This groundbreaking volume offers a historical comparison between the events leading up to World War I and current global tensions related to the economical and political rise of Asia. What are the risks that the desire of the new super power China and great powers like India to be recognized by the West could set off a chain of events resulting in the nightmare of a great power war? Assessing the similarities as well as differences between the build-up of World War I and today, it is argu...

This volume comprehensively covers a range of issues related to dynamic norm change in the current major international arms control regimes related to nuclear, biological,and chemical weapons; small arms and light weapons; cluster munitions; and antipersonnel mines. Arms control policies of all of the key established and rising state actors are considered, as well as those of nonaligned countries, nongovernmental organizations, and international governing bodies.Recent studies on m...

Der "Französische Jahrgang" für die Sonn- und Festtage 1713/1714, den Georg Philipp Telemann während seiner Frankfurter Zeit als städtischer Musikdirektor und Kapellmeister komponierte, wurde zeitgleich in Frankfurt und in Eisenach aufgeführt. Er nimmt hinsichtlich der Vollständigkeit, Besetzungsvielfalt und des Formenreichtums eine Sonderstellung ein. Der Sammelband präsentiert die Ergebnisse der interdisziplinären Tagung an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz im Herbst 2022 im Rahme...

Great-power conflict and great-power war are still the most dangerous risks the international community is facing today. This edited volume investigates the feasibility of a modern day concert of powers as a way for managing the risk of great power conflicts in the 21st century. The volume takes its inspiration from history.The 19th century European Concert was not only able to ensure a period of exceptional peacefulness among the European great powers, it also limited the scope an...