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Book Peace  Security and Defence Cooperation in Post Brexit Europe

Download or read book Peace Security and Defence Cooperation in Post Brexit Europe written by Cornelia-Adriana Baciu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighting the challenges and prospects of European security cooperation, this volume examines the impact of Brexit on strategic aspects of security, peace, defence and foreign policy for both the European Union and the UK. It applies theoretical and methodological approaches from international relations and security studies to analyse the causal mechanisms of security cooperation, and covers topics including innovative security technologies, defence procurement, EU-NATO relations, new capabilities frameworks (such as PESCO, EDF and EII), the role of French-German military cooperation, and the implications of Brexit for European deterrence or the Northern Ireland peace process. The findings contribute to a better understanding and management of anticipated challenges and sources of instability in post-Brexit Europe.

Book Globalization  A Threat to International Cooperation and Peace

Download or read book Globalization A Threat to International Cooperation and Peace written by M. Panic and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the impressive first edition, this revised and updated book examines a wide range of highly topical issues. Dr Panic questions whether economic prosperity, social wellbeing and peace are sustainable given existing national attitudes, institutions and policies, and explores the changes needed to prevent another global economic collapse.

Book Across the Lines of Conflict

Download or read book Across the Lines of Conflict written by Michael Lund and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a comparative analysis of six case studies, this volume illustrates key conflict-resolution techniques for peacebuilding. Outside parties learn how to facilitate cooperation by engaging local leaders in intensive, interactive workshops. These opposing leaders reside in small, ethnically divided countries, including Burundi, Cyprus, Estonia, Guyana, Sri Lanka, and Tajikistan, that have experienced communal conflicts in recent years. In Estonia and Guyana, peacebuilding initiatives sought to ward off violence. In Burundi and Sri Lanka, initiatives focused on ending ongoing hostilities, and in Cyprus and Tajikistan, these efforts brought peace to the country after its violence had ended. The contributors follow a systematic assessment framework, including a common set of questions for interviewing participants to prepare comparable results from a set of diverse cases. Their findings weigh the successes and failures of this particular approach to conflict resolution and draw conclusions about the conditions under which such interactive approaches work, as well as assess the audience and the methodologies used. This work features research conducted in conjunction with the Working Group on Preventing and Rebuilding Failed States, convened by the Wilson Center's Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity.

Book Temple of Peace

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ingo Trauschweizer
  • Publisher : Baker Series in Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Release : 2022-02-22
  • ISBN : 9780821424933
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book Temple of Peace written by Ingo Trauschweizer and published by Baker Series in Peace and Conflict Studies. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The often-violent realities of international relations in the post-World War II era have challenged Winston Churchill's characterization of the United Nations as a "temple of peace." In this volume, nine experts examine the modern history of international relations in order to shed light on their prospective futures.

Book The United Nations and Higher Education

Download or read book The United Nations and Higher Education written by Kevin Kester and published by IAP. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Kevin Kester details how the United Nations promotion of higher education for peace and international understanding sometimes unintentionally contributes to the reproduction of conflict and violence across diverse cultures. He shows this through an indepth examination of peace curricula, pedagogy and policy in one United Nations higher education institution, where he indicates how dominant philosophical and pedagogical models that signify acceptable peace education ultimately undermine the very goals of educational peacebuilding. Kester contends that theoretical and pedagogical training must develop beyond the dominant psycho-social, rational and state-centric assumptions that permeate the field today if higher education is to better contribute to personal and societal peacebuilding. Drawing from the fields of educational philosophy and sociology, he argues for new concepts of poststructural violence and second order reflexivity that can assist scholars in reducing conflict and building peace in lasting ways. He complements his fieldwork findings with personal reflections throughout the book to reimagine the transformative possibilities of peacebuilding education for the 21st century.

Book Cooperation for a Peaceful and Sustainable World

Download or read book Cooperation for a Peaceful and Sustainable World written by Chen Bo and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Environmental Peacemaking

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ken Conca
  • Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
  • Release : 2002-11-13
  • ISBN : 9780801871931
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book Environmental Peacemaking written by Ken Conca and published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press. This book was released on 2002-11-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight contributions written by professors of political science, government, and politics as well as researchers and program directors for environmental change, energy, and security projects provide insight into the process of environmental peacemaking, based on their experiences in a variety of international regions. An initial chapter makes a case for the process; successive chapters address the Baltic, South Asia, the Aral Sea basin, southern Africa, the Caspian Sea, and the US-Mexican border. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Book The Political Economy of War and Peace

Download or read book The Political Economy of War and Peace written by Murray Wolfson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: cancer n. any malignant tumor . . . Metastasis may occur via the bloodstream or the lymphatic channels or across body cavities . . . setting up secondary tumors . . . Each individual primary tumor has its own pattern . . . There are probably many causative factors . . . Treatment. . . depends on the type of tumor, the site of the primary tumor and the extent of the spread. (Oxford Concise Medical Dictionary 1996, 97) Let us begin by stating the obvious. Acts of organized violence are not necessarily of human nature, but they are endogenous events arising within the an intrinsic part evolution of complex systems of social interaction. To be sure, all wars have features in common - people are killed and property is destroyed - but in their origin wars are likely to be at least as different as the social structures from which they arise. Consequently, it is unlikely that there can be a simple theory of the causes of war or the maintenance of peace. The fact that wars are historical events need not discourage us. On the contrary, we should focus our understanding of the dimensions of each conflict, or classes of conflict, on the conjuncture of causes at hand. It follows that the study of conflict must be an interdisciplinary one. It is or a penchant for eclecticism that leads to that conclusion, but the not humility multi-dimensionality of war itself.

