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  • Routledge Handbook of Proxy Wars

    Edited by Assaf Moghadam, Vladimir Rauta, Michel Wyss ...
    This Handbook is the first volume to comprehensively examine the challenges, intricacies, and dynamics of proxy wars, in their various facets.The volume aims to capture the significantly growing interest in the topic at a critical juncture when wars of many guises are becoming multifaceted proxy wars. Most often, proxy wars have wide-ranging implications for international security and are, ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • The 2016 Presidential Election

    The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake

    by J. Scott Armstrong, Ronit Berger, Robert Boatright, Mark Brewer, Alfred G. Cuzán, Reagan G. Dye, Scott Eidelman, Austin D. Eubanks, Guy Freedman, Andreas Graefe, Randall J. Jones Jr., James King, Matthew C. MacWilliams, George Elliott Morris, Tatishe M. Nteta, James Riddlesperger, Brian Schaffner, Howard Schweber, Wayne Steger, Patrick Stewart, Robert H. Wicks, Christopher Wlezien, Dana Wolf, Michel Wyss ...
    Series series Voting, Elections, and the Political Process
    The 2016 Presidential Election: The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake critically analyzes the 2016 presidential election. The chapters in this book identify key factors behind the election of Donald J. Trump, explore the unconventional campaign, analyze the unexpected election result, evaluate the forecasting models, and speculate on the effect of the election outcome on politics ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

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  • Perilous Interventions

    The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos

    by Hardeep Singh Puri ...
    Recent military interventions gone wrongIt was an exclusive lunch at a high-end Manhattan restaurant on 7 March 2011. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his A-team were present. It soon became clear that the main item on the menu was Libya, where it was alleged that the forces of Muammar Gaddafi were advancing on the rebel stronghold of Benghazi to crush all opposition. Over an $80 per head ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Global Security Cultures

    by Mary Kaldor ...
    Why do politicians think that war is the answer to terror when military intervention in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Mali, Somalia and elsewhere has made things worse? Why do some conflicts never end? And how is it that practices like beheadings, extra-judicial killings, the bombing of hospitals and schools and sexual slavery are becoming increasingly common?In this book, renowned scholar ... Read more

    $23.99 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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  • 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

  • Coercion

    The Power to Hurt in International Politics

    Edited by Kelly M. Greenhill, Peter Krause ...
    From the rising significance of non-state actors to the increasing influence of regional powers, the nature and conduct of international politics has arguably changed dramatically since the height of the Cold War. Yet much of the literature on deterrence and compellence continues to draw (whether implicitly or explicitly) upon assumptions and precepts formulated in-and predicated upon-politics in ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

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  • Dialogue and Conflict Resolution

    Potential and Limits

    by Pernille Rieker, Henrik Thune ...
    Dialogue is typically hailed as a progressive force fostering mutual understanding and resolving conflicts. Can it really carry such a burden? Does dialogue really resolve conflicts? In this unique volume international experts critically assess the political role of dialogue, addressing its potential and limitations. Bringing fascinating insights to bear they examine the theoretical underpinnings ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Prospects for the American Age

    Sovereignty and Influence in the New World Order

    by Dr. Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi ...
    The Prospects for the American Age, is about the new world order. The book consists of seven chapters that revolve around theory, history, emergence, current status and future of the world order. Drawing on his academic training and practical experience, Dr. Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi reveals the ultimate challenges for the world order in the twenty-first century. He critically explains the most ... Read more

    $6.89 CAD

  • 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

  • Red Line

    American Foreign Policy in a Time of Fractured Politics and Failing States

    by P. J. Crowley ...
    Over the past quarter century, four consecutive American presidents—two Democrat, two Republican—have spent more time, diplomatic capital, and military resources on Iraq than any other country in the world. Much as the Vietnam syndrome cast a long shadow over American security policy in the decades after the end of the Vietnam War, Iraq provides the commanding narrative for this generation of ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Everybody's War

    The Politics of Aid in the Syria Crisis

    Edited by Jehan Bseiso, Michiel Hofman, Jonathan Whittall ...
    The Syrian crisis is one of the most serious humanitarian disasters in recent history. Yet the widely reported numbers--more than 6 million displaced, including 5 million refugees--reflect only a fractional toll of the conflict. Numerous international organizations, states, and civil society movements have called for the laws of war to be respected, sieges lifted, and humanitarian access ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD