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In this insightful analysis of human rights diplomacy Rein Mullerson examines the way foreign policy instruments are used to promote human rights abroad as well as how human rights issues are used for the sake of other foreign policy aims. The book explores the relationship between human rights and international stability, the role of non-governmental organisations, the business community and mass media in formulating human rights agendas for governments and inter-governmental organisations. Also addressed are issues such as the universality of human rights in a multi-cultural world and the.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- From an African Village to a Global Village -- Whither goest thou, the World? -- On the Futility and Danger of External Attempts to 'Democratise' China -- Regime Changes in Russia: Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Putin -- Democratic Peace Theories and Regime change -- Humanitarian Intervention, Civil Wars and Regime Change -- Conclusions -- Index.

Taking a historical and comparative perspective, the book analyses current attempts of regime change in various parts of the world, their intended and unintended consequences, as well as moral, legal and political aspects of external interference in internal processes.

The range of recent upheavals are used to show the interplay of international law and politics in the changing international system. The author is former Deputy Foreign Minister of Estonia and a distinguished professor.

As this discourse is devoted to the sources of international law in Soviet doctrine and the diplomatic practice of the USSR, I think that it is necessary to begin by characterizing my understanding of the contemporary Soviet doctrine of international law.In Western countries, the Soviet doctrine of international law is often regarded as monolithic, without internal contradictions and discussions. It is not so, though I would agree that there are some grains of truth in those allegations. On certain questions we have had too much unanimity in our social sciences at large, and in the doctrine of international law in particular. One could feel this unanimity particularly in the domain of the most sensitive political and legal problems.