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Book SynopsisWith the removal of not only Saddam Hussein but also Jean-Betrand Aristide, as well as the ongoing civil war in against Charles Taylor in Liberia, much has changed in the world of dictators since the first publication of this work less than a year ago. With his colleagues in diplomacy and politics shying away from bold solutions to this ever-present problem, Ambassador Mark Palmer has once again set out to persuade everyone that the only way to achieve global peace is through the removal of dictators with democracy as their replacements. Drawing on his 25 years of extensive diplomatic experience, Ambassador Palmer asks us to embrace a bold vision of a world made safe by democracy. This is the story of the remaining dictators, the strategy and tactics to oust them, and the need to empower the people of every nation to control their own destinies. We know that these dictators are at the root of terrorism and war. Under their leadership and instruction, millions have gone to their deathTrade ReviewThis is a confident book, written by a confident man. * Times Higher Education *Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Real Axis of Evil Part 2 The Future with Dictators Part 3 A Democratic World Chapter 4 Ousting the Last Forty-Five Part 5 Power in the Modern World Part 6 Sanction Dictators, Not Peoples Chapter 7 Communities of Democracies and Democrats Part 8 The New Architecture of International Power Part 9 Freedom Caucuses Part 10 Global Security Alliance and Coalitions of the Willing Part 11 International Criminal Tribunals Part 12 International Parliamentary Cooperation Part 13 Monarchs for Democracy Part 14 The Nongovernmental Dimension Part 15 The Stakes Chapter 16 Opening Closed Societies Part 17 Presidential Leadership Part 18 Outsiders' Toolbox for Promoting Democracy in Dictatorships Chapter 19 Democracy Development Plans and Action Programs Part 20 Stages of Economic Growth Part 21 Who Will Conduct: The International Dictatorship-to-Democracy Center Part 22 Why Engage? Chapter 23 Embassies as Freedom Houses, Ambassadors as Freedom Fighters Part 24 Extraordinary Opportunity for Creativity Part 25 Dealing Directly with Dictators Part 26 Ambassadors in Action Chapter 27 The Use of Nonviolent Force Part 28 Two-Stage Campaigns to Oust Dictators Part 29 People Power: Two Battlegrounds Part 30 Appendix: The Methods of Nonviolent Action Chapter 31 The Forty-Five Least Wanted Part 32 Personalistic Dictatorships Part 33 Monarch Dictators Part 34 Military Dictators Part 35 Communist Dictators Part 36 Dominant-Party Dictators Part 37 Theocratic Dictator: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Chapter 38 Out by 2025 Part 39 Asia Part 40 The "Stans," the Middle East, and North Africa: The Heart Part 41 Sub-Saharan Africa Part 42 The Last Dictators in Europe and the Americas Part 43 Afterword Part 44 Epilogue and Action Agenda

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Book SynopsisSecond volume of Deutscher prize-winning trilogy on the future of IR, tracing the defining characteristics of 'foreign encounters' over time.Trade Review'A brilliant treatise on the 'foreign encounter'. Magisterial in scope, this book reshapes our conception of historical temporalities, civilisational flows and international relations' -- Mustapha Kamal Pasha, Sixth Century Chair in International Relations, University of Aberdeen'Challenges us to understand the world in its full complexity and contradictory actuality' -- Peter Bratsis'An exploration of the mythical, religious, cultural and ideological themes through which the historically and geographically distinct communities' modes of foreign relations have been understood, organised and narrated' -- Radhika DesaiTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1. Tribal Foreign Relations and Mythical Ancestry 2. Sedentary-Nomad Encounters in Semitic Myth and Religion 3. Warrior Heroes in the Indo-European Lineage 4. Imperial Cosmologies and the Nomadic Counterpoint 5. Rival Fundamentalisms on the Imperial Frontier References Index

