Diplomats had multiple tasks: not only negotiating with the representatives of other states, but also mediating culture and knowledge, and not least elaborating reports on their observations of politics, society, and culture. Culture, according to the studies featured in this book, is defined as a complex sphere including aspects like systems of communication, literature, music, arts, education, and the creation of knowledge. This edition containing contributions from six conferences held in Vienna and Istanbul by the Don Juan Archiv Wien focuses on the complex diplomatic and cultural relations between the Ottoman Empire and Europe from the time of the early embassies to Istanbul up to "Tanzimat".

Diplomats had multiple tasks: not only negotiating with the representatives of other states, but also mediating culture and knowledge, and not least elaborating reports on their observations of politics, society, and culture. Culture, according to the studies featured in this book, is defined as a complex sphere including aspects like systems of communication, literature, music, arts, education, and the creation of knowledge. This edition containing contributions from six conferences held in Vienna and Istanbul by the Don Juan Archiv Wien focuses on the complex diplomatic and cultural relations between the Ottoman Empire and Europe from the time of the early embassies to Istanbul up to "Tanzimat".

This volume is the result of the work of scientists from several scientific disciplines who used various methods and forecasting techniques to answer the question: "What would happen if NATO and the EU weakened in the 21st century and Russia continued to influence the already strongly democratized and free-market societies in the region?" It is prognostic and intended to present the results of research on the political and social perception of the surveyed nations in the face of the weakening of the EU / NATO international security structures and the constant pressure from the Russian Federation in the 21st century.Please note: The research in this book covers the period 20202021.

The Arab worlds strategic location and its considerable material and human potential should allow it to play a major role in world affairs. However, in addition to sharing language, culture and history, Arab states also face common challenges: authoritarian regimes, ethnic and social cleavages, economic underdevelopment, and the need for security from the West. Hassan Hamdan al-Alkim examines the dynamics of Arab foreign policy-making in the twenty-first century, taking account of the current political developments in the Arab world since January 2011. Through an insightful analysis of pivotal issues such as the Middle East Peace Process, the food and water crisis and Saudi Arabias foreign policy, Alkim brings us closer to a nuanced understanding of contemporary Arab politics and its role in world affairs. This balanced and discerning study is essential reading for policy-makers, academics and students of Middle Eastern politics.

Im Jahr 1952 bildeten Politiker aus Deutschland, Frankreich, Belgien, Italien, den Niederlanden und Luxemburg die erste Ad-hoc-Versammlung mit dem Ziel, eine Verfassung fur eine kunftige europaische politische Gemeinschaft zu entwerfen. In ihren Uberlegungen, wie eine parlamentarische Regierung in einer supranationalen Gemeinschaft realisiert werden konnte, formulierten die Teilnehmer zentrale Aspekte der europaischen Politisierung.Das Buch entdeckt diesen bisher vernachlassigten Ursprung des parlamentarischen Europas neu und untersucht die Bedeutung der Ad-hoc-Versammlung fur die Politisierung der europaischen Integration. Es geht der Frage nach, wie die Versammlung als Projekt der europaischen Integration nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg funktionierte, und erklart sie als einen Moment in der politischen Theorie- und Begriffsgeschichte des Parlamentarismus, der Perspektiven fur spatere Phasen der Parlamentarisierung der EU eroffnet.

¿Cómo se expresa el compromiso político en la situación de exilio o emigración? Tal es la pregunta que busca responder este volumen analizando diversas iniciativas y asociaciones que configuraron espacios de interaccion entre los distintos grupos de emigrados, asi como entre ellos, su sociedad de origen y el pais de llegada. Los debates en torno a la autodefinicion individual y colectiva que se desarrollaron en esos ambitos afectaron tanto la dimension cultural como la politica. Tomadas en conjunto, las aportaciones del volumen ponen en evidencia la pluralidad intrinseca de las expresiones que adopto el compromiso politico y el (auto)cuestionamiento de los emigrados germanohablantes en America del Sur, asi como la de sus posibilidades de interpretacion.

