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Book SynopsisWater justice is becoming an ever-more pressing issue in times of increasing water-based inequalities and discrimination. Megacities, mining, forestry, industry and agribusiness claim an increasingly large share of available surface and groundwater reserves. Water grabbing and pollution generate poverty and endanger ecosystems'' sustainability. Beyond large, visible injustices, the book also unfolds the many ''hidden'' water world injustices, subtly masked as ''rational'', ''equitable'' and ''democratic''. It features critical conceptual approaches, including analysis of environmental, social, cultural and legal issues surrounding the distribution and management of water. Illustrated with case studies of historic and contemporary water injustices and contestations around the world, the book lays new ground for challenging current water governance forms and unequal power structures. It also provides inspiration for building alternative water realities. With contributions from renowned sTrade Review'This is a major book on the political ecology of water conflicts by the top experts in the field. It defines a new field of study, 'water justice'. It's a great addition to the study of local and global movements against environmental injustice with a focus on water-grabbing and unequal access to water for irrigation, mining, urban sanitation, and hydroelectricity.' Joan Martinez-Alier, Emeritus Professor of Economics and Economic History, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona'Boelens, Perreault and Vos have assembled a genuinely impressive set of authors to tackle the nature, meaning, and drivers of water injustices across the world, and to explore the possibilities of water justice. While the picture is far from rosy, the book provides rich theoretical and empirical perspectives through which to understand the inequities surrounding the control and use of water and to imagine alternative futures. This text will be a point of reference for many years to come.' Anthony Bebbington, Australian Laureate Fellow, University of Melbourne, and Milton P. and Alice C. Higgins Professor of Environment and Society, Clark University, Massachusetts'This timely and engaging volume by some of the world's foremost scholars on water constitutes a loud sound of alarm. Not only that, it shows why liberal and neoliberal water rationalities … won't work. Proposed instead is a sophisticated approach to the question of water as nature, and of its relation to justice, from which emerges a powerful framework for alternative hydrosocialities. By reminding us that what is at stake … is people's very right to exist, Water Justice enables us to imagine and construct other paths for fair and wise water policies.' Arturo Escobar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill'It would be difficult to overstate the global significance of water injustice, which continues to be a major obstacle preventing millions of human beings from enjoying a dignified life. Water Justice addresses key aspects of this complex problem, bringing together a unique international team of scholars. This is not only a timely collection, but also one that provides access to rich theoretical arguments and empirical examples that allow an in-depth treatment of the topic. The book is a welcome contribution for academics, students, and practitioners, and will attract a wider readership among those concerned with the future of civilized human life.' José Esteban Castro, Newcastle University''Water justice!' is the rallying cry of this book. It explores in a readable, illuminating and comprehensive way the multiple dimensions of water injustice and the diverse struggles to change these.' Cristóbal Kay, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam and the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of LondonTable of Contents1. Introduction: the multiple challenges and layers of water justice struggles Rutgerd Boelens, Jeroen Vos and Tom Perreault; Part I. Re-Politicizing Water Allocation: 2. Water governance as a question of justice: politics, rights and representation Dik Roth, Margreet Zwarteveen, K. C. Joy and Seema Kulkarni; 3. Water grabbing: practices of contestation and appropriation of water resources in the context of expanding global capital Gert Jan Veldwisch, Jennifer Franco and Lyla Mehta; 4. De-politicized policy analysis: how the prevailing frameworks of analysis slight equity in water governance Andrea K. Gerlak and Helen Ingram; 5. Urban water and sanitation injustice: an analytical framework Ben Crow; Part II. Hydrosocial De-Patterning and Re-Composition: 6. '… And not a single injustice remains': hydro-territorial colonization and techno-political transformations in Spain Erik Swyngedouw and Rutgerd Boelens; 7. Making space for the Cauca River in Colombia: inequalities and environmental citizenship Renata Moreno-Quintero and Theresa Selfa; 8. Reconfiguration of hydrosocial territories and water justice struggles Lena Hommes, Rutgerd Boelens, Bibiana Duarte-Abadía, Juan Pablo Hidalgo and Jaime Hoogesteger; 9. Large-scale dam development and counter movements: water justice struggles around Guatemala's Chixoy Dam Barbara Rose Johnston; Part III. Exclusion and Struggles for Co-Decision: 10. Indigenous people and water governance in Canada: regulatory injustice and prospects for reform Karen Bakker, Rosie Simms, Nadia Joe and Leila Harris; 11. Sanitation justice? The multiple dimensions of urban sanitation inequalities Maria Rusca, Cecilia Alda-Vidal and Michelle Kooy; 12. Uniting diversity to build Europe's water movement Right2Water Jerry van den Berge, Rutgerd Boelens and Jeroen Vos; 13. Everyday water injustice and the politics of accommodation Frances Cleaver; 14. Sharing our water: inclusive development and glocal water justice in the Anthropocene Joyeeta Gupta; Part IV. Governmentality, Discourses and Struggles over Imaginaries and Water Knowledge: 15. Neoliberal water governmentalities, virtual water trade, and contestations Jeroen Vos and Rutgerd Boelens; 16. Critical ecosystem infrastructure: governing the forest-water nexus in the Kenyan Highlands Connor Joseph Cavanagh; 17. The meaning of mining, the memory of water: collective experience as environmental justice Tom Perreault; 18. New spaces for water justice? Groundwater extraction and changing gendered subjectivities in Morocco's Saïss region Lisa Bossenbroek and Margreet Zwarteveen; 19. Conclusions: struggles for justice in a changing water world Tom Perreault, Rutgerd Boelens and Jeroen Vos; Index.

