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Die Geschichte der internationalen Beziehungen hat in den vergangenen Jahren einen enormen Aufwind erlebt. Sie hat ihre Themenfelder erweitert, ist methodisch offener und pluralistischer geworden. Der von Wilfried Loth im Jahr 2000 beschriebene "e;Dialog der Taubstummen"e; ist schon lange Geschichte, nicht zuletzt weil alte (nationale) Debatten durch interdisziplinare Ansatze und die Internationalisierung der Geschichtswissenschaft selbst uberholt sind. Der Sammelband vereinigt 52 Beitrage internationaler Autorinnen und Autoren. Er bildet die Vielfalt methodischer Ansatze und die thematische Breite der neuen internationalen Geschichtsschreibung ab. Es werden zugleich die Themenfelder der historischen Forschung Wilfried Loths abgesteckt, der mit seinen Arbeiten einen Beitrag zur Erneuerung und Erweiterung der europaischen und internationalen Geschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts geleistet hat. Aus dem Inhalt: Vom Umgang mit (Zeit-)Geschichte* Feindschaften uberwinden: Die deutsch-franzosischen Beziehungen* Die Teilung der Welt uberwinden: Entspannungspolitik im Kalten Krieg* Transnationale Ordnungsmodelle und Akteure* Ausgangspunkte: Europa als Handlungsraum und Vorstellung* Die Grenzen in Europa uberwinden: Wege zur politischen Einigung des Kontinentes seit 1945* Alte und neue Krisen der Europaischen Gemeinschaft* Kirchen und internationale Geschichte

Dieses Buch bietet eine Analyse der Politik des Konsums und zeigt, wie der "gebildete Verbraucher" eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Förderung verantwortungsvoller Marktpraktiken und des Konsums spielt. Auf der Grundlage einer umfassenden interdisziplinären Perspektive untersucht es das Ausmaß, die Triebkräfte und die Verbindungen von Boykott, Kaufboykott, Kennzeichnungssystemen und sozialer Verantwortung von Unternehmen (CSR) in 20 europäischen Ländern. Eine zentrale Frage ist, ob makro-gesellschaftliche Orientierungsmuster hinsichtlich der Rolle des Staates, der Unternehmen und der Bürger individuelle und länderübergreifende Unterschiede beim Boykottieren und beim Kaufverbot erklären können. Wie das Buch zeigt, gibt es nicht nur einen Typus des "politischen Verbrauchers", sondern mehrere, und ihr Auftreten steht in direktem Zusammenhang mit nationalen Variationen von Kennzeichnungssystemen und der sozialen Verantwortung von Unternehmen. Die Verbraucher brauchen Anhaltspunkte und Informationen über die politischen Hintergründe ihrer Einkäufe, und die politischen Entscheidungsträger müssen diesem Bedarf durch politische Maßnahmen Rechnung tragen, die den nationalen Mustern in den Ansichten über Zusammenarbeit und Marktbeziehungen entsprechen.

'Devastating and urgent, this book could not be more timely' Caroline Criado Perez, award-winning and bestselling author of Invisible WomenDanielle Citron takes the conversation about technology and privacy out of the boardrooms and op-eds to reach readers where we are - in our bathrooms and bedrooms; with our families and our lovers; in all the parts of our lives we assume are untouchable - and shows us that privacy, as we think we know it, is largely already gone.The boundary that once protected our intimate lives from outside interests is an artefact of the twentieth century. In the twenty-first, we have embraced a vast array of technology that enables constant access and surveillance of the most private aspects of our lives. From non-consensual pornography, to online extortion, to the sale of our data for profit, we are vulnerable to abuse -- and our laws have failed miserably to keep up.With vivid examples drawn from interviews with victims, activists and lawmakers from around the world, The Fight for Privacy reveals the threat we face and argues urgently and forcefully for a reassessment of privacy as a human right. As a legal scholar and expert, Danielle Citron is the perfect person to show us the way to a happier, better protected future.

Brexit is a tale of two unions, not one: the British and the European unions. Their origins are different, but both struggle to maintain unity in diversity and both have to face the challenge of populism and claims of democratic deficit.Mark Corner suggests that the »four nations« that make up the UK can only survive as part of a single nation-state, if the country looks more sympathetically at the very European structures from which it has chosen to detach itself. This study addresses both academic and lay audiences interested in the current situation of the UK, particularly the strains raised by devolution and Brexit.