La disolución de la Unión Soviética, a finales de 1991, representó un cambio drástico en la configuración de la mitad oriental del continente europeo. La aparición de 23 nuevos Estados, quince en el antiguo espacio sovietico, siete en la antigua Yugoslavia y dos como consecuencia de la escision de Checoslovaquia, duplico el numero existente hasta entonces en Europa. La Federacion Rusa emergio como nuevo actor global con un paso tambaleante durante la decada de los 90 del pasado siglo. Sin embargo, lo que parecia apuntar hacia un orden internacional unipolar con una hegemonia exclusiva estadounidense, ha ido convirtiendose en el siglo XXI en una incipiente multipolaridad en la que Rusia irrumpe con fuerza.

A surge of political trends and upheavals all over the world confronts German foreign policy with a world that is dramatically different from Berlin Republic unification in 1990. Brexit, American de-commitment to Europe and the rise of isolationist, populist forces within Germany as well as in other European countries and the U.S. have undermined the foundations of Germanys foreign policy. Germany is suddenly faced with another historical shift that is starting to shake the bedrock of its foreign policy. A council of experts for strategic foresight can address Germanys strategic cultural deficit, its civilian power fixation, its resorts principle of ministerial independence, and its coalition governance conflicts.

A Editora Contracorrente tem a satisfação de anunciar a publicação da obra Tratado sobre o setor de rodovias no Direito brasileiro, organizada por Augusto Neves Dal Pozzo e José Virgílio Lopes Enei e

O profissional de Relações Internacionais não pode se furtar de uma formação teórica e conceitual, além de constante atualização, uma vez que o nosso objeto de estudo não é estático. Esse é o alicerc

Aunque la vida moderna avanza hacia la informalidad en muchos ámbitos, el protocolo prevalece. Así pues, este libro ofrece una visión general de las prácticas asociadas al protocolo, incluyendo las practicas propias tanto del mundo de las relaciones diplomaticas asi como las practicas en el mundo corporativo. Esta obra se centra en una amplia variedad de paises y cubre temas como las precedencias, disposicion de asientos, la historia y el uso de las banderas, ceremonias, invitaciones, codigos de vestimenta, obsequios y condecoraciones. Tambien se recogen aspectos relativos a los medios de comunicacion, seguridad, instrucciones para el oficial de protocolo, participacion de invitados y el papel del anfitrion. A lo largo del libro, numerosas personalidades del ambito diplomatico, de los negocios y del ambito cultural comparten sus propias experiencias sobre los distintos usos del protocolo en todo el mundo.

Las estrechas e históricas relaciones entre España y Puerto Rico, vivieron un momento profundamente convulso a fines del siglo XIX, como consecuencia del fin de la presencia española en la Isla, a raiz de la victoria norteamericana en aquella tristemente recordada Guerra del 98, con la cual se ponia fin a cuatro siglos de historia comun.En ese citado siglo, se contemplo en aquella isla caribeña bajo el prisma de las grandes transformaciones, tanto economicas como politicas, desarrolladas bajo el proceso constitucional de 1812, en el que Puerto Rico casi fue un mero espectador, hasta 1826 en donde el fracaso del mitico Congreso de Panama permitio neutralizar la amenaza del separatismo, debido a la incapacidad de las nuevas Republicas Americanas de conseguir la fundacion de un movimiento politico que coadyuvase a la independencia en la Isla, por mas que en Puerto Rico se observaran algunos signos de todo ello, como fueron el levantamiento del Regimiento de Granada, en 1838; el Grito de Lares, en 1868, coincidiendo con La Gloriosa en la Peninsula; y la fundacion del Partido Autonomista.Pero, ademas, el siglo XIX seria el de la cimentacion de una nueva nacionalidad, que desembocaria en el surgimiento de un nacionalismo puertorriqueño, que a la postre promoveria, al menos en cierto modo, su independencia de España. En este periodo la Isla, que antaño habia sido una pieza mas de cuantas ejercian funciones defensivas de los intereses españoles en el Continente y carente de propia conciencia, pasaria a ostentar un desarrollo politico-administrativo que impulsaria una comunicacion institucional de variados niveles y diferentes intereses. La segunda mitad de siglo conllevo una dependencia particular debido a la situacion de la Isla, las circunstancias internacionales y las propias necesidades de la Metropoli que desembocaron en la busqueda de su identidad entre el asimilismo, el autonomismo y la independencia de Puerto Rico.

