New books added to the Council Library's collection - March 2022

 

Library blog Monday 28 March 2022

● General Secretariat of the Council   New books added to the Council Library's collection - March 2022   Our monthly selection of recent acquisitions includes books about the impact of economic sanctions, the strategic issues of climate change, the European energy transition, among other subjects. For an overview of all the new and existing titles in the collection, please consult the online catalogue of the Council libraries, Eureka.

New books added to the Council Library's collection - March 2022

• 28 March 2022
 
• New books
 
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Our monthly selection of recent acquisitions includes books about the impact of economic sanctions, the strategic issues of climate change, the European energy transition, among other subjects. For an overview of all the new and existing titles in the collection, please consult the online catalogue of the Council libraries, Eureka.

• Research handbook on economic sanctions

Peter van Bergeijk brings together 40 leading experts from all continents to analyze state-of-the-art data covering the sharp increase in (smart) sanctions in the last decade. Original chapters provide detailed analyses on the determinants of sanction success and failure, complemented with innovative research on the impact of sanctions.

• Russian nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian war : autocracy-orthodoxy-nationality

This book provides a historical and contemporary understanding behind President Vladimir Putin Russia’s obsession with Ukraine and why Western opprobrium and sanctions have not deterred Russian military aggression.

• Ukraine : de l'indépendance à la guerre

Depuis une dizaine d’années, l’Ukraine apparaît régulièrement sur le devant de la scène internationale, que ce soit pour ses mouvements protestataires, ou à propos de l’annexion de la Crimée par la Russie et du conflit à l’est du pays.

• Europe de l'Est et l'Union européenne : quelles perspectives?

Cet ouvrage aborde des questions fondamentales permettant de mieux comprendre les systèmes de partis politiques, la perception du concept de nation, l’identité européenne, les identités nationales, et bien d’autres sujets, tant à l’Est qu’à l’Ouest.

• China's western horizon : Beijing and the new geopolitics of Eurasia

This book explains how China’s new foreign policies like the vaunted “Belt and Road” Initiative are being shaped by local and regional politics outside China and assesses the political implications of these developments for Eurasia and the United States.

• Guerre chaude : enjeux stratégiques du changement climatique

Alors qu'une hausse des températures d'à peine 1 °C depuis l’ère préindustrielle a déjà des conséquences préoccupantes pour la sécurité nationale et internationale, il ne fait pas de doute que cette tendance va s’amplifier et nous faire entrer dans une longue période de tensions.

• Klimat : Russia in the age of climate change

Russia will be one of the countries most affected by climate change. No major power is more economically dependent on the export of hydrocarbons; at the same time, two-thirds of Russia’s territory lies in the arctic north, where melting permafrost is already imposing growing damage.

• Energy transitions and the future of gas in the EU : subsidise or decarbonise

As we approach 2050, the requirement to sharply decrease CO₂ and other GHG emissions means that the role of gas infrastructure in the EU and beyond will change drastically.

• The European energy transition : agenda for the twenties

This comprehensive book on the European energy transition reflects on the latest policy developments, as such as the Clean Energy for All Europeans Package, the Green Deal and the Climate Law.

• Energy policy in Europe : internal dimensions and external perspectives

After two decades of rather moderate interest in European energy issues, the awareness for this policy area began to grow again in the early 21st century.

• European solidarity in action and the future of Europe : views from the capitals

This book sheds light on how member states and EU neighbours reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of European solidarity, what they expect from the EU, and other member states, and how they are ready to contribute to common action.

• Out of office : the big problem and bigger promise of working from home

The future isn’t about where we will work, but how. For years we have struggled to balance work and life, with most of us feeling overwhelmed and burned out because our relationship to work is broken.

 

The publications mentioned in this post do not necessarily represent the positions, policies, or opinions of the Council of the European Union or the European Council.

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