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Book SynopsisThe Cold War phrase weapons of mass destruction continues to be used despite significant changes in international political cultures, military concepts of operation, and technology advances. Today, the term weapons of mass destruction (WMD) is used to address many things, from grams of ricin and barrels of industrial chemicals to megaton nuclear weapons. As a direct result of the decision to refer to all nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons as well as biological, chemical and radiological (CBR) hazards as WMD, we have lost the ability to accurately develop, assess, and discuss policy concerns relating to the contemporary use of unconventional weapons on the battlefield and within the homeland. This book uses a public policy framework to examine how the U.S. government, and in particular the U.S. military, should address the potential use of unconventional weapons in the 21st century. It defines the problem, identifies the policy actors and reviews policy options. It discusseTrade ReviewIs the U.S. government prepared for WMD use by hostile actors against either the homeland or its military forces abroad? In considering the effectiveness of its multiple counter-WMD efforts, Mauroni identifies important problems with the government's conceptualization of weapons of mass destruction that lead to poor threat assessment and feeble prioritization among response efforts. Mauroni urges consideration of the strategic similarities and differences among nuclear, radiological, chemical, and biological weapons. His prescription for improving the U.S. response to the threats they pose is measured and thoughtful. This book will spark valuable debate and soul searching. -- Jill Hazelton, Professor, Department of Strategy and Policy, U.S. Naval War CollegeA comprehensive, illuminating, and hard-hitting treatment of how the United States can better understand and counter weapons of mass destruction threats from an experienced expert. -- Elbridge Colby, Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security.Brilliantly assesses the gaps between the WMD threat and the resources DOD devotes to it. A splash of cold water and clarion call for the policy community to take a new look at countering WMD from a perspective that may well be able to adequately address it. Superb review and historical tour de force of contemporary WMD policy, budget, and planning processes for countering WMD. Passionately argues for clarity in defining the very term “WMD” and in policy direction and agency oversight for this vital matter where multiple agencies often work towards the same end, but with little coordination. -- David S. Jonas, Partner, FH+H Firm, a DC area national security law firm, former General Counsel of NNSA, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown and George Washington University Law Schools.

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Book SynopsisThis book uses a public policy framework to examine how the U.S. government, and in particular the U.S. military, should address the potential use of unconventional weapons in the 21st century. It discusses past policy efforts before offering a critical review of current strategies and proposes new national framework for countering WMD.Trade Review"A comprehensive, illuminating, and hard-hitting treatment of how the United States can better understand and counter weapons of mass destruction threats from an experienced expert." -- Elbridge Colby, Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security.Is the U.S. government prepared for WMD use by hostile actors against either the homeland or its military forces abroad? In considering the effectiveness of its multiple counter-WMD efforts, Mauroni identifies important problems with the government's conceptualization of weapons of mass destruction that lead to poor threat assessment and feeble prioritization among response efforts. Mauroni urges consideration of the strategic similarities and differences among nuclear, radiological, chemical, and biological weapons. His prescription for improving the U.S. response to the threats they pose is measured and thoughtful. This book will spark valuable debate and soul searching -- Jill Hazelton, Professor, Department of Strategy and Policy, U.S. Naval War CollegeBrilliantly assesses the gaps between the WMD threat and the resources DOD devotes to it. A splash of cold water and clarion call for the policy community to take a new look at countering WMD from a perspective that may well be able to adequately address it. Superb review and historical tour de force of contemporary WMD policy, budget, and planning processes for countering WMD. Passionately argues for clarity in defining the very term “WMD” and in policy direction and agency oversight for this vital matter where multiple agencies often work towards the same end, but with little coordination. -- David S. Jonas, Partner, FH+H Firm, a DC area national security law firm, former General Counsel of NNSA, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown and George Washington University Law Schools.

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Book SynopsisWeapons of Mass Destruction are diverse and pose unique challenges to governments attempting to keep them out of the wrong hands and preparing to respond to an attack. This text analyzes Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) weapons and terrorist groups with a known interest in them. It presents accessible information about the technical challenges posed by each type of weapon, assesses the threats, and reviews the US governmental responses. It provides structured CBRN case studies and allows for easy comparison of threats, challenges, and responses. The text combines weapons and policy information in one comprehensive and comparative resource for researchers and students interested in key issues in modern terrorism and international security.Trade ReviewTerrorist Organizations and Weapons of Mass Destruction is a useful primer for students fascinated by or dedicated to American policies in light of such perils. Cook (East Carolina Univ.) intermingles defense-related consulting work with a vigorous publications regimen spanning an array of topics including pandemic diseases, civil conflict, and broadly all things “security.” Cook’s approach to WMDs is fraught with threat scenarios of weaponized lethal materials in the hands of non-state actors and is focused on the American governmental response. Those are appropriate foci for the series of books in which this volume appears.… Although more provocative books have appeared in the past two decades with similar titles, Cook may have outperformed them all on the number of tables listing weapons or agents—in order of her chapters chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclears—that could be weaponized. Foremost a text, not a research tool, the volume includes a summary of acronyms, a brief index, and a list of figures/tables. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsI: Introduction to WMD and Interested Groups 1: WMD and Key Concepts 2: Terrorist Group Interest, Efforts and Use of WMD 3: U.S. Governmental WMD Policy Responses II: CBRN: Agents, Threats, and Responses 4: Chemical Agents and Weapons 5: Biological Agents and Weapons 6: Radiological Isotopes and Weapons 7: Fissile Materials and Nuclear Weapons III: Conclusions 8: Terrorist Organizations and WMD: Summary of the Threats and US Responses

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Book SynopsisThis report tracks the changing conceptual and political landscape of U.S. nuclear deterrence to illuminate the gap in prioritizing the nuclear arsenal and to build a compelling rationale for tactical personnel explaining the role and value of U.S. nuclear weapons.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines Sino-Middle Eastern relations on a bilateral level since World War II. It highlights the depth of China's involvement in the region with each country on a five dimensional approach: energy security, trade relations, political relations, arms sales/security cooperation, and cultural relations. Regarding each of these criteria, the Middle East holds a strategic significance to China's national security, vital interests, territorial integrity, sovereignty, regime survival, and economic prosperity. China has been an integral part of the political developments on the Middle Eastern political scene. It has supported the region's quest for independence and national liberation, exchanged diplomatic recognition with the region and established political partnerships with the Middle East. Trade relations are an essential element of China's involvement in the Middle East. Their bilateral trade volume exceeds $220 billion annually, and is steadily heading toward $500 billion by tTrade ReviewWith the emergence of China as a global power, Olimat examines Sino–Middle Eastern relations on a bilateral basis—2 general chapters and 15 country-specific chapters—and employs in his analysis a five-dimensional approach: energy security, trade relations, political relations, arms sales/security cooperation, and cultural relations. With the much heralded 'rise of China,' Olimat concludes that China has established multivariable ties around the globe and in the Middle East. Those ties require China's becoming increasingly involved in the region or, as he puts it, 'pivoting into' the area. He documents these ties in encyclopedic detail in the 15 country chapters and draws area-wide conclusions in the opening and closing general chapters. He organizes his analysis using China's 'Old Guard Period 1949-78' and 'Economic Reform Period 1978-current.' Olimat makes a convincing and effective case that the Middle East is strategically significant to China's national security, vital interests, territorial integrity, sovereignty, and economic prosperity. A specialized work but well done, this book belongs in all large academic libraries. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections. * CHOICE *This study represents an important contribution to the discussion of China's role in one of the world's most turbulent regions. As such, it should appear to both academics and practitioners. -- Dennis Hickey, Director of the Graduate Program in Global Studies, Missouri State UniversityThis book is an incisive and well-researched guide to the coming ‘Chinese Century’ in the Middle East. Professor Olimat maps the prospects as well as the geopolitical fault lines in politics, trade, security, culture, and energy. It is indispensable for anyone interested in the rapid transformations in this region. -- Thomas W. Smith, University of South Florida St. PetersburgChina’s growing role in the Middle East is one of the most important developments in international relations in the twenty-first century. Despite the importance of this topic, it is surprisingly understudied and under-reported on. Consequently, Muhamad Olimat’s important new book, China and the Middle East Since World War Two: A Bilateral Approach , fills an important niche in the international relations literature. Professor Olimat is one of the few scholars writing in English who focuses on relations between China and the Middle East nations. A keen observer of both regions, he is well-positioned to offer us this important contribution to scholarship on China’s relations with the Middle East, and this book will undoubtedly be one of the key volumes students, scholars, and practitioners will turn to on this vitally important topic for many years to come. -- Gregory J. Moore, Zhejiang UniversityTable of ContentsChapter One: China and the Middle East: An Overview Chapter Two: China and Bahrain Chapter Three: China and Iran Chapter Four: China and Iraq Chapter Five: China and Israel Chapter Six: China and Jordan Chapter Seven: China and Kuwait Chapter Eight: China and Lebanon Chapter Nine: China and Oman Chapter Ten: China and Palestine Chapter Eleven: China and Qatar Chapter Twelve: China and Saudi Arabia Chapter Thirteen: China and Syria Chapter Fourteen: China and the UAE Chapter Fifteen: China and Turkey Chapter Sixteen: China and Yemen Chapter Seventeen: Prospectus and Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis book examines Sino-Middle Eastern relations on a bilateral level since World War II. It highlights the depth of China's involvement in the region with each country on a five dimensional approach: energy security, trade relations, political relations, arms sales/security cooperation, and cultural relations. Regarding each of these criteria, the Middle East holds a strategic significance to China's national security, vital interests, territorial integrity, sovereignty, regime survival, and economic prosperity. China has been an integral part of the political developments on the Middle Eastern political scene. It has supported the region's quest for independence and national liberation, exchanged diplomatic recognition with the region and established political partnerships with the Middle East. Trade relations are an essential element of China's involvement in the Middle East. Their bilateral trade volume exceeds $220 billion annually, and is steadily heading toward $500 billion by tTable of ContentsChapter One: China and the Middle East: An Overview Chapter Two: China and Bahrain Chapter Three: China and Iran Chapter Four: China and Iraq Chapter Five: China and Israel Chapter Six: China and Jordan Chapter Seven: China and Kuwait Chapter Eight: China and Lebanon Chapter Nine: China and Oman Chapter Ten: China and Palestine Chapter Eleven: China and Qatar Chapter Twelve: China and Saudi Arabia Chapter Thirteen: China and Syria Chapter Fourteen: China and the UAE Chapter Fifteen: China and Turkey Chapter Sixteen: China and Yemen Chapter Seventeen: Prospectus and Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThe purpose of this book is to narrate important, dynamic events that have taken place in the IndoU.S. relations, beginning from 1943 to 2013. This includes the American role in India''s independence, the Cold War, demise of the Soviet Union, resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism, terrorists'' attack of American cities in 2001, decline of American power, rise of India, and rise of China. The study is confined to only three areas: terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and nuclear energy. The defining moment of the twenty-first century occurred in 2008 when these two estranged great democracies engaged one another to work on common goals and establish a strategic relationship between two natural allies.Trade ReviewThe book will be useful for the general reader as well as those interested in learning more about the dynamics of a relationship which might well determine the future of the Asian and global order. * The Book Review *Dr. Mohanty deserves the highest accolades for writing a book at such a timely juncture when, after a relative ‘lull’ in US–India relations in recent years, the leadership in both countries is more determined than ever to give true meaning to the ties between the world’s largest democracy and the world’s most powerful that in President Obama’s own words will be the ‘defining partnership’ of the Century. The book provides all the necessary tools, nuts and bolts to understand the intrinsic nature of the bilateral relationship and its future direction, in simple, yet elegant, and very pleasurably readable, prose. -- Harsh Bhasin, State University of New YorkThe US-India relationship is likely to be one of the most important bilateral relationships shaping global politics in the coming years. This book explores the three critical pillars—terrorism, non-proliferation, and nuclear energy—which will be key to the future of this relationship. Nirode Mohanty succeeds in capturing the essence of the debate in Washington and Delhi that has at times confounded practitioners and scholars alike. -- Harsh V. Pant, King's College LondonWith insightful analysis and extensive supporting information, Dr. Nirode Mohanty's book provides a valuable account of how the complicated and occasionally strained relations between the United States and India have evolved over time. The book is an important contribution to the literature on this subject. -- Prasanta K. Pattanaik, University of California, RiversideTable of ContentsChapter 1 The Cold War Chapter 2 Terrorism Chapter 3 Nonproliferation Chapter 4 Nuclear Energy Chapter 5 The Strategic Alliance

