International relations Books
Edinburgh University Press American Grand Strategy Under Obama
Book SynopsisGeorg Löfflmann examines the identity conflict within the Washington foreign policy establishment, between elite insiders and outsiders, and how the `Obama Doctrine' both confirmed a geopolitical vision of American exceptionalism and challenged established notions of US hegemony and world leadership.Trade Review'Lofflmann's sophisticated analysis brings together a wealth of empirical material with a theoretical framework that is persuasive and insightful. As a study of how to study grand strategy, it is unmatched. In the forest of materials on the inner workings of American political culture, it stands tall.' - Stuart Croft, University of WarwickTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of Tables and Illustrations; 1. Introduction; 2. Reimagining grand strategy; 3. Filming hegemony: Hollywood and the Manichean script of geopolitics; 4. Competing visions for America on the New York Times best sellers list; 5. The American grand strategy debate in International Relations; 6. Think tanks and the Washington consensus on hegemony; 7. Strategic vision: National security and the geopolitics of military pre-eminence; 8. The 'Obama Doctrine' - Vision for Change?; 9. Conclusion; 10. List of abbreviations; 11. Appendix; 12. Bibliography.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Ethics and Politics after Poststructuralism
Book SynopsisWhat would political thought look like without the foundation of ethics? Drawing on the work of Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy, Madeleine Fagan puts forward a radical and far-reaching refusal of foundational ethics. Instead, she proposes an account of the inseparability of ethics and politics.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press The War on Drugs and AngloAmerican Relations
Book SynopsisThrough interviews with key policy practitioners on both sides of the Atlantic, this study reveals the complex picture of counter narcotics strategy in Afghanistan. It highlights the key points of cooperation and contention, and details the often contradictory and competitive objectives of the overall war effort in Afghanistan.Trade Review'Anyone who believes that western democracies should expend treasure and blood to curtail the production of illicit drugs in hostile, distant lands must read Philip Berry's work. It illuminates the confusion of purpose, lack of resources and any semblance of clear leadership among the British and American agencies in Afghanistan who were tasked with reducing that benighted country's opium harvests and rampant corruption.' - Kim Howells, Former Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; 'A very informative and insightful account of Anglo-American counter-narcotics policies in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2011 that explains how common goals were affected by close cooperation, intense competition, and strong disagreements when devising policies and actions. Berry skillfully demonstrates how flawed analyses and inadequate solutions failed to address opium production in Afghanistan.' - Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy, UMR Prodig; 'Providing the definitive account of Anglo-American counter narcotic policies in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2011, this important work sheds new light on the oscillations, resilience and limitations of the special relationship within a fluid and complex policy environment. Informed by an impressive array of key informant interviews, Berry's work provides not only a fine-grained and nuanced account but also offers lessons learned for policy design in settings where multi-actor cooperation and competition is inherent.' - David R. Bewley-Taylor, Swansea University; 'Philip Berry has provided a rare and invaluable insight into the policy making process of international drug control. Drawing on first hand interviews with many of the main protagonists and extensive documentation from both sides of the Atlantic he exposes the challenges government officials faced in the messy policy process of Afghan nation building and drug control. A must read for all interested in international relations, drugs policy and Afghanistan.' - David Mansfield, London School of Economics.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Dwelling in the Age of Climate Change
Book SynopsisCurrently, adaptation policy for climate change prioritises economic and technological dimensions of governance and action. Now, Elaine Kelly brings continental theory into the conversation to explore the ethical dilemmas stemming from emerging global political crises of migration, displacement and communal relocation related to climate change.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press The Moral Mappings of South and North
Book SynopsisThis book explores the possible meanings of this new distinction and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting it for understanding the contemporary world. It casts a wide exploratory net, looking at how the way that we interpret the world has changed over time.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press The Foreign Policy of Islamist Political Parties
Book SynopsisDrawing on a series of case studies, this collective work sheds light on six national trajectories of Islamism. Contributors look at what has been produced by the representatives of political Islam in each case, and the way these representatives have put their words and their ideological aspirations into action within their foreign policies.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press On Good and Evil and the Grey Zone
