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Chapter 2: Four Attributes of Cyber Operations Chapter 3: A Theory of Cyber Escalation Chapter 4: Restraint and Accommodation: How Cyber Operations Can Diffuse Crises Chapter 5: Patterns of Escalation in Cyberspace Chapter 6: Cyber Operations and the De-Escalation of International Crises Chapter 7: Plausible Escalation Scenarios for the Future: Cyber Operations in a Warfighting Context Chapter 8: Implications for Policymaking","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732649161047,"sku":"9780197550892","price":20.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197550892.jpg?v=1719997797"},{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-gender-and-conflict-oxford-handbooks-series-9780197624418","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict OXFORD","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Naomi Cahn, Dina Francesca Haynes, and Nahla Valji focus on the multidimensionality of gender in conflict, yet they also prioritize the experience of women given both the changing nature of war and the historical de-emphasis on women's experiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Editors and Contributors Biographies Forewords Introduction I. 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A Critical Genealogy of the Centrality of Sexual Violence to Gender and Conflict Karen Engle 11. 1325 +15 = Reflections on the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Kimberly Theidon 12. Complemenentarity and Convergence? Women, Peace and Security and the Counterterrorism Agenda Naureen Chowdhury Fink and Alison Davidian 13. Convergence Between CEDAW and Security Council Resolution 1325: Unlocking the Potential of CEDAW as an Important Accountability Tool for the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Pramilla Patten 14. Indicators and Benchmarks Pablo Castillo-Diaz and Hanny Cueva-Beteta III. Legal and Political Elements 15. Humanitarian Intervention and Gender Dynamics Gina Heathcote 16. (Re)Considering the Gender Jurisprudence of Conflict Patricia Viseur Sellers 17. Complementarity as a Catalyst for Gender Justice in National Prosecutions Amrita Kapur 18. Forced Marriage During Conflict and Mass Atrocity Valerie Oosterveld 19. Advancing Justice and Making Amends through Reparations - Legal and Operational Considerations Kristin Kalla 20. Colonialism Amina Mama 21. Conflict, Displacement and Refugees Lucy Hovil 22. Gender and Forms of Conflict; The Moral Hazards of Dating the Security Council Vasuki Nesiah IV. Conflict and Post-Conflict Space 23. The Martial Rape of Girls and Women in Antiquity and Modernity Kathy L. Gaca 24. \"Mind the Gap:\" Measuring and Understanding Gendered Conflict Experiences Amelia Hoover Green 25. Intersectionality: Working in Conflict Eilish Rooney 26. Agency and Gender Norms in War Economies Patti Petesch 27. Risk and Resilience: The Physical and Mental Health of Female Civilians During War Lauren C. Ng and Theresa S. Betancourt 28. The Gender Implications of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Conflict Situations Barbara Frey 29. Unmanned Weapons: Looking for the Gender Dimension Christof Heyns and Tess Borden 30. Gender and Peacekeeping Sabrina Karim and Marsha Henry 31. Peacekeeping, Human Trafficking, and Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Martina Vandenberg 32. Women, Peace Negotiations and Peace Agreements: Opportunities and Challenges Christine Bell 33. Women's Organizations and Peace Initiatives Aili Mari Tripp 34. Gender and Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration: Reviewing and Advancing the Field Dyan Mazurana, Roxanne Krystalli and Anton Baaré 35. Decolonial feminism, gender and transitional justice Pascha Bueno-Hansen 36. Gender and Governance in post-conflict and democratizing settings Lisa Kindervater and Sheila Meintjes V. Case Studies 37. Who Defines the Red Lines? The Prospects for Safeguarding Women's Rights and Securing their Future in Post-Transition Afghanistan Sari Kouvo and Corey Levine 38. \"That's Not my Daughter\": The Paradoxes of Documenting Jihadist Mass Rape in 1990's Algeria and Beyond Karima Bennoune 39. Consequences of Conflict Related Sexual Violence on Post-Conflict Society: Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina Lejla Hadzimesic 40. Colombia: Gender and Land Restitution Donny Meertens 41. Knowing Gender and\/in Armed Conflict?: Reflections from Research in the DRC Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern 42. Northern Ireland: The Significance of A Bottom Up Women's Movement in a Politically Contested Society Monica McWilliams and Avila Kilmurray 43. Gendered Suffering and the Eviction of the Native: The Politics of Birth in Occupied East Jerusalem Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian 44. Rwanda: Women's Political Participation in Post-Conflict State-Building Doris Buss and Jerusa Ali 45. 