The purpose of this Book is to show that political philosophy really does matter. It comes as a result of "Is there a Third Way ? Workshop held at the 7th Conference of the International Society for the Study of European ideas (ISSEI) at the University of Bergen Norway in August 2000. This question "Is there a Third Way? " This comes at the end of a Millennium and the turn of a Century which has shown vacillations in European Ideas and conflicts from religion to politics to economics to civilizations. The question is therefore whether or not there is a need for a strong body of convictions to...

This book examines two sides of civil military relations in developing countries. One is the place of civil-military relations within a state s political and economic systems; the other is the role of the military on a state s maintenance of peace and stability. The book thus proposes that the function of soldiers is not only to defend and deter, but also to develop. The chapters provide a comprehensive analysis of civil military relationship with comparative cases on Botswana, China, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, and The Arab Spring...

This report describes the Bi-national Red Sea Marine Peace Park showing it as a possible option for a Peace Park in the Han River Estuary, Korea. The peace process between the Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Israel was significant, involving multi-lateral, tri-lateral, and bi-lateral negotiations that culminated in a treaty in September 1994. This provided the right opportunity for resource managers, scientists, institutions, non-governmental organizations, and private interests to meet together to discuss research and monitoring needs directed at maintaining or improving the health of the...

This book, written in honor of Arno Tausch, presents cutting-edge research on globalization, development, and global values. Internationally renowned authors cover topics such as global economic and political cycles, global values, and support for terrorism.Over the last five decades, the Austrian political scientist Arno Tausch was a pioneer in studies on globalization, development and global values. This collection of essays takes up the issues dealt with by Tausch and presents perspectives for the 21st Century. Throughout his work, Tausch applied quantitative methods to study the...