This book sheds light on structural drivers that led to the Chinese omnipresence in African infrastructure markets and offers a strategic-relational approach to the study of African agency in Sino-African infrastructure encounters.  Meer

This book offers an in-depth exploration of the European Union's cooperation with non-EU countries on readmission and return, as central components of EU migration policy.  Meer

This book explains the evolution of nuclear doctrines along the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st in an evolving geopolitical context, particularly the potential use of nuclear weapons to blackmail or aggressively sanctuarize territorial gains, as it has been demonstrated by Russia in Ukraine.  Meer

This edited volume studies nuclear negotiations and diplomacy from a negotiation perspective. This book reviews the current state of knowledge regarding multilateral negotiations and seeks to provide key research insights on the conditions under which nuclear negotiations can become more effective.  Meer

It includes contributions by prominent academic researchers analysing the socio-economic impact of migration in a variety of contexts: interconnection of people and trade flows, causes and consequences of capital remittances, understanding the macroeconomic impact of migration and the labour market effects of people's flows.  Meer

In this book a former United Nations Envoy offers an insider perspective on conflict management and peace efforts during the three most recent failed peace initiatives and three wars in Gaza.  Meer

This volume discusses post-socialist urban transport functioning and development in Russia, within the context of the country’s recent transition towards a market economy.  Meer

This book presents a comprehensive framework, six pathways of connection, which explains the impact of public diplomacy on achieving foreign policy goals.  Meer

This book explains how history and traditions have shaped Timorese politics, as well as the role that Indonesia and ASEAN play for the country's future .  Meer

This book contains unique, firsthand experiences of both the military and civilian actors involved in civil-military interaction processes. It presents lessons learned from a variety of situations, from both NATO-led operations and UN Integrated Missions, and in different geographical areas, such as the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa.  Meer

This book presents a comprehensive framework, six pathways of connection, which explains the impact of public diplomacy on achieving foreign policy goals.  Meer

This book explores the history of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its place within capitalist development. Since 1948, the OECD and its forerunner, the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) worked on almost every subject of interest to national governments ranging from economic growth to education (PISA rankings), statistics, to the environment.  Meer

This book offers a concise history of Slovenia: It presents the history of a region that once belonged to the Roman Empire, and was later influenced by Franconians, Bavarians and Hungarians.  Meer

The book analyses contemporary relations between two biggest states in East-Central Europe: Poland and Ukraine.  Meer

In der parlamentarischen Demokratie nehmen Parteien eine zentrale Vermittlerrolle zwischen Staat und Gesellschaft ein.  Meer

The book contains up-to-date analyses of inter alia the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the Common Security and Defence Policy and the Common Commercial Policy.  Meer