En un mundo cada vez más dinámico y convulso, el multilateralismo y las organizaciones internacionales son una necesidad intrínseca a la escena internacional. Las contribuciones a esta obra, resultado de la Jornada celebrada con ocasion del XXX Aniversario del Master en Estudios internacionales de la Universidad de Barcelona, analizan el derecho y la practica de las organizaciones internacionales, en el ambito universal y tambien desde una perspectiva regional. En sus paginas, se ponen de manifiesto las tensiones que afloran entre el racionalismo, que comporta la definicion de bases juridicas y procedimientos comunes, y los unilateralismos, que buscan salvaguardar intereses particulares. En este escenario, se impone una suerte de catarsis de las organizaciones internacionales que les permita cumplir su papel al servicio de la humanidad en el siglo xxi, en el convencimiento de su caracter esencial para una gestion sostenible, resiliente y transparente de los crecientes retos globales que enfrentamos.

Desde 2017, o mundo vem testemunhando o ressurgimento do Diálogo de Segurança Quadrilateral (Quad), um fórum de cooperação em defesa que reúne Estados Unidos, Japão, Índia e Austrália. Este livro inv

The book represents a major examination regarding the current practice of international relations and world politics. It analyzes the international relations of large, medium, and smaller sized actors, and how they influence the larger dynamics and ebb and flow of the international system. While assessing the perspectives of 21st century international systems, it also examines how relations between actors may improve or worsen, surely the most timely issue presently facing global and relational politics. Through globalization, the concept of a more balanced version of the American Dream has extended worldwide. Irrespective of wealth or poverty, globalizations promise of prosperity has been adopted eagerly, despite uneven progress along the way. Together with the larger realities of Neo-Liberal thinking and influence, where global and cyber markets have evolved with little supervision, we have seen a move from enlightened self interest to the reality of pure self-interest. This book addresses the larger ethical implications of this global trend.

Foreign Policy, Most Anticipated Books of 2024 A stunning investigation and indictment of the elements in United States foreign lobbying industry and the threat they pose to democracy. For years, one group of Americans has worked as foot-soldiers for the most authoritarian regimes around the planet. In the process, theyve not only entrenched dictatorships and spread kleptocratic networks, but theyve secretly guided U.S. policy without the rest of America even being aware. And now, journalist Casey Michel contends some of them have begun turning their sights on American democracy itself. These Americans are known as foreign lobbyists, and many of them spent years ushering dictatorships directly into the halls of Washington, all while laundering the reputations of the most heinous, repressive regimes in the process. These lobbyists include figures like Ivy Lee, the inventor of the public relations industry - a man who whitewashed Mussolini, opened doors to the Soviets, and advised the Nazis on how to sway American audiences. They include people like Paul Manafort, who invented lobbying as we know it - and who then took his talents to autocrats from Ukraine to the Philippines, and then back to the White House. And they now include an increasing number of Americans elsewhere: in law firms and consultancies, among PR specialists and former lawmakers, and even within think tanks and universities. Many of these lobbyists have transformed into proxies for dictators and strongmen wherever they can be found. And for years, theyve escaped scrutiny. In Foreign Agents, Casey Michel shines a light on these foreign lobbyists, and all the damage and devastation they have caused in Washington and elsewhere. From Moscow to Beijing, from far-right nationalists to far-left communists, from anti-American autocrats to pro-Western authoritarians, these foreign lobbyists have helped any illiberal, anti-democratic government they can find. And after decades of success in installing dictator after dictator, and in tilting American policy in the process, some of these lobbyists have now begun trying to end Americas democratic experiment, once and for all.

