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Perspectives on Military Intelligence from the First World War to Mali
Between Learning and Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Many intelligence practitioners feel that the statutory footing on which intelligence
agencies have been placed forms an impediment to confronting unprecedented contemporary
challenges. On the basis of case studies spanning the period from the First World
War to the present, this...
Evaluating Peacekeeping Missions
A Typology of Success and Failure in International Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
This book offers a new perspective on peace missions in intra-state wars, based on comparative field research.
In theoretical terms, this book proposes a new definition of peace operation success based on two crucial elements: the (re)establishment of order and the accomplishment of the mandate....
Countering Coercion in Maritime Asia
The Theory and Practice of Gray Zone Deterrence
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
In the past decade, tensions in Asia have risen as Beijing has become more assertive in maritime disputes with its neighbors and the United States. Although taking place below the threshold of direct military confrontation, China’s assertiveness frequently involves coercive elements that put at...
Controlling Small Arms
Consolidation, innovation and relevance in research and policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
This edited volume takes stock of the state of research and policy on the issue of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), ten years after the UN first agreed to deal with the problem.
The end of the Cold War originated a series of phenomena that would subsequently come to dominate the political...
Understanding Counterinsurgency
Doctrine, operations, and challenges
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
This textbook offers an accessible introduction to counterinsurgency operations, a key aspect of modern warfare.
Featuring essays by some of the world’s leading experts on unconventional conflict, both scholars and practitioners, the book discusses how modern regular armed forces react, and...
by Paul Wilkinson, Brian Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Competitive Strategies for the 21st Century
Theory, History, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
The U.S. today faces the most complex and challenging security environment in recent memory— even as it deals with growing constraints on its ability to respond to threats. Its most consequential challenge is the rise of China, which increasingly has the capability to deny the U.S. access to areas...
Russia's Securitization of Chechnya
How War Became Acceptable
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This book provides an in-depth analysis of how mobilization and legitimation for war are made possible, with a focus on Russia's conflict with Chechnya.
Through which processes do leaders and their publics come to define and accept certain conflicts as difficult to engage in, and others as...
Terrorist Rehabilitation
A New Frontier in Counter-terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
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With the rise of religiously motivated violence and terrorism, governments around the world need to develop their religious and ideological capabilities in parallel with strengthening their law enforcement, military and intelligence capabilities. Terrorist Rehabilitation: A New...
Western Foreign Fighters
The Threat to Homeland and International Security
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
A number of recent terrorist attacks were committed by young men and women who had radicalized, went to train with IS in the Middle East, then returned to their home country to commit acts of violence. In this text, Phil Gurski examines why some people decide to abandon their homeland to join terrorist...
Contemporary State Terrorism
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
This volume aims to ‘bring the state back into terrorism studies’ and fill the notable gap that currently exists in our understanding of the ways in which states employ terrorism as a political strategy of internal governance or foreign policy.
Within this broader context, the volume has...
Global Responses to Maritime Violence
Cooperation and Collective Action
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2016
Global Responses to Maritime Violence is a full discussion of maritime security short of war that goes beyond the current literature in both scope and perspective. The chapters in this volume examine terrorism, piracy, armed robbery at sea, illegal maritime trafficking, illegal fishing, and other...
Russian Political War
Moving Beyond the Hybrid
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2019
This book cuts through the misunderstandings about Russia’s geopolitical challenge to the West, presenting this not as ‘hybrid war’ but ‘political war.’
Russia seeks to antagonise: its diplomats castigate Western ‘Russophobia’ and cultivate populist sentiment abroad, while its...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
In light of growing discussion about the future of the Korean peninsula, the CSIS Korea Chair held a major conference featuring senior-level policy and scholarly discussions on the topic of unification, and this report provides a record of that conference. It was a landmark event addressing economic,...