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Book SynopsisUneasy Partnerships presents the analysis and insights of practitioners and scholars who have shaped and examined China's interactions with key Northeast Asian partners. Using the same empirical approach employed in the companion volume, The New Great Game (Stanford, 2016), this new text analyzes the perceptions, priorities, and policies of China and its partners to explain why dyadic relationships evolved as they have during China's "rise." Synthesizing insights from an array of research, Uneasy Partnerships traces how the relationships that formed between China and its partner states—Japan, the Koreas, and Russia—resulted from the interplay of competing and compatible objectives, as well as from the influence of third-country ties. These findings are used to identify patterns and trends and to develop a framework that can be used to illuminate and explain Beijing's engagement with the rest of the world.Trade Review"Uneasy Partnerships is a masterful examination of China's complex interactions with its immediate neighbors. The volume provides a convincing case that China has pursued parallel goals of security and economic development for forty years, and, in the process, its interactions with neighboring countries have continually shifted with fluctuating Chinese concerns over what those countries might do for China as well as what they might do to China. The fine-grained strands of this complex story are woven into a compelling macro-level analysis of Northeast Asia that will be applauded by experts and generalists alike." -- T.J. Pempel * University of California, Berkeley *"Despite the focus on the South China Sea in recent years, this excellent volume makes clear that China's most important economic relations and most difficult security challenges lie in Northeast Asia. Rejecting the common approaches of applying grand theories to Asia or focusing solely on how Asia is responding to the rise of China, the nuanced analysis and empirical rigor in these chapters reveals the complex and multi-faceted nature of China's interactions with Japan, Russia, and the two Koreas. With insights from Western and Asian experts, this is one of the best volumes on China and Northeast Asia that has been published in recent years." -- Michael A. Glosny, Naval Postgraduate School * Department of National Security Affairs *"China's rising power in international affairs has wrought uncertain consequences in every region of the world, but none so much as northeast Asia, the arena of great power competition and conflict among Japan, Russia, the United States, and China for more than a century. This timely volume offers keen insights by a multi-national roster of contributors not simply into China's rise and the responses of the region's players to it, but also into their active pursuit of their own interests and goals by using China's rise to their own advantage in the region. Highly recommended." -- Alice Miller * Stanford University *"Uneasy Partnerships well captures the reality of China's relations with its northeast Asian neighbours and presents diverse views from the field. It offers abundant cool-headed analyses that could easily form actionable policy advice for the United States and others." -- Fei-Ling Wang * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Uneasy Partnerships Thomas Fingar chapter abstractThis chapter describes the framework that helped focus the work of contributors and explains why this approach was utilized instead of approaches that attempt to prove or disprove general theories about China's foreign policy behavior or to explain the actions of China and specific partners using international relations theory. The framework required contributors to identify the most important factors shaping the perceptions, priorities, and policies of the country examined, and to pay particular attention to the relative importance of security and economic concerns and objectives. 2Sources and Shapers of China's Global Engagement Thomas Fingar chapter abstractThis chapter examines the overarching objectives of China's "reform and opening" strategy in order to provide a baseline and context for understanding how China's engagement with the partners examined in other chapters reflects and derives from the strategy to achieve wealth, power, and influence through participation in the liberal international order led by the United States. It argues that China's highest priorities are security/stability and sustained economic development/modernization, and that Beijing's policies toward other countries are shaped by perceptions of what a given country can do to threaten or enhance China's security, and what that country can contribute to China's quest for rapid economic growth. Geography, history, relationships with key third countries, and developments in the international system, especially the end of the Cold War also play important roles, as do changes resulting from China's economic success. 3China's Global Engagement: A Chinese Perspective Liru Cui chapter abstractThis chapter examines many of the same factors and considerations as are examined from an American perspective in Chapter 2 but from a Chinese perspective. A principal difference is that this chapter emphasizes what the author considers to be unique features of China's approach, including a "win-win" approach that enables other states to benefit from China's rise and does not threaten the security or prosperity of others. 4Beijing's Japan Dilemma: Balancing Nationalism, Legitimacy, and Economic Opportunity Suisheng Zhao chapter abstractThis chapter examines dilemmas resulting from the fact that China's quest for modernity can be assisted and accelerated by taking advantage of Japan's markets, technologies, capital, proximity, and incentives to assist and capitalize on China's eagerness to attract foreign investment, but a quest that is constrained by historical memories and the part hostility to Japan plays in the legitimizing mythology of the Chinese Communist Party. China "needs" Japan to achieve sustained growth, but party leaders must react forcefully to any real or perceived threat or affront from Japan. Public readiness to protest alleged Japanese affronts is a problem for Beijing because demonstrations can easily morph into protests against corruption, environmental degradation, or other downsides of China's developmental model and/or damage Japanese property in ways that could cause Japan to pull back form engagement with China. 5Japan and the Rise of China: From Affinity to Alienation Seiichiro Takagi chapter abstractThis chapter traces the evolution of Japanese perceptions of and response to China's quest for sustained growth through engagement with the United States and its allies. Initially, and for many years, Japan was a willing contributor to China's "rise" and anticipated that economic development in China would be accompanied by political reform and amelioration of historical grievances. Japanese public opinion toward China soured markedly as China was perceived to act more aggressively toward Japan, and as anti-Japanese demonstrations in China rekindled concern about China's regional and global ambitions. 6China and Korea: Proximity, Priorities, and Policy Evolution Thomas Fingar chapter abstractThis chapter examines the evolution of China's perceptions of and policies toward North and South Korea and how they changed in response to the end of the Cold War, South Korea's emergence as an advanced industrial economy eager and able to assist and take advantage of China's quest for sustained growth, and North Korea's decreasing utility as a security buffer and limited inability to contribute to China's modernization. It traces the transformation of Chinese perceptions of North Korea from useful buffer to problematic source of instability hazardous to China's strategy of development, and the transformation of Beijing's perception of South Korea from adversary and ally of Washington to contributor to China's development and less certain partner of the United States. 7South Korea's Approach to a Rising China: Pragmatic Opportunism Myung-Hwan Yu chapter abstractThis chapter describes South Korea's wariness about China's rise, eagerness to take advantage of economic opportunities resulting from China's development, and hope that China will contribute to management and alleviation of North Korean hostility. It describes the pragmatic, even utilitarian ways in which South Korea perceives and responds to developments in China while holding tight to its alliance with the United States. China and the ROK know one another well and interact with clear-eyed pragmatism and opportunism. 8Geography and Destiny: DPRK Concerns and Objectives with Respect to China Thomas Fingar and David Straub chapter abstractThis chapter examines North Korean concerns and attempts to placate, balance, and benefit from its far larger neighbor. China's rapprochement with the United States triggered its nuclear weapons program and Beijing's "abandonment" of the North in order to pursue economic opportunities with the South prompted the DPRK to seek better relations with Washington, Tokyo, and Seoul, but those efforts failed, leaving it even more dependent on an increasingly unfriendly China. 9Soviet/Russia-China Relations: Coming Full Circle? Artyom Lukin chapter abstractThis chapter focuses on Soviet/Russian perceptions of China's rise and describes how developments in both countries made it difficult or unimportant for either to devote much attention to the other until quite recently when they rediscovered useful economic and political complementarities. Neither wants to return to anything like their relationship in the 1950s but there may be some nostalgia or renewed interest in using relations with one another to counterbalance the United States. 10China's Engagement with Northeast Asia: Patterns,Trends, and Themes Thomas Fingar chapter abstractThis chapter identifies and explores a number of patterns and trends in China's engagement with key states in Northeast Asia, tracing several of them to the influence of third country developments, geography, and growing interdependence. It also compares findings and patterns that emerge from the chapters in this book to those of the companion volume on China's relations with South and Central Asia.

