Militarized conflicts between states appear to occur repeatedly in the same geographic regions. Both World Wars and a series of interstate disputes in the post-Cold War system had their origins in th …

Since 1989 the concept of »civil war» has taken on new salience in international relations. Significant inquiries into inter-ethnic violence emphasising studies of political community, identity, so …

Providing case study analyses of the politics of science in and around the International Polar Year of 2007-2008, this volume makes a distinct contribution to ongoing research focusing on the relatio …

International Criminal Justice and the Politics of Compliance provides a comprehensive study of compliance with legal obligations derived from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugos …

This book provides a theory capable of explaining the patterns of public expenditures and taxation that occur under representative government. Economists and political scientists have come to realize …

A fully documented text which addresses a key issue of EU decision-making which is surfacing again in proposed institutional reforms. It looks at the role of smaller states, deals with the important …

How legitimate are outcomes, outputs and impacts of global environmental regimes? Can non-state actors contribute to improve the output- and input-oriented legitimacy of global environmental governan …

The Democratic People»s Republic of Korea (North Korea) joined the rank of nuclear powers in October 2006 after exploding its first nuclear device. The test was not fully successful yet it unequivoc …

This timely and pertinent collection looks at the variety of questions involved in the operation of Commissions of Inquiry (Co Is). Traditionally existing as pure fact-finding bodies, in recent times …

This region — which marks the meeting of China and post-Soviet Central Asia — is increasingly important militarily, economically and geographically. Yet we know little of the people that live there, …