Book SynopsisHow can works of the imagination help us to understand good and evil in the modern world? In this new collection of essays, Alex Danchev treats the artist as a crucial moral witness of our troubled times, and puts art to work in the service of political and ethical inquiry.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press A History of Military Occupation from 1792 to
Book SynopsisAn understanding of military occupation as a distinct phenomenon first emerged in the 18th century. This book shows how this understanding developed and the problems that the occupiers, the occupied, commentators and the courts encountered.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press Sensational Internationalism
Book SynopsisIn refocusing attention on the Paris Commune as a key event in American political and cultural memory, 'Sensational Internationalism' radically changes our understanding of the relationship between France and the United States in the long nineteenth century.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Denying the Spoils of War
Book SynopsisJoseph O'Mahoney systematically analyses 21 case studies including the Manchurian Crisis, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and Russia's annexation of Crimea to explore why so many states have adopted a policy of non-recognition of the spoils of war.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press PostColonial Settlement Strategy
Book SynopsisEhud Eiran compares three major settlement projects Israel in the West Bank and Gaza, Morocco in Western Sahara and Indonesia in East-Timor to discover why states launch settlements against international norms. He argues that post-colonial settlement projects are a distinct cluster of cases, separate from traditional colonial studies.
£20.89
Edinburgh University Press Global Justice and Climate Governance
Book SynopsisThis book evaluates the global response to climate change from a cosmopolitan justice perspective. Investigating the role of states, cities, corporations, and non-governmental organisations in the post-Paris Agreement era, Dietzel provides fresh insight into the 'big picture' of climate change (mis)management.
£20.89
Edinburgh University Press Resisting Militarism
Book SynopsisThis book explores why anti-militarists resist, considers the politics of different tactics and examines the tensions and debates within the movement. It argues that anti-militarists can help us understand militarism in new and useful ways, and that that the methods of anti-militarists can be a potent force for radical political change.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press The Moral Mappings of South and North
Book SynopsisThis book explores the possible meanings of the 'Global South' and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of adopting it for understanding the contemporary world. It casts a wide exploratory net, addressing historical transformations of world-interpretation and wider cultural-intellectual meanings.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention in the 21st
Book SynopsisThese insightful essays focus on the challenges associated with interventions when facing conflict and human rights violations, unmitigated systematic violence, state re-building, human mobility and dislocation. Case studies including Kosovo, Timor-Leste, Syria, Libya and Iraq.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press American Grand Strategy Under Obama
Book SynopsisGeorg Lofflmann examines the identity conflict within the Washington foreign policy establishment, between elite insiders and outsiders, and how the 'Obama Doctrine' both confirmed a geopolitical vision of American exceptionalism and challenged established notions of US hegemony and world leadership.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Global Statesman
Book SynopsisFrom DFID to Brown's own faith and social philosophy, Webber explores, problematises and critiques Gordon Brown's policies on overseas aid, Third-World debt and addressing HIV/AIDS.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press Reconstructing Japans Security
Book SynopsisThis book is a detailed study of the role that external military crises played in the development and growth of Japanese security policies in the period following the end of the Cold War.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Security as Politics
Book SynopsisUsing archival research and interviews with politicians, Andrew W. Neal investigates security politics from the 1980s to the present day to show how its meaning and practice have changed over time. He develops an original reassessment of the security/politics relationship that directly challenges current debates in critical security studies.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Security as Politics
Book SynopsisUsing archival research and interviews with politicians, Andrew W. Neal investigates security politics from the 1980s to the present day to show how its meaning and practice have changed over time. He develops an original reassessment of the security/politics relationship that directly challenges current debates in critical security studies.
£26.59
Edinburgh University Press Restitution and the Politics of Repair
Book SynopsisThis book takes a unique approach grounded in political and cultural discourse to develop a political theory of restitution.
