The EU Forest Action Plan, 2007-2011
Author: European Commission. Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
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Published: 2008
Total Pages: 32
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Yvain
Author: Chretien de Troyes
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1987-09-10
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0300187580
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe twelfth-century French poet Chrétien de Troyes is a major figure in European literature. His courtly romances fathered the Arthurian tradition and influenced countless other poets in England as well as on the continent. Yet because of the difficulty of capturing his swift-moving style in translation, English-speaking audiences are largely unfamiliar with the pleasures of reading his poems. Now, for the first time, an experienced translator of medieval verse who is himself a poet provides a translation of Chrétien’s major poem, Yvain, in verse that fully and satisfyingly captures the movement, the sense, and the spirit of the Old French original. Yvain is a courtly romance with a moral tenor; it is ironic and sometimes bawdy; the poetry is crisp and vivid. In addition, the psychological and the socio-historical perceptions of the poem are of profound literary and historical importance, for it evokes the emotions and the values of a flourishing, vibrant medieval past.
EU-UN Cooperation in Military Crisis Management
Author: Claudia Major
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHard Power, Soft Power and the Future of Transatlantic Relations
Author: Thomas L. Ilgen
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-04-22
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 131712376X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe dynamics of transatlantic relations in the twenty-first century have been shaped by an American preference for the exercise of its considerable 'hard power' capabilities while Europeans have preferred to draw upon the considerable 'soft power' resources that have grown from their enviable internal processes of integration. These diverging power preferences have differential impacts on the management of Atlantic security, economic, and social and cultural relations. The contributors, long-time observers and analysts of the Atlantic partnership, debate how problematic security relations are likely to continue to be, discuss how successfully economic affairs will be managed, and examine the continuing frictions in domestic politics of social and cultural matters that should be manageable if both European and American leaders work actively and responsibly to encourage policy convergence.
Aceh
Author: Aris Ananta
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9812303952
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines some issues faced by the people in the province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam after the tsunami of 26 December, 2004.
Hungary since 1945
Author: Árpád von Klimó
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-12-14
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 1315397404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLying on the political fault line between East and West for the past seventy-five years, the significance of Hungary in geopolitical terms has far outweighed the modest size of its population. This book charts the main events of these tumultuous decades including the 1956 Uprising, the end of Hungarian communism, entry into the European Union and the rise to power of Viktor Orbán and the national-conservative ruling party Fidesz.
Cicero Ad C. Herennium de ratione dicendi
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780674994447
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
Author: Annelies Verstichel
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789050956437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a critical evaluation by leading international experts of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and gives to-the-point answers on current questions.
In Search of a Usable Past
Author: Barry Machado
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"In recent years, the Marshall Plan has been invoked on numerous occasions as a solution for problems domestic and foreign. This study aims to establish the relevance for contemporary postwar reconstruction projects of an experimental foreign policy conceived and executed back in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The monograph clarifies why and how the Marshall Plan was adopted, what its essential features were, and why it succeeded in western Europe, concluding that it had important and mutually reinforcing aspects-- political, psychological, and economics"--Page vii.
The Dragon and the Foreign Devils
Author: Harry Gelber
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2011-04-05
Total Pages: 588
ISBN-13: 0802719414
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChina is the most exciting rising power in the world today. The fact that China may be the next superpower attracts endless interest from all quarters-yet China is still utterly inscrutable to most outsiders. In The Dragon and the Foreign Devils, Harry Gelber illuminates China's present by looking at the broad sweep of foreign relations in its past. From the incursions by the steppe horsemen and the Mongol conquests to the first arrival of European travelers, foreign fascination with China has followed certain patterns: curiosity, admiration, and greed for trade or territory. But, as China gradually rises from the turbulence in the wake of Mao Zedong to the economic growth and political stability of the twenty-first century, the dynamic between East and West has slowly shifted. Essential reading for anyone interested in China and its evolving relations with foreigners, The Dragon and the Foreign Devils breaks down the walls between East and West and shines a light on the recurring cycles of Chinese history.
