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Open Skies

Transparency, Confidence-Building, and the End of the Cold War

by Peter Jones
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2014

This book recounts and analyzes the history of one of the best-kept diplomatic and security secrets of the last half-century—the Open Skies Treaty: a treaty that allows the U.S., the Russian Federation, and over 30 other signatories to fly unarmed reconnaissance aircraft over one another's territory....
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Operation Shakespeare

The True Story of an Elite International Sting

by John Shiffman
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014

A secret war. A daring sting operation. The great untold national security story of our time: “An impressive and important work…The book has the glamour of a spy novel and the gravity of a meticulously researched exposé” (Christian Science Monitor). On today’s high-tech battlefields,...
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by Jacqueline Brewer, Michael Miklaucic, James G. Stavridis
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013

The Center for Complex Operations (CCO) has produced this edited volume, Convergence: Illicit Networks and National Security in the Age of Globalization, that delves deeply into everything mentioned above and more. In a time when the threat is growing, this is a timely effort. CCO has gathered an...
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Balancing Liberty and Security

An Ethical Study of U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, 2001-2009

by Michelle Louise Atkin
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013

This work examines the philosophical foundations of information ethics and their potential for application to contemporary problems in U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance. Questions concerning the limits of government intrusion on protected Fourth Amendment rights are examined against the backdrop...
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The Cybersecurity Dilemma

Hacking, Trust and Fear Between Nations

by Ben Buchanan
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017

Why do nations break into one another's most important computer networks? There is an obvious answer: to steal valuable information or to attack. But this isn't the full story. This book draws on often-overlooked documents leaked by Edward Snowden, real-world case studies of cyber operations, and...
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by Beatrice de Graaf
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011

This book offers a new model for measuring the success and impact of counterterrorism strategies, using four comparative historical case studies. The effectiveness of counterterrorism measures is hard to assess, especially since the social impact of terrorist attacks is a fundamental and complex...
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by Jeffrey Record
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2006

No historical event has exerted more influence on AmericaÆs postûWorld War II use of military force than the Anglo-French appeasement of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Informed by the supposed grand lesson of Munichûnamely, that capitulating to the demands of aggressive dictatorships invites further aggression...
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After Snowden

Privacy, Secrecy, and Security in the Information Age

by Edward Wasserman, David Cole, Jon Mills
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015

Was Edward Snowden a patriot or a traitor? Just how far do American privacy rights extend? And how far is too far when it comes to government secrecy in the name of security? These are just a few of the questions that have dominated American consciousness since Edward Snowden exposed the breath of...
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The Politics and Security of the Gulf

Anglo-American Hegemony and the Shaping of a Region

by Jeffrey R. Macris
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010

Since the 19th century the Gulf region has been an area of intense interest, having been influenced first by the British and more recently by the Americans. This book charts the changing security and political priorities of these two powers and how they have shaped the region. Adopting a narrative...
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Radical Islam and International Security

Challenges and Responses

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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2007

Radical Islam poses a political challenge in the modern world which is like that of no other radical religious movement. Ideologically, it is perceived by Western policy makers as threatening the liberal-democratic ideology by which most states in the West abide and which most other states rhetorically...
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Russian Energy Policy and Military Power

Putin's Quest for Greatness

by Pavel K. Baev
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

This book examines the interplay between energy policy and security policy under Vladimir Putin, and his drive to re-establish Russia’s ‘greatness’. Assessing the internal contradictions of this policy, the book argues that Russia’s desire to strengthen its role of ‘energy security’...
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Living Weapons

Biological Warfare and International Security

by Gregory D. Koblentz
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011

"Biological weapons are widely feared, yet rarely used. Biological weapons were the first weapon prohibited by an international treaty, yet the proliferation of these weapons increased after they were banned in 1972. Biological weapons are frequently called 'the poor man's atomic bomb,' yet they cannot...
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Afghanistan and Its Central Asian Neighbors

Toward Dividing Insecurity

by Ivan Safranchuk
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017

The general trend in Afghanistan is clear-cut: the overall security situation has consistently deteriorated since 2009, worsening dramatically since 2014. However, in the provinces of Afghanistan adjacent to Central Asia, the security situation has deteriorated even further than in Afghanistan as...
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The US NATO Debate

From Libya to Ukraine

by Magnus Petersson
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015

Since the Libya War in 2011 it has been widely suggested that NATO's role in US security policy has diminished, because Washington gives Europe less and Asia more strategic priority (a tendency that is reinforced by budget restraints), and because the US is no longer interested in always leading NATO...
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