International Security category: 2908 books
by Anthony H. Cordesman, Sam Khazai
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Iraq in Crisis examines Iraq's problems in 2014 and projects possible future trends. It supports its narrative analysis with the latest data from the World Bank, United Nations, Transparency International, the Congressional Research Service, International Crisis Group, Special Inspector General for...
by Karina Oborune
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: A-, University of Basel (Europainstitut), course: Friedensförderungsseminar, language: English, abstract: ABSTRACT Aim of paper This paper deals...
by Julia Heise
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2005
Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,8, University of Edinburgh, 46 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Especially since the post-1945 era and the United Nations-establishment, international...
Military Intervention, Stabilisation and Peace
The search for stability
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
This book examines international military interventions that have supported stability in four communities in Afghanistan and Nepal, in an attempt to analyse their success and improve this in future.
This is the first in-depth village-level assessment of how local populations conceive of stability...
History Lessons for the Arctic
What International Maritime Disputes Tell Us about a New Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2017
This study examines three historical maritime disputes to draw lessons and insights for the future of maritime governance in a rapidly transforming Arctic. The historical case studies—the 1920 Svalbard Treaty, the 1936 Montreux Convention, and the 1961 Antarctic Treaty—are highly instructive cases...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
This new Handbook is a comprehensive examination of the rich and complex issues of nuclear proliferation in the early 21st century.
The future of the decades-long effort to prevent the further spread of weapons of mass destruction is at a crossroads today. If international nonproliferation...
Managing State Fragility
Conflict, Quantification and Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book examines the management of ‘state fragility’ and the practices and impacts of quantification over relations of power in international politics.
With the further movement towards quantification, and as technical and technological changes advance, this book argues that certain important...
The EU and Member State Building
European Foreign Policy in the Western Balkans
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
This book critically examines the process of statebuilding by the EU, focusing on its attempts to build Member States in the Western Balkan region.
This book analyses the European Union's policies towards, and the impact they have, upon the states of the Western Balkans, and assesses how these...
by Robert Conrad
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2002
Essay from the year 2002 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 19 of 20, University of Aberdeen (Department of International Relations), course: Course: Issues in International Relations (PI 1506), 27 entries in the bibliography, language:...
While America Sleeps
A Wake-up Call for the Post-9/11 Era
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Former senator Russ Feingold looks at institutional failures, both domestic and abroad, since the 9/11 terrorist attacks and proposes steps to be taken—by the government and by individuals—to ensure that the next ten years are focused on solving the international problems that threaten America.
In...
Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
On the morning of September 11, 2001, the entire world was introduced to Al Qaeda and its enigmatic leader, Osama bin Laden. But the organization that changed the face of terrorism forever and unleashed a whirlwind of counterterrorism activity and two major wars had been on the scene long before that...
The U.N. Exposed
How the United Nations Sabotages America's Security and Fails the World
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2006
Less than five miles from Ground Zero in Manhattan sits an international hotbed of anti-Americanism.
The United Nations was created after World War II to promote peace and international understanding. But over the years, and today more than ever, the U.N. has failed to achieve its original...
Fueling the Online Trade Revolution
A New Customs Security Framework to Secure and Facilitate Small Business E-Commerce
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Across the United States, individuals and small businesses are increasingly buying and selling goods and services online. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the total value of online transactions in the United States grew from $3 trillion in 2006 to $5.4 trillion in 2012, about a third of U.S. GDP....
Justifying America's Wars
The Conduct and Practice of US Military Intervention
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
This book examines the justifications for, and practice of, war by the US since 1990, and examines four case studies: the Gulf War, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq.
The author undertakes an examination of presidential speeches and public documents from this period to determine the focal points...