Global Politics in the Dawn of the 21^st Century

Edited by Akis Kalaitzidis

ISBN: 978-960-6672-51-4, 416 pages

First published in 2009 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

1.	Introduction Akis Kalaitzidis and Gregory Streich	1
Theoretical Perspectives
2.	The “Anti-Hobbes”? Montesquieu’s Contribution to International Political Theory Katya Long	17
3.	The Unhappy Marriage of Thomas Hobbes and Realism	29
	Gabriella Slomp
4.	Schmitt’s “Grossraumordnug’ in the Shadow of the Hobbesian Law of Nations Montserrat Herrero	39
5.	Hobbes: Metaphysical Politics and its Implications for IR Theory Asaf Sokolowski	51
Politics in the Hyper-power
6.	Interaction of Domestic and International Policies Concerning United States Agricultural Trade Joseph A. McKinney	65
7.	White Separatism and the Framing of Love and Hate Betty A. Dobratz, Stephanie L. Shanks-Meile and Lisa K. Waldner	75
8.	Jurisdiction-stripping by the President and Congress: The Constitutionality of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 James Staab	89
9.	The Levant Migration to the United States: The Development of Communal Identity and Patterns of Political Participation Younes Abouyoub	105
10.	Is Democracy Exportable? The Case of the United States in Iraq Edward J. Erler and Gary Wood	121
Politics in the Middle East
11.	Democracy from Within: Democratization in Post-Khatami Iran Mojtaba Mahdavi	135
12.	The Current Status of Religious Minorities and the New Iraq Shak Hanish	151
13.	Hezbollah and State Sponsorship: Examining the Relationship with Iran and Syria William P. Bloss	165
14.	“In the Name of God” Religious Rundamentalism in Israel: Gush Emunim and the Oslo Peace Accord Orna Almog	179
15.	Transatlantic Approaches to Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Beste Isleyen	189
Politics in Turkey
16.	The Role of Turkey in Euro-Mediterranean Security: Challenges and Opportunities Sunhaz Yilmaz	207
17.	Reflection of “Iraq” on Turkish Foreign Policy Aysegul Sever	219
18.	An Offensive Realism Approach: Turkey as a Regional Power Evaghoras L. Evaghorou	227
Politics in Greece
19.	Greek Americans on the Eve of the Twenty-first Century George Kaloudis	245
20.	How Greece’s Dual Character as Balkan Neighbor and the EU Member may Enlighten EU Policy Implementation in the Western Balkans Tina Mavrikos-Adamou	265
21.	Anti-Americanism in Greece: An Addendum to the Literature on Anti-Americanism in World Politics Yiannis Stivacthis	277
Politics in Asia and Africa
22.	Politics, Citizenship and the News Media: The Cases of Angola and Mozambique Susana Salgado	305
23.	Imagined Thai: The Politics of Constructed National Identity in Thailand Stithorn Thananithichot	317
Global Implications
24.	Justice beyond National Borders: The Question of Motives Gregory Streich	331
25.	Economic Globalization, National Politics and State Subsidies Nikolaos Zahariadis	345
26.	European Union’s Policy toward the Mediterranean Rafal Wordliczek	363
27.	Political Party and Political Globalization: Election Programs of Mainstream Parties in 22 OECD Countries, 1960 and 1990 Compared Andrea Volkens	373
28.	The Overlapping of Regional International Societies: The Case of the Transatlantic Community and the European Union Yiannis Stivacthis	385
Conclusion
29.	Concluding Remarks Akis Kalaitzidis and Gregory Streich	413