Suchergebnisse

Telling the Truth in Postwar Europe -- "There Has Been a Lot of Dirt Here" : Denunciations and Accusations -- Housewives and Opportunists : Categorizing DP Women and Wives -- Unaccompanied Children and Unfit Mothers -- The Children Left Behind -- "The top-heavy slow-turning wheel" : From Europe to Australia -- Address Unknown : Tracing the Disappeared -- Conclusion : History off the Leash.

"In today's rapid rise and expansion of China's influence all around the world and in ASEAN during the past two decades, there has been an increasing awareness of various countries and regions adjusting themselves to the new trends, both in terms of opportunities and risks alike. This has become necessary due to the rapid changes in many aspects - political landscapes, economic issues, as well as social and cultural considerations. This book, China's Rise in Mainland ASEAN: Regional Evidence and Local Responses, provides timely insights on some of the latest issues pertaining to ASEAN and China, rapidly shifting interactions and upcoming geostrategic challenges. ASEAN can be said to be undergoing a new era, with China becoming more intertwined and involved with the ASEAN region than ever before. The complexity of the regional dynamics means that this phenomenon cannot be captured with a single narrative or discipline of study. In addressing the matters at hand, this book sets out to examine and provide deeper understandings on the regional implications, and local responses from ASEAN countries, and from the perspective of the region as a whole. The underlying rationale is that adequate understanding on the matters involved in this new ASEAN-China era will help to encourage better and mutually beneficial relationships between both sides. The analysis of this book will be categorized into four main themes - (1) "The Big Picture", concerning China's policies, strategies, and diplomatic stances, (2) "Implications and Responses", dealing with how ASEAN members react and respond to China's actions and regional influence, (3) "Perspectives on Trade, Investment and External Debt", which handles the economic facets of the ASEAN-China interactions, and (4) "Connectivity in Focus", addressing various emerging and existing dimensions of connectivity expansion between ASEAN and China, both physical and virtual."

1. The U.S.-Pakistan Troubled Relationship: A Historical Overview 2. Genesis, Rise, Struggle, Rule and Organizational Structure of the Taliban 3. U.S. and the Taliban: Tracing the U.S. Policy 4. Pakistan's Tilt towards the Taliban: Ins and Outs 5. The U.S.-Taliban Peace Agreement and Pakistan 6. U.S.-Pakistan and the Taliban: From a Delicate Balance to a New Entente

Part I -- Chapter 1. Problem Definition, Structure and Methodology -- Chapter 2. Cyber Security -- Chapter 3. Artificial Intelligence and Law -- Chapter 4. Data Protection -- Part II: Data Protection Law – Selected Countries of Asia -- Chapter 5. South Korea -- Chapter 6. Hong Kong -- Chapter 7. Macau -- Chapter 8. The Philippines -- Chapter 9. Taiwan -- Chapter 10. Lao -- Chapter 11. Vietnam -- Chapter 12. China -- Part III: North America -- Chapter 13. Canada -- Chapter 14. The United States -- Chapter 15. Comparison, Challenges and A Way Forward.

Introduction and Course of the Investigation -- Geography, Politics and Economy in the Caspian Region -- Legal History and the Present State of Use of the Caspian Resources -- Cooperation Levels in Caspian States Practice in the 1990s Until 2018 -- Interrelations Between Territorial Delimitation and the Regime of the Use of the Caspian Sea -- The Regime for the Use of Nonliving Resources in the Caspian Sea -- The Legal Regime of the Living Resources of the Caspian Sea -- The Legal Regime of the Pipelines in the Caspian Sea -- The Legal Regime of Maritime Navigation on the Caspian Sea -- Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea -- Concluding Remarks.