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, significant attention has focused upon the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear ambitions, and the threat they pose to the United States and the West. Far less well understood, however, has been the phenomenon of Iran's regional advance in America's own Hemispherean intrusion that has both foreign policy and national security implications for the United States and its allies. In this collection, noted specialists and regional experts examine the various facets of Iran's contemporary presence in Central and South America, and detail what the Islamic Republic's growing geopolitical footprint south of the U.S. border signifies, both for Iran and for the United States.Trade ReviewIran's Strategic Penetration of Latin America does a good job of providing an overall picture of Iran's infiltration of South and Central America and the Caribbean. It also raises the question of what the future holds for the region. * Family Security Matters *This dispassionate analysis of Iranian involvement in Latin America is an ambitious and successful attempt to persuade readers of the profound national security implications of Iran’s growing influence in that region. . . .Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America provides one of the most current, consolidated reports on Iran’s current and past activities in the region, as well as the collective interpretation of Iranian strategic objectives in the hemisphere. Recognizing that some readers might find the theme of Iran’s Strategic Penetration radical, Humire addresses these concerns by emphasizing that many of the contributors are Latin American journalists, academics, and government leaders, thus avoiding a U.S.-centric argument. . . .For national security professionals, diplomats, and other stakeholders who are engaged in partnerships and business in Latin America, Iran’s Strategic Penetration of Latin America will serve as a wake-up call to the growing network of Iranian connections in the region and growing threat to U.S. national interests. If occasionally alarmist, it is readily apparent that Humire, Berman, and the other authors are whole-heartedly committed to illuminating Iran’s activities to the widest possible audience. After reading this informative exposé, if not yet converted, readers may be well on their way. * Small Wars Journal *Table of ContentsForeword, Álvaro Uribe Vélez Preface: Iran’s Intrusion: An Overview, Joseph Humire Chapter 1: What Iran Wants in the Americas, Ilan Berman Chapter 2: A Marriage of Radical Ideologies, Jon B. Perdue Chapter 3: The ALBA: Iran’s Gateway, Joel Hirst Chapter 4: The Southern Cone: Iran's Backdoor, Iván Witker Chapter 5: Iran and Islamic Extremism in Brazil, Leonardo Coutinho de Lima Chapter 6: Sanctions Busting Schemes in Ecuador, Alex Pérez Chapter 7: A Venezuelan Platform for Iran’s Military Ambitions, Martin Rodil Chapter 8: A Bolivian Base for Iran’s Military Advisors, Adrián Oliva Chapter 9: Rewriting History with Argentina, Julián M. Obiglio & Diego C. Naveira Chapter 10: Anticipating Iran’s Next Moves, Joseph Humire Chapter 11: Formulating a Hemispheric Response, Ilan Berman & Joseph Humire

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Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the 2008 USâIndia nuclear cooperation agreement. Employing the regime theory, it argues that the agreement was not an impromptu overturn of the US nuclear nonproliferation policy or of the NPT-centric regime but, rather, a strategic move to accommodate the anomaly within the regime based on a long process of bilateral dialogue.Trade ReviewBhatia's book is a comprehensive, substantial, and timely study of the Indo-US nuclear agreement. It ably traces the evolution of the discussions surrounding the accord, highlights its vicissitudes, and examines the factors that led to its culmination. The book will be of considerable interest to those interested in the politics of nuclear proliferation as well as the emerging Indo-US strategic partnership. -- Sumit Ganguly, Indiana UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement: Mapping the Debates Chapter 2: Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and India: An Anomaly Chapter 3: Pokhran II: Defiance of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime Chapter 4: Post-Pokhran II (1998-2000): Shifting of Nuclear Goalposts? Chapter 5: Reorientation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime Chapter 6: The U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement: Accommodating the Anomaly

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a leading humanitarian actor, addresses the problem of weapons. A triangulation of strategies such as testimonialization, medicalization and legalization, are investigated, with the help of critical security studies literature, to cultivate an understanding of an effects based approach to weapons. The attempt here is not only to introduce some innovative, conceptual tools but also to provide a coherent and critical narrative of the experiences of the ICRC vis-à-vis states to regulate and prohibit weapons. This experiential account of the ICRC's engagement with the problem of weapons is significant as it produces an empowering, alternative discourse making visible subjugated knowledge in the field of arms control and disarmament.Trade ReviewRitu Mathur’s path breaking book shows how humanitarianism changed as it moved to center stage. Some of the most fundamental assumptions behind disarmament remain poorly appreciated and rarely acknowledged. After reading Red Cross Interventions in Weapons Control, it is impossible to take those assumptions for granted. There is nothing sacred in this, the most innovative and persuasive re-telling of the disarmament experience. Every student of humanitarianism and disarmament should pay attention. -- Aaron Karp, Old Dominion UniversityMathur provides us with one of the most comprehensive analyses of the humanitarian approach to disarmament and arms control, which has sought to place moral concerns and the voices of those most affected by violence at the center of global conversations about security. This in-depth and longitudinal study of the International Committee of the Red Cross illuminates the politics of pathos, as it is deployed by those seeking to mitigate the harm of indiscriminate violence. Mathur is careful to examine over-heated claims of the transformative potential of humanitarian disarmament, offering a sympathetic critique. This book will be a crucial resource for activists and advocates, as well as scholars of international relations and critical security studies. -- Matthew Bolton, Pace UniversityBesides its activities on the ground to protect and assist the victims of armed conflicts and its work to develop, promote, and implement international humanitarian law, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has played an important role to incite States to ban or to limit the use of indiscriminate or particularly cruel weapons. In this excellent book, Ritu Mathur gives not only a very complete picture of this lesser known role of the ICRC, but also a brilliant and in-depth analysis of this activity, which is not only complex on the technical plane, but also delicate at the political and diplomatic level. -- Yves Sandoz, ICRCTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface & Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Chapter 1: Disarmament as Humanitarian Action? Chapter 2: Testimonialization and Weapons Control Chapter 3: Medicalization and Weapons Control Chapter 4: Legalization and Weapons Control Chapter 5: An Effects Based Approach to Weapons Bibliography About the Author

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Book SynopsisWarfare in the 21stcentury is far different than warfare throughout the 19thand 20thcenturies.Conventional warfare was about kinetic force and bending an adversary by might and strength.Skills valued were those related to mastery of weapons and placing ordnance on target.Courage and valor were defined by conflict, militaries were distinct from the population, and occupation was an enduring stage of war.Contemporary warfare, besides continuing to be an exercise in military strength, is composed of missions that depend on skills to forge interpersonal relationships and build sustainable partnerships with a host of actors that once had no voice or role in conflict's duration or conclusion.Today, final victory does not conclude directly from conflict, in fact victory may be subsumed into the larger and more consuming equation of international stability.Twenty-first century warfare is about counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism through an array of strategies that foster collusion and collTrade ReviewCross-Cultural Competence for a Twenty-First-Century Military: Culture, the Flipside of COIN is a must-read for anyone engaged in national security efforts, especially for those in the military. This book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of how and why cross-cultural competence has become critical for both national security and international stability—and what can be done to build this capability in the Force. As thought-leaders in the cross-cultural challenges affecting today’s military, Drs. Robert Greene Sands and Allison Greene-Sands have compiled the most cutting-edge work from operators, researchers, and educators that advance our collective understanding of the human capabilities necessary for success in contemporary warfare, international stability, and sustainable peace. -- Paula Caligiuri, Northeastern UniversityIn bringing together scholars and specialists from a wide range of organizational settings—from academia to the armed forces, in both governmental and non-governmental settings—Allison and Robert Greene Sands have captured the rich diversity of both knowledge bases and practical applications that are essential for successful cross-cultural competence in a twenty-first -century military. -- Scott McGinnis, Defense Language InstituteThese writings on cross-cultural competence are prescient, timely, and absolutely a necessary read. They bring what we know and need to know about ourselves and others into context and clarity. -- Tom Haines, Defense Intelligence AgencyTable of ContentsLIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES FOREWORD Kerry Fosher PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SECTION ONE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT Section Introduction Robert R. Greene Sands Allison Greene-Sands 1: Why Cross-cultural Competence? Robert R. Greene Sands 2: The Historical Development of Cross-cultural Competence Allison Abbe 3: A Developmental Model for Cross-cultural Competence Patrice Reid Felicia Kaloydis Mary Margaret Suddith Allison Greene-Sands 4: Institutionalizing Cross-cultural Competence in Department of Defense Policy Allison Greene-Sands SECTION TWO THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCE Section Introduction Robert R. Greene Sands Allison Greene-Sands 5: COIN and Beyond81 Robert R. Greene Sands 6: Cross-cultural Competence is Not Always Intuitive Lieutenant Colonel Donald Snedeker (US Army, Retired) 7: Why Cross-cultural Competence is in the Tool Kit for Foreign Area Officers Colonel Humberto Rodriguez (US Army, Retired) 8: Cross-cultural Competence and Civil-Military Operations Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Terlizzi (USMC, Retired) SECTION THREE RESEARCH TRENDS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCE Section Introduction Allison Greene-Sands Robert R. Greene Sands 9: Instrumentation Challenges in Developing Cross-cultural Competence Models Marinus van Driel William K. Gabrenya 10: Developing Cross-cultural Competence Following Negative Cross-Cultural Experiences Jessica Gallus Jennifer Klafehn 11: Complications in Cross-cultural Communications: Using Interpreters Aimee Vieira 12: Cross-cultural Influence and the Advising Mission: Empirical Findings and the Way Ahead Michelle Ramsden Zbylut SECTION FOUR EDUCATING AND TRAINING IN 3C Section Introduction Robert R. Greene Sands Allison Greene-Sands 13: Cross-cultural Communication Contributions to Professional Military Education: A Distance Learning Case Study Lauren Mackenzie Megan Wallace 14: Cross-cultural Competence in the Classroom: Measuring Instructional Effectiveness Katie Gunther 15: Where’s the “So What?”: Educating and training culture in the Marine Corps Paula Holmes-Eber 16: Cross-cultural Competence plus Language: Capturing the Essence of Intercultural Communication Catherine Ingold SECTION FIVE CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCE AS ENABLER Section Introduction Allison Greene-Sands Robert R. Greene Sands 17: Cross-Cultural Competence as a Critical Enabler for Security Force Assistance Missions Amy Alrich 18: Raumschach Negotiations Colonel Stefan Eisen (USAF, Retired) 19: Diversity and Cross-cultural Competence Kizzy Parks Christoper Butts Bianca Trejo Daniel P. McDonald INDEX ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

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Book SynopsisThe eruption in the early 1990s of highly visible humanitarian crises and exceedingly bloody civil wars in the Horn of Africa, imploding Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, set in motion a trend towards third party intervention in communal conflict in areas as far apart as the Balkans and East Timor. However haltingly and selectively, that trend towards extra-systemic means of managing ethnic and national conflict is still discernible, motivated as it was in the 1990s by the inability of in-house accommodation methods to resolve ethno-political conflicts peacefully and the tendency of such conflicts to spill into the international system in the form of massive refugee flows, regional instability, and failed states hosting criminal and terrorist elements. In its various forms, third party intervention has become a fixed part of the current international systemOur book examines the various forms in which that intervention occurs, from the least intrusive and costly forms of third party activity to tTrade ReviewA hugely comprehensive presentation of conflict management, rich with concepts and case studies to guide third party intervenors and analysts, written by a broad mixture of younger scholars and established authorities, and designed to improve understanding and practice with a ‘responsibility to perfect’ the world. -- I. William Zartman, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins UniversityRudolph and Lahneman have assembled a formidable range of contributors who examine the complexity of third-party intervention in communal conflicts with rigorous conceptual depth and an impressive empirical breadth, offering important insights into the conditions under which outsiders can help to build stable and democratic states after violent conflict. -- Stefan Wolff, professor of international security, University of Birmingham, EnglandTable of ContentsDedication Acknowledgments Introduction: Communal Conflict and Third Party Intervention in a “Responsibility to Protect” World Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. Part 1. Diplomacy Chapter 2: “Peace Without Victory:” The Promise and Constraints of Third-Party Mediation in Civil Wars Paul McCartney Chapter 3: Ending the “Troubles”: Brokering Peace in Northern Ireland Elham Atashi Chapter 4: Implementing the Liberal Peace: Observations from the Field Linda S. Bishai Chapter 5: Election Observers, Democratization, and Preventive Diplomacy Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. Part 2. Legal Approaches Chapter 6: International Law and Internal Conflicts I.M. Lobo de Souza Chapter 7: Turbulent Transition: From the UN Human Rights Commission to the Council David P. Forsythe Chapter 8: Transitional Justice in Divided Societies: Using Hybrid Courts to Manage Conflict James DeShaw Rae Part 3. Economic Measures Chapter 9: Economic Instruments of Internal Conflict Resolution Stephen D. Collins Chapter 10: Externally Mandated Economic Liberalization and the Onset of Civil Conflict Matthew Hoddie and Caroline Hartzell Chapter 11: Conditional Conditionality: The European Union, International Justice, and the Democratic Transition in Serbia Victor Peskin and Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski Chapter 12: The EU and Roma Rights Neil Cruickshank Part 4. Military Operations and Communal Conflict Chapter 13: Military Intervention as a Tool of Conflict Resolution and Institution Building William J. Lahneman Chapter 14: Somalia: Intervention in Internal Conflict David D. Laitin Chapter 15: Intervention in Internal Conflict: Lessons from Bosniaand Kosovo Steven L. Burg Chapter 16: The Bosnian Intervention: Stabilization Without Guidelines Brigid Myers Pavilonis Chapter 17: Rebuilding a Democratic Iraqi Police Force: The Effects of the Militia on the Rebuilding Process DiJon Jones Chapter 18: Security Without Weapons: The Nonviolent Peace Force in Sri Lanka M.S. Wallace Part 5. Mentoring, Political Tutelage, and Nation-building as Tools of Conflict Prevention and Management Chapter 19: Third Party Nation-Building Today: Fifth Time Charmed? Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. Chapter 20: Nation Building and Democratization in Afghanistan: The Need to Rethink the “Democratic Reconstruction Model” Mohammad Ashraf Chapter 21: International Intervention and Ethnic Tolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Evidence from Public Opinion Sam Whitt Chapter 22: Wither Sovereignty? The Limits of Building States through International Administrations Mateja Peter Chapter 23: Bosnia Herzegovina and the Development of Democratic Policing Donald R. Zoufal Chapter 24: NGOs, Peace Support Activity, and the UNPREDEP Mission in Macedonia Daniela Irrera Part 6. Conclusion Conclusions: Third Parties and the Management of Communal Conflict William J. Lahneman Bibliography Index About the Contributors