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Book SynopsisA classic, radical study of development via US foreign policy from the post-war periodTrade Review'Pathbreaking ... a major contribution' -- Marilyn B. Young'A landmark book' -- Zachary LockmanTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword by Thomas Ferguson Introduction by Robert Vitalis 1. The 'New Look' in Development Studies 2. Making Connections 3. Discourse on Development 4. Transparent Boundaries: From Policies to Studies of Political Development 5. Defining the Parameters of Discourse 6. The Academic Translation: Liberal Democratic Theory and Interpretations of Political Development 7. The Impossible Task of Theories of Political Development Epilogue Notes Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the conflict between China's rapid modernisation and the west, as well as its own traditional valuesTrade Review'For a China mired in the past, even by language, to imagine a utopia of a modern future took major reinventions of thought, expression and outlook. This extremely difficult process, unappreciated in the West but probably unparalleled in modern history, is superbly charted in this important collection' -- Stephen Chan OBE, Professor of World Politics, SOAS University of London'The debate about China's destination has been raging for nearly 200 years. This book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the diverse possibilities in the evolution of China's identity' -- Professor Hugo de Burgh, Walt Disney Chair in Global Media and Communications, Tsinghua University'The current Cold War climate that sees China as a threat, and little else, makes it all the more important to understand China on its own terms. The book’s avoids simplistic accounts and presents important insights into Chinese visions of itself' -- Anthony Welch, Professor of Education, University of SydneyTable of ContentsPreface Introduction - David Margolies and Qing Cao 1. The Lure of Utopia: Reinterpreting Liang Qichao’s Xinmin Shuo, 1902–1906 - Qing Cao 2. Utopian Future in Chinese Poetry: Bian Zhilin in Republican China - Yang Zhou 3. The China Dream: Harmonious Dialectics and International Law - Yonit Manor-Percival 4. Nostalgic Utopia in Chinese Aesthetic Modernity: The Case of the Film Fang Hua (Youth) - Jie Wang (translated by Charles Collins) 5. American Dreams in China: The Case of Zhongguo Hehuoren - Qinghong Yin (translated by Charles Collins) 6. Between Reality and Utopia: Chinese Underclass Literature since the 1990s - Jiaona Xu (translated by Charles Collins) 7. Eco-humanism and the Construction of Eco-aesthetics in China - Xiangzhan Cheng (translated by Charles Collins) Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFuture developments in war, armed conflict and international relations are central to our collective fate in this century. This book looks forward by considering the forces that will drive changes in military organizations, sources of conflict, the power of states and the nature of the international system.Trade Review"The underlying reasons why rivalry among states will remain the moving force of international relations are set out in Paul Hirst's War and Power in the 21st Century, a short book written before 11 September that is worth more than a truckload of the ephemera that have appeared in the aftermath of the attack." The New Statesman "This short, well-written contribution to Polity's 'Themes for the 21st Century' series contains a bold set of reflections on the future of states and war." Political Studies Review "A very useful study." Australian Journal of Political ScienceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vi Introduction 1 1 Military Revolutions 7 2 The International System in the Westphalian Era 44 3 The Future of War 79 4 The Future of the International System 110 Conclusion 145 Notes 149 Further Reading 159 Index 165

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Book SynopsisWhat is the West? Why does it need to be defended? From what, by whom, and how? These are thorny questions that international society must grapple with in order to meet the security challenges of the 21st Century. This little book provides answers to these questions.Trade Review'If, as I believe, there is no more important task in international relations in the 21st century than re-joining the imperatives of strategy with the legitimating structures of law, then Defending the West is a very important work indeed. Rich and accessible, it charts the way forward.' -- Philip Bobbitt, A.W. Walker Centennial Chair in Law 'A provocative case for extending the concept of self-defence in international relations to include pre-emptive armed action. Based on a reasoned argument about the changed global security situation, it deserves attention even those who are sceptical of Western military action.' -- Martin Shaw, University of SussexTable of ContentsPreface. Abbreviations. Chapter 1 Introduction. The Question of Pre-emption: Real Need or Dangerous Fantasy?. Defining the West: Delineating the West. Defining the West: Defending the West. The Book. Chapter 2 Theory. Realism and the Rest. Constructivist Realism. Chapter 3 Order. The Post-Cold War Sovereignty Revolution. Stratified Stability: From Disorder to Order. Layering Stability: the Evolution of the Sovereign State System. Stratifying Stability: Borders and Beyond. Chapter 4 Threats. Physical Threats. Stability Threats. Chapter 5 Alliance. The Evolutionary Alliance. The Alliance Transformed. The European Dimension: Invention, Illusion and the Indispensable. The Euroatlantic Order. US Leadership, European Capability and Responsible Action. Chapter 6 Partnership. Productive Partnership and Constructive Engagement. Partnership, Engagement and Stability. Strategic Flexibility:Operational and Political. Chapter 7 Pre-Emption. Iraq 2003: the Basis for Action and the Shadow of Pre-Emption. New Bearings in Self-Defence for the Twenty-First Century: the Need for Pre-Emption. Intelligence, Legitimacy and the Boundaries of the Self-Defence Revolution. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisAnna Borshchevskaya is a senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, focusing on Russia's policy toward the Middle East. In addition, she is a fellow at the European Foundation for Democracy. A former analyst for a U.S. military contractor in Afghanistan, she has also served as communications director at the American Islamic Congress. Her analysis is published widely in publications such as Foreign Affairs, The Hill, The New Criterion, and Middle East Quarterly.Trade ReviewBorshchevskaya… offers one of the most durable sentences in the history of American foreign policy: “The United States threw the Kurds under the bus." -- Thomas E. Ricks * The New York Times *Skillfully lays out Mr. Putin’s approach to the Middle East... [And] a useful primer on how the Russian government sees the world. -- Samuel Sweeney * Wall Street Journal *Borshchevskaya’s book is one that has been long overdue—this is perhaps the only book available that looks exclusively at Russia’s intervention, its causes and consequences (both internationally and domestically), and what it means more broadly for Russia’s geopolitical position. “Putin’s War in Syria” is a detailed and fascinating… [it is] exceptionally enlightening and fills in the significant gaps in media coverage and popular analysis. -- Joshua Huminski * Diplomatic Courier *No one knows the subject matter better than Anna Borshchevskaya, whose research is extraordinary and insights into Russian high strategy are absolutely on target. * Ambassador James Jeffrey, U.S. Special Representative for Syria 2018-2020 *Anna Borshchevskaya has written an important account of how Putin not only avoided getting Russia into a quagmire in Syria as President Obama predicted, but has instead succeeded militarily at low cost in part through leveraging the actions of others (including Iran and Hezbollah) operating there. She also shows that Moscow has succeeded diplomatically at managing differences and improving relations with Washington’s traditional Middle Eastern allies during its campaign in Syria. Her eminently readable book should be read by policymakers, scholars, and students. * Mark N. Katz, Professor of Government and Politics, George Mason University/Nonresident Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council *Anna Borshchevskaya is Washington’s go-to expert on Russian involvement in the Middle East. Her years of research have resulted in a thoughtful, comprehensive, and authoritative account of the evolution of Moscow’s relationship with Damascus and of Russia’s military and diplomatic intervention in the war. Borshchevskaya is a keen observer of the Kremlin and of Vladimir Putin’s approach toward great power competition in the Middle East, a region in which Syria is presently ground zero. Putin’s War in Syria is an indispensable volume for policy practitioners and analysts alike. * David Schenker, Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and former assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs *The full tragedy of Syria is laid bare in this remarkable book, and the central role of Vladimir Putin in the creation of seemingly endless destruction and death is clearly identified. The first step for accountability begins with accurate history, and this volume will be a central part of it. * James Stavridis, Admiral, US Navy (Retired) *Putin's War in Syria is an eye opening examination of Russia as it relates to a much bigger world than NATO and central Europe. Born in Russia, Anna Borshchevskaya opens our eyes to Russian ambitions and gives us a slightly different view of how it sees itself in relation to the west and the US. In Syria, Russia re enters great power competition - outside of its former “sphere of influence” - and now owns a seat at the table in the Middle East. Does the west get it? Does the US get it? Borshchevskaya does a superb job of annotating what we have missed and how Russia has used all the tools of national power to keep the west one step behind on the chessboard. A must read for those like me who tend to keep Russian in a European context. * General Phil Breedlove, US Air Force (Retired) *Putin’s war in Syria makes an important contribution by explaining Russia’s policies in the Middle East through its identity, history and modern realities. * International Affairs *Borshchevskaya’s book offers a very useful summary of Russian policy in the Middle East which is both very readable and very analytic… One I would strongly recommend for use in college courses on Russian foreign policy. -- Robert O. Freedman * Slavonic and East European Review *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION SECTION I: Russia and the Middle East Chapter 1: Soviet Union in the Middle East and the Afghanistan Intervention Chapter 2: Russia in the 1990s Chapter 3: Putin Returns Russia to the Middle East Chapter 4: Russia-Iran-Syria Triangle SECTION II Putin’s Syria Intervention Chapter 5: The Military Campaign Chapter 6: The Domestic Campaign Chapter 7: Diplomatic Efforts Chapter 8: Moscow and Regional Actors Chapter 9: Russia and Syria’s Resources Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive analysis of Canadian foreign policy during the Harper era.Trade ReviewThe Harper Era is an important first look at nearly a decade of Canadian foreign policy that will likely, and deservedly, be the standard work on foreign policy in this period, just as Nelson Michaud and Kim Richard Nossal’s Diplomatic Departures is the principle book on Brian Mulroney’s handling of foreign affairs. Until the archives have opened, 30 years hence, persons interested in this controversial and complicated period in Canadian foreign policy would be well advised to consult this collection. -- Asa McKercher, McMaster University * International Journal, Vol. 72 No. 1, March 2017 *Adam Chapnick and Christopher Kukucha [present] a more nuanced reality [of Harper’s foreign policy]: that while there was an impulse on Harper’s part to deviate from the norm, external and systemic factors, like the Canadian economy, American policy and the dynamics of the international community, ensured that Canada’s foreign policy under Harper wasn’t as much of an aberration as some might think. -- Catherine Tsalikis * opencanada.org, January 2017 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Conservative Foreign Policy in the Harper Era / Adam Chapnick and Christopher J. KukuchaPart 1: Setting the Context1 Debating the Proper Role of Parliament in the Making and Conduct of Canada’s International Policies / Denis Stairs2 Foreign Policy and Minority Government: The Cases of Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau / John English3 The Constitutional Politics of Parliament’s Role in International Policy / Philippe LagasséPart 2: Key Issues4 Did Minority Government Matter? Thinking Counterfactually about the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan / Jean-Christophe Boucher and Kim Richard Nossal5 The Evolution of the Harper Government’s Defence Policy: Minority versus Majority or Surplus versus Deficit? / David Perry6 Stephen Harper’s Israel Policy / Adam Chapnick7 Explaining Canada’s Foreign Environmental Policies during the Harper Era / Michael W. Manulak8 Canada and the United