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Practitioners frequently confront dilemmas where dire situations may demand some form of response, but each of the options may have undesirable consequences of one form or another. Dilemmas are not merely ordinary problems, they are wicked problems: that is to say, they are defined by circumstances that only allow for suboptimal outcomes and are based on profound and sometimes troubling trade-offs.Wicked Problems argues that the field of peacebuilding and conflict transformation needs a stronger and more practical sense of its ethical obligations. For example, it argues against posi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderexplored are the ethics of such approaches and whose interests are served by their successes. This edited collection of 17 short essays, along with an introduction, begins filling this lacuna. Readers will encounter a highly diverse set of chapters covering subject matter that touches on American Black nationalism, LGBTQ+ issues, human trafficking, sanctions, transitional justice, and more...The book is best used for individual chapters for scholarly and teaching purposes. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive survey of the wicked ethical problems created by struggles for peace, rights, and justice is elegant and fast-paced. It weaves together different perspectives, contexts, and dilemmas to provide readers with a vivid, diverse, and sometimes provocative set of insights. This collection will surely become the go-to text for all those wanting to better understand the moral complexities of movements for peace and justice. * Alex J. Bellamy, The University of Queensland, Australia *\u003cbr\u003eWicked Problems is refreshing, forward looking, and engaging. It pushes the peace and conflict studies field into new directions and frames many of its most difficult challenges around the ethical implications for the various areas of this vast field of practice. * Pamina Firchow, Associate Professor of Coexistence and Conflict, Brandeis University, and author of Reclaiming Everyday Peace: Local Voices in Measurement and Evaluation After War *\u003cbr\u003ePeace, rights, and justice advocacy has a wicked problem: an aspiration for the good that demands change and therefore entails conflict small, large, and sometimes even violent. Bringing together a diverse group of scholars and practitioners who have thought deeply about and grappled with such ethical dilemmas, this volume offers important insights, lessons learned, and possible paths forward. As such, Wicked Problems is a must-read for anyone involved in normative fields like peace studies, transitional justice, human rights, atrocity prevention, and social justice. * Alex Hinton, Rutgers University, and author of It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US *\u003cbr\u003eA really valuable volume full of real-world dilemmas, rich personal experience, and practical advice from a wide range of activists. Wicked Problems is a major addition to the reading list of students studying human rights activism, social movements, political resistance, conflict transformation, and the struggle for peace. * Hugo Slim, Senior Research Fellow, Las Casas Institute for Social Justice at Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford *\u003cbr\u003eAlthough other books examine ethics in changemaking, this one stands out in the diversity of the contributors' backgrounds, experiences, and assumptions about changemaking... [It collects] a stunning array of authors write short, punchy chapters that offer a visceral kick in the gut by describing the trade-offs and tensions involved in addressing these problems outside the realm of normative academic posturing. * Perspectives on Politics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Contributors Introduction: Wicked Problems - The Ethics of Action for Peace, Rights, and Justice Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, Douglas Irvin-Erickson, and Ernesto Verdeja I: VIOLENCE 1. The Ritual of Black Armed Resistance: Police Abolition through the Eyes of the Black Radical Tradition Tony Gaskew 2. Building a Movement to End Poverty through Nonviolent Resistance Liz Theoharis and Noam Sandweiss-Back 3. Is Violence the Answer? A Pragmatic Approach Kirssa Cline Ryckman 4. How Is It to Be Done? Dilemmas of Prefigurative and Harm - Reduction Approaches to Social Movement Work Ashley J. 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Why the Peacebuilding Field Needs Clear and Accessible Standards of Research Ethics Elizabeth Hume and Jessica Baumgardner-Zuzik 17. Consent, Inclusivity, and Local Voices: Ethical Dilemmas of Teaching Peace in Conflict Zones Agnieszka Paczynska and Susan F. 