Treaties and alliances of the world
By: with contributions by Peter Calvert ... [et al.].
Contributors: Calvert, Peter.
Edition: 7th ed.
Publisher: John Harper Pub.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 534
Subjects: Treaties.; Alliances.; Treaties -- Collections.
Genres: Collections.
Description: "Through successive editions, Treaties and Alliances of the World has been continuously in print since 1968. This new edition, the first for seven years, includes full updating of all the book's traditional areas of coverage, including the activities of hundreds of international and regional treaty-based organizations and concise accounts of recent crises involving international and regional alliances." "Among the topics covered in the new edition are: the international tribunals set up to prosecute those responsible for war crimes in Rwanda and Yugoslavia and establishment of an International Criminal Court; the creation of the African Union; steps towards enlargement taken by the European Union and the creation of the European Central Bank; NATO's "first war" in Kosovo; conflict over in Kyoto Protocol on global warming; the 2002 US-Russian agreement to cut nuclear weapons; the increasing impact of the World Trade Organization; the crisis in the Middle East peace process, and the international consequences of September 11."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-514) and index.