Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus
Opportunities and Constraints
This book delves into the connections between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the countries of the southern Caucasus region following the 1979 revolution. It focuses on their political, economic, and cultural interactions and elaborates on Iran's foreign policy principles, discourses, and significant decision-making institutions. It also addresses the process of nation-state building in the southern Caucasus, the challenges involved, and the geopolitical and strategic importance of this area for Iran. Factors influencing the relations are scrutinised, alongside an evaluation of the proposed accession of the Republic of…
This book delves into Iran’s political, economic, and strategic relations with the southern Caucasus after the 1979 revolution. It examines Iran’s foreign policy, the legal framework of the Caspian Sea, and the strategic implications of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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Catalytic Strategies for Conscious Social Transformation
Leadership in Thought
This collection of essays examines the unprecedented reach, magnitude and complexity of global challenges—political, economic, technological, social and environmental. It advocates fundamental changes in theory, research, public policy, and institutions, and advances new thinking on global leadership, human security, human-centered economics, and human rights. The book also proposes measures to break down the barriers between academic disciplines and between research and policy-making, and reconciles the objective facts of science with the subjective truths of the arts and human values. It replaces mechanistic analytic thinking with integrated knowledge, bridging the divide…
This collection of essays examines complex global challenges and advocates for fundamental change. It advances new thinking on human security, human-centered economics, and human rights, proposing integrated knowledge to bridge the divide between theory and social reality.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe
Past and Present Volume 1 Part 1/1 and 1/2
The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. How Jehovah’s Witnesses found their way in these countries has depended upon the way this missionary association was treated by the majority of the non-Witness population, the government and established churches. In this respect, the history of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe is also a history of the social constitution of these countries and their willingness to accept and integrate religious minorities. Jehovah’s Witnesses faced suppression and persecution not only in dictatorships, but also in some democratic…
The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. This volume investigates the effect of the differing circumstances in these various national societies on these religious societies, and the challenges they had to overcome.
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Connecting Contemporary African-Asian Peacemaking and Nonviolence
From Satagraha to Ujamaa
This collection brings together accomplished and emerging scholars who are researching and working for grassroots social change throughout Africa and Asia. The essays within are sourced from a series of seminars held during the founding African Peace Research and Education Association Conference at the Economic Community of West African States Parliament in Abuja, Nigeria. The book draws strategic lines of connection between diverse peoples on the two most populous continents. Looking at contemporary Gandhian, Chinese, armed guerrilla, insurrectionist, state-supported, and civil resistance movements, each essay reviews recent attempts at…
This book brings together accomplished and emerging scholars to draw strategic lines of connection between diverse peoples in Africa and Asia, the two most populous continents. Each essay here reviews recent attempts at peace-building in these regions.
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Anatomy of a Terrorist Organisation
The Kurdistan Workers' Party
This volume provides an in-depth examination of the intricate web of one of the most controversial and multifaceted organisations in modern history. This comprehensive volume presents a detailed examination of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), tracing its evolution from a Marxist-Leninist entity established during the Cold War to a global network operating under various guises across Türkiye, Syria, Iran, and Iraq. The book presents a comprehensive analysis of the PKK's ideological evolution, propaganda strategies, and operational dynamics, including the utilisation of child soldiers, female militants, and advanced tactics. It is…
Leading experts examine the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), tracing its evolution from a Cold War entity to a global network. This book analyzes the PKK’s ideology, propaganda, and operational dynamics, and its profound impact on regional geopolitics and global security.
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Democracy is gradually triumphing in Nigeria, following the country’s return to democratic governance in 1999 after 16 years of military rule. This feat, which can be attributed to the resilience of Nigerians and support from the international community, has not been free from fluctuations. On average, however, the country appears not to be doing badly on the democratic front. This book examines the current practice of democracy in Nigeria. Having survived for over two decades without interruption and having held several civilian-to-civilian transition elections, democratic practice in the country has…
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This collection of essays explores the critical and fluid nature of security challenges that have plagued Nigeria since colonial times. Insecurity in diverse forms remains the bane of growth and progressive development in the country, and has the capability to derail a society no matter how sophisticated. What has generated insecurity at the macro- and micro-levels? How has insecurity been tackled? Why have security challenges escalated particularly in the post-independence period? What lessons could be learnt from the way security matters have been (mis)handled in the past? This volume presents…
This collection of essays explores Nigeria’s security challenges since colonial times. It examines their historical roots, why they have escalated, the effectiveness of strategies employed to address them, and the lessons to be learnt from how security matters have been handled.
