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Seit der UN-Konferenz von Kopenhagen steckt der globale Klimaschutz in einer tiefen Krise. Dafür sind längst nicht mehr nur die Regierungen, sondern auch die involvierten Nichtregierungsorganisationen verantwortlich. Als Ursachen des Scheiterns sieht der Autor die regelrecht symbiotische Verbundenheit der zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteure mit dem herrschenden Klimaregime und das Fehlen einer fundamentalen Kritik an der inhaltlichen Ausrichtung des Prozesses bzw. der Verfahren. Es gelingt ihnen nicht, den Klimawandel mit den größeren Debatten über gesellschaftlichen Wandel, die Energiewende oder die Post-Wachstumsgesellschaft zu verbinden. Mit neuen Protestformen müsste ein radikaler Wandel, eine Demokratisierung der Klimapolitik erreicht werden. (ICB)

THE SHATT AL-ARAB DISPUTE REVOLUES AROUND THE QUESTION OF DEMARCATING THE BOUNDARY ON THIS RIVER BETWEEN IRAN AND IRAQ. THE ERZERUM TREATY (1847) FOLLOWED BY THE BOUNDARY TREATY OF 1937 HAD AWARDED THE WHOLE OF THE RIVER TO IRAQ, PROVIDING, HOWEVER, THAT AT TWO PLACES FOR A DISTANCE OF ABOUT TEN MILES THE BOUNDARY SHALL BE THE MEDIAN LINE. THE TREATY OF 1937 WAS DENOUNCED BY IRAN IN 1969.

"This book scrutinizes how three small Scandinavian countries - Norway, Sweden and Denmark - developed a unique foreign policy that brought Israel and the Palestinians to the negotiating table. Bringing together the field of soft power diplomacy with the field of conflict mediation, the text analyses the specific type of peace diplomacy offered by Scandinavia. It identifies the different methods and policies of the three Scandinavian countries, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of their mediation strategies. Close examination of the historical record through primary and secondary sources in five languages reveals how Scandinavian involvement worked over almost three decades and to what extent it shaped the content of the Oslo peace talks. The author documents how the Scandinavian countries employed soft power diplomacy to enlist the aid of more powerful countries and international institutions to compensate for their limited authority and legitimacy, and how they used the Middle East peace process to strengthen their own national interests, financial standing and international status. The book will appeal to scholars, diplomats, politicians, educators and students interested in Scandinavian foreign policy and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict"--