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International law in national courts, and among politicians and citizens, does not always have the desired effect at the domestic level. This volume is a genuinely interdisciplinary analysis of international law and courts, examining a wide range of courts and judicial bodies, including human rights treaty bodies, and their impact and shortcomings. By employing social science methodology combined with classical case studies, leading lawyers and political scientists move the study of courts within international law to an entirely new level. The essays question the view that legal docmatics will be enough to understand the increasingly complex world we are living in and demonstrate the potential benefits of adopting a much broader outlook drawing on empirical legal research. This volume will have great appeal to anyone interested in the effects - rather than just the processes and structures - of international law and courts.

Internationale Organisationen und ihre Rolle in der Struktur des internationalen Systems hängen davon ab, wie sehr sie als legitim empfunden werden. Legitimität ist neben Eigennutz und Zwang der Hauptanreiz von Staaten den Regeln und Normen internationaler Organisationen zu folgen bzw. diese durchzusetzen. Der Autor erläutert den Begriff der Legitimität im Zusammenhang der internationalen Beziehungen am Beispiel von Nichteinmischungund staatlicher Souveränität. (SWP-PLB)

Examines how domestic politics shapes foreign policy and how international crisis outcomes affect domestic political survival; uses a potential war scenario.

Inside Eurasia : the logic of a two-level game -- Level I. Domestic : Frozen conflicts in Eurasia -- The case of Transdniestria (Moldova) -- The case of Crimea (Ukraine) -- The cases of South Ossetia and Abkhazia (Georgia) -- The case of Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan) -- Level II. International : Energy politics in Eurasia -- The clash of interests across Eurasia's underbelly -- China's policies and politics -- Conclusions : Eurasian politics as a two-level game.

This paper considers the international political context of the UK presidency of COP26 and reflects upon past experience in which climate change discussions, despite their distinctive nature, cannot be effectively isolated from great power politics. It concludes that the deteriorating international situation threatens to make a successful outcome to the Glasgow conference much more difficult to achieve than its predecessor at Paris in 2015.

How does the concept of 'space' impact upon International Relations? This book examines this interesting subject with reference to the ideas of French sociologist Henri Levebre and applies his theories to the use by NGOs of advances in information communications technologies, particularly the internet

Audience costs enable leaders to make credible commitments and to communicate their intentions to their adversaries during a crisis. I explain audience costs by simultaneously modeling crisis behavior and the domestic relection process. I assume that a leader's ability influences the outcome of a crisis. As such, voters use outcomes as a signal of their leader's quality. Leaders have incentives to make statements that deter their enemies abroad, since these statements also enhance their standing at home. Yet, such "cheap talk" foreign policy declarations are only credible when leaders suffer domestically if they fail to fulfill their commitments. In equilibrium, false promises are only made by the least competent types of leaders. Leaders that break their promises suffer electorally. Because initial domestic conditions and institutional arrangements affect the vulnerability of leaders to these domestic costs, such factors influence the credibility of policy declarations and, therefore, the crisis outcome. (American Political Science Review / FUB)

International peace- and state-building interventions have become ubiquitous in international politics since the 1990s, aiming to tackle the security problems stemming from the instability afflicting many developing states. Their frequent failures have prompted a shift towards analysing how the interaction between interveners and recipients shapes outcomes. This book critically assesses the rapidly growing literature in international relations and development studies on international intervention and local politics. It advances an innovative approach, placing the politics of scale at the core of the conflicts and compromises shaping the outcomes of international intervention. Different scales - local, national, international - privilege different interests, unevenly allocating power, resources and political opportunity structures. Interveners and recipients thus pursue scalar strategies and socio-political alliances that reinforce their power and marginalise rivals. This approach is harnessed towards examining three prominent case studies of international intervention - Aceh, Cambodia and Solomon Islands - with a focus on public administration reform