Sibylle Scheipers

Over the last decade (and indeed ever since the Cold War), the rise of insurgents and non-state actors in war, and their readiness to use terror and other irregular methods of fighting, have led commentators to speak of 'new wars'. Meer

The book introduces a fresh perspective on Carl von Clausewitz's thoughts on small war. Meer

This book contains contributions by leading scholars from the fields of history, international relations, law, and philosophy. It includes novel research findings on the crusades, detention and interrogation policies in Northern Ireland, the Chechnya conflict, and the impact of Western detention policies on Al-Qaeda's tactics and narratives. Meer

Negotiating sovereignty and human rights takes the transatlantic conflict over the International Criminal Court as a lens for an enquiry into the normative foundations of international society. Meer