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Book SynopsisIn a major reinterpretation, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notion of the war’s beginning as either a Germano-Austrian pre-emptive strike or a miscalculation. The key to the outbreak of violence, he argues, lies in St. Petersburg. Russian statesmen unleashed the war through policy decisions based on imperial ambitions in the Near East.Trade ReviewThis book should forever change the ways we have understood the role of Russia in the First World War. -- Michael S. Neiberg, author of Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War IA bold reinterpretation of the Russian Empire's entry into the First World War. McMeekin argues that Russia believed a European war to be in its interest, that it sought to humiliate Vienna, and that it hoped to conquer Constantinople and the Ottoman Straits. -- Mustafa Aksakal, author of The Ottoman Road to War in 1914The Russian Origins of the First World War is a polemic in the best sense. Written in a lively and engaging style, it should provoke a much-needed debate on Russia's role in the Great War. -- Michael Reynolds, author of Shattering Empires: The Clash and Collapse of the Ottoman and Russian Empires, 1908-1918Going against a century of received wisdom, Bilkent University professor McMeekin offers a dramatic new interpretation of WWI...Rifling the archives, analyzing battle plans, and sifting through the machinations of high diplomacy, McMeekin reveals the grand ambitions of czarist Russia, which wanted control of the Black Sea straits to guarantee all-weather access to foreign markets. Maneuvering France and England into a war against Germany presented the best chance to acquire this longed-for prize. No empire had more to gain from the coming conflict, and none pushed harder to ensure its arrival. Once unleashed, however, the conflagration leapt out of control, and imperial Russia herself ranked among its countless victims. * Publishers Weekly *Casting a contrarian eye on the first major conflict of the twentieth century, Sean McMeekin finds the roots of WWI inside Russia, whose leaders deliberately sought--for their own ends--to expand a brawl that the Germans wanted to keep local. The author tracks the fallout of these antique plots right down to the present geopolitical landscape. * Barnes & Noble Review *An entirely new take on the origins of World War I comes as a surprise. If war guilt is to be assigned, this book argues, it should go not only (or even primarily) to Germany--the long-accepted culprit--but also to Russia...Bold reading between the lines of history. -- Robert Legvold * Foreign Affairs *As Sean McMeekin argues in this bold and brilliant revisionist study, Russia was as much to blame as Germany for the outbreak of the war. Using a wide range of archival sources, including long-neglected tsarist documents, he argues that the Russians had ambitions of their own (the dismantling of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires, no less) and that they were ready for a war once they had secured a favorable alliance with the British and the French. -- Orlando Figes * Sunday Times *The book is a refreshing challenge to longstanding assumptions and shifted perspectives are always good. -- Miriam Cosic * The Australian *

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Book SynopsisRevelations of China's global influence and intentions, from one of its most respected foreign policy analysts.

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Book SynopsisTreaties comprise the whole range of international agreements that are governed by international law. In this volume in the Elements of International Law series, Richard Gardiner describes the essential role of treaties in international law.Beginning with an explanation of what treaties are, the book explores how they are made, how they are interpreted, and how they are implemented both internationally and within national legal systems. In doing this, Gardiner provides an account of the main features of the law of treaties and describes how treaties contribute to the formation and codification of international law. He also outlines how treaties are the foundation of international organizations which, in turn, through their constitutive treaties and those treaties which they develop, make extensive contributions to international law. The book concludes by looking at the role of treaties across multiple areas of international law, including human rights, trade and investment law, air and space law, telecommunications, international criminal law, and environmental law. Thus, the book shows that treaties, and the legal regimes which they create, now constitute the pre-eminent component of international law.

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of The National Security Enterprise provides practitioners' insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security decision-making process. Unlike some textbooks on American foreign policy, it offers analysis from insiders who have worked at the National Security Council, the State and Defense Departments, the intelligence community, and the other critical government entities. The book explains how organizational missions and cultures create the labyrinth in which a coherent national security policy must be fashioned. Understanding and appreciating these organizations and their cultures is essential for formulating and implementing it. Taking into account the changes introduced by the Obama administration, the second edition includes four new or entirely revised chapters (Congress, Department of Homeland Security, Treasury, and USAID) and updates to the text throughout. It covers changes instituted since the first edition was published in 2011, implications of the government campaign to prosecute leaks, and lessons learned from more than a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. This up-to-date book will appeal to students of US national security and foreign policy as well as career policymakers.Table of ContentsForeword to the First Edition by Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.) Preface Introduction: The National Security Enterprise: Institutions, Cultures, and PoliticsRoger Z. George and Harvey Rishikof Part I. The Interagency Process 1. History of the Interagency Process for Foreign Relations in the United States: Murphy’s Law?Jon J. Rosenwasser and Michael Warner 2. The Evolution of the NSC ProcessDavid P. Auerswald 3. The Office of Management and Budget: The President’s Policy ToolGordon Adams, Rodney Bent, and Kathleen Peroff Part II. Key Policy Players 4. The State Department: Culture as Interagency Destiny?Marc Grossman 5. The US Agency for International Development: More Operator than PolicymakerDesaix Myers 6. The Office of the Secretary of DefenseJoseph McMillan and Franklin C. Miller 7 The Military: Forging a Joint Warrior CultureMichael J. Meese and Isaiah Wilson III 8. The Department of the Treasury: Brogues on the GroundDina Temple-Raston and Harvey Rishikof Part III. Intelligence and Law Enforcement 9. Office of the Director of National Intelligence: From Pariah and Piñata to Managing PartnerThomas Fingar 10 Central Intelligence Agency: The President’s OwnRoger Z. George 11. The Evolving FBI: Becoming a New National Security Enterprise AssetHarvey Rishikof and Brittany Albaugh 12. The Department of Homeland Security: Civil Protection and ResilienceSusan Ginsburg Part IV. The President’s Partners and Rivals13. Congress: The Other BranchDavid P. Auerswald and Colton C. Campbell 14. The US Supreme Court: The Cult of the Robe in the National Security EnterpriseHarvey Rishikof Part V. The Outside Players15. Lobbyists: When US National Security and Special Interests CompeteGerald Felix Warburg 16. Think Tanks: Supporting Cast Players in the National Security EnterpriseEllen Laipson 17. The Media: Witness to the National Security EnterpriseJohn M. Diamond Conclusion: Navigating the Labyrinth of the National Security EnterpriseHarvey Rishikof and Roger Z. George List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Lt. General H.R. McMaster, former National Security Advisor during Trump's administration, a bold assessment of the most critical foreign policy and national security challenges of our age. There has been a shift in power since the end of the Cold War. In Battlegrounds, bestselling author, commander, scholar and National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster examines the rising strength of Russia and China, the threat from hostile states Iran and North Korea, the complex battlegrounds in South Asia and the Middle East, and the new arenas of international competition space, cyberspace and emerging technology.How can foreign policy, which has across multiple administrations proved itself outdated, misconceived, inconsistent and poorly implemented, be transformed to face the challenges of today? How can Western countries like America and the UK stay relevant, secure and humane? How can we abandon what McMaster calls Strategic Narcissism' in favour of Strategic Empathy' an approach that reTrade Review‘Indispensable… Battlegrounds provides a comprehensive and expert review of the strategic threats the US faced when the author was in the White House – not only the Chinese challenge but also Russia’s troublemaking everywhere from Syria to cyberspace, and the perennial North Korean and Iranian menaces’TLS Praise for H.R. McMaster’s Dereliction of Duty ‘A stunning book: eloquent and highly effective. The word noble would not be going too far.’Paul Fussell, author of The Great War & Modern Memory ‘Well-written and full of enlightening new details … Significantly adds to the historical record of a great national failure.’Arnold R. Isaacs, Washington Post ‘Carefully researched and vividly narrated, H.R. McMaster's book adds a new and disturbing dimension to an understanding of the decisions that propelled us into the Vietnam war. It should be read by anyone interested in the origins of one of the great tragedies in American history.’Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of Vietnam: A History ‘A book to boggle your mind with new revelations of ineptness, duplicity, and arrogance amongst the senior-most officials of the United States … McMaster pastes all the puzzle pieces together to reveal a plot Shakespearean in its proportions … McMaster's scholarship and presentation is exemplary. The author's arguments are coherent and convincing and important to the historical record.’Peter Arnett, The Washington Monthly ‘An outstanding example of historical research, interpretation, scholarship, and fair-minded analysis.’Donald Kagan, author of On the Origins of War

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Book SynopsisThe United States has been engaged in what the great historian Charles A. Beard called "perpetual war for perpetual peace." The Federation of American Scientists has cataloged nearly 200 military incursions since 1945 in which the United States has been the aggressor. In a series of penetrating and alarming essays, whose centerpiece is a commentary on the events of September 11, 2001 (deemed too controversial to publish in this country until now) Gore Vidal challenges the comforting consensus following September 11th and goes back and draws connections to Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. He asks were these simply the acts of "evil-doers?" "Gore Vidal is the master essayist of our age." -- Washington Post "Our greatest living man of letters."--Boston Globe "Vidal's imagination of American politics is so powerful as to compel awe."--Harold Bloom, The New York Review of Books

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Book SynopsisThe peace treaties represented an almost impossible attempt to solve the problems caused by a murderous world war. In The Lights that Failed: European International History 1919-1933, part of the Oxford History of Modern Europe series, Steiner challenges the common assumption that the Treaty of Versailles led to the opening of a second European war. In a radically original way, this book characterizes the 1920s not as a frustrated prelude to a second global conflict but as a fascinating decade in its own right, when politicians and diplomats strove to re-assemble a viable European order. Steiner examines the efforts that failed but also those which gave hope for future promise, many of which are usually underestimated, if not ignored. She shows that an equilibrium was achieved, attained between a partial American withdrawal from Europe and the self-imposed constraints which the Soviet system imposed on exporting revolution. The stabilization painfully achieved in Europe reached it fragile limits after 1925, even prior to the financial crises that engulfed the continent. The hinge years between the great crash of 1929 and Hitler''s achievement of power in 1933 devastatingly altered the balance between nationalism and internationalism. This wide-ranging study helps us grasp the decisive stages in this process. In a second volume, The Triumph of the Night Steiner will examine the immediate lead up to the Second World War and its early years.Trade Review...indisputably the most detailed and authoritative single-volume account of European international history in the fifteen years following the end of the First World War...[the work] affirms Zara Steiner's status as the pre-eminent historian of inter-war international affairs. * Martin Conway, EHR 494 *Zara Steiner has produced a splendid volume, chock full of detail and with many thought-provoking insights. It will remain a classic for many years to come. For those studying international business history it will serve as an excellent background reference manual to the period...If one were to ask for more it would be the second volume in the same vein. * Derek H. Aldcroft, Business History *Table of ContentsPART I: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE, 1918-1929; PART II: THE HINGE YEARS, 1930-1933