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Book SynopsisThis book critiques the reliance of Western intelligence agencies on the use of a method for intelligence analysis developed by the CIA in the 1990s, the Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH).

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of 20 essential books about the Middle East, compiled by the Middle Eastern Studies community at Anhui University in central China"

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Intelligence: Institutions, Operations, and Analysis offers a strategic, international, and comparative approach to covering intelligence organizations and domestic security issues. Written by multiple authors, each chapter draws on the author′s professional and scholarly expertise in the subject matter. As a core text for an introductory survey course in intelligence, this text provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to intelligence, including institutions and processes, collection, communications, and common analytic methods. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments About the Authors Chapter 1. Introduction What Is Intelligence? The Purpose of Intelligence Conclusion: The Promise and the Limitations of Intelligence Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 2. Intelligence History Intelligence From Antiquity to the Westphalian State System Intelligence in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe Intelligence in America From the Revolution to Pearl Harbor World War II and the Birth of the Modern The Cold War Intelligence in the 21st Century: 9/11 and Its Aftermath Conclusion: Assessing Over 3,000 Years of Intelligence History Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 3. Intelligence and Security Institutions: Organizations and Processes An Illustration of Intelligence Support The National Security Framework in the US System The Growth of the National Security Bureaucracy Intelligence Organizations in the US System of Government The Intelligence Cycle and Its Critics Conclusion: Critiques and Alternative Approaches Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 4. Comparative Intelligence Systems Cases in Intelligence Studies The United Kingdom French Republic Federal Republic of Germany Israel Russian Federation People’s Republic of China Conclusion: Similarities and Differences of Foreign Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 5. Intelligence Operations How Do We Collect Intelligence? Complexity and Challenges of Contemporary Intelligence Operations Intelligence Collection Planning The Five Principal Intelligence Collection Disciplines and Beyond Military Intelligence Conclusion: Intelligence Operations Summary Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 6. Counterintelligence The World of Espionage and Intrigue Counterintelligence Roles and Missions Defensive Counterintelligence Offensive Counterintelligence Contemporary Challenges for Counterintelligence Conclusion: Counterintelligence Summary Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 7. Covert Action Types of Covert Action Oversight of Covert Action in the United States The US Military and Covert Action Conclusion: Considerations in Covert Action Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 8. Cyberspace Operations and the Information Environment Convergence of Technology Peeling Back the Layers of Cyberspace The US Cyber Strategy Analyzing Cyber Threats Conclusion: The Complexity of Threats in the Cyberspace Domain Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 9. Intelligence Regulation and Governance McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare Domestic Intelligence and COINTELPRO The Watergate Scandal The Church and Pike Committees Intelligence Oversight After Watergate Intelligence Oversight in Practice The Separation of Powers in Intelligence Oversight Conclusion: An Imperfect but Indispensable System Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 10. Inter-Agency Communications The Inherent Tensions in Intelligence Communications Communications Challenges in Intra-Agency Settings Communications Challenges in Inter-Agency Settings Products for Intelligence Consumers Getting the Attention of Intelligence Consumers Retaining the Attention of Intelligence Consumers Conclusion: Making Intelligence Useful Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 11. Intelligence Analysis Epistemology and Intelligence Analysis Forecasting and the Challenges of Prediction Psychological Biases and Intelligence Analysis Conclusion: From the Philosophy of Science to Practice Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 12. Analytic Methods The Contemporary Context of Intelligence Analysis Methods Used to Analyze Intelligence Targets Presenting Findings: The Structure and Voice of Written Conclusion: Patterns of Recruitment and Training of Intelligence Analysts in the US Intelligence Community Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 13. The Ethics of Intelligence Of Ethics and Moral Systems Case Studies Conclusion: The Ethical Demands of National Service Key Concepts Additional Reading Chapter 14. Threats to the United States and Its Interests Strategic Competitors Pandemics Climate Change as a Driver of International Instability Cyber Threats in the 21st Century Inter-state War Ethnic Conflict, Revolution, and State Destabilization Weapons of Mass Destruction Terrorism Criminal Networks Conclusion: Of Threats and Priorities Key Concepts Additional Reading Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"2019 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Zeihan integrates a wealth of information and data into lucid analyses written in accessible, boisterous prose… The result is a stimulating look into the geopolitical crystal ball.” — Publishers Weekly “Peter Zeihan has written a smart, well-crafted page-turner that lays out the compelling reasons why America’s role in the world has changed--and why that’s good news for Americans and sobering for everyone else. His vivid account of the impact of America’s good fortune for the rest of the world makes this an original and invaluable read.” — Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group, on The Absent Superpower “If President Trump has but one book to read as he assumes command, it should be this one.” — Honorable Dave McCurdy, former Member of U.S. House of Representatives; President and CEO of the American Gas Association, on The Absent Superpower “The Absent Superpower is a must-read to understand the forces that will shapegeopolitics and potentially ignite decades of global disorder. By dissectingthe technological and geographic realities of energy and demography, Zeihan forecasts theconflicts and economic realignments that will follow America’s withdrawal fromactive global leadership.” — Mitt Romney on The Absent Superpower “Many believe that the American economy has some inherent advantages over its major competitors—a more flexible structure, stronger entrepreneurial traditions and a more demographically vibrant society. Along comes a fascinating new book that says you ain’t seen nothing yet.” — Fareed Zakaria, CNN, on The Accidental Superpower "Another masterful, often counterintuitive, relentlessly entertaining geopolitical thrill ride." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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Book SynopsisTraces the ways in which women have enriched the work of the United Nations from the time of its founding in 1945. This book reviews the evolution of the UN's programs aimed at benefiting the women of developing nations and the impact of women's ideas about rights, equality, and social justice on UN thinking and practice regarding development.Trade Review"This is the 7th of a 14-volume comprehensive history of the United Nations (UN). The book begins with the UN's founding in 1945, when only 4 of the 160 signatories were women, from the Dominican Republic, Brazil, China, and the US. For gender scholars, political scientists, and academics, this is a detailed account of how women used their social capital, power, and networks to measure and highlight women's status around the world. Many familiar concepts and measures of gender inequality are traced to the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a subcommittee established within the UN's first year. Equality, political suffrage, child marriage, widow rights, and all aspects ofwomen's visible and invisible work are a few of the measures and studies stemming from the commission. The book details the four global women's conferences (Mexico, Copenhagen, Nairobi, and Beijing). Surely, the impact on women's lives-particularly those of the south-is one of the UN's greatest accomplishments. Summing Up:Recommended. Most levels/librarie" -A. S. Hunter, Idaho State UniversityTable of ContentsContentsList of Boxes and TablesSeries Editors' Foreword Louis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. WeissForeword Amartya SenAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Women, Development, and Equality: History as Inconclusive Dialogue1. Setting the Stage for Equality, 1945–19652. Inscribing Development into Rights, 1966–19753. Questioning Development Paradigms, 1976–19854. Development as if Women Mattered, 1986–19955. Lessons from the UN's Sixth Decade, 1996–2005NotesBibliographyIndexAbout the AuthorAbout the United Nations Intellectual History Project

