Arms Control category: 475 books
Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments
U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
One of the gravest issues facing the global community today is the threat of nuclear war. As a growing number of nations gain nuclear capabilities, the odds of nuclear conflict increase. Yet nuclear deterrence strategies remain rooted in Cold War models that do not take into account regional conflict....
Iran Nuclear Negotiations
Accord and Détente since the Geneva Agreement of 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
In November 2013, a historic agreement on Iran’s nuclear program was reached between Iran and the world powers, raising the prospects for a long-term agreement that would end the Iran nuclear crisis and set the stage for normal relations between Iran and the West. This book seeks to provide readers...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2015
The global and regional security landscapes will change dramatically following the Western drawdown in Afghanistan. Al Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban, and their allies are poised to return to Afghanistan and the Mujahidin in Pakistan may once again draw the support of pools of fighters. Experts from the...
U.S. Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran
From the War on Terror to the Obama Administration
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
The United States’ commitment to non-proliferation often propels its foreign policy rhetoric. In 2002, George W. Bush framed his goal of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons within the context of the global war on terror, accusing Iran of being part of the “Axis of Evil.” Iran’s nuclear...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
Despite a U.S. focus on securing an international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear development for the last several years, the United States lacks a strategy to combat the full range of Iranian activities that threaten the interests of the United States and its allies but fall short of conventional warfare....
Indo–US Relations
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Nuclear Energy
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
The purpose of this book is to narrate important, dynamic events that have taken place in the Indo–U.S. relations, beginning from 1943 to 2013. This includes the American role in India's independence, the Cold War, demise of the Soviet Union, resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism, terrorists' attack...
Journal of Romanian Studies
Volume 1,1 (2019)
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
This is the first issue of the biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press. The new interdisciplinary journal examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that field to wider theoretical debates and issues...
Dark Beyond Darkness
The Cuban Missile Crisis as History, Warning, and Catalyst
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
In Dark Beyond Darkness, James Blight and janet Lang, among the world’s foremost authorities on the Cuban missile crisis, synthesize the findings from their thirty-year project on the most dangerous moment in recorded history. Authoritative, accessible, and written with their usual flair and wit,...
Culture and Propaganda
The Progressive Origins of American Public Diplomacy, 1936-1953
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Throughout the twentieth century governments came to increasingly appreciate the value of soft power to help them achieve their foreign policy ambitions. Covering the crucial period between 1936 and 1953, this book examines the U.S. government’s adoption of diplomatic programs that were designed...
by Global Policy
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Iran’s nuclear programme has been under intense scrutiny from the international community for more than a decade now, as the country continues to play its cards close to its chest and its nuclear intentions remain unclear. Its failure to declare all nuclear facilities and materials in a timely manner...
North Korea and Nuclear Weapons
Entering the New Era of Deterrence
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
North Korea is perilously close to developing strategic nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States and its East Asian allies. Since their first nuclear test in 2006, North Korea has struggled to perfect the required delivery systems. Kim Jong-un’s regime now appears to be close, however....
by aziz_boltayev
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
The scientific article about the ideas and theories of H. Mackinder through the prism of todays International Relations.
Resurgent Russia
An Operational Approach to Deterrence
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Groundbreaking research on current Russian interference and aggression from six former US Army War College students who briefed the Pentagon.
Relations between the United States and Russia have recently escalated from strained to outright aggressive. From imperial expansion in Ukraine to intervention...
by United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
The Yearbook is a rich source of historical knowledge of developments, trends and achievements of multilateral disarmament events for more than 30 years. Part I of the Yearbook contains all the resolutions and decisions of the previous General Assembly. Each year, it is published in early spring. Part...