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"International Relations and Comparative Politics" published on by Oxford University Press.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The "Irrelevance" of International Law and Organizations -- 2. The Real Origins of International Legal Positivism -- 3. The Achievements of International Legal Positivism -- 4. International Legal Positivism after the Outbreak of World War I -- 5. Functionalism as a Substitute for Positivism -- 6. A Functionalist Analysis of International Law and Politics -- 7. The Function of Decision Performed by International Law and Organizations -- 8. The Function of Adjudication as Performed by the UN. Security Council -- 9. The Function of Resolution as Performed by the UN. Security Council -- 10. The Function of Redefinition as Performed by the UN. General Assembly -- 11. The Increments of International Law and Politics -- 12. A New Philosophy for American Foreign Policy -- 13. The Definitional Context of the Iranian Hostages Crisis -- 14. A Functionalist Approach to u.s. Crisis Management Decision Making -- 15. The Carter Administration's Responsibility for the Death of Detente -- 16. Restoring Persian Gulf Security -- 17. The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon -- 18. The Future of Nuclear Arms Control between the Superpowers -- 19. International Lawlessness in the Caribbean Basin -- 20. Machiavellianism Destroys Constitutionalism -- Notes -- Index

The year 2007 will see the 50th anniversary of the Space Age, which began with the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in October 1957. Since that time, the development of space technology has revolutionised many aspects of life on Earth, from satellite television to mobile phones, the internet and micro-electronics. It has also helped to bring about a revolution in the use of military force by the most powerful states. Space is crucial to the politics of the postmodern world. It has seen competition and cooperation in the past fifty years, and is in danger of becoming a battlefield in the next fifty. The International Politics of Space is the first book to bring these crucial themes together and provide a clear and vital picture of how politically important space has become, and what its exploitation might mean for all our futures. Michael Sheehan analyses the space programmes of the United States, Russia, China, India and the European Space Agency, and explains how central space has become to issues of war and peace, international law, justice and international development, and cooperation between the worlds leading states. It highlights the significance of China and India's commitment to space, and explains how the theories and concepts we use to describe and explain space are fundamental to the possibility of avoiding conflict in space in the future. This ground-breaking book will be of great interest to students of international relations, space politics and security studies

Six articles from the Cambodian Agony, edited by David A. Ablin and Marlowe Hood, to be published at the end of 1986 by M. E. Sharpe (Editors' note, p. 2.). David Hawk, "International human rights law and Democratic Kampuchea", pp.3-38; D. W. P. Elliot, "Deadlock diplomacy: Thai and Vietnamese interests in Kampuchea", pp. 39-76; Anthony Barnett, "Cambodian possibilities", pp. 77-109; Serge Thion, "The pattern of Cambodian politics", pp. 110-130; David P. Chandler, "A revolution in full spate: Communist Party policy in democratic Kampuchea, December 1976", pp. 131-149; Timothy Carney, "Heng Samrin's armed forces and the military balance in Cambodia", pp. 150-185. (IPSA/DÜI)