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Excellent work on a topic of increasing importance to all! * Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN (ret) former Commander, US Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency (2014-2018) *\u003cbr\u003eThis timely new book is destined to go down as a major milestone in the development of new strategic thought for twenty-first century. With admirable clarity and powerful prose, the authors first dismantle the deterrence-focused paradigm that has so far guided US defense strategy in cyber space and then formulate a new organizing concept. Anyone interested in cyber security must come to terms with this new thinking. * Brad Roberts, Center for Global Security Research *\u003cbr\u003eMichael Fischerkeller, Emily Goldman, and Richard Harknett have once again made an incredibly valuable contribution to the development of American cyber policy and strategy through the writing of Cyber Persistence Theory. The authors push its readership to think beyond classical deterrence theory to new concepts for engaging and defeating undeterred adversaries in cyberspace. In short, this book argues the need for change and to take more risk to close an increasingly larger risk in our defense and national security as well as our public safety posture as American citizens To do so, the authors argue will require not only persistent engagement, but a 'whole-of-nation plus' effort. A must-read for both national and cyber security professionals! * Robert J. Butler, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber and Space Policy *\u003cbr\u003eTime will tell whether cyberspace operations can have coercive effect, but it is unambiguously true that to date, nations have used cyberspace mostly to gain advantage in competing with other nations. Understanding how they do so is a new challenge that scholars of international relations would do well to take on, and this book is a superb point of departure for them. * Herb Lin, Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security, Hoover Institution, Stanford University *\u003cbr\u003eThis book helps to fill a crucial gap in strategic thinking about the fundamentals of cyberspace and sets out a clear course of action for the US government. 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Isolationism thereafter became one of the most influential political trends in American history. From the founding era until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States shunned strategic commitments abroad, making only brief detours during the Spanish-American War and World War I. Amid World War II and the Cold War, Americans abandoned isolationism; they tried to run the world rather than run away from it. But isolationism is making a comeback as Americans tire of foreign entanglement. In this definitive and magisterial analysis-the first book to tell the fascinating story of isolationism across the arc of American history-Charles Kupchan explores the enduring connection between the isolationist impulse and the American experience. He also refurbishes isolationism''s reputation, arguing that it constituted dangerous delusion during the 1930s, but afforded the nation clear strategic advantages during its ascent.Kupchan traces isolationism''s staying power to the ideology of American exceptionalism. Strategic detachment from the outside world was to protect the nation''s unique experiment in liberty, which America would then share with others through the power of example. Since 1941, the United States has taken a much more interventionist approach to changing the world. But it has overreached, prompting Americans to rediscover the allure of nonentanglement and an America First foreign policy. The United States is hardly destined to return to isolationism, yet a strategic pullback is inevitable. 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Kupchan has produced the first comprehensive study of American isolationism. He is totally fair-minded and unfailingly insightful in telling the story of isolationism from its origins at the founding of the Republic down to its resurgence at the outset of this new century. This is a book that everyone who cares about the past and present of American foreign policy should read. * John M. Cooper, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison *\u003cbr\u003eAt a time when the way forward in US foreign relations seems more uncertain than ever, Kupchan takes a timely, detailed, and unsparing look at the role of isolationism in the broad sweep of US history. The general reader, scholar, and policymaker can all profit from this compelling account. * Mary E. Sarotte, author of The Collapse *\u003cbr\u003eThe battle for the future of America's foreign policy rages all around us. This learned, wise, and deeply engaged history of US isolationist impulses from the founding up to today is a much-needed book, and the selective commitments and judicious retrenchments it calls for are recipes for good policymaking. * Odd Arne Westad, Professor of History and Global Affairs, Yale University; author of The Cold War: A World History *\u003cbr\u003eAt a time when many are urging America to retreat internationally, Kupchan's illuminating history of US foreign policy reminds us of isolationism's pitfalls as well as its continuing allure. Scholars and policy makers alike will benefit from this book's trenchant analysis of America's past and wise counsel about how to forge a more balanced, realistic, and enduring foreign policy going forward. * Peter Trubowitz, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics *\u003cbr\u003eCharles Kupchan reminds us that a globally assertive foreign policy is more the exception than the norm in American history. Even those who do not fully agree with his arguments will find this book sharply argued, provocative, and engaging. * Hal Brands, Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) *\u003cbr\u003eIn this timely, judicious, and thoughtful book, Kupchan adds depth and dimension to our understanding of the United States' foreign relations and the strategic choices now facing it. In tracing isolationism's origins to the earliest days of the Republic and showing its iterations in successive generations, he reminds us of how powerful a force it has been * and remains. Essential reading both for those who are going to be in charge in the next years and for anyone who cares about the US and the world.Margaret MacMillan, Professor of History, University of Toronto *\u003cbr\u003eAstute political history. * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eAn erudite and evenhanded study of the isolationist impulse in American foreign policy. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eIsolationism is a deeply researched, fascinating look at how an urge to keep the world at bay has largely defined the United States and its foreign policy since the country's founding. * Foreign Policy *\u003cbr\u003e[A] valuable volume... compellingly demonstrates that the notion of American exceptionalism was as closely tied to isolationism-the 'city on a hill,' standing above and apart from a quarrelsome world-as it later would be to the country's postwar internationalism. * Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eIsolationism arrives at a prescient moment. * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eIsolationism has many merits. It comprehensively describes the arc of American diplomatic history from George Washington's 'Farewell Address' to Donald Trump's redux of 'America First.' It is also eminently fair-minded, not only to the liberal internationalists and deep engagers whom Kupchan thinks have set America up for our post-Cold War fall but especially to the alternative grand strategic tradition that Kupchan fears has gotten a bad rap since World War II. * American Conservative *\u003cbr\u003eIt is only now, with this book, that someone has treated the full scope of isolationism with true insight and understanding. Charles Kupchan has told for the first time the entire history of this foreign policy phenomenon from its inception at the founding of the American republic down to the present time. * H-Diplo *\u003cbr\u003eTaken in all, Kupchan has produced a first-rate account. The style is readable, the research thorough, manifesting a superior mastery of primary sources and the scholarly literature. By and large, Kupchan's treatment is masterful, essential reading for policymakers and a public that is prone to cliché thinking. Professors of American diplomatic history would do well to assign this work; at the very least, they should update their lecture notes. Hopefully, this work will force Americans to leave the world of polemics for that of reflection and responsible analysis. * H-Diplo *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface 1. American Isolationism: Past as Prelude? 2. An Anatomy of Isolationism Part I - The Era of Isolationism, 1789-1898 3. The Revolutionary Era: Contemplating Nonentanglement 4. From the French Revolution to the War of 1812: Isolationism as Doctrine 5. Westward Expansion and the Monroe Doctrine: The Limits of Hemispheric Ambition 6. The Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Rise of American Power: Restraint Amid Ascent Part II - The Defeat of Realist and Idealist Internationalism, 1898-1941 7. The Spanish-American War and the Onset of Imperial Ambition 8. Republican Imperialism and the Isolationist Backlash 9. Wilsonian Idealism and the Isolationist Backlash 10. The 1920s: Influence without Responsibility 11. From the Great Depression to Pearl Harbor: Delusions of Strategic Immunity Part III - The Rise and Fall of Liberal Internationalism, 1941-2020 12. World War II and the Cold War: The Era of Liberal Internationalism 13. The End of the Cold War and the Isolationist Comeback 14. 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And why do politicians keep feeding the very crises they say they are combating?In Wreckonomics, Ruben Andersson and David Keen analyze why disastrous policies live on even when it has become apparent that they do not work. The perverse outcomes of the fights against terror, migration, and drugs are more than a blip or an anomaly. Rather, the proliferation of wars and pseudo-wars has become a dangerous political habit and an endless source of political advantage and profit. From combating crime to the war on drugs, from civil wars to global wars and even covid wars, chronic failure has been harnessed to the appearance of success. Over a wide variety of spheres, problems have persisted and worsened not so much despite the wars and fights waged against them as thanks to these floundering endeavors.Covering a range of cases around the world, Wreckonomics exposes and interrogates the incentive systems that allow destructive policies to flourish in the face of systemic failurewhile offering strategies for tackling our addiction to waging war on everything.