This book analyses the role of legitimacy in explaining local actors' compliance with international peacebuilding operations.The book provides a comparative, micro-level study of …
The characteristic act of men at war is not killing. It is killing by committing shocking and unspeakable atrocities, when circumstances permit. What drives ordinary people into …
Written by a group of leading experts on Artic affairs, this book offers a historically informed and comprehensive study of the geopolitics and security challenges of the Arctic. …
Despite clear legal rules and political commitments, no significant progress has been made in nuclear disarmament for two decades. Moreover, not even the use of these weapons has …
This book explores the ethical implications of using armed contractors, taking a consequentialist approach to this multidisciplinary debate.While privatization is not a new concept …
A fresh examination of the political economy of the peacebuilding process in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the aftermath of the country's 1992-95 war. Little progress has been made in …
Is violent conflict inevitable? What is it in our social nature that makes us conduct wars, genocides and persecutions? The answer lies in how we are programmed to bond and form …
This book explores the mingling of two rather different perspectives, those of the naval and aeronautical schools of thought, and the impact that they had upon one another in …
This book offers a detailed examination of the effectiveness of the peacekeeping operations of the African Union.Despite its growing reputation in peacekeeping and its status as …
This volume critically engages with the phenomenon of civil militias in Africa, especially the nature of threats and challenges they pose to national and human security. It …
