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Where is Egypt headed? Did the people 'bring down the government'? Has the country become the first front in a regional counter-revolution backed by the Gulf monarchies? These are only some of the questions that this volume - the first to describe the ongoing dynamics in Egypt since the outbreak of revolution - explores

This article explores the relationship between ICTs and politics. The first part of the article briefly looks back over the literature reconstructing the framework within which this relationship has been located. According to the optimistic approach, ICTs could act as a catalyst in establishing democracy worldwide: great expectations have been nurtured but they have been frustrated by reality. From the pessimistic perspective, this outcome is not surprising as politics in the virtual world reflects politics in the real world. Both approaches share a traditional idea of politics and therefore fail to find any relevant change. But significant changes have occurred, as shown by how citizens have refocused their political attention outside the formal political arena. Social movements, civil associations, single issue groups or even discussion groups can be considered indicators of what has been called 'life politics' or 'sub-politics'. In a nutshell, this new kind of politics crosses the boundaries between politics, cultural values, civil values and identity processes. The picture that emerges gives us a different idea of politics to which ICTs make a significant contribution.

"This book brings together new perspectives on India's foreign policy in the light of a constantly shifting world order. From India's relations in its immediate neighborhood to its China policy, from India-US relations under Biden to Quad, from Grand Strategy to peacekeeping this book brings to the fore the shifting terrains of global politics and India's significant place in it. The essays in the volume critically examines changing preoccupations of India's foreign policy and its geopolitical interests, including its Act East Policy; includes comprehensive inputs on India's China policy and relations with Japan; explores India's relations with the USA, the Middle-East, Afghanistan, and Central Asia; discusses at length India's nuclear, energy, and foreign investment policies; analyses India's positioning on the emergence of the Indo-Pacific discourse. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science and international relations. It will also be of use to foreign policy and diplomacy practitioners, career bureaucrats, and government think tanks"--

Intro -- Crisis Theory and World Order -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: Theoretical Critique -- 1. Crisis Theory: The Challenge to Peace Research -- 2. The Problem of World Order: Overcoming the Logic of Statecraft -- 3. The Metaphysical Ground of World Order Thinking -- 4. Planetary Politics and the Essence of Technology -- PART TWO: Essential Political Thinking -- 5. A Pathway to Essential Political Thinking -- 6. The Essence of Political Being -- CONCLUSION: Projecting-Open [ENTWURF] with Heidegger -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CONCLUSION -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Front Matter -- Klaus Oschema and Christoph Mauntel. Introduction -- Daniel G. König. Dār al-ḥarb vs terra paganorum. On the Practical Implications of Circumscribing the Sphere of the 'Infidels' -- Nora Berend. The Concept of Christendom. Christianitas as a Call to Action -- Albrecht Fuess. A 'Medieval Islamist' Versus an 'Arab Machiavelli'? -- Michal Biran. The Mongol World Order. From Universalism to Glocalization -- Christoph Mauntel and Klaus Oschema. Between Universal Empire and the Plurality of Kingdoms -- Donatella Guida. Imperial Geography and Fatherly Benevolence -- Michael Wintle. The Advent of the Black Magus -- Mark Horton. Beyond Eurasia - the African Contribution to the Premodern World -- Veronic a Strang. Seeing Through the Rainbow -- Frauke Sachse. Translating Otherworlds -- Back Matter.

Front Matter -- Klaus Oschema and Christoph Mauntel. Introduction -- Daniel G. König. Dār al-ḥarb vs terra paganorum. On the Practical Implications of Circumscribing the Sphere of the 'Infidels' -- Nora Berend. The Concept of Christendom. Christianitas as a Call to Action -- Albrecht Fuess. A 'Medieval Islamist' Versus an 'Arab Machiavelli'? -- Michal Biran. The Mongol World Order. From Universalism to Glocalization -- Christoph Mauntel and Klaus Oschema. Between Universal Empire and the Plurality of Kingdoms -- Donatella Guida. Imperial Geography and Fatherly Benevolence -- Michael Wintle. The Advent of the Black Magus -- Mark Horton. Beyond Eurasia - the African Contribution to the Premodern World -- Veronic a Strang. Seeing Through the Rainbow -- Frauke Sachse. Translating Otherworlds -- Back Matter.