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  • The United Nations, Peace and Security

    From Collective Security to the Responsibility to Protect

    by Ramesh Thakur ...
    Ending humanitarian atrocities has become as important for the United Nations as preventing interstate war. This book examines the transformation of UN operations, analysing its changing role and structure. Ramesh Thakur asks why, when and how force may be used, and argues that the growing gulf between legality and legitimacy is evidence of an eroded sense of international community. He considers ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Global Governance and the UN

    An Unfinished Journey

    by Ramesh Thakur, Thomas G. Weiss ...
    In the 21st century, the world is faced with threats of global scale that cannot be confronted without collective action. Although global government as such does not exist, formal and informal institutions, practices, and initiatives—together forming "global governance"—bring a greater measure of predictability, stability, and order to trans-border issues than might be expected. Yet, there are ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Our Enemy The Government 2nd Edition

    by Ramesh Thakur ...
    In this updated and expanded edition, Ramesh Thakur exposes how the COVID-19 pandemic enabled unprecedented expansions of state power, with a new focus on Australia's experience.Panicked governments turned the world upside down. From coercive lockdowns in Melbourne to federal overreach in border closures, the boundary between liberal democracy and authoritarianism proved virus thin. Tools of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Global Governance and the UN

    An Unfinished Journey

    by Thomas G. Weiss, Ramesh Thakur ...
    Series series United Nations Intellectual History Project Series
    In the 21st century, the world is faced with threats of global scale that cannot be confronted without collective action. Although global government as such does not exist, formal and informal institutions, practices, and initiatives—together forming "global governance"—bring a greater measure of predictability, stability, and order to trans-border issues than might be expected. Yet, there are ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reshaping Regional Relations

    Asiapacific And The Former Soviet Union

    by Ramesh Thakur, Carlyle A. Thayer ...
    Reshaping Regional Relations summarizes the cause and consequences of changes in Asia-Pacific region. It introduces the lead player in regional change and outlines strategic, military, political and economical issues that constitute the regional agenda in the 1990s. ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Reviewing the Responsibility to Protect

    Origins, Implementation and Controversies

    by Ramesh Thakur ...
    Series series Global Politics and the Responsibility to Protect
    This volume is a collection of some of the key essays by Ramesh Thakur on the origins, implementation and future prospects of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm.The book offers a comprehensive yet accessible review of the origins, evolution, advances and shortcomings of the R2P principle. A literature review is followed by an overview of the background, meaning and development of R2P. With a ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • In Defence of New Zealand

    Foreign Policy Choices in the Nuclear Age

    by Ramesh Thakur ...
    Nuclear-free zones, neutrality, and nonalignment are catchwords that recently have earned unprecedented international publicity for New Zealand's foreign policy. That country's defence policy has also been subjected to its most searching scrutiny since World War II. In this book, Dr. Ramesh Thakur addresses in depth the issues underlying worldwide ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Responsibility to Protect and Sovereignty

    by Ramesh Thakur ...
    The responsibility to protect ('R2P') principle articulates the obligations of the international community to prevent conflict occurring, to intervene in conflicts, and to assist in rebuilding after conflicts. The doctrine is about protecting civilians in armed conflicts from four mass atrocity crimes: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. This book examines ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • The Soviet Union As An Asianpacific Power

    Implications Of Gorbachev's 1986 Vladivostok Initiative

    by Ramesh Thakur, Carlyle A. Thayer, G J Gill, Amin Saikal ...
    This volume provides a useful analysis of the domestic dimension of Soviet foreign policy in Asia/Pacific. It considers the implications of Gorbachev's 1986 Vladivostok Initiative on Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and the South Pacific. ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • International Peacekeeping In Lebanon

    United Nations Authority And Multinational Force

    by Ramesh Thakur ...
    Examining the efficacy of U.N. peace efforts, Dr. Ramesh Thakur compares limited peacekeeping through U.N. authority with more coercive means such as the Multinational Force (MNF) in Lebanon. He finds that the role of the U.S.-led MNF coalition cannot be justified in terms of great-power responsibility for ensuring a stable international order, since the coalition has attempted to substitute ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Nuclear Weapons and International Security

    Collected Essays

    by Ramesh Thakur ...
    Series series Routledge Global Security Studies
    This volume brings together more than three decades of research and writings by Professor Ramesh Thakur on the challenges posed by nuclear weapons.Following an introduction to the current nuclear state of play, the book addresses the challenge of nuclear weapons in three parts. Part I describes the scholar-practitioner interface in trying to come to grips with this challenge, the main policy ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • General Guidelines for Plant Erection and Commissioning in Chemical Industries

    by Chirag Ramesh Thakur ...
    The entire process from Land and product selection to handover is being described in this book. The various projects, contracting, erection, commissioning, startup, and management strategies are elaborated with their pros and cons. The author believes that safety must be the first priority for every individual working in this industry. Hence, he has shown more concern over safety in each chapter ... Read more

    $48.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus