How do international laws affect citizens' willingness to accept refugees? In full and partial
democracies, citizens' attitudes can influence national policy. A growing literature suggests …

How and under what conditions do religious factors explain the militarization of interstate
territorial disputes? We argue that inconclusive findings in previous studies stem from …

The aim of this volume is not to provide or test a single theory of informal global governance,
but rather to provide a set of analyses that speak to a common set of theoretical, empirical …

Approximately 20% of contemporary rebel groups have expressed commitment to
international law and signaled their intention to exercise restraint during wartime. Which …

This article considers how international criminal justice administered by the International
Criminal Court (ICC) affects the possibility of negotiated, peaceful transitions of power in …

Despite sharing attributes that scholars argue promote international cooperation, Bahrain,
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have few formal …

The study aims to illustrate the criminal protection of public employees in the United Arab
Emirates law compared with Islamic law in order to address the ambiguities related to the …

It is safe to say that much of international law—the bedrock of the international order—has
been shaped by the Western legal doctrine. How does the Islamic legal tradition relate to …

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), as the principal judicial organ of the UN, plays an
important role in peaceful resolution of international disputes. Traditionally, relations …

This invaluable text assesses the current research on the causes of both war and peace. In
this revised third edition—now with a brand new chapter on the Russian-Ukraine War …