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Book SynopsisThe need for collective action has never been greater, but geopolitics, structural changes and diverging preferences mean that existing global governance arrangements, devised at Bretton Woods in the 1940s, are either unravelling or outmoded. Reconciling this contradiction is today?s pressing global policy challenge.In this short book, two of Europe?s most-experienced policymakers and analysts outline a new agenda for global governance. They examine governance practices across several key policy areas ? climate, health, trade and competition, banking and finance, taxation, migration and the digital economy ? and consider what works and what doesn''t, and why. The global governance solutions they put forward are ambitious but pragmatic. They require complexity, flexibility and compromise. Attributes that global governments are demonstrably short of, but today?s global crises urgently demand.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2012, Borders: A Very Short Introduction began with the premise that we live in a very bordered world. The intervening decade has witnessed a flurry of events and developments that continue to highlight the centrality of borders in contemporary domestic and international affairs, as well as the interstices between the two, including sudden surges in migrant and refugees flows; renewed emphasis on traditional border security and wall construction; growing tensions concerning maritime sovereignty; rapid advances in cybersecurity, surveillance, and biometrics; expanded detention and deportation infrastructures; proliferation of transborder organizations; revived populist and nationalist sentiments; and protectionist and integrationist trade practices, to name some prominent examples from recent headlines. This revised edition accounts for recent developments including Brexit, the 2015 migration crisis across Europe, efforts to build a border wall between the US and Mexico, growing isolationist and nativist sentiments, demands for indigenous homelands, transnational protest movements, Russian cross-border incursions, and insurgencies and rebellions across much of North Africa and Southwest Asia.

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Book SynopsisThis final volume in John Röhl's acclaimed biography of Wilhelm II explores the Kaiser's role in the international crises leading up to the outbreak of war in 1914. It also charts his experience of exile in Holland and his frustrated hopes that the Nazis would restore him to the throne.Trade Review'A masterpiece and one of the greatest political biographies of our times.' Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Times'The single most important recent contribution to the debate on the causes of the First World War.' BBC History Magazine'One of the outstanding biographies of the past twenty years.' Philip Mansel, The Spectator'A powerful and impressive thesis.' Jonathan Sperber, The Times Literary Supplement'Devastating.' Norman Stone, Literary Review'Magisterial is the only word that adequately describes Röhl's final installment of his authoritative biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II. This massive tome examines in a most engaging way the personal role the Kaiser played in facilitating the major political and diplomatic crises leading to the Great War … Highly recommended.' M. A. Mengerink, Choice'Reviewers of Röhl's work will find it difficult to avoid echoing each other: adjectives such as 'monumental' and 'definitive' are well-nigh inescapable in the face of this enormous achievement … Future researchers with an interest in any aspect of the Kaiser's life or his role in the government of Imperial Germany will find Röhl an indispensable guide to the documentary record.' Andrew G. Bonnell, European History Quarterly'This book is the final instalment of John Röhl's exhaustive and magisterial three-volume biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Like the two preceding parts, this volume is meticulously researched, full of new insights, beautifully written and, notwithstanding its great length and substantial weight, difficult to put down. Taken either on its own or as the culmination of a trilogy, it is a monumental achievement…This is an outstanding work. So much new research and scholarship has gone into completing it that it is difficult to imagine what other new documents might be out there waiting to be unearthed that would materially add to what Röhl has written. Equally, with this volume and its two predecessors in the public domain it is hard to see why anyone else would attempt a new study of Wilhelm II. While no work of history ever has the final word, surely this is as close to definitive as a biography can get.' Matthew S. Seligmann, The English Historical Review'Scholars of the period owe a great debt to Röhl. Whether, in the final analysis, one agrees with his reading of Wilhelm, Röhl has redirected attention to the importance of human agency in history. In tandem, he has also liberated his subject both from being a caricature, a cardboard cutout knave, and from the less-than-benign neglect of those with structuralist predilections.' T. G. Otte, The Journal of Modern HistoryTable of Contents1. Death and transfiguration; 2. The Kaiser and England during the Boer War; 3. 'I am the balance of power in Europe': Wilhelm between Britain, Russia and France; 4. The Boxer Rebellion and the Baghdad Railway; 5. The shabby compromise: Wilhelm II and Bülow's Chancellorship; 6. Wilhelm II and the Germans, 1900–1904; 7. 'We two make history and destiny is in our hands!' Kaiser and Tsar on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War; 8. The Anglo-German antagonism: the Kaiser, the King and public opinion; 9. The Kaiser and America; 10. Uncle and nephew: Edward VII and the 'encirclement' of Germany; 11. East Asia in flames: the Russo-Japanese War and its consequences; 12. Operational plans for a war in Western Europe; 13. 'Paris must get one in the eye from us one day!' The Kaiser and the First Morocco Crisis; 14. 'A turning point in the history of Europe', or the fiasco of Björkö; 15. Balance of power or hegemony? The Anglo-German conflict and the quarrel with King Edward; 16. Humiliation in Algeciras; 17. 'Encirclement': caught in the web of the Entente; 18. Germany's 'Dreadnought Leap': the Kaiser and 'his' navy; 19. The zenith of personal monarchy: the Kaiser and the government on the eve of the great crisis; 20. 'Kings are only human, after all': scandals at the Hohenzollern court; 21. Prince Eulenburg's downfall: the campaign against the Liebenberg 'Camarilla'; 22. The Kaiser's visit to Windsor and Highcliffe, November-December 1907; 23. The hot summer of 1908: on the verge of war with Britain; 24. 'Our Kaiser and his People!' The crisis of Wilhelm's personal monarchy; 25. Nemesis: Wilhelm II and the Daily Telegraph affair; 26. Upheaval in the Balkans: Kaiser Wilhelm and the Bosnian Annexation Crisis of 1908–09; 27. The 'pantomime': from Bülow to Bethmann Hollweg; 28. Wilhelm and the direction of foreign policy under Bethmann Hollweg; 29. The king is dead, or new hopes of an agreement with England; 30. Agadir: the leap of the Panther; 31. 'The enemy identified': the acceleration of the naval race and the growing menace of war; 32. 'Already leader of the United States of Europe'? The Kaiser and the debacle of the Haldane Mission; 33. November 1912: the strategic switch from West to East; 34. Deterrence: the unresolved problem of Britain's neutrality; 35. 'Berlin has warned us off again': the 'postponed racial war against Slavdom'; 36. Kaiser and Reich: Wilhelm's Personal Monarchy on the eve of war; 37. 'With head held high and hand on hilt!' Preparations for war 1913–14; 38. Summer 1914: the decision for war; 39. The Kaiser's last Norwegian cruise; 40. Confusion in Potsdam: the fear of Britain's involvement; 41. Into the abyss: the outbreak of war; 42. The Supreme War Lord in the First World War; 43. The Kaiser's war aims; 44. Downfall: the collapse of the Hohenzollern monarchy; 45. The unicorn in winter: a new life in exile; 46. 'Blood must flow, much blood': the Kaiser and the 'swinish' Weimar Republic; 47. Monarch by the grace of Hitler? Wilhelm II and the Third Reich.

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Book SynopsisIs one person''s terrorist another''s freedom fighter? Is terrorism crime or war? Can there be a ''War on Terror''? For many, the terrorist attacks of September 2001 changed the face of the world, pushing terrorism to the top of political agendas, and leading to a series of world events including the war in Iraq and the invasion of Afghanistan. The recent terror attacks in various European cities have shown that terrorism remains a crucial issue today. Charting a clear path through the efforts to understand and explain modern terrorism, Charles Townshend examines the historical, ideological, and local roots of terrorist violence.Starting from the question of why terrorists find it so easy to seize public attention, this new edition analyses the emergence of terrorism as a political strategy, and discusses the objectives which have been pursued by users of this strategy from French revolutionaries to Islamic jihadists. Considering the kinds of groups and individuals who adopt terrorism, Townshend discusses the emergence of ISIS and the upsurge in individual suicide action, and explores the issues involved in finding a proportionate response to the threat they present, particularly by liberal democratic societies. Analysing the growing use of knives and other edged weapons in attacks, and the issue of ''cyberterror'', Townshend details the use of counterterrorist measures, from control orders to drone strikes, including the Belgian and French responses to the Brussels, Paris, Nice, and Rouen attacks.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewA brilliant and incisive analysis of a major subject. * Richard English, Author of Does Terrorism Work? A History *Table of Contents1: The trouble with terrorism 2: Crusaders and conspirators 3: The reign of terror 4: Revolutionary terrorism 5: Nationalism and terror 6: Religious terror 7: Countering terrorism References Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisNow in a fully updated edition that goes through the Trump administration and the election and formative period of the Biden administration, this compact and accessible introduction offers a historical perspective on the evolution of U.S. foreign policy from the founding of the country to the present. Joyce P. Kaufman provides students and general readers with a clear and concise understanding of key foreign-policy decisions and why they were made. She identifies the major themes that have guided foreign policy and the reasons that the United States pursued certain policies in the context of specific periods in the nation’s history. Kaufman focuses on the major actors involved in the making of foreign policy and the changing relationships among them. She also explains the major theoretical perspectives within international relations and contextualizes key foreign policy decisions as they fit these frameworks. This edition puts a particular focus on the creation of Cold War foreign policy, and why the end of the Cold War has continued to be such a challenge to the United States. Kaufman concludes with a look at the threat that the United States is facing and will continue to face, including existential threats such as climate change and disease, and how Americans can be prepared to face them.

