This important new book deals with the changing nature of war in the post-Cold War era and the emergence of new forms of warfare in which warlords, mercenaries and terrorists play an increasingly important role.
In the modern era, warfare came to play a crucial role in the formation of states, whereas the new wars emerging at the beginning of the 21st century have mostly gone together with the failure or collapse of states. The author draws out the key shifts involved in this process: from symmetrical conflicts between states to asymmetrical global relationships of...
This important new book deals with the changing nature of war in the post-Cold War era and the emergence of new forms of warfare in which warlords, me...
This important new book deals with the changing nature of war in the post-Cold War era and the emergence of new forms of warfare in which warlords, mercenaries and terrorists play an increasingly important role.
In the modern era, warfare came to play a crucial role in the formation of states, whereas the new wars emerging at the beginning of the 21st century have mostly gone together with the failure or collapse of states. The author draws out the key shifts involved in this process: from symmetrical conflicts between states to asymmetrical global relationships of...
This important new book deals with the changing nature of war in the post-Cold War era and the emergence of new forms of warfare in which warlords, me...
"Herfried Munkler is a walking one-man think tank." Die Zeit
Until recently, it was thought by many that empires were relics of the past. But suddenly, in the wake of 9/11, the global war on terror and the invasion of Iraq, the question of imperial power has returned to the centre of debate: we now seem to be faced with a new American empire that many people regard as threatening. Do the politicians in Washington dictate the rules that the rest of the world must follow? Or do empires have a logic of their own to which even the most powerful rulers must succumb?
In this...
"Herfried Munkler is a walking one-man think tank." Die Zeit
Until recently, it was thought by many that empires were relics of the pa...
"Herfried Munkler is a walking one-man think tank." Die Zeit
Until recently, it was thought by many that empires were relics of the past. But suddenly, in the wake of 9/11, the global war on terror and the invasion of Iraq, the question of imperial power has returned to the centre of debate: we now seem to be faced with a new American empire that many people regard as threatening. Do the politicians in Washington dictate the rules that the rest of the world must follow? Or do empires have a logic of their own to which even the most powerful rulers must succumb?
In this...
"Herfried Munkler is a walking one-man think tank." Die Zeit
Until recently, it was thought by many that empires were relics of the pa...
Haben Staaten oder regionale Bündnisse das Recht, den Schutz der notleidenden oder verfolgten Zivilbevölkerung eines anderen Landes notfalls mit militärischer Gewalt zu erzwingen? Sind sie dazu womöglich sogar verpflichtet? Der Kosovo-Einsatz der NATO im Frühjahr 1999 hat eine kontroverse Debatte um die Legalität und Legitimität humanitärer Interventionen ausgelöst, die angesichts der weltweit wachsenden Zahl von Krisenherden weiter an Intensität gewinnt. Doch die Fragen, mit denen sich sowohl Befürworter als auch Kritiker humanitärer Interventionen heute auseinandersetzen...
Haben Staaten oder regionale Bündnisse das Recht, den Schutz der notleidenden oder verfolgten Zivilbevölkerung eines anderen Landes notfalls mit mil...
Von 1963 an, als er auf das Ordinariat fUr Politikwissenschaft der Johann-Wolfgang Goethe-Universitlit berufen wurde, bis zu seiner Emeritierung Ende des Sommerseme sters 1987 hat Iring Fetscher in Frankfurt Politikwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt politische Ideengeschichte ge1ehrt. Nach fiinfjahrigem Miliwdienst und kurzer Kriegsgefangenschaft hatte er 1946 in Tiibingen das Studium der Philosophie, Germa nistik und Romanistik aufgenommen. 1950 erfolgte die Promotion zum Dr. phil. mit einer Arbeit iiber "Hegels Lehre Yom Menschen"; 1959 folgte die Habilitation mit der Arbeit "Rousseaus...
Von 1963 an, als er auf das Ordinariat fUr Politikwissenschaft der Johann-Wolfgang Goethe-Universitlit berufen wurde, bis zu seiner Emeritierung Ende ...
