Global Policy: 23 books

The geopolitics of the Mediterranean region has changed dramatically in the twenty-first century, partly as a result of local state dynamics and partly as a product of transformational changes at the international and broader regional levels. As opposed to the early 1990s, the EU today is no longer...

Editors: K. Yhome and Rajeev Ranjan ChaturvedyAsia’s rise on the global economic map has necessitated greater interconnection within, and with, the outside world. This development of interconnection is taking place between nations as well as across regions and sub-regions in Asia. The concept...

Debates about military intervention, humanitarian or otherwise, typically involve two poles: the legality of intervention in relation to international law and the feasibility of those interventions. Legality is typically understood as specified by Chapter I (Article 2) and Chapter VII (Article 51)...

The first edition of the West Asia Conference was held successfully in March 2014 with active support from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The purpose of the conference was to bring together stakeholder opinions and perspectives from India and West Asia on the developments in the region...

The significance of democracy is widely appreciated and its principles have been applied in most parts of the world. But democratic experiences vary greatly. Increasingly, the failure of governments in practising democracy in a fair and equitable manner is leading to tension and conflict between the...

Line in the Waters, edited by Abhijit Singh, looks at emerging security dynamics in the Southeast Asian littorals and their impact on Asian geopolitics and security. It presents country perspectives of the strategic implications of recent developments in the South China Sea, their implications for...

À problèmes mondiaux, solutions mondiales. Toutefois, les Nations Unies, tels que constituées, ne peuvent résoudre efficacement les nombreux problèmes mondiaux. Le mécanisme décisionnel "un pays, une voix", appliqué dans la plupart des agences de l’ONU, ne reflète pas la répartition plus...

Globale Probleme erfordern globale Lösungen. Die Vereinten Nationen sind in ihrem gegenwärtigen Zustand allerdings nicht dazu in der Lage, mit vielen der globalen Probleme effektiv umzugehen. Dass Entscheidungen innerhalb der meisten UN-Gremien auf dem Prinzip „ein Staat, eine Stimme“ beruhen...

The Polar Bear Catastrophe That Never Happened explains why the catastrophic decline in polar bear numbers we were promised in 2007 failed to materialize. It’s the story of how and why the polar bear came to be considered 'Threatened' with extinction, and tracks its rise and fall as an icon of the...