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Book SynopsisCelebrating and critiquing the life of one of Africa’s most important anti-imperialist leadersTrade Review'The legendary Thomas Sankara - hero, revolutionary leader, anti-imperialist - receives deserving analytical treatment from the most prominent radical voices here assembled for one the greatest sons of Africa. The book enhances our understanding of the pragmatism of politics, the rhetoric of revolutionary actions, and the resurgence of reactionary forces. A must read' -- Toyin Falola, Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town, University Distinguished Professor and Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, The University of Texas at Austin'This book by a wide range of committed scholars, including, crucially, a significant number of African scholars, is a necessary and illuminating intervention. The Sankara that emerges here is more than 'Africa's Che Guevara', a man whose ideas and politics are 'rich with a thousand nuances' that distinguish them from other forms of Marxism and Pan-Africanism. Sankara comes alive in all his complexity' -- Sean Jacobs, Associate Professor of International Affairs at The New School and Founder and Editor, Africa is a CountryTable of ContentsForeword by Horace G. Campbell Acknowledgements Introduction by Amber Murrey Part I: Life and Revolution 1. Military Coup, Popular Revolution or Militarised Revolution?: Contextualising the Revolutionary Ideological Courses of Thomas Sankara and the National Council of the Revolution - De-Valera N.Y.M. Botchway and Moussa Traore 2. The Perils of Non-Alignment: Thomas Sankara and the Cold War - Brian Peterson 3. Thomas Sankara and the Elusive Revolution - Leo Zeilig 4. When Visions Collide: Thomas Sankara, Trade Unions and the Revolution in Burkina Faso, 1983-1987 - Craig Phelan 5. Africa’s Sankara: On Pan-African Leadership - Amber Murrey 6. Who Killed Thomas Sankara? - Bruno Jaffré 7. ‘Incentivized’ Self-Adjustment: Reclaiming Sankara’s Revolutionary Austerity from Corporate Geographies of Neoliberal Erasure - Nicholas A. Jackson Part II: Political Philosophies 8. Madmen, Thomas Sankara and Decoloniality in Africa - Ama Biney 9. With the People: Sankara’s Humanist Marxism - Ernest Harsch 10. Thomas Sankara & Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem: The Untimely Deaths of Two New Generation African Visionaries - Patricia Daley 11. Women's Freedoms are the Heartbeat of Africa's Future: A Sankarian Imperative - Patricia McFadden 12. Re-Reading Sankara’s Philosophy for a Praxeology of Debt in Contemporary Times - Sakue-C. Yimovie 13. Sankara’s Political Ideas and Pan-African Solidarity: A Perspective for Africa’s Development? - Felix Kumah-Abiwu and Olusoji Alani Odeyemi 14. ‘Revolution and Women’s Liberation Go Together’: Thomas Sankara, Gender and the Burkina Faso Revolution - Namakula E. Mayanja Part III: Legacies 15. Balai Citoyen: A New Praxis of Citizen Fight with Sankarist Inspirations - Zakaria Soré 16. La Santé Avant Tout: Health Before Everything - T. D. Harper-Shipman 17. Social Movement Struggles and Political Transition in Burkina Faso - Bettina Engles 18. To Decolonize the World: Thomas Sankara and the ‘Last Colony’ in Africa - Patrick Delices 19. ‘Daring to Invent the Future’: Sankara’s Legacy and Contemporary Activism in South Africa - Levi Kabwato and Sarah Chiumbu Part IV: Contestations and Homages 20. The Academy as Contested Space: Disappearing Sankara from the ‘Acceptable Avant-Garde’ - Nicholas A. Jackson 21. Art and the Construction of a ‘Sankara Myth’: A Hero Trend in Contemporary Burkinabè Urban & Revolutionary Propaganda Art - Sophie Bodénès Cohen 22. Slanted Photography: Reflections on Sankara and My Peace Corps Experience in Burkina Faso - Celestina Agyekum 23. ‘We Are the Children of Sankara’: Memories as Weapons during the Burkinabe Uprisings of 2014 and 2015 - Fiona Dragstra Afterword by Aziz Salmone Fall Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFor more than a century, no US adversary or coalition of adversaries - not Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, or the Soviet Union - has ever reached sixty percent of US GDP. China is the sole exception, and it is fast emerging into a global superpower that could rival, if not eclipse, the United States. What does China want, does it have a grand strategy to achieve it, and what should the United States do about it?In The Long Game, Rush Doshi draws from a rich base of Chinese primary sources, including decades worth of party documents, leaked materials, memoirs by party leaders, and a careful analysis of China''s conduct to provide a history of China''s grand strategy since the end of the Cold War. Taking readers behind the Party''s closed doors, he uncovers Beijing''s long, methodical game to displace America from its hegemonic position in both the East Asia regional and global orders through three sequential strategies of displacement. Beginning in the 1980s, China focused for two decades on hiding capabilities and biding time. After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, it became more assertive regionally, following a policy of actively accomplishing something. Finally, in the aftermath populist elections of 2016, China shifted to an even more aggressive strategy for undermining US hegemony, adopting the phrase great changes unseen in century. After charting how China''s long game has evolved, Doshi offers a comprehensive yet asymmetric plan for an effective US response. Ironically, his proposed approach takes a page from Beijing''s own strategic playbook to undermine China''s ambitions and strengthen American order without competing dollar-for-dollar, ship-for-ship, or loan-for-loan.Trade ReviewHighly Recommended * M. G. Roskin, CHOICE *Recent Reviews "the most important book on China in years" - Washington Post, John PomfretOne of the "Best Books of 2021" - Financial Times[Doshi has] meticulously laid bare the Party's methodical advance toward global supremacy. China watchers craving a broad understanding of the Party's geopolitical thought and actions won't be disappointed." - Wall Street Journal, David WilezolAs the US and China slip towards a new cold war, Doshi argues that Beijing is pursuing a long-term plan to displace the US as the world's most powerful nation. The verdict may sound sensationalist, but it is carefully argued and backed by deep research and primary sources." - Financial Times, Gideon Rachman[Doshi] makes his own case powerfully, with reference to an impressive array of highly authoritative Chinese texts" - The EconomistOf all the books to appear on this subject in 2021, this will be the one most closely read….Unlike many other Western writers on Chinese strategy, Doshi draws on a deep knowledge of the CCP's voluminous internal and public deliberations." - The Times Literary Supplement, Niall FergusonWhat does China tell itself about itself? This isn't a rhetorical question. Rush Doshi's The Long Game is a high wattage black light that helps us explore and make sense of China's strategic ambitions to understand their grand strategy." - General CQ Brown, Chief of Staff of the United States Air ForceRush Doshi's landmark new book fills in key gaps in the United States' understanding of China's strategy and what it means for U.S. policy." - The Council on Foreign Relations[A] valuable book…[Doshi] quotes extensively from the often obscure writings and speeches of Chinese leaders and thinkers." - Foreign Affairs, Andrew NathanBrilliant, bracing and empirically rich…It may well turn out to be the one single book that distills both the Chinese approach to the world and the broad contours of Sino-American competition." - The Indian ExpressRush Doshi's account of China's global strategy in The Long Game is a welcome draft of cold air." - Claremont Review of Books-60 pages of painstaking footnotes, many of them quoting internal statements by Communist Party leaders and intellectuals, make it rather compelling." - Reuters, Pete SweeneyOne of the Top Political Books of 2021" - The HillAdvance Praise "The Long Game brings what's been largely missing from debate on US-China relations: historically informed insight into the nature of China's Leninist system and strategy." -Kevin Rudd, President of the Asia Society and former Prime Minister of AustraliaThe Long Game is essential in understanding China's approach to the evolving US-China relationship and global order. Unique in scope and unmatched in substance, Rush Doshi's masterfully researched work describes clearly the economic, political, and military contours of China's strategic approach. The observations, analysis, and recommendations of this superb work must be foundational to any China playbook-business, political, or military." -Admiral Gary Roughead, U.S. Navy (Retired)Using primary sources and crisp analysis, Rush Doshi decodes Beijing's grand strategy of the last three decades. In the process, he exposes the threadbare assumptions that caused countless American policymakers, intelligence analysts, and scholars to misjudge the intentions and capacities of China's rulers. Wishful thinkers, isolationists, and accommodationists will marshal no credible counterarguments to the central findings of this superb book." -Matt Pottinger, Former Deputy National Security Advisor'What does China want?' Rush Doshi makes such a cogent case, based on a wealth of Chinese textual and behavioral evidence, that China's consistent strategy has been to displace the United States that he persuades me to re-examine my view that China's aims are open-ended and malleable. His compelling book should become an instant classic in the China field and required reading for everyone trying to figure out America's own best strategy toward China." -Susan Shirk, Professor and Chair of the 21st Century China Center, University of California-San DiegoA must-read for anyone wrestling with the China Challenge. Doshi's careful analysis of Chinese language documents make a powerful case that China is pursuing a coherent grand strategy to overturn the US-led international order." -Graham Allison, Professor of Government, Harvard Kennedy SchoolDoshi has brilliantly limned a new framework for understanding both the global ambition and the strategic challenges posed by Xi Jinping and his 'wolf warrior diplomacy.' If you're looking for the one book that best illuminates the historical logic of his unrepentant 'China Dream,' The Long Game is it." -Orville Schell, Director, Center on US-China Policy, the Asia SocietyBased on a careful reading of a vast array of Chinese sources, Rush Doshi presents a novel and compelling account of the evolution of Beijing's grand strategy. Doshi argues persuasively that shifts in China's behavior are driven by the Communist Party's collective assessment of trends in the global balance of power rather than by the personalities or preferences of individual leaders. The implications are not reassuring: China's increasingly open and aggressive attempts to displace the US and transform the international system began before Xi Jinping took power and will likely persist after he is gone. This important and insightful book should be required reading for scholars and policymakers alike." -Aaron L. Friedberg, Professor or Politics and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityThe debate over whether China has a strategy to displace American leadership in Asia is over. Now comes the first authoritative account of what that strategy is. Using a vast array of original sources, Rush Doshi does unprecedented forensic work on the origins of Chinese grand strategy and its prospects for success." -Michael J. Green, author of By More than Providence: Grand Strategy and American Power in the Asia-Pacific since 1783If you doubt that China has been pursuing a long-term, comprehensive strategy to achieve global primacy, read Rush Doshi's book. In this brilliant, definitive work, Doshi details the vaulting ambition of Beijing's agenda. Everyone interested in the future of American power and world order should read it now-or weep later." -Hal Brands, Johns Hopkins University and American Enterprise InstituteTable of ContentsChapter 1 - "A Coherent Body of Thought and Action": Defining Grand Strategy Chapter 2 - "The Party Leads Everything": Grand Strategy and the Communist Party Chapter 3 - "New Cold Wars Have Begun": The Traumatic Trifecta and the US Threat Chapter 4 - "Hiding Capabilities and Biding Time": Blunting as China's First Displacement Strategy Chapter 5 - "A Change in the Balance of Power": The Financial Crisis and US Decline Chapter 6 - "Actively Accomplish Something": Building as China's Second Strategy of Displacement Chapter 7 - "A Suit that No Longer Fits": The Global Order and China's Ambitions Chapter 8 - "Towards the World's Center Stage": Global Expansion as China's Third Displacement Strategy Chapter 9 - "An Asymmetric Response": Dealing with Chinese Strategies of Displacement

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Book SynopsisIn China''s Galaxy Empire, John Keane and Baogang He target a development of enormous significance: China''s return, after two centuries of decline and subjugation, to a position of prominence in world affairs. The daring thesis is that China is a newly rising empire of a kind never before witnessed: a galaxy empire. The first to be born of the digital communications era, this young empire is economically and politically powerful, and heavily armed. Its gravitational, push-pull effects are impacting every continent--and even outer space, where China is competing with the United States, India, and Europe to become the leading power. The galaxy empire interpretation rejects clichéd misdescriptions of China as a big power or monolithic autocracy, and it explains why China defies older definitions of land, sea, and air-based empires. The book charts the developments that have made its rising empire so novel, including the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative, the rapid rise of a global Chinese middle class, and internal colonialism in Tibet and Xinjiang. The book notes the protean, shapeshifting qualities of this young empire. It therefore warns against the political and military perils of simple-minded, friend-versus-enemy thinking and Big China, Bad China politics. But it also proffers a forewarning to China''s rulers: while every rising empire aims to shift the balance of power in its favour, no empire lasts forever, and some are stillborn, because they indulge illusions of greatness and reckless power adventures.

