Despite the overwhelming opposition on the left to the war in Iraq, many prominent liberals
supported the war on humanitarian grounds. They argued that the war would rid the world of …

On July 22, 2011, Anders Behring Breivik detonated a car bomb in downtown Oslo, Norway.
He didn't stop there, traveling several hours from the city to ambush a youth camp while the …

This book explores how George W. Bush's Freedom Agenda for the Middle East and North
Africa was conceived and implemented as an American national interest, from the Bush era …

Anglo-America is a clearly identifiable part of what is commonly referred to as the West. The
West exists, this book argues, in the form of multiple traditions that have currency in America …

Concerns over Iran's nuclear programme, North Korea's nuclear brinkmanship and, in the
past, Iraq's apparent pursuit of WMD have captured the world's attention, and dominated the …

Through focusing on the unintended by-products of New England Puritanism as a cultural
transplant in the Levant, this book explores the socio-historical forces which account for the …

This essay is an exploration of the contemporary normative conditions of thinking about the
problem of sovereignty. Specifically it is a consideration of some aspects of the way in which …

" This monograph considers both the future of Iraq and the differences and similarities
between events in Iraq and the Arab Spring states. The author analyzes the nature of Iraqi …

Globalizing Human Rights explores the complexities of the role human rights played in US-
Soviet relations during the 1970s and 1980s. It will show how private citizens exploited the …

Rethinking Civilization offers an alternative view of human civilization in a globalizing age.
Majid Tehranian analyses the transition from nomadic, to agrarian, commercial, industrial …