£19.94
Edinburgh University Press RussiaS New Authoritarianism
Book SynopsisDavid G. Lewis explores the transformation of Russian domestic politics and foreign policy under Vladimir Putin. Using contemporary case studies including Russia's legal system, the annexation of Crimea and Russian policy in Syria he critically examines Russia's new authoritarianpolitical ideology.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Politics of the Russian Language Beyond Russia
Book SynopsisExamines Russian language politics and its impact on different Russian speaking communities
£19.94
Edinburgh University Press Iran and Saudi Arabia
Book SynopsisHostile relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are a major contributing factor to political instability in the Middle East. This book argues that rapprochement between Tehran and Riyadh is possible and delves into the complexities of managing their long-standing conflict.Trade Review‘Ibrahim Fraihat’s tome is a welcome and timely contribution and, more importantly, offers a degree of hope. While many see the rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran in zero-sum ways, Fraihat argues that rapprochement is possible, in a radical and welcome departure from other literature on the topic. Drawing on first hand attempts to facilitate conflict reconciliation, this rich and insightful tome is essential reading for policy makers, peace-builders, academics and anyone wishing to better understand the politics of the region.’ -- Simon Mabon, Lancaster University. ‘Remarkable for its lucidity, fieldwork, and command of the literature, this is a timely and authoritative study of the Middle East's most consequential bilateral relationship. Ibrahim Fraihat wisely jettisons timeworn primordialist tropes about the intractability and immutability of the Saudi-Iranian rivalry and focuses instead on how tensions between the two powers can be regulated and managed through wiser statecraft, grassroots activism, and domestic reforms. What sets this magisterial book apart from others on this topic is that it moves beyond diagnosis and analysis to propose creative policy recommendations.’ -- Frederic Wehrey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ‘In this eminently fair and balanced assessment of the intractable conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim Fraihat is in an unenviable position to try to make sense of a nonsensical hostility between two ruling regimes that are wasting their respective nations’ resources and endangering an entire volatile region. A superb strategic intervention as to how to avert a colossal calamity from happening.’ -- Hamid Dabashi, Columbia University. ‘A timely and well-informed analysis of one of the Middle East’s most enduring and consequential rivalries. Fraihat offers an insider’s perspective into the Iran-Saudi conflict along with practical suggestions for de-escalation through the lens of conflict resolution. A must for anyone seeking to understand the origins and manifestations of the regional ‘cold war’ between Saudi Arabia and Iran - and potential strategies for ending it.’ -- Justin Gengler, Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University. ‘This is exactly the book we need right now! Whereas much has been already been written about the causes and developments of the Iran-Saudi Arabia rivalry, we have precious little knowledge about how this conflict can be peacefully managed and ultimately resolved. Fraihat combines his own personal experiences of participation in dialogue efforts over the years with the scholarly insights of the large body of research on conflict resolution, in order to shed light on this. The book gives us a solid basis for analysing the prospects and challenges for how to transform the current destructive relationship between these two regional powers into more constructive interactions, a transformation that would radically change the Middle East region, and thereby the world.’ -- Isak Svensson, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University. Ibrahim Fraihat is not a newcomer to the field and has already distinguished himself with a strong body of work on Saudi Arabia, Iran, and also KSA-IRI relations. It is clear in this book that Ibrahim comes closest to shining light on the way forward. I think we all need to take note of this outstanding research and learn from it, for both scholarly and practical reasons.’ -- Anoush Ehteshami, Durham University. ‘This is a thorough account of one of the most important interstate rivalries in recent decades, one that has done much damage in the wider Middle East and Islamic World. This book stands out for not only providing a lucid analysis of the drivers of conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran, but also for offering concrete suggestions for reducing tensions between those two regional powers.’ -- Toby Matthiesen, University of Oxford.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Local Legitimacy and International Peace
Book SynopsisThis edited volume focuses on disentangling the interplay of local peacebuilding processes and international policy, via comparative theoretical and empirical work on the question of legitimacy and authority.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Local Legitimacy and International Peace
Book SynopsisThis edited volume focuses on disentangling the interplay of local peacebuilding processes and international policy, via comparative theoretical and empirical work on the question of legitimacy and authority.