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the electoral successes of anti-system forces in the rich democracies. It explains the rise of anti-system politicians and parties in terms of two separate but closely related developments: the rise of economic inequality and insecurity over the last four decades, and the failure of technocratic elites to address them.Trade ReviewJonathan Hopkin offers a well-researched book which identifies connections between the anti-system politics in the United States, Britain, Greece, Spain and Italy. He finds there is a clear divide in how Northern and Southern Europe express their forms of anti-system politics. But he demonstrates how they both have common threads which tie them into a common zeitgeist which has affected the Western political tradition. This is quite an accomplishment. * Jonathan Hopkin, Democracy Paradox *Table of ContentsIntroduction The New World Order: The End of Social Democracy and the Rise of the Liberal Cartel The Failure of the Liberal Cartel: The Political Consequences of the Financial Crisis of 2008 Varieties of Anti-System Politics The Implications of Anti-System Politics: Nationalism, Socialism, Participation

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Book SynopsisSince the end of the Cold war, the international security agenda has become increasingly important. This Very Short Introduction considers traditional topics such as war and peace, military strategy and nuclear weapons, alongside other issues such as climate change, international migration, poverty, and international terrorism.Trade ReviewThe book succinctly covers key issues, debates and challenges in international security. It is highly recommended for students of IR and general readers. * Zhiqun Zhu, Bucknell University, Political Studies Review *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. A contested nature ; 3. The problem of war ; 4. The United Nations ; 5. The changing nature of armed conflict ; 6. Human security and development ; 7. Resources, climate change, and capitalism ; 8. Saviours or sinners? ; 9. The politics of fear and control

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Book SynopsisThis work explores the divisions that still exist in contemporary Europe. It focuses on Eastern Europe and the attitudes and cultural identity of Eastern Europeans, a nation of people still living in the past. Budapest, Tirane, Warsaw and Zagreb are featured.Trade ReviewSlavenka Drakulic is a writer of great sensitivity, intelligence and grace. * ALICE WALKER *A formidable writer. * SUNDAY TIMES *Her writing has the spare poetry of Marguerite Duras. * GUARDIAN *Slavenka Drakulic is a journalist and writer whose voice belongs to the world. * GLORIA STEINEM *

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Book SynopsisHow does armed conflict shape global politics? And, critically, can it ever be regulated, a necessary first step to achieving a more peaceful world? This book examines the factors that define and shape war in the contemporary world, and how changes to technology and society are transforming warfare. Focusing on efforts to regulate and eliminate war, it provides a guide to the complex problems it poses now – and threatens in the future.Table of Contents1. War in the Contemporary World 2. War in Theory and Practice 3. The Changing Context and Character of War 4. The Problems of War 5. The Future of War 6. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn 1975, Emmanuel Todd predicted the decline and fall of the Soviet Union, drawing on research from cultural anthropology and demography as well as economics. At the time his findings challenged a conventional wisdom that saw in the Communist world a dynamic and growing challenge to the West. Generations of Kremlinologists may not have known much, but they knew that Todd was wrong - until 1989, that is, when conventional wisdom retired hurt. Now Todd returns to the debate on the future of international power relations with another startling prediction. Far from being at the apogee of its power, the United States of America is now locked in the messy and disruptive logic of decline. Because the world has long relied on America as a source of stability, it is now desperately important for us to find a way to contain the shock waves from America's impending collapse as the sole superpower. This is not a book from an anti-American, and you will not find a smooth recitation of the standard arguments of Left or Right. It is that unfashionable thing - a determined and unembarrassed attempt to tell the truth.Trade ReviewA powerful antidote to hysterical exaggeration of American power and potential by American triumphalists and anti-American polemicists alike. * Michael Lind, author of Made in Texas: George W. Bush and the Takeover of American Politics *I would recommend this extraordinary book to everyone troubled by US neo-imperialism . . . this is a brave and challenging book which contains a great deal of truth. * Clare Short, MP *

