The BRICS and the future of global order by Stuenkel, Oliver

Table of Contents: “…Capturing the spirit of a decade (2001-2006) -- The financial crisis, contested legitimacy and the genesis of intra-BRICs cooperation (2006-2008) -- From Yekaterinburg to Brasília : the new epicenter of world politics? …”

Governing refugees justice, order, and legal pluralism by McConnachie, Kirsten

The South China Sea disputes and the U.S.-China contest international law and geopolitics by Hsiung, James C.

Critical perspectives on literature and culture in the new world order

Asia's new geopolitics military power and regional order by Ball, Desmond, Béraud-Sudreau, Lucie, Huxley, Tim, Mohan, C. Raja, Taylor, Brendan

Madness in international relations psychology, security, and the global governance of mental health by Howell, Alison

Table of Contents: “…: suicide and the diagnostic competition over detainees at Guantánamo Bay -- The diagnostic competition over post-conflict populations: merging the psychosocial and mental health models -- Ordering soldiers: contesting therapeutic practices in the Canadian military -- Conclusion: the global politics of governing mental health.…”

Ship structure reliability evaluation in design, maintenance phases by Ahmad Izadi

Kurdistan in the shadow of history by Meiselas, Susan, Bruinessen, Martin van

Table of Contents: “…Introduction by Susan Meiselas --Before the great war : travelers and missionaries as witness -- From empires to nation-states --Conflicting claims on eastern Turkey --British occupation of Mesopotamia and the creation of Iraq --Resistance to centralization in Iran --Rebellions in Turkey -- Under the Iraqi monarchy --The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad --A Kurdish state --Uneasy coexistence --Order restored in Iraq --The monarchy consolidates in Iran --Behind the Iron Curtain --Identity contested in Turkey --Armed struggle for autonomy --The republic of Iraq --The Islamic revolution in Iran --The military takes control in Turkey --After the Cold War --From genocide to safe haven in Iraq --Polarization in Turkey --Epilogue --Postscript, ten years later…”

IRAN : A Modern History / by Amanat, Abbas

Table of Contents: “…Part four. A contested revolution and the rise of the Islamic Republic. …”

The balance of power between Russia and NATO in the Arctic and High North by Kaushal, Sidharth

Islamisation and its opponents in Java a political, social, cultural and religious history, c. 1930 to the present by Ricklefs, M. C. (Merle Calvin)

Rethinking ideology in the age of global discontent bridging divides

Artificial intelligence structures and strategies for complex problem solving by Luger, George F.

Private philanthropic trends in academic libraries by Gonzalez, Luis J.

Asset management tools and issues by Fabozzi, Frank J., Fabozzi, Francesco A., López de Prado, Marcos Mailoc, Stoyanov, Stoyan V.

China, Japan and regional leadership in East Asia

Table of Contents: “…Towards a Sino-centric Regional Order? Empowering China and Constructing Regional Order(s) / Shaun Breslin -- 8. …”

Towards an African peace and security regime continental embeddedness, transnational linkages, strategic relevance

Table of Contents: “…The African Union and contested political order(s) / Antonia Witt -- From non-interference towards non-indifference: an ongoing paradigm shift within the African Union / Martin Welz -- The responsibility to protect by African organizations: a new trend in the cooperation between the UN and regional organizations / Rodrigo Tavares and Tânia Felício -- Africa's regional economic communities and the multi-level logic of security cooperation on the continent / Benedikt Franke -- Lessons learned and best practice from a troubled region: ECOWAS and the development of the ECOWAS standby force / Emma Birikorang -- The weight of history: prospects and challenges for the southern African development community / Anthoni van Nieuwkerk -- COMWARN: COMESA's distinctive contribution to the continental early warning system / João Gomes Porto -- Positive, negative, or ambiguous? …”

Martyrdom in the modern Middle East

Table of Contents: “…Martrydom and servanthood in the Bābī and Bahā'ī faiths : a struggle to defend a cosmic order / Per-Olof Åkerdahl. Between Karbalā' and Tabriz : contested martyrdom narratives / Moojan Momen -- Witnessing and sacrifice : theological and philosophical implications of martyrdom. …”

Violence after war explaining instability in post-conflict states by Boyle, Michael J. 1976-

Bangsa and Umma development of people-grouping concepts in Islamized Southeast Asia