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This edited volume examines a range of historical and contemporary
episodes of reconciliation and anti-reconciliation in the aftermath
of war. Reconciliation is a concept that resists easy definition.
At the same time, it is almost invariably invoked as a goal of
post-conflict reconstruction, peacebuilding and transitional
justice. This book examines the considerable ambiguity and
controversy surrounding the term and, crucially, asks what has
reconciliation entailed historically? What can we learn from past
episodes of reconciliation and anti-reconciliation? Taken together,
the chapters in this volume adopt an interdisciplinary approach,
focused on the question of how reconciliation has been enacted,
performed and understood in particular historical episodes, and how
that might contribute to our understanding of the concept and its
practice. Rather than seek a universal definition, the book focuses
on what makes each case of reconciliation unique, and highlights
the specificity of reconciliation in individual contexts. This book
will be of much interest to students of transitional justice,
conflict resolution, human rights, history and International
Relations.
This book examines how and to what extent academic research in
politics and international studies has had 'impact' - in doing so,
it also considers what might characterise 'world-leading' research
impact. International Relations was always meant to have impact -
it was intended to make a difference in the world, when the subject
was formally founded to understand and prevent war in 1919. This
volume addresses the concept of 'impact' and offers a typology of
the term - instrumental, conceptual, capacity building and
procedural. The authors examine 111 impact case studies in the UK
Research Excellence Framework (2014) that were classified as having
achieved the highest level of evaluation, and they identify eight
characteristics that mark 'world-leading' impact. The book
concludes that process and public and media engagement are
previously underestimated aspects of impact in official approaches.
It further demonstrates that achieving the top levels of impact in
international relations is possible, but that factors such as the
nature of the subject, the approach of researchers and
mean-spiritedness in the peer review process inhibited this. This
book will be of much interest to students of politics and
international studies, as well as educational research and policy
makers, and anyone interested in, or working on, research impact.
This volume provides an authoritative, cutting-edge resource on the
characteristics of both technological and social change in warfare
in the twenty-first century, and the challenges such change
presents to international law. The character of contemporary
warfare has recently undergone significant transformation in
several important respects: the nature of the actors, the changing
technological capabilities available to them, and the sites and
spaces in which war is fought. These changes have augmented the
phenomenon of non-obvious warfare, making understanding warfare one
of the key challenges. Such developments have been accompanied by
significant flux and uncertainty in the international legal sphere.
This handbook brings together a unique blend of expertise,
combining scholars and practitioners in science and technology,
international law, strategy and policy, in order properly to
understand and identify the chief characteristics and features of a
range of innovative developments, means and processes in the
context of obvious and non-obvious warfare. The handbook has six
thematic sections: Law, war and technology Cyber warfare Autonomy,
robotics and drones Synthetic biology New frontiers International
perspectives. This interdisciplinary blend and the novel, rich and
insightful contribution that it makes across various fields will
make this volume a crucial research tool and guide for
practitioners, scholars and students of war studies, security
studies, technology and design, ethics, international relations and
international law.
This edited volume examines a range of historical and contemporary
episodes of reconciliation and anti-reconciliation in the aftermath
of war. Reconciliation is a concept that resists easy definition.
At the same time, it is almost invariably invoked as a goal of
post-conflict reconstruction, peacebuilding and transitional
justice. This book examines the considerable ambiguity and
controversy surrounding the term and, crucially, asks what has
reconciliation entailed historically? What can we learn from past
episodes of reconciliation and anti-reconciliation? Taken together,
the chapters in this volume adopt an interdisciplinary approach,
focused on the question of how reconciliation has been enacted,
performed and understood in particular historical episodes, and how
that might contribute to our understanding of the concept and its
practice. Rather than seek a universal definition, the book focuses
on what makes each case of reconciliation unique, and highlights
the specificity of reconciliation in individual contexts. This book
will be of much interest to students of transitional justice,
conflict resolution, human rights, history and International
Relations.
This volume provides a systematic and cross-regional analysis of
radicalisation, militancy and violence in West Africa. Concern
about terrorism in, or from, West Africa, has been recognised in
academic research, and the adoption of militarised approaches to
addressing it questioned. However, the basis for that questioning -
the need to investigate factors such as the historical and
socio-economic roots of militancy - is not developed, nor is it
substantiated in existing studies. The significant impact of
religiously motivated radicalisation and violence in West Africa
upon international security makes it essential to understand the
issues of militancy and violence in the region. In this volume, the
authors draw upon empirical research in West Africa to develop
understanding in these areas. Over the course of several chapters
written by leading experts in the field, the book successfully
blends historical and conceptual analysis with new empirical
research gathered from focus group discussions and research
interviews. Each of these core studies is structured around five
interrelated issues: tracing the antecedents of radicalisation;
monitoring trends; identifying actors; anticipating possibilities;
and analysing the strength of existing preventive mechanisms. This
book will be of much interest to students of African security,
African politics, radicalisation, political Islam, war and conflict
studies and security studies in general.
