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The collapse of the Soviet Union and the wars in Yugoslavia
radically changed the security environment in Europe and Central
Asia. Some predictions assumed the emerging unipolarity of the
liberal world order would end neutrality policies in East and West,
but, as this volume shows, this was not the case. While some
traditional Cold War neutrals like Sweden and Finland have been
edging closer to security alignment with western institutions,
there are others like Austria, Switzerland, Ireland, and Malta that
remained committed to their traditional nonaligned foreign policy
approaches. More importantly, there are areas of Eurasia that
developed new forms of neutrality policies, most of them only
noticed on the margins of academic discourse. This is the first
book to systematically explore this "new neutralism" of the
Post-Cold War. In part one, the book analyzes contemporary
neutrality discourse on several levels like international
organizations (UN, ASEAN), diplomacy, and academic theory. Part two
discusses neutrality-related policy developments in Belarus,
Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, and
Mongolia. Together, the 15 chapters show how on this vast,
connected landmass references to neutrality have remained a staple
of international politics.
This book facilitates exchanges between scholars and researchers
from around the world on China-Eurasia relations. Comparing
perspectives and methodologies, it promotes interdisciplinary
dialogue on China's pivot towards Eurasia, the Belt and Road
initiative, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Beijing's
cooperation and arguments with India, the EU, Western Balkans and
South Caucasus states and the Sino-Russian struggle for
multipolarity and multilateralism in Eurasia. It also researches
digitalization processes in Eurasia, notably it focuses on China's
Silk Road and Digital Agenda of Eurasian Economic Union.
Multipolarity without multilateralism is a dangerous mix. Great
power competitions will remain. In the Asian regional system more
multilateral cushions have to be developed. Scholars from different
nations including China, India, Russia, Austria, Armenia, Georgia,
United Arab Emirates and Montenegro introduce their own,
independent research, making recommendations on the developments in
China-Eurasia relations, and demonstrating that through joint
discussions it is possible to find ways for cooperation and for
ensuring peaceful coexistence. The book will appeal to policymakers
and scholars and students in Chinese, Eurasian, International and
Oriental Studies.
Drawing on Iran's history and its relations with great powers and
regional neighbours, this book addresses the question of how much
continuity and/or change there is in Iranian international
relations since the Iranian revolution. Iran has often been at the
centre of the political debate on both the Gulf region and the
transatlantic relations. Following the Trump administration's
withdrawal from the Viennese nuclear agreement in May 2018 signed
by the five permanent members of the UN-Security Council, the
relationship between Iran and the world entered a new phase. With
high expectations within Iran for improved relations with Europe,
the this book calls for a new and innovative approach to be
undertaken by the Iranian leadership towards the US, Europe and
Asia if Iran is to find a role for itself within regional and
international structures. Exploring power relations, negotiations,
the role of international institutions and international law, the
contributors consider the relations among central powers that
influence Iran's internal and external affairs; and examine Iran's
domestic motives and role in the local and regional context. This
book will be of interest to scholars and students of Politics,
International Relations, Iranian Politics, Iranian Foreign Policy.
It may also provide insights for policymakers, journalists, and the
military.
The book focuses on the relations between small states and
alliances. It is on why, how and under what conditions states
engage in alliances. What are the benefits and costs of alliances?
How are the benefits and costs of alliances allocated among their
members? What determines who allies with whom? Can small states
still pursue their own security interests within an alliance? Can
they even become integral part of an alliance? Scholars,
practitioners, policy-makers and advisors from several countries
discuss these issues. They address historical, empirical and
theoretical topics and give policy recommendations.
Drawing on Iran's history and its relations with great powers and
regional neighbours, this book addresses the question of how much
continuity and/or change there is in Iranian international
relations since the Iranian revolution. Iran has often been at the
centre of the political debate on both the Gulf region and the
transatlantic relations. Following the Trump administration's
withdrawal from the Viennese nuclear agreement in May 2018 signed
by the five permanent members of the UN-Security Council, the
relationship between Iran and the world entered a new phase. With
high expectations within Iran for improved relations with Europe,
the this book calls for a new and innovative approach to be
undertaken by the Iranian leadership towards the US, Europe and
Asia if Iran is to find a role for itself within regional and
international structures. Exploring power relations, negotiations,
the role of international institutions and international law, the
contributors consider the relations among central powers that
influence Iran's internal and external affairs; and examine Iran's
domestic motives and role in the local and regional context. This
book will be of interest to scholars and students of Politics,
International Relations, Iranian Politics, Iranian Foreign Policy.
