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by Jerry M. Rosenberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
In *The Rebirth of the Middle East,*Rosenberg discusses how peace, stability, and prosperity are dependent upon economic and trade relations between Israel and Palestine, as well as other neighboring Arab and Muslim countries. The world is poised to participate in this healing process with funding...
The Little Red Dot
Reflections by Singapore's DiplomatsVolume I
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2005
2005 was the 40th anniversary of Singapore's independence. This collection of essays by Singapore's past and present diplomats tells the remarkable story of how this small and vulnerable country has become a stable, prosperous and respected member of the international community. The essays include...
Foreign Policy Begins at Home
The Case for Putting America's House in Order
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
A rising China, climate change, terrorism, a nuclear Iran, a turbulent Middle East, and a reckless North Korea all present serious challenges to America's national security. But it depends even more on the United States addressing its burgeoning deficit and debt, crumbling infrastructure, second class...
Guardians of the Revolution:Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs
Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
For over a quarter century, Iran has been one of America's chief nemeses. Ever since Ayatollah Khomeini overthrew the Shah in 1979, the relationship between the two nations has been antagonistic: revolutionary guards chanting against the Great Satan, Bush fulminating against the Axis of Evil, Iranian...
Republic in Peril
American Empire and the Liberal Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
In Republic in Peril, David C. Hendrickson advances a powerful critique of American policy since the end of the Cold War. America's outsized military spending and global commitments, he shows, undermine rather than uphold international order. They raise rather than reduce the danger of war, imperiling...
Soviet Eastern Policy and Turkey, 1920-1991
Soviet Foreign Policy, Turkey and Communism
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
This is an impressive work that traces the relationship between the Soviet Union and Turkey on the one hand, and the Soviet Union and the Turkish Communist Party on the other, from the consolidation of the communist regime in Moscow until its fall. The book considers how 'Soviet Eastern Policy'...
China’s Hydro-politics in the Mekong
Conflict and Cooperation in Light of Securitization Theory
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
China’s Hydro-politics in the Mekong explores the intricate processes of conflict and cooperation over the use of water resources in the Mekong river basin between upstream China and the downstream countries of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The book tackles two gaps in the empirical literature:...
Rationing Justice
Poverty Lawyers and Poor People in the Deep South
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Established in 1964, the federal Legal Services Program (later, Corporation) served a vast group of Americans desperately in need of legal counsel: the poor. In Rationing Justice, Kris Shepard looks at this pioneering program's effect on the Deep South, as the poor made tangible gains in cases involving...
Strategic Culture and Italy's Military Behavior
Between Pacifism and Realpolitik
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Italy, although it considers itself to be a middle-sized power on par with France, the United Kingdom, and Germany, has been incapable of playing an international role comparable to theirs, instead keeping a low-profile foreign policy. This has not been due to any material constraints—Italy’s...
by Sophia Kalantzakos
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Rare earths are elements that are found in the Earth's crust, and are vital ingredients for the production of a wide variety of high tech, defense, and green technologies-everything from iPhones and medical technologies to wind turbines, efficiency lighting, smart bombs, and submarines. While they...
The Politico-Military Dynamics of European Crisis Response Operations
Planning, Friction, Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2013
How do Europeans engage in military strategy? Through detailed comparisons of operational planning and exploring the framework of the EU, NATO and the UN, this book sheds light on the instrumental nature of military force, the health of civil-military relations in Europe and the difficulty of making effective strategy in a multinational environment
Soft Power
China's Emerging Strategy in International Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2009
Soft power has become a very popular concept in international affairs, appearing in government policy papers, academic discussions, and the popular media. In China, soft power has become one of the most frequently used phrases among political leaders, leading academics, and journalists. Defined against...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2018
This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of Canadian foreign policy under the government of Justin Trudeau, with a concentration on the areas of climate change, trade, Indigenous rights, arms sales, refugees, military affairs, and relationships with the United States and China. At the book’s...
by Peter M. Haas
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Epistemic Communities, Constructivism and International Environmental Politics brings together 25 years of publications by Peter M. Haas. The book examines how the world has changed significantly over the last 100 years, discusses the need for new, constructivist scholarship to understand the dynamics...