The Spycatcher affair remains one of the most intriguing moments in the history of British intelligence and a pivotal point in the publics relationship with the murky world of espionage and security. It lifted the lid on alleged Soviet infiltration of British services and revealed a culture of law-breaking, bugging and burgling. But how much do we know about the story behind the scandal? In To Catch a Spy, Tim Tate reveals the astonishing true story of the British governments attempts to silence whistleblower Peter Wright and hide the truth about Britains intelligence services and political elites. Its a story of state-sanctioned cover-up plots; of the government lying to Parliament and courts around the world; and of stories leaked with the intention to mislead and deceive. This is a tale of high treason and low farce. Drawing on thousands of pages of previously unpublished court transcripts, the contents of secret British government files, and original interviews with many of the key players in the Spycatcher trials, it draws back the curtain on a hidden world. A world where spies, politicians and Britains most senior civil servants conspired to ride roughshod over the law, prevented the public from hearing about their actions and mounted a cynical conspiracy to deceive the world. It is the story of Peter Wrights ruthless and often lawless obsession to uncover Russian spies, both real and imagined, his belated determination to reveal the truth and the lengths to which the British government would go to silence him.

A Segurança Internacional se converteu, de temática restrita às chancelarias e círculos restritos do poder e da burocracia internacionais, em preocupação cotidiana do cidadão bem informado, assunto i

Es mucho lo que en los últimos tiempos se habla acerca de la historia de España y de la Corona de Aragón, en general, y de Cataluña, en particular. En su mayor parte, se trata como no podía ser de otra manera de aseveraciones construidas desde el rigor historico pero, no es menos cierto, que tambien en otras se hace desde la pura invencion o fabulacion, o cuando menos con una realidad historica ciertamente desvirtuada, generalmente impregnados por intereses de naturaleza politica.La presente obra es el resultado ultimo de las aportaciones de un nutrido grupo de profesores de universidad, expertos en los distintos periodos de la historia de España, en general, y de Cataluña, en particular.

A TIMES BEST PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2023AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK A necessary corrective to the sexism and misogyny rife in spy tales ... contains some eye-opening tales of espionageGUARDIANGrippingFINANCIAL TIMESA thrilling book, as propulsive as classic le CarreTHE TIMESAs much le Carre as it is Hidden Figures. AMARYLLIS FOX, author of Life UndercoverThe never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early days of the CIA - women who helped create the template for cutting-edge espionage (and blazed new paths for equality in the workplace). In the wake of World War II, four agents were critical in helping build a new organisation now known as the CIA. Adelaide Hawkins, Mary Hutchison, Eloise Page, and Elizabeth Sudmeier, called the wise gals by their male colleagues because of their sharp sense of humour and even quicker intelligence, were not the stereotypical femme fatale of spy novels. They were smart, courageous, and groundbreaking agents at the top of their class, instrumental in both developing innovative tools for intelligence gathering - and insisting (in their own unique ways) that they receive the credit and pay their expertise deserved. Adelaide rose through the ranks, developing new cryptosystems that advanced how spies communicate with each other. Mary worked overseas in Europe and Asia, building partnerships and allegiances that would last decades. Elizabeth would risk her life in the Middle East in order to gain intelligence on deadly Soviet weaponry. Eloise would wield influence on scientific and technical operations worldwide, ultimately exposing global terrorism threats. Meticulously researched and beautifully told, Holt uses firsthand interviews with past and present officials and declassified government documents to uncover the stories of these four inspirational women. Wise Gals sheds a light on the untold history of the women whose daring foreign intrigues, domestic persistence, and fighting spirit have been and continue to be instrumental to the worlds security.