The book tells the story of the clandestine contacts between the Israelis and the PLO which culminated in the crucial talks in Oslo. Mahmoud Abbas, who wielded great influence from behind the scenes, also explains how the negotiating team (led by Abu Ala) and their Israeli counterparts overcame their mutual suspicion and how, despite various setbacks, they used the freedom afforded by secrecy f…
The revolution in Iran, the American hostage crisis and the Soviet inter vention in Afghanistan had made it necessary for the United States to take steps to protect its interests in that region. The security of the oil supply routes through the Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea was vital to the West and Japan. The Iran-Iraq war made it even more important to act to safeguard western se…
It is not often that a participant in a world crisis steps back from it to view its causes, and possible cure, with the clinical eye of a detached commentator. But this is what Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan has done. So convinced is he of the imminent threat of Armageddon that he has taken the unusual step of writing a book, not just to urge his country's cause (though Jordan speaks with a uniq…
De vrede die niet kwam is een journalistieke neerslag van lange en intensieve gesprekken die de journalist Jan Keulen had met de diplomaat Nikolaos van Dam over zijn werk als diplomaat en over de centrale thema's in het Midden-Oosten: de Palestijnse kwestie. Irak, Syrië, Libanon. democratie en mensenrechten. fundamentalisme en de Arabische verhouding met het Westen.
Megatrends was a prophetic work: The information society and global economy. once the stuff of controversial theory, are now part of daily life. Networks are replacing hierarchies as the prime model for getting things done inside and outside corporations. From telecommunications to interior design, "high tech/high touch" has come to define the new relationship between people and technology.
The present volume looks into the issue of conflict and conflict resolution from various perceptions of experts in the field of International Relations, Political Science and Strategic Studies. These perceptions examine the changing dynamics of conflict resolution and the need for an alternate approach. Our understanding of alternate approach includes the non-traditional understanding of peace …
This encyclopedia is an attempt to present for the readers various dimensions of the philosophy of the man regarded as the apostle of Satyagraha and Nonviolence. Encompassing a wide arena of Gandhian thought, the encyclopedia presents an incisive and insightful exploration of Gandhi's outlook on society religion, politics, economics, women and so on. In addition, a book has also been included …
Did the Vietnam War have to happen? And why couldn't it have ended earlier? These are among the questions that Robert McNamara and his collaborators ask in Argument Without End, a book that will stand as a major contribution to what we know about the Vietnam War. Drawing on a series of meetings that brought together, for the first time ever, senior American and Vietnamese officials who had serv…