£24.69
Edinburgh University Press Belief Bias and Intelligence
Book SynopsisThis book critiques the reliance of Western intelligence agencies on the use of a method for intelligence analysis developed by the CIA in the 1990s, the Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH).
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Reluctant Remilitarisation
Book SynopsisHow and why the three losers of the Second World War reconsidered their pacifism, embraced a more active military role and transformed their armed forces after the Cold War
£23.74
Edinburgh University Press Technology Innovation and Access to Justice
Book SynopsisAround four billion people globally are unable to address their everyday legal problems and do not have the security, opportunity or protection to redress their grievances and injustices.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press US Intelligence and Al Qaeda
Book SynopsisThis book sets out a new analytic methodology: analysis by contrasting narratives (ACN), which states that defining an enemy and attempting to counter threats can contribute to the manifestation of that threat. Peter de Werd applies ACN to the problem the US faced in understanding and responding to the phenomenon of Al Qaeda in the 1990s.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Kants Cosmopolitics
Book SynopsisWritten by a group of international scholars, the essays in this collection investigate how Kant helps us think about issues related to the interplay among the state and global governance, peace and human rights enforcement, migrant crisis management, European federalisation, global educational reforms and a cosmopolitan culture.
£20.89
Edinburgh University Press The Decline of the Ottoman Empire and the Rise of
Book SynopsisImmediately after World War I, Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol was US High Commissioner in the Ottoman Empire and later the Turkish Republic (191927). Hakan zolu examines Bristol's official correspondence to the State Department, painting an alternative picture of Turkey and the transition period from empire to nation state.
£85.50
Lexington Books Western Higher Education in Global Contexts
Book SynopsisThe globalization of American style higher education is a field of study that is undergoing a significant phase with the current expansion of American branch campuses and curricula around the world. This volume contributes to the scholarship on the project of implementing and expanding U.S. influenced curricula in the Middle East and Asia. Many of the branch campus projects are only a few decades old making this a liminal moment in the translation and development of higher education worldwide that needs to be captured. What are the challenges, opportunities, and considerations faculty encounter in classrooms in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia? How do faculty translate western higher educational principles in new contexts? Projects like the multiversity international branch campuses of Education City, in Doha, Qatar, demonstrate the interest of foreign governments in western education and training. Other collaborations, like the Yale National University of Singapore College, deTrade ReviewThe authors in this volume explore how American higher education gets localized though curricular adaptation in Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, thoroughly challenging claims of uniform cultural imperialism and neoliberalism. The rich case studies presented here, often based on first-hand teaching experiences, are a unique and welcome addition to the scholarship on globalized higher education. -- Neha Vora, Lafayette CollegeThis book makes an important contribution to the growing literature on the spread of American higher educational models and institutions throughout the world. Rather than theorizing abstractly about the meaning and significance of the internationalization of curricula, academic personnel and institutions, this volume provides a view from the inside out. Academics who have confronted the pedagogical and political-sociological issues associated with higher education transplantation write perceptively about their experiences. As a result, this collection provides the reader with a richly critical analysis of the promises and pitfalls associated with our present moment of higher educational transformation. -- John Willoughby, American University, Co-author of Higher Education Revolutions in the Gulf: Globalization and Institutional ViabilityMohanalakshmi Rajakumar’s edited volume takes a much-needed comparative look at the internationalization of western higher education, investigating its challenges and opportunities through both theoretical lenses and detailed pedagogical interventions. In particular, the collected essays dive deeply into the experiences of American universities in the Middle East, with three case studies of Qatar’s Education City alongside contributions from the American Universities of Beirut and Kuwait. Full of provocative and unique