Howard J Wiarda: 24 books
Think Tanks and Foreign Policy
The Foreign Policy Research Institute and Presidential Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Think tanks have become increasingly important in American politics foreign policy. In the last thirty years think tanks have emerged as major actors on the political stage, comparable in influence to large interest groups, political parties, and government agencies. In the same time span these think...
Containing Russia's Nuclear Firebirds
Harmony and Change at the International Science and Technology Center
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
In Containing Russia’s Nuclear Firebirds, Glenn E. Schweitzer explores the life and legacy of the International Science and Technology Center in Moscow. He makes the case that the center’s unique programs can serve as models for promoting responsible science in many countries of the world.
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Wars of Disruption and Resilience
Cybered Conflict, Power, and National Security
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Increasingly, the power of a large, complex, wired nation like the United States rests on its ability to disrupt would-be cyber attacks and to be resilient against a successful attack or recurring campaign. Addressing the concerns of both theorists and those on the national security front lines, Chris...
Norm Dynamics in Multilateral Arms Control
Interests, Conflicts, and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
This volume comprehensively covers a range of issues related to dynamic norm change in the current major international arms control regimes related to nuclear, biological,and chemical weapons; small arms and light weapons; cluster munitions; and antipersonnel mines. Arms control policies of all of...
Slaying the Nuclear Dragon
Disarmament Dynamics in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
In recent decades the debate on nuclear weapons has focused overwhelmingly on proliferation and nonproliferation dynamics. In a series of Wall Street Journal articles, however, George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger, and Sam Nunn called on governments to rid the world of nuclear weapons, helping...
Dispatches from the Frontlines
Studies in Foreign Policy, Comparative Politics, and International Affairs
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Dispatches from the Frontlines analyzes some of the world’s most contentious hotspots. It focuses on such compelling global issues as Third World development, the role of the state, corporatism, and foreign aid. Dispatches from the Frontlines is a thought-provoking book for anyone interested in foreign policy, comparative politics, and international affairs.
by JoAnn Fagot Aviel, Lincoln Bizzozero, Elsa Cardozo da Silva
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2003
This comprehensive text analyzes the foreign policies of eighteen countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. First assessing the state of the discipline, the introduction develops a common framework that compares the relevant explanatory weight of foreign policy determinants at the individual,...
Culture and Foreign Policy
The Neglected Factor in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Political culture refers to the basic values, ideas, beliefs and political orientations by which countries, societies, and whole regions are guided. The underlying belief systems that shape cultures and societies and cause them to behave in certain, often distinct ways. The puzzle or query that chiefly...
Universities in Decline
From the Great Society to Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Universities in Decline examines the declining role of universities in policy generation and analyzes the increasing political influence of Washington-based institutions. This provocative new book identifies such Washington think tanks and policy shops as AEI, CSIS, and the National War College as the main generators of policy incentives.
Corporatism and Comparative Politics
The Other Great "Ism"
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Corporatism is the third great ideolgy of modern social and political organization and it is one of the main organizing concepts used in comparative political analysis. This study traces corporatism in history, analyzes its modern practice and shows the rise of corporatism in the US.
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