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Book SynopsisThe resolution of the complex Jammu & Kashmir problem cannot be over-emphasised. However, a web of external and political-social-legal-economic factors within the country has created a knotty problem which require long term strategising and a whole of the government approach to find solutions that improve the overall security situation and foster peace and prosperity. This book has tapped a vast knowledge bank and experience of various sections of society in the form of a Net Assessment. Based on these inputs, it has analyzed the perceptions of various actors and have come up with viable strategies for short, medium and long term.The author strongly believes that in the coming years the battle for Jammu and Kashmir will increasingly shift to the cognitive domain and perception management will be the key to success, hence through this book and the study he has attempted to identify each and every factor playing on the minds of the people of J&K with special reference to Kashmir.Over the years many books have been written on the situation in Kashmir, but most of them paint only the not so rosy picture that the state has gone through in the years of turmoil, almost certainly none give a roadmap with logic for solutions towards achieving peace and prosperity. This book is an attempt towards this end.

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Book SynopsisIndia aims to be a global power but faces economic challenges. Is foreign policy a luxury or essential for growth? Zeeshan argues for a coherent strategy to advance India's interests worldwide and promote global good.

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Book SynopsisThis volume traces the origins and evolution of India's foreign policy since 1947. It examines India's relationships with a number of key regional states (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka), adjoining regions (the Middle East and Southeast Asia), and the great powers (the United States, Russia and the People's Republic of China).Table of ContentsLIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ; 1. THE GENESIS OF NONALIGNMENT (SUMIT GANGULY) ; 2. INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS: BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE (RAJESH M. BASRUR) ; 3. WHEN INDIVIDUALS, STATES, AND SYSTEMS COLLIDE: INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS SRI LANKA (NEIL DEVOTTA) ; 4. INDO-BANGLADESH RELATIONS: THE PUZZLE OF WEAK TIES (MILIND THAKAR) ; 5. EVOLUTION OF INDIA'S CHINA POLICY (JOHN W. GARVER) ; 6. SOUTHEAST ASIA IN INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY: POSITIONING INDIA AS A MAJOR POWER IN ASIA (MANJEET S. PARDESI) ; 7. INDO-IRANIAN RELATIONS: WHAT PROSPECTS FOR TRANSFORMATION? (C. CHRISTINE FAIR) ; 8. INDO-ISRAELI RELATIONS: EMERGENCE OF A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP (NICOLAS BLAREL) ; 9. INDIA: A GROWING CONGRUENCE OF INTERESTS WITH KOREA (WALTER ANDERSEN) ; 10. INDIA-JAPAN RELATIONS: A SLOW, BUT STEADY, TRANSFORMATION (HARSH V. PANT) ; 11. THE EVOLUTION OF INDIA'S RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA: TRIED, TESTED, AND SEARCHING FOR BALANCE (DEEPA M. OLLAPALLY) ; 12. INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES FROM WORLD WAR II TO THE PRESENT: A RELATIONSHIP TRANSFORMED (S. PAUL KAPUR) ; 13. THE EVOLUTION OF INDIA'S NUCLEAR POLICIES (JASON A. KIRK) ; 14. INDIA'S FOREIGN ECONOMIC POLICIES (RAHUL MUKHERJI) ; 15. DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES ON INDIA'S ENERGY POLICY, 1947-2008 (DINSHAW MISTRY) ; SELECTED FURTHER READINGS ; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

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Book SynopsisThe book contributes to the critical debate of exogenous state- and democracy-building experiments pursued in the aftermath of Western-led intervention in war-torn societies. The mistakes committed by the principal intervener, the United States, at the zero hour of state-building in Afghanistan, could not be rectified in the following years of intervention. The 'multilateral state and democracy building project' remained a 'unilateral decision-making project' in practice, making it less cost-effective. Furthermore, a systematic inquiry into the processes establishes the rationale that political change is not the guarantor of social change in conflict-ridden societies like Afghanistan. Failure of the Afghanistan state- and democracy-building experiment clearly shows that the US cannot fix the world according to its own ideas.

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Book SynopsisThis volume, part of the Oxford International Relations in South Asia series, presents an overarching assessment of the contents, successes, and failures of India's Southeast Asia policy, with important pointers to how this relationship could be steered in the future. The contributors to the volume dwell on three critical areas- trade, security, and environment- and outline the existing ties of India's northeast with Southeast Asia and the prospects of theirexpansion.Table of ContentsI SECURITY; II TRADE; III ENVIRONMENT

