Egbert Jahn Libri

This volume focuses on several theoretical topics in world politics and analyzes prominent cases of global conflicts and their potential peaceful resolution. It covers issues such as the multiplication of nation states in the era of globalization, failed peace policy concepts in the 20th century, and the question of who was to blame for the outbreak of the Great War. The author discusses three influential patterns of interpretation of international relations and global events: the conviction that war is eternally rooted in human nature and history, the renewed interest in geopolitical thought and the theory of a clash between the predominantly religious-based civilizations. Finally, individual conflicts, such as the rebellion in several Arab countries, the potential war of intervention against Iran, the Indo-Pakistani-Chinese entanglement in the disputes over Kashmir and the present war in Ukraine are examined in detail.

The book delves into the dynamics of violent and non-violent conflict behaviors, exploring themes of responsibility and guilt in warfare, as well as conflict escalation in regions like the South China Sea, Syria, and Ukraine. It analyzes the role of war in the global peace strategies of the U.S. and Russia, while also highlighting non-violent approaches seen during the Indian independence movement. Additionally, it includes studies on Switzerland's peaceful interethnic relations compared to Catalonia's independence efforts, and addresses contemporary challenges faced by the European Union, including refugee policies and Brexit.

Focusing on contemporary German domestic and foreign policy, this volume explores significant debates such as the rights of Muslim women regarding headscarves, immigration concerns, and multiculturalism versus national culture. It also examines the implications of freedom of expression highlighted by the Danish "Mohammad cartoons" controversy. Additionally, the book addresses key foreign policy issues, including the European constitutional treaty, Germany's bid for a permanent UN Security Council seat, and the role of the German military in Afghanistan. It serves as a valuable resource for political science students, scholars, and practitioners.

Communist Europe consisted of 38 subnational territorial units. Almost everywhere, the renaissance of nationalism in late and post-Communist Europe led to a confrontation between the titular ethnic groups' aspirations for national unification of the old and the new nation states, and the objective of the larger ethnic minorities for national autonomy, federalization, or independence. The larger territories, with a majority titular ethnic group, demanded state independence, but this has been denied by the international community. In some cases, they have achieved a de-facto stateness. In other cases, former autonomy has been abolished. In recent times, the smaller national territorial units in Russia are being dissolved, while, at the same time, some new national territorial units have come into being. This volume examines 15 national territories of various types with regard to the central questions about the relationship between state nationalism and ethno-nationalism in the time of upheaval from 1985 to 1995, and its impact on the propensity towards violence and on the unfolding of democracy.

The breakdown of the Communist party rule was accompanied by an unexpected renaissance of nationalism and secessionism. Of the nine Communist states, only five nation states have survived. Whereas the German Democratic Republic became unified with the Federal Republic of Germany, the three multinational states dissolved into 16 hybrid ethno-national states and two states of federated nations. The latter remain imperiled in their territorial integrity. In all countries, state and ethnic nationalism combine in peculiar ways, which leaves room for sub-national stateness and various other forms of ethnic and national heterogeneity. In this volume, experts describe the unfolding of nationalism in each of the post-Communist states during the period of upheaval from 1985 to 1995. First, the relationship of the titular ethnic group with its own ethnic nationalism is discussed, as well as the nationalism that refers to the whole state including the minorities. This relationship influences the way the states treat the minorities, which often aim for sub-stateness or at least for representation through a political party organization.

This set consists of three volumes: Volume one examines the historical background of violent international conflicts. Volume two analyzes current German domestic and foreign policy debates of international relevance. Volume three focuses on several theoretical topics in world politics and analyzes prominent cases of global conflicts and their potential peaceful resolution.

This volume analyses the historical background of violent international conflicts. Starting with an analysis of the conflict and cooperation structures in post-communist Eastern Europe and the eastern expansion of the European Union, the author discusses the problem of acts of intervention in response to severe human rights violations, taking Kosovo, Libya and in a further text also Darfur, as examples. To analyse the subject of ethnonational autonomy and independence movements, the author presents case studies on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, Cyprus, on the Kurdish areas of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey, on Israel/Palestine, on China with regard to Tibet and Xinjiang, and on the genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The classic subjects of inter-state security and armament policy include the controversy over the nuclear policies of Iran and North Korea, while the analysis of the changes in Russia’s political system focuses on their far-reaching consequences for international politics. This book will appeal to students and scholars of international relations and peace and conflict studies, as well as to practitioners and decision makers in the field of peace politics.

Dieser Band der Reihe ELEMENTE DER POLITIK bietet eine knappe, systematische und umfassende Einführung in die zentralen Bereiche der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung.