The 2012 Pla (People's Liberation Army) conference took place at a time when the Chinese Communist Party (Ccp) was making its leadership transition from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping. The conference discussion focused on the developments in China's national security and the Pla during the Hu Jintao Administration from 2002 to 2012. Key observations are presented in this volume. The most significant o…
Conflict and Reconciliation in the Contemporary World gives a concise, original and multi-faceted introduction to the study of modern conflict situations. Using eight case- studies, from four continents: Yugoslavia, Israel, Northern Ireland, South Africa, El Salvador, Cambodia, Cyprus and Afghanistan, it includes discussion on: - threatened regional peace and security - cycles of internal dis…
President MARTTI AHTISAARI was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 for his important efforts, on several continents, to resolve international conflicts. Recently he has been actively involved in coordinating the peace process in Kosovo, which resulted in the Kosovo declaration of independence in Febryary 2008. In this book, Ahtisaari describes his work and methods, and depicts the course of …