Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

東アジアの大戦略－12カ国の比較
Pacheco Pardo, Ramon / Pak, Jung H. (eds.), East Asia's Grand Strategies: A Twelve-Case Comparison. 344 pp. 2025:10 (Georgetown U. Pr., US) <751-787>
ISBN 978-1-64712-624-7 hard ¥24,937.- (税込) US$ 119.95
ISBN 978-1-64712-625-4 paper ¥8,305.- (税込) US$ 39.95

An in-depth exploration of the strategic dynamics shaping East Asia's future on the world stageEast Asia is the epicenter of twenty-first-century geopolitics, where military, economic, and diplomatic strategies intersect in complex and often unpredictable ways. As the region becomes increasingly central to global power dynamics, understanding the strategies that drive the actions of powers there is more critical than ever.East Asia's Grand Strategies offers the first comparative analysis of the grand strategies of twelve East Asian powers and reveals how they shape their foreign policies, balancing external pressures with domestic political realities. In this edited volume, experts from the region provide non-Western perspectives and fresh insights into the unique factors influencing each case's grand strategy. The chapters illuminate patterns that are critical for understanding East Asia's role in global politics today.Scholars, students, and policymakers interested in East Asia's international relations and the evolving dynamics of its grand strategy will be interested in this timely analysis of the strategic forces shaping the region and, by extension, the future of global power.

民族自決とグローバル・サウス
Beall, Katherine M., New Regional Authorities: Self-Determination and the Global South. 250 pp. 2025:12 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <751-796>
ISBN 978-1-009-64556-0 hard ¥25,740.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00
ISBN 978-1-009-64561-4 paper ¥8,576.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99

The idea that regional organizations rightly occupy a central place in human rights, global governance, and international intervention has come to be taken-for-granted in international politics. Yet, the idea of regions as authorities is not a natural feature of the international system. Instead, it was strategically constructed by the leaders in the Global South as a way of maintaining their voice in global decision-making and managing (though not preventing) outside interference. Katherine M. Beall explores changes in the norms and practice of international interference in late 1970s and early 1980s, a time when Latin American and African leaders began to empower their regional organizations to enforce human rights. This change represented a form of quiet resistance to the imposition of human rights enforcement and a transformation in the ongoing struggle for self-determination. This book will appeal to scholars of international relations, international history, and human rights.

Beukes, Soraya / Asaadi, Marzieh / Mashau, P. et al. (eds.), Sustainable Social Housing Development in BRICS+ Countries: Challenges and Opportunities. (Sustainable Development Goals Series) 356 pp. 2025:8 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <751-797>
ISBN 978-981-9651-06-1 hard ¥35,966.- (税込) EUR 149.99

This book serves as a comprehensive examination of the challenges and best practices encompassing access to adequate housing in BRICS+ nations. It provides insights into the initiatives that can empower BRICS+ countries to build resilient, inclusive, sustainable cities and communities for the future, relevant to the UN SDG 11. The book is written in a non-technical style in order to be accessible to various actors including non-specialists. In addition, it takes into account perspectives from various stakeholders, including governments, NGOs, academic institutions, financial institutions and citizens. It consults international frameworks and standards for housing, including treaties, declarations, and conventions on the right to housing. With this, it also provides solutions to creating sustainable cities to realise SDG11 and thereby dignify communities with adequate housing.

Paparella, Giuseppe, Abiding Influence: Presidents, Nationalist Beliefs, and US Policy in the Asia Pacific, 1898-1972. (Studies in Asian Security) 277 pp. 2025:11 (Stanford U. Pr., US) <751-799>
ISBN 978-1-5036-4174-7 hard ¥15,592.- (税込) US$ 75.00

How do nationalist beliefs shape and influence American foreign policy? What are the contemporary implications of America's long-standing engagement in the Asia Pacific? This book unearths the varied processes underpinning the relationship between nationalism and the formulation of foreign policy, highlighting the central function of leaders' nationalist beliefs in the history of America's international behavior. By developing a novel theoretical framework and drawing on original archival research and methods of process-tracing, Paparella shows how presidents' nationalist beliefs can influence distinct foreign policy attitudes that have underpinned important foreign policy decisions and turning points in the Asia Pacific. By putting nationalism back on center stage, Paparella makes a strong case for looking at this history as a complex succession of interactions-between states, but also between leaders-that are highly contingent and shaped by the nationalist views of the leading US decision-makers over time. This thoughtful study provides scholars and students with an interpretative key to understand the multifaceted role of the United States in the Asia Pacific, as well as policy recommendations to overcome the security and the credibility challenges posed by the rise of China in the region today.