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Book SynopsisDrawing on data from three different insurgent groups within the Cambodian conflict, the book shows how the social backgrounds of combatants and commanders cause them to pursue different strategies during a decade-long transition into various postconflict settings, thereby creating different pathways to peace. By highlighting different vertical and horizontal ranks within the insurgent groups and the role of belligerents' resources and networks, this qualitative study tackles an imbalance in the current research on Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR), which tends to focus on top-down planning and the technicalities of reintegration programs. It helps explain why conflict dynamics and path-dependencies differ among various social groups within the field of insurgency. By analyzing the social position, life courses and postconflict trajectories of various groups within the insurgency, the book emphasizes the diversity of transitions to peace and brings the social back inTrade ReviewIn this book, Bultmann develops a multidimensional approach to understand how post-conflict fates differ across groups and individuals. He highlights the difficulties in transitioning to a peace processes by emphasizing the importance of differences in the network structure of rebel groups as well as the social and cultural background of ex-combatants. This book is very helpful for understanding how disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration efforts can be better designed to secure a long-term stable peace. -- Ernesto Adolfo Cárdenas Prieto, Pontifical Xavierian UniversityDaniel Bultmann’s examination of three Cambodian insurgent groups brings us to a higher level of understanding of why post-conflict stability is often so elusive. Bultmann’s use of the field-theoretic approach, coupled with his extraordinary fieldwork, makes this book an important contribution to critical security studies and research on conflict. -- Claire Metelits, Marine Corps UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. A Short History of the Cambodian Conflict and Peace Process 2. The Social Structure of the Insurgency 3. Leadership 4. Mid-Ranking Operators 5. Rank-and-File Soldiers 6. Blank Pages’ Symbolic Reconstruction 7. Note on Female Combatants of the Khmer Rouge 8. The Diaspora Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn Understanding and Explaining the Iranian Nuclear Crisis': Theoretical Approaches, Halit M.E. Tagma and Paul E. Lenze, Jr. analyze the crisis' surrounding Iran's nuclear program through a variety of theoretical approaches, including realism, world-systems theory, liberal institutionalism, domestic politics, and multi-level games. Through these theories, Tagma and Lenze use established academic perspectives to create a more objective understanding and explanation of the debates and issues. Introducing the concept of eclectic pluralism to the study of international relations, Understanding and Explaining the Iranian Nuclear Crisis' presents theoretical approaches side by side to explore a complex and evolving international dispute.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Iran’s Nuclear Program and the Crisis: A Brief Historical ReviewHalit M. E. TagmaChapter 2. Realism and Iran’s Nuclear ProgramHalit M. E. TagmaChapter 3. The Political Economy of the Iranian Nuclear Crisis: World-Systems TheoryHalit M. E. TagmaChapter 4. The Non-Proliferation Regime & Iran’s Nuclear Program: An Institutional ApproachPaul E. Lenze, Jr.Chapter 5. The Domestic Politics of the Iranian Nuclear CrisisPaul E. Lenze, Jr.Chapter 6. Resolution of the Crisis?: The Three-Level Games Between Obama & KhameneiPaul E. Lenze, Jr.

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Book SynopsisCosmopolitan Dystopia shows that rather than populists or authoritarian great powers it is cosmopolitan liberals who have done the most to subvert the liberal international order. Cosmopolitan Dystopia explains how liberal cosmopolitanism has led us to treat new humanitarian crises as unprecedented demands for military action, thereby trapping us in a loop of endless war. Attempts to normalize humanitarian emergency through the doctrine of the ‘responsibility to protect’ has made for a paternalist understanding of state power that undercuts the representative functions of state sovereignty. The legacy of liberal intervention is a cosmopolitan dystopia of permanent war, insurrection by cosmopolitan jihadis and a new authoritarian vision of sovereignty in which states are responsible for their peoples rather than responsible to them. This book will be of vital interest to scholars and students of international relations, IR theory and human rights.Trade Review'Written by one of the top analysts in the peacebuilding field, this highly readable book provides a wealth of fresh and powerful insights. Brimming with new and important framings, from the cosmopolitan dystopia of the title to the treatments of humanitarian anti-diplomacy and new forms of hierarchical sovereignty, this book is a must read for students and practitioners alike.’David Chandler, Professor of International Relations, University of Westminster‘This book presents a fundamental challenge to all those who have understood globalisation, humanitarian interventions, and the almost universal acceptance of the "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) as progressive steps in the development of international relations. Philip Cunliffe has produced a powerful set of arguments to uncover the logic of contemporary liberal interventions. Far from being progressive, he argues, these interventions have ushered in a cosmopolitan dystopia, destroyed conventional state sovereignty, eroded traditional modes of politics, and undermined long-standing practices of diplomacy which sought to resolve competing state interests.’Mervyn Frost, Professor of International Relations, King’s College London'This elegantly written and wide-ranging critique suggests that the current strains in the liberal international order stem not from external forces, or so-called illiberal challengers, but rather from Western states' own attempts to undermine the foundational principle of non-intervention. Through his twin concepts of "inverted revisionism" and "the politics of exception", Cunliffe offers a rich account of how liberal ideals came to fuel episodes of Western hubris, which have in turn contributed to on-going conflict and instability. Provocative and essential reading.'Jennifer M. Welsh, Canada 150 Chair in Global Governance and Security, McGill University'Trading in big ideas and compellingly argued, Cosmopolitan Dystopia presents an incisive analysis of contemporary international relations and the fault lines that structure it. Viewed in its totality, what Cunliffe’s book offers us, in his own words, is a razor-sharp set of reflections on the stories we tell ourselves about the international order.'Ethics & International Affairs. -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: the rise of cosmopolitan dystopia1 Inverted revisionism and the subversion of the liberal international order2 Through the looking-glass: the new critics of intervention3 What should we do? The politics of humanitarian exceptionalism4 Failed states, failed empires and the new paternalismConclusion: waiting for the AmericansNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWritten in a lively and readable style by the world’s leading authority on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and US-European relations, Defense of the West is the history of a transatlantic security relationship that has endured for over seventy years.This latest edition of a classic work looks at how developments inside NATO and European Union member states affect their ability to defend against external threats while preserving Western values, in the era of Trump and Brexit. Sloan frankly addresses the failures and shortcomings of Western institutions and member states. But the book emphasizes the continuing importance of value-based transatlantic security cooperation as a vital element of the defense and foreign policies of NATO and EU member states.At a time of heightened tension and political turmoil, at home and abroad, Stan Sloan’s lucid and far-sighted analysis is more necessary than ever.Trade Review'America's NATO allies are vital for her twenty first-century political and military goals. Sloan's comprehensive study provides rich history, international context, and astute perspectives with which to consider what NATO is today and how it may develop next - all necessary and timely for the US electorate and US President in NATO's sixth decade and beyond. This book will inform and stimulate your understanding of both a successful and challenged NATO alliance.' Lawrence Chalmer, Former Director of the NATO Orientation Course and Professor Emeritus, National Defense University, Washington, D.C. 'For over thirty-five years Stan Sloan has used Harlan Cleveland's concept of the transatlantic bargain with great success in exploring NATO's history. With its emphasis on the problems of the twenty-first century this volume continues his quest. It marks him as the most important American authority in the field of NATO historiography. His book belongs on the shelf of every person interested in the future of the transatlantic relationship.' Lawrence S. Kaplan, Director Emeritus, Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies, Kent State University 'Few people understand NATO better than Stan Sloan. Defense of the West provides a uniquely authoritative account of the alliance's history and the many challenges it must address if it is going to continue to contribute to our collective security.' Sir Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies, King's College London 'The book appears to be aimed at a student audience, as demonstrated by the "questions for discussion" at the end of each chapter, but its comprehensiveness makes it almost a NATO Handbook.' Nato Review 'Stanley Sloan's book makes an important contribution to our understanding of NATO, and in doing so, can help us chart our way to its future development more coherently.' Wing Commander Keith Dear, RAF Centre for Air Power Studies 2017 'Anyone who takes an interest in the future of the Alliance, Europe, and global security will find this book simultaneously thought-provoking and indispensable.' Sten Rynning, Joint Force Quarterly 'One of the most delightful aspects of Defense of the West is its user-friendliness. Sloan provides important appendices, including the text of the North Atlantic Treaty (1949), on which NATO is founded, and the text of NATO's most recent Strategic Concept, the product of the 2010 Lisbon Summit. Sloan also provides discussion questions at the end of each chapter, making the text ideal for international relations or history seminars at the university level, reading groups, or personal study.' Justin Dell, Nato Association of Canada'This welcome reissue brings the history of the Atlantic Alliance up to date with the rise of China, Brexit and the election of President Trump. Any sceptic tempted to write off NATO should read this book to understand the enduring shared interests and values that stand behind the transatlantic bargain.'Professor Sir David Omand GCB, Visiting Professor, King's College, London'An impressive volume: it offers a well-informed, jargon-free history of NATO, as well as some almost philosophical reflections of a seasoned observer of the transatlantic community.' NATO Review -- .Table of ContentsForeword by Lawrence FreedmanPart I: Cold War alliance1 The transatlantic bargain and defense of the West2 Genesis of the bargain3 The transatlantic bargain revised4 The bargain through the Cold War, 1954–19895 The United States and Europe at the end of the Cold War: some fundamental factorsPart II: Post-Cold War alliance6 The 1990s: transitions and challenges7 The 2000s: turbulent transatlantic ties8 The 2010s: new tasks, new traumasPart III: Defense of the West 9 External threats and internal challenges10 Can the West survive? Appendix 1: The North Atlantic Treaty: Washington D.C. – April 4, 1949Appendix 2: Active Engagement, Modern Defence, NATO Strategic Concept, November 20, 2010Select bibliographyAbout the authorIndex

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Book SynopsisAccording to the FBI, about 4000 ransomware attacks happen every day. In the United States alone, victims lost $209 million to ransomware in the first quarter of 2016. Even worse is the threat to critical infrastructure, as seen by the malware infections at electrical distribution companies in Ukraine that caused outages to 225,000 customers in late 2015. Further, recent reports on the Russian hacks into the Democratic National Committee and subsequent release of emails in a coercive campaign to apparently influence the U.S. Presidential Election have brought national attention to the inadequacy of cyber deterrence. The U.S. government seems incapable of creating an adequate strategy to alter the behavior of the wide variety of malicious actors seeking to inflict harm or damage through cyberspace. This book offers a systematic analysis of the various existing strategic cyber deterrence options and introduces the alternative strategy of active cyber defense. It examines the array of malicious actors operating in the domain, their methods of attack, and their motivations. It also provides answers on what is being done, and what could be done, by the government and industry to convince malicious actors that their attacks will not succeed and that risk of repercussions exists. Traditional deterrence strategies of retaliation, denial and entanglement appear to lack the necessary conditions of capability, credibly, and communications due to these malicious actors’ advantages in cyberspace. In response, the book offers the option of adopting a strategy of active cyber defense that combines internal systemic resilience to halt cyber attack progress with external disruption capacities to thwart malicious actors’ objectives. It shows how active cyber defense is technically capable and legally viable as an alternative strategy for the deterrence of cyber attacks.Trade ReviewGiven the current news cycle, few books seem as relevant today as Jasper’s detailed and precise examination of the US cyber environment. Traditional methods of deterring an adversary (direct military action or the threat of direct action) are not viable in the age of cyber attacks, which can be carried out by both nations and individuals. How, then, do we deter attacks? What tools are at our disposal? What are legitimate retaliation methods? Jasper (Naval Postgraduate School) examines these questions in depth. He makes the case for the issue's relevance and urgency in the realm of international defense with numerous examples, such as the North Korean theft, via cyber warfare, of US wing designs for the US F-15 fighter. Other states have made similar attacks, compromising American defense, financial, and social systems. Jasper stresses that a national defense strategy to prevent, counter, and respond to cyber attacks requires automated and integrated capabilities employed outside traditional organizational boundaries. Without effective, coordinated strategies, international cyber attacks will continue to threaten federal agencies, commercial industry, and the fabric of our society. Appropriate for advanced students and professionals in the realm of defense and cyber technology policy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals * CHOICE *In the development of American cybersecurity policy, deterrence has simultaneously grown more important and more controversial, leaving policymakers who confront mounting cyber threats tempted by deterrent strategies shrouded in doubts about their effectiveness. In Strategic Cyber Deterrence, Scott Jasper breaks down the theory and practice of deterrence within the realm of cyberspace and argues that the traditional approaches of deterrence by retaliation, denial, and entanglement fail as strategic options. Instead, Jasper advocates for achieving strategic deterrence by combining robust, resilient cyber defenses with capabilities to engage in aggressive but calibrated countermeasures. His engaging contribution carefully cuts through the prevailing “something must be done” approaches to deterrence in cybersecurity and offers a strategy tailored to the challenges and capabilities that define the cyber realm. -- David P. Fidler, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Cybersecurity, Council on Foreign RelationsTable of ContentsI. Thinking About Deterrence 1. Strategic Landscape 2. Cyber Attacks 3. Theoretical Foundations II. Traditional Deterrence Options 4. Deterrence by Retaliation 5. Deterrence by Denial 6. Deterrence by Entanglement III. A Strategic Alternative 7. Active Cyber Defense 8. Alternative Strategy Selection Appendix: National Strategy Agenda

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Book SynopsisAccording to the FBI, about 4000 ransomware attacks happen every day. In the United States alone, victims lost $209 million to ransomware in the first quarter of 2016. Even worse is the threat to critical infrastructure, as seen by the malware infections at electrical distribution companies in Ukraine that caused outages to 225,000 customers in late 2015. Further, recent reports on the Russian hacks into the Democratic National Committee and subsequent release of emails in a coercive campaign to apparently influence the U.S. Presidential Election have brought national attention to the inadequacy of cyber deterrence. The U.S. government seems incapable of creating an adequate strategy to alter the behavior of the wide variety of malicious actors seeking to inflict harm or damage through cyberspace. This book offers a systematic analysis of the various existing strategic cyber deterrence options and introduces the alternative strategy of active cyber defense. It examines the array of malicious actors operating in the domain, their methods of attack, and their motivations. It also provides answers on what is being done, and what could be done, by the government and industry to convince malicious actors that their attacks will not succeed and that risk of repercussions exists. Traditional deterrence strategies of retaliation, denial and entanglement appear to lack the necessary conditions of capability, credibly, and communications due to these malicious actors’ advantages in cyberspace. In response, the book offers the option of adopting a strategy of active cyber defense that combines internal systemic resilience to halt cyber attack progress with external disruption capacities to thwart malicious actors’ objectives. It shows how active cyber defense is technically capable and legally viable as an alternative strategy for the deterrence of cyber attacks.Trade ReviewGiven the current news cycle, few books seem as relevant today as Jasper’s detailed and precise examination of the US cyber environment. Traditional methods of deterring an adversary (direct military action or the threat of direct action) are not viable in the age of cyber attacks, which can be carried out by both nations and individuals. How, then, do we deter attacks? What tools are at our disposal? What are legitimate retaliation methods? Jasper (Naval Postgraduate School) examines these questions in depth. He makes the case for the issue's relevance and urgency in the realm of international defense with numerous examples, such as the North Korean theft, via cyber warfare, of US wing designs for the US F-15 fighter. Other states have made similar attacks, compromising American defense, financial, and social systems. Jasper stresses that a national defense strategy to prevent, counter, and respond to cyber attacks requires automated and integrated capabilities employed outside traditional organizational boundaries. Without effective, coordinated strategies, international cyber attacks will continue to threaten federal agencies, commercial industry, and the fabric of our society. Appropriate for advanced students and professionals in the realm of defense and cyber technology policy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals * CHOICE *In the development of American cybersecurity policy, deterrence has simultaneously grown more important and more controversial, leaving policymakers who confront mounting cyber threats tempted by deterrent strategies shrouded in doubts about their effectiveness. In Strategic Cyber Deterrence, Scott Jasper breaks down the theory and practice of deterrence within the realm of cyberspace and argues that the traditional approaches of deterrence by retaliation, denial, and entanglement fail as strategic options. Instead, Jasper advocates for achieving strategic deterrence by combining robust, resilient cyber defenses with capabilities to engage in aggressive but calibrated countermeasures. His engaging contribution carefully cuts through the prevailing “something must be done” approaches to deterrence in cybersecurity and offers a strategy tailored to the challenges and capabilities that define the cyber realm. -- David P. Fidler, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Cybersecurity, Council on Foreign RelationsTable of ContentsI. Thinking About Deterrence 1. Strategic Landscape 2. Cyber Attacks 3. Theoretical Foundations II. Traditional Deterrence Options 4. Deterrence by Retaliation 5. Deterrence by Denial 6. Deterrence by Entanglement III. A Strategic Alternative 7. Active Cyber Defense 8. Alternative Strategy Selection Appendix: National Strategy Agenda

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Book SynopsisThe Nuclear Scholars Initiative is a signature program ran by the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI)—to engage emerging nuclear experts in thoughtful and informed debate over how to best address the nuclear community’s most pressing problems. The papers included in this volume comprise research from participants in the 2019 Nuclear Scholars Initiative. These papers explore a variety of topics such as the future of arms-control treaties, the role of artificial intelligence and cyber resilience in nuclear security, and the role of regional dynamics in nuclear security.

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Book SynopsisGreat power competition has returned after a generation of absence, and the U.S. military edge over prospective opponents is eroding. Whereas the United States previously could overwhelm adversaries with sheer force, if necessary, it now needs every advantage it can get. This study analyzes how the United States might inflict surprise on its adversaries to gain a strategic advantage. Surprise is one aspect of a broader discussion in the national security literature on innovative operational concepts, which may serve as force multipliers to enable the United States to get more out of existing capabilities. A follow up to CSIS’s highly successful 2018 study Coping with Surprise in Great Power Conflicts, this report highlights several components of a successful surprise, including exploiting adversary vulnerabilities, using intelligence and technology, employing secrecy and deception, and doing the unexpected. The report also contains over a dozen vignettes illustrating potential future surprises.

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Book SynopsisCyberwarfare, like the seismic shift of policy with nuclear warfare, is modifying warfare into non-war warfare. A few distinctive characteristics of cyberwar emerge. Cyberwarfare has blurred the distinction between adversary and ally. Cyber probes continuously occur between allies and enemies alike, causing cyberespionage to merge with warfare. Espionage, as old as war itself, has technologically merged with acts of cyberwar as states threaten each other with prepositioned malware in each other’s cyberespionage probed infrastructure. These two cyber shifts to warfare are agreed upon and followed by the US, Russia and China. What is not agreed upon in this shifting era of warfare are the policies upon which cyberwarfare is based. This book charts the policies in three key actors and navigates the futures of policy on an international stage. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Non-War WarfareChapter 2. Cyber United StatesChapter 3. Cyber RussiaChapter 4. Cyber ChinaChapter 5. Cyberwar PolicyBibliography

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Book SynopsisCyberwarfare, like the seismic shift of policy with nuclear warfare, is modifying warfare into non-war warfare. A few distinctive characteristics of cyberwar emerge. Cyberwarfare has blurred the distinction between adversary and ally. Cyber probes continuously occur between allies and enemies alike, causing cyberespionage to merge with warfare. Espionage, as old as war itself, has technologically merged with acts of cyberwar as states threaten each other with prepositioned malware in each other’s cyberespionage probed infrastructure. These two cyber shifts to warfare are agreed upon and followed by the US, Russia and China. What is not agreed upon in this shifting era of warfare are the policies upon which cyberwarfare is based. This book charts the policies in three key actors and navigates the futures of policy on an international stage. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Non-War WarfareChapter 2. Cyber United StatesChapter 3. Cyber RussiaChapter 4. Cyber ChinaChapter 5. Cyberwar PolicyBibliography

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Book SynopsisAs a new administration reshapes American security policy, a leading scholar of U.S. foreign relations and national security reviews the most critical problems facing the Middle East, and the United States policy and actions to address them.

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Book SynopsisAs a new administration reshapes American security policy, a leading scholar of U.S. foreign relations and national security reviews the most critical problems facing the Middle East, and the United States policy and actions to address them.

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Book SynopsisThis book relates a complex ethical (re)assessment of the continued reliance by some states on nuclear weapons as instruments of state power. This (re)assessment is more urgent considering the relatively recent intensification of great power conflict dynamics and the nuclear-weapon states’ recommitments to modernizing, augmenting, or tailoring their nuclear forces to address vital state and alliance interests. And, especially since the beginning of the administration of U.S. President Donald J. Trump, these recommitments have accelerated the degree to which the political and moral dilemmas of (the threat of) nuclear use define and intensify existential risks for specific states and the international community at large. To execute this (re)assessment, this book details how strategic, political, legal, and moral reasoning are deeply intertwined on the questions of vital state and global values. Its ontological assumptions are taken from a broadly construed IR Constructivist stance, and its epistemological approach applies non-ideal moral principles informed by Kantian thought to selected problems of nuclear-armed security competition as they evolved since President Barack Obama’s 2009 Prague Declaration. This non-ideal moral approach employed is committed to the view that the dual imperatives of humanity’s survival and the common security of states requires an international order which privileges considerations of justice over power-political considerations. This non-ideal moral approach is a necessary element of theorizing a set of practices to effectively address the challenges and dilemmas of reordering international politics in terms of justice.Trade ReviewIn this timely and ambitious work, Thomas Doyle combines his twin interests in ethics and nuclear deterrence to good effect. His point of departure is the cold war legacy of “persistent stalemate” between proponents and opponents of nuclear deterrence. Doyle makes a strong case for a new nuclear ethics better aligned with current circumstances, one based on the 1980s concept of “common security.” His assertion that stalemate can give way to consensus on this new basis serves as a useful provocation to the needed moral and political debate. -- Brad Roberts, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense forNuclear and Missile Defense Policy, 2009-2013This ambitious and creative book is needed now more than ever. Doyle’s riveting development of a nuclear ethics for our time provides a nuanced, interdisciplinary, philosophically-influenced but also pragmatically-grounded achievement for working through one of the most terrifying existential risks of contemporary global politics. This text is essential for courses on international ethics, International Relations, philosophy, and international security. -- Brent J. Steele, Professor and Francis D. Wormuth Presidential Chair, University of UtahAs the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have moved the Doomsday Clock once again close to midnight, Professor Thomas Doyle reexamines the moral questions arising from nuclear weapons. Nuclear Ethics in the Twenty-First Century moves us beyond both the lingering logics of the Cold War, and the shopworn moral philosophies that have guided ethical reflection on the questions concerning the use of nuclear weapons. Taking a cue from the idea of common security, the book offers a new and compelling basis to justify demands for nuclear disarmament in the face of superpower intransigence. -- Harry Gould, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International UniversityThomas E. Doyle’s Nuclear ethics in the twenty-first century is a timely reminder of the existential threat of nuclear war. It makes a compelling case for rethinking nuclear ethics in International Relations through the framework of common security (‘security with’, rather than ‘security against’: p. 68). * International Affairs *Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: Introduction: Setting the AgendaChapter 2: Cold War Nuclear Ethics: Competing Imperatives and Unresolved DebatesChapter 3: Nuclear Deterrence and the Moral Imperative of Common SecurityChapter 4: The Ontological and Moral Incoherence of Nuclear-Armed Liberal DemocraciesChapter 5: Morally Responsible Action to Realize the Humanitarian Imperative to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Chapter 6: Conclusion: A Nuclear Ethics of Justice, Order, and Survival

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Book SynopsisArmed Groups­ is the most comprehensive text to provide a framework for categorizing the key actors that pose a threat to today’s security arena—terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents, militias, and transnational criminal organizations—and analyzing their characteristics to provide a thorough overview. Drawing on case studies, histories, and a rich, yet underexplored theoretical literature, this study presents students with the tools to methodically examine these often overlooked, but key drivers of violence in the international system. Additionally, globalization, the privatization of force, and the return of great power competition have altered the security landscape and enhanced armed group threats. These forces have also led to an increasing overlap between conflict and crime, and a growth in the state use of armed group proxies. Coming to terms with armed groups—their objectives, strategies, internal composition, and the environment that fosters them—remains a critical task for practitioners, scholars, and policy makers alike in understanding the changing nature of war.This second edition, updated throughout, includes new material on the importance of private military companies, the shift to sub-Saharan Africa as an important center of conflict, the return of great power politics, the increased use of social media and advanced technology, and the increasingly criminalized nature of armed groups.Table of Contents1. Introduction Importance of the Topic What Are “Armed Groups”? Book Objectives Armed Groups and International Relations Theory Conclusion Discussion Questions Recommended Reading Notes 2. Conflict in the Twenty-First Century Interstate Conflict Decreasing The “New War” Paradigm? Irregular Warfare Role of Geopolitical and Geostrategic Factors US Participation in Intrastate Conflicts Armed-Group Threats to the United States Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes 3. What Are Armed Groups? Distinguishing Between Armed Groups and State Militaries Common Armed-Group Characteristics Armed-Group Formation Challenging the “Nonstate Actor” Label Discussion QuestionsOrganization Membership Ideology Objectives Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes 4. Armed-Group Archetypes Insurgents Terrorists Transnational Criminal Organizations Militias “Commercial” Armed Groups Evolution, “Hybridization,” and the Crime–Terror Nexus Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes 5. Internal Characteristics Leadership Organization Membership Ideology Objectives Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes6. External Characteristics Strategy Tactics Strategic Communications External Support Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes 7. Combating Armed Groups Combating Grievances and the Environment Military, Political, Legal, and Economic Constraints on Governments General Countering Strategies Combating the Armed Group Conclusion Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes 8. Conclusion Armed-Group Adaptation and Evolution Future Armed-Group ThreatsCombating Armed Groups Three QuestionsRecommended Readings Notes

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Book SynopsisArmed Groups­ is the most comprehensive text to provide a framework for categorizing the key actors that pose a threat to today’s security arena—terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents, militias, and transnational criminal organizations—and analyzing their characteristics to provide a thorough overview. Drawing on case studies, histories, and a rich, yet underexplored theoretical literature, this study presents students with the tools to methodically examine these often overlooked, but key drivers of violence in the international system. Additionally, globalization, the privatization of force, and the return of great power competition have altered the security landscape and enhanced armed group threats. These forces have also led to an increasing overlap between conflict and crime, and a growth in the state use of armed group proxies. Coming to terms with armed groups—their objectives, strategies, internal composition, and the environment that fosters them—remains a critical task for practitioners, scholars, and policy makers alike in understanding the changing nature of war.This second edition, updated throughout, includes new material on the importance of private military companies, the shift to sub-Saharan Africa as an important center of conflict, the return of great power politics, the increased use of social media and advanced technology, and the increasingly criminalized nature of armed groups.Table of Contents1. Introduction Importance of the Topic What Are “Armed Groups”? Book Objectives Armed Groups and International Relations Theory Conclusion Discussion Questions Recommended Reading Notes 2. Conflict in the Twenty-First Century Interstate Conflict Decreasing The “New War” Paradigm? Irregular Warfare Role of Geopolitical and Geostrategic Factors US Participation in Intrastate Conflicts Armed-Group Threats to the United States Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes 3. What Are Armed Groups? Distinguishing Between Armed Groups and State Militaries Common Armed-Group Characteristics Armed-Group Formation Challenging the “Nonstate Actor” Label Discussion QuestionsOrganization Membership Ideology Objectives Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes 4. Armed-Group Archetypes Insurgents Terrorists Transnational Criminal Organizations Militias “Commercial” Armed Groups Evolution, “Hybridization,” and the Crime–Terror Nexus Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes 5. Internal Characteristics Leadership Organization Membership Ideology Objectives Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes6. External Characteristics Strategy Tactics Strategic Communications External Support Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes 7. Combating Armed Groups Combating Grievances and the Environment Military, Political, Legal, and Economic Constraints on Governments General Countering Strategies Combating the Armed Group Conclusion Discussion Questions Recommended Readings Notes 8. Conclusion Armed-Group Adaptation and Evolution Future Armed-Group ThreatsCombating Armed Groups Three QuestionsRecommended Readings Notes

