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This book examines how the evolution of various ideas, schemes, projects, proposals and objectives influenced the Canadian political and social present. It takes into account both the ideas which have actually been implemented and the ones which never progressed beyond the conceptual sphere, yet are important from historical perspective.

The book is a collection of studies on the war in Ukraine. The considerations focus on different contexts of the first phase of the armed conflict. The authors try to answer questions about the motives and results of Russian disinformation and blaming Ukraine, the US and NATO for the invasion, as well as of the position of third countries towards the Russian aggression. One of the issues addressed is sexual violence in wartime and the image of women in armed conflict. The authors also analyze the aid provided by certain nations and Ukrainian national minorities in selected countries. Some chapters also examined public opinions on various war-related issues. Such a broad approach provides multidimensional view of the war while complementing earlier images of the conflict in Ukraine.

The presidency of Tsai Ing-wen coincided with momentous shifts in Taiwan's domestic and international affairs. On the back of a growing popular mandate, President Tsai sought to assert the autonomy and independence of Taiwan. These moves were mirrored by an increasing nationalization under the grip of Xi Jinping who asserted Chinäs right to ¿unify¿ the island by force if necessary. These dynamics have propelled Taiwan to the limelight of international attention. This book offers a timely, detailed, and much needed analysis of the multitude of internal and external factors that have impacted the domestic and international affairs of Taiwan. The thoughtful and convincing analyses would be appreciated by policy-makers, think-tankers, and scholars alike.Professor Emilian Kavalski

With 30 years having passed since Central Asia and the South Caucasus emerged on the international stage, a new approach to understanding its contemporary dynamics is required. This volume argues for a multidimensional analysis of international, regional, and domestic cooperation and conflicts in the region. The authors analyze foreign policies of great powers such as Russia, China, U.S., EU, Japan, and Iran toward this part of the world. The work looks at regional issues and regionalism, including the Eurasian Union and the Belt and Road Initiative. A series of chapters study domestic processes ranging from clan politics, identity construction, the media, to non-state actors. The publication applies theoretical pluralism and utilizes realism, liberalism, constructivism, and FPA.

Entering the third decade of the 21st century, Japan will have to face the new security challenges posed by the COVID-19 and manage its current relations with the United States and China, among others. This book focuses on internal and external factors that are influencing current Japanese security policy.

Memories, which are subjective reconstructions of past events, reflect collectively constructed "truths" about the surrounding world, and, thus, contribute to the further construction of the image or interpretation of the past and the present. This book focuses on the topic of memory in the Middle and Far Eastern societies.

The work studies the spontaneous city spreading process of Juba after the civil war in South Sudan. The book presents the complex transformations of spatial, economic, family, religious and ethnic patterns within the new urban settings of post-war Juba. The presented material comes from the author's ethnographic research conducted in 2007-2008.

The book is a synthesis of knowledge on ASEAN, with emphasis on its domestic and external contexts in a changing world, namely ASEAN's integration, intra-ASEAN relations, the security dimension (the South China Sea territorial disputes), foreign actors' (Japan, China, the U.S., the EU) policy towards the region, and the U.S. - China power struggle.

This book addresses new challenges of development in the 21st century. Issues connected with globalization, political challenges, entrepreneurship, institutional design, clean energy, health service, gender in developing regions are analyzed. All those issues refer to developing countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe.

This book depicts a case study of Polish-German and Korean-Japanese postwar relations and reconciliation processes by identifying similarities in their bilateral experiences and history. The contributions reveal the significance of memory and reconciliation in social sciences, and politics, as well as in cultural studies.

The volume discusses recent developments in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and Yemen. The book defines internal and external factors infuencing the development and shows that development in these countries varied substantially due to different historical, political, economic, security and religious conditions.

This guide is addressed to all those eager to learn more about the New Silk Road. Part 1 depicts some of the places and connections. Part 2 concerns people, institutions and projects. Part 3 deals with the various meanings and values attributed to the New Road. Part 4 explores what the New Silk Road means for the rest of the world.

This book focuses on the problem of regionalism, the crucial phenomenon in international relations at early 21st century (both in terms of integration and conflict). The book analyzes theories of regional integration and regionalism and discusses challenges to regionalism in Asia, Africa and the European region.

This book discusses application of theories of International Relations (IR) in Asia and Africa, describing the development of IR theories in Asia and applying existing Western theories to selected case studies relating to the Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Sub-Saharan African regions.