Titlebook: Kalevi Holsti: Major Texts on War, the State, Peace, and International Order; Kalevi Holsti Book 2016 The Author(s) 2016 Causes of War.Con

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The Use of Force in International Politics: Four Revolutions include the dramatic decline in the incidence of inter-state war, the de-legitimization of conquest, the new norm requiring international community approval of the use of force, and changes in the purposes and tasks of military forces.

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The Medieval and Modern in Contemporary Warsny colonial wars of the late nineteenth century, Hitler’s aggressions, and some contemporary wars, the line between criminality and war has become blurred.Political objectives are subordinated to the purpose of killing mostly civilians.In these circumstances, the task of promoting peace has become i

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Introduction on the ‘State of the State’ms within states.The long list of civil wars, wars of secession, genocides, ethnic and religious armed strife, and politicides since 1945 is accounted for primarily by the relations between governments and the socially complex societies over which they rule.This section of the book explores these cr

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: International Sports Competition and the Creation and Sustenance of Statehoodate.These sentiments arise from education systems, government programs to foster national feelings against local loyalties, and a whole range of social habits.Among the many sources of nationalism are competitive sports.This selection examines the Olympic movement since the late nineteenth century a

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Governance Without Government: Polyarchy in Nineteenth-Century European International Politicsit established a system of governance that significantly helped manage international conflicts until 1914.It was a system of governance that established various international rules, norms, and protocols for the conduct of governments’ foreign relations.This selection outlines its major features and

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The Post-cold War ‘Settlement’ in Comparative Perspectiven the 1990s, the plan was to assimilate the former Soviet Union and its East European allies into a great liberal community of states stretching from Vancouver to Vladivostok.This selection outlines the liberal philosophy underlying this great project, the hopes and expectations it engendered, and s

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/processes countries must complete in order to acquire EITI membership; explaining key terms such as ‘.,’ ‘.’ and so on. This chapter attempts to evaluate the success of the EITI process, by looking at the substance of the EITI reports and by seeking to ascertain the accessibility of the information

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he discovery of diamonds played a role in undermining the development of Sierra Leone. It sets out how a system of exploitation of the diamonds trade was put in place by British Colonialists and perpetuated by political elites after independence. It discusses in significant detail how the resource c