insights, Western Higher Education in Global Contexts invites the reader to better understand the interactive negotiations between the imported universities and the local communities they are meant to serve. -- Jocelyn Sage Mitchell, assistant professor in residence at Northwestern University, QatarTable of Contents1.Writing Centers and Academic Professionalization in the Russian Federation—Ashley Squires 2.Imported Traditions—Oana Fotache and Mircea Vasilescu 3.The Shadow of America on Japanese Higher Education—Myles Chilton Cultural Challenges in International Branch Campuses 4.Writing Program Administration, Mobility, and Locality at the American University of Beirut, 1970 to the Present— Amy Zenger 5.The Challenges of Imagining Post-Universal Education in the Arabian Gulf Region— Angelica DeAngelis 6.Developing Symbolic Competence on a North-American Branch Campus in Qatar—Krystyna Golkowska 7.Rethinking Critical Thinking in a Non-Western Educational Context—Magdalena Rostron 8.Scaffolding Literacy at a Branch Campus of an American University in the Middle East: Interdisciplinary Collaborations—Silvia Pessoa, Thomas D. Mitchell, and Ryan T. Miller
£80.75
Simon & Schuster This Brave New World
£21.22
Rowman & Littlefield Globalization and Belonging: The Politics of
Book SynopsisIn the decades since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States forces of cultural, economic, and political integration appear locked in battle with equally powerful forces of fragmentation. Globalization is facilitating unprecedented movement of goods, services, people, and ideas, while calls for building walls, erecting fences, and strengthening borders intensify. Tensions flare around claims of deeply rooted ethnic and civilizational identities—identities that are shaped and mobilized via sophisticated advances in technology. Women worldwide are achieving remarkable economic and political gains while sexual violence and gender inequalities persist and are fueled by rapid global change. This book explores the complex inter-relationship between globalization and belonging. In a hyper-modern, 21st-century world, questions and conflicts surrounding who ‘we’ are and who ‘we’ want to be predominate. This book links the politics of different forms of identification and attachment to the dynamics of an increasingly interconnected world.Trade ReviewIs achieving a sense of personal belonging stymied by the dynamics of globalization? Before we leap to a simplistic answer, Sheila Croucher makes us pause. She shows us here how to closely observe gendered, ethnicized local and global politics in daily interaction. In this era of refugees, Dreamers, fearmongers, nationalists and human rights activists, we need this thoughtful book. -- Cynthia Enloe, Clark University; author of The Big Push: Exposing and Challenging Persistent PatriarchyFull of contemporary world events exemplary of unprecedented interconnections and violent divisions and exclusions, this latest examination of the relationship between globalization and belonging navigates the paradoxes of simultaneous dilutions and resurgences of identity politics in a globalizing world. It attests to the persistence and reconfigurations of national, racial, ethnic, and gender attachments and inequalities despite and because of globalization in highly engaging, accessible, and complex ways. -- Anne Sisson Runyan, University of Cincinnati, University of Cincinnati; author of "Global Gender Politics"Globalization’s populist critics fail to appreciate that the horse has left the barn. As Sheila Croucher’s splendid book—at once sophisticated and accessible—makes clear, globalization has transformed and will continue to transform every facet of social life. The author’s focus on its implications for political identities is full of profound insights, as is her analysis of its dark side. Readers will come away with ideas about how we might tame this runaway horse. -- Peter Kivisto, Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought, Augustana CollegeAt a moment when pundits, politicians and scholars alike proclaim the end of the world as we once knew it, Croucher argues in crisp prose that something more complex and less sensationalist is afoot. Explaining that neither social identity nor class revenge is the primary culprit of rising populism and its discontents, Croucher convincingly demonstrates that new forms of interconnectedness are shaping social identity and class to forge destabilizing shifts such as Brexit, while also consolidating established institutions like the nation-state. A compelling introduction to the deep contradictions of our contemporary moment that includes accessible chapters on both the construction of ethnicity and gender, Globalization and Belonging is a terrific update on its authoritative precursor and will be sure to galvanize debate in the classroom and beyond. -- Denise M. Walsh, University of VirginiaDr. Croucher provides the reader with piercing and trenchant insights into the multidimensional facets of the