Book Pandemics and Peace

    Book Details:
  • Author : William J. Long
  • Publisher : US Institute of Peace Press
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 1601270801
  • Pages : 166 pages

Download or read book Pandemics and Peace written by William J. Long and published by US Institute of Peace Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented are case studies of recent pandemic threats in our globalized world and how interests, institutions, and ideas can align to allow for interstate cooperations even in unfavorable environments. The author has a working proposition on what makes new forms of public-private governance effective and he creates analytical frameworks for practitioners grappling with transnational problems. Engaged here are core debates in the international relations theories of cooperation.

Book China and Africa

Download or read book China and Africa written by Chris Alden and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the expanding involvement of China in security cooperation in Africa. Drawing on leading and emerging scholars in the field, the volume uses a combination of analytical insights and case studies to unpack the complexity of security challenges confronting China and the continent. It interrogates how security considerations impact upon the growing economic and social links China has developed with African states.

Book Security through Cooperation

Download or read book Security through Cooperation written by Walter A. Kemp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes the case for why cooperation is the key to security within and between states, and for dealing with complex threats and challenges to international peace and security. It argues that cooperation is not altruism or liberal internationalism, rather it is in the self-interest of states. Drawing on both theory and practice, it looks at how cooperation can be promoted within and between states as well as in the global community. It explains the concept of ‘cooperative security’ and its potential contribution to promoting integration against the current of fragmentation. Furthermore, the book explores the potential impact of technology on cooperation. It makes an urgent call for new ideas and approaches to encourage people and states to work together to deal with complex threats and challenges. This book will be of particular interest to students of diplomacy studies, foreign policy and international relations, and to practitioners dealing with security issues.

Book Cooperation for a Peaceful and Sustainable World

Download or read book Cooperation for a Peaceful and Sustainable World written by Manas Chatterji and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume contains articles by distinguished scholars and practitioners on the role of cooperation in non-violent management and the reduction of conflict. In all areas of conflict, namely political; ethnic; resource; fiscal, and environmental, it is argued that a cooperative and not unilateral action is most effective. The articles address topics such as the Global Peace Index, language as a tool of reconciliation, decentralization, and civil-military approaches and present case studies from across the world. This volume discusses how negotiation, mediation and arbitration lead to a more win-win solution and is essential reading for scholars in peace science, especially those interested in the mechanics of peace and in ensuring its sustainability."--P. [4] of cover.

Book Japan   s Peacekeeping at a Crossroads

Download or read book Japan s Peacekeeping at a Crossroads written by Hiromi Nagata Fujishige and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book examines why Japan discontinued its quarter-century history of troop contribution to UN Peacekeeping Operations (1992–2017). Japan had deployed its troops as UN peacekeepers since 1992, albeit under a constitutional limit on weapons use. Japan’s peacekeepers began to focus on engineering work as its strength, while also trying to relax the constraints on weapons use, although to a minimal extent. In 2017, however, Japan suddenly withdrew its engineering corps from South Sudan, and has contributed no troops since then. Why? The book argues that Japan could not match the increasing “robustness” of recent peacekeeping operations and has begun to seek a new direction, such as capacity-building support.

Book Keeping the Peace

    Book Details:
  • Author : Susanne Wichert
  • Publisher : New Society Publishers
  • Release : 1998-07-01
  • ISBN : 9780865711587
  • Pages : 118 pages

Download or read book Keeping the Peace written by Susanne Wichert and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 1998-07-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeping the Peace is a handbook for parents, daycare providers, kindergarten teachers and playgroup leaders striving to create harmonious groups, bolster children's self-esteem, and foster cooperative and creative interactions between kids aged from two and a half to six. It includes carefully designed and clearly presented activities, anecdotes from the author's own extensive journals, and the theories behind the design.

Book A New Structure for Security  Peace  and Cooperation in the Persian Gulf

Download or read book A New Structure for Security Peace and Cooperation in the Persian Gulf written by Seyed Hossein Mousavian and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tensions between Iran and its Arab neighbors at the Persian Gulf have often been described as one of the challenges to the world peace and security over the past decade. As a result, one of the puzzles of the current international relations has been the question of whether or not, there are prospects to resolve conflicts between Iran and Saudi Arabia and GCC and envision normalized, friendly diplomatic relations between the two states. This book argues that normalized and friendly ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia is possible, and indeed, the author shows that there is a historical precedence for it, even in the post-1979 revolutionary Iran. And, if normalized and friendly diplomatic relations are possible between Iran and Saudi Arabia, then, it is not hard to envision that maladies of sectarianism as well as Sunni-Shi’a conflict would subside in the region. The book draws on the author’s involvement, conversations, interviews, and personal observations as Ambassador and official over several decades. The book tries to explore the possibilities of diplomatic resolutions to the existing conflicts between Iran and Saudi Arabia and offer a roadmap to achieving sustainable diplomatic relations.

Book The Maintenance of Peace and Security  The Cooperation between the Security Council and Regional Organisations

Download or read book The Maintenance of Peace and Security The Cooperation between the Security Council and Regional Organisations written by Vito Pappagallo and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2011-07-18 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Law - European and International Law, Intellectual Properties, University of Westminster, language: English, abstract: This essay provides a critical discussion of the functions that the Security Council had wielded for the maintenance of the peace and security according to the Charter of United Nation. It begins by exploring the role of the Security Council within the international community. After that it discusses how the Council can exercise its functions to maintain international peace and security among States cooperating with the regional organisations

Book Paths to Peace

    Book Details:
  • Author : Japan. Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Cabnit Office
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2008
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 44 pages

Download or read book Paths to Peace written by Japan. Secretariat of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Cabnit Office and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: