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Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
There has been a discernable calibration of Chinese foreign policy since the ascension of Xi Jinping to the top leadership positions in China. The operative term here is adjustment rather than renovation because there has not been a fundamental transformation of Chinese foreign policy or "setting...
by Samantha Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, , language: English, abstract: This paper will argue that though the character of crises occupying the international agenda may have changed, the skills and expertise possessed...
Peacekeeping and the African Union
Building Negative Peace
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
This book offers a detailed examination of the effectiveness of the peacekeeping operations of the African Union.
Despite its growing reputation in peacekeeping and its status as the oldest continental peacekeeper, the performance of the African Union (AU) has hitherto not been assessed. This...
Taming an Uncertain Future
Temporality, Sovereignty, and the Politics of Anticipatory Governance
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
A popular cliché in contemporary public discourse holds that we live in a time of increasing uncertainty; that the next catastrophe is perpetually imminent and yet increasingly beyond our capacity to foresee. The future, in short, is becoming much more difficult to control. One consequence of this...
Global Politics
A New Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2019
The third edition of Global Politics: A New Introduction continues to provide a completely original way of teaching and learning about world politics. The book engages directly with the issues in global politics that students are most interested in, helping them to understand the key questions and...
Enterprises, Localities, People, and Policy in the South China Sea
Beneath the Surface
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
This volume takes readers beneath the surface of the South China Sea by exploring critical but under-researched issues related to the maritime territorial disputes. It draws attention to the importance of private sector, civil society, and subnational actors’ roles in the disputes and sheds light...
Beyond Liberal Peacebuilding
A Critical Exploration of the Local Turn
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
This book examines the logic behind the shifts and paradigm changes within the scholarship on peacebuilding.
In particular, the book is concerned with examining if, and how, these shifts have significantly altered how we think about peacebuilding beyond the ‘liberal peacebuilding’ paradigm....
by Phil Gurski
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018
Why are we still at ‘war’ with terror 16 years after 9/11? This book will discuss what we have collectively done well, what we have done poorly, what we have yet to try and how we get to the point where terrorism does not dominate public discourse and cause disproportionate fear around the world.
This...
The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee
Volume I: From the Approach of the Second World War to the Suez Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Volume One of the Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee draws upon a range of released and classified papers to produce the first, authoritative account of the way in which intelligence was used to inform policy.
For almost 80 years the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has...
Identity Politics
Filling the Gap Between Federalism and Independence
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This comprehensive volume examines fifteen cases across the world where a violent or semi-violent conflict exists between a national minority inhabiting a region in a larger independent country and the government of that country. It studies the reasons for the growth of national separatism and the...
by Edward F. Mickolus, Susan L. Simmons
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Since the attacks on September 11, 2001, terrorism has remained the chief threat to international stability and security. The 50 Worst Terrorist Attacks draws on all forms of terrorism—international, transnational, and domestic—anywhere in the world, covering all types of acts (e.g., bombings,...
by Sara Z. Kutchesfahani
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
This book examines the importance of global nuclear order, emphasising the importance of perspective in our understanding of it, and its significance in international politics.
Addressing a gap in existing literature, this book provides an introduction to nuclear weapon states and their relationship...
by Bert Chapman
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2018
This book analyzes the development and evolution of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a multinational aircraft endeavor involving the U.S. and many of its allies. The author provides a historical overview of jet fighter aircraft, discussing the different generations of these planes and their technical...
Warnings
Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
From President Bill Clinton's recommended reading list
Publishers Weekly Bestseller
Warnings is the story of the future of national security, threatening technologies, the U.S. economy, and possibly the fate of civilization.
In Greek mythology Cassandra foresaw calamities, but...