States in the Harper Years: Still “Special,” but Not Especially Important / Greg Anderson9 The Harper Government’s Approach to Energy: Shooting Itself in the Foot / Monica Gattinger10 Canadian Aid Policy during the Harper Years / Stephen Brown11 The Shaping of a Conservative Human Rights Policy in the Harper Era / David Petrasek and Rebecca Tiessen12 Canada’s Incremental Foreign Trade Policy / Christopher J. Kukucha13 Diaspora and Canadian Foreign Policy: The World in Canada? / David Carment and Joseph LandryPart 3: Additional Perspectives14 Minority Report: Covering Canadian Foreign Policy in a Minority and Majority Government / Lee Berthiaume15 Foreign Policy and the Senate: Microscope and Telescope in Turbulent Times / Hugh Segal16 Concluding Thoughts: The Prime Minister of the Few / Norman HillmerContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIn this insightful analysis, he provides a starting point for informed and focused reflection and preparation.Trade ReviewProvocative and impressive work. Proceedings 2006 A very useful exploration of a very broad range of possibilities. Future Survey 2006 Provocative and timely work. -- Glen Segell Political Studies Review 2006 Quester has tackled a most important subject that we should all be thinking about. -- Martha Smith-Norris International History Review 2007Table of ContentsPreface1. Considering the Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Use2. Some Scenarios of Nuclear Escalation3. Likely World Reactions4. Likely American Popular Reactions5. Appropriate United States Policy Responses6. Some Final ObservationsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisShowcasing cutting-edge theoretical debates, Promoting Democracy in the Americas offers a much needed reality check on whether international and transnational actors are indeed successful in their efforts to promote democracy and, if so, exactly what type of democracy they envision.Trade ReviewA worthy successor to Tom Farer's seminal Beyond Sovereignty. -- Richard Feinberg Foreign Affairs 2008 Excellent new volume. -- Jesse Lerner-Kinglake Bulletin of Latin American Research 2008Table of ContentsForewordPrefaceList of Acronyms and AbbreviationsChapter 1. The International and Transnational Dimensions of Democracy in the AmericasPart I: The Role of the OAS and Regional PowersChapter 2. The OAS and Legalizing Norms of DemocracyChapter 3. The OAS's Mixed RecordChapter 4. The United States: Rhetoric and RealityChapter 5. Canada: Democracy's New Champion?Chapter 6. Brazil: How Realists Defend DemocracyPart II: Election MonitoringChapter 7. Election Monitoring and the Western Hemisphere IdeaChapter 8. External Validation and Democratic AccountabilityPart III: Crisis CasesChapter 9. Haiti 2004: CARICOM's Democracy Promotion EortsChapter 10. Venezuela 2002–2004: The Ch.vez Challenge Chapter 11. Ecuador 2004–2005: Democratic Crisis ReduxPart IV: Critical ReflectionsChapter 12. The International Political Economy of Democracy Promotion: Lessons from Haiti and GuatemalaChapter 13. Transnational Response to Democratic Crisis in the Americas, 1990–2005Appendix A. OAS Resolution 1080Appendix B. The Inter-American Democratic CharterReferences List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIlluminating the deep-seated struggles between two visions of globalization, Smith reveals a network of activists who have long been working to democratize the global political system.Trade ReviewSmith's book nicely illuminates the emerging world of global civil society, providing tools for its ongoing study. -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs 2008 Highly recommended. Choice 2008 She mobilizes a host of secondary literature, as well as original field research, to offer a well-supported examination of the threats to, and need for, making multilateral institutions work on behalf of those who would save the world, not sell it. -- Elisabeth Jay Friedman Mobilization 2008 An impassioned examination of transnational social movements... provides valuable insights into the mobilization, tactics, and successes of the democratic globalization movement. -- Liam Swiss Canadian Journal of Sociology 2009 This is an excellent study that shows the diversity of the democratic globalization movement. -- Agnieszka Paczynska Peace and Change 2009 Smith has gathered a very impressive collection of data on complex global processes and structures. Writing from an engaged, critical perspective, she offers a coherent, thoughtful analysis of contested processes of globalization and constructive insights on potential pathways toward global democratization. This excellent book will be of great interest to sociologists and other students of this critical issue of our times. -- Lynn R. Horton Contemporary Sociology 2009Table of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefacePart I: Foundations1. Contested Globalizations2. Rival Transnational Networks3. Politics in a Global SystemPart II: Rival Networks Examined4. Globalizing Capitalism: The Transnational Neoliberal Network in Action5. Promoting Multilateralism: Social Movements and the UN System6. Mobilizing a Transnational Network for Democratic GlobalizationPart III: Struggles for Multilateralism and Global Democracy7. Agenda Setting in a Global Polity8. Domesticating International Human Rights Norms9. Confronting Contradictions between Multilateral Economic Institutions and the UN System10. Alternative Political Spaces: The World Social Forum Process and "Globalization from Below"Conclusion: Network Politics and Global DemocracyNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisIlluminating the deep-seated struggles between two visions of globalization, Smith reveals a network of activists who have long been working to democratize the global political system.Trade ReviewSmith's book nicely illuminates the emerging world of global civil society, providing tools for its ongoing study. -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs 2008 Highly recommended. Choice 2008 She mobilizes a host of secondary literature, as well as original field research, to offer a well-supported examination of the threats to, and need for, making multilateral institutions work on behalf of those who would save the world, not sell it. -- Elisabeth Jay Friedman Mobilization 2008 An impassioned examination of transnational social movements... provides valuable insights into the mobilization, tactics, and successes of the democratic globalization movement. -- Liam Swiss Canadian Journal of Sociology 2009 This is an excellent study that shows the diversity of the democratic globalization movement. -- Agnieszka Paczynska Peace and Change 2009 Smith has gathered a very impressive collection of data on complex global processes and structures. Writing from an engaged, critical perspective, she offers a coherent, thoughtful analysis of contested processes of globalization and constructive insights on potential pathways toward global democratization. This excellent book will be of great interest to sociologists and other students of this critical issue of our times. -- Lynn R. Horton Contemporary Sociology 2009Table of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresPrefacePart I: Foundations1. Contested Globalizations2. Rival Transnational Networks3. Politics in a Global SystemPart II: Rival Networks Examined4. Globalizing Capitalism: The Transnational Neoliberal Network in Action5. Promoting Multilateralism: Social Movements and the UN System6. Mobilizing a Transnational Network for Democratic GlobalizationPart III: Struggles for Multilateralism and Global Democracy7. Agenda Setting in a Global Polity8. Domesticating International Human Rights Norms9. Confronting Contradictions between Multilateral Economic Institutions and the UN System10. Alternative Political Spaces: The World Social Forum Process and "Globalization from Below"Conclusion: Network Politics and Global DemocracyNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisFully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy, this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership-or its absence-directly affects the outcome of wars.Trade Review"Hess's writing is clear, each chapter is sharply focused, and his comparisons are deft, all of which we have a right to expect from an historian of his stature." - International History Review "This book admirably introduces an historical cross-analysis that allows some assessment of US leadership during these critical times." - Virginia Quarterly Review "A solid work... Hess has packaged three historical vignettes in a thorough, concise, and readable primer on wartime presidential leadership." - Historian"Table of ContentsSeries Editor's ForewordPreface to the Second EditionIntroduction: Presidential Leadership and International Crises1. Harry S. Truman and the Korean Crisis: "We can't let the U.N. down"2. Harry S. Truman as Commander in Chief: Decision by Indecision3. Lyndon B. Johnson and the Vietnam Crisis: "America keeps her word"4. Lyndon B. Johnson as Commander in Chief: The Strategy of Wishful Thinking5. George H. W. Bush and the Persian Gulf Crisis: "This aggression will not stand"6. George H. W. Bush as Commander in Chief: The Imperatives of Coalition Warfare7. George W. Bush and the Second Crisis with Iraq: "Time is not on our side"8. George W. Bush as Commander in Chief: History Overpowers IdeologyConclusion: Four Presidents and Their WarsBibliographical EssayIndex

