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The reconstruction of Europe, 1918-1929. The hall of mirrors : peacemaking in the West -- Distant frontiers : peacemaking in the East -- The missing party : The Soviet Union and the post-war settlements -- The primacy of economics : reconstruction in Western Europe, 1919-1924 -- The primacy of nationalism : reconstruction in Eastern and Central Europe -- Revolution from the right : Italy, 1919-1925 -- The Geneva dream : The League of Nations and post-war internationalism -- New dawn? : stabilization in Western Europe after Locarno -- Faltering reconstruction : cracks in the Locaro fac§ʹade -- Troubled waters : uncertainties in Italy, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union -- Faltering internationalism : disarmament and security after Locarno -- Europe reconstructed? -- The hinge years, 1929-1933. The diplomacy of the Depression: the triumph of economic nationalism -- The Manchurian crisis : the european powers and the Far East -- The poisoned chalice : the pursuit of disarmament

1. Human rights, LGBT rights, and international theory / Anthony J. Langlois -- 2. To love or to loathe : modernity, homophobia, and LGBT rights / Michael J. Bosia -- 3. LGBT and (Dis)United Nations : sexual and gender minorities, international law, and UN politics / Francine D'Amico -- 4. Transversal and particularistic politics in the European Union's antidiscrimination policy : LGBT politics under neoliberalism / Markus Thiel -- 5. Sexual diffusions and conceptual confusions : Muslim homophobia and Muslim homosexualities in the context of modernity / Momin Rahman -- 6. Peripheral prides : Amazon perspectives on LGBT politics / Manuela Lavinas Picq -- 7. Between the universal and the particular : the politics of recognition of LGBT rights in Turkey / Mehmet Sinan Birdal -- 8. Queering security studies in Northern Ireland : problem, practice, and practitioner / Sandra McEvoy.

AbstractThis article examines how the EU's effectiveness as a mediator in peace negotiations can be appropriately conceptualized and analysed. Mediator effectiveness is analysed along two dimensions: goal‐attainment and conflict settlement. Investigation of the conditions of mediator effectiveness is structured around four key sets of variables: mediator leverage, mediation strategy, coherence and the conflict's context. In our empirical analysis of EU mediation between Serbia and Kosovo (Belgrade–Pristina dialogue) we find that the medium degree of EU effectiveness (both in terms of goal‐attainment and conflict settlement) can be explained by its great leverage vis‐à‐vis the conflict parties due to their EU membership aspirations and its strategy of a mix of manipulation and formulation that draws on this leverage to move parties toward agreement through the use of positive incentives. A limited degree of EU coherence and spoiler problems in Northern Kosovo seem to have had a constraining influence on EU effectiveness.

ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE COHESION OF SOCIETY, IS UNDER THREAT. THE PROBLEM IS AGGRAVATED BY MOUNTING PROBLEMS TO REGULATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITIZEN AND STATE VIA THE INSTRUMENT OF CITIZENSHIP IN FACE OF A TRANSNATIONALIZATION OF SOCIAL RELATIONS. THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES THESE DEVELOPMENTS AS AN EXPRESSION OF DEBORDERING PROCESSES IN THE THE WORLD OF STATES WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO A DEBORDERING OF THE WORLD OF STATES. IT DEFINES THE MEANING OF DEBORDERING AND EXPLORES ITS DIMENSIONS; OFFERS EMPIRICAL POINTERS TO DEBORDERING AND DEMARCATION; AND ANALYZES THE WORLD OF STATES AND WORLD SOCIETY.

We construct and test a model explaining why states sometimes replace existing international institutions. Recent literature in International Relations has theorized the conditions in which states reform existing institutions, shift between existing institutional fora, or create new rival institutions to challenge or constrain incumbents. However, the notion that states might directly swap an existing institution for a new replacement is rarely considered. We show that institutional replacement is a common alternative to either institutional reform, 'regime-shifting' or 'competitive regime-creation,' and offer a strategic bargaining theory explaining the conditions underlying this choice. To test the formal and empirical validity of our argument, we offer a formal bargaining game and detailed empirical evidence from two historical cases.