World security

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Linda Kulman

"For fifteen years, the Grand Strategy program has been cultivating leadership skills of undergraduates and graduate students of Yale University. In Linda Kulman's compelling book, we learn about this remarkable program from the inside, sharing the stress of the "murder boards," the revelation of applying the classics to current geopolitical situations, and the crucial importance of fast decision-making under duress. Teaching Common Sense weaves together on-site reporting, archival research, and original survey data into an intellectual history of the Grand Strategy program."

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sous la direction de Robert Bussière

La prévention des crises et des conflits, en tant que voie nouvelle et encore incertaine de la politique internationale, est moins connue et rencontre moins d'intérêt en France qu'à l'étranger. Pourtant à l'aube du XXIè siècle, l'importance qu'il y a de savoir dans quelles mesure et sous quelles formes il est possible de prévenir les crises avant qu'elles n'éclatent en conflits violents, n'échappe à personne.

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A. B. Fetherston

The overtaxed ad hoc system of peacekeeping does not meet the demands posed by the post-Cold War world. This is apparent in the problems besetting a number of peacekeeping missions around the globe. What is far less obvious is how to change the system so that it is better equipped to deal with the range of ongoing violent and protracted conflicts. This volume argues that peacekeeping needs to be placed on firm conceptual footing directly congruent with its peaceful third party role. The implications of this conceptualization of peacekeeping for practice are discussed, and training is cited as a key means of translating conceptual understanding into practice. Without this foundation work, the myriad proposals for UN and peacekeeping reform and reorganization have little chance of making a positive impact on the existing, and largely ineffective, system of conflict management.

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Elena Fierro

"Human rights in the external relations of the EU may manifest itself in different manners, one of them is the conditionality policy that the EU applies to third countries. This study intends to explore the modalities of this conditionality policy, as well as its nature and reach. It also analyses how the policy could be improved and be made more coherent and effective."--BOOK JACKET.