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomething's terribly wrong with our public policy. Tasked with managing migration, countering terrorism, and protecting us from pandemic disease, among other things, our institutions seem to thrive amid the wreckage. Ruben Andersson and David Keen explain why. Lively and cogent, Wreckonomics provides us with the lens and the language to make sense of how failure can be success, over and over again. * Alex de Waal, Executive Director, World Peace Foundation *\u003cbr\u003eTo understand the perverse logic of why failing policies are nevertheless politically successful-ranging from the war on drugs to the war on terror-I cannot think of a better introduction than Wreckonomics. In this highly accessible and engaging book, Andersson and Keen provide a damning dissection of our extraordinarily costly and counterproductive addiction to militarized interventions. As we've reached the 20th anniversary of the 2003 invasion of Iraq and continue to live with its disastrous consequences-with the perpetrators not only not held accountable but highly rewarded-the book could not be a more timely and important contribution. * Peter Andreas, Brown University *\u003cbr\u003eElegantly written, thought-provoking and persuasively argued. Andersson and Keen offer a powerful and incisive critique of the conventional narratives that have tended to dominate debate about the motives, dynamics, and effects of contemporary \"wars and security interventions\", forcing the reader to discard lazy assumptions and drawing their attention instead to mechanisms and logics that have served to perpetuate rather than meaningfully address many of the most urgent challenges facing humanity. * Mats Berdal, King's College London *\u003cbr\u003eApplying a sophisticated systems approach to issues spanning the globe, Wreckonomics makes major contributions to international relations and policy analysis. * Clifford Bob, author of Rights as Weapons, The Global Right Wing, and The Marketing of Rebellion *\u003cbr\u003eBased on outstanding original research, thought provoking in its conclusions and challenging in every chapter. * Harry Verhoeven, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University and author of Why Comrades Go To War: Liberation Politics and The Outbreak of Africa's Deadliest Conflict *\u003cbr\u003e[A] deeply-researched and wide-ranging account of how, despite manifest failings, the wars on terror, drugs and migration are entrenched in Western policy as a kind of perma-crisis for which its principal architects are never held responsible. * Samuel Rutter, The Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eProvocative and thought-provoking ... the authors make their important case made with verve and style. * Paschal Donohoe, Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable new book [that] paints a searing portrait of our era of sham politics and fake wars... couldn't be more timely as the world stumbles into 2024. * Richard Lofthouse, QUAD *\u003cbr\u003eWreckonomics is not only an extensively researched argument against the war on everything; at its heart, it is a manifesto against simplicity ... it truly is a challenging read in the best sense of the word: we could all to with thinking more deeply about how to move beyond the war on everything. * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.Crime Scene Investigation 2.Wreckonomics 101: How Failure Became the New Success 3.Cold War Games: When War Is a Self-Licking Ice-Cream Cone 4.A Life of Its Own: The \"War on Terror\" as Frankenstein's Monster 5.Double Games: Fear and Fraud in the Fight against Migration 6.Warriors on Drugs: How States Got Hooked on Narcotics and Crime 7.The Hall of Mirrors: The Distortion of Disastrous Interventions 8.Wreckonomics Goes Viral? The Costs of Laissez-Faire and Lockdown 9.How to End the War on Everything (In Four Complex Steps) 10.Waging Peace: How (Not) to Fight the System","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732666855767,"sku":"9780197645925","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197645925.jpg?v=1719997865"},{"product_id":"the-pursuit-of-dominance-2000-years-of-superpower-grand-strategy-9780197646649","title":"The Pursuit of Dominance 2000 Years of Superpower","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a pressing need for a book on grand strategy that compares Western and non-Western cases historically, and that can be assigned to students. This book fills that gap nicely. Fettweis obviously knows the literature on grand strategy. 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In the last two decades, however, the re-emergence of China as a major great power has called into question the geopolitical future of the region and raised the specter of renewed great power competition. As the eminent China scholar David Shambaugh explains in Where Great Powers Meet, the United States and China are engaged in a broad-gauged and global competition for power. While this competition ranges across the entire world, it is centered in Asia. In this book, Shambaugh focuses on the critical sub-region of Southeast Asia. The United States and China constantly vie for position and influence across this enormously significant area--and the outcome of this contest will do much to determine whether Asia leaves the American orbit