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Book SynopsisOver the past decade, numerous states have declared cyberspace as a new domain of warfare, sought to develop a military cyber strategy and establish a cyber command. These developments have led to much policy talk and concern about the future of warfare as well as the digital vulnerability of society. No Shortcuts provides a level-headed view of where we are in the militarization of cyberspace. In this book, Max Smeets bridges the divide between technology and policy to assess the necessary building blocks for states to develop a military cyber capacity. Smeets argues that for many states, the barriers to entry into conflict in cyberspace are currently too high. Accompanied by a wide range of empirical examples, Smeets shows why governments abilities to develop military cyber capabilities might change over time and explains the limits of capability transfer by states and private actors.Trade Review'A refreshing contribution to cyber scholarship that will resonate with military and intelligence professionals. With a methodical analysis of the technical, organizational and policy challenges governments must surmount to employ offensive cyber operations with precise effect, Smeets argues that few states conduct such operations because they are incredibly difficult. Pundits, commentators and policymakers must read this book to temper both their fears and expectations.' -- Emily O. Goldman, US Cyber Command‘In the process of answering the book’s driving question – why do states struggle to develop a military cyber force? – the author offers rigorous theoretical and empirical analysis, as well as nuggets of wisdom for the policy community.’ -- Survival'In No Shortcuts, Smeets does an exceptional job of exploring how truly difficult it is to be successful at cyber operations. It requires thoughtful buildup and vital experience that many countries lack. An important book for an evolving landscape.' -- Daniel Moore, author of Offensive Cyber Operations'If offensive cyber operations are cheap and easy, then cyberweapons should proliferate and cyberwar should escalate. Max Smeets demolishes these myths and reveals a more complicated, and more interesting, reality. While cyberweapons may not proliferate, No Shortcuts certainly will!' -- Jon R. Lindsay, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, and author of Information Technology and Military Power'No Shortcuts provides an original and empirically-informed framework for understanding the practical work required for offensive cyber operations. Highly recommended for anyone seeking to understand the challenges of cyber effect operations and how those challenges can constrain state behaviour.' -- Rebecca Slayton, Associate Professor, Department of Science and Technology Studies, Cornell University

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Book SynopsisIn this first comprehensive history of India's secret Cold War, Paul McGarr tells the story of Indian politicians, human rights activists, and journalists and their interactions with the British and US intelligence services. In doing so, he uncovers a fifty-year battle for hearts and minds in the Indian subcontinent.

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Book SynopsisA wargaming renaissance has been underway in the US military. Having proven to be the most effective recruitment tool of the 21st century, games have proliferated across all levels of the military''s strategic, operational, training, and rehabilitation architecture. From board games to high-tech digital and virtual reality platforms, wargames enable milarites to learn lessons from the past, play out possible responses to current crises, and explore the effectiveness of future operations and strategies. From the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the Covid 19 pandemic, today wargames are a key means by which the US military--and many other militaries--make plans and fight wars. Politics of Play is the first academic book dedicated to the US military wargaming renaissance. Grounded in 100 hours of interviews undertaken by the author during fieldwork with US military wargamers, it explores how games intervene in players'' cognitive and affective registers using immersion and the drive to win.

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Book SynopsisThe European Union (EU) is often depicted as a cradle of judicial activism and a polity built by courts. The Ghostwriters instead reveals that the EU was forged through a concealed struggle between judges who resisted European law and lawyers who encouraged deliberate law-breaking to mobilize courts against national governments.Trade Review'This is a remarkable [book], both in terms of theory development, research design, scope, and style. Besides rewriting the history of European legal integration, The Ghostwriters also makes important contributions to theories of legal mobilization and political lawyering beyond the European Union. Pavone builds his narrative on a set of carefully selected case studies and on a wide variety of data and methods, including archival studies, geospatial analysis and more than 350 interviews in Italy, France, and Germany … The narrative is so persuasive because the judges and lawyers can speak directly to the reader.' Award Committee for the 2020 Edward S. Corwin Award from the American Political Science Association'… Pavone advances an alternative narrative of the actors behind the institutionalization of European law: entrepreneurial lawyers as opposed to 'activist judges' or courts were the motors of European legal integration … [The Ghostwriters] makes both empirical and theoretical contributions, especially when it comes to understanding transnational legal change. It is written in a compelling manner, weaving theory building with data analysis … [Pavone's] writing style is both accessible and allows the reader to imagine herself in the spaces where he conducted his research, in true ethnographic style.' Award Committee for the 2020 Dissertation Prize from the Law & Society Association'Pavone has a unique talent to take us into a fascinating (if sobering) journey exploring the uneven 'lawscape' of the European Union. Elegantly written, analytically sophisticated and empirically novel, The Ghostwriters reveals an entirely new geography of EU law and delineates a grounded theory of EU legal integration. A great piece of scholarship!' Antoine Vauchez, CNRS Research Professor at the Université Paris 1-Sorbonne, and author of Brokering Europe. Euro-lawyers and the Making of a Transnational Polity (Cambridge University Press, 2015)'This book directly challenges two decades of research that has focused on the role that judges have played in the legal construction of the European Union. Beautifully written, theoretically important, methodologically innovative and empirically robust, The Ghostwriters will be of interest to scholars of EU politics and law, judicial politics, socio-legal studies and those relying on historical institutionalist approaches across political science.' Lisa Vanhala, Professor of Political Science at University College London, and author of Making Rights a Reality? Disability Rights Activists and Legal Mobilization (Cambridge University Press, 2011)'In The Ghostwriters, Tommaso Pavone shows that European Union law grew from litigation by radically creative lawyers who, having lived the horrors of world war, sought a brighter future through economic and cultural exchange. Resting on an elegant research design and extraordinarily rich data including ethnographic observations, interviews, case studies, and geo-coded litigation data, this profoundly important book demonstrates that law is local and deeply personal, even when building a transnational economic union. A stunning achievement.' Charles Epp, University Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas, and author of The Rights Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 1998)'Pavone has written a tour de force that will stand the test of time. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, this book changes our understanding of the institutionalization of European law and transnational legal change. This book has it all: Innovative theory, broad and compelling data analysis, and interesting, important, and surprising conclusions. It is a true must-read for those interested in judicial politics, European politics, and law and society.' Michael Nelson, Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University'The Ghostwriters provides a refreshing and compelling account of how the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has become a powerful supranational court thanks to the relentless efforts of dedicated lawyers. Pavone counters the long-held presumption that national court judges were the heroes behind Europe's legal integration. Using an impressive research design and rich data, the book demonstrates that the driving force behind Europe's new international legal order were the lawyers who recruited litigants, educated judges, and even 'ghostwrote' referrals to the ECJ. Pavone offers an innovative analysis of the ideational and strategic factors that motivate legal professionals without losing sight of their institutional constraints and the broader political environments they are embedded in. By advancing our understanding of the politics of lawyers and court-driven political change, this timely book makes important contributions to comparative political development, legal mobilization, and judicialization.' Filiz Kahraman, Assistant Professor in Political Science, University of Toronto'The Ghostwriters is a profoundly revisionist, deeply researched, and beautifully written account of how a far-flung collection of 'Euro-lawyers' pioneered and powered the development of European Union law. In it, Tommaso Pavone confronts and falsifies the 'founding myth' of a European legal process driven by rights-conscious litigants and activist judges, marshalling a mountain of diverse evidence to chronicle how private lawyers prodded reluctant national judges to engage with the European Court of Justice and construct the rule of European law. Theoretically creative, methodologically rigorous, and compulsively readable, it is the most important book on European legal integration in decades.' Mark Pollack, Professor of Political Science and Law and Jean Monnet Chair, Temple University'By casting light on agents of social change whom scholars have largely neglected to date, Pavone makes a significant contribution to the socio-legal scholarship on the construction of the European Union.' Florian Grisel, Centre for Socio-Legal StudiesTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction; 1. The politics of ghostwriting lawyers; Part II. Judges and resistance to change; 2. Revisiting judicial empowerment in Europe; 3. Renouncing power and resisting change; 4. The limits of rebellion; Part III. Lawyers and the uneven push for change; 5. The first Euro-Lawyers and the invention of a repertoire; 6. Hot spots and cold spots; Part IV. Lawyers and the rise of contentious politics; 7. Euro-Lawyering goes public; 8. Euro-Lawyering goes silent; Part V. Conclusion; 9. Making sense of ghostwriters.

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Book SynopsisLost Decade is an essential guide for understanding the historic shift to Asia-centric geopolitics and its implications for America''s present and future.Across the political spectrum, there is wide agreement that Asia should stand at the center of US foreign policy. But this worldview, first represented in the Obama Administration''s 2011 Pivot to Asia, marks a dramatic departure from the entire history of American grand strategy. More than a decade on, we now have the perspective to evaluate it in depth. In Lost Decade, Robert Blackwill and Richard Fontainetwo eminent figures in American foreign policytake this long view. They conclude that while the Pivot''s strategic logic is strong, there are few successes to speak of, and that we need a far more coherent approach to the Indo-Pacific region. They examine the Pivot through various lenses: situating it historically in the context of America''s global foreign policy, revealing the inside story of how it came about, assessing the effort thus far, identifying the ramifications in other regions (namely Europe and the Middle East), and proposing a path forward.The authors stress that the US has far less margin for foreign policy error today than a decade ago. As the international order becomes more unstable, Blackwill and Fontaine argue that it is imperative that policymakers fully understand what the Pivot to Asia aimed to achieveand where it fell shortin order to muster the resources, alliances, and resolve to preserve an open order in Asia and the world. Crafting an effective policy for the region, they contend, is crucial for preserving American security, prosperity, and democratic values.

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Book SynopsisThis book investigates how to determine the substantive content of the legal obligations of corporations both to avoid harming fundamental rights and to contribute towards realising them. In doing so it outlines a multi-factoral approach for determining such obligations and proposes legal and institutional reforms nationally and internationally.Trade Review'A deeply thoughtful and powerful argument is made in this book that corporations do have legal obligations for their human rights impacts and that decision-makers should act on this. It draws on the author's profound conceptual knowledge and innovative reasoning to offer persuasive and insightful approaches to these important issues. A pleasure to read.' Robert McCorquodale, University of Nottingham'Bilchitz brilliantly weaves theory and reality into a compelling assessment of corporate obligations for fundamental rights. This nuanced and comprehensive coalescence of law and theory on corporate obligations for fundamental rights is set to be the new epicentre around which the business and human rights discourse will oscillate for decades to come.' Bonita Meyersfeld, Professor at Wits Law School in Johannesburg, South Africa'This is a highly timely and important contribution to the debate about the human rights obligations owed by companies. Hitherto, relatively little has been said about how we are to determine those obligations in law. This book fills that gap admirably. Covering a wide range of relevant issues, David Bilchitz offers us a deeply reasoned way forward. The book is a road map of how to reform the law to allow for greater human rights accountability for corporations. It is bound to provoke debate for a long time to come and to stimulate reform ideas. A magisterial effort.' Peter Muchlinski, Emeritus Professor of Commercial Law, The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London'This book offers an original 'multi-factoral' analytical model to determine contours of the fundamental rights obligations of corporations and proposes ways to operationalize these obligations at national and international levels. Bilchitz's analysis not only fills gaps but also challenges several dominant narratives in the business and human rights field.' Surya Deva, Professor, Macquarie Law School, SydneyTable of Contents1. The Nature and Purpose of the Corporation in Law; Part I: Legal Doctrinal Models for Addressing the Substantive Obligations of Non-State Actors for Fundamental Rights: 2. The State Duty to Protect Model; 3. The Indirect Application Model; 4. The Expanding the State Model; 5. The Direct Obligations Model; Part II: Towards a Multi-Factoral Model for Determining the Substantive Content of Corporate Obligations: 6. The Justification for and Contours of a Multi-Factoral Approach; 7. A Balancing Act – Proportionality in the Corporate Sphere; 8: The Multi-Factoral Model and Positive Obligations for Corporations; Part III: The Institutional Implications of the Multi-Factoral Model; 9: Embedding the Multi-Factoral Model in Corporations: The Role of Corporate Law; 10: Corporate Obligations in a Global World: The Role of International Mechanisms.

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Book SynopsisIn this engaging book, David M. McCourt makes the case for New Constructivist approaches to international relations scholarship. The book traces constructivist work on culture, identity, and norms within the historical, geographical, and professional contexts of world politics, and reflects on recent innovations in fields including practice theory, relationalism, and network analysis. Copiously illustrated with real-world examples from the rise of China and US foreign policy, it illuminates the processes by which international politics are built. This is both an accessible tour of Constructivism to date and a persuasive declaration for its continuing application and value.Table of ContentsIntroduction: What Is Constructivism? 1. The Old Constructivism 2. The New Constructivism 3. Rules, Law, and Language in the New Constructivism 4. World-Making: Experts and Professionals in the New Constructivism 5. New Constructivist Methodology and Methods 6. Politics, Ethics, and Knowledge in the New Constructivism 7. The New Constructivism as a Phronetic Social Science Conclusion: The Space of Constructivism

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCyber Persistence Theory is an important addition to our collective understanding of the dynamics of cyberspace and its implications for national security. It provides sound insight and excellent analysis on how we can meet the challenges of cyber in the hyper-connected, digitally driven world we find ourselves in today. Excellent work on a topic of increasing importance to all! * Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN (ret) former Commander, US Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency (2014-2018) *This timely new book is destined to go down as a major milestone in the development of new strategic thought for twenty-first century. With admirable clarity and powerful prose, the authors first dismantle the deterrence-focused paradigm that has so far guided US defense strategy in cyber space and then formulate a new organizing concept. Anyone interested in cyber security must come to terms with this new thinking. * Brad Roberts, Center for Global Security Research *Michael Fischerkeller, Emily Goldman, and Richard Harknett have once again made an incredibly valuable contribution to the development of American cyber policy and strategy through the writing of Cyber Persistence Theory. The authors push its readership to think beyond classical deterrence theory to new concepts for engaging and defeating undeterred adversaries in cyberspace. In short, this book argues the need for change and to take more risk to close an increasingly larger risk in our defense and national security as well as our public safety posture as American citizens To do so, the authors argue will require not only persistent engagement, but a 'whole-of-nation plus' effort. A must-read for both national and cyber security professionals! * Robert J. Butler, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber and Space Policy *Time will tell whether cyberspace operations can have coercive effect, but it is unambiguously true that to date, nations have used cyberspace mostly to gain advantage in competing with other nations. Understanding how they do so is a new challenge that scholars of international relations would do well to take on, and this book is a superb point of departure for them. * Herb Lin, Hank J. Holland Fellow in Cyber Policy and Security, Hoover Institution, Stanford University *This book helps to fill a crucial gap in strategic thinking about the fundamentals of cyberspace and sets out a clear course of action for the US government. It is a must-read for students, analysts and policymakers. * Max Smeets, Senior Researcher ETH Zurich, Center for Security Studies, and author of No Shortcuts: Why States Struggle Develop a Military Cyber-Force *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by General Paul Nakasone Chapter 1: The Misapplied Nexus of Theory and Policy Chapter 2: The Structure of Strategic Environments Chapter 3: Cyber Behavior and Dynamics Chapter 4: Theory and the Empirical Record Chapter 5: Cyber Stability Chapter 6: The Cyber Aligned Nexus of Theory and Policy Chapter 7: United States Case Study Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis lengthy work gives readers a great deal to ponder, particularly Sims's illustration of the critical roles that intelligence gathering and analysis play in determining the course of conflict, invisible though they often are. * Choice *In a real tour de force, Jennifer Sims develops and deploys a broadened concept of intelligence to show how it can lead to a decision advantage that affects the course of history. The cases studied are unusual and extraordinarily well done. This important book is a pleasure to read and deserves a wide audience." -Robert Jervis, author of Why Intelligence FailsJennifer Sims takes the reader on a fascinating tour of intelligence failures and successes from the Spanish Armada to today's post-911 world. Her rigorous analysis reminds us that intelligence in war does not need to be perfect; it just needs to be better than the intelligence on the enemy's side." -Scott D. Sagan, Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford UniversityThe concept 'decision advantage' is central to the mission of U.S. intelligence * providing policy makers with intelligence to give them an information advantage over other international actors. Indeed, the term 'decision advantage' figures prominently in a display in the offices of the Director of National Intelligence. Jennifer Sims, a long time intelligence veteran, is properly credited with originating the concept and its definition. She has now taken this concept and examined how it worked across a range of historic policy dilemmas, from the threat posed to England by the Spanish Armada to the current issue of cyberspace. Dr. Sims has produced a thoughtful and provocative study that bridges intelligence theory and intelligence history." -Mark M. Lowenthal, Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Analysis & Production (2002-05), and author of Intelligence: From Secrets to Policy *Sims has produced a thought-provoking book that seeks to bridge intelligence theory and history. The case-studies are engaging and full of detail on the influence of intelligence on military and diplomatic competition, which will be of interest to a broad audience...Sims's book should be read widely. * Dan Lomas, International Affairs *Jennifer E. Sims's Decision Advantage is an examination of how intelligence has influenced select decision-makers, through three broad periods in history, culminating in a proposed theory of intelligence in international politics...as a historical study of intelligence, the book excels. * Robin Kemp, H-Net *In Decision Advantage, Jennifer E. Sims seeks to correct both popular misconceptions of how espionage operates and rebut the views of those who dismiss its importance in international politics. * Mitchell B. Reiss, Intelligence, Strategy and Governance in the Twenty-first Century *Table of Contents1. Intelligence and Decision Advantage in International Politics 2. The Spanish Armada 3. Gaining Decision: Advantage in the Anglo-Spanish War 4. Intelligence Lessons from The Spanish Armada 5. Battlefield Intelligence: The Battles of First Manassas and Chancellorsville During the US Civil War 6. Gaining Advantage: First Manassas and Chancellorsville 7. Intelligence Lessons from Civil War Battlefields 8. Intelligence for the Chase: Races, Chases, and Interdictions in Complex Contingencies 9. Intelligence Support to Diplomacy 10. Knowledge and Diplomacy in the Era of Total War 11. Gaining Diplomatic Advantages before WWI 12. Intelligence and Decision in 1938 13. A Theory of Intelligence in International Politics 14. 21st Century Intelligence: Distributed Power and Cyberwar Appendix 1: Report By Nuño Da Silva, Portuguese Pilot Captured by Francis Drake, 19.1.1578 Appendix 2: A General Theory of Intelligence Index