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The Emergence and Scope of the Voice of Government
Propaganda, Civic Information, or Both?
Nowadays, we all tend to be annoyed by bureaucracy and by propaganda, if only because both touch our daily lives. This book examines the intersection of those two subjects: external communications emanating from government agencies. When bureaucracies communicate with us directly or via the news media, are we being bombarded with self-serving propaganda or with helpful information to improve our lives? Perhaps it is a mash-up of both purposes? This book examines the scope, uses, and history of government communications. Topics of discussion include digital government, disaster communication, relations…
When government agencies communicate with us, are we getting self-serving propaganda or helpful information? This book examines the intersection of bureaucracy and propaganda, from wartime PR to presidential case studies and the pop culture image of government spokespersons.
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This book is divided into three parts, and it sheds light on the history of Karabakh, which is an integral part of Azerbaijan, through archival documents. The first part covers developments up until the final years of the Soviet Union, while the second part examines the post-Cold War era. The final section of the book focuses on Shusha, the cultural capital and the heart of Karabakh, and delves into the history and architecture of the city.
This book sheds light on the history of Karabakh, an integral part of Azerbaijan, through archival documents. It covers the final Soviet years and the post-Cold War era, with a special focus on the history and architecture of Shusha, Karabakh’s cultural heart.
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This collection explores the growing global recognition of creativity and the arts as vital to social movements and change. Bringing together diverse perspectives from leading academics and practitioners who investigate how creative activism is deployed, taught, and critically analysed, it delineates the key parameters of this emerging field.
This collection explores creativity and the arts as vital to social movements and change. Leading academics and practitioners investigate how creative activism is deployed, taught, and critically analysed, defining the key parameters of this emerging field.
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This book details the dramatic history of the weaponization of avant-garde art as propaganda, from its violent origins selling the idealistic communism of revolutionary France to its use as an American weapon wielded against the Nazi and Soviet threat as World War II began. It shows how art became ammunition in the war of ideas as the protagonists of the Second World War attempted to control the minds of their people. The text highlights how the avant-garde was the battlefield for the epic struggle between collectivism and American individualism, and…
Discover how America weaponized avant-garde art as propaganda against Nazi and Soviet threats. Art became ammunition and the canvas a battlefield in the epic ideological struggle between individualism and collectivism.
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The Nexus between Poverty and Corruption
Quo Vadis?
This book focuses on and analyses the multi-layered, multi-faceted, complex and complicated corruption phenomenon that undermines inter alia democracy, government, governance, development, rule of law, and accountability; how it harms a country’s reputation, deters trade and investment; distorts markets and the performance of economies and has negative effects on the environment for the present and the future generation while detailing the profound consequences for society, especially the poor and marginalised, by violating trust, human rights and increasing inequality. Corruption and poverty have become endemic evils in Africa and there is…
This book analyses the complex corruption that undermines democracy, development, and human rights in Africa, with profound consequences for the poor. As there is no blueprint solution, it proposes a holistic, multi-pronged approach to the corruption and poverty epidemic.
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Liberal democracy is the great legacy of the Enlightenment; it has reduced world poverty, increased life expectancy, enriched lives by every measure of wellbeing and enlarged our moral compass. Yet, external threats to liberal democracy are posed by totalitarian regimes and their allies seeking to remake the world in their image, and internal pressures arise from opposition to liberal principles from the extremities of the ideological spectrum: radicalism on the left and nativist populism on the right. The defence of liberal democracy requires understanding of its foundational principles, epistemological norms,…
Liberal democracy has enriched lives, but it is under threat from totalitarian regimes and ideological extremes. This book argues that its defence against rising authoritarianism is the great moral imperative of our time, combining legal analysis, history, and philosophy.