It may also provide insights for policymakers, journalists, and the
military.
The notion that neutrality is a phenomenon only relevant to the
Cold War is false in many ways. The Cold War was about building
blocks, neutrality about staying out of them. From 1975 until the
end of the Cold War, neutral states offered mediation and good
offices and fought against the stagnation of the detente policy
especially in the framework of the CSCE. After the end of the Cold
War, neutral states became active in peace-operations outside of
military alliances. The concept of neutrality has proven time and
again that it can adapt to new situations. In many ways, small
neutral states have more room to maneuver than members of alliances
or big powers. They have more acceptance and fewer geopolitical
interests. Neutrality has been declared obsolete many times in its
long and layered history., yet it has also made many comebacks in
varying forms and contexts. Neutrality in the 21st century does not
involve to staying out but engaging. In contrast to disengagement
and staying out, engaged neutrality entails active participation in
the international security policy in general and in international
peace operations in particular. Engaged neutrality means
involvement whenever possible and staying out only if necessary.
Democracies are extremely unlikely to wage war against other
democracies - this main proposition of the Democratic Peace theory
constitutes the starting point for this volume. Chapters authored
by experts from different parts of the world explore the concept of
Democratic Peace in greater depth in relation to selected issue
areas and in comparison to other concepts such as security
communities or concerts of powers. The role and significance of
international organizations and gender equality, for instance, are
discussed and assessed in this context. The objective guiding this
exercise is to give an answer to the question as to whether
Democratic Peace and the other two concepts - i.e. security
communities and concerts of powers - can provide a solution to
today's security challenges and constitute a guide to peaceful
co-existence and conflict settlement. So, the chapters discuss
intellectual frameworks at some length, at the same time,
reflecting on potential inferences for the outside world and
highlighting associated challenges, limits, or even possible
adverse implications.
Dieses Buch wendet sich vorwiegend an Studierende natur- und
ingenieurwissenschaftlicher Studiengange der ersten Semester an
Technischen Universitaten und Fachhochschulen. Im Mittelpunkt
stehen Vektoren, Determinanten und Matrizen, Eigenwerte und
Eigenvektoren quadratischer Matrizen, Geraden und Ebenen im Raum,
lineare Gleichungssysteme, Verschiebung und Drehung von
Koordinatensystemen, Kegelschnitte."
Die vorliegende Sammlung von Fragen und Aufgaben zur Analysis
stiitzt sich auf Erfahrungen, die die Autoren an der Technischen
Universitat Bergakademie Freiberg bei der mathematischen Ausbildung
bis zum Vordiplom von Studenten der Natur-und
Ingenieurwissenschaften iiber Jahre hinweg sammeln konnten. Das
Buch solI der Festigung und Vertiefung des in den Vorlesungen
gebotenen Stoffes dienen, die Nutzer zum Selbststudium anregen und
vor allem bei der Vorbereitung auf Klausuren und miindliche
Priifungen im Rahmen des Vordi ploms Orientierung und Hilfsmittel
sein. Die Aufgabensammlung ist in sechs Komplexe mit entsprechenden
Teilabschnit ten unterteilt. Jeder Teilabschnitt beginnt mit einer
Zusammenstellung wichti ger Formeln und Eigenschaften, die
gleichzeitig als Basis fur die nachfolgenden Fragen und Aufgaben
des jeweiligen Abschnitts anzusehen sind. Dem Zweck des Buches
entsprechend wurde die Zusammenstellung knapp gehalten und er hebt
keinen Anspruch auf Vollstandigkeit. Fur weitreichendere
Fragestellungen solI ten bei Bedarf die im Literaturverzeichnis
angegebenen Lehrwerke genutzt werden. Am Schlufi jedes
Ubungskomplexes findet der Nutzer die Antworten zu allen gestellten
Fragen, Losungen sowie in der Mehrzahl der Falle auch Ansatze und
Losungswege zu den Aufgaben. Der Band wurde von vier Autoren
zusammengestellt. Vorschlage und Hinweise, die der Verbesserung und
Vervollkommnung des Buches dienen, nehmen die Autoren dankend
entgegen. Besonderer Dank gilt den Mitarbeiterinnen Frau
Dipl.Ing.(FH) I. Gugel, Frau M. Loscher, Frau M. Robakowski, Frau
B. Schneider, Frau K. Uhlemann, Frau Dipl.-Math. U. Wimmer und Frau
cand.math. K. Kempe, die die Schreibarbei ten ausfiihrten bzw. die
Zeichnungen anfertigten."
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