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Belt And Road Initiative, The: Implications For The International Order (Hardcover): Moritz Rudolf Belt And Road Initiative, The: Implications For The International Order (Hardcover)
Moritz Rudolf
R4,101 Discovery Miles 41 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book showcases how the People's Republic of China (PRC) has been utilizing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to reshape the global order. Dissecting China's increasingly assertive international behaviour, the book demonstrates how the PRC projects its self-perception onto the international order. The book outlines five aspects of China's international role projection, which the PRC applies selectively, depending on its target audience: (1) The bearer of traditional Chinese culture; (2) The humiliated nation; (3) The socialist state with Chinese characteristics; (4) The developing state and promoter of international development; (5) The authoritarian globalization optimist.Drawing on an in-depth analysis of hundreds of primary BRI documents, the book offers a comprehensive overview of China's most crucial foreign policy agenda item. It demonstrates how, through the BRI, the PRC has introduced mechanisms to the international level, which reflect its domestic policy-making mode. In addition, the PRC has institutionalized the initiative by establishing China-centered BRI networks across a wide range of policy areas. Within those emerging China-centered BRI networks, the PRC systematically increases its international discursive power, for example, by inserting Chinese vocabulary into UN resolutions or by promoting Beijing's approaches vis-a-vis 'the rule of law' across a range of developing states. This book also further discusses the implications of the BRI for the international legal order.

India - Armenia - So Far yet So Close (Hardcover): Achal Malhotra India - Armenia - So Far yet So Close (Hardcover)
Achal Malhotra
R1,235 Discovery Miles 12 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
XI Jinping's China (Hardcover): Jayadeva Ranade XI Jinping's China (Hardcover)
Jayadeva Ranade
R1,778 Discovery Miles 17 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
India, Europe and Pakistan (Hardcover): Rajendra K Jain India, Europe and Pakistan (Hardcover)
Rajendra K Jain
R1,650 Discovery Miles 16 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Pakistan Army - Legislator, Judge and Executioner (Hardcover): U.C. Jha Pakistan Army - Legislator, Judge and Executioner (Hardcover)
U.C. Jha
R1,562 Discovery Miles 15 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kurdistan - The Quest for Representation and Self-Determination (Hardcover): Lungthuiyang Riamei Kurdistan - The Quest for Representation and Self-Determination (Hardcover)
Lungthuiyang Riamei
R1,639 Discovery Miles 16 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Atlas of Prejudice - The Complete Stereotype Map Collection (Hardcover, Extended ed.): Yanko Tsvetkov Atlas of Prejudice - The Complete Stereotype Map Collection (Hardcover, Extended ed.)
Yanko Tsvetkov; Illustrated by Yanko Tsvetkov; Contributions by Yanko Tsvetkov
R851 Discovery Miles 8 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
China's Energy Security - The Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Global Investor (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Prachi Aggarwal China's Energy Security - The Journey from Self-Sufficiency to Global Investor (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Prachi Aggarwal
R3,545 Discovery Miles 35 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book evaluates China's energy diplomacy across the globe and how it transcends the barriers to maintain both its security and its Chinese characteristics. How China graduated from 'self-sufficiency' to 'Go out' policy. How will China's energy security evolve within the ambit of Chinas new normal? For China, its energy security has been of primary importance, both domestically and internationally. This book explores the foreign dimension. The energy security in the Mao era was a necessity, a policy in the Deng era and a strategy in the period henceforth. The book identifies the evolution of China from a manufacturer to an investor, that is, its outbound direct investments in the energy field and the shift in its focus from traditional fuels to renewable energy sources. It goes beyond the traditional choices of energy like West Asia and Africa and explore the lesser suppliers who could have a stronger say in the future to come.

Gene Sharp - How to Start a Revolution (Hardcover): Ruaridh Arrow Gene Sharp - How to Start a Revolution (Hardcover)
Ruaridh Arrow
R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Internal Security Problems in Northeast India - Insurgency and Counter Insurgency In Assam Since 1985 (Hardcover): Onkar Pawar Internal Security Problems in Northeast India - Insurgency and Counter Insurgency In Assam Since 1985 (Hardcover)
Onkar Pawar
R988 Discovery Miles 9 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Foreign Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Security, Diplomacy and Trade (Hardcover): Adekeye Adebajo, Kudrat Virk Foreign Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa - Security, Diplomacy and Trade (Hardcover)
Adekeye Adebajo, Kudrat Virk
R4,249 Discovery Miles 42 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

South Africa is the most industrialized power in Africa. It was rated the continent's largest economy in 2016 and is the only African member of the G20. It is also the only strategic partner of the EU in Africa. Yet despite being so strategically and economically significant, there is little scholarship that focuses on South Africa as a regional hegemon. This book provides the first comprehensive assessment of South Africa's post-Apartheid foreign policy. Over its 23 chapters - -and with contributions from established Africa, Western, Asian and American scholars, as well as diplomats and analysts - the book examines the current pattern of the country's foreign relations in impressive detail. The geographic and thematic coverage is extensive, including chapters on: the domestic imperatives of South Africa's foreign policy; peace-making; defence and security; bilateral relations in Southern, Central, West, Eastern and North Africa; bilateral relations with the US, China, Britain, France and Japan; the country's key external multilateral relations with the UN; the BRICS economic grouping; the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP); as well as the EU and the World Trade Organization (WTO). An essential resource for researchers, the book will be relevant to the fields of area studies, foreign policy, history, international relations, international law, security studies, political economy and development studies.