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Book SynopsisShould the United States prevent additional allies from developing atomic weapons? Although preventing U.S. allies and partners from acquiring nuclear weapons was an important part of America’s Cold War goals, in the decades since, Washington has mostly focused on preventing small adversarial states from building the bomb. This has begun to change as countries as diverse as Germany, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, among others, have begun discussing the value of an independent nuclear arsenal. Their ambitions have led to renewed discussion in U.S. foreign policy circles about the consequences of allied proliferation for the United States. Despite the fact that four countries have actually acquired nuclear weapons, this discussion remains abstract, theoretical, and little changed since the earliest days of the nuclear era. Using historical case studies, this book shines a light on this increasingly pressing issue. Keck examines the impact that acquiring nuclear arsenals had after our allies developed them. It achieves this by examining existing and recently declassified documents, original archival research, and— for the Israel and especially Pakistan cases— interviews with U.S. officials who worked on the events in question.Trade ReviewKeck’s historical study of countries that have “gone nuclear” could not be more timely or clear: It is a net deficit to U.S. and international security when allies and partners acquire nuclear weapons. At a time when countries are re-evaluating their non-nuclear status, this book explains why U.S. policymakers must prioritize assuring allies and partners of their security without nuclear weapons. Keck’s book offers a clarion warning against under-valuing the national security benefits of sustaining and strengthening nonproliferation policies and norms while advancing key geostrategic relationships and national security priorities. -- Lynn Rusten, Vice President, Global Nuclear Policy Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Senior Director for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, White House National Security CouncilTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsForeword by Graham T. AllisonChapter 1: IntroductionPart I: AlliesChapter 2: The Ultimate Betrayal (Britain, 1939-1946)Chapter 3: Stuck in the Mud (Britain, 1947-1955)Chapter 4: Full Cooperation at Last (Britain, 1956-1962)Chapter 5: A Bomb is Born (France, 1945-1960)Chapter 6: The General’s Bomb (France, 1961-1975)Part II: PartnersChapter 7: A Nuclear Cat and Mouse (Israel, 1950s-1963)Chapter 8: The Bomb Which Shall Not Be Named (Israel, 1963-1979)Chapter 9: The Bomb from Hell (Pakistan, 1973-1990)Chapter 10: Pandora’s Box (Pakistan, 1990-Present)Chapter 11: ConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisShould the United States prevent additional allies from developing atomic weapons? Although preventing U.S. allies and partners from acquiring nuclear weapons was an important part of America’s Cold War goals, in the decades since, Washington has mostly focused on preventing small adversarial states from building the bomb. This has begun to change as countries as diverse as Germany, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia, among others, have begun discussing the value of an independent nuclear arsenal. Their ambitions have led to renewed discussion in U.S. foreign policy circles about the consequences of allied proliferation for the United States. Despite the fact that four countries have actually acquired nuclear weapons, this discussion remains abstract, theoretical, and little changed since the earliest days of the nuclear era. Using historical case studies, this book shines a light on this increasingly pressing issue. Keck examines the impact that acquiring nuclear arsenals had after our allies developed them. It achieves this by examining existing and recently declassified documents, original archival research, and— for the Israel and especially Pakistan cases— interviews with U.S. officials who worked on the events in question.Trade ReviewKeck’s historical study of countries that have “gone nuclear” could not be more timely or clear: It is a net deficit to U.S. and international security when allies and partners acquire nuclear weapons. At a time when countries are re-evaluating their non-nuclear status, this book explains why U.S. policymakers must prioritize assuring allies and partners of their security without nuclear weapons. Keck’s book offers a clarion warning against under-valuing the national security benefits of sustaining and strengthening nonproliferation policies and norms while advancing key geostrategic relationships and national security priorities. -- Lynn Rusten, Vice President, Global Nuclear Policy Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and former Senior Director for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, White House National Security CouncilTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsForeword by Graham T. AllisonChapter 1: IntroductionPart I: AlliesChapter 2: The Ultimate Betrayal (Britain, 1939-1946)Chapter 3: Stuck in the Mud (Britain, 1947-1955)Chapter 4: Full Cooperation at Last (Britain, 1956-1962)Chapter 5: A Bomb is Born (France, 1945-1960)Chapter 6: The General’s Bomb (France, 1961-1975)Part II: PartnersChapter 7: A Nuclear Cat and Mouse (Israel, 1950s-1963)Chapter 8: The Bomb Which Shall Not Be Named (Israel, 1963-1979)Chapter 9: The Bomb from Hell (Pakistan, 1973-1990)Chapter 10: Pandora’s Box (Pakistan, 1990-Present)Chapter 11: ConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisOnce dismissed as ineffectual, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has in the past twenty years emerged as a powerful international organization. Member states allow the IAEA to render judgment on matters vital to peace and security while nations around the globe comply with its rules and commands on proliferation, safety, and a range of other issues. Robert L. Brown details the IAEA's role in facilitating both control of nuclear weapons and the safe exploitation of nuclear power. As he shows, the IAEA has acquired a surprising amount of power as states, for political and technological reasons, turn to it to supply policy cooperation and to act as an agent for their security and safety. The agency's success in gaining and holding authority rests in part on its ability to apply politically neutral expertise that produces beneficial policy outcomes. But Brown also delves into the puzzle of how an agency created by states to aid cooperation has acquired power over them.Trade ReviewA welcome addition to the nuclear nonproliferation literature and to broader work on institutions and organizations in international relations. * Political Science Quarterly *A welcome addition to the limited and often out-of-date literature about this important international institution. * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Absolute Weapon2. Theory of Authority3. The Birth of the IAEA, 1945-19614. The Adolescence of the Agency, 1962-19855. The IAEA Challenged, 1986-19986. Nuclear Authority, 1998-20137. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisAre NATO's mutual security commitments strong enough today to deter all adversaries? Is the nuclear umbrella as credible as it was during the Cold War? Backed by the full range of US and allied military capabilities, NATO's mutual defense treaty has been enormously successful, but today's commitments are strained by military budget cuts and antinuclear sentiment. The United States has also shifted its focus away from European security during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and more recently with the Asia rebalance. Will a resurgent Russia change this? The Future of Extended Deterrence brings together experts and scholars from the policy and academic worlds to provide a theoretically rich and detailed analysis of post--Cold War nuclear weapons policy, nuclear deterrence, alliance commitments, nonproliferation, and missile defense in NATO but with implications far beyond. The contributors analyze not only American policy and ideas but also the ways NATO members interpret their own continued political and strategic role in the alliance. In-depth and multifaceted, The Future of Extended Deterrence is an essential resource for policy practitioners and scholars of nuclear deterrence, arms control, missile defense, and the NATO alliance.Trade ReviewFor readers who have a greater familiarity with the subject, the book provides a useful reminder of some of the issues involved. For those less familiar with it, The Future of Extended Deterrence is one of a number of primers on the topic that could be recommended. Whichever camp readers fit into, the volume needs to be read sooner rather than later. * International Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction: American Alliances and Extended DeterrenceStefanie von Hlatky, Queen's University PART I: New Thinking on Deterrence1. Threat Scenarios, Risk Assessments, and the Future of Nuclear DeterrenceJoachim Krause, University of Kiel2. US Extended Deterrence and Europe: Time to Consider Alternative Structures?Jeffrey A. Larsen, Director, NATO Defense College (Research Division) PART II: NATO's Nuclear Weapons Policy3. The Nuclear Straightjacket: American Extended Deterrence and NonproliferationBenoit Pelopidas, University of Bristol4. NATO's Protracted Debate over Nuclear WeaponsPaul Schulte, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace5. Nuclear Weapons in NATO's Deterrence Posture: Status Quo or Change?Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists PART III: The Politics of Missile Defense6. From Offense to Defense? Extended Deterrence and Missile DefenseOliver Thranert, Center for Security Studies, ETH ZurichKerry M. Kartchner, US Defense Threat Reduction Agency7. Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe: Getting to Yes with Moscow?Paul Bernstein, National Defense University Conclusion: Reconciling Alliance Cohesion with Policy CoherenceAndreas Wenger, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich BibliographyContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisDoes state acquisition of nuclear weapons lead to stability and peace or instability and crises? This is one of the great debates in international relations scholarship. Michael D. Cohen argues that nuclear weapons acquisition often does dangerously embolden the acquiring state to undertake coercion and aggression, but that this behavior moderates over time as leaders learn the dangers and limitations of nuclear coercion. This book examines the historical cases of the Soviet Union and Pakistan in depth and also looks at mini-cases involving the United States, China, and India. This book broadens our understanding of how leaders and states behave when they acquire nuclear weapons and is important reading for scholars and students of international relations, security studies, and political psychology.Trade ReviewCohen’s book has a number of admirable qualities. In addition to tackling a critically important question, the theory is refreshing in its focus on the experiences of individual leaders. . . . Cohen’s book is an important step toward understanding the role of psychology and leader experiences in nuclear decision-making. * H-Diplo *An original, innovative contribution to security studies, and to contemporary attempts to develop leader-based theories of nuclear behavior. It charts a new path for scholars interested in pursuing application of cognitive biases in nuclear studies. * Perspectives on Politics *An original, innovative contribution to security studies, and to contemporary attempts to develop leader-based theories of nuclear behavior. It charts a new path for scholars interested in pursuing the application of cognitive biases in nuclear studies....an important book that contributes new insights to the field of nuclear studies. * Perspectives on Politics *Cohen analyzes how politicians learn from and adapt after crises and demonstrates just how sobering the prospect of war can be. * Foreign Affairs *Cohen provides a detailed, well-researched, and structured analysis of crucial questions regarding the dangers of nuclear proliferation. * Political Science Quarterly *When Proliferation Causes Peace is a lively, entertaining book with a provocative, interesting thesis. Cohen offers a nuanced assessment of the impact of proliferation on state behavior, with expectations based not upon fictional homo-economic states but realistic understandings of human psychology. * Political Psychology *It is useful, even vital, to use political-science methods to seek a better understanding of the general behavioral tendencies of top leaders in nuclear affairs. Cohen’s book is a fine example of how to do it. * The Nonproliferation Review *Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Psychology, Nuclear Crisis, and Foreign Policy3. The Soviet Union, 1956-19624. Pakistan, 1998-20025. Further Tests: Kennedy, Vajpayee, Nixon, and Mao6. Conclusion: When Proliferation Causes PeaceBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisDoes state acquisition of nuclear weapons lead to stability and peace or instability and crises? This is one of the great debates in international relations scholarship. Michael D. Cohen argues that nuclear weapons acquisition often does dangerously embolden the acquiring state to undertake coercion and aggression, but that this behavior moderates over time as leaders learn the dangers and limitations of nuclear coercion. This book examines the historical cases of the Soviet Union and Pakistan in depth and also looks at mini-cases involving the United States, China, and India. This book broadens our understanding of how leaders and states behave when they acquire nuclear weapons and is important reading for scholars and students of international relations, security studies, and political psychology.Trade ReviewCohen’s book has a number of admirable qualities. In addition to tackling a critically important question, the theory is refreshing in its focus on the experiences of individual leaders. . . . Cohen’s book is an important step toward understanding the role of psychology and leader experiences in nuclear decision-making. * H-Diplo *An original, innovative contribution to security studies, and to contemporary attempts to develop leader-based theories of nuclear behavior. It charts a new path for scholars interested in pursuing application of cognitive biases in nuclear studies. * Perspectives on Politics *An original, innovative contribution to security studies, and to contemporary attempts to develop leader-based theories of nuclear behavior. It charts a new path for scholars interested in pursuing the application of cognitive biases in nuclear studies....an important book that contributes new insights to the field of nuclear studies. * Perspectives on Politics *Cohen analyzes how politicians learn from and adapt after crises and demonstrates just how sobering the prospect of war can be. * Foreign Affairs *Cohen provides a detailed, well-researched, and structured analysis of crucial questions regarding the dangers of nuclear proliferation. * Political Science Quarterly *When Proliferation Causes Peace is a lively, entertaining book with a provocative, interesting thesis. Cohen offers a nuanced assessment of the impact of proliferation on state behavior, with expectations based not upon fictional homo-economic states but realistic understandings of human psychology. * Political Psychology *It is useful, even vital, to use political-science methods to seek a better understanding of the general behavioral tendencies of top leaders in nuclear affairs. Cohen’s book is a fine example of how to do it. * The Nonproliferation Review *Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Psychology, Nuclear Crisis, and Foreign Policy3. The Soviet Union, 1956-19624. Pakistan, 1998-20025. Further Tests: Kennedy, Vajpayee, Nixon, and Mao6. Conclusion: When Proliferation Causes PeaceBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisAre nuclear arsenals safe from cyber-attack? Could terrorists launch a nuclear weapon through hacking? Are we standing at the edge of a major technological challenge to global nuclear order? These are among the many pressing security questions addressed in Andrew Futter’s ground-breaking study of the cyber threat to nuclear weapons. Hacking the Bomb provides the first ever comprehensive assessment of this worrying and little-understood strategic development, and it explains how myriad new cyber challenges will impact the way that the world thinks about and manages the ultimate weapon. The book cuts through the hype surrounding the cyber phenomenon and provides a framework through which to understand and proactively address the implications of the emerging cyber-nuclear nexus. It does this by tracing the cyber challenge right across the nuclear weapons enterprise, explains the important differences between types of cyber threats, and unpacks how cyber capabilities will impact strategic thinking, nuclear balances, deterrence thinking, and crisis management. The book makes the case for restraint in the cyber realm when it comes to nuclear weapons given the considerable risks of commingling weapons of mass disruption with weapons of mass destruction, and argues against establishing a dangerous norm of “hacking the bomb.” This timely book provides a starting point for an essential discussion about the challenges associated with the cyber-nuclear nexus, and will be of great interest to scholars and students of security studies as well as defense practitioners and policy makers.Trade ReviewA compelling analysis of how information systems associated with nuclear weapons might be vulnerable, what adversaries might do with such vulnerabilities and what all this might mean for strategic stability. * Survival *In this outstanding survey, Andrew Futter explores how the 'cyber challenge' might interact with the nuclear enterprise in general, and nuclear deterrence in particular. . . . To his credit, Futter avoids the hyperbole often used to characterize the cyber threat. His two-level characterization of the cyber challenge (i.e., context and operations) also brings analytical clarity to a subject that lacks a common taxonomy. * The Nonproliferation Review *Futter’s valuable book surveys the new dangers and also considers how states might deter cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. He stresses the importance of securing sensitive nuclear information and of keeping control systems as simple as possible and separating them from other networks. * Foreign Affairs *Will resonate well with those interested in nuclear weapons and cyber threats alike. For all others, the content serves as a well-researched point of reference for the intersection of these two ever-present topics in the modern security landscape. * Proceedings *This book is necessary, it is useful, it illustrates where the errors and the loop holes are. Will it actually save us from our selves? Who knows, but hopefully some of the more basic ways of doing so could perhaps be tightened up? * Irish Tech News *Introduces an important puzzle at an extremely relevant time . . . has the potential to be a significant contribution to our limited understanding of the impact of cyber operations on nuclear stability. * H-Diplo *Futter’s Hacking the Bomb is a must-read for any policymaker and defense theorist. The cyber domain touches everything, and defense professionals must integrate it into all policies. * H-War *Futter’s book reminds us that the world needs norms, for cyber activities in general and for the nuclear-cyber relationship in particular. * H-War *Table of ContentsForeword by The Rt. Hon. Lord Browne of Ladyton Acknowledgments Introduction: WarGames Redux? Part 1: The Nature of the Challenge 1. What Exactly Do We Mean by the Cyber Challenge? 2. How and Why Might Nuclear Systems Be Vulnerable? Part 2: What Might Hackers Do to Nuclear Systems? 3. Stealing Nuclear Secrets 4. Could Cyberattcks Lead to Nuclear Use or Stop Systems from Working? Part 3: The Cyber-Nuclear Nexus at the Strategic Level 5. Cyberdeterrence, Nuclear Weapons, and Managing Strategic Threats 6. A Cyber-Nuclear Security Dilemma, Nuclear Stability, and Crisis Management Part 4: Challenges for Our Cyber-Nuclear Future7. Nuclear Weapons Modernization, Advanced Conventional Weapons, and the Future Global Nuclear Environment Conclusion:Managing Our Cyber-Nuclear Future Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisAre nuclear arsenals safe from cyber-attack? Could terrorists launch a nuclear weapon through hacking? Are we standing at the edge of a major technological challenge to global nuclear order? These are among the many pressing security questions addressed in Andrew Futter’s ground-breaking study of the cyber threat to nuclear weapons. Hacking the Bomb provides the first ever comprehensive assessment of this worrying and little-understood strategic development, and it explains how myriad new cyber challenges will impact the way that the world thinks about and manages the ultimate weapon. The book cuts through the hype surrounding the cyber phenomenon and provides a framework through which to understand and proactively address the implications of the emerging cyber-nuclear nexus. It does this by tracing the cyber challenge right across the nuclear weapons enterprise, explains the important differences between types of cyber threats, and unpacks how cyber capabilities will impact strategic thinking, nuclear balances, deterrence thinking, and crisis management. The book makes the case for restraint in the cyber realm when it comes to nuclear weapons given the considerable risks of commingling weapons of mass disruption with weapons of mass destruction, and argues against establishing a dangerous norm of “hacking the bomb.” This timely book provides a starting point for an essential discussion about the challenges associated with the cyber-nuclear nexus, and will be of great interest to scholars and students of security studies as well as defense practitioners and policy makers.Trade ReviewA compelling analysis of how information systems associated with nuclear weapons might be vulnerable, what adversaries might do with such vulnerabilities and what all this might mean for strategic stability. * Survival *In this outstanding survey, Andrew Futter explores how the 'cyber challenge' might interact with the nuclear enterprise in general, and nuclear deterrence in particular. . . . To his credit, Futter avoids the hyperbole often used to characterize the cyber threat. His two-level characterization of the cyber challenge (i.e., context and operations) also brings analytical clarity to a subject that lacks a common taxonomy. * The Nonproliferation Review *Futter’s valuable book surveys the new dangers and also considers how states might deter cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. He stresses the importance of securing sensitive nuclear information and of keeping control systems as simple as possible and separating them from other networks. * Foreign Affairs *Will resonate well with those interested in nuclear weapons and cyber threats alike. For all others, the content serves as a well-researched point of reference for the intersection of these two ever-present topics in the modern security landscape. * Proceedings *This book is necessary, it is useful, it illustrates where the errors and the loop holes are. Will it actually save us from our selves? Who knows, but hopefully some of the more basic ways of doing so could perhaps be tightened up? * Irish Tech News *Introduces an important puzzle at an extremely relevant time . . . has the potential to be a significant contribution to our limited understanding of the impact of cyber operations on nuclear stability. * H-Diplo *Futter’s Hacking the Bomb is a must-read for any policymaker and defense theorist. The cyber domain touches everything, and defense professionals must integrate it into all policies. * H-War *Futter’s book reminds us that the world needs norms, for cyber activities in general and for the nuclear-cyber relationship in particular. * H-War *Table of ContentsForeword by The Rt. Hon. Lord Browne of Ladyton Acknowledgments Introduction: WarGames Redux? Part 1: The Nature of the Challenge 1. What Exactly Do We Mean by the Cyber Challenge? 2. How and Why Might Nuclear Systems Be Vulnerable? Part 2: What Might Hackers Do to Nuclear Systems? 3. Stealing Nuclear Secrets 4. Could Cyberattcks Lead to Nuclear Use or Stop Systems from Working? Part 3: The Cyber-Nuclear Nexus at the Strategic Level 5. Cyberdeterrence, Nuclear Weapons, and Managing Strategic Threats 6. A Cyber-Nuclear Security Dilemma, Nuclear Stability, and Crisis Management Part 4: Challenges for Our Cyber-Nuclear Future7. Nuclear Weapons Modernization, Advanced Conventional Weapons, and the Future Global Nuclear Environment Conclusion:Managing Our Cyber-Nuclear Future Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisOn November 10, 2017, Pope Francis became the first pontiff in the nuclear era to take a complete stand against nuclear weapons, even as a form of deterrence. At a Vatican conference of leaders in the field of disarmament, he made it clear that the possession of the bomb itself was immoral. A World Free from Nuclear Weapons presents the pope’s address and original testimony from Nobel Peace Prize laureates, religious leaders, diplomats, and civil society activists. These luminaries, which include the pope and a Hiroshima survivor, make the moral case against possessing, manufacturing, and deploying nuclear arms. Drew Christiansen, a member of the Holy See delegation to the 2017 United Nations conference that negotiated the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, helps readers to understand this conference in its historical context. A World Free from Nuclear Weapons is a critical companion for scholars of modern Catholicism, moral theology, and peace studies, as well as policymakers working on effective disarmament. It shows how the Church’s revised position presents an opportunity for global leaders to connect disarmament to larger movements for peace, pointing toward future action.Trade ReviewEffectively compiled and edited by the team of Drew Christiansen and Carole Sargent, "A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament" is an extraordinary work that should be considered essential reading by all members of the Catholic community in general, and anyone concerned with the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the world today. * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsPrefacePeter K. A. Cardinal Turkson Introduction: Toward a Positive PeaceDrew Christiansen, SJ Part I: Setting the Agenda 1. Address by His Holiness Pope Francis 2. Address by Pietro Cardinal Parolin Part II: Witnesses 3. Surviving the Atomic BombMasako Wada 4. Hiroshima’s Heritage and the Role of Companies in City Reconstruction: How This Experience Shaped Today’s ValuesBruno L. Müller Part III: Laureates 5. Letter from Nobel Peace Prize Laureates to His Holiness Pope Francis on the Occasion of the International ConferenceMohamed ElBaradei, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Jody Williams, and Muhammad Yunus 6. Nuclear Weapons: Confronting ArmageddonMohamed ElBaradei 7. For the Disarmament of InjusticeAdolfo Pérez Esquivel 8. Will Human Beings Survive Another Century?Muhammad Yunus 9. What the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Can Offer for the Future Work of Nongovernmental OrganizationsBeatrice Fihn 10. Nukes, Land Mines, and Killer RobotsJody Williams 11. The Peace Process in Northern IrelandMairead Corrigan-Maguire Part IV: Diplomats 12. The UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Ban Nuclear Weapons: A DebateRose Gottemoeller, Thomas Hajnoczi, and Jorge Lomónaco 13. Beyond Nuclear Deterrence: Transforming the US-Russian EquationAlexei Georgevich Arbatov 14. International Diplomacy and International Security IssuesIzumi Nakamitsu 15. The Role of International Diplomacy and International OrganizationsThomas Stelzer Part V: International Civil Society 16. The Humanitarian Initiative as a Condition for the Ban on Nuclear WeaponsFrançois Bugnion 17. The Role of Civil SocietySusi Snyder 18. Reconciliation and DisarmamentMarie-Noëlle Koyara 19. The Risks of Nuclear War TodayPaolo Cotta-Ramusino 20. Dealing with Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle EastEmily Landau 21. Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East: Resolving the DeadlockAyman Khalil Part VI: More Religious Voices 22. We Must Do No LessMonsignor Robert W. McElroy 23. Transforming the Human SpiritHiromasa Ikeda 24. Migrations and WarsMonica Attias 25. The Social and Moral Responsibilities of Knowledge WorkersDrew Christiansen, SJ 26. Preliminary ConclusionsStephen Colecchi Part VII: Closing 27. Salutations Peter K. A. Cardinal Turkson Afterword: The Holy See and Nuclear Disarmament—Achievements and ChallengesArchbishop Silvano M. Tomasi

