Naunihal Singh
27 books
Diplomacy can only gain public esteem by shaking off the intrinsically isolable arguments about virtue and conscience and concentrating on more practical goals. Reciprocal self interest is and should remain the central them. In this wise and eloquent book, the author presents his views on the challenges of diplomacy in the post-Cold War era. The author draws on his years of experience and knowledge to offer an overview of diplomacy as practiced in ...
The book analyses the very conceptual foundations of international business for the benefit of businessman, government officials and members of the international community who are involved in the conduct of it. The object of the book is to study present institutions, forces, and problems that are involved when business managers and nations try to operate in many economies at once, and to sort out the threats and promises that develop when they try to link their ...
The current great interest in the question of parliamentarism versus presidentialism coincides, not surprisingly, with the wave of democratization and the writing of new democratic constitutions that has swept the world since the mid-1970s, beginning in Southern Europe and spreading to Latin America, East Asia, eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and South Africa. The book is a comparative study of Parliamentary system and the Presidential system. The necessity of ...
In recent years, strange sounding acronyms-GATT, NAFTA, and so on-have filled the newspapers and airwaves. While these terms have never really been explained to the Indian public, we have repeatedly been told, ‘Don’t worry, it’ll be good for you’…In this book the author gives voice to those of us who sense that something rings hollow in the cries for ‘free’ trade. ‘Free’ for whom and ‘Free’ from what? The author wrestles these questions to ...
The population problem is a burning issue. The increasing gap between developed and developing world will be one of the most important themes of the 21 century. This volume takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the problem, offering a comprehensive review of the theoretical issues and empirical findings that relate to the complex and multi-directional link between poverty and demographic behaviours and outcomes in the contemporary developing world. The starting ...
International relations, or the study of the "behaviour of states," is a new discipline that has become increasingly vital in this century. Professor Singh writes: "Thinkers have been traditionally concerned mainly with state governments, with the relations between the individual and authority" consequently, their theories "have only limited application to the society of states." An examination of international society as a whole, ...
The book analyses the recent events that have once again dramatically demonstrated that international terror has created a continuing world crisis. The threat is inexorable, but there appears within the world community only the barest perception of any immediate concern to world public order. International terrorism is nothing more nor less than the wants and willful taking of human like, the purposeful commission of serious bodily harm, and the international ...
This book is designed to serve as an introductory guide to a subject whose complexity is matched by its significance: international politics. Its object is to discover and point out the basic principles that determine the course of the political relations among sovereign states, and to seek to demonstrate their applicability to at least some of our contemporary dilemmas. It is neither a history of recent diplomacy nor an apology for the foreign policy of any ...
Marketing warfare was first considered dark ages of competition. One and a half decade ago, the term "global economy" didn’t exist. The vast array of technology that we take for granted was still a glimmer in the eyes of some silicon valley engineers. Global commerce was pretty much limited to the multinational companies. Today’s marketplace the look like a tea party. The wars are escalating and breaking out in every part of the globe. Everyone is ...
India became independent in 1947 with the high ideals evinced in the Constitution. But a perusal of the last over forty years shows a steady decline of ethical standards in both politics and administration. To the political scene, the selfless dedication of pre-Independence patrols is missing. This may be attributed to the fact that the morality of purpose of Independence being over the ethical standards have fallen in the post Independence era. What was a crime ...
This book treats the subjects only in a few of its broader aspects and are directed to a practical aim which is at this moment much in the minds of thoughtful men everywhere. Painfully struck by the fact that while economic relations between nations have been growing closer, and the personal interecourse between their members far more frequent, political friendli9ness between states had not increase, each men have been asking why ill-feeling continue still so ...
What are the implications of events in Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Sudan, Pakistan and the West? The World Trade Centre bombing. Algeria's Civil War and fears of fundamentalist Islamic government, Sunni Shii fratricide in Pakistan and reports of terrorist networks with bases in the West only enhance the Western view of Muslims as medieval fanatics, and feed talk of an impending clash of civilization. In this book, the author analyzes the fallout from these events from ...
