guns, and Votes

    Democracy in Dangerous Places

    by Paul Collier ...
    An expert on developing nations offers "accessible and very sensible analysis" of America's promotion of democracy abroad—and why it often fails ( Publishers Weekly).Oxford economist Paul Collier gives an eye-opening assessment of the corruption and political violence that plague developing nations across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. While many of these governments meet America's standards for ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • European Union Governance and Policy Making

    A Canadian Perspective

    Edited by Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly, Achim Hurrelmann, Amy Verdun ...
    European Union Governance and Policy Making introduces Canadian students to the politics of the EU. Divided into three parts, the collection examines its political system (history, theories, institutions), specific policies, and some of the challenges that the EU currently faces. Geared toward students who are learning about the EU in Canadian classrooms, the text integrates Canadian content and ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Dealing with a Rising Power

    Turkey's Transformation and its Implications for the EU

    by Svante Cornell, Gerald Knaus, Manfred Scheich ...
    Series series Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Research Papers
    Turkey’s growing assertiveness on the international stage, difficulties with EU accession, rapidly rising economy, and the long and controversial reign of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) are all necessitating a need for analysis. The present study of the Centre for European Studies presents two papers which look at Turkey and the AKP from different perspectives. Svante Cornell’s paper ... Read more

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  • The New Middle East

    Protest and Revolution in the Arab World

    Edited by Fawaz A. Gerges ...
    The New Middle East is one of the first comprehensive books to critically examine the Arab popular uprisings of 2011–12. While these uprisings prompted a number of cursory publications, this volume contains meticulous and thoughtful reflections on the causes, drivers and effects of these seminal events on the internal, regional and international politics of the Middle East and North Africa. ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Trouble with the Congo

    Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding

    by Séverine Autesserre ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in International Relations
    The Trouble with the Congo suggests a new explanation for international peacebuilding failures in civil wars. Drawing from more than 330 interviews and a year and a half of field research, it develops a case study of the international intervention during the Democratic Republic of the Congo's unsuccessful transition from war to peace and democracy (2003–6). Grassroots rivalries over land, ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Syria from Reform to Revolt

    Volume 1: Political Economy and International Relations

    by Samer Abboud, Aurora Sottimano, Najib Ghadbian, Amanda P. Terc, Paulo Pinto, Rania Maktabi, Myriam Ababsa, Carsten Wieland, Mohammad Kamel Doraï, Martine Zeuthen, Valentina Napolitano ...
    Series series Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East
    When Bashar al-Asad smoothly assumed power in July 2000, just seven days after the death of his father, observers were divided on what this would mean for the country’s foreign and domestic politics. On the one hand, it seemed everything would stay the same: an Asad on top of a political system controlled by secret services and Baathist one-party rule. On the other hand, it looked like everything ... Read more

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  • Syria and the Neutrality Trap

    The Dilemmas of Delivering Humanitarian Aid through Violent Regimes

    by Carsten Wieland ...
    The Syrian war has been an example of the abuse and insufficient delivery of humanitarian assistance. According to international practice, humanitarian aid should be channelled through a state government that bears a particular responsibility for its population. Yet in Syria, the bulk of relief went through Damascus while the regime caused the vast majority of civilian deaths. Should the UN have ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The European Union Explained

    Institutions, Actors, Global Impact

    by Andreas Staab ...
    "An informative, well-paced, and clearly articulated narrative of the European Union's development" (Jennifer Yoder, Colby College).This brief and accessible introduction to the European Union is ideal for anyone who needs a concise overview of the structure, history, and policies of the EU. This updated edition includes a new chapter on the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone. Andreas Staab ... Read more

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  • Middle Power in the Middle East

    Canada’s Foreign and Defence Policies in a Changing Region

    Edited by Thomas Juneau, Bessma Momani ...
    The Middle East has not, historically, been a first-order priority for Canadian foreign and defence policy. Most major Canadian decisions on the Middle East have come about through ad hoc decision-making rather than strategic necessity. Balancing international obligations with domestic goals, Canadian relations with this region try to find a balance between meeting alliance obligations and keeping ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • A Dictionary of International Trade Organizations and Agreements

    by Patrick Holden ...
    Continuing globalization has meant the increased development and importance of regional and international trade organizations and trade agreements. This Dictionary provides a background to the historical development of such systems, as well as giving a global overview of the current situation.The introduction, as well as explaining the historical background, discusses the major political and ... Read more

    $458.99 CAD