THE NEW LUKE CARLTON THRILLER.BBC Security Correspondent FRANK GARDNER'S thrillers are . . .'Fast, taut, tense, accurate.' FREDERICK FORSYTH'Utterly authentic.' DAILY MAIL'Enthralling, intelligent.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Nerve-shredding.' TONY PARSONS'Heart-in-mouth.' i-NEWSPAPER'Compulsively readable.' RADIO TIMES __________________________________________The world is on high alert. Across the Strait from Taiwan, China's armed forces appear to be readying for war. Could the People's Republic be preparing to invade its island neighbour?Britain's Secret Intelligence Service has a mole deep within the Chinese Communist Party leadership - an individual in possession of intel that could defuse this fast-escalating situation. A 'collector' is sent to meet the spy and, in an anonymous Hong Kong café, the information is handed over. But before the collector can get the data to MI6, she is overpowered, drugged and abducted by persons unknown. Is it the MSS, China's feared state security agency? Or has another, less predictable player entered the game?As geo-political tensions rise, MI6 field operatives Luke Carlton and Jenny Li are dispatched to find the missing agent and the precious intel she carries. With the clock ticking and tip-offs taking them to shady Macau casinos, tawdry night clubs and multiple dead ends, Luke is convinced they are being deliberately strung along.Then they get the vital lead they need. It points to Taiwan - a country frantically preparing for imminent invasion. And it's there that Luke and Jenny uncover what is really going on. . .Drawing on his years of experience reporting on global security stories and in-depth knowledge of the security services, Frank Gardner has written his most frighteningly real, unnerving and explosive thriller yet.'Grips from the very first page . . . this is thriller writing of a high order . . . Gardner steadily ratchets up the tension, peppering the narrative with nuggets of expertise to make an enthralling, intelligent read.' Adam LeBor, FINANCIAL TIMES (about Outbreak)

'It is rare for a business analysis to read like a thriller - this one does.' - Azeem Azhar, Founder, Exponential View'Vital to understanding how [TikTok] works and the impact it's having.' - Damian Collins MP, former chairman of the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee'TikTok Boom is a must-read for students, scholars, and policymakers.' - David Craig, Clinical Professor, USC AnnenbergIn just a few years, TikTok has stormed ahead of its rivals to become the world's biggest app. Where did it come from and how did it overtake its rivals?Journalist Chris Stokel-Walker delves deep into the origins of China's viral video app. He yields new insights into its culture, addictive algorithm, and influencer ecosystem. And he reveals the influence its owners at its parent company ByteDance in Beijing are having on hundreds of millions worldwide through the policing of little-known content guidelines, including those on physical appearances.TikTok is the emerging battleground for a geopolitical tussle between East and West for control of social media. It has already been banned in India and a ban in the USA has been suggested by Republican politicians.TikTok Boom is a rollercoaster business story bristling with ambition and drama.Find out where TikTok came from, where it's going what it can do for you. Reviews'A careful, detailed teardown of the people, culture and technology behind the world's most dynamic social network. It is rare for a business analysis to read like a thriller - this one does.' - Azeem Azhar, Founder, Exponential View'It's clear that Stokel-Walker's strength is that he's not just TikTok-literate, he's TikTok-fluent. He knows the product, the people, and the entire ecosystem inside and out, and it is this familiarity that makes his telling so compelling because he knows how to make you feel like you, too, are an insider in this strange new world.' - Rui Ma, founder, Tech Buzz China 'Blending journalistic narrative with state-of-the-art academic research, no other author comes close to weaving this epic tale of the rise of China's first global platform threatening Silicon's Valley hegemony while operating as inflection point around the rise of one globe two Internet systems. This is a must-read for students, scholars, and policymakers.' - David Craig, Clinical Professor, USC AnnenbergStartAndy Warhol's idea that anyone can be famous for 15 minutes has never looked shakier. In the programme for an exhibition in Stockholm in 1968, the American pop art pioneer wrote: 'In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.' What struck many at the time as an outlandish prediction is in danger of being undercut by reality in the third decade of the 21st Century. On TikTok, anyone with a mobile phone can become known to hundreds of millions of people for a matter of seconds and then slip back into anonymity. True, a run of successful self-shot videos can propel an individual from an everyday life into that of a multi-millionaire. Unlike in Warhol's age, however, the metamorphosis from ordinariness to fame occurs not through the multiple media channels of Andy Warhol's age, but through a single, super-fast, ever-mutating social media app. Which is ultimately owned in China and ruled over by an inscrutable algorithm.Buy the book to carry on reading

Letty Davenport, the brilliant and tenacious adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, takes the investigative reins in the newest thriller from #1 bestselling author John Sandford.By twenty-four, Letty Davenport has seen more action than most law enforcement professionals. Working a desk job for US Senator Christopher Colles, she's bored and ready to quit. But when her skills catch Colles' attention, she is offered a lifeline: real investigative work. Texas oil companies are reporting thefts of crude. Rumour has it that a sinister militia is involved. Who is selling the oil? And what are they doing with the profits?Letty is partnered with a Department of Homeland Security investigator, John Kaiser. When the case turns deadly, they know they're onto something big. The militia has an explosive plan... and the clock is ticking down. From the bestselling and unputdownable author of the Prey series, The Investigator is perfect for fans of James Patterson and Lee Child.

