This book, a collection of essays in honor of Stuart Cohen, examines a variety of issues in civil-military relations (CMR) in Israel and abroad. Beyond honoring Cohen’s work, this collection makes a substantial contribution to the field for a number of reasons. First, it brings together prominent scholars from different disciplines in the field, from both Israel and abroad, sketching its boundaries. The chapters in the collection deal with a variety of issues, theoretical and empirical, in...

Negotiating a peaceful end to civil wars, which often includes an attempt to bring together former rival military or insurgent factions into a new national army, has been a frequent goal of conflict resolution practitioners since the Cold War. In practice, however, very little is known about what works, and what doesn’t work, in bringing together former opponents to build a lasting peace.Contributors to this volume assess why some civil wars result in successful military integratio...

Für die Beurteilung eines internationalen Steuersachverhalts kommt es neben dem nationalen Steuerrecht nicht nur auf die genaue Anwendung des AStG, sondern auch auf die Kenntnis der DBA an. Dieser Heidelberger Kommentar bietet mit seiner systematischen, praxisnahen Kommentierung des AStG und des OECD-MA 2017 in einem Band einen präzisen ersten Zugriff auf die Instrumente des internationalen Steuerrechts und somit Entlastung in der Steuerpraxis.Im 1. Teil, der Kommentierung des AStG...

Dominant narratives - from the Cold War consensus to the War on Terror - have often served as the foundation for debates over national security. Weaving current challenges, past failures and triumphs, and potential futures into a coherent tale, with well-defined characters and plot lines, these narratives impart meaning to global events, define the boundaries of legitimate politics, and thereby shape national security policy. However, we know little about why or how such narratives rise an...

Leaders around the globe have long turned to the armed forces as a "school for the nation." Debates over who serves continue to arouse passion today because the military's participation policies are seen as shaping politics beyond the military, specifically the politics of identity and citizenship. Yet how and when do these policies transform patterns of citizenship?Military service, Ronald R. Krebs argues, can play a critical role in bolstering minorities' efforts to grasp full an...

A clearly articulated, well-defined, and relatively stable grand strategy is supposed to allow the ship of state to steer a steady course through the roiling seas of global politics. However, the obstacles to formulating and implementing grand strategy are, by all accounts, imposing. The Oxford Handbook of Grand Strategy addresses the conceptual and historical foundations, production, evolution, and future of grand strategy from a wide range of standpoints. The seven constituent s...