International Security category: 2908 books
by Martin Weiser
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2008
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1, Charles University in Prague, 19 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The conflict in Darfur has been repeatedly described as one of the worst...
Political Economy of Statebuilding
Power after Peace
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
This volume examines and evaluates the impact of international statebuilding interventions on the political economy of conflict-affected countries over the past 20 years. It focuses on countries that are emerging, or have recently emerged, from periods of war and protracted conflict. The interventions...
The Use of Force
Military Power and International Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
The Use of Force, long considered a classic in its own right, brings together enduring, influential works on the role of military power in foreign policy and international politics. Now in its eighth edition, the reader has been significantly revised; with twenty innovative and up-to-date selections,...
Reinvigorating U.S. Economic Strategy in the Asia Pacific
Recommendations for the Incoming Administration
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
This report of the CSIS Asia Economic Strategy Commission presents a comprehensive, bipartisan economic strategy for the United States to pursue its vital interests in the Asia-Pacific region. The report is intended to help the new administration carry out a dynamic, forward-looking economic strategy,...
Aspiration and Ambivalence
Strategies and Realities of Counterinsurgency and State-Building in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
After more than a decade of great effort and sacrifice by America and its allies, the Taliban still has not been defeated, and many Afghans believe that a civil war is coming. Aspiration and Ambivalence analyzes the U.S. and international efforts in Afghanistan and offers detailed recommendations...
Reconstituting the Global Liberal Order
Legitimacy, Regulation and Security
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
The events of September 11, 2001 were a significant watershed in the emerging global order. However, the nature and consequences of this changing global order remain unclear.
This book argues that this new order is as much the result of issues relating to the evolving methods and forms of governance,...
Success and Failure in Limited War
Information and Strategy in the Korean, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, and Iraq Wars
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Common and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. Chief among these challenges is the risk of escalation—be it in the scale, scope, cost, or duration of the conflict. In this book, Spencer...
The Politics of International Intervention
The Tyranny of Peace
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
This book critically explores the practices of peacebuilding, and the politics of the communities experiencing intervention.
The contributions to this volume have a dual focus. First, they analyse the practices of western intervention and peacebuilding, and the prejudices and politics that...
Prioritization Theory and Defensive Foreign Policy
Systemic Vulnerabilities in International Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
This book studies systemic vulnerabilities and their impact on states and individual survival. The author theorizes that the structure of the international system is a product of the distribution of capabilities and vulnerabilities across states. States function or behave in terms of these systemic...
by Michael Herman
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Intelligence was a central element of the Cold War and the need for it was expected to diminish after the USSR's collapse, yet in recent years it has been in greater demand than ever. The atrocities of 11 September and the subsequent "war on terrorism" now call for an even more intensive effort. Important...
China-India Relations
Contemporary Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2007
This book examines the dynamics of the modern relationship between China and India. As key emerging powers in the international system, India and especially China have received much attention. However, most analysts who have studied Sino-Indian relations have done so through a neorealist lens which...
by Claudia Baczewski
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2006
Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 2,3, University of Tubingen (Institute of Political Science), course: Seminar: Introduction to International Relations, 13 entries in the bibliography, language:...
by Nabila EL-Gabalawi
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, University of Birmingham (International Development Department- School of Public Policy), course: Conflict, Humanitarian Aid and Social Reconstruction , language: English, abstract:...
Securing Outer Space
International Relations Theory and the Politics of Space
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2009
The challenges that space poses for political theory are profound. Yet until now, the exploration and utilization of space has generally reflected – but not challenged – the political patterns and impulses which characterized twentieth-century politics and International Relations. This edited...