A fabulous tour d'horizan of modern India's strategic past and a valuable reflection of its prospects in the international system-the author wraps up this eminently researched an institute study with great confidence as the heirs, overcoming many of India's deficiencies, have discovered new strengths. The author has produced a remarkable endorsement of India and its march towards being a power that matters. India's orientation towards a great world power, her ...
Islam is viewed by most people in the habit as monolith, even though a single opinion may no more be ascribed to its adherents than to those of Judaism or Christianity. But in the wake of September 11, Islam has been identified more that ever, in the Western mind, with violence, intolerance and fanatism. With this book the author has tried to present a fresh view of Islam, challenging the hegemony of Saudi-backed extremism in the Muslim world but equally ...
Since India achieved independence in 1947, political relations between `India and the United States' have never been close, and today a number of formidable obstacles hinder progress during the pathway toward closer ties between these two popular democracies. To understand why such obstacles remain, one needs to review--among other matters--the more recent history of India's close ties with the former Soviet Union, even as she proclaimed a policy of ...
In a highly complex, interdependent technological society, the tolerance for deviant behaviour is narrower and shallower than in earlier times. One small bomb, in a power plant, can leave portions of a great city in darkness, close scores of manufacturing plants, disrupt airports, and spoil food in a hundred-thousand home freezers. The few individuals, who hijacked aeroplanes, cost a vast public millions of rupees and much inconvenience. Thus, as individuals and ...
The population explosion in large parts of the world poses a menacing prospect for those living on the globe. In 1990 the world population had passed the four billion mark. Few have clearly visualised the consequences of having an addition to the world's population of what amounts to more than 3.5. Canadian each year and a new erstwhile Soviet Union every fourth year. In the fist sixty years of the twentieth century the world's population doubled and a second ...
Saudi Arabia's top cleric called on Muslims world-wide to forsake terrorism, saying those who claim to be holy warriors were an affront to the faith. In a sermon that was remarkable not only for its strong language but also its timing--at the peak of the Annual Haj--Sheik Abdul Aziz al-Sheik told two million pilgrims that terrorists were giving their enemies an excuse to criticize Muslim nations. Is it Holy War to Shed Muslim blood? Is it Holy War to shed the ...
Management is both an art and a science. There is a fundamental management system and practice of management. Whatever way you approach it, the success of the good manager lies in the results such successes crown the leader – the President or the C.E.O. This book explains in detail all the ‘dos and don’ts’ for the manager to follow. The leader has to recognize and reward a manger to motivate him or her for continued progress. Management is a ‘Social ...
This book shows the likely course of China's Foreign Policy and the evolution of its economy. It analyses an issue or set of issues that are likely to be of international concern during the 21st century. The ambitious purpose of this book is to examine important political and economic problems not only individually, but in relation to one another. The book had its origins in the widely-held recognition that many of the assumptions, policies and institutions that ...
This book is the most comprehensive and balanced survey of Pakistan-U.S. relations yet written and is unlikely soon to be surpassed. It offers a clear guide to the ever-changing fortunes of Pakistan-U.S. relations. It tells the story of the political and security interaction between the two countries and discusses other aspects of the relationship, such as economic questions, mainl6y as they affect political-security ties. The book uses a chronological ...
The purpose of this book is to assist the teacher in making your earth science class an exciting , challenging course that will help prepare the students to make wise decision about their environment now and in the future. Redistribution of energy from one system to another occurs both within earth and its surface. Oceans transfer thermal energy to the atmosphere and the atmosphere, in lieu, transfer kinetic energy to the oceans. The amount of matter and energy ...
The author has a great belief in the remarkable continuity and vitality of Indian social system and its resilience in the face of change. The book is a colourful, readable and comprehensive introduction to modern India. The author explains its long-lived and little understood caste and class systems, its venerable faith and extraordinary ethnic diversity, its history "The Jewel in the Crown" of British imperialism and its post-independence career as a ...