The Challenges of European Governance in the Age of Economic Stagnation, Immigration, and Refugees (Hardcover): Henry F. Carey The Challenges of European Governance in the Age of Economic Stagnation, Immigration, and Refugees (Hardcover)
Henry F. Carey; Contributions by Elisabeth Lambert-Abdelgawad, Jean-Marc Akakpo, Zeynep Arkan, Esther Barbe, …
R3,861 Discovery Miles 38 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the political and legal challenges of regional governance of the 28 countries of the European Union and the 48 in the Council of Europe. The contributions, dilemmas, and moral hazards from this record of nearly seven decades of regional inter-governmental institutions has kept the peace, but produced episodes of crisis from overstretching jurisdictions, thematically and geographically. Polarization between nationalist and integrative forces has displaced the idealistic aspirations of prior decades to build the rule of law and deter violence. Academics and policy makers will learn from the various legal and political efforts to integrate supranational and inter-governmental agencies with national political systems.

Turkey's Cold War - Foreign Policy and Western Alignment in the Modern Republic (Hardcover): Saban Halis Calis Turkey's Cold War - Foreign Policy and Western Alignment in the Modern Republic (Hardcover)
Saban Halis Calis
R4,236 Discovery Miles 42 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Drawing on a variety of sources, ranging from interviews with key figures to unpublished archival material, Saban Halis Calis traces this ambition back to the 1930s. In doing so, he demonstrates that Turkey's policy has been shaped not just by US and Soviet positions, but also by its own desire both to reinforce its Kemalist character and to 'Westernise'. The Cold War, therefore, can be seen as an opportunity for Turkey to realise its long-held goal and align itself economically and politically with the West. This book will shed new light on the Cold War and Turkey's modern diplomacy, and re-orientate existing understandings of modern Turkish identity and its diplomatic history.

Afterwords - From A Foreign Service Odyssey (Hardcover): Gar Pardy Afterwords - From A Foreign Service Odyssey (Hardcover)
Gar Pardy
R1,085 Discovery Miles 10 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
China's Approach towards Territorial Disputes - Lessons and Prospects (Hardcover): Sana Hashmi China's Approach towards Territorial Disputes - Lessons and Prospects (Hardcover)
Sana Hashmi
R1,952 Discovery Miles 19 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Eurasian States - Policies and Practices (Hardcover): Arun Mohnaty Eurasian States - Policies and Practices (Hardcover)
Arun Mohnaty
R1,627 Discovery Miles 16 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The United Nations in International History (Hardcover): Amy L. Sayward The United Nations in International History (Hardcover)
Amy L. Sayward
R3,561 Discovery Miles 35 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The United Nations in International History argues for a new way of examining the history of this central global institution by integrating more traditional diplomacy between states with new trends in transnational and cultural history to explore the organization and its role in 20th- and 21st-century history. Amy Sayward looks at the origins of the U.N. before examining a range of organizations and players in the United Nations system and analysing its international work in the key arenas of diplomacy, social & economic development programs, peace-keeping, and human rights. This volume provides a concise introduction to the broad array of international work done by the United Nations, synthesizes the existing interdisciplinary literature, and highlights areas in need of further research, making it ideal for students and beginning researchers.

Connecting Nations - Politico-Cultural Mapping of India and South East Asia (Hardcover): Achintya Kumar Dutta, Anasua Basu Ray... Connecting Nations - Politico-Cultural Mapping of India and South East Asia (Hardcover)
Achintya Kumar Dutta, Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury
R1,272 Discovery Miles 12 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Word Mastery - A Course In Phonics For The First Three Grades (Hardcover): Florence Akin Word Mastery - A Course In Phonics For The First Three Grades (Hardcover)
Florence Akin
R824 Discovery Miles 8 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Transforming South Asia - Imperatives for Action (Hardcover): Rajiv Bhatia, Swaran Singh, Reena Marwah Transforming South Asia - Imperatives for Action (Hardcover)
Rajiv Bhatia, Swaran Singh, Reena Marwah
R1,641 Discovery Miles 16 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Beyond 2%-NATO Partners, Institutions & Burden Management - Concepts, Risks & Models (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Anessa L.... Beyond 2%-NATO Partners, Institutions & Burden Management - Concepts, Risks & Models (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Anessa L. Kimball
R3,548 Discovery Miles 35 480 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book advances North Atlantic Treaty Organization (henceforth, NATO) burden analysis through a decomposition of the political, financial, social, and defense burdens members take on for the institution. The overemphasis of committing a minimum of 2% of member state Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to defense spending, as a proxy indicator of alliance commitment does not properly reflect how commitments reduce risks should Article V be invoked through attack (i.e., 2% is a political & symbolic target adopted by Defense Ministers in 2006 at Riga). Considering defense burdens multi-dimensionally explains why some members overcontribute, as well as, why burden sharing negotiations cause friction among 30 diverse members with differing threats and risks. In creating a comprehensive institutional burden management model and focusing on risks to members, the book explores the weaknesses of major theories on the study and division of collective burdens and institutional assets. It argues that member risks and threats are essential to understanding how burdens are distributed across a set of overlapping institutions within NATO's structure providing its central goods. The importance of the USA, as a defense underwriter for some, affects negotiations despite its absence from research empirically; new data permit testing the argument (Kavanaugh 2014). This book contributes conceptual innovation and theoretical analysis to advance student, researcher, and policymaker understanding of burden management, strategic bargaining, and defense cooperation. The contribution is a generalizable risk management model of IO burden sharing using NATO as the case for scientific study due to its prominence.

