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Buffer states--countries geographically and/or politically situated between two or more regional or global powers--function to maintain peace between the larger powers. Contributors to this book, the first devoted to the buffer state concept, analyze the geographical and political factors necessary for the establishment and maintenance of a buffer state and examine its role in helping to maintain world peace. The problems and prospects of buffer states and buffer zones and the multiple roles played by the buffer in international politics are also explored. Using information from a number of countries, including Lebanon, Afghanistan, Korea, and Uruguay, the contributors argue that the function of the buffer state has not diminished with the advance of modern technology, but that the prospects for a long life for any particular buffer state are tenuous. Nevertheless, they conclude that although the international benefits from any one buffer state tend to be short term, the continued existence of the system will be an important element in preventing armed conflict in many parts of the world.

Is an individualistic outlook in analysing world politics either possible or useful? This book is a collection of essays written by an international team of ten scholars. It deals with the status of individuals in world politics and tries to connect macro and micro levels of analysis. Five contributions by Michel Girard, Michel Nicholson, James Rosenau, Jacques Herman and Anna Leander explore some of the theoretical and methodological problems related to the individualistic perspective in International Relations. Five other contributions by Marcel Merle, Susan Strange, Dominique David, Jean Klein and Jean-Pierre Colin examine the role of exceptional or ordinary individuals in different spheres of international politics

Thornton reviews South Asia in World Politics edited by Devin T. Hagerty.

The nations of the modern world community have been working together on international health problems for a century and a half. They have collaborated because they have realized that disease does not respect national boundaries. In doing so, these states have learned that their selfinterests are best served by world-wide collective action to eradicate communicable disease and to promote positive health conditions everywhere.

This book investigates a phenomenon in world politics that is largely overlooked by scholars, namely entities lacking international recognition of their status as independent states. It includes case studies on the Eurasian Quartet, Kosovo, Somaliland, Palestine, Northern Cyprus, Western Sahara and Taiwan

What happens when the brain/mind ceases to function properly? How does this impinge on world affairs? What is to be done, for example, when a leader ceases to act in a seemingly sane fashion and yet still commands the loyalty of those who maintain him or her in office? This book looks at the relationship between psychopathology and world politics

The contemporary literature on the role of moral norms in world politics challenges realist explanations that assume foreign policy is guided by the rational pursuit of national interest. Empirically oriented scholarship on morality bridges the gap between abstract interpretive critiques of regimes theory & the positivist insistence on behavioral analysis. Links between interests & norms, relationships, between domestic & international norm & relativism, & relevant epistemological issues are examined, suggesting that constructivist approaches offer common grounds for meshing enlightened self-interest & the needs of the moral community, & an alternative agenda for understanding transformations in modern world politics. Adapted from the source document.

The article discusses implications of increasing the role of the Islamic factor in world politics. Special attention is paid to the fact that the growth of Islamic radical and extremist organizations, as well as the increased international terrorism update the problem of Islamic-Christian dialogue. The author appeals for starting a constructive interaction between Muslims and Christians.