Budget Superpower reveals how the Kremlin has applied and refined Russia's military strength, intelligence agencies, natural resources, political influence, and much more to drastically increase its power on the cheap. Preparing for Russia's next steps will be crucial for the United States to safeguard its own future.

The South Caucasus is the key strategic region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea and the regional powers of Iran, Turkey and Russia and is the land bridge between Asia and Europe with vital hydrocarbon routes to international markets. This volume examines the resulting geopolitical positioning of Georgia, a pivotal state and lynchpin of the region, illustrating how and why Georgia's foreign policy is 'multi-vectored', facing potential challenges from Russia, int ernal and external nationalisms, the possible break-up of the European project and EU support and uncertainty over the US commitment to the traditional liberal international order.

This is the first book to examine the full arc of American isolationism, from the founding era through the Trump presidency. Charles Kupchan tells the fascinating story of why isolationism dominated US statecraft for so long, uncovers isolationism's enduring connection to American exceptionalism, and explains why an aversion to foreign entanglement is making a comeback. This fresh account of American history sheds revealing light on not only the nation's past, butalso where US grand strategy is headed and how the nation can find the middle ground between isolationism and strategic overreach.

We had been there for over 12 hours. The man was still 30 feet up a tree, balancing on a branch directly over one of the main railway lines out of one of the busiest train stations in the country. He refused to talk to us, threatening to jump if we came too close. To him, we were the enemy. My job was to preserve his life.

Taiwan: a place with its own flag, currency, government and military, but which most of the world does not recognise as a sovereign country. An island that China regards as a 'rebellious province', but which has managed to survive defiantly for decades. Now with its neighbour China a major power on the world stage and ally United States looking increasingly inward, Taiwan's position has never been more precarious.Kerry Brown and Kalley Wu Tzu-hui reveal how the island's shifting fortunes have been shaped by centuries of conquest and by a cast of dynamic characters, by Cold War intrigue and the rise of its neighbour as a global power, explaining how this tiny island, caught between the agendas of two superpowers, is attempting to find its place in a rapidly changing world order.

Die Gelbe Gefahr, sei sie wirtschaftlich politisch, kulturell oder militärisch, ist im Fokus der Medien in aller Welt und Brennpunkt in der von Politikern geführten Debatten. Zum ersten Mal ist es gelungen, 20 Experten, aus Europa, Asien, Amerika und Afrika für ein Buch zu gewinnen, in welchem das heiße Thema von allen Seiten her beleuchtet wird. Den beiden Herausgebern Gerd Kaminski und Wang Xigen war es möglich, die Expertise von vier Kontinenten zu bündeln, welche von dem Doyen der deutschsprachigen Sinologie Wolfgang Kubin, über indische und afrikanische Autoren wie Ramachandra Byrappa, Adams Bodomo, chinesische Vertreter aus Eliteuniversitäten wie Liu Xuetao bis zu Lok Siu von Berkeley reicht. Eine wertvolle Ergänzung bilden die Beiträge von wissenschaftlich ausgewiesenen Personen aus der Praxis, z.B. von Botschafterin Irene Giner-Reichl.In einer Zeit, in der die Diskussion über China stark von Polemik gekennzeichnet ist, weist das Werk dem Leser den Weg zu objektiven Informationen und Einschätzungen. Der Leser wird Aha Momente haben, wenn er merkt, wie tief "Gelbe Gefahr"-Szenarien in der Geschichte wurzeln und hat andererseits die Möglichkeit, sich über aktuelle Themen, wie Spionagevorwürfe gegen Huawei, die Konfuzius Institute, den Streit um Inseln im Südchinesischen Meer, die im Westen als Orwellsches System bezeichneten Social Credits, Chinas Einfluss auf Welthandel, Umwelt und den Rüstungswettlauf mit den USA objektiv und umfassend zu informieren. So gesehen ein Buch über China wie es bis jetzt im Umfang und Dichte noch nicht zustande gekommen ist.Es erscheint in englischer Sprache.

In the early 1980s, after a series of terrorist attacks resulted in American Americans, the United States struck back. Operation Eldorado Canyon is usually remembered as a long-range mission by F-111s. However, it involved many other participants.

If race is increasingly understood to be socially constructed, why does it continue to seem like a physiological reality? The trickery of race, Sita Balani argues, comes down to how it is embedded in everyday life through the domain we take to be most intimate and essential: sexuality. Modernity inaugurates a new political subject made legible as an individual through the nuclear family, sexual adventure and the pursuit of romantic love. By examining the regulation of sexual life at Britain's borders, in colonial India, and through the functioning of the welfare state, marriage laws, education, and counterterrorism, Balani reveals that sexuality has become fatally intertwined with the making of race.