World Conflicts

Author : Stephen Stetter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134116171

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Territorial Conflicts in World Society by Stephen Stetter Pdf

By bringing into dialogue modern systems theory and international relations, this text provides theoretically innovative and empirically rich perspectives on conflicts in world society. This collection contrasts Niklas Luhmann’s theory of world society in modern systems theory with more classical approaches to the study of conflicts, offering a fresh perspective on territorial conflicts in international relations. It includes chapters on key issues such as: conflicts and human rights conflicts in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa war and violence Greek-Turkish relations conflict theory the role of states in world societal conflicts legal territorial disputes in Australia hegemony and conflict in global law conflict management after 9/11. While all contributions draw from the theory of world society in modern systems theory, the authors offer rich multi-disciplinary perspectives which bring in concepts from international relations, peace and conflict studies, sociology, law and philosophy. Territorial Conflicts in World Society will appeal to international relations specialists, peace and conflict researchers and sociologists.

Author : Steven D. Strauss
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440696763

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Conflicts, 2E by Steven D. Strauss Pdf

Cold hard facts on the world’s hot spots. Now readers can make sense of the daily headlines with an examination of the sides and issues of evolving conflicts. This updated edition provides coverage of all of the hot conflict spots in our world today, background and history, new and added coverage of the war on terror, and up-to-date coverage on the Middle East, including Iraq. • As Iraq continues to dominate the news, there is, unfortunately, no shortage of other trouble spots—this guide looks at conflicts around the globe. • An accurate reference source for high school and college students, and a great overview for people who want more in-depth understanding of daily events.

Author : Patrick Brogan
Publisher : Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0810835517

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World Conflicts by Patrick Brogan Pdf

Reviews of the previous edition: "Excellently informative...lucid and convincing. This is a well-constructed and thoroughly useful book." --THE INDEPENDENT (UK) "The origins of each individual war are carefully analysed, and its course equally carefully chronicled."--TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT (UK)

Author : Kubo Macak
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192551788

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Internationalized Armed Conflicts in International Law by Kubo Macak Pdf

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of factors that transform a prima facie non-international armed conflict (NIAC) into an international armed conflict (IAC) and the consequences that follow from this process of internationalization. It examines in detail the historical development as well as the current state of the relevant rules of international humanitarian law. The discussion is grounded in general international law, complemented with abundant references to case law, and illustrated by examples from twentieth and twenty-first century armed conflicts. In Part I, the book puts forward a thorough catalogue of modalities of conflict internationalization that includes outside intervention, State dissolution, and recognition of belligerency. It then specifically considers the legal qualification of complex situations that feature more than two conflict parties and contrasts the mechanism of internationalization of armed conflicts with the reverse process of de-internationalization. Part II of the book challenges the conventional wisdom that members of non-State armed groups do not normally benefit from combatant status. It argues that the majority of fighters belonging to non-State armed groups in most types of internationalized armed conflicts are in fact eligible for combatant status. Finally, Part III turns to belligerent occupation, traditionally understood as a leading example of a notion that cannot be transposed to armed conflicts occurring in the territory of a single State. By contrast, the book argues in favour of the applicability of the law of belligerent occupation to internationalized armed conflicts.

Author : Virgil Hawkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351897945

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Stealth Conflicts by Virgil Hawkins Pdf

Many of the world's deadliest conflicts are largely ignored - becoming off-the-radar 'stealth conflicts'. How can this be possible in a world with unprecedented levels of access to information, and unprecedented levels of attention and resources being devoted to foreign affairs? Virgil Hawkins reveals and explains the highly distorted and assimilated responses to foreign conflicts by major actors in the world. He examines the agenda-setting processes of policy makers, the media, the public and academics in relation to foreign conflicts. Using a vast array of detailed examples, he systematically unravels the internal dynamics and external influences experienced by these actors, and in so doing he brings the academic agenda into the loop of the conflict response agenda-setting process for the first time. With agenda-setting research tending to focus on the question of why a response to a particular event or issue occurred, this book furthers research by focusing equally on why a response did not occur. The volume is critically important in understanding why actors do and do not respond to foreign conflicts.

Author : Bruce D. Porter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1986-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0521310644

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The USSR in Third World Conflicts by Bruce D. Porter Pdf

This is a thorough and sophisticated study of one of the most critical current issues in world politics. Bruce Porter examines Soviet policy and behaviour in Third World conflicts in the postwar period, focusing particularly on five examples: the Yemeni civil war, the Nigerian civil war, the Yom Kippur war, the Angolan civil war, and the Ogaden war. Aiming to illuminate various complex tactical and operational aspects of the USSR's policy in local conflicts, the author draws on a wide and eclectic range of sources. He pays close attention to the Soviet role as arms supplier and diplomatic actor in relation to both US policy and the dynamics of the local conflict, and he concludes with a careful consideration of the effectiveness of Soviet policy and of the implications for the United States.

Author : Patrick Brogan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Ethnic relations
ISBN : 0747504318

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World Conflicts by Patrick Brogan Pdf

Since 1945 there have been over 100 wars, killing over 20 million people. About 50 countries in the world today are faced with war, rebellion, foreign infiltration or terrorism. This book aims to serve as a work of reference, providing essential facts about current major armed conflicts. It gives a concise history of each conflict, an account of the ideological and political motivation of the participants and their foreign backers, an assessment of the present balance of forces and the degree of popular support, portraits of the major players in the conflict and an estimate of their likely future course. It also provides a full list of wars, coups and assassinations since 1945 - including Mrs Gandhi, Olaf Palme and Lord Mountbatten.

