Kurt Almqvist - Alibris

Cambridge, MA, USA

$12.00

2. Finland and Sweden-Partners with a Mutual Interest?

by Kurt Almqvist; Mattias Hessérus (editors)

Seller Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 146 p. Includes bibliography. The geopolitical environment of the Baltic Sea is rapidly changing. This has complex implications for the national security of Sweden and Finland, the only Scandinavian countries that are not members of NATO. Although Sweden and Finland have military cooperation, the question is whether this partnership is sufficient in times of instability. From a historical perspective, Swedish-Finnish military relations have been complicated. However, ... See More Details

2016, Axel and Margaret Ax: son Johnson Foundation

ISBN-13: 9789189672857

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Oakland, CA, USA

$50.00

3. Empire and the Future World Order: Perspectives from the Engelsberg Seminar 2005

by Kurt Almqvist & Isabella Thomas (editors)

Seller Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 247 p. Includes bibliography. Empire got itself a bad name during the past century, but recently more and more voices are making themselves heard in the international debate, speaking up for the notion of empire as a "benign form of order". Looking at empire and world order from both historical and present perspectives gives rise to many questions. Can an empire create a stable, liberal and democratic order? What characteristics must an empire have to be successful in ... See More Details

2007, Axel and Margaret Ax: son Johnson Foundation

ISBN-13: 9789189672154

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Oakland, CA, USA

$50.00

4. The Secular State and Islam in Europe: Perspectives from the Engelsberg Seminar 2006

by Kurt Almqvist (Editor)

Seller Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 301 p. Includes bibliography. How is the secular state to act in relation to these manifes-tations of religions? Should it endeavour to remain neutral, as in the USA or support religion but show equal favour to all convictions, as in India? Does a weak state religion act as a safeguard against rivalry between religious groups as arguably it does in the UK, or should a strict distinction between church and state prevail as in France or Turkey? What are the prospects ... See More Details

2007, Axel and Margaret Ax: son Johnson Foundation

ISBN-13: 9789189672185

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Oakland, CA, USA

$50.00

5. On Russia: Perspectives from the Engelsberg Seminar 2008

by Kurt Almqvist & Alexander Linklater (editors)

Seller Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 311 p. Includes bibliography. Today, many observers are alarmed by recent developments in Russia. From a Western perspective, things appear to be moving in the wrong direction: away from the democracy, free media and the rule of law. Questions abound as to how Russian society may be developing. In this book based on the Engelsberg seminar On Russia such issues are addressed, focusing on following broad themes: continuity and change in Russian history and the Russian ... See More Details

2009, Axel and Margaret Ax: son Johnson Foundation

ISBN-13: 9789189672246

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Oakland, CA, USA

$50.00

6. Roots of Violence

by Kurt Almqvist & Louise Belfrage (editors)

Seller Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. 319 p. What are the root causes of violence? Is violence and aggression part of human nature? Are there possibly signs that violence is decreasing in today s world? What insights can biology, anthropology or evolutionary psychologists provide as regards violence? What role does religion play? How is it possible to understand terror, genocide or revenge? Can we find answers to these questions or do we face the unfathomable when beholding the horrors that have so ... See More Details

2013, Axel and Margaret Ax: son Johnson Foundation

ISBN-13: 9789189672499

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Oakland, CA, USA

$69.99

7. Anna Cassel the Saga of the Rose

by Almqvist Kurt, Birnbaum Daniel

Seller Description: 1st edn. 4to. Original grey cloth with coloured plate inset on upper board (Fine in publisher's unopened shrinkwrap). Pp. 150, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions). See More Details

Bokforlaget Stolpe, 2023

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Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

HIGH

Dulverton, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM

$72.81