after seven decades and falls into a new Chinese sphere of influence. Just as importantly, to the extent that there is a global power transition occurring from the US to China, the fate of Southeast Asia will be a good indicator. Presently, both powers bring important assets to bear in their competition. The United States continues to possess a depth and breadth of security ties, soft power, and direct investment across the region that empirically outweigh China''s. For its part, China has more diplomatic influence, much greater trade, and geographic proximity. In assessing the likelihood of a regional power transition, Shambaugh examines how ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and its member states maneuver and the degree to which they align with one or the other power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Shambaugh's Where Great Powers Meet is a fine contribution to a spate of recent books focusing on China, Southeast Asia, and the US. His work is arguably the most policy and foreign policy (narrowly defined) oriented. * David Bachman, University of Washington, Seattle, Pacific Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eThe book provides food for thought for countries elsewhere as they manage relations with the two competing great powers while protecting their own national interests. Highly recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. General readers. * Z. Zhu, Bucknell University, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eShambaugh's book makes a very important contribution on this critical issue in Australia's neighbourhood... and should be required reading for all Asia-watchers. * John West, Australian Institute of International Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eWhat does great power rivalry mean? David Shambaugh provides an engaging and readable account of how the US-China competition is playing out in its Southeast Asian epicenter. One could not ask for a more thoughtful and experienced guide to this fraught relationship. * Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Harvard University and author of Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump *\u003cbr\u003eThis timely book on Southeast Asia by a leading American Asia specialist belongs on the desk of every senior US official involved with foreign policy and national security. As US-China rivalry intensifies, the strategic significance of Southeast Asia is also shooting upward. In recent decades the region's economic vibrancy and cooperative relationships have made it a global success story. Now its geographic location is assuming ever greater importance. This book explains why. Deeply researched, it is loaded with background information and astute assessments that should inform the thinking of all those concerned about the future role of the United States in a rapidly changing world. * J. Stapleton Roy, Wilson Center, former US ambassador to Singapore, China, and Indonesia *\u003cbr\u003eDistinguished China scholar David Shambaugh has produced a timely and well-conceived treatment of the battle for influence between the United States and China that is raging across Southeast Asia. With firsthand accounts and deep insights, he has provided a deeply incisive and troubling narrative of a struggle that too often tilts towards Beijing. Current, deeply relevant and powerfully presented, Shambaugh's book lands like a piece of ordnance in a firefight — with a big blast. A must read for anyone seeking to understand the contest for primacy playing out in Southeast Asia. * Hon. Kurt Campbell, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia \u0026amp; Pacific; Chairman \u0026amp; CEO of The Asia Group *\u003cbr\u003eWhere Great Powers Meet is about the New Great Game — Sino-American competition in Southeast Asia. David Shambaugh has combined his deep understanding of China, experience in US government with his new immersion in ASEAN to produce a perceptive, balanced and comprehensive study on this dynamic rivalry. He has succinctly captured the nuances in the thinking and responses of the ASEAN states. This book is essential reading for those who wish to make sense of the changing geopolitics of Southeast Asia. * Hon. Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador-at-Large and Chairperson, ISEAS- Yusof-Ishak Institute, Singapore *\u003cbr\u003eBlending historical context with an incisive analysis of current developments and policy prescriptions, David Shambaugh's new book should be read by anyone — from academia or the policy world — who seeks to understand Southeast Asia's crucial role in shaping US-China relations and the 21st century world order. * Amitav Acharya, American University, Washington, D.C. *\u003cbr\u003eAn eye-opening survey of a volatile, crucially important region and a must-read for students of geopolitics. * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eShambaugh's fresh eyes are reason enough to read Where Great Powers Meet, as they yield equally fresh observations and arguments. * The Asia Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe authoritative empirical work comparing Chinese and American influence and weaknesses in the region. * Contemporary Southeast Asia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDedication Preface Chapter 1: Sino-American Competition in Southeast Asia Chapter 2: China's Legacies in Southeast Asia Chapter 3: American Legacies in Southeast Asia Chapter 4: China's Contemporary Roles in Southeast Asia Chapter 5: America's Contemporary Roles in Southeast Asia Chapter 6: Navigating Between the Giants: ASEAN'S Agency Chapter 7: The Future of International Relations in Southeast Asia Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732671639895,"sku":"9780197667347","price":18.