complexities that define our post-modern world. Her first rate contribution fills a significant gap on the study of globalization and the identity politics. This is a must read for students and scholars of globalization alike. -- Manochehr Dorraj, professor of international affairs, Texas Christian UniversityGreat books stand the test of time. In the fifteen years since the initial publication of Globalization and Belonging, much has changed in the world. Yet Sheila Croucher’s fundamental insight – that people use their identities to reckon with global interconnectedness and, in turn, reconfigure those identities to carve out a sense of belonging in this world – remains a compelling way to understand our world and its puzzling developments. Newcomers and admirers of the first edition alike will be rewarded by the rich and expanded empirical terrain, from Brexit and worldwide debates over immigration and citizenship to the Trump Presidency and a resurgent women’s movement in the United States. -- Ryan Saylor, University of TulsaThe second edition of Globalization and Belonging is a welcome update that confirms the book’s place as a solid cornerstone of global and international studies today for students, teachers, and scholars alike. Croucher’s lucid and compelling prose belies the complexity of the issues she navigates in this book, as well as the impressive depth and breadth of her scholarship. Croucher guides readers methodically yet masterfully through the divisive polemics of 21st century identity, truly one of the wicked problems of our day. I look forward to using it with my Global Studies students in the future, because it lays out a blueprint for the conversations (political, social, cultural) we urgently need to have. -- Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand, Appalachian State UniversityAn engaging read that references developments in different countries across the world to explore the changing notions of citizenship and nationality and helps cultivate ideas of global citizenship. The book explores the dynamic relation between forces of globalization and identity issues in the light of current global economic, political, social, and cultural issues. -- Sonia Kapur, University of North Carolina at AshevilleThis book is impeccably researched and addresses important and timely issues regarding the politics of belonging in the current era of accelerated globalization. I highly recommend it. -- Richelle Schrock, Ohio Wesleyan UniversityThis is a lucid explanation of identitarian movements in the wake of the dislocations and crises endemic to the latest stage of world capitalism. It has been thoroughly updated so that we now have a convincing and non-reductionist, not to mention bold, argument that helps us understand puzzling and troubling phenomena such as Trump and Brexit. -- Kevin A. Yelvington, University of South FloridaTable of ContentsChapter 1. Globalization, Belonging, and the State Chapter 2. Reconfiguring Citizenship Chapter 3. Making and Re-Making Nations Chapter 4. Constructed Clashes, Invented Ethnicities Chapter 5. Gendering Globalization, Globalizing Gender Chapter 6. Future Belongings
£35.00
Rowman & Littlefield Peace Works: America's Unifying Role in a
Book SynopsisBosnia, Rwanda, Haiti, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria - a quarter-century of stumbles in America’s pursuit of a more peaceful and just world. American military interventions have cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars, yet we rarely manage to enact positive and sustainable change. In Peace Works: America's Unifying Role in a Turbulent World, ambassador and global conflict leader Rick Barton uses a mix of stories, history, and analysis for a transformative approach to foreign affairs and offers concrete and attainable solutions for the future. Drawing on his lifetime of experience as a diplomat, foreign policy expert, and State Department advisor, Rick Barton grapples with the fact that the U.S. is strategically positioned and morally obligated to defuse international conflicts, but often inadvertently escalates conflicts instead. Guided by the need to find solutions that will yield tangible results, Barton does a deep analysis of our last several interventions and discusses why they failed and how they could have succeeded. He outlines a few key directives in his foreign policy strategy: remain transparent with the American public, act as a catalyzing (not colonizing!) force, and engage local partners. But above all else, he insists that the U.S. must maintain a focus on people. Since a country’s greatest resource is often the ingenuity of its local citizens, it is counterproductive to ignore them while planning an intervention. By anchoring each chapter to a story from a specific conflict zone, Barton is able to discuss opportunities pursued and missed, areas for improvement, and policy recommendations. This balance between storytelling and concrete policy suggestions both humanizes distant stories of foreign crises, and