Contemporary Conflict

This volume provides a timely contribution to debates over the role of the EU on the global stage and its contribution to peace and security, at a time when these discussions are reinvigorated by the adoption of the EU Global Strategy...

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In his translator's preface to the revised edition of Gandhiji's autobiography, Mahadev Desai stated:It has now undergone careful revision, and from the point of view of language, it has had the benefit of careful revision by a revered friend, who, among many other things, has the reputation of bein..

This international collection provides a diverse yet coherent range of new scholarship and opinion on this fascinating and often perplexing post-Soviet country. Revolution, war, great power politics, civil society and peacemaking, as well as crime and corruption, all receive intensive and fresh eval..

The contributions in this book analyse the politics, power and performances involved in the social construction of facts, truth and authenticity in conflict knowledge and expertise, which in turn inform international intervention politics. The chapters originally published as a speical issue in the ..

This new book tackles two crucial questions: First, how does religion in its various forms and manifestations influence world politics? Second, how will adding religion to the discourse on international relations modify our theoretical understanding?..

Religious Citizenship and Islamophobia brings together a range of studies and reflections pertinent to the contemporary issues of religious citizenship and Islamophobia. The book examines the place of Islam in Western secular democracies, the questioning of Muslim citizenship, the hardening of Weste..

Religious Citizenship and Islamophobia brings together a range of studies and reflections pertinent to the contemporary issues of religious citizenship and Islamophobia. The book examines the place of Islam in Western secular democracies, the questioning of Muslim citizenship, the hardening of Weste..

Is global climate change likely to become a significant source of violent conflict, and should it therefore be seen as a national security challenge? This collection, the first of its kind, shows that mainstream policy and academic thinking on the subject is fundamentally flawed – and that while cli..

Is global climate change likely to become a significant source of violent conflict, and should it therefore be seen as a national security challenge? This collection, the first of its kind, shows that mainstream policy and academic thinking on the subject is fundamentally flawed – and that while cli..

This volume provides an understanding of the evolution of strategic thinking since the Adelphi Papers began during the Cold War. These papers are important both in terms of the intellectual contribution they made at the time, and their enduring value in shedding light even on today's security challe..