Treaties category: 216 books
Deepening EU-Moldovan Relations
What, Why and How?
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
For Moldova, the signing of the Association Agreement and the DCFTA with the European Union in 2014 was an act of strategic geopolitical significance. Of all the EU’s eastern neighbours, Moldova is objectively the most European on several counts, including sharing a common history, language, culture...
Governing International Watercourses
River Basin Organizations and the Sustainable Governance of Internationally Shared Rivers and Lakes
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
This book focuses on River Basin Organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources. This includes a comparative analysis of all River Basin Organizations worldwide and three in-depth case studies from three different continents. The detailed case studies are...
Reinventing Regional Security Institutions in Asia and Africa
Power shifts, ideas, and institutional change
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Regional security institutions play a significant role in shaping the behavior of existing and rising regional powers by nurturing security norms and rules, monitoring state activities, and sometimes imposing sanctions, thereby formulating the configuration of regional security dynamics. Yet, their...
by Dr. Shaiwal Satyarthi
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
The present book is a humble endeavour made by the author to explore and bring to the fore various implications of Intellectual Property Rights which are in conformity with TRIPS Agreement in developing countries in general and India in particular. It has addressed various concerns of developing countries...
Norm Change in International Relations
Linked Ecologies in UN Peacekeeping Operations
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
In recent decades there have been several constructivist scholars who have looked at how norms change in international relations. However few have taken a closer look at the particular strategies that are employed to further change, or looked at the common factors that have been in play in these processes....
North Korea Policy
Japan and the Great Powers
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
North Korea features highly on the agenda of the main actors in East Asia and around the globe, and many large foreign policy initiatives have been undertaken since the structural constraints of the Cold War started to loosen in the early 1990s. The centrality of North Korea has been particularly...
The Puzzle of Peace
The Evolution of Peace in the International System
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
The Puzzle of Peace moves beyond defining peace as the absence of war and develops a broader conceptualization and explanation for the increasing peacefulness of the international system. The authors track the rise of peace as a new phenomenon in international history starting after 1945. International...
The Timor-Leste/Australia Conciliation
A Victory for UNCLOS and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
On 11 April 2016, Timor-Leste initiated a compulsory non-binding conciliation proceeding against Australia under Annex V of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on its maritime boundary dispute with Australia in the Timor Sea. On 6 March 2018, the parties signed a settlement...
Multinational Rapid Response Mechanisms
From Institutional Proliferation to Institutional Exploitation
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2018
The track record of military rapid response mechanisms, troops on standby, ready to be deployed to a crisis within a short time frame by intergovernmental organizations, remains disappointing. Yet, many of the obstacles to multinational actors launching a rapid and effective military response in times...
by Vern Ruskin
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
US plans renegotiating Columbia River Treaty (CRT) payments, and more water released for fish and irrigation, but that reduces power generated, and costs millions, raising power rates. Northwest Council and Congressman Hastings ask: “How much power to trade off for fish? But a NEW CRT Option #4...
by Peter J. Beck
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
First published in 1986, this book considers the nature of international interest in Antarctica and the positions of those involved. It looks at the significance of the historical dimension, the development of the treaty system, the management of marine and mineral resources, the role of the United...
History Lessons for the Arctic
What International Maritime Disputes Tell Us about a New Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
This study examines three historical maritime disputes to draw lessons and insights for the future of maritime governance in a rapidly transforming Arctic. The historical case studies—the 1920 Svalbard Treaty, the 1936 Montreux Convention, and the 1961 Antarctic Treaty—are highly instructive cases...
Building Hegemonic Order Russia's Way
Order, Stability, and Predictability in the Post-Soviet Space
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
This book examines Russia’s emergence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its creation of a security architecture in the post-Soviet space. Many scholars argue that Russia is a coercive power in the region that forces states to act in only its own interests. While acknowledging Russia’s...
U.S. National Security Law
An International Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
The rise of international terrorism in today’s globalized world has focused attention on the degree to which international law should shape U.S. national security law and policy. This unique textbook of readings explores how international law relates to U.S. constitutional and statutory law in terms...