The Commonwealth
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries. It is home to 2.5 billion people, and includes both advanced economies and developing countries. 33 of our members are small states, including many island nations. Our member governments have agreed to shared goals like development, democracy and peace. Our values and principles are expressed in the Commonwealth Charter.
The Commonwealth Secretariat is the intergovernmental organisation that supports member countries to achieve the Commonwealth’s aims of development, democracy and peace. It publishes authoritative, evidence-based research and knowledge products for policymakers, academics, professionals and wider publics across the world. Our areas of focus and expertise include small and developing states; environment and climate change; democracy, law and government; and social issues concerning young people, gender, health and education.
Unconventional Crises, Unconventional Responses
Erwan Lagadec
Since the 1990s, North America and Europe have confronted a series of unconventional, catastrophic, or "hypercomplex" crises. On the one hand, the U.S. and Canada have faced 9/11, the anthrax crisis, the SARS outbreak, and Hurricane Katrina. Meanwhile, Europe has been hit by the "Mad Cow" disease, the 2003 heatwave, and 2007 forest fires in Greece. In addition, both sides were involved in the response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Events such as these have destabilized, or even overwhelmed, traditional mechanisms for planning, response, and recovery. They have called upon leaders and analysts to develop new frameworks of interpretation, strategic guidelines, and roadmaps for action. All too often, in the absence of such insights, response efforts have tragically fallen short, and have been followed by a litany of after-event reports that typically have failed to get to the root of the problem. To tackle this issue, the Center for Transatlantic Relations in 2006 launched the project "Unconventional Crises, Unconventional Responses" under the leadership of Dr. Erwan Lagadec. The project sets up a cross-sector, international platform of leaders and experts. Based on the results of a seminar convened in Washington, D.C. in March 2007, this book develops innovative diagnoses of current deficiencies in crisis-management concepts, and lays out proposals for reform.
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780978882181
- Publication Date: Jan 2008
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Terrorism and International Relations
Daniel S. Hamilton
A Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS and The Calouste Gulbenkain Foundation publicationInternational experts examine the nature of contemporary terrorism and its consequences. The authors discuss the internationalization of terrorism; its costs, causes, and networks; the global response; and implications for law, democracy, religion, the media, and international cooperation.Contributors include Yonah Alexander (Potomac Institute for Policy Studies), Daniel Benjamin (CSIS), Monique Canto-Sperber (Ecole Normale Superieur), Gareth Evans (International Crisis Group), Richard Falkenrath (Brookings Institution), Farhad Khosrokhavar (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales), Brigitte Nacos (Columbia University), Christine Ockrent (columnist), Stefan Oeter (University of Hamburg), Daniel Sibony (writer), Florence Taubmann (pastor), and Paul Wilkenson (Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St.Andrews).
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780976643487
- Publication Date: Jul 2006
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The United States of America and the European Union
Gerhard Wahlers
The United States of America and the European Union are partners in a world undergoing rapid changes. The need for cooperation based on trust requires better information about each other and permanent contacts with one another. In this book the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Johns Hopkins Center for Transatlantic Relations have asked authoritative personalities from the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament to share their insights. This book is also meant as an indispensable compendium of the major European institutions and a praxis-oriented handbook for establishing contacts with key European opinion leaders.
- Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780978882129
- Publication Date: May 2007
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Results Not Receipts
Charles Kenny
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781933286976
- Publication Date: Jun 2017
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Global Agriculture and the American Farmer
Kimberly Ann Elliot
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781933286983
- Publication Date: Jun 2017
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Great Thinkers, Great Minds
Peter J. Heard
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9789671369746
- Publication Date: Jan 2018
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Malaysia's Taxation System
Mohamed Ariff
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9789671369791
- Publication Date: Jan 2020
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Komunikasi
Peter Tham
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9789675492051
- Publication Date: Jun 2020
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Kecerdasan Emosi
Peter Tham
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9789675492068
- Publication Date: Jun 2020
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Getting Promoted in Academia
Graeme Wilkinson
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9789675492082
- Publication Date: Jun 2020
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Managing Effectively in Academia
Graeme Wilkinson
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9789675492099
- Publication Date: Jan 2021
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Statistical Mechanics
S.L. Kakani
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9789386385307
- Publication Date: Feb 2017
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Essence and Necessity
Daniel James Vecchio
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9783868385953
- Publication Date: Jun 2021
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Medicina Interna Basada en la Evidencia 2019/20
Rodolfo Armas Merino
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9788374305853
- Publication Date: May 2019
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