This book examines how and to what extent academic research in
politics and international studies has had 'impact' - in doing so,
it also considers what might characterise 'world-leading' research
impact. International Relations was always meant to have impact -
it was intended to make a difference in the world, when the subject
was formally founded to understand and prevent war in 1919. This
volume addresses the concept of 'impact' and offers a typology of
the term - instrumental, conceptual, capacity building and
procedural. The authors examine 111 impact case studies in the UK
Research Excellence Framework (2014) that were classified as having
achieved the highest level of evaluation, and they identify eight
characteristics that mark 'world-leading' impact. The book
concludes that process and public and media engagement are
previously underestimated aspects of impact in official approaches.
It further demonstrates that achieving the top levels of impact in
international relations is possible, but that factors such as the
nature of the subject, the approach of researchers and
mean-spiritedness in the peer review process inhibited this. This
book will be of much interest to students of politics and
international studies, as well as educational research and policy
makers, and anyone interested in, or working on, research impact.
This book examines how image affects war and whether image
affects our understanding of war. Crucially, how can moving-image
representation of conflict affect the legitimacy, conduct and
outcome of contemporary warfare?
The collapsing Twin Towers of September 11; the hooded figure at
the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq; the images of beheadings on the
internet; the emaciated figure in a Bosnian-Serb concentration
camp; the dancing flashes across the skylines of Baghdad as US-led
air bombardment deals blows to another rogue regime: such images
define contemporary conflict.
Drawing on a wide range of examples from fiction and factual
film, current affairs and television news, as well as new digital
media, this book introduces the notion of moving images as the key
weapons in contemporary armed conflict. The authors make use of
information about the US, the UK, the War on Terror, the former
Yugoslavia, former Soviet states, the Middle East and Africa.
War, Image and Legitimacy will be of great interest to students
of war and security studies, media and communication studies, and
international relations in general.
This book examines how image affects war and whether image affects
our understanding of war. Crucially, how can moving-image
representation of conflict affect the legitimacy, conduct and
outcome of contemporary warfare?
The collapsing Twin Towers of September 11; the hooded figure at
the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq; the images of beheadings on the
internet; the emaciated figure in a Bosnian-Serb concentration
camp; the dancing flashes across the skylines of Baghdad as US-led
air bombardment deals blows to another 'rogue' regime: such images
define contemporary conflict.
Drawing on a wide range of examples from fiction and factual
film, current affairs and television news, as well as new digital
media, this book introduces the notion of moving images as the key
weapons in contemporary armed conflict. The authors make use of
information about the US, the UK, the 'War on Terror', the former
Yugoslavia, former Soviet states, the Middle East and Africa.
War, Image and Legitimacy will be of great interest to students
of war and security studies, media and communication studies, and
international relations in general.
This volume examines the legacy of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which was created under
Chapter VII of the UN Charter as a mechanism explicitly aimed at
the restoration and maintenance of international peace and
security. As the ICTY has now entered its twentieth year, this
volume reflects on the record and practices of the Tribunal. Since
it was established, it has had enormous impact on the procedural,
jurisprudential and institutional development of international
criminal law, as well as the international criminal justice
project. This will be its international legacy, but its legacy in
the region where the crimes under its jurisdiction took place is
less clear; research has shown that reactions to the ICTY have been
mixed among the communities most affected by its work. Bringing
together a range of key thinkers in the field, Prosecuting War
Crimes explores these findings and discusses why many feel that the
ICTY has failed to fully engage with people's experiences and meet
their expectations. This book will be of much interest to students
of war crimes, international criminal law, Central and East
European politics, human rights, and peace and conflict studies.
This volume examines the legacy of the International Criminal
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which was created under
Chapter VII of the UN Charter as a mechanism explicitly aimed at
the restoration and maintenance of international peace and
security. As the ICTY has now entered its twentieth year, this
volume reflects on the record and practices of the Tribunal. Since
it was established, it has had enormous impact on the procedural,
jurisprudential and institutional development of international
criminal law, as well as the international criminal justice
project. This will be its international legacy, but its legacy in
the region where the crimes under its jurisdiction took place is
less clear; research has shown that reactions to the ICTY have been
mixed among the communities most affected by its work. Bringing
together a range of key thinkers in the field, Prosecuting War
Crimes explores these findings and discusses why many feel that the
ICTY has failed to fully engage with people's experiences and meet
their expectations. This book will be of much interest to students
of war crimes, international criminal law, Central and East
European politics, human rights, and peace and conflict studies.