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197667347.jpg?v=1719997886"},{"product_id":"nuclear-decisions-changing-the-course-of-nuclear-weapons-programs-9780197679531","title":"Nuclear Decisions Changing the Course of Nuclear","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Decisions remains a valuable addition to the nuclear security literature and required reading for those that study the nature or domestic politics of nuclear weapons programs. * Christopher J. Watterson, Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament *\u003cbr\u003eKoch's Nuclear Decisions is an important addition to the scholarship on nuclear proliferation. * Rachel Whitlark, H-Diplo *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction to Nuclear Decisions Chapter 2: Proliferation Curves Chapter 3: A Theory of Nuclear Decision-Making Chapter 4: Changing Proliferation Environments across the Nuclear Age . 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Challenging approaches to nuclear strategy that rely on capabilities rather than intentions and real-world decision-making dynamics, Lebovic makes a compelling case that nuclear strategists and policy makers should focus on what potential adversaries are likely to do as opposed to what they can do. No one interested in the future of nuclear deterrence and strategy can afford to ignore this provocative and important book. * Keith Shimko, Purdue University *\u003cbr\u003eJames Lebovic provides an unsparing examination of lessons learned and unlearned from debates about nuclear deterrence during the Cold War. More importantly, he demonstrates why these debates are relevant today as the United States struggles to deal with the nuclear challenges posed by Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. At a time when most analyses of nuclear deterrence and strategic stability focus on the impact of emerging technologies, Lebovic focuses on the underlying logic of how deterrence works and makes a strong case that capabilities matter much less than commonly supposed. His analysis is a useful antidote to the current fascination with how artificial intelligence, hypersonic missiles, and cyber weapons will revolutionize deterrence. * Gregory Koblentz, Associate Professor and director of the Biodefense Graduate Program, George Mason University *\u003cbr\u003eThe False Promise of Superiority is an important book that reminds readers how the faulty logics and irrationalities of the Cold War era continue to haunt the present. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcepts and Arguments Chapter 1: The United States and Nuclear Deterrence after the Cold War SECTION I: Assessing Nuclear Capability: The History and Implications of Alleged Nuclear Advantages Chapter 2: The Cold War Nuclear Force Balance: The Challenge and Promise of Asymmetry Chapter 3: Nuclear \"Superiority\" after the Cold War SECTION II: Coercive Tactics: Boosting Credibility to Signal a US Willingness to Act on the US \"Nuclear Advantage\" Chapter 4: Commitment Chapter 5: Risk Manipulation Chapter 6: Resolve and Reputation SECTION III: Case Studies Chapter 7: When Tactics Consume Strategy: Decision Making in the Cuban Missile Crisis Chapter 8: When Red Lines Consume Debate: Thwarting Iran's Nuclear Ambitions Conclusions Chapter 9: The Case for Nuclear Superiority: Assessing What We Know (and Do Not Know) about Nuclear Deterrence Notes Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732674163031,"sku":"9780197680872","price":24.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197680872.jpg?v=1719997899"},{"product_id":"disrupt-and-deny-9780198784609","title":"Disrupt and Deny","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisrupt and Deny is the untold story behind Britain''s secret scheming against both enemies and friends from 1945 to the present day. British leaders use spies and Special Forces to interfere in the affairs of others discreetly and deniably. Since 1945, MI6 has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets from the Middle East to Eastern Europe and Northern Ireland. It has instigated whispering campaigns and planted false evidence on officials working behind the Iron Curtain, tried to foment revolution in Albania, blown up ships to prevent the passage of refugees to Israel, and secretly funnelled aid to insurgents in Afghanistan and dissidents in Poland. MI6 has launched cultural and economic warfare against Iceland and Czechoslovakia. It has tried to instigate coups in Congo, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and elsewhere. Through bribery and blackmail, Britain has rigged elections as