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"Biopower and International Relations" published on by Oxford University Press.

This volume presents the state of the art of the new phenomenon interregionalism examining both empirical observations and theoretical explanations.

A distinctive feature of the evolution of the modern international system has been the emergence of ideologies so universalist in their assumptions that they have ignored, or worse, denied the cultural and political diversities of mankind—diversities which constitute the ineluctable framework of international politics and which make the conduct of foreign affairs such a complex and difficult craft. One major obstacle, however, to understanding the problems which this development poses for the theory and practice of international relations is the fact that the correct usage of the term 'ideology' is very much broader than that which is generally accepted today.

These last ten years have witnessed a remarkable development of Chinese academic writing on International Relations. The late Premier Zhou Enlai had recommended the expansion of such studies in 1964 on his return from a tour of Africa after having found the relevant Chinese expertise weak and ill-informed. But the Cultural Revolution of 1966–1976 not only prevented that development, but along with most other intellectuals those few scholars engaged in the subject were humiliated and persecuted. Since 1977, in common with the other social sciences, International Relations has begun to flourish. Although it is a fairly new independent subject of study more than five hundred scholars are engaged in a variety of research institutes and several universities offer courses in it. As in the other social sciences, research in International Relations is carried out under the general guidelines of serving China's long term policies of modernization and the open door.

Analyzes the causes and impact of government secrecy and applies three possible explanations to a case study of US information policy with regard to the Congo crisis of 1960-61. Explanations are: to protect sensitive information from external enemies, result of the irrational features in any government bureaucracy, and to mislead populations of their own countries.

Wen soll der Westen unterstützen: gemäßigte Islamisten wie Tariq Ramadan oder islamische Dissidenten wie Ayaan Hirsi Ali? Der französische Philosoph Pascal Bruckner sorgte Anfang 2007 für Aufsehen, als er in einer polemischen Streitschrift den vermeintlichen liberalen Konsens im Umgang mit dem Islam attackierte. Beweglicher und schneller, als das in den traditionellen Medien möglich gewesen wäre, entwickelte sich auf den Seiten der Internetplattformen perlentaucher.de und signandsight.com eine kontroverse Debatte, die den aktuellen Stand der Diskussion um Multikulturalismus in Europa markiert und darüber hinausweist.

"This book focuses on collaborative work within the disciplines of international law and international relations, to note sample efforts to collaborate, and to assess the cultivation of an interdisciplinary outlook"--

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Foreword by Fouad Ajami -- Prologue -- On a Ship to Oman -- On the Train to the Army-Navy Game -- CHAPTER ONE: Two World Orders -- Christendom and Caliphate -- Duality or Unity? -- "The Turk" and "Oriental Despotism" -- Three World-Historical Events -- CHAPTER TWO: The Modern Ordering Takes Shape -- 1648 -- The Enlightenment Views the Prophet -- The Sick Man of Europe -- CHAPTER THREE: The Wars on World Order -- The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars -- The Taiping Rebellion, 1851-1866 -- The American Civil War and the Utah War -- The Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 -- The Great War -- World War II: Imperial Japan and the Third Reich -- The Cold War -- The Indian Mutiny and the International System -- CHAPTER FOUR: An Islamic Challenge Takes Shape -- 1979: Iran -- 1979: Saudi Arabia -- 1979: Pakistan -- 1979: Afghanistan -- 1979: Egypt -- 1979: Saddam's Iraq-Bonfire of the Pathologies -- The Lost Decade of the 1990s -- The Islamist War on World Order, Well Underway -- Saddam Overthrown -- Saddam's Strategy -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Shock of Recognition -- Centers of Gravity -- Legal -- Military -- The State -- Women -- Democracy -- Nuclear Weapons -- Values -- CHAPTER SIX: In the Matter of Grand Strategy -- Religion in World Order Revisited -- Epilogue: On the Road to Oxiana -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- About the Hoover Institution's Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order -- Index.

"International Relations and International Law have developed in parallel but distinctly throughout the 20th Century. However in recent years there has been a recognition that their shared concerns in areas as diverse as the environment, transnational crime and terrorism, human rights and conflict resolution outweigh their disciplinary and methodological divergences. Law scholars have perhaps discovered the importance of understanding the behavior of actions in the international legal system and international relations scholars have re-discovered that objectives, including normative objectives, might influence choices and condition behavior. This new interest coincides with a general broadening of cross-disciplinary interests into history, sociology, philosophy, psychology, and economics for law and similar developments in international relations. The distinctive rationale for inquiry remains for both fields of study, but the need to move beyond description only in the case of law or analysis only in the case of politics has also fueled a need for new methodologies to understand the changing phenomenon of international life today. This book focuses on collaborative work within the disciplines of international law and international relations, to note sample efforts to collaborate, and to assess the cultivation of an interdisciplinary outlook."--

A gap is currently growing between the rich theories in International Relations (IR) and how they are presented in classrooms. Although the scholarly literature acknowledges the complexities of international relations, these notions are not fully integrated into IR courses, especially at the introductory level. I assert that teaching IR through the framework of relations between different me(s) and other(s) would address this problem. In short, I claim that international relations are almost by definition about interactions between a me and an other. Acknowledging this fact will allow us to sharpen a number of important issues and questions in world politics concerning the me(s) (for example, states, ethnic groups, IGOs, NGOs, transnational communities) and their relevant other(s). I contend that this approach helps to capture the multiplicity of actors, interactions, and practices in IR, and to better connect them to the theories in the field. I further suggest that this approach not only provides a fruitful method for teaching IR, but it also allows scholars (and students) to rethink and reflect on the field. Adapted from the source document.

The relevancy and the adequacy of psychology as applied to the study of international relations is set forth. Problems of generalization from the individual to the nation, laboratory experiments, and psychological reductionism are discussed. The authors, members of the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami, are firm in their belief that psychology has much to contribute to international relations on a variety of levels.