Interdisciplinarity in International Relations
This collection provides a unique, in-depth view of modern society’s problems using an interdisciplinary approach. It addresses issues in international relations, economics, law, and business, providing a better understanding and showcasing the potential of this method.
The Access to Public Information
Information is a fundamental right and the pillar for exercising all others. It is the path to holding authorities accountable. This book explores how individuals can participate in public decision-making and reclaim their rightful ownership of public data.
The American Lobby
To understand American lobbying today, look to the Gilded Age—a time with no rules, when a lobbyist’s only limit was their imagination. This work examines the controversial and scandalous tools that became the foundation of modern lobbying practice.
In this collection, Nigeria’s most notable scholars offer insights into the pitfalls of governance and institutional dysfunctions that threaten the vitality of the Fourth Republic—the nation’s longest stretch of democratic rule since the end of military regimes.
American Policy Discourses on China
This book’s compelling analysis examines the narratives surrounding US-China relations from early American perspectives to the present, revealing enduring perceptions of China that continue to significantly influence policy in the world’s most important bilateral relationship.
Reframing the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy
This book explores the European Union’s need for hard power to provide the military security its citizens demand. It clarifies the future of the EU’s defense policy, introducing the controversial possibility of a unified army with a practical, data-driven approach.
This book focuses on the transformation of Turkish modernisation and democratisation. Contributors examine the dynamics behind the decline of democratic standards, the effects of the EU membership process, and the projection of domestic political struggles.
Liberal democracy has enriched lives, but it is under threat from totalitarian regimes and ideological extremes. This book argues that its defence against rising authoritarianism is the great moral imperative of our time, combining legal analysis, history, and philosophy.
Global Shifts in Human Trafficking
The modern approach to human trafficking is limited in scope. This book offers a comprehensive analysis, reviewing exploitation over the millennia and examining the application of trafficking laws to broaden the fight to include all forms of modern-day slavery.
This book tackles government underperformance, widely blamed on a lack of public accountability and widespread corruption. The author argues that the solution lies in government budgetary practice, showing how public budgeting can establish accountability in governance.
Based on the author’s firsthand experience, this book covers advances in responding to CBRNe threats. It focuses on effective communication during severe events and modern systems using quantum tech and AI for the remote detection of chemical agents and explosives.
Manual elections are weakened by human interference, causing irregularities and delays. This book argues that electronic voting should be implemented in both mature and new democracies to ensure accurate, swift poll results.
Citizen participation can improve local government performance, but it has a dark side: discrimination, exclusion, and elite capture. This book argues that success depends on circumstances like socioeconomic development, and that merely reforming institutions is not enough.
The Southern African Development Community in Zimbabwe
This book narrates the unravelling of Zimbabwe, once an African inspiration. It examines the pivotal moments precipitating its fall, from colonisation and dispossession to the misrule, violence and economic mismanagement that followed under Robert Mugabe.
The Mindanao Siege of 1942 to 1945
This book is a gruesome, genuine historical account of the Japanese invasion, occupation, and defeat in Mindanao from 1941-1945. It thoroughly researches the struggle between Japanese forces and the combined Filipino, U.S., and resident Muslim (Moro) guerrillas.
This book interrogates the controversial civil-military relations debate in Zimbabwe. It demonstrates the complexity of the relationship between military institutions and civic societies, particularly in developing countries, and brings this history up to date.
Born from WWI propaganda, public diplomacy is a tool to influence foreign populations. But the earliest US attempts failed, torn between public idealism and self-interested pragmatism. This book evaluates the pioneering 1918 campaign directed at the Mexican people.
This book explores the ideological transformations of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafist Call in Egypt between 1981 and 2013. It studies how the regime’s power network shaped their views on democracy, women’s issues, freedoms, and systems of governance.
This book records the international support for Japan during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. When the disaster struck, 27 satellites from 14 countries collaborated to observe the area, proving that international space-based response can effectively support relief efforts.
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