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Book Synopsismilitary policy from the end of the Cold War through the beginning of the Obama presidency provides a clear picture of why the United States is militarily powerful but otherwise insecure.Trade ReviewA provocative thesis, with impressive statistics, charts, and numbers in support and a narrative accessible to the intelligent, informed lay reader. Choice 2010 This volume is an important contribution to a growing literature on the dysfunctional nature of national-security politics in the United States. Survival 2010Table of ContentsList of FiguresPreface1. Irrational Security2. After the Cold War: From Buildup to Bottom-Up3. What Comes Down Must Go Up: Clinton and the Politics of Military Spending4. From Ambition to Empire: Bush and Military Policy before and after 9/115. Hidden in Plain Sight: The Bush Military Buildup6. Paying the Price: From Bush to ObamaNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisClear and accessible, this cutting-edge contemporary policy analysis will engage scholars of US foreign policy and international relations as well as policymakers grappling with the importance of energy security in today's world.Trade ReviewGlobal Energy Security and American Hegemony should definitely be on your reading list. -- Aaron W. Hughey Daily News 2010 This well-researched book is impressive in its scholarship and insightful analysis of US pursuit of hegemony in oil-rich regions... Highly recommended. Choice 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Global Oil Supplies and US Intervention1. US Hegemony and Global Energy Security2. Counterinsurgency and the Stabilization of Order3. The Persian Gulf and Beyond4. The Caspian Basin: US Oil Hegemony in the Former Soviet Union5. West Africa: Stabilizing the Gulf of Guinea6. Latin America: Capital, Crude, and Counterinsurgency in America's "Backyard"Conclusion: The Futures of American Hegemony?NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisReligious Politics and Secular States fills this gap by situating this trend within long-standing debates over the proper role of religion in public life.Trade ReviewStudents of contemporary religion and contemporary politics should consider Hibbard's argument very seriously. -- Jack David Eller Anthropology Review Database 2011 With its accessible language and rich examples, this book would be of interest to a wide audience that includes general readers as well as scholars of religion and politics. Choice 2011Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Rethinking the Secular State1. Reinterpreting Modern Religious Politics2. The Rise and Decline of Egyptian Secularism3. The Islamization of Egyptian Politics4. The Rise and Decline of Indian Secularism5. Embedding Communalism in Indian Politics6. The Rise and Decline of American Secularism7. Religious Nationalism in the Reagan-Bush EraConclusion: Religious Politics ReconsideredNotesIndex

