REFUGEES AND THE CASE FOR INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST: THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST COMPARED
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DOI: 10.1017/s0020743817000629
Abstract: Abstract In the immediate aftermath of World War I, the newly formed League of Nations saw Middle Eastern refugees—particularly displaced Armenians and Assyrians scattered in camps across the Eastern Mediterranean—as venues for working out new… read more here.
Keywords: nations united; united nations; middle east; international authority ... See more keywords
From Beirut to Berlin (via Geneva): The New International History, Middle East Studies and the League of Nations
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DOI: 10.1017/s0960777318000231
Abstract: The global politics of sovereignty that developed after the Cold War, together with the catastrophic United States led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq after 2001, have furnished international, imperial and diplomatic historians with good, grim… read more here.
Keywords: via geneva; history; international institutions; beirut berlin ... See more keywords
Imperial polities, intercolonialism, and the shaping of global governing norms: public health expert networks in Asia and the League of Nations Health Organization, 1908–37*
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DOI: 10.1017/s1740022816000310
Abstract: Abstract This article stresses the role of colonial governments, not only national sovereign states, in Asia (and to a lesser extent, Africa) at the League of Nations in shaping global governing norms. It emphasizes the… read more here.
Keywords: governing norms; global governing; shaping global; health ... See more keywords
The institution of international order: from the League of Nations to the United Nations, edited by Simon Jackson and Alanna O’Malley. Abingdon: Routledge, 2018.Pp. xvi + 247. Hardback £115.00, ISBN: 978-1-138-09150-4.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1740022819000093
Abstract: Susan Pedersen, who authored the Foreword to this excellent volume, wrote in 2007 that ‘the relevant question now is not ‘why the League failed’ but rather the more properly historical question of what it did… read more here.
Keywords: jackson alanna; league nations; simon jackson; league ... See more keywords
American membership of the League of Nations: US philanthropy and the transformation of an intergovernmental organisation into a think tank
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DOI: 10.1057/s41311-017-0110-4
Abstract: This article deals with the participation of the Rockefeller Foundation in the technical activities of the League of Nations. It demonstrates that American philanthropy has played a central role in the development of non-political activities,… read more here.
Keywords: american membership; league; think tank; transformation ... See more keywords
Australia, the British Empire, and the League of Nations
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DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2021.1894091
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article reviews the most recent volume in the series of archival document collections on the history Australia’s external affairs, Documents on Australian Foreign Policy, covering the years 1920 to 1930. It focuses upon… read more here.
Keywords: british empire; empire league; league; australia british ... See more keywords