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Book SynopsisBousquet’s landmark book examines the impact of key technologies and scientific ideas on the theory and practice of warfare and the handling of the perennial tension between order and chaos on the battlefield. Spanning the entire modern era, from the Scientific Revolution to the present, it offers a systematic account of modern warfare as the constitution of increasingly complex assemblages of bodies and machines whose integration rests upon a military assimilation of scientific thought. Reflecting the pervasive influence of scientific conceptual frameworks upon warfare, modern armies have been successively organised by reference to the paradigmatic technologies of the clock, engine, computer, and network. Conversely, major scientific developments and technological breakthroughs have become intertwined with the experience of war, especially since the Second World War’s unprecedented mobilisation of scientific rationality and technical expertise. This increasingly tight symbiosis between science, technology, and war is at the heart of both the tremendous powers and enduring pathologies displayed by the contemporary military machine. In this new and revised edition, Bousquet extends the analysis to encompass the latest developments in the scientific way of warfare in the midst of renewed great power competition and a wave of technological innovation in artificial intelligence and robotics.Trade Review'The most lucid and well-developed history of the growing affinity between science and military practice available. Essential reading for the student of modern military affairs.' -- Army History'The Scientific Way of Warfare is a remarkable work of synthesis, drawing on the contemporary writing of Manuel Castells, Paul Edwards, John Arquilla, and (especially) Martin Van Creveld. The book's broad historical sweep doesn't get caught up in the finer details, though, which might frustrate readers looking for a more detailed military history. Instead, it boils its subject down to "four distinct regimes of the scientific way of warfare, each of which is characterized by a specific theoretical and methodological constellation: mechanistic, thermodynamic, cybernetic, and chaoplexic warfare." At the heart of each, he writes, "we find an associated paradigmatic technology, respectively the clock, the engine, the computer and the network." * Wired *'This is a remarkable work. Bousquet does for the history of science as military metaphor what Marc Buchanan in Nexus: The Groundbreaking Science of Networks does for complexity science and networks in a social context: he translates a series of profound scientific developments and thought into an accessible and engaging narrative of technology as artefact and metaphor. Bousquet writes with greater eloquence and texture, while simultaneously treating complex theoretical issues with the light touch that will ensure this book a larger audience.' * Michael Innes, Syracuse University *'An intellectual feast to which we are all invited, an intellectual frontier we are free to explore. The range of this work is truly impressive, yet it never obscures the unifying theme: the quest through the centuries for order on the battlefield. In Iraq and Afghanistan the West has found such order more elusive than ever, yet the quest has never been more urgent.' * Christopher Coker, London School of Economics *Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Technoscientific Regimes of Order in Warfare - A Theoretical and Methodological Framework 3: Mechanistic Warfare and the Clockwork Universe 4: Thermodynamic Warfare and the Science of Energy 5: Cybernetics and the Genesis of the Computer 6: Cybernetic Warfare: Computers at War 7: A New Informational Paradigm: Chaos Theory and Complexity Science 8: Towards Chaoplexic Warfare? Network-Centric Warfare and the Non-Linear Sciences

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Book SynopsisNot Just Another Cold War considers how the emerging superpower rivalry between the US and China compares to the Cold War, and what that means for the future of global politics. By contrasting the current US-China rivalry with a well-understood conflict, the authors provide insights into the characteristics and trajectory of the twenty-first century''s defining conflict.With contributions from some of the world''s most influential international relations scholars--Stephen Walt, M. Taylor Fravel, Odd Arne Westad, Robert Ross, and Thomas J. Christensen, among others--the volume examines many of the most important facets of the US-China relationship: the economic and military balance, the impact of technology, geopolitical consequences, relations between China and Russia, the future of NATO, and the risk of war over Taiwan. Through their analysis, the authors highlight key similarities between the current rivalry and the Cold War conflict, but also vitally important differences.The US-China relationship--the defining superpower rivalry of the twenty-first century--is likely to prove at least as dangerous and consequential as the contest that shaped the second half of the twentieth century. But to understand and strategize around the current political face-off, it is essential to recognize that this is not just another Cold War.

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Book SynopsisPaul Collier is a professor of economics at Oxford University. The author of The Bottom Billion, which won the 2008 Lionel Gelber Prize for the world's best book on international affairs, he has lectured widely on the subjects of economics and international relations.Trade ReviewVery important ideas based on extremely thorough empirical research...put him in the same camp as real heavyweights such as the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz -- Misha Glenny * Guardian *Collier comes up with very concrete proposals and some ingenious solutions * The Times *Collier knows Africa intimately... It is hard to be unmoved by his anger about the world's blindness to realities, and his passion to do things better -- Max Hastings * Sunday Times *With its verve, wit and lateral thinking, this is a book that changes its readers' horizons * Observer *It is always a pleasure to discover Paul Collier's latest thoughts...always illuminating and grounded in rigorous social science...it's gripping stuff -- Allister Heath * Literary Review *

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Book SynopsisAn erudite yet accessible examination of how democracy has failed in the US, from America''s best-known voice of geopolitics, Noam Chomsky.The United States asserts the right to use military force against failed states' around the globe. But as Noam Chomsky argues in this devastating analysis, America shares features with many of the regimes it insists are failing and constitute a danger to their neighbours.Offering a comprehensive and radical examination of America past and present, Chomsky shows how this lone superpower which topples foreign governments, invades states that threaten its interests and imposes sanctions on regimes it opposes has stretched its own democratic institutions to breaking point.And how an America in crisis places the world ever closer to the brink of nuclear and environmental disaster.''The mighty Chomsky lands some crunching punches. His analysis of U.S. double standards is spot-on'' Observer

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Book SynopsisAvi Shlaim''s The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World is the outstanding book on Israeli foreign policy, now thoroughly updated with a new preface and chapters on Israel''s most recent leadersIn the 1920s, hard-line Zionists developed the doctrine of the ''Iron Wall'': negotiations with the Arabs must always be from a position of military strength, and only when sufficiently strong Israel would be able to make peace with her Arab neighbours.This doctrine, argues Avi Shlaim, became central to Israeli policy; dissenters were marginalized and many opportunities to reconcile with Palestinian Arabs were lost. Drawing on a great deal of new material and interviews with many key participants, Shlaim places Israel''s political and military actions under and uncompromising lens.His analysis will bring scant comfort to partisans on both sides, but it will be required reading for anyone interested in this fascinating and troubled region of the world.''The Iron Wall is strikingly fair-minded, scholarly, cogently reasoned and makes enthralling ... reading'' Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph''Anyone wanting to understand the modern Middle East should start by reading this elegantly written and scrupulously researched book'' Trevor Royle, Sunday Herald''A milestone in modern scholarship of the Middle East'' Edward Said''Fascinating ... Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a revaluation of traditional Israeli history'' Ethan Bronner, The New York Times Book ReviewAvi Shlaim is Professor of International Relations at St. Antony''s College, Oxford. His previous books include Collusion Across the Jordan (1988) and War and Peace in the Middle East (1995).

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Book SynopsisAfter three decades of "reform and opening up," China is closing its doors, clamping down on Western influence in the economy, media, and civil society. At the same time, President Xi Jinping has emerged as a champion of globalization, projecting Chinese power abroad and seeking to reshape the global order. Herein lies The Third Revolution.Trade ReviewThe Third Revolution is an excellent example of high-quality academic research on China * Tian He, Pacific Affairs *One of Iolitico's "Ten Names That Matter on China Policy"How should observers, especially those in Washington, assess Xi's China? In The Third Revolution, Elizabeth Economy offers a nuanced, persuasive answer: while China's heft in world affairs is growing rapidly, so too are the contradictions inherent in the attempt of an authoritarian country to shape what remains a predominantly liberal world order. * Global Asia *Economy . . . offers an engaging look at how areas such as internet regulation, reform of state-owned enterprises, and foreign policy are evolving under Xi's leadership. * Reuters Breakingviews *To understand and navigate China in the coming years, this is the book to read. At the heart of doing business in this opaque and contradictory country is understanding Xi Jinping, a masterful and complex politician. Elizabeth Economy's exceptionally clear account gives you the tools to do just that. * Fred P. Hochberg, Former Chairman and President, Export-Import Bank of the United States *The Third Revolution is enormously valuable for anyone seeking to understand the ways in which China is changing (and not changing) under Xi's leadership, and how the U.S. should best approach its relationship with China. Essential. * Robert E. Rubin, Former Secretary of the Treasury *The one book that tells you all you need to know about how China has changed under Xi Jinping. A clear-eyed, richly researched, and engaging account by one of America's most knowledgeable China experts. * Susan L. Shirk, University of California, San Diego *Timely and sobering analysis of the profound * and disturbingpolitical change that has occurred since the rise of Xi Jinping. This is by far the most insightful and illuminating study of China's new political landscape, and should be required reading for those concerned with China's future under strongman rule.Minxin Pei, Author, China's Crony Capitalism *Leading China expert Elizabeth Economy provides a clear-eyed net assessment of China under Xi Jinping: its global ambitions, domestic limitations, and the paradox of its external hubris and internal insecurities. Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, The Third Revolution should become staple reading for all who want to understand China today and where it is headed in the future. The findings are both illuminating and disturbing." * David Shambaugh, George Washington University and author of China Goes Global *Americans are slowly realizing that they live in a bipolar world with China, a nation that is incontrovertibly rising despite the destabilizing effects of serial self-reinvention. The advent of the latest progenitor of rejuvenation, Xi Jinping, has raised a host of vexing questions, but Economy's wonderfully lucid and well-researched book fills in many of the blanks regarding Xi's strengths and weaknesses. * Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Asia Society Center on U.S.-China Relations *For the first time in modern history, we have a communist country poised to be the biggest and most important driver of the global free market. That's astonishing. And we still don't know what makes China's political leadership and Xi Jinping in particular tick. If that freaks you out (and it should), Liz Economy's book is the place to start. * Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group *The timing of The Third Revolution is impeccable. Economy convincingly demonstrates how Beijing has used its heft to influence technological and political standards." - The Financial TimesA work of cool-headed analysis." - Foreign Affairs14/01/2019Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Heart of Darkness Chapter 3: Chinanet Chapter 4: The Not-So-New Normal Chapter 5: Innovation Nation Chapter 6: War on Pollution Chapter 7: The Lion Awakens Chapter 8: The Road Forward