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This book examines the ethics and integrity approach to modelling the rule of law and the international law process by investigating different factors that influence legal and governance systems in society. It explores the foundations of the rule of law and international law, and how to overcome the undesirable deficiencies in our legal and governance systems. The approach of this book is carefully designed to briefly demonstrate how including ethics and integrity when dealing with the rule of law and international law could lead to effective legal and governance systems.…
This book argues that the rule of law does not stand alone; ethics and integrity are the lifeblood of all legal and governance systems. It explores how to overcome deficiencies in our legal systems and demonstrates how this approach can lead to more effective governance.
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The European Union and the New Perfect Storm
The Pandemic, Geopolitics, and Populism
One of the most significant phenomena nowadays remains the European crisis. Under the metaphor and theoretical concept of the “perfect storm”, the story of the European crisis reveals the interconnection between multiple national and international dimensions and dynamics. Any crisis, being a “total social phenomenon”, as classical French sociologist Émile Durkheim, would have said, affects all the levels of our lives–be they political, economic, cultural or social. Nothing remains untouched, but what is old, and what is new in the EU of today? This volume offers an answer to this…
The European crisis is a “perfect storm” affecting all levels of our lives. But what is old, and what is new in the EU today? This volume demonstrates that old issues remain unsolved, new challenges have emerged, and the crisis is no longer a short moment, but a permanence.
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In “Democracy and the Paradox of Developmental State in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic”, selected scholars delve into the intricate dynamics between democratic governance and the aspirations of a developmental state in Nigeria’s contemporary political landscape. This thought-provoking work critically examines the tension between the principles of democracy and the need for effective state intervention in economic development, exploring how the Fourth Republic has navigated this complex interplay. Through a comprehensive analysis, the book unveils the contradictions inherent in Nigeria’s political and economic structure, revealing how democratic ideals often clash with the…
This book examines the tension between democratic governance and the aspirations of a developmental state in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. It unveils the contradictions where democratic ideals clash with the realities of economic progress, highlighting the challenges Nigeria faces.
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This book is a selection of edited documents, covering the history and politics of some of the great revolutionary thinkers and writers of the modern world. The book highlights some of the great revolutionaries of our times and their ideas through collecting some of their most important writings. All of the writers discussed in this book struggled for a better world and were committed to the ideals of the Left – liberty, equality, and fraternity. By studying these writers, we can perhaps develop some new ideas for a better world…
This book collects the essential writings of the world’s great revolutionary thinkers. Committed to liberty, equality, and fraternity, they struggled for a better world. By studying their ideas, we can develop new visions for a world based on human freedom.
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This book provides a record of support provided to Japan by the international community during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, using the disaster as an example of international collaboration in the field of space-based disaster response. At the time of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, 27 satellites from 14 countries and regions repeatedly and collaboratively observed the disaster area from space to support disaster response activities by observing the situation in real time. This book is a record of that activity. Through the response…
This book records the international support for Japan during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. When the disaster struck, 27 satellites from 14 countries collaborated to observe the area, proving that international space-based response can effectively support relief efforts.
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This book explores the unpredictable processes by which institutions emerge, evolve, and transform in response to complex interactions. Challenging traditional institutional theories, it introduces path emergence theory, which views institutions not as static constructs but as dynamic, adaptive systems shaped by the continuous interplay of individual actions, social interactions, and structural conditions. By combining insights from complexity science, cognitive neuroscience, and evolutionary theory, the author develops a framework that emphasizes the fluidity and unpredictability of institutional dynamics. The book presents both a theoretical foundation and real-world case studies, including the…
Challenging traditional theories, this book views institutions not as static constructs but as dynamic, adaptive systems. It introduces path emergence theory to show how small, decentralized actions can ripple through societies, fostering global and regional change.
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Over the past several decades China’s engagement with African countries has grown tremendously, becoming one of the most momentous developments on the continent since the end of the Cold War. China has emerged as Africa’s single largest trading partner, while Chinese investment in and lending to African countries have also expanded rapidly. In Eritrea, located in Northeast Africa, Chinese involvement and cooperation have also considerably intensified in recent years. However, despite this growing bilateral relationship, and even as there has been extensive study and wide coverage of China’s…
While China’s engagement across Africa has grown, there has been a dearth of attention on its relationship with Eritrea. Based on field research and robust data, this book fills that gap, providing a clear-eyed, comprehensive examination of China-Eritrea relations.
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