This volume provides a systematic and cross-regional analysis of
radicalisation, militancy and violence in West Africa. Concern
about terrorism in, or from, West Africa, has been recognised in
academic research, and the adoption of militarised approaches to
addressing it questioned. However, the basis for that questioning -
the need to investigate factors such as the historical and
socio-economic roots of militancy - is not developed, nor is it
substantiated in existing studies. The significant impact of
religiously motivated radicalisation and violence in West Africa
upon international security makes it essential to understand the
issues of militancy and violence in the region. In this volume, the
authors draw upon empirical research in West Africa to develop
understanding in these areas. Over the course of several chapters
written by leading experts in the field, the book successfully
blends historical and conceptual analysis with new empirical
research gathered from focus group discussions and research
interviews. Each of these core studies is structured around five
interrelated issues: tracing the antecedents of radicalisation;
monitoring trends; identifying actors; anticipating possibilities;
and analysing the strength of existing preventive mechanisms. This
book will be of much interest to students of African security,
African politics, radicalisation, political Islam, war and conflict
studies and security studies in general.
This volume provides an authoritative, cutting-edge resource on the
characteristics of both technological and social change in warfare
in the twenty-first century, and the challenges such change
presents to international law. The character of contemporary
warfare has recently undergone significant transformation in
several important respects: the nature of the actors, the changing
technological capabilities available to them, and the sites and
spaces in which war is fought. These changes have augmented the
phenomenon of non-obvious warfare, making understanding warfare one
of the key challenges. Such developments have been accompanied by
significant flux and uncertainty in the international legal sphere.
This handbook brings together a unique blend of expertise,
combining scholars and practitioners in science and technology,
international law, strategy and policy, in order properly to
understand and identify the chief characteristics and features of a
range of innovative developments, means and processes in the
context of obvious and non-obvious warfare. The handbook has six
thematic sections: Law, war and technology Cyber warfare Autonomy,
robotics and drones Synthetic biology New frontiers International
perspectives. This interdisciplinary blend and the novel, rich and
insightful contribution that it makes across various fields will
make this volume a crucial research tool and guide for
practitioners, scholars and students of war studies, security
studies, technology and design, ethics, international relations and
international law.
This book examines how and why the United States, Britain,
France, and Germany failed to cope with the collapse of Yugoslavia
and its descent into a savage civil war. This failure also
shattered long-cherished notions about how the UN, NATO, and the
European Community would deal with such a crisis and prompted a
drastic reassessment of their roles. Gow demonstrates that the lack
of timing, bad judgment, poor cohesion, and absence of political
will over the use of force were the fundamental reasons for this
failure.
The Art of Creating Power explores the intellectual thought and
wider impact--on military affairs, politics and the
universities--of Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the
world's leading authorities on strategy, conflict and international
politics. In this volume, senior scholars of international
relations and military history trace the long trajectory of
Freedman's career, examining his scholarly contribution to a whole
host of areas from nuclear strategy to US foreign policy via
terrorism, the Falklands and Iraq. Individually, these essays
provide fascinating and innovative insights into strategy,
contemporary defence and foreign policy, and conflict. Taken
together, however, they are greater than the sum of their parts as
they both reflect and explore the theoretical approach adopted and
taught by Freedman - one that has made him one of the great
intellectual figures in the canon of international politics,
strategy and war. Throughout his professional life, Freedman
explored many of the uncertainties that plague our highly unstable
world. But as conflicts continue to erupt across the globe, it
seems we may be entering an even more precarious and uncertain
era.There could hardly be a better time than today to gain a deeper
understanding of Freedman's strategic insights.
The early 1980s brought dramatic changes in East-West relations.
The decade began with the death of Yugoslavia's Tito, the birth of
Poland's Solidarity trade union, and the U.S. election of Ronald
Reagan as president. These key developments, together with the
growing financial insolvency of the Soviet bloc and shifts in power
in the Kremlin culminating in the election of Mikhail Gorbachev as
general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in
1985 signalled the end of an era. Since then, U.S. relations with
Europe have charted a new course, influenced especially by the
dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the expansion of NATO, and the
growing strength of the European Union. This volume analyzes U.S.
relations with Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Poland, and
Ukraine, and examines the new role for NATO in the post-Cold War
world and the evolving dynamics in the U.S.-EU partnership. Through
their assessment of mutual perceptions, evolving interests, and
clashing agendas, the contributors offer a fresh and thoughtful
exploration of the relationship between the United States and the
major European states.
The laws of war have always been concerned with issues of necessity
and proportionality, but how are these principles applied in modern
warfare? What are the pressures on practitioners where an
increasing emphasis on legality is the norm? Where do such
boundaries lie in the contexts, means and methods of contemporary
war? What is wrong, or right, in the view of military-political
practitioners, in how those concepts relate to today's means and
methods of war? These are among the issues addressed by James Gow
in his compelling analysis of war and war crimes, which draws upon
research conducted over many years with defence professionals from
all over the world. Today more than ever, military strategy has to
embrace justice and law, with both being deemed essential
prerequisites for achieving success on the battlefield. And in a
context where legitimacy defines success in warfare, but is a
fragile and contested concept, no group has a greater interest in
responding to these pressures and changes positively than the
military. It is they who have the greatest need and desire to
foster legitimacy in war by getting the politics-law-strategy nexus
right, as well as developing a clear understanding of the
relationship between war and war crimes, and calibrating where war
becomes a war crime.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
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