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Book SynopsisAs the world evolves in increasingly unpredictable directions, one of the key determinants of the future global order will surely be the impact of China. No country and no society can escape China''s reach-indeed many seek its embrace. China brings benefits to many-but it''s also a problematic interlocutor for others. In China and the World, one of the world''s leading China specialists David Shambaugh has assembled fifteen leading international authorities on China to create the most comprehensive and up-to-date scholarly assessment of China''s foreign relations and roles in international affairs. The volume covers China''s contemporary position in all regions of the world, with all major powers, and across multiple arenas of China''s international interactions. It also explores the sources of China''s grand strategy, how the past shapes the present, and the impact of domestic factors that shape China''s external behavior. China and the World is a uniquely focused and well-organized volume that provides many insights into China''s calculations and behavior, and identifies a number of challenges China will face in the future.Trade ReviewChina and the World is an impressive volume on a vital subject at a critical time. For the coming generation of (American) students, China will be the single most important international topic in their textbooks; relations with this dynamic behemoth will profoundly affect their lives as well as the world. * Winston Lord, Former US Ambassador to China. *An outstanding scholar of China in his own right, David Shambaugh has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to obtain original contributions to coherently organized volumes on Chinese foreign policy and US-China relations. China and the World is another triumph. It will become a standard textbook on the subject but can also be read with interest by anyone seeking a comprehensive and balanced introduction to a rising power with increasing influence yet enigmatic goals. * Harry Harding, University of Virginia. *This book is closing a gap in the literature on China and a must read for anyone trying to understand China's growing global role. The authors offer a comprehensive view on all major aspects of China's rise. Impressive reading! * Eberhard Sandschneider, Professor for Chinese Politics, Free University of Berlin. *Table of ContentsDedication Preface & Acknowledgements I. INTRODUCTION 1. China's Long March to Global PowerII. HISTORICAL SOURCES 2. Legacies of the Past3. China's National Experiences and the Evolution of PRC Grand StrategyIII. DOMESTIC SOURCES 4. Nationalism, Social Influences, and Chinese Foreign Policy5. China's Foreign Policy Making Process: Players and InstitutionsIV. DOMAINS OF CHINA'S GLOBAL INTERACTIONS 6. China's Global Economic Interactions 7. China's Global Cultural Interactions8. China's Global Governance Interactions9. China's Global Military-Security InteractionsV. CHINA'S BILATERAL & REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS10. China's Relations with the United States11. China's Relations with Russia12. China's Relations with Europe13. China's Relations with Asia: Continuity Amid Change14. China's Relations with the Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East15. Regional Multilateralism with Chinese CharacteristicsVI. PATTERNS & PROSPECTS 16. China & the World: Future Challenges

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBraumoeller's analysis of the data is thoughtful and convincing...Today, with the conditions for a regional war in the Middle East riper than they have been for years, the liberal international order under strain, and the deterioration of U.S.-Chinese relations, Only the Dead makes for sobering reading. * Nikita Lalwani, Yale Law School and Sam Winter-Levy, Princeton University, Foreign Policy *Overall, the arguments in this book are strong, and the discussion of data issues is subtle throughout. Its arguments seem fundamentally correct to me. * Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution University *Table of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction 2 Empirical Reasons for Skepticism 3 Theoretical Reasons for Skepticism 4 A Conventional View of War 5 Measuring War 6 A Few Handy Tools 7 Trends in Warfare, 1815-present

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Book SynopsisThe past few decades have seen a massive increase in the number of international organizations focusing on global health. Campaigns to eradicate or stem the spread of AIDS, SARS, malaria, and Ebola attest to the increasing importance of globally-oriented health organizations. These organizations may be national, regional, international, or even non-state organizations-like Medicins Sans Frontieres. One of the more important recent trends in global health governance, though, has been the rise of public-private partnerships (PPPs) where private non-governmental organizations, for-profit enterprises, and various other social entrepreneurs work hand-in-hand with governments to combat specific maladies. A primary driver for this development is the widespread belief that by joining together, PPPs will attack health problems and fund shared efforts more effectively than other systems. As Chelsea Clinton and Devi Sridhar show in Governing Global Health, these partnerships are not only importanTrade ReviewThis is not only a timely and original book, but also a model of concise scholarship. After a quarter of a century working in the arena of global health, it wasn't until I read this book that I understood fully either the major institutions with which we so often work or the challenges before us now. Furthermore, Clinton and Sridhar have managed a minor miracle: they've made dry matters of governance interesting and even entertaining. This engaging study deserves a broad audience. Since the survival of tens of millions hang in the balance, as does the well-being of most on this planet, the stakes are greater than we know." - Paul Farmer MD, Partners In Health and Harvard Medical SchoolWho runs the world and why? Chelsea Clinton and Devi Sridhar ask this audacious question in this powerful and uncompromising book. They unmask the big four global health institutions of our era for the first time. Governing Global Health is a monumental achievement. Anyone seriously interested in the health of the world simply has to read it." - Lawrence O. Gostin, University Professor and Founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law, Georgetown Law SchoolThe landscape of 'global health' is so fragmented, with so many agencies and private players in the picture, that it can be impossible to figure out who is in charge of everything from outbreaks to battling the tobacco industry. The adage, 'follow the money' too often leads to dead ends and bewildering arrays of public health players. Clinton and Sridhar have done a wonderful job of pulling the elusive pieces into focus, creating a must-read guide for students and practitioners of global health." - Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations, and author of The Coming PlagueClinton and Sridhar provide a unique insight in global health governance in a very rigorous and well documented analysis. A must for anybody working in global health, global governance and international affairs." - Peter Piot, Director & Handa Professor of Global Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineTable of ContentsPrefaceAbbreviations1. Governing Global Health2. Big Questions and Case Studies3. Shifts in Governance4. Who Funds Global Health?5. T wenty-First-Century Governance6. Disruption and Reform7. Final ReflectionsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisSince the colonization of the Philippines by Spain in the sixteenth century, the island chain has been at the center of global trade flows, imperial rivalries, and the globalization process. From its role as the main base of Spain''s Pacific Galleon trade to its conquest centuries later by the United States and Japan, the Philippines has been a focal point of economic and military rivalry. Decolonized in 1946, the Philippines is growing economically after years of stagnation, is ruled today by a modern populist, President Rodrigo Duterte, and is embroiled in disputes with the East Asia region''s rising superpower, China.In The Philippines: What Everyone Needs to Know, Steven Rood draws from more than 30 years of residence in and study of the Philippines in order to provide a concise overview of the nation. Arranged in a question-and-answer format, this guide shares concise, nuanced analysis and helps readers find exactly what they seek to learn about Filipino geography and geology, hisTable of Contents1. Geography, Demography, and Climate 2. History 3. Economy 4. Society, Culture, and Religion 5. Government and Governance 6. Geopolitical--the Philippines in the World 7. Prospects for the Future

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking text provides the ideal introduction to the ever-changing field of foreign policy. With a unique combination of theories, actors and cases in a single volume, the expert contributors provide students with a valuable and accessible introduction to what foreign policy is and how it is conducted.With an emphasis throughout on grounding theory in empirical examples, the textbook features a section dedicated to relevant and topical case studies where foreign policy analysis approaches and theories are applied. The expert team of contributors clearly conveys the connection between international relations theory, political science, and the development of foreign policy analysis, emphasizing the key debates in the academic community. New to this edition- New chapters on postcolonialism and gender support the growing inclusion of these topics in foreign policy teaching.- Foreign policy case study chapters in part three are fully revised with more systematic focus on Asia, a

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Book SynopsisIn 1967 the future of the state of Israel was far from certain. But with its swift and stunning military victory against an Arab coalition led by Egypt in the Six Day War, Israel not only preserved its existence but redrew the map of the region, with fateful consequences. The Camp David Accords, the assassinations of Anwar Sadat and Yitzhak Rabin, the intifada, and the current troubled peace negotiations--all of these trace their origins to the Six Day War.Michael Oren''s Six Days of War is a gripping account of one of the most dramatic and important episodes in the history of the Middle East. With exhaustive research in primary sources--including Soviet, Jordanian, and Syrian files not previously available--he has reconstructed the tension-filled background and the dramatic military events of the conflict, drawing the threads together in a riveting narrative, enlivened by crisp characters sketches of major characters (many of whom, from Ariel Sharon to Yasser Arafat, are still leadingTrade ReviewThis admirable book is likely to be the last word on the six-day war for a long time * The Sunday Times June 2002 *the most detailed, the most comprehensive and by far the best-documented history that we have on this short but fateful war * The Guardian *most comprehensive history yet... Six Days of War scores highly in telling an extremely complicated story within a narrative which despite being loaded with a crushing volume of research reads at times like the breeziest blockbuster... Oren's narrative is at its most gripping during the day-by-day account of the war * Financial Times *

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Book SynopsisEdited by eminent historian Ronald Grigor Suny, this unique collection of primary documents and important scholarly articles frames both the revolutionary changes and broad continuities in Soviet history. Organized chronologically and covering political, social, and cultural history from a variety of viewpoints, selections include official pronouncements and dissident manifestos, public speeches, private letters, and previously un-translated documents. An introductory essay provides the broad outlines of Soviet history, while chapter introductions summarize the main features and historical debates of each period.New to the Second Edition* Ten new essays and documents, including Jochen Hellbeck''s The Urge to Struggle On (2006) and Cars, Cars, and More Cars by Lewis H. Siegelbaum (2008)* A new chapter (10) on Russia and the former Soviet states in the twenty-first century, as well as additional readings on women and gender* More sections on foreign policy and the Cold WarTrade ReviewThe Structure of Soviet History is an excellent resource. * Danny Yee, Danny Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Back to the Future ; Acknowledgements ; Transliteration and Dating ; PART I: REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR ; 1. The Revolutions of 1917 ; 2. Civil War, Socialism, and Nationalism ; PART II: RETREAT AND REBUILDING ; 3. Politics, Society, and Culture in the 1920s ; PART III: STALINISM ; 4 The Stalin Revolution ; 5. Dangers and Opportunities: The comintern, World War, and Cold War ; PART IV: REFORM AND STAGNATION ; 6. From Autocracy to Oligarchy ; 7. Stagnation ; PART V: REFORM AND REVOLUTION ; 8. The Road to Revolution ; 9. The Second Russian Republic and the "Near Abroad" ; 10. Russia and the Former Soviet States in the Twenty-First Century ; 11. Summing Up

