Global Cooperation: Challenges And Opportunities in the Twenty-first Century

After her overview of global challenges that require transnational cooperation in the 21st century, Krishna-Hensel (Center for Business and Economic Development, Auburn U. Montgomery) presents seven papers that discuss significant areas of international cooperation in contemporary times. Issues discussed include international cooperation in space-based global environmental change research, international management of biodiversity and biosafety, arms control and disarmament aspects of the Ottawa Convention on Landmines, US-led responses to weapons of mass destruction proliferation and international terrorism, trans-Atlantic relations and globalizations, international organizations and multilateral development assistance, and the influence of the alternative globalization movement on the global community. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Professor Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel is Director of the Global Studies Research Initiative in association with the Center for Business and Economic Development at Auburn University Montgomery where she is engaged in consulting and research on contemporary challenges to the international system She is widely published in the areas of Third World Urbanization, Sustainable Development, and Globalization. She is Editor of the Global Interdisciplinary Studies Series of Ashgate Publishing Ltd, and is on the Advisory Board of the International Studies Review.