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  • 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

  • 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

  • Australia, Canada, and Iraq

    Perspectives on an Invasion

    Edited by Ramesh Thakur, Jack Cunningham ...
    Series Book 2 - Contemporary Canadian Issues
    A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chrétien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war.When it was declared in 2003, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was intensely controversial. While a few of America's partners, like Australia, joined in the war, many, including Canada, refused to take part. However the war in Iraq was viewed at the time, though, it is ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $18.09 USD

  • The Nuclear Ban Treaty

    A Transformational Reframing of the Global Nuclear Order

    Edited by Ramesh Thakur ...
    The contributors to this book describe, discuss, and evaluate the normative reframing brought about by the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (the Ban Treaty), taking you on a journey through its genesis and negotiation history to the shape of the emerging global nuclear order.Adopted by the United Nations on 7 July 2017, the Ban Treaty came into effect on 22 January 2021. For advocates ... Read more

    $55.99 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

    $63.99 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

    $72.99 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

    $40.99 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

    $59.99 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

    $59.99 USD

  • Institutional Supports for the International Rule of Law

    Edited by Charles Sampford, Ramesh Thakur ...
    Series series Challenges of Globalisation
    The rule of law is widely seen as the cornerstone of any effective polity and increasingly a vital component of the international political system. If the international rule of law were to be strengthened, it would greatly contribute to trade, security, human rights and global cooperation in a range of fields. Yet, in many areas the rule of law seems almost absent in international affairs.This ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy

    Edited by Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine, Ramesh Thakur ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    At a time when diplomatic practices and the demands imposed on diplomats are changing quite radically, and many foreign ministries feel they are being left behind, there is a need to understand the various forces that are affecting the profession. Diplomacy remains a salient activity in today's world in which the basic authoritative actor is still the state. At the same time, in some respects the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD