... and contributions of quantitative research to global IR and illustrates the potential benefits of using quantitative methods in the study of Turkish foreign affairs. quantitative research Turkey foreign affairs methodology Turkish International Relations (IR) is a growing discipline both in terms of the number...

... Kong Special Administrative Region. The article concludes with a critique of the function of the Act of State doctrine in the regulation of foreign affairs in Hong Kong and the misuse of the doctrine in Democratic Republic of the Congo and others v FG Hemisphere Associates LLC, which...

...John E. Whiteford Boyle © 1983 Science Policy Foundation 1983 Iran modernization revolution foreign affairs DE:vE:lopmE:nl policY The welcome ordeal: an aspect of Iran's...

...This chapter discusses the efforts of James Buchanan to meet the challenge of rising sectional tensions by diverting the nation’s focus to foreign affairs. He planned to rejuvenate Manifest Destiny-advancing the traditional Democratic vision of America-by expanding the commercial and physical...

.... However, there are important trends at work that offer hope: the aging of the population and foreign affairs. The Baby Boom's retirement represents a seismic demographic shift that necessitates an adjustment from the public, rather than vice versa. Neither Democrats nor Republicans currently have...

...This chapter investigates the role played by movies in disseminating knowledge about the wider world, placing the United States at the center of the global community. Studies reveal that Americans were ignorant about foreign affairs and suspicious of the Allies. Because popular resistance...

...This handbook examines Swedish politics as well as institutional changes, political decision-making, foreign affairs, and political behavior. It discusses political change and political mobilization in relation to society’s transition into a postindustrial economy, along with the impact...

...This handbook examines Spanish politics and government since the transition to democracy. The volume studies the political history, institutional changes, bureaucratic decision-making, political behaviour, and foreign affairs of Spain. The introductory chapter provides an overview of the main...

... relations separation of powers executive power legislative power treaty powers war powers foreign affairs powers In respect to foreign relations, the executive branch of government is given a preeminent role in many constitutional systems. There are a number of practical and theoretical...

...For more than half a century, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimushō) possessed an independent police force that operated within Japan's informal empire on the Asian continent. Charged with “protecting and controlling” local Japanese communities first in Korea and later in China...

..., changing Franco-British relations, growing European tensions and the global transformation of what ‘foreign affairs’ meant to states. This book analyses the powerful motivations that fuelled members of civil society, and in particular women, to dedicate their resources in the pursuit of improving the image...

... Affairs Police FAP Wang Yangming Yao Limei Grass Mountain Taiwan Korean War U.S. Army ROC Yangmingshan MAAG Foreign Affairs Police (FAP) Master Sergeant Robert G. Reynolds On March 20, 1957, Master Sergeant Robert G. Reynolds and his wife, Clara, returned to their home after spending...

...This chapter discusses the emergence of the foreign ministry, using the history of the Norwegian foreign service as an example. It first details how the Danish conglomerate state evolved a separate foreign ministry in 1772. It then introduces the Swedish–Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA...

... collapse and the foreign settlements. Although China had to go through administrative change, the Customs Service proved to be unaffected. The Waiwupu, or the Foreign Affairs Department, replaced the Tsungli Yamen, which had previously been in charge of matters regarding the ICMC. In attempts...

... the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Gaimushō) used this police force to apprehend Korean, Chinese, and Japanese purveyors of “dangerous thought” throughout the empire. It highlights the ways in which the police enabled the Gaimushō to actively promote colonial expansionism in accordance with its...

...This chapter examines the dispute between China and Japan over the propriety and fundamental legal legitimacy of the consular police established by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in mainland Chinese treaty ports and the Manchurian frontier. It first considers the presence of the Gaimushō...

...Public policy dominates one of the most difficult and most perplexing topics which, in the field of foreign affairs, may face the municipal judge in England: the doctrine of the foreign act of State displays in every respect such uncertainty and confusion and rests on so slippery a basis that its...

...Chapter 9 reviews the implications of the U.S. federal system for U.S. foreign relations law. It discusses the deficiencies identified under the Articles of Confederation, leading to more centralized authority over foreign affairs in the federal government under the U.S. Constitution; it explains...

... of the Confederation Congress to provide the union with the military capacity it needed to function: first, the sovereignty of the states; and, second, the strong aversion in the American political tradition to a peacetime standing army. In the end, these principles led Congress to become passive in foreign affairs...