Women's Antiwar Diplomacy during the Vietnam War Era (Hardcover): Jessica M. Frazier Women's Antiwar Diplomacy during the Vietnam War Era (Hardcover)
Jessica M. Frazier
R2,891 Discovery Miles 28 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 1965, fed up with President Lyndon Johnson's refusal to make serious diplomatic efforts to end the Vietnam War, a group of female American peace activists decided to take matters into their own hands by meeting with Vietnamese women to discuss how to end U.S. intervention. While other attempts at women's international cooperation and transnational feminism have led to cultural imperialism or imposition of American ways on others, Jessica M.Frazier reveals an instance when American women crossed geopolitical boundaries to criticize American Cold War culture, not promote it. The American women Frazier studies not only solicited Vietnamese women's opinions and advice on how to end the war but also viewed them as paragons of a new womanhood by which American women could rework their ideas of gender, revolution, and social justice during an era of reinvigorated feminist agitation. Unlike the many histories of the Vietnam War that end with an explanation of why the memory of the war still divides U.S. society, by focusing on linkages across national boundaries, Frazier illuminates a significant moment in history when women formed effective transnational relationships on genuinely cooperative terms.

The European Union and South Asia (Hardcover): Rajendra K Jain The European Union and South Asia (Hardcover)
Rajendra K Jain
R1,549 Discovery Miles 15 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Advocating for Israel - Diplomats and Lobbyists from Truman to Nixon (Hardcover): Natan Aridan Advocating for Israel - Diplomats and Lobbyists from Truman to Nixon (Hardcover)
Natan Aridan
R4,348 R3,062 Discovery Miles 30 620 Save R1,286 (30%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This study analyzes the unique triangular relationship between Israel's diplomatic representatives, pro-Israel advocates, and US administrations draws on a wealth of Hebrew and English primary documentation that includes; government archives, surveillance records, wiretappings, personal oral interviews, and diaries of key individuals. Natan Aridan demonstrates how a small new state succeeded in establishing a level of political, economic and military aid that has made for an alliance that is unique in the American experience. Revealed in considerable depth are the dilemmas facing Israeli and US leaders, and pro-Israel organizations and the extent to which individual Jewish leaders maneuvered as conduits between Israeli governments and US administrations, whose senior dramatis personae in turn attempted to influence, moderate, restrain, and change the course of policy decisions and actions. Each administration had multiple voices and international contingencies presented different challenges, all of which had a major impact in fluctuations, and shifts in policies toward Israel. There was nothing inevitable about military and financial support for Israel. It was only by the end of the period that a distinct pattern began to emerge. Eventual qualified US support took a long and complicated path developed over many decades on multidimensional levels. The book refutes insidious allegations that from Israel's inception Jewish influence and a powerful Israel lobby hijacked US foreign policy to achieve unreserved military and financial support for Israel that undermined the best interests of the US. The author illustrates one of the poorly misunderstood aspects on the subject by demonstrating how Israeli governments were more astute and powerful than previous scholars have realized and that they were in fact pulling the strings far more than AIPAC and wealthy Jews. He also demonstrates that a contributing factor on the decision to aid Israel (understated in previous research) lay in Israel exploiting its 'nuisance value.'

Principled Pragmatism in Mexico's Foreign Policy - Variables and Assumptions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Rafael... Principled Pragmatism in Mexico's Foreign Policy - Variables and Assumptions (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Rafael Velazquez-Flores
R3,901 Discovery Miles 39 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores Mexico's foreign policy using the 'principled pragmatism' approach. It describes and explains main external actions from the country's independence in the nineteenth century to Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration. The principal argument is that Mexico has resorted to principled pragmatism due to geographic, historical, economic, security, and political reasons. In other words, the nation uses this instrument to deal with the United States, defend national interests, appease domestic groups, and promote economic growth. The key characteristics of Mexico's principled pragmatism in foreign policy are that the nation projects a double-edged diplomacy to cope with external and domestic challenges at the same time. This policy is mainly for domestic consumption, and it is also linked to the type of actors that are involved in the decision-making process and to the kind of topics included in the agenda. This principled pragmatism is related to the nature of the intention: principism is deliberate and pragmatism is forced; and this policy is used to increase Mexico's international bargaining power.

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