"After providing a brief overview of relations between India, Brazil and South Africa after the end of the Cold War, this chapter recounts the intellectual origins of IBSA, the motivations that led the three countries to create the grouping, and two instances of successful cooperation, one...

Introduction; Coexistence as an analytical concept and political practice; The Soviet Union's version of peaceful coexistence; India's version of peaceful coexistence; Brazil's version of peaceful coexistence; China's version of peaceful coexistence; South Africa: diplomacy of ubuntu-another form of...

"This book traces the history and development of a mutual organization in the financial sector called SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Over the last forty years, SWIFT has served the financial services sector as proprietary communications platform, provider...

"Based on extensive original research that has critically examined the role and functions of the organizations of the UN development system, this book seeks to capture in a single volume a comprehensive review of the UN's performance and prospects for development. The contributors each offer...