Freds- & konfliktforskning

Prescient and even more relevant than when originally released in 2019, this Memorial Edition of War With Russia ? provides keen perspective to help readers understand the current Ukraine crisis. Are we in a new Cold War with Russia? Does Vladimir...

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Hur kan vi förstå uppkomsten och konsekvenserna av dagens konflikter? Vad kan göras för att förhindra att de bryter ut? Och hur kan pågående konflikter lösas på ett sätt som skapar varaktig fred? I denna breda grundbok presenteras centrala frågest...

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This is a re-typeset version of the 3rd edition of Social Conflict: Escalation, Stalemate, and Settlement. The typeset version was created using OCR from scanned pages. Please notify Dean Pruitt (at deangpruitt@gmail.com) or Paul Pruitt (at socrtw...

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Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The fourth edition of this hugely popular text explains the key concepts, charts the development o...

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War is at a tipping point: we're passing from the age of industrial warfare to a new era of computerised warfare, and a renewed risk of great-power conflict. Humanitarian response is also evolving fast--'big aid' demands more and more money, while...

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Hösten 1795 utkom i Königsberg (som i dag heter Kaliningrad och är en rysk stad) en liten skrift författad av stadens mest berömde son, filosofen Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). Skriften hette "Zum ewigen Frieden", Om den eviga freden. Den om...

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Future NATO looks at the challenges facing NATO in the 21st century and examines how the Alliance can adapt to ensure its continued success For more than 70 years, the North Atlantic Alliance has helped to preserve peace and stability in the Euro-...

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I filmen Dr Strangelove från 1964 skildrar Stanley Kubrick det kalla krigets yttersta galenskap: ett nukleärt världskrig. Den amerikanske presidenten rekommenderas att slå till först, eftersom det "bara" leder till 10-20 miljoner döda .....

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D'Anieri explores the dynamics within Ukraine, between Ukraine and Russia, and between Russia and the West, that emerged with the collapse of the Soviet Union and eventually led to war in 2014. Proceeding chronologically, this book shows how Ukrai...

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Flashpoint in Ukraine provides insight into today's gravest geopolitical crisis since WW II. Possible global war looms. Viewed from the perspective of Western mainstream media, the crisis arose due to pro-democracy activists overturning a brutal d...

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Understanding Conflict Resolution  is a comprehensive introduction to the study of peace and conflict studies. It explores both the historical roots of the study of conflict management, as well as the contemporary settings and the t...

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We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that 'they' must never do it again. But who are 'they'? HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance - includi...

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Insights and stories fill this invaluable resource for parents, teachers, and others who want to nurture children and also themselves. The tenets of 'Nonviolent Communication' are applied to a variety of settings, including the classroom and the h...

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Exploring both historical cases of civil resistance and more contemporary examples such as the Arab Awakenings and various ongoing movements in the United States, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know provides a comprehensive and engaging ...

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Radicalization to Terrorism: What Everyone Needs to Know synthesizes original and existing research to answer the questions raised after each new terrorist attack. It enables readers to see beyond the relentless news cycle to understand where terr...

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This new and updated edition of International Security Studies provides students with a comprehensive introduction to the subject of security studies, with a strong emphasis on the use of case studies to illustrate theoretical debates. In addition...

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Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews from across Colombia-including former child guerillas, former hostages of the guerilla organization, mothers of child soldiers, and humanitarian aid workers- this volume explores the experiences of ch...

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DRACON I SKOLAN riktar sig till alla som söker pedagogiska verktyg för undervisning i konstruktiv konflikthantering. DRACON-programmet (drama-conflict) fokuserar på tredje parts agerande i konflikter, leder fram till rollspelsträning i medling och...

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Våld skapas, skriver Amartya Sen, när skickliga agitatorer tvingar på godtrogna människor enkelspåriga och aggresiva identiteter. I denna bok visar Sen att föreställningen om unika och givna identiteter är lika mycket en illusion som en stor fara....

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What is military strategy today? In an era when European states seek to de-escalate and avoid armed conflict, and where politicians fear the consequences of protracted operations or tactical hazards, does military strategy have any relevance? This...

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I denna bok beskrivs initiativ i Sverige, USA och andra länder för att ett fredsdepartement ska inrättas vid sidan av utrikes- och försvarsdepartementen. Bakom denna idé ställde sig en av Sveriges Fredsråd och Svenska FN-förbundet 1982 arrangerad ...

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Atomic Steppe tells the untold true story of how the obscure country of Kazakhstan said no to the most powerful weapons in human history. With the fall of the Soviet Union, the marginalized Central Asian republic suddenly found itself with the wor...

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This book examines the development of cooperation between the EU and NATO, two key non-state actors in the European security architecture. The work examines the relationship between the EU and NATO by focusing on the perspective of member states. ...

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A brilliant young historian offers a vital, comprehensive international military history of the Cold War in which he views the decade-long superpower struggles as one of the three great conflicts of the twentieth century alongside the two World Wa...

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The go-to guide for dealing with the narcissist in your life-now fully revised and updated based on reader feedback! Do you know someone who is overly arrogant, shows an extreme lack of empathy, or exhibits an inflated sense of entitlement? Do the...

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The EU-NATO relationship continues to develop at a time of significant change for both organizations. Post 9/11, NATO embarked on a fundamental transformation, recasting itself as an organization with global strategic reach and interest, focused l...

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In The Four Ages of American Foreign Policy, the eminent authority on American foreign policy Michael Mandelbaum offers a new framework for understanding the history of the foreign policy of the United States. He divides that history into four dis...

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For almost fifteen years, both the EU and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have claimed to partake in a relationship that is purported to be a 'Strategic Partnership', albeit one that is troubled by lasting political blockages. The constr...

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This book challenges the understanding of 'difference' in the field of peacebuilding and offers new ways to consider diversity in the context of international interventions. International peacebuilding as a practice and academic field has always b...

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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been widely derided as a failed state, unable to meet the basic needs of its citizens. But while state infrastructure continues to decay, many essential services continue to be provided at the local level...

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