Current scholarship on civil wars and transitions from war to peace has made significant progress in understanding the political dimensions of internal conflict, but the economic motivations spurring political violence have been comparatively neglected. This pathbreaking volume identifies the...

With three of the world's largest economies, Asia is poised to home half of the world's middle class-both the driver and the product of higher education. This handbook presents country case-studies and explores cross-cutting trends to offer an understanding of higher education achievements,...

Much has changed for the United Nations Security Council since the end of the Cold War. Its decisions - largely improvised and inconsistent though they may be - have, for good or ill, profoundly affected international relations. Given the centrality of individual state interests at the UN,...