The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and the US response have been widely described as heralding a new kind of war. For over a decade previous to 11 September, however, a body of literature had developed arguing that ...
This paper retraces and analyses the development of British economic intelligence at the end of World War II. It will be argued that the re-organisation of the economic intelligence apparatus taking place in 1944 and 1945 ...
Dunn, Anna Lucinda(Aberystwyth UniversityInternational Politics, 2005)
'Progress'. A comforting and familiar term. 'Progress', it seems, speaks to us all. Yet those who have endeavoured to offer a more precise definition have tended to find their quest frustrating. Does 'progress' represent ...
Many scholars have identified stateless nationalist and regionalist parties (SNRPs) as ardent supporters of Europe. This support has been explained as a result of positive developments in supranational integration that ...
This article examines what moral theories are available to justify the harming of the innocent in war. Focusing on US conduct of the war against the Taliban and al-Qaeda, the article examines how far the US is responsible ...
Mouskou, Maria(University of Wales AberystwythInternational Politics, 2006)
In this thesis I look at modernization theory and the relationship between economic development and political liberalization. I focus my analysis on China and I investigate a recent argument that seeks to explain why China's ...
This article analyses the first successful penetration of the Soviet Union's military-industrial complex by British Intelligence during the Occupation of Germany (1945-55). The Soviet regime exploited its occupation zone ...
In 2002 agreement was reached on new uniform electoral procedures for European Parliament elections. This article does two things. First, it provides a comprehensive account of the rules under which the EP was elected in ...
After many years in which the subject was of marginal concern, electoral reform has recently become of central importance to politics in the UK. In this paper we examine the consequences for political representation of the ...
Erskine, Toni(Oxford University Press, 2008-07-31)
In this innovative book, Toni Erskine offers a challenging and original normative approach to some of the most pressing practical concerns in world politics - including the contested nature of the prohibitions against ...