"This book examines the role of external powers in Latin America in the 21st century. Non-traditional partners have significantly increased their political and economic engagement with the continent. Five key questions arise: why has this surge taken place, when has it happened, in which regions and sectors is it mostly felt, what is the Latin American perspective, and what are the actual results? The book analyses 16 case studies: The USA, the European Union, China, Russia, Japan, Canada, India, Turkey, Iran, Israel, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, the ASEAN countries, South Africa and Australia. The spectrum of existing explanations in the literature spans from neo-extractivism to South-South cooperation. This volume places them in context and proposes a more multifaceted approach, stressing a combination of systemic factors and internal dynamics both in Latin America and in the external partner countries. Geopolitics still matters and so do nation states, their interests and leaders. Ultimately, this surge in engagement has largely reproduced past patterns. Are new partners that different from the old ones?"--

"This book offers a timely and concise academic and historical background to the concept and practice of neutrality, a relatively new phenomenon in foreign and security policy. The author approaches two key questions: under what circumstances can permanent neutrality be applied and, what are the main ingredients of success and the causes of failure, in applying permanent neutrality? By evaluating, comparing and contrasting the two successful European case-studies of Austria and Switzerland and the two challenging Asian case-studies of Afghanistan and Laos, the author creates a new framework of analysis to explore the feasibility of reframing, adopting and applying a policy of neutrality and jump start debates on feasibility of the idea of 'new neutrality.' He opens the debate by arguing that, as neutrality successfully functioned as a conflict resolution tool during the Cold War, can a reframed and adopted version of neutrality could also serve the needs of the 21st century world order"--

"While the US-Japan alliance has strengthened since the end of the Cold War Japan has, almost unnoticed, been building security ties with other partners, in the process reducing the centrality of the US in Japan's security; this book explains why this is happening. Japan pursued security isolationism during the Cold War, but the US was the exception. Japan hosted US bases and held joint military exercises even while shunning contacts with other militaries. Japan also made an exception to its weapons export ban to allow exports to the US. Yet, since the end of the Cold War Japan's security has undergone a quiet transformation moving away from a singular focus on the US as its sole security partner. Tokyo has begun diversifying its security ties. This text highlights this diversification. The country has initiated security dialogues with Asian neighbours, assumed a leadership role in promoting regional multilateral security cooperation and begun building bilateral security ties with a range of partners, from Australia and India to the European Union. Japan has even lifted its ban on weapons exports co-development with non-US partners. This edited collection explores this trend of decreasing centrality alongside the continued, and perhaps even growing, security (inter)dependence with the US. New Directions in Japan's Security is an essential resource for scholars focused on matters of Japan's national security. It will also interest on a wider basis those wishing to understand why Japan is developing non-American directions in its security strategy"--

Chapter 1. Introduction: Turnaround and let-down: making sense of Brazil and Africa after the surge -- Chapter 2. The Longue Durée of Brazil-Africa Relations (c. 1450 – 1960) -- Chapter 3. From opportunity-seeking to gap-filling: reframing Brazil in Lusophone Africa -- Chapter 4. Brazilian trade with Sub-Saharan Africa (2000-2018) -- Chapter 5. Corporate presidentialism, or how Odebrecht brought Lula to Angola -- Chapter 6. Brazil's Boom and Bust in Tanzania: A Case Study of Naivety? -- Chapter 7. Brazilian health cooperation in Africa: A case study of promoting pharmaceutical production in Mozambique -- Chapter 8. Participation, critical support, and disagreement: Brazil-Africa relations from the prism of civil society -- Chapter 9. In and out, and out again: the travails of Brazil as a security provider in Africa -- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Bursting the bubble: Brazil's failure in Africa.

The »return of great power competition« between (among others) the US, China, Russia and the EU is a major topic in contemporary public debate. But why do we think of world politics in terms of »competition«? Which information and which rules enable states and other actors in world politics to »compete« with one another? Which competitive strategies do they pursue in the complex environment of modern world politics? This cutting-edge edited collection discusses these questions from a unique interdisciplinary perspective. It offers a fresh account of competition in world politics, looking beyond its military dimensions to questions of economics, technology and prestige.