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Cover of Deep Web for Journalists: Comms, Counter-Surveillance, Search
by Alan Pearce
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013

Journalism has been transformed by the Internet and the Internet has opened journalists to levels of surveillance that would have horrified George Orwell. All journalists should be aware of the dangers they face in the digital world – the emerging battleground.Being a journalist in 2013 is...
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Conflict After the Cold War

Arguments on Causes of War and Peace

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Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015

** **Edited by one of the most renowned scholars in the field, Richard Betts' Conflict After the Cold War assembles classic and contemporary readings on enduring problems of international security. Offering broad historical and philosophical breadth, the carefully chosen and excerpted selections...
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Libya After Qaddafi

Lessons and Implications for the Future

by Christopher S. Chivvis, Jeffrey Martini
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014

The 2011 overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi by internationally backed rebel groups has left Libya’s new leaders with a number of post-conflict challenges, including establishing security, building political and administrative institutions, and restarting the economy. This report assesses...
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Shadow Government

How the Secret Global Elite Is Using Surveillance Against You

by Grant R. Jeffrey
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009

Security cameras, surveillance of your financial transactions, radio frequency spy chips hidden in consumer products, tracking of your Internet searches, and eavesdropping on your e-mail and phone calls. Without your knowledge or consent, every aspect of your life is observed and recorded. But who...
Cover of Environmental Geopolitics
by Shannon O'Lear
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018

This thought-provoking and clearly argued text provides a critical geopolitical lens for understanding global environment politics. A subfield of political geography, environmental geopolitics examines how environmental themes are used to support geopolitical arguments and physical realities of power...
Cover of A Secret History of Torture
by Ian Cobain
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013

The official line is clear: the United Kingdom does not “participate in, solicit, encourage or condone” torture. And yet, the evidence is irrefutable: when faced with potential threats to their national security, the gloves always come off. Drawing on previously unseen official documents...
Cover of Trust and Conflict Transformation - An Analysis of the Baku Bae Peace Movement in Indonesia
by Vicheth Sen
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2010

Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: B, University for Peace, language: English, abstract: This paper sets out to understand the role of trust in conflict transformation and to find out whether and...
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Holy Wars (Routledge Revivals)

The Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism

by Dilip Hiro
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013

To some, Islamic Fundamentalism means the restoration of a true religion. To others, it is a politics that stands apart from capitalism and socialism. To many Westerners, it has come to constitute a threat to established order and international security. Holy Wars, first published in 1989, comprises...
Cover of Military Missions in Democratic Latin America
by David Pion-Berlin
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016

This book demonstrates through country case studies that, contrary to received wisdom, Latin American militaries can contribute productively, but under select conditions, to non-traditional missions of internal security, disaster relief, and social programs. Latin American soldiers are rarely at war,...
Cover of Understanding the Intelligence Cycle
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Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013

This book critically analyses the concept of the intelligence cycle, highlighting the nature and extent of its limitations and proposing alternative ways of conceptualising the intelligence process. The concept of the intelligence cycle has been central to the study of intelligence. As Intelligence...
Cover of The Munk Debates
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Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2011

The Munk Debates is Canada's premier international debate series, a highly anticipated cultural event and feast of ideas. Launched in 2008 by philanthropists Peter and Melanie Munk, these debates bring together some of the world's greatest thinkers to discuss the most pressing political, social, and...
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Thinking beyond Boundaries

Transnational Challenges to U.S. Foreign Policy

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Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014

Written under the direction of West Point social sciences faculty for its Student Conference on U.S. Affairs (SCUSA), Thinking beyond Boundaries introduces undergraduates to aspects of transnational conflict that extend beyond traditional political and intellectual boundaries, providing context to...
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A Path Out of the Desert

A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East

by Kenneth Pollack
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008

“A persuasive but painful solution for dealing with the mess in the Middle East.” –Kirkus The greatest danger to America’s peace and prosperity, notes leading Middle East policy analyst Kenneth M. Pollack, lies in the political repression, economic stagnation, and cultural conflict...
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Kommando Spezialkräfte 3

Division Spezielle Operationen

by Karl Laemmermann
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013

Kommando Spezialkräfte 3 - Division Spezielle Operationen „Die Fähigkeit, im Notfall eigene Staatsbürger im Ausland aus Gefahr für Leib und Leben retten zu können, gehört zur grundlegenden Verantwortung eines jeden Staates.“ „Die Bundesregierung betrachtet...
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