colonies moved to independence. Britain has fought secret wars in Yemen, Indonesia, and Oman - and discreetly used Special Forces to eliminate enemies from colonial Malaya to Libya during the Arab Spring. This is covert action: a vital, though controversial, tool of statecraft and perhaps the most sensitive of all government activity. If used wisely, it can play an important role in pursuing national interests in a dangerous world. If used poorly, it can cause political scandal - or worse. In Disrupt and Deny, Rory Cormac tells the remarkable true story of Britain''s secret scheming against its enemies, as well as its friends; of intrigue and manoeuvring within the darkest corridors of Whitehall, where officials fought to maintain control of this most sensitive and seductive work; and, above all, of Britain''s attempt to use smoke and mirrors to mask decline. He reveals hitherto secret operations, the slush funds that paid for them, and the battles in Whitehall that shaped them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview from previous edition Revelatory and meticulously researched. Rory Cormac moves in the forensic footsteps of Peter Hennessy, patiently sleuthing his way through forgotten archives and private papers, finding disturbing documents that Whitehall civil servants hoped had long been buried. Half a century after we began to learn about SOE and Bletchley Park, there are still surprises. * Richard Aldrich, The Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eA welcome and most timely book [which] provides plenty of evidence to show why it is time [that policy makers and spy chiefs] absence of accountability and freedom to break the law with impunity must end. * Richard Norton-Taylor, Literary Review *\u003cbr\u003eA work of outstanding scholarly originality. * Richard Davenport-Hines, Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eDisrupt and Deny is a bold study of the postwar history of British covert action [and] Cormac attacks the subject with impressive energy and industry. The result is an engrossing journey through the history of a stubbornly opaque area of the secret world. * Huw Dylan, BBC History Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eA ground-breaking book ... It reads like a thriller and shines valuable light on how Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, M16, has spread misinformation designed to divide and discredit targets from the Middle East to Eastern Europe. * Francis Ghiles, ES Global *\u003cbr\u003eThis excellent book relies on a high amount of archival material and represents the first detailed history of British covert action. * Lucy Trenta, Intelligence and National Security *\u003cbr\u003eAn enthralling, well-written and authoritative history of Britain's role in covert operations from the Second World War to the present day. * Geraint Hughes, International Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eAn important book about an important subject Disrupt and Deny should be read by anyone, citizens, scholars or those in government interested in Britain's place in the world, past and present. * Calder Walton, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003eA pioneering and highly readable book uncovering how Britain secretly used spies and special forces to stem national decline. * Professor Michael Goodman, King's College, London *\u003cbr\u003eRory Cormac is one of the brightest rising stars in the expanding firmament of Intelligence Studies. Here he takes on one of the most difficult of research endeavors: probing the ins-and-outs of covert action as practiced by the British. He comes up with a balanced assessment written in lovely prose that is a pleasure to read. This book is a valuable dissection of an important topic that few have had the audacity to address. * Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a ground-breaking book--the first history of British covert action ever published, from wartime SOE to new and unacknowledged adventures in Syria.\" * Richard J. 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In a book rich with historical examples she argues that spying is only justified to protect against ongoing violations of fundamental rights. Blackmail, bribery, mass surveillance, cyberespionage, treason, and other nefarious activities are considered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCécile Fabre's latest book further demonstrates that she is among the most insightful and prolific thinkers working on the ethics of foreign policy. Here she expands her reach by turning to an underaddressed issue in political theory and applied ethics: the morality of espionage. * Saba Bazargan-Forward, University of California San Diego, Ethics *\u003cbr\u003eVery little has been written on the ethics of espionage, and this text begins to fill the gap. * K. Buterbaugh, Southern Connecticut State University, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eSpying Through a Glass Darkly: The Ethics of Espionage and Counter-Intelligence is a comprehensive and forensic survey of espionage practices and the necessary evils sometimes carried out by their exponents. 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