Author : John Andrews
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781639364442

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The World in Conflict by John Andrews Pdf

An authoritative, incisive explanation of the causes and current status of hostilities around the world. The world today rests on increasingly unstable fault lines. From the conflict in Ukraine or fresh upheavals in the Middle East to the threats posed to humanity by a global pandemic, climate change, and natural disasters, the world's danger zones once again draw their battle lines across our hyper-connected, yet fragmented, globe. In this revised and updated fourth edition, join veteran Economist journalist John Andrews as he analyzes the old enmities and looming collisions that underlie conflict in the twenty-first century. Region by region, discover the causes, contexts, participants, and likely outcomes of every globally significant struggle now underway. From drug cartels to cyber war, this is the indispensable guide for anyone who wants to understand our perilous world.

Author : Sandra Barkhof,Angela K. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317961864

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War and Displacement in the Twentieth Century by Sandra Barkhof,Angela K. Smith Pdf

Human displacement has always been a consequence of war, written into the myths and histories of centuries of warfare. However, the global conflicts of the twentieth century brought displacement to civilizations on an unprecedented scale, as the two World Wars shifted participants around the globe. Although driven by political disputes between European powers, the consequences of Empire ensured that Europe could not contain them. Soldiers traversed continents, and civilians often followed them, or found themselves living in territories ruled by unexpected invaders. Both wars saw fighting in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the Far East, and few nations remained neutral. Both wars saw the mass upheaval of civilian populations as a consequence of the fighting. Displacements were geographical, cultural, and psychological; they were based on nationality, sex/gender or age. They produced an astonishing range of human experience, recorded by the participants in different ways. This book brings together a collection of inter-disciplinary works by scholars who are currently producing some of the most innovative and influential work on the subject of displacement in war, in order to share their knowledge and interpretations of historical and literary sources. The collection unites historians and literary scholars in addressing the issues of war and displacement from multiple angles. Contributors draw on a wealth of primary source materials and resources including archives from across the world, military records, medical records, films, memoirs, diaries and letters, both published and private, and fictional interpretations of experience.

Author : James Ciment
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 3465 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317471851

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Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II by James Ciment Pdf

Thoroughly revised to include 25 conflicts not covered in the previous edition, as well as expanded and updated information on previous coverage, this illustrated reference presents descriptions and analyses of more than 170 significant post-World War II conflicts around the globe. Organized by region for ease of access, "Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II, Second Edition" provides clear, in-depth explanations of events not covered in such detail in any other reference source. Including more than 180 detailed maps and 150 photos, the set highlights the conflicts that dominate today's headlines and the events that changed the course of late twentieth-century history.

Author : Nye
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8131716325

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Understanding International Conflicts, 6/E by Nye Pdf

Author : Jacob Bercovitch
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : 1555876013

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Resolving International Conflicts by Jacob Bercovitch Pdf

Mediation is one of the most important methods of settling conflicts in the post-Cold War world. This text represents the most recent trends in the process and practice of international mediation.

Author : James Ciment,Kenneth Hill
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136596216

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Encyclopedia of Conflicts since World War II by James Ciment,Kenneth Hill Pdf

This copiously illustrated A-Z reference presents the most in-depth information available about the various conflicts the world has endured, local, regional, and international, since World War II. Some 142 conflicts are discussed and analyzed. The Encyclopedia of Conflict since World War II, with its coverage of all the countries of the world, fills a critical need for clear, comprehensive explanations of events not covered in such detail in any other reference source. Entries end with an extensive bibliography; and the encyclopedia includes maps, chronologies, and a general bibliography, as well as an index designed to make the reader understand the correlation and relationships between individual conflicts.

Author : Douglas E. Noll
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781616144180

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Elusive Peace by Douglas E. Noll Pdf

This in-depth analysis goes behind the headlines to understand why crucial negotiations fail. The author argues that diplomats often enter negotiations with flawed assumptions about human behavior, sovereignty, and power. Essentially, the international community is using a model of European diplomacy dating back to the 18th century to solve the complex problems of the 21st century. Through numerous examples, the author shows that the key failure in current diplomatic efforts is the entrenched belief that nations, through their representatives, will act rationally to further their individual political, economic, and strategic interests. However, the contemporary scientific understanding of how people act and see their world does not support this assumption. On the contrary, research from decision-making theory, behavioral economics, social neuropsychology, and current best practices in mediation indicate that emotional and irrational factors often have as much, if not more, to do with the success or failure of a mediated solution. Reviewing a wide range of conflicts and negotiations, Noll demonstrates that the best efforts of negotiators often failed because they did not take into account the deep-seated values and emotions of the disputing parties. In conclusion, Noll draws on his own long experience as a professional mediator to describe the process of building trust and creating a climate of empathy that is the key to successful negotiation and can go a long way toward resolving even seemingly intractable conflicts.

Author : Thomas De Waal
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780814719459

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Black Garden by Thomas De Waal Pdf

"In Black Garden, Thomas de Waal tells the full story of this tragic quarrel and its aftermath for the first time. He travels the length and breadth of Armenia and Azerbaijan, talking to veterans, refugees and the inhabitants of ruined towns and villages. He recreates the story of the descent into conflict of two former Soviet neighbors, its disastrous consequences and the confused efforts of the "Great Powers" - Russia, France and the United states - to bring peace to the Caucasus."--BOOK JACKET.