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Book SynopsisA reappraisal of classic arms control theory that advocates for reprioritizing deterrence over disarmament in a new era of nuclear multipolarity The United States faces a new era of nuclear arms racing for which it is conceptually unprepared. Great power nuclear competition is seemingly returning with a vengeance as the post–Cold War international order morphs into something more uncertain, complicated, and dangerous. In this unstable third nuclear age, legacy nonproliferation and disarmament instruments designed for outmoded conditions are ill-equipped to tame the complex dynamics of a multipolar nuclear arms race centered on China, Russia, and the United States. International relations scholar David A. Cooper proposes relearning, reviving, and adapting classic arms control theory and negotiating practices to steer the world away from threatening and destabilizing nuclear arms races. He surveys the history of nuclear arms control efforts, revisits strategic theory’s view of nuclear competition dynamics, and interviews US nuclear policy practitioners about both the past and the emerging era. To prepare for this third nuclear age, Cooper recommends adapting the Cold War’s classical paradigm of adversarial arms control for the contemporary landscape. Rather than prioritizing disarmament to eliminate nuclear weapons, this neoclassical approach would pursue pragmatic agreements to stabilize deterrence relationships among today’s nuclear rivals. Drawing on an extensive theoretical and practical study of the Cold War and its aftermath, Cooper distills relevant lessons that could inform the United States’ long-term efforts to navigate the unprecedented dangers of nuclear multipolarity. Diverging from other recent books on the topic, Arms Control for the Third Nuclear Age provides analysts with a more hard-nosed strategic approach. In this very different era of great power rivalry, this book will be a must-read for scholars, students, and practitioners of nuclear arms control.Trade Review[A] valuable guide to the theory and practice of arms control. * Foreign Affairs *This is one of the most important books on deterrence, strategic issues, nuclear weapons, and arms control to be published in many years. The scholarship reflected in this book is superior. * H-Diplo *Arms Control for the Third Nuclear Age performs a valuable service to scholars and policy makers alike by excavating the record of U.S.-Soviet arms control during the Cold War and examining it under the light of current circumstances. * H-Diplo *Arms Control for the Third Nuclear Age focuses on the importance of reviving arms control to enhance strategic stability in the context of a dangerous new nuclear age. Cooper makes a strong case for revisiting the Cold War-era arms control negoti- ations and agreements: these episodes provide important insights for ‘navigating an uncontrolled arms race between major nuclear rivals’ * International Affairs *Cooper masterfully blends international-relations theories with a historical account of efforts to achieve nuclear arms control during the Cold War. This book is political-science research at its best. * The Nonproliferation Review *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Our Uncertain Nuclear Future: Navigating a Third Nuclear Age of Multipolar Competition 2. Cold War Theory Redux: Recalling a Hard-Nosed Concept of Adversarial Arms Control 3. From Theories to Treaties: Learning from the Cold War Negotiating Experience 4. A New Arms Race: Transitioning from Post–Cold War Denuclearization to Great-Power Nuclear Rivalry 5. Arms Control for the Third Nuclear Age: Adapting Old Ideas for New Times Conclusion List of Interviews Selected Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisA unique overview of the United States’ current nuclear command, control, and communications system and its modernization for the digital age Concerns about the security of nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) systems are not new, but they are becoming more urgent. While modernization is crucial to the future success of NC3 systems, the transition from analog to digital technologies has the potential to introduce vulnerabilities and unintended consequences. Nuclear infrastructure and command could be penetrated, corrupted, destroyed, or spoofed, leading to a loss of positive control (the ability to fire weapons) or negative control (the ability to prevent unauthorized or accidental use). Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications explores the current NC3 system and its vital role in ensuring effective deterrence, contemporary challenges posed by cyber threats, new weapons technologies, and the consensus across the nuclear enterprise of the need to modernize the United States’ Cold War–era system of systems. This volume, edited by James J. Wirtz and Jeffrey A. Larsen, offers the first overview of US NC3 since the 1980s. Part 1 provides an overview of the history, strategy, and technology associated with NC3 and how it enables deterrence strategy as the basis of national defense. Parts 2 and 3 identify how the US military’s NC3 works, the challenges of introducing digital technologies and the potential security threats, and how the system could fail if these considerations are not taken into account. Part 4 explains the progress NC3 has made thus far, and how we might move forward. During this critical juncture, policymakers, practitioners, and scholars will find this an invaluable resource to understanding our current NC3 system, its relationship to effective deterrence, what must be done to modernize NC3, and how to ensure this transition is undertaken safely and successfully.Trade ReviewNuclear Command, Control, and Communications: A Primer on US Systems and Future Challenges is the first comprehensive work to address the complex network that serves as the nervous system of America’s nuclear deterrent. * H-Net *Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications provides a great overview of the history, current status, and future challenges of the United States' NC3 architecture. * H-War *Table of ContentsForeword by Rebecca K. C. Hersman Acknowledgments Introduction: Assuring Control of the Nuclear Force James J. Wirtz Part I 1. Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications and the Strategy of Deterrence James J. Wirtz 2. NC3 during the Bomber Age: 1945–57 James Clay Moltz 3. NC3 during the Missile Age: 1957–91 James Clay Moltz Part II 4. US Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications: The NC3 Weapons Jeffrey A. Larsen 5. Space Architecture for NC3: Systems and Technologies Mathew R. Crook Part III 6. Cyber Operations and Nuclear Escalation: The Diversity of Danger Jon R. Lindsay 7. Technology Threats to NC3: Past Lessons and Current Challenge Wade L. Huntley 8. Technology Threats to NC3: A Future Scenario Wade L. Huntley Part IV 9. NC3 Modernization: Progress and Remaining Changes Michael S. Malley Conclusion: NC3 at a Critical Juncture Jeffrey A. Larsen List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisA reevaluation of conflict thresholds in the context of complex cyber, conventional, and nuclear warThe return of great power competition has renewed concerns about managing escalation, lest a minor crisis inadvertently spiral into nuclear war. This has become apparent during the war between Russia and Ukraine, as Western aid for Ukraine has been predicated on avoiding Russian escalation. The New Calculus of Escalation updates our understanding of conflict escalation dynamics for the twenty-first century with the goal of reducing the possibility of a catastrophic war. To improve mutual understanding among states, Libicki rethinks conflict thresholds and exit ramps that manage escalation. During the Cold War, there were two critical thresholdsone between peace and war, and one between conventional war and nuclear war. But ongoing developments in cyber and other advanced military technologies threaten command and control and blur the old thresholds. Military strategists, international relations scholars, and graduate students will benefit from this book's cogent analytic framework in shaping future debates.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolution and development of arms control processes as an integral part of the Pakistan-India grand dialogue, which took place from 1988 to 2008 and it examines the larger political context and its impact on arms control processes. Nasir Mehmood prioritizes four types of political conflicts: Jammu and Kashmir, hostile domestic politics, dissimilar military doctrines, and China as a third party. Mehmood determines their connection and function in restricting arms control during three major rounds of broader security dialogue between Pakistan and India (1988-1994, 1997-1999, and 2004-2008). Through these major rounds of dialogue there are patterns of interaction within and across three sub-cases. This volume, which offers a systematic survey of bilateral arms control processes within the local settings and includes critical theoretical and policy insights, shall be of interest to students and scholars interested in security studies and international relations theory, with a focus on the strategic horizon of South Asia.Trade ReviewProf. Nasir Mehmood's ground-breaking study of arms control in the sub-continent establishes causal links between the respective asymmetric military doctrines of the adversaries in the Indo-Pakistan security rivalry, and the arms control policy outcomes. His analysis details the foundation and strengthening of tacit cooperation in Islamabad's and New Delhi's nuclear age arms control measures from 1988 to 2008. This will be an important resource for scholars and policy analysts focusing on nuclear security relations in one of the most important emerging regions of the world. -- Dr. Julian Spencer-Churchill, Concordia UniversityIn this book, Nasir Mahmood has brought back the value of the arms control debate between India and Pakistan, covering the technical and theoretical dimensions in-depth. He correlates political conflicts to arms control outcomes, which have proven arms control difficult to achieve between the two nuclear possessor states. It is essential reading for students and practitioners interested in learning about the India-Pakistan arms control experience. -- Rizwana Abbasi, National University of Modern Languages, IslamabadNasir Mehmood’s Political Conflict and Arms Control: Pakistan-India Policy Analysis 1988-2008 examines one of the world’s most dangerous strategic rivalries to explain the limitations and obstacles to successful arms control cooperation between regional nuclear powers. Mehmood makes a thoughtful and persuasive case for focusing on the underlying political context shaping the perceptions and preferences of leaders to explain the frustrating history of arms control between India and Pakistan during three distinct episodes between 1988 and 2008. This is an impressive book that students of arms control as well as specialists in security on the subcontinent will find informative and thought provoking. -- David W. Kearn Jr., Associate Professor, St. John's UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of TablesList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1: Conceptualizing Arms Control and Political ConflictChapter 2: Establishing Relationship between Political Conflict and Arms Control: 1988-1994Chapter 3: Strengthening Relationship between Political Conflict and Arms Control: 1997-1999Chapter 4: Reinforcing Relationship between Political Conflict and Arms Control: 2004-2008ConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisGreece (1941-1974): Years of Occupation, Years of Strife, and Years of Exclusion examines the history and politics of Greece during the period Greece experienced years of brutal foreign occupation, a savage civil war, dominance by those on the Right of the ideological spectrum, and a military dictatorship. One overarching characteristic of this phase in Greek history was constant interference by many including, of course, the foreign occupiers as well as the British and the Americans. In addition, during these years certain segments of the population were prosecuted, persecuted, imprisoned, tortured, sent to labor camps, exiled, and many were killed because they resisted the occupiers, or because of their ideological beliefs and political standing. These are among the reasons why so many Greeks consider their modern history to be difficult and “unkind”. Although foreign interference has not lessened, some might argue, it has increased since the financial crisis beginning in 2008-2009, many aspects of the exclusivist state have been eliminated after the collapse of the military dictatorship in 1974. And despite the brief rise of extremist Left-wing and Right-wing, today’s political landscape is more moderate. Good reasons for Greeks to think that better days lay ahead. Trade Review“This book makes a significant contribution to the literature published in the English language pertaining to Greek political history from 1941 to 1974. By drawing on primary sources and engaging in extensive archival work, the author offers some new and very important insights that help the reader to better understand the political developments during this historical period. The book would be of value to scholars, practitioners, graduate and upper-level undergraduate students, academic libraries and anyone interested in the political history of Greece during the period of 1941-1974.” -- Yannis Stivachtis, Department of Political Science, Virginia TechTable of ContentsChapter 1: Prelude of Things to ComeChapter 2: German Occupation, Resistance, and the Early Stages of the Civil WarChapter 3: Height of the Civil War and Victory of the Right (1946-1949)Chapter 4: Post-Civil War and the Dominance of the Right (1949-1963)Chapter 5: Road to Military Dictatorship (1963-1967)Chapter 6: The Colonels’ Regime (1967-1974)

