International Security category: 2908 books
Prisoner of War - A controversial status
A controversial status
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2009
Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 2,4, Stellenbosch Universitiy, 63 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The status, Prisoner of War reveals many issues. This paper examines...
When Counterinsurgency Wins
Sri Lanka's Defeat of the Tamil Tigers
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
For twenty-six years, civil war tore Sri Lanka apart. Despite numerous peace talks, cease-fires, and external military and diplomatic pressure, war raged on between the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Sinhala-dominated Sri Lankan government. Then, in 2009, the Sri Lankan military...
China’s Use of Military Force in Foreign Affairs
The Dragon Strikes
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
This book explains why China has resorted to the use of large-scale military force in foreign affairs.
How will China use its growing military might in coming crisis and existing conflicts? This book contributes to the current debate on the future of the Asia-Pacific region by examining why...
Iran in a Reconnecting Eurasia
Foreign Economic and Security Interests
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
Iran in a Reconnecting Eurasia examines the full scope of Iranian national interests in the South Caucasus and Central Asia and analyzes the broad outlines of Iranian engagement over the coming years. It is part of a six-part CSIS series, “Eurasia from the Outside In,” which includes studies focusing on Turkey, the European Union, Iran, India, Russia, and China.
The Modernisation of the Republic of Korea Navy
Seapower, Strategy and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2018
This book sheds light on one of the most under-studied but powerful navies in the world. Using a multifaceted approach, it examines how the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) has sought to transform itself from a coastal naval force focused solely on deterring North Korea to a navy capable of operating...
Four Guardians
A Principled Agent View of American Civil-Military Relations
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
When the US military confronts pressing security challenges, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps often react differently as they advise and execute civilian defense policies. Conventional wisdom holds that these dynamics tend to reflect a competition for prestige, influence, and dollars. Such...
Kommando Spezialkraefte
Facit Omnia Voluntas
Language: German
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Kommando Spezialkräfte GSG 9 der Bundespolizei Brandenburg (Spezialeinheit) Accuracy International HK P12 Heckler & Koch HK MP5 HK MP7 Beschusshemmende Weste HK G36 Häuserkampf (Militär) Raketenwaffe Browning M2 Panzerabwehr MILAN Panzerfaust 3 Flugabwehrrakete FIM-92 Stinger Festrumpfschlauchboot...
Global China
Internal and External Reaches
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
After two decades since the disintegration of Soviet Union in 1991, the largest and the most populist socialist state — the People's Republic of China — does not only manage to stay intact, but has also emerged as the second largest economy in the world. Moreover, its political, diplomatic, military...
by Ajey Lele
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2018
This book debates and discusses the present and future of Disruptive Technologies in general and military Disruptive Technologies in particular. Its primary goal is to discuss various critical and advanced elucidations on strategic technologies. The focus is less on extrapolating the future of technology...
German Jihad
On the Internationalization of Islamist Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Since 2007, the German jihadist scene has become Europe's most dynamic, characterized by an extreme anti-Americanism, impressive international networks, and spectacularly effective propaganda. German jihadists travel to Turkey, Chechnya, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, trading jihadist ideologies and allying...
Japan’s Island Troubles with China and Korea
Prospects and Challenges for Resolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
This book examines the Senkaku/Diaoyu dispute between Japan and China and the Dokdo/Takeshima dispute between Japan and Korea, in order to offer new perspectives on the possible approaches towards amelioration and resolution of these conflicts.
Japan’s Island Troubles with China and Korea...
American Spies
Espionage against the United States from the Cold War to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
What’s your secret?American Spies presents the stunning histories of more than forty Americans who spied against their country during the past six decades. Michael Sulick, former head of the CIA’s clandestine service, illustrates through these stories—some familiar, others much less well known—the...
Ideen und das Ende des Kalten Krieges
Stoffgebiet: Internationale Politik
Language: German
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Thema: Frieden und Konflikte, Sicherheit, Note: 1,3, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Ideen in der Internationalen Politik, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Zusammenfassung...
Dirty Wars
The World Is a Battlefield
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
In Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill, author of the New York Times best-seller Blackwater, takes us inside America's new covert wars. The foot soldiers in these battles operate globally and inside the United States with orders from the White House to do whatever is necessary to hunt down, capture or kill...