The law that regulates armed conflicts is one of the oldest branches of international law, and yet continues to be one of the most dynamic areas of law today.  Meer

Written by one of the world's leading international lawyers, this is the new and updated edition of Jan Klabbers' landmark textbook.  Meer

Violent Islamic extremism is affecting a growing number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa. In some, jihadi Salafi organizations have established home bases and turned into permanent security challengers.  Meer

Today, more people want to know how to make a meaningful difference to what they care about. But for that, traditional approaches to learning often fall short.  Meer

Policymakers, legislators, scientists, thinkers, military strategists, academics, and all those interested in understanding the future want to know how twenty-first century scientific advance should be regulated in war and peace.  Meer

A revised and updated edition of Evan Mawdsley's acclaimed global history of World War II. Accessibly written and well-illustrated with maps and photographs, the book also includes insightful short studies of the figures, events and battles that shaped the war, as well as fully updated guides to further reading.  Meer

The first major study of British soldiers' violence and restraint towards enemy combatants and civilians in sieges during the Napoleonic era. Spanning three continents, Gavin Daly's study places the British storm and sack of towns within the long-term history of siege violence and laws of war.  Meer

This dispassionate analysis of the legal implications of non-international armed conflicts explores the rules regulating the conduct of internal hostilities, as well as the consequences of intervention by foreign States, the role of the UN Security Council, the effects of recognition, State responsibility for wrongdoing by both Governments and insurgents, the interface with the law of human rights and the notion of war crimes.  Meer

Jacques Bertrand offers a comparative-historical analysis of five nationalist conflicts over several decades in Southeast Asia.  Meer

As international organizations become ever more prominent in global politics it is increasingly urgent to understand their power, their limits, and their effects.  Meer

In this pioneering study, Ingrid de Zwarte examines the causes and demographic impact of the Dutch 'Hunger Winter' that occurred in the Netherlands during the final months of German occupation in the Second World War.  Meer

The central ideas of the Augustinian tradition (sovereignty as responsibility for the common good) can and should be recovered and worked into the Liberal tradition, for which human rights serves the same function.  Meer

It would be hard to overstate the impact of Sun Tzu's The Art of War on military thought. Beyond its impact in Asia, the work has been required reading in translation for US military personnel since the Cold War.  Meer

This is a ground-breaking study of German operational command during a critical phase of the First World War from November 1916 to the eve of the third battle of Ypres.  Meer

Newly revised and updated, The Law of Armed Conflict, introduces students to the law of war in an age of terrorism. What law of armed conflict (LOAC) or its civilian counterpart, international humanitarian law (IHL), applies in a particular armed conflict?  Meer

Global supply chains connect the world in unprecedented and intricate ways. Geopolitics, Supply Chains, and International Relations in East Asia dissects the sources and effects of contemporary disruptions of these networks.  Meer

The rule of law is indispensable for sustained peace, good governance, and economic growth, especially in countries recovering from civil war. Yet despite its importance, we know surprisingly little about how to restore the rule of law in the wake of conflict.  Meer

The author addresses both conceptual and specific issues, such as the complexities of 'failing' States or the recruitment and use of child soldiers.  Meer

The application and interpretation of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977 have developed significantly in the seventy years since the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) first published its Commentaries on these important humanitarian treaties.  Meer