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Book SynopsisDespite deep roots in local community organizing and peace activism, the peacebuilding field over the past two decades has evolved into a stratified, and often disconnected, community of academics, policymakers, and practitioners. While the growth into a more recognized and professionalized field has led to significant improvements in how decision-makers and influential thinkers accept peace and conflict resolution theory and practice, it has also left certain communities behind. Individual activists, community-based groups, and locally-led civil society organizations – in other words, the people most directly experiencing the results of violent conflict and striving to overcome and transform it - remain notably on the margins of what has become the more recognized "international peacebuilding field." As a result, the inherent links between policies and practices of the global North, particularly the United States, where much of the professional peacebuilding community is concentrated, and the daily realities of rising violence and collapsing order experienced by communities in the global South, are glossed over or apportioned to the fields of political science or international affairs. Similarly, the daily community level efforts of people and groups within the United States and other global North countries seeking to address drivers of violence and injustice in their own communities are largely disconnected from the struggles of communities living inside recognized war zones for a more peaceful and just future. These disconnects within the peacebuilding field have increasingly become obstacles to its further evolution and improvement. Without a serious shift in direction toward more integrated, interconnected, and intersectional understanding and approaches, the peacebuilding field threatens to become just another Western-driven industry in which powerful decision-makers, politicized funding, and large international bureaucracies sustain themselves. Reconnecting the field with its roots of community-based activism, organizing, and courageous leadership is urgently needed, and a necessary step to improving our collective efforts to build a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world. Drawing on the voices and experiences of community-based peace leaders around the world, this book envisions a new way of working together as a truly local and global peacebuilding field - one in which undoing the roots of violence and injustice is not something that takes place "in the field", but in the streets of our own neighborhoods and in solidarity with others around the world.Trade ReviewBridget Moix has in-depth experience of how peace building actually works. She knows how individual activists, community-based groups, and locally-led civil society organizations—the people most directly experiencing the results of violent conflict and striving to transform it—remain on the margins of the more recognized international peacebuilding field. She tackles what that means in her daily work, building links between the policies and practices of the global North and the realities of communities living inside war zones struggling to build a safer and more just future. She is devoted to enabling the voices of local peace builders to be heard. Working with her, I marvel not only at the knowledge she has gained in years of hands-on experience, but the human connections she has established, and the empathy with which she communicates. This is someone to listen to; she knows. -- Scilla Elworthy, Peacebuilder and Founder of the Oxford Research GroupBridget Moix’s book is a breath of fresh air in the field of conflict and peace studies. This is not yet another technical study about conflict and how to address it, but an insightful account that weds the author’s research to the real people and their stories. This is an essential book for those that are looking for answers as to why everyone has the potential to become an agent of positive change and why choosing peace matters. -- Borislava Manojlovic, Assistant Professor, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University KoreaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Problem with Peacebuilding Chapter One The Story Behind this Book Chapter Two The Search for Peace and the Loss of Agency Chapter Three A Research Approach to Local Peacebuilding Part II: Choosing Peace in the Midst of Violence Chapter Four I Am Because You Are: Relational Responsibility and Peace Agency Chapter Five Risk and Resilience Chapter Six It’s About Trust: Local Perspectives on International Peacebuilders Part III: Locally Grounded, Globally Connected Chapter Seven Local Peacebuilding Begins at Home Chapter Eight Inclusive Peacebuilding: Confronting Power, Privilege, and Racism Chapter Nine We Are All Peacebuilders References

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Book SynopsisDespite deep roots in local community organizing and peace activism, the peacebuilding field over the past two decades has evolved into a stratified, and often disconnected, community of academics, policymakers, and practitioners. While the growth into a more recognized and professionalized field has led to significant improvements in how decision-makers and influential thinkers accept peace and conflict resolution theory and practice, it has also left certain communities behind. Individual activists, community-based groups, and locally-led civil society organizations – in other words, the people most directly experiencing the results of violent conflict and striving to overcome and transform it - remain notably on the margins of what has become the more recognized "international peacebuilding field." As a result, the inherent links between policies and practices of the global North, particularly the United States, where much of the professional peacebuilding community is concentrated, and the daily realities of rising violence and collapsing order experienced by communities in the global South, are glossed over or apportioned to the fields of political science or international affairs. Similarly, the daily community level efforts of people and groups within the United States and other global North countries seeking to address drivers of violence and injustice in their own communities are largely disconnected from the struggles of communities living inside recognized war zones for a more peaceful and just future. These disconnects within the peacebuilding field have increasingly become obstacles to its further evolution and improvement. Without a serious shift in direction toward more integrated, interconnected, and intersectional understanding and approaches, the peacebuilding field threatens to become just another Western-driven industry in which powerful decision-makers, politicized funding, and large international bureaucracies sustain themselves. Reconnecting the field with its roots of community-based activism, organizing, and courageous leadership is urgently needed, and a necessary step to improving our collective efforts to build a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world. Drawing on the voices and experiences of community-based peace leaders around the world, this book envisions a new way of working together as a truly local and global peacebuilding field - one in which undoing the roots of violence and injustice is not something that takes place "in the field", but in the streets of our own neighborhoods and in solidarity with others around the world.Trade ReviewBridget Moix has in-depth experience of how peace building actually works. She knows how individual activists, community-based groups, and locally-led civil society organizations—the people most directly experiencing the results of violent conflict and striving to transform it—remain on the margins of the more recognized international peacebuilding field. She tackles what that means in her daily work, building links between the policies and practices of the global North and the realities of communities living inside war zones struggling to build a safer and more just future. She is devoted to enabling the voices of local peace builders to be heard. Working with her, I marvel not only at the knowledge she has gained in years of hands-on experience, but the human connections she has established, and the empathy with which she communicates. This is someone to listen to; she knows. -- Scilla Elworthy, Peacebuilder and Founder of the Oxford Research GroupBridget Moix’s book is a breath of fresh air in the field of conflict and peace studies. This is not yet another technical study about conflict and how to address it, but an insightful account that weds the author’s research to the real people and their stories. This is an essential book for those that are looking for answers as to why everyone has the potential to become an agent of positive change and why choosing peace matters. -- Borislava Manojlovic, Assistant Professor, Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University KoreaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Problem with Peacebuilding Chapter One The Story Behind this Book Chapter Two The Search for Peace and the Loss of Agency Chapter Three A Research Approach to Local Peacebuilding Part II: Choosing Peace in the Midst of Violence Chapter Four I Am Because You Are: Relational Responsibility and Peace Agency Chapter Five Risk and Resilience Chapter Six It’s About Trust: Local Perspectives on International Peacebuilders Part III: Locally Grounded, Globally Connected Chapter Seven Local Peacebuilding Begins at Home Chapter Eight Inclusive Peacebuilding: Confronting Power, Privilege, and Racism Chapter Nine We Are All Peacebuilders References

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Book SynopsisThe discipline of International Relations was invented to solve the problem of war. However, so far, no really encompassing solutions have been found. The solutions that were proposed centered around the establishment of the United Nations and the spread of democratization and globalization. But war continues. Cornelia Beyer believes she has found a missing piece in the peace puzzle: the militaries are not integrated. Integrating the militaries would be an additional solution to abolish war between states completely and also to abolish nuclear weapons. This solution involves integrating the militaries into one common global alliance, one truly global NATO. Within NATO, war is abolished. Globalising NATO is a historically new thought. Interestingly, all peace proposals in history centre around political or legal integration, but none promoted military integration so far. If all militaries would unite, this would mean an end to war between states. Beyer convinces in this book that military integration into one global NATO could abolish war and help with the abolition of nuclear weapons. She also promotes a global welfare state, financed through taxation on arms races, and an early warning system for war, based on international depression data, for tackling civil wars. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements – Introduction – The World State Idea in IR – Abolishing the Security Dilemma: Why We Need to Integrate the Militaries – Why We Need a Global NATO: A Critique of Bipolarity – The Solutions: Abolition of War and Nuclear Weapons – An Early Warning System and a Global Welfare State – Evolution of War and Governance – Conclusion – Index.

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Book SynopsisThis collection examines the theory, practice, and application of state neutrality in international relations. With a focus on its modern-day applications, the studies in this volume analyze the global implications of permanent neutrality for Taiwan, Russia, Ukraine, the European Union, and the United States. Exploring permanent neutrality’s role as a realist security model capable of rivaling collective security, the authors argue that permanent neutrality has the potential to decrease major security dilemmas on the global stage.Trade ReviewNeutrality, as both an idea and concrete foreign policy tool, has all but disappeared from the political landscape in the aftermath of World War II. Pascal Lottaz and Herbert R. Reginbogin are to be congratulated for assembling this brilliant collection of essays that sheds important light on the nature and characteristics of a millenarian—if highly underrated—political concept and practice that is still relevant to today's international politics. -- Efraim Karsh, King's College London & Bar-Ilan UniversityNeutrality, as both an idea and concrete foreign policy tool, has all but disappeared from the political landscape in the aftermath of World War II. Pascal Lottaz and Herbert R. Reginbogin are to be congratulated for assembling this brilliant collection of essays that sheds important light on the nature and characteristics of a millenarian—if highly underrated—political concept and practice that is still relevant to today's international politics. -- Efraim Karsh, King's College London & Bar-Ilan UniversityTable of ContentsPart I: TheoryChapter 1: A Tale of Two Strategies: Permanent Neutrality and Collective SecurityChapter 2: Neutrality and Security: A Comparison with Alternative Models of National SecurityChapter 3: The Logic of Neutrality Part II: PracticeChapter 4: The Model of Neutrality: The Example of East Central European StatesChapter 5: Neutral and Nonaligned States in the European UnionChapter 6: Neutral Power RussiaChapter 7: America’s Experience with Neutrality: An Epoch of Neutrality Part III: ApplicationChapter 8: The Nomos of Neutrality in East AsiaChapter 9: Taiwanese Neutrality: Solving a ConundrumChapter 10: Case Studies of Contemporary Neutrality Advocacy

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Book SynopsisJapan has been moving toward a more independent security policy since the early 2010s, duplicating the military assets of the United States and reorganizing the Self-Defense Forces. In Japan’s Awakening, Lionel P. Fatton and Oreste Foppiani argue that the country faces an entrapment-abandonment dilemma in which any attempt to prevent abandonment by the United States vis-à-vis China negatively affects its national security by heightening the risk of entrapment in the Korean Peninsula, and vice versa. A move toward autonomy is the only way for Japan to solve this dilemma. The subject is at variance with both the insistence on the constraining effect of domestic norms on Japan’s security policy and the assumption of everlasting reliance on the United States for protection.Table of ContentsTheoretical Approaches to Japan’s Security Policy – The Evolution of Japan’s Security Policy, 1945–2009 – Toward Self-Reliant Armed Forces and Harder Balancing – North Korea: Toward Operational Autonomy and Strike Capabilities

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Book SynopsisAuthor defends claim that the repressive Iranian Islamic regime utilizes oil profits to support international terrorism in the US and in the Democratic Party. A WND Book.

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Book SynopsisMohamed ElBaradei was deeply involved in the UN in the run-up to the Iraq War. Now, for the first time, he tells the story of what happened behind the scenes, and assesses the threat that nuclear weapons pose to our future.Trade ReviewThe long section on the Iraq weapons inspections has the compelling feel of a high-level political drama as ElBaradei recount, with mounting frustration and horror, the constant manipulation of information that he can see leading up to a bloody conflict * The Times *Elegantly written and the period it covers was extraordinary * Daily Telegraph *Eloquent and convincing * Sunday Times *ElBaradei, a Nobel laureate, writes as a concerned former insider, looking back on his term as Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ... Imposing * Literary Review *

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