provides going-forward solutions for desperate situations. The book begins and ends in Syria – the ultimate failure of our current approach to foreign policy, and with devastating consequences.Trade Review"Immersed in more than 40 global conflicts over the past 25 years, Ambassador Rick Barton is among the world's most skilled and experienced diplomats and peace-builders. His honest reflections and deep understanding of the lessons he learned challenges traditional approaches and defines smart new global options." -- Senator George J. Mitchell“For four decades and through forty conflicts, Rick Barton has served his country all over the world. Can America really bring peace to peoples and places that have known only war? Yes it can, but only by humility, patience, and perseverance. In this elegantly written and thoughtful book, Ambassador Barton shows us how.” -- Evan Thomas, author of "Ike's Bluff" and "Being Nixon""Rick Barton tells stories that are simultaneously heart-wrenching and hopeful. Even as we scale back the grandeur of U.S. global ambition, this book offers valuable lessons about when, where, and how we can make a meaningful difference in many of the world’s most dangerous and chaotic places." -- Anne-Marie Slaughter, President & CEO, New America“Haiti was a byword for chaos in 1994 when the UN Security Council authorized the restoration of President Bertrand Aristide to power. This provided Rick Barton, a singular American diplomat, with an opportunity to test some innovative thinking to make local people the primary concern when countries teeter on the edge of an abyss. There are important lessons in this fascinating memoir that today’s global leadership should take to heart.” -- William Lacy Swing, Director General, The UN Migration Agency (IOM)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I - Matching Threats and Resolve Chapter 1: Is the World Going to Hell? Chapter 2: Why Should We Act and When? Part II: A New Hope in the 90’s Chapter 3: Bosnia: First Lessons Chapter 4: Rwanda: Open Wounds Chapter 5: Haiti: From Exploitation to Participation Part III: The Crucible of the New Century Chapter 6: Iraq: The Enormity of the Task Chapter 7: Afghanistan: Measuring Progress Part IV Current and Future Challenges Chapter 8: Syria: What Matters Most? Chapter 9: What Might We See in the Years Ahead Part V - A Better Tomorrow Chapter 10: Fulfilling Our Leadership Potential Chapter 11: Expanding America’s Peaceful Core Bibliography Index About the Author
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Rowman & Littlefield Power, Space, and Time: An Empirical Introduction
Book SynopsisUndergraduate students in most preliminary courses in international politics are introduced to realist, liberal, and constructivist approaches, supplementing this theoretical introduction with conceptual discussions of the state, international system, and/or decision-making and policy formation. By the end of their college experience, undergraduate IR majors will engage coursework more narrowly focused on an empirical outcome, such as war, economic integration, development, or migration. These advanced courses are directly linked to modern research agendas and graduate level course material, usually with few references to the theoretical paradigms taught in introductory classes. This volume seeks to bridge the gap between what is taught in early undergraduate education and what is created by scholars, uniting abstract theoretical principles with practical contemporary policy and testable empirical questions.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Foreword Preface About the Authors Chapter 1 A Hierarchical Approach Chapter 2 Concepts and Measures Part 1: Conflict Chapter 3 International Conflict Chapter 4 Rivalries and Alliances Chapter 5 Intrastate Conflicts Chapter 6 The Cold War Part 2: Cooperation Chapter 7 Organizational Formation & Evolution Chapter 8 Regionalization and Trade Chapter 9 Development and Globalization Chapter 10 Contemporary Regional Orders in the American Imperium Part 3: Key Issues Confronting the 21st Century Chapter 11 Deterrence and the Potential for Great Power War Chapter 12 Liberalism and the Democratic Peace Chapter 13 Lessons for the American Imperium in the Decline of the British Empire Chapter 14 American Decline, Chinese Rise, and the Unexpected Future Glossary Bibliography Index
£69.00
Rowman & Littlefield Power, Space, and Time: An Empirical Introduction
Book SynopsisUndergraduate students in most preliminary courses in international politics are introduced to realist, liberal, and constructivist approaches, supplementing this theoretical introduction with conceptual discussions of the state, international system, and/or decision-making and policy formation. By the end of their college experience, undergraduate IR majors will engage coursework more narrowly focused on an empirical outcome, such as war, economic integration, development, or migration. These advanced courses are directly linked to modern research agendas and graduate