The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international order—the system of institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist, suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What does the future hold for the international ...

The shock of Donald Trump’s election caused many observers to ask whether the liberal international order—the system of institutions and norms established after World War II—was coming to an end. The victory of Joe Biden, a committed institutionalist, suggested that the liberal order would endure. Even so, important questions remained: Was Trump an aberration? Is Biden struggling in vain against irreparable changes in international politics? What does the future hold for the international ...

Raised in the wilds of Scandinavia, Ingrid and her brothers must do as they're told to survive – Even if they think it's wrong.Following the instructions given by her distant father, Ingrid knows she must stay in the house and out of the way of the family business. But after learning the truth about what her brothers get up to when they leave for work, she's finding it harder and harder to stay quiet.Ingrid's three older brothers, Johan, Mikael, and Lars, d...

In Spheres of Intervention**, James R. Stocker examines the history of diplomatic relations between the United States and Lebanon during a transformational period for Lebanon and a time of dynamic changes in US policy toward the Middle East.** Drawing on tens of thousands of pages of declassified materials from US archives and a variety of Arabic and other non-English sources, Stocker provides a new interpretation of Lebanon's slide into civil war...

Mit zahlreichen Texten aus Wissenschaft, Philosophie, Theater, Lyrik u.v.m. wird das ewige Thema der Liebe aus allen möglichen Blickwinkeln betrachtet und die ZuhörerInnen durch die Höhen und Tiefen der Liebe begleitet: Vielseitig wie unterhaltsam, aber auch nachdenklich, melancholisch und mitunter bitterböse und sarkastisch. Ein kurzweiliges Hörvergnügen, eingebettet in das sehnsuchtsvolle Volkslied "Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär", welches von zahlreichen MusikerInnen und SängerInnen auf unter...