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Book SynopsisFocusing on relations between Muslims and their host countries, this book examines questions of political representation, identity politics, civil liberties, immigration, and security issues.Trade ReviewThis study, a compilation of papers submitted to a September 2005 Indiana University conference, explores the political impact that the growing Muslim minorities in Western Europe and North America have on their host societies. In addition to editor Abdulkader Sinno's introduction and conclusion, the volume contains 12 chapters organized under four broad themes: background studies of different Western countries' Muslim minorities; their representation and integration in the hosts' political system; Western public opinion toward Muslim immigrants; and the post-9/11 era's implications for majority-minority relations. While Sinno cites the Canadian approach with approval, he portrays an often fraught relationship between Western states and their Muslim citizens, and offers a broad range of suggestions for both communities to move towards a genuinely tolerant and integrated society. (HK) -- Hobie Kropp * MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration1. An Institutional Approach to the Politics of Western Muslim Minorities, by Abdulkader H. SinnoPart 1. Western Muslims and Established State-Religion Relations2. Claiming Space in America's Pluralism: Muslims Enter the Political Maelstrom, by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Robert Stephen Ricks3. The Practice of Their Faith: Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany, by J. Christopher Soper and Joel S. Fetzer4. Religion, Muslims, and the State in Britain and France: From Westphalia to 9/11, by Jorgen S. NielsenPart 2. Western Muslims and Political Institutions5. Muslim Underrepresentation in American Politics, by Abdulkader H. Sinno6. Muslims Representing Muslims in Europe: Parties and Associations after 9/11, by Jytte Klausen7. Muslims in UK Institutions: Effective Representation or Tokenism? by Abdulkader H. Sinno and Eren TatariPart 3. Institutional Underpinnings of Perceptions of Western Muslims8. How Europe and Its Muslim Populations See Each Other, by Jodie T. Allen and Richard Wike9. Public Opinion toward Muslim Americans: Civil Liberties and the Role of Religiosity, Ideology, and Media Use, by Erik C. Nisbet, Ronald Ostman, and James Shanahan10. The Racialization of Muslim Americans, by Amaney JamalPart 4. Western Muslims, Civil Rights, and Legal Institutions11. Canadian National Security Policy and Canadian Muslim Communities, by Kent Roach12. Counterterrorism and the Civil Rights of Muslim Minorities in the European Union, by Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen13. The Preventive Paradigm and the Rule of Law: How Not to Fight Terrorism, by David Cole14. Recommendations for Western Policy Makers and Muslim Organizations, by Abdulkader H. SinnoList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisJust a few years ago, most Russian citizens did not recognize the notion of domestic violence or acknowledge that such a problem existed. Today, after years of local and international pressure to combat violence against women, things have changed dramatically. This title examines why and how this shift occurred.Trade ReviewOverall, this is an interesting account of a period of US-led development intervention in Russia and how it was, to a greater or lesser extent, shaped by the actions and goals of feminist activists. As such, it will be relevant to anyone concerned with the way that feminist concerns and development intervention interact, and with the recent development of feminism and civil society in Russia.March 2010 * Gender & Development *...well done and well structured. ...[P]rovides a well elaborated explanatory model of the effects of foreign intervention on the articulation of gender violence and the struggle against gender violence, and the limitations of this struggle, in Russia.Vol. 69. 2 Summer 2010 -- Anna Temkina * European Univ at St. Petersburg, Russia *[T]his is a very interesting, complex and well informed study, highly recommendable not only for scholars within the field of Russian studies, but for all who are interested in global feminism, development aid, and international relations.69.3, July 2010 * The Russian Review *Gender Violence in Russia provides an excellent account of the trials and tribulations of global feminism in Russia during this last, difficult decade. Vol. 6, No. 4, 2010 * Politics and Gender *In periods of rapid social change, the poets of one ideological system or another rush to find the cogent metaphor or, more recently, the winning soundbite, that will interpret the change to suit their own ends, to control meaning. To find and sell the right descriptive phrase is to raise the flag of possession over a historical event. For example, the collapse of the Soviet Union—or, even more stridently, the U.S. victory in the Cold War—spins the end of the 1980s, the end of history, as some proclaimed it, as a triumph of righteousness, rendered even more morally spectacular by the supposed 'coldness' of the conflict, and the ushering in of a new world order. That's why a book like Janet Johnson's 'Gender Violence in Russia' is so badly needed. The conclusion Johnson's study reaches is . . . that what really works, in terms of feminist intervention, are 'alliances between global feminists and large donors.' Money talks, apparently; or rather its use in creating organizations for women's advocacy is the best agent for social change. What Johnson calls 'flexible and responsive funding' is the key, targeting funds where they are most needed and can do the most good to protect women and to begin to change cultures of violence which have proven fearfully resistant to change.July 2, 2009 -- Rick Taylor * Feminist Review *All in all, this book provides us with a primary argument about the success and failure of international intervention for women's rights, but it can be read in many different ways: as a story about women's movements, as multiple stories about developing policy agendas on different forms of gender violence, as a story about weak state capacity in post-Soviet transition states, or as a story of transnational feminist networking. The wealth of data presented allows all of these readings. I highly recommend this book. * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsPreface: Can Intervention Help Women?AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Introduction: Foreign Intervention and Gender Violence2. The Global Feminist Challenge, Communism, and Postcommunism3. The Women's Crisis Center Movement: Funding and De-funding Feminism4. Sexual Assault: The Limits of Blame and Shame5. Domestic Violence: The Benefits of Assistance6. Trafficking in Women: The Costs of State Pressure7. Conclusion: Recommendations for Future InterventionsAppendix 1. Women's Human Rights and Gender ViolenceAppendix 2. Notes on Measurement and MethodNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisInsights from four decades of survey research in the Middle EastTrade ReviewPublic Opinion in the Middle East . . . is a well-written compilation of public opinion research that reflects the past 30 to 40 years of political, social, and economic progression in the Middle East. More broadly, this text will be applicable to survey researchers whose populations of interest are hard to reach, reside in political situations that make research difficult, or are diverse in terms of religion, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. * PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY *[T]his book is a standard reference for students interested in Middle East politics, since it displays the frontline of the study of political culture in the Islamic world. Because of recent political developments in the Arab world, this book is expected to be used as a reference for future studies. * The Developing Economies *This volume is a valuable scholarly entry. . . . [T]he essays in this anthology touch upon core thematic issues profoundly relevant to the study of Middle East politics. It is a worthy contribution. * Intl. Journal of Middle East Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Public Opinion Research in the Arab and Muslim Middle EastPart One Domestic Politics1. Regime Orientation and Participant Citizenship in Developing Countries: Hypotheses and a Test with Longitudinal Data from Tunisia (1981) Mark Tessler and Patricia Freeman2. The Origins of Popular Support for Islamist Movements: A Political Economy Analysis (1997) Mark Tessler3. Islam and Democracy in the Middle East: The Impact of Religious Orientations on Attitudes toward Democracy in Four Arab Countries (2002) Mark Tessler 4. Political Generations in Developing Countries: Evidence and Insights from Algeria (2004) Mark Tessler, Carrie Konold and Megan Reif5. The Democracy Barometers: Attitudes in the Arab World (2008) Amaney Jamal and Mark Tessler Part Two Political Culture And Islam6. Political Culture in Turkey: Connections among Attitudes toward Democracy, the Military, and Islam (2004) Mark Tessler and Ebru Altinoglu7. Assessing the Influence of Religious Predispositions on Citizen Orientations Related to Governance and Democracy: Findings from Survey Research in Three Dissimilar Arab Societies (2006) Mark Tessler8. Democracy and the Political Culture Orientations of Ordinary Citizens: A Typology for the Arab World and Perhaps Beyond (2009) Mark Tessler and Eleanor GaoPart Three International Conflict9. Gender, Feminism, and Attitudes toward International Conflict: Exploring Relationships with Survey Data from the Middle East (1997) Mark Tessler and Ina Warriner10. Islam and Attitudes toward International Conflict: Evidence from Survey Research in the Arab World (1998) Mark Tessler and Jodi Nachtwey11. Further Tests of the Women and Peace Hypothesis: Evidence from Cross-National Survey Research in the Middle East (1999) Mark Tessler, Jodi Nachtwey and Audra Grant12. The Political Economy of Attitudes toward Peace among Palestinians and Israelis (2002) Jodi Nachtwey and Mark Tessler13. What Leads Some Ordinary Men and Women in Arab Countries to Approve of Terrorist Acts against the West: Evidence from Survey Research in Algeria and Jordan (2007) Mark Tessler and Michael D. H. RobbinsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisKatalin Fábián is Associate Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College. She is author of Contemporary Women's Movements in Hungary: Globalization, Democracy, and Gender Equality and editor of Globalization: Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe.

