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An Atlas of World Affairs


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Éditeur : Routledge Date & Lieu : 2007, Oxon
Préface : Pages : 254
Traduction : ISBN : 978-0-415-39168-9
Langue : AnglaisFormat : 155x230 mm
Thème : Général

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An Atlas of World Affairs

An Atlas of World Affairs

The economic, social and environmental systems of the world remain in turmoil. Recent years have seen possibly irrevocable change in the politics of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Entirely revised and updated, the eleventh edition of An Atlas of World Affairs describes the people, factions and events that have shaped the modern world from the Second World War to the present day. International issues and conflicts are placed in their geographical contexts through the integration of nearly one hundred maps. The political context provided for current events will be invaluable to all those uncertain about the changing map of Europe and Africa, conflicts in the Middle East, and the appearances in the headlines and on our television screens of al-Qaeda, Chechnya, the Taliban, Mercosur, Somaliland, Kosovo, AIDS, OPEC and Schengenland. Critical new issues are covered, including the war on terrorism, nuclear proliferation, European Union expansion, and the pressing environmental concerns faced by many sovereign states. This edition provides guidance through all these recent changes (and many more)...


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Contents

Foreword / ix
1 People and Pressure / 1
2 Economic Groupings / 5
3 Energy / 8
4 Nuclear Geography / 12
5 Sea Law / 17
6 No Longer Three Worlds / 20
7 United Nations / 23
8 Terrorism / 27
9 Commonwealth / 30
10 Europe: East and West / 33
11 Atlantic Alliance / 36
12 European Unities / 39
13 Germany / 44
14 Central and Eastern Europe / 47
15 Former Yugoslavia, Albania / 51
16 Former Soviet Union / 55
17 Russia / 58
18 Baltic to Black Sea / 61
19 Caucasus / 64
20 Ex-Soviet Central Asia / 67
21 Scandinavia / 71
22 Northern Seas / 73
23 Minorities and Micro-States / 76
24 Ireland / 80
25 Gibraltar / 82
26 Cyprus, Greece and Turkey / 84
27 Asia and Africa / 86
28 Islam / 89
29 The Arab World / 92
30 Africa / 94
31 Southern Africa / 97
32 Central Africa / 99
33 Angola and Namibia / 102
34 Republic of South Africa / 105
35 Sudan and the Horn of Africa / 108
36 East Africa / 111
37 Nigeria and Guinea Coast / 114
38 Ex-French Africa / 117
39 North Africa / 120
40 Morocco and Western Sahara / 123
41 Middle East and North African Oil / 125
42 Suez and Indian Ocean / 128
43 Israel and Arabs I / 131
44 Israel and Arabs II / 135
45 Lebanon and Syria / 140
46 Arabia / 143
47 Gulf States and Iran / 146
48 Iraq’s Wars / 150
49 Kurds / 154
50 Afghanistan / 156
51 South Asia I / 159
52 South Asia II / 162
53 Himalayas, Tibet, Burma / 165
54 China and Russia / 168
55 China and Other Neighbours / 171
56 Taiwan / 173
57 Hong Kong and Macau / 175
58 Japan / 177
59 Korea / 180
60 South-East Asia / 183
61 Indochina / 186
62 Cambodia / 189
63 Malaysia and Singapore / 191
64 Indonesia and New Guinea / 193
65 Australia and New Zealand / 196
66 South Pacific / 199
67 America and the Pacific / 202
68 United States of America / 205
69 Canada / 208
70 Mexico / 211
71 Central America, Caribbean, Cuba / 213
72 Colombia and Panama / 217
73 East Caribbean, Guianas, Venezuela / 220
74 Latin America / 222
75 Argentina and Falklands / 226
76 Antarctic / 230
77 Arctic / 232

Tables / 234
Related Information Sources / 237
Index / 239




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