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This publication summarizes the key discussions of the 2019 conference on regional cooperation and integration (RCI) organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). It underscores the need for ADB developing member countries (DMCs) to work closely with the private sector to fi nance climate-resilient infrastructure and bolster inclusive growth as well as harness new technologies. Drawing on insights from the conference, the publication shows why DMCs...
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This is the first in a seven-volume series by the Russian Marxist historian, Vadim Rogovin, on the history of the Soviet Union between 1922 and 1940. Rogovin traces the complex inner-party struggles of 1923–1927, analyzing contemporaneous official documents, speeches and articles, Soviet archival material, memoirs of participants in political life, and documents by members of the Left Opposition that were suppressed in the Soviet Union for many...
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Le marché intérieur, héritier du marché commun qui a longtemps symbolisé la Communauté européenne, reste une des principales réalisations de l'Union européenne.
Ce quatrième volume de la grande matière « Marché intérieur » du Commentaire J. Mégret porte sur deux thèmes différents mais complémentaires, une introduction au marché intérieur, d'une part, et une étude de la libre circulation des marchandises, d'autre part.
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An in-depth look at two decades of a movement that aims to challenge the ethical foundations of the global market. Transnational corporations look for the cheapest suppliers, while the fair trade movement insists on a premium for the producers at the start of the chain. Sally Blundell uncovers the origins of fair trade and what it is likely to become.
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The official U.S. government report on Russian interference in democracy around the world! Most Americans were surprised to learn of Russian efforts to manipulate the results of the 2016 presidential election, and have become increasingly concerned about the vulnerabilities of our democracy. Here for the first time in an official U.S. government report is the fascinating and detailed account of how ex-KGB agent Vladimir Putin has used computer hackers,...
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First published in 1920, this fascinating treatise by renowned English economist John Atkinson Hobson looks at the subject of internationalism, exploring the moral factors and issues related to it as well as the ramifications of international cooperation in the light of the cessation of the First World War. This detailed treatise will appeal to those with an interest in world politics and economics, especially that of Europe and the aftermath of The...
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Economic sanctions are intended to be a nonmilitary means used by states to force their prerogatives on other states, entities, and individuals. Yet while sanctions have been increasingly used as a foreign policy tool, they are ineffective if executed without a clear strategy that is responsive to the nature and changing behavior of the target. In The Art of Sanctions, Richard Nephew offers a much-needed practical framework that focuses not just on...
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Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord é um exemplo perfeito de arte diplomática por excelência. Nascido com uma deficiência no pé, estava mais concentrado numa carreira religiosa do que numa carreira política. Isto sem contar com a vontade deste homem que se juntou aos revolucionários em 1789, aliou-se às figuras importantes do seu tempo e participou no golpe de estado de 18 Brumaire que colocou Napoleão à cabeça do país. Guiado pelo...
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With rising temperatures, a military arms race, and a multi-national rush to exploit resources at any cost, the Arctic is now the stage on which our future will be decided. As the ice melts, Vladimir Putin orders Russia's oil rigs to move further north. But one early September morning in 2013, thirty men and women from eighteen countries-the crew of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise-decided to draw a line in the ice and protest Arctic drilling.
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A riveting, real-life thriller about 1983--the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear Armageddon
The year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one--more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the United States, President Reagan vastly increased defense spending, described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire," and launched the "Star Wars" Strategic Defense Initiative...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Talleyrand, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Conocer a Talleyrand, un polémico personaje que aterriza en política con la Revolución francesa y que no dudará en traicionar a sus colaboradores más cercanos por el bien del país
• Descubrir más sobre la Francia del siglo XVIII, que vive un gran...
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"Winner of the 2014 Best Book Award, Migration and Citizenship Section of the American Political Science Association" Martin Ruhs is associate professor of political economy at the University of Oxford, where he is also director of studies in economics at the Department for Continuing Education; senior researcher at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society; and a fellow of Kellogg College.
Many low-income countries and development organizations...
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Talleyrand en moins d'une heure!
Rien ne prédestinait Talleyrand à devenir ce diplomate de génie qui connaîtra pas moins de huit régimes différents. C'est que, né avec un handicap au pied, ses parents ont préféré l'orienter vers une carrière ecclésiastique et non politique, malgré qu'il soit l'aîné de la famille. Mais c'est sans compter sur la volonté de cet ambitieux jeune homme qui,...
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After decades of occupation and creeping annexation, the situation on the ground in Palestine/Israel can only be described as a system of apartheid. Peace efforts have failed because of one, inconvenient truth: the Israeli maximum on offer does not meet the Palestinian minimum, or the standards of international law.
But while the situation on the ground is bleak, Ben White argues that there are widening cracks in Israel's traditional pillars...
1495) World Hunger: 10 Myths
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"The definitive solutions-based book for all those questioning why hunger still exists when there is such an abundance of food" ( The Huffington Post , "Food Tank's 2015 Recommended Fall Reading List"). From bestselling authors Frances Moore Lappe and Joseph Collins comes the twenty-first century's authoritative book on world hunger. Lappe and Collins refute the myths that prevent us from addressing the root causes of hunger across the globe. World...
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From the acclaimed veteran political analyst, a searing new exposé of how the American military, with the help of the media, conceals its perpetual war
More than twenty years ago, 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan set into motion a hugely consequential shift in America's foreign policy: a perpetual state of war that is almost entirely invisible to the American public. War Made Invisible, by the journalist and political analyst Norman Solomon, exposes...
1497) Panama Odyssey
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“The Panama Canal Treaties of 1977” were the most significant foreign policy achievement of the Carter administration. Most Latin American nations had regarded the 1903 treaty and its later minor modifications as vestiges of "American colonialism" and obstacles to any long-term, stable relationship with the United States. Hence, at a time when conflicts were mushrooming in Central America, the significance of the new Panama treaties cannot be...
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The twentieth century was the most bloody in history, and already conflict in this century has taken a heavy toll. Most wars are now within countries rather than between states, and often it is civilians that suffer most, especially women and children. This is an invaluable guide for students, peace groups, and activists. It examines the changing types of war, including the war on terror and ethnic conflict such as in Rwanda, the role of diplomacy...
1499) Canada: A New Tax Haven: How the Country That Shaped Caribbean Tax Havens Is Becoming One Itself
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In Canada: A New Tax Haven, Alain Deneault traces Canada's relationship with Commonwealth Caribbean nations back through the last half of the twentieth century, arguing that the involvement of Canadian financiers in establishing and maintaining Caribbean tax havens has predisposed Canada to become a tax haven itself, a metamorphosis well under way. Canada was linked to Caribbean nations long before they became tax havens. In the 1950's, an ex-governor...
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"2019 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List" M. Taylor Fravel is the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and a member of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Strong Borders, Secure Nation (Princeton). Twitter @fravel
What changes in China's modern military policy reveal about military organizations and strategy
Since the 1949 Communist Revolution, China has devised nine...
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