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Book Synopsis“An inside account of Hillary Clinton’s relationship with Barack Obama that brims with insight and high-level intrigue.”—Jane Mayer, bestselling author of Dark MoneyThe deeply reported story of two trailblazers who share a common sense of their historic destiny but hold very different beliefs about how to project American power—from veteran New York Times White House correspondent Mark LandlerIn the annals of American statecraft, theirs was a most unlikely alliance. Clinton, daughter of an anticommunist father, was raised in the Republican suburbs of Chicago in the aftermath of World War II, nourishing an unshakable belief in the United States as a force for good in distant lands. Obama, an itinerant child of the 1970s, was raised by a single mother in Indonesia and Hawaii, suspended between worlds and a witness to the less savory side of Uncle Sam’s influence abroad. Clinton and Obama wo

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Book SynopsisPeace Out of Reach challenges policymakers to build bridges, recognize common interests, foster genuine diplomacy, and seek realistically navigable roads to lasting peace, rather than resort to propaganda, threats, and military actions.Table of ContentsJohn W. Burgess: Godfather of the Dunning School William Archibald Dunning: Flawed Colossus of American Letters James Wilford Garner and the Dream of a Two-Party South Ulrich B. Phillips: Dunningite or Phillipsian sui generis? The Steel Frame of Walter Lynwood Fleming Ransack Roulhac and Racism: Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton and Dunning's Questions of Institution-Building and Jim Crow Paul Leland Haworth: The Progressive Yankee in the Old Chief's Court Charles W. Ramsdell The Not So Strange Career of William Watson Davis's The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida C. Mildred Thompson: A Liberal among the Dunningites

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Book SynopsisIn Foreign Policy, Inc.: Privatizing America's National Interest, Lawrence Davidson argues that widespread public disinterest in global affairs, a prevailing characteristic of American political culture, has given private interest groups a paramount influence over the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy.Trade ReviewA major contribution to our knowledge and understanding of one of the most important aspects of foreign policy, i.e. the historical role of domestic lobbies in the policy making process. - CHERYL A. RUBENBERG, author of Israel and the American National Interest

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Book SynopsisUses films and television shows to guide readers to a deeper understanding of enduring issues in international politics. In this unique and insightful volume, author Mark Sachleben demonstrates that popular culture reflects societal beliefs about the world, and that the messages captured on television and film transcend time and place.Trade ReviewSachleben argues that television and films can be very useful instruments for helping us learn about world politics, and he gives us insights into the popular culture that surrounds these media and is perhaps also driven by them. He provides a process for 'reading' films and countless examples of how to do this in a thoughtful and reasoned way. A very polished, thorough, thoughtful, and insightful volume."" - Patrick J. Haney, coeditor of American Foreign Policy in a New Era""World Politics on Screen addresses a subject that has been neglected in the literature, yet is of significant importance and increasing interest. With its interdisciplinary approach, integrating the literatures of political science, history, and even sociology with a wide selection of films, the volume will be an excellent text in the growing number of undergraduate courses devoted to politics and film."" - Bruce Altschuler, author of Acting Presidents: 100 Years of Plays about the Presidency""It has taken our discipline decades to come up with an global politics text book that meets students where they are. World Politics on Screen is thoughtful, deep, and relevant. Students will like World Politics on Screen because of the popular culture aspect which is fun but also a great way to learn the discipline. Faculty will like it because it keeps the students engaged (which makes our job easier) and it treats the content with respect. Both sides win."" - Koop Berry, Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs and Director of the Honors Program at Walsh University""Casablanca. Star Wars. Slum Dog Millionaire. The Godfather. Men in Black. Escape in Mark Sachleben's book weaving film and history. He offers a lively and panoramic discussion of how film has reflected, and continues to mirror, global political issues. He seamlessly blends the major ideas and currents of international politics with movies from around the world since the early 20th century. Sachleben gives us reason to enjoy the classics all over again, but this time with a deeper appreciation of their connection to time, place, and purpose. And Simpsons' fans will not be disappointed!"" - Joan Serafin Andorfer, Frostburg State University""Exceptional, insightful and accessible to undergraduate students and advanced scholars alike, this superb foray into international relations, cinema and popular culture adroitly mines the messages of a diverse array of films, connecting the theory and practice of world politics. Encouraging critical thinking and engaged citizenship, the topical chapters consider intransigent and evolving dilemmas facing the planet by employing films that provide crucial context and alternative perspectives, thus illuminating the roots of the tragedy and terror, evolution and enlightenment, hope and progress that define the human condition."" - Kevan M. Yenerall, Professor of Political Science, Clarion University