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Book SynopsisA concise, authoritative overview of a little-understood yet extremely important phenomenon in world politics: the use of economic sanctions by one country to punish another.It''s hard to browse the news without seeing reports of yet another imposition of sanctions by one country on another. The United States has sanctions against more than 30 countries. Russia has repeatedly imposed sanctions against former Soviet republics. China has developed its own approach, including targeting private entities such as the NBA. And it''s not just major powers: Japan and South Korea have sanctioned each other over WWII and colonial legacies; Saudi Arabia against Qatar because of differences over Iran; and France, Germany, and Norway against Brazil over the Amazon forest and climate change. In Sanctions: What Everyone Needs to Know, Bruce Jentleson--one of America''s leading scholars on the subject--answers the fundamental questions about sanctions today: Why are they used so much? What are their vaTrade ReviewI'm often told how vital and effective sanctions are. Then I trip across confident assertions that sanctions seldom accomplish what they're supposed to. So I'm thankful that experts like my Duke University colleague Bruce Jentleson are around to resolve my confusion and explain it all, as he does in his new book. * Frank Bruni, The New York Times *In this deeply researched and accessible book, Bruce Jentleson combines broad historical knowledge and deep analytical insights to help us understand how, when, and why the world's major powers and leading international organizations are able to use economic sanctions successfully to get what they want in world affairs-and when they aren't. * James Goldgeier, Professor of International Relations, American University *In a moment when sanctions dominate the headlines, Jentleson explore the questions everyone has - how and when do these crucial policy tools work. Complementing a review of the scholarly literature with in-depth case studies, this approachable book provides meaningful insight to anyone curious about the effectiveness of sanctions and how these complex policy tools can be used to shape world politics. * Susan Hannah Allen, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Mississippi *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Puzzles Posed for International Relations Theory and Foreign Policy Strategy Part One: Scholarly Debates and Challenges EM Chapter 1: Economic Sanctions: What, Who, Why and How Chapter 2: Do Sanctions Work?: Measuring Success Chapter 3: Explaining Sanctions Success/Failure Part Two: Major Cases, Theory Applied, Policy Analyzed Chapter 4: Historical Perspective: Lessons from Past Sanctions Cases Chapter 5: United States: Foreign Policy Strategy and Domestic Politics Chapter 6: China's Use of Sanctions Chapter 7: Soviet Union/Russia: Energy Pipelines and Other Sanctions Chapter 8: United Nations and European Union: Multilateral and Regional Sanctions Conclusion: Sanctions Theory, Sanctions Policy Appendix: 2022 Russia-Ukraine War Sanctions Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMalkasian offers a nonpareil history of a war that initially was viewed as one of necessity but increasingly became one of choice. His book sets the standard for all future works that will examine the causes and nature of yet another unhappy American military adventure on the mainland of Asia. * Dov S. Zakheim, Senior Advisor at CSIS and a Vice Chairman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, PRISM *This substantial text is well written and supported by almost 100 pages of notes and references. Offering a rather complete overview of the US failure, this is a must read for anyone interested in the mistakes made in Afghanistan. * G. M. Farr, CHOICE *The book allows Afghans to tell their own story, and their voices are present throughout. The author spent significant amounts of time in Afghanistan and communicated with all strata of society, and as a result this book is one of the very few that is truly authoritative on the subject ... it will become a valuable addition to the academic literature on Afghanistan by giving space to Afghans' voice and agency within its rigorous academic research structure. * Georgi Asatryan and Jack Kalpakian, International Affairs *...compelling... * Christina Lamb, Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsChapter One: Thinking About America's War in Afghanistan Chapter Two: The Country and Peoples of Afghanistan Chapter Three: The First Taliban Regime Chapter Four: The United States Enters Afghanistan Chapter Five: The Karzai Regime Chapter Six: Disorder in Kandahar Chapter Seven: The Taliban Offensive Chapter Eight: A Second Taliban Regime, 2007-2010 Chapter Nine: The War in the East Chapter Ten: Kandahar City and Lashkar Gah Chapter Eleven: The New Administration and the Surge Chapter Twelve: The Surge in Helmand Chapter Thirteen: The Surge in Kandahar Chapter Fourteen: End of the Surge Chapter Fifteen: Ghazni and the East Chapter Sixteen: The new army and police, insider attacks, and the bilateral security agreement Chapter Seventeen: The 2014 Elections Chapter Eighteen: The Taliban Offensives of 2015 and 2016 Chapter Nineteen: The Trump Administration Chapter Twenty: Peace Talks Chapter Twenty-One: Looking Back on Eighteen Years of War in Afghanistan References Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBreaking new ground boldly, this book aims at creating a human science of IR by looking to quantum physics for inspiration and insight. The two undisputed leaders in this burgeoning IR field, James Der Derian and Alexander Wendt, have assembled uniformly outstanding chapters. If you worry that IR has too little to say about the spreading virus within us and the warming planet around us, and a host of other pressing issues, you can learn enormously from this collection-and then you should teach it to your undergraduate and graduate students! * Peter J. Katzenstein, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies, Cornell University and editor of Uncertainty and its Discontents: Worldviews in World Politics *While world politics is increasingly characterized by networked simultaneity, AI-generated synthetic media, and endlessly multiplying meta-verses, the formal study of the field is still flash frozen in a classical Newtonian worldview. This carefully curated edited collection provides an extremely thorough and highly provocative introduction to the many ways in which quantum theory can better inform our understanding of international relations. There is currently no other source that covers so well the history, scientific principles, and the promises and perils of quantum physics as they relate to the study of world politics. * Ron Deibert, Director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto and author of Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society *This provocative and ground-breaking collection will make you question the classical understandings of international relations and discover new entanglements. It's a thrilling glimpse into how the quantum paradigm might transform the foundations of the social sciences as much as it has for physics, chemistry, and computer science. * Kate Crawford, Research Professor at USC Annenberg, and author of Atlas of AI *There has come a need for a newly engaged examination of what the whole realm of quantum thought means, and how new developments in quantum technology might change us in profound ways. The new explorations collected here perform that function admirably; as far as I know, there is no other collection like it, and it is sorely needed. * Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Ministry for the Future *Rich edited volume...improving our understanding of how individual actions transform the social phenomena is a worthy and timely academic pursuit. As such, the book offers unique insights that will inspire critically oriented scholars. * Jakub Tesa%r, International Affairs *Table of ContentsPreface 'Setting the Stage' Stephen Del Rosso (Carnegie Corporation of New York) Introduction 1. 'Quantum Theory: The Case for a New Human Science of International Relations' James Der Derian (University of Sydney, Australia) and Alexander Wendt (Ohio State University, USA) Part 1. History and Theory 2. 'First Encounters: Quantum Mechanics and the Human Sciences' Nicholas T. Harrington (University of Sydney, Australia) 3. 'Mind, Matter, and Motion: A Genealogy of Quantum Entanglement and Estrangement' Jayson C. Waters (University of Sydney, Australia) 4. 'A Quantum Temperament For Life: A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Physics' Jairus Victor Grove (University of Hawaii, USA) 5. 'A Conceptual Introduction to Quantum Theory' Michael Schnabel (University of Chicago, USA) Part 2. Science and Technology 6. 'The Quantum Moonshot' Shohini Ghose (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada) 7. 'Climate Politics and Social Change: What can cognitive and quantum approaches offer?' Manjana Milkoreit and Karen O'Brien (University of Oslo, Norway) 8. 'These are not the droids you're looking for: Offense, Defense, and the Social Context of Quantum Cryptology' Jon R. Lindsay (University of Toronto, Canada) 9. 'Quantum Technology Hype and National Security' Frank L. Smith III (Naval War College, USA) Part 3. Quantizing IR 10. 'Quantum Pedagogy: Teaching Copenhagen and Discovering Affinities with Dialectical Thinking in IR' Thomas Biersteker (Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland) 11. 'The Problématique of Quantization in Social Theory: A Category-Theoretic Way Forward' Badredine Arfi (University of Florida, USA) 12. 'On Quantum Social Theory and Critical International Relations' Michael P.A. Murphy (University of Ottawa, Canada) 13. 'Quantum Sovereignty + Entanglement' Mark Salter (University of Ottawa, Canada) 14. 'Quantum and systems theory in world society: Not brothers and sisters but relatives still?' Mathias Albert and Felix M. Bathon (Universität Bielefeld, Germany) 15. 'The Value of Value: A Quantum Approach to Economics, Security and International Relations' David Orrell (Systems Forecasting, Canada) Part 4. Bringing the Human Back into Science 16. 'Introspection Redux: Incorporating Consciousness into Social Research' Leonardo Orlando (SciencesPo, France) 17. 'To "See" is to Break an Entanglement: Quantum Measurement, Trauma and Security' K.M. Fierke and Nicola Mackay 18. 'The Moral Failure of the Quest for Certainty' Laura Zanotti (Virginia Tech University, USA)

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Book SynopsisA unique assessment that challenges humanity''s quest to abolish warfare.The idea that war is going out of style has become the conventional wisdom in recent years. But in Only the Dead, award-winning author Bear Braumoeller demonstrates that it shouldn''t have. With a rare combination of historical expertise, statistical acumen, and accessible prose, Braumoeller shows that the evidence simply doesn''t support the decline-of-war thesis propounded by scholars like Steven Pinker. He argues that the key to understanding trends in warfare lies, not in the spread of humanitarian values, but rather in the formation of international orders--sets of expectations about behavior that allow countries to work in concert, as they did in the Concert of Europe and have done in the postwar Western liberal order. With a nod toward the American sociologist Charles Tilly, who argued that war made the state and the state made war, Braumoeller argues that the same is true of international orders: while theTrade ReviewBraumoeller's analysis of the data is thoughtful and convincing...Today, with the conditions for a regional war in the Middle East riper than they have been for years, the liberal international order under strain, and the deterioration of U.S.-Chinese relations, Only the Dead makes for sobering reading. * Nikita Lalwani, Yale Law School and Sam Winter-Levy, Princeton University, Foreign Policy *Overall, the arguments in this book are strong, and the discussion of data issues is subtle throughout. Its arguments seem fundamentally correct to me. * Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution University *Table of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction 2 Empirical Reasons for Skepticism 3 Theoretical Reasons for Skepticism 4 A Conventional View of War 5 Measuring War 6 A Few Handy Tools 7 Trends in Warfare, 1815-present Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBeyond the Wire is the most ambitious study to date examining the politics of overseas U.S. military deployments. Drawing on an impressive fourteen country survey and in-depth interviews across three continents, the authors unpack when and how host nations give consent or resist U.S. military presence. Their findings carry deep implications for global hierarchy and the liberal international order. * Andrew Yeo, SK-Korea Foundation Chair and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, and Professor of Politics, The Catholic University of America *Beyond the Wire offers an illuminating and innovative take on the topic of societal-military relations --in the authors' case, on those between individual soldiers based overseas and the communities that host them. The book shows how the character of interactions between foreign military personnel and local citizens can have far reaching implications for international politics. In so doing, it moves civil-military relations research in new and exciting directions. * Risa Brooks, Allis Chalmers Associate Professor of Political Science at Marquette University *This contemporary research rigorously details the many positive, and potentially negative, impacts of US military overseas deployments. It is rich in analysis and insight and an absolute must read for our US national security policy makers, so they more deeply understand how to best shape future military deployments. There is no doubt that Beyond the Wire will have a profound and lasting impact on our national security and foreign policy. * Richard B. Myers, General, USAF, Ret., 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and President Emeritus, Kansas State University *Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures Chapter 1: Service Members as the Microfoundations of Power Chapter 2: The Domain of Consent Chapter 3: Deployments and Contact Chapter 4: Deployments and Crime Chapter 5: Deployments and Minority Populations Chapter 6: Deployments and Protests Chapter 7: The Domain of Competitive Consent A Appendix Notes Index

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