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"Is there such a thing as an 'international law' of which to be afraid? Can international law be seen as a coherent set of norms? Or is it, rather, something experienced radically differently by different individuals and groups in different parts of the world? And what do the different sets of international law seek to change or justify today? In [this book] noted authorities in this field respond to Raimond Gaita's invitation to explore ways in which international law constitutes a certain way of talking and being; one that might have both ameliorative and malign effects. The result is an extended and rich conversation about international law's aspirations and limitations, its nuances and rigidities, achievements and failures, relevance and irrelevance"--Back cover

Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, ob der Angriff auf die "Symbole des Westens", das World Trade Center in New York und das Pentagon in Washington, zu einem "Epochenbruch" in der internationalen Politik geführt hat. Der Autor versucht daher zunächst eine Bestandsaufnahme der Herausforderungen an die internationale Sicherheitspolitik, um dann zu klären, was sich seit dem 11.9. verändert hat und was nicht. In einem zweiten Schritt - an die Bedrohungsanalyse und ihre Erscheinungsformen anschließend - wird dargestellt, dass die Welt sich auf ein "unruhiges Nebeneinander" von Kooperation und Konflikt einzustellen hat. Multilateralismus und Unilateralismus werden nebeneinander bestehen, solange es mit den USA nur eine Weltmacht gibt. Die traditionellen Mittel der internationalen Zusammenarbeit wie Diplomatie, Rüstungskontrolle oder multilaterale Exportkontrollen werden ergänzt durch den präventiven Einsatz militärischer Mittel, einen verstärkten Ausbau ballistischer Raketenabwehr oder "counterproliferation", d.h. eine primär militärische Vorsorge gegen mögliche Angriffe mit Massenvernichtungswaffen. Insgesamt kreist die gegenwärtige Weltpolitik um die Frage nach dem Primat von Macht oder Recht in den Internationalen Beziehungen. (ICA2)

This book examines violence in international affairs. Originally published in 1975, the two types of violence which the book focusses on are nuclear deterrence and international terrorism. The broader perspective in which the ISODARCO discussions took place was the recognition of the need for a new kind of world order and the international contributors reflect a wide variety of ideological perspectives.

The vitality or, alternatively, vitiation of the international arbitral process remains a pressing subject. The explosion of inter-State, investor-State, and international commercial arbitration in recent years magnifies the importance of the subject. This second edition combines the historical analysis of the first edition with a survey of the continued salience and contemporary developments for each of the three problems identified: (i) the severability of the arbitration agreement; (ii) denial of justice (and now other possible breaches of international law) by governmental negation of arbitration; and (iii) the authority of truncated international arbitral tribunals. The international arbitral process continues to be fortified against unilateral attempts to derail it and, to that end, this book will be a valuable guide for practitioners and scholars alike.

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the International Monetary Fund (IMF), focusing on the: (1) conditions IMF negotiates with its borrower countries; and (2) trade policies of borrower countries."

AbstractFollowing older debates in international relations literature concerning the relative importance of domestic versus systemic factors, newer debates emphasize interdependence among states and the complex interactions between systemic and domestic factors. As globalization and democratization advance, theories and empirical models of international politics have become more complicated. We present a systematic theoretical categorization of relationships between domestic and systemic variables. We use this categorization so that scholars can match their theory to the appropriate empirical model and assess the degree to which systemic factors affect their arguments. We also present two advances at the frontier of these empirical models. In one, we combine hierarchical models of moderating relationships with spatial models of interdependence among units within a system. In the other, we provide a model for analyzing spatial interdependence that varies over time. This enables us to examine how the level of interdependence among units has evolved. We illustrate our categorization and new models by revisiting the recent international political economy (IPE) debate over the relationship between trade policy and regime type in developing countries.

Theory and History in International Relations is an eloquent plea to scholars of global politics to turn away from the "manufacture" of data and return to a systematic study of history as a basic for theory. While the modest use of empiricism will always be important, Puchala rejects the logical positivism of the so-called "scientific revolution" in the field in favor of a more complex, even intuitive, vision of global politics. He addresses the potential uses of history in studying some of the major debates of our time-the Cold War as a struggle between empires, the collision of civilizations

Der Beitrag erörtert die Installierung des Internationalen Strafgerichtshof (IStGH) in Den Haag 2002 aus der Perspektive der Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NROs). In einem ersten Schritt wird zunächst ein historischen Überblick über die Schaffung des IStGH gegeben, der mit der Haager Landkriegordnung aus dem Jahre 1907 beginnt. Der zweite Schritt beschäftigt sich mit der Leistung und Arbeitsweise der Nichtregierungsorganisationen in diesem Prozess. So sind die fünf wichtigsten Säulen der NRO-Arbeit (1) Prozessbeobachtung, (2) Kommunikationsarbeit, (3) Koordinierung, (4) Öffentlichkeitsarbeit sowie (5) die Organisation des Ratifikationsprozesses und die Aufklärung in vielen Ländern. In einem abschließenden dritten Schritt gilt das Hauptinteresse den aktuellen Probleme und der Rolle der Nichtregierungsorganisationen. Dazu gehören (1) die ablehnende US-Kampagne gegen den IStGH, (2) das System der Komplementarität des IStGH, also die universelle Jurisdiktion, (3) die Einbindung der Aggression als Verbrechen durch NROs sowie (4) die effektive Umsetzung der internationalen Strafverfolgung in nationalstaatlichen Rechtssystemen. (ICG2)

A group of leading political scientists assess the relevance and usefulness of international relations theory for policymaking. The editors' introduction reviews the "state of the art," the importance and liabilities of theory for the policymaker, and the problems of organizing knowledge to meet the needs of the policy community. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905