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Book SynopsisAn important interpretive analysis of the Roosevelt administration's foreign policy.Table of ContentsIntroduction Exceptionalism and Internationalism Constructing an Internationalist Framework, 1933-1936 International Crises, 1937-1940 The Fulcrum of Roosevelt's Foreign Policy Internationalism and War Forging the Grand Alliance Architect of Victory Victory, Roosevelt's Synthesis, and the Postwar World, 1944-1945 Conclusion Acknowledgements Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA compelling account of the high-profile murder trial in Tanzania in the 1960s.Table of ContentsIntroduction A Volunteer is Dead A Lovely, Creative Woman and an All-American Boy from the South A Tale of Three Cities Government Officials Clarify the Situation Peace Corps Officials Visit Scene, Bail Is Sought, Peppy’s Body Is Flown to Dar es Salaam Life in Prison for Bill The Peace Corps and Tanzania Peace Corps Officials Assess the Situation and Plan Future Action Syracuse University Training and Marriage Peace Corps Training in Tanzania, Binza Upper Primary School Friends of Peppy The Peace Corps and Criminal Defense The Preliminary Inquiry Peace Corps Faces Challenges Tanzanian Criminal Law McHugh and Singh Re-create the Scene of Peppy’s Death Trial Preparation after the Preliminary Inquiry Medical Analysis by Dr. Tom McHugh The Trial Begins in Mwanza Trial Day One Trial Day Two Trial Day Three Trial Day Four The Peace Corps Book Locker Trial Day Five Trial Day Six Trial Day Seven Trial Day Eight Trial Day Nine Trial Day Ten Trial Day Eleven Trial Day Twelve Trial Day Thirteen Trial Day Fourteen Trial Day Fifteen Trial Day Sixteen Trial Day Seventeen Trial Day Eighteen Conclusion Epilogue Acknowledgments Dramatis Personae Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing on new scholarship, this comprehensive study provides a chronological overview from World War I to the Soviet collapse and highlights key developments in the international system as decolonization unfolded in tandem with the Cold War.Table of ContentsIntroduction Decolonization and the Cold War India Egypt The Congo Vietnam Angola Iran Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe regime in Syria is in league with the theocrats in Iran, facilitating their access to Lebanon and to the Palestinian territories, but hints that it is open to accommodation with Israel and for a strategic bargain with the United States. In Syria through Jihadist Eyes, Nibras Kazimi, a young writer on Arab affairs, challenges that country's presumed readiness for peace and normalcy. With field notes accumulated in a Syrian environment not generally hospitable to research and inquiry, Kazimi provides a unique view of the Syrian regime and its base at home, filling a void in our understanding of the intelligence barons and soldiers who run that country. He offers a look at the tactical, propagandist, and strategic ingredients required, in jihadist eyes, for a successful jihad - and whether those ingredients are available in Syria. Kazimi assesses how sectarianism and the global jihadist interest in taking the battle to Syria could derail policy overtures from Washington aimed at norm

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Book SynopsisJoshua Teitelbaum evaluates Saudi foreign policy in the Persian Gulf and in the Arab-Israeli peace process and provides a shrewd assessment of the Saudi-U.S. relationship. He debunks the traditional view of Saudi foreign policy that emphasizes the Saudi concern with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and explains how the true concern of Arabia's rulers is the ideological battle that has been opened up by Iran's push into Arab affairs.

