Studies in Security and International Affairs Series – serie
Visar alla böcker i serien Studies in Security and International Affairs Series. Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
15 produkter
Rising China and Its Postmodern Fate
Memories of Empire in a New Global Context
E-bok, 2010
456 kr
Lägg i varukorg
China's sense of today and its view of tomorrow are both rooted in the past—and we need to understand that connection, says China scholar Charles Horner. In Rising China and Its Postmodern Fate , Horner offers a new interpretation of how China's changed view of its modern historical experience has …
From Superpower to Besieged Global Power
Restoring World Order after the Failure of the Bush Doctrine
Av Edward A. Kolodziej, Roger E. Kanet
E-bok, 2010
600 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The essays in this volume argue that the Bush Doctrine, as outlined in the September 2002 National Security Strategy of the United States, squandered enormous military and economic resources, diminished American power, and undermined America’s moral reputation as a defender of democratic values and …
Slaying the Nuclear Dragon
Disarmament Dynamics in the Twenty-First Century
Av Tanya Ogilvie-White, David Santoro
E-bok, 2012
582 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In recent decades the debate on nuclear weapons has focused overwhelmingly on proliferation and nonproliferation dynamics. In a series of Wall Street Journal articles, however, George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger, and Sam Nunn called on governments to rid the world of nuclear weapons, …
Norm Dynamics in Multilateral Arms Control
Interests, Conflicts, and Justice
Av Harald Müller, Carmen Wunderlich
E-bok, 2013
613 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This volume comprehensively covers a range of issues related to dynamic norm change in the current major international arms control regimes related to nuclear, biological,and chemical weapons; small arms and light weapons; cluster munitions; and antipersonnel mines. Arms control policies of all of …
Containing Russia's Nuclear Firebirds
Harmony and Change at the International Science and Technology Center
E-bok, 2013
519 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In Containing Russia''s Nuclear Firebirds , Glenn E. Schweitzer explores the life and legacy of the International Science and Technology Center in Moscow. He makes the case that the center''s unique programs can serve as models for promoting responsible science in many countries of the world. Never …
State Behavior and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime
E-bok, 2014
1016 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This is the first book-length study of why states sometimes ignore, oppose, or undermine elements of the nuclear nonproliferation regime—even as they formally support it. Anchored by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the nuclear nonproliferation regime is the constellation of …
Arab Spring
Negotiating in the Shadow of the Intifadat
E-bok, 2015
613 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Beginning in January 2011, the Arab world exploded in a vibrant demand for dignity, liberty, and achievable purpose in life, rising up against an image and tradition of arrogant, corrupt, unresponsive authoritarian rule. These previously unpublished, country-specific case studies of the uprisings …
Norm Diffusion and HIV/AIDS Governance in Putin's Russia and Mbeki's South Africa
E-bok, 2015
1038 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Although adopting global norms often improves domestic systems of governance, domestic obstacles to norm diffusion are frequent. States that decide to reinvent their political authority simultaneously evaluate which current global norms are desirable and to what extent. In this study, Vlad Kravtsov …
International Cooperation on WMD Nonproliferation
E-bok, 2016
1117 kr
Lägg i varukorg
International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)—including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons—rest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Over time, however, …
New Explorations into International Relations
Democracy, Foreign Investment, Terrorism, and Conflict
E-bok, 2016
595 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book addresses a range of issues surrounding the search for scientific truths in the study of international conflict and international political economy. Unlike empirical studies in other disciplines, says Seung-Whan Choi, many political studies seem more competent at presenting theoretical …
Decision to Attack
Military and Intelligence Cyber Decision-Making
E-bok, 2016
901 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The debate over cyber technology has resulted in new considerations for national security operations. States find themselves in an increasingly interconnected world with a diverse threat spectrum and little understanding of how decisions are made within this amorphous domain. With The Decision to …
Conflict Dynamics
Civil Wars, Armed Actors, and Their Tactics
Av Alethia H. Cook, Marie Olson Lounsbery
E-bok, 2017
1038 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Conflict Dynamics presents case studies of six nation-states: Sierra Leone, the Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Peru. In the book, Alethia H. Cook and Marie Olson Lounsbery examine the evolving nature of violence in intrastate conflicts, as well as the governments and groups …
Migration Crises and the Structure of International Cooperation
Av Jeannette Money, Sarah P. Lockhart
E-bok, 2019
1344 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Although international cooperation on migration is often promoted, scholars have been unable to arrive at a consensus about the extent of cooperation in the current system. Under what conditions does international cooperation on migration arise, and what shape does it take? These questions are …
Behavioral Economics and Nuclear Weapons
Av Anne I. Harrington, Jeffrey W. Knopf
E-bok, 2019
959 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Recent discoveries in psychology and neuroscience have improved our understanding of why our decision making processes fail to match standard social science assumptions about rationality. As researchers such as Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, and Richard Thaler have shown, people often depart in …
Child and the World
Child-Soldiers and the Claim for Progress
Av Jana Tabak
E-bok, 2020
1680 kr
Lägg i varukorg
However unthinkable child-soldiers may be within a generalized conception of childhood, they are not imaginary figures; rather, they are a constant in almost every armed conflict around the world. The participation of children in wars may question the idea of childhood as a "once-upon-a-time story …