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Book SynopsisA foundational analysis of the co-evolution of the internet and international relations, examining resultant challenges for individuals, organizations, firms, and states.In our increasingly digital world, data flows define the international landscape as much as the flow of materials and people. How is cyberspace shaping international relations, and how are international relations shaping cyberspace? In this book, Nazli Choucri and David D. Clark offer a foundational analysis of the co-evolution of cyberspace (with the internet as its core) and international relations, examining resultant challenges for individuals, organizations, and states.The authors examine the pervasiveness of power and politics in the digital realm, finding that the internet is evolving much faster than the tools for regulating it. This creates a “co-evolution dilemma”—a new reality in which digital interactions have enabled weaker actors to influence or threaten stronger actors,

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Book SynopsisWhy the news about the global decline of infectious diseases is not all good.Plagues and parasites have played a central role in world affairs, shaping the evolution of the modern state, the growth of cities, and the disparate fortunes of national economies. This book tells that story, but it is not about the resurgence of pestilence. It is the story of its decline. For the first time in recorded history, virus, bacteria, and other infectious diseases are not the leading cause of death or disability in any region of the world. People are living longer, and fewer mothers are giving birth to many children in the hopes that some might survive. And yet, the news is not all good. Recent reductions in infectious disease have not been accompanied by the same improvements in income, job opportunities, and governance that occurred with these changes in wealthier countries decades ago. There have also been unintended consequences. In this book, Thomas Bollyky explores the paradox in ou

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