International Security category: 2908 books
US Foreign Policy and Defense Strategy
The Evolution of an Incidental Superpower
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Safe from the battlefields of Europe and Asia, the United States led the post–World War II global economic recovery through international assistance and foreign direct investment. With an ardent decolonization agenda and a postwar legitimacy, the United States attempted to construct a world characterized...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
A collection of the papers from the 1995 Sandhurst conference presented by leading members of the armed forces, the media and academia. The conference marked a major advance in British thinking on this very topical and fast-moving subject, bringing together authorities from various fields in a multidisciplinary...
New Energy, New Geopolitics
Background Report 1: Energy Impacts
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
This report evaluates the energy impacts of the dramatic increase in the production of shale gas and light tight oil in the United States. It examines how the unconventional energy trend has already impacted energy economics and policy and then posits several possible energy futures that could emerge...
Islam in the Balance
Ideational Threats in Arab Politics
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Islam in the Balance: Ideational Threats in Arab Politics is an analysis of how ideas, or political ideology, can threaten states and how states react to ideational threats. It examines the threat perception and policies of two Arab Muslim majority states, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, in response to the...
The UN at War
Peace Operations in a New Era
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2017
This book is a critical political and institutional reflection on UN peace operations. It provides constructive suggestions as to how the UN and the international system can evolve to remain relevant and tackle the peace and security challenges of the 21st* *century, without abandoning the principles...
by Thierry Tardy
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
This book explores the possible consequences of the events of 11 September 2001, and of the 'fight against terrorism', the way peace operations are perceived and conducted, and the way that states, international organizations such as NATO or the EU and non-state actors, consider these operations.
The...
American Foreign Policy and The Politics of Fear
Threat Inflation since 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
This edited volume addresses the issue of threat inflation in American foreign policy and domestic politics. The Bush administration's aggressive campaign to build public support for an invasion of Iraq reheated fears about the president's ability to manipulate the public, and many charged the administration...
by Jon B. Alterman, Kathleen H. Hicks
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
This study examines the potential for a “federated defense” approach to U.S. action in the Middle East, the constraints to closer military cooperation in the region, and specific capability areas that would benefit from federated defense. Stabilizing the Middle East requires continued attention...
Rethinking the Unthinkable
New Directions for Nuclear Arms Control
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Rethinking the Unthinkable examines the future direction of nuclear arms control in the post-Cold War security environment. Believing that the new environment requires a radical rethinking of the purpose and role of nuclear weapons in international politics, the contributors address many fundamental...
by Dr. Natasha Ezrow
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2017
Moving beyond terror groups to examine non-state actors including warlords, gangs and private security companies, Violent Non-State Actors:
Guides you through the core theories and concepts, taking a multidisciplinary approach
Examines different explanations for the emergence of violent non-state...
Complex Peace Operations and Civil-Military Relations
Winning the Peace
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2009
This book explores the impact of different civil-military structures on operational effectiveness in complex peace operations. Recent operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia are examples of grand failures to enforce peace and to promote democracy and development through international interventions....
Improving Intelligence Analysis
Bridging the Gap between Scholarship and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
This book on intelligence analysis written by intelligence expert Dr. Stephen Marrin argues that scholarship can play a valuable role in improving intelligence analysis.
Improving intelligence analysis requires bridging the gap between scholarship and practice. Compared to the more established...
The Indian Ocean and US Grand Strategy
Ensuring Access and Promoting Security
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
The Indian Ocean, with its critical routes for global commerce, is a potentially volatile location for geopolitical strife. Even as the region’s role in the international economy and as a highway to conflict zones increases, the US has failed to advance a coherent strategy for protecting its interests...
Game Changer
The Impact of 9/11 on North American Security
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Game Changer will be of interest to students and scholars of North American history, international relations, political science, and terrorism studies and to general readers with an interest in security, politics, or the legacy of 9/11.