The interdisciplinary collection of essays offers a window onto the overseas Indian and chinese communities in Asia and across the globe. Contributors discuss the interactive role of the cutural and religious 'other', the diasporic absorption of local beliefs and customs, and the practical bussiness networks and the operational machanisms unique to these communities. This volume explores mateia…
As Israelis and Palestinians negotiate separation and division of their land, Meron Benvenisti, former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, maintains that any expectations for "peaceful partition" are doomed. In his brave and controversial new book, he raises the possibility of a confederation of Israel/Palestine, the only solution that he feels will bring lasting peace.
Issues & Studies published quarterly by the Institute of International Relations, is an internationally peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing quality social science research on issues-mainly of a political nature-related to the domestic and international affairs of contemporary China, Taiwan, and East Asia, as well as other closely related topics. The editors particularly welcome manusc…
September 11 provided a vision and a strategy to a US Presidency that until then had been groping for fresh ideas and a relevant foreign policy. The 'global war on terror' now became an article of faith for the United States. The US Government, media and think-tanks turned their attention to Islam, the Arab world and Saudi Arabia, and held them responsible for the catastrophe unleashed upon the…
This unique collection of comparable case studies addresses the need to assess modes of conflict resolution in a larger sociocultural context with attention to varying approaches and cultural perspectives. Editors Avruch, Black, and Scimecca, together with other anthropologists and sociologists, propose and test different propositions, while looking toward a general theory of conflict and confl…
"The Year of Birmingham," 1963, was a cataclysmic turning point in America's long civil rights struggle. That spring, child demonstrators faced down police dogs and fire hoses in huge nonviolent marches for desegregation. A few months later, Ku Klux Klansmen retaliated by bombing the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and killing four young black girls. Diane McWhorter, journalist and daughter of …
The thread that binds the three speeches is the argument that the war against terrorism must be simultaneously fought on the ideological and geopolitical front. This war cannot be won by military might alone. Everyone in the civilised world Muslims and non-Muslims alike must unite and fight the common enemy the jihadist who have propagated violence and terror in the name of Islam. The United St…
This is a critical time for the relationship between Britain and Europe, as politicians debate the crisis facing the European Union and Britain's role within it. This second edition consists largely of new material that charts how recent political developments have changed the debate surrounding Britain's membership of the EU.
The series India's foreign relations, showcasing, as the name implies, documents on India's foreign relations is published annually. The challenge before the India foreign policy establishment today is to create necessary space to exercise freedom to make policy choices in an increasingly interdependent world. The documents have been arranged thematically, region-wise and chronologically. Th…
The series India's foreign relations, showcasing, as the name implies, documents on India's foreign relations is published annually. The challenge before the India foreign policy establishment today is to create necessary space to exercise freedom to make policy choices in an increasingly interdependent world. The documents have been arranged thematically, region-wise and chronologically. Th…