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Book SynopsisIn September 2001, Europeans might have felt comfortable thinking that Al-Qaeda was only a scourge to the United States; some indulged in the unkind speculation that the United States had only itself to blame for 9/11. That innocence is now gone in the wake of attacks in Madrid and London. Since then Europe has oscillated through a range of stances in relation to Islamist terrorism, varying from country to country and across the political spectrum. In Freedom or Terror, Russell A. Berman offers an analysis of Europe's ambivalence toward jihadist terror and the spread of aggressive Islamism, with particular emphasis on the European responsesor lack thereofto Islamist terrorism.Berman describes how some European countries opt for appeasing and apologizing for terror, whereas others stand up for freedom. In individual chapters he examines the responses of England, France, Germany, and the smaller nations: Belgium, Holland, and Denmark. He also analyzes the dialectic of genocide and terror

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Book SynopsisWith the departure of imperial powers - and on its own for the first time in almost two centuries - the Middle East must now resolve its political, economic, cultural, and societal problems in order to advance its civilization. In this volume, historian Bernard Lewis discusses the future of the region in this new era.

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Book SynopsisMiddle East expert Reuel Marc Gerecht argues that the Middle East may be at the beginning of a momentous democratic wave whose convulsions could become the region's defining theme during Obama's presidency. He describes the powerful Middle Eastern democratic movements coming from both the secular left and the religious right and asserts that America must reassess democracy's supposed lack of a future in the region.

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Book SynopsisArgues that Israel stands on the frontlines of a new struggle over the international laws of war and exposes abuses of law that have been promulgated by international human rights lawyers, UN bodies, and intellectuals to illegitimately circumscribe the right of liberal democracies to defend themselves against transnational terrorists.

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Book SynopsisA panel of expert contributors offers its views on the risks and rewards of the nuclear enterprise, focusing on issues of safety, regulation, and public perception. Contributors discuss specific experience and issues regarding the technical safety of weapons and power plants, management operations, regulatory measures, and the importance of accurate communication by the media.

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Book SynopsisA panel of expert contributors offers its views on the risks and rewards of the nuclear enterprise, focusing on issues of safety, regulation, and public perception. Contributors discuss specific experience and issues regarding the technical safety of weapons and power plants, management operations, regulatory measures, and the importance of accurate communication by the media.

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Book SynopsisThe threat posed by Iran to international peace and security is approaching a crisis. After compiling a thirty-year record as the world's most active supporter of terrorism, Iran seems determined to develop nuclear weapons. In Taking on Iran, Abraham D. Sofaer argues that US policy toward Iran cannot be restricted to a strategy based on the two costly and potentially ineffective options of attacking Iran's nuclear programme or containing a nuclear-armed Iran. Economic sanctions and ineffective diplomacy have failed to convince Iran to abandon its nuclear arms ambitions. Sofaer explains that the United States should add to the pressure on Iran, going beyond economic sanctions and responding forcefully to Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) aggression, increasing the likelihood that Iran will negotiate in earnest and enabling the United States to engage Iran in the disciplined manner required for success. The author outlines thirty years of IRGC aggression and the corresponding thirTable of Contents Foreword by George P. Shultz Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Dealing with the Iranian Threat Regime Change Sanctions Negotiations and Direct Appeals Preventive Attack or Containment? An Alternative to Preventive Attack and Containment Chapter 2 Thirty Years of IRGC Aggression Lebanon Iraq Afghanistan Saudi Arabia United States Attacks on Other States Interference with Navigational Rights Chapter 3 Thirty Years of US Weakness Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush William J. Clinton George W. Bush Barack Obama Chapter 4 Defending Against IRGC Attacks Legality of Defending Against IRGC Aggression Legitimacy of Defensive Measures Against the IRGC Covert Attacks Balance of Consequences Chapter 5 Beyond Strength: Effective Diplomacy Rhetorical Restraint Regime Engagement Limited Linkage A Broad Agenda Forum Flexibility Conclusion Notes About the Author Index

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Book SynopsisOffers insights on Egypt's failed revolution: how it happened and why it did not succeed. Samuel Tadros argues that, as Egypt continues on its destructive downward path, it is important to examine the role that its revolutionaries played in that trajectory.

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Book SynopsisLooking beneath the surface of strategy, policy, and daily operations, this book uses the analogy of weaving to review the United States' historical responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. Charles Hill shows why the US must marshal all possible elements in the Middle East, and supporters from without, to defeat the enemies of order in the region.

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Book SynopsisExplores how nuclear deterrence should be understood seventy years after the first nuclear tests. These essays, edited by George P. Shultz and James E. Goodby, challenge outdated deterrence theories and show a clear need to re-examine notions from the Cold War that no longer fit present circumstances. They argue that a world without nuclear weapons is a desirable objective.

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Book SynopsisThroughout the world today there are obvious trouble spots that have the potential to explode into serious conflicts at any time in the immediate or distant future. This study examines what history suggests about the future possibilities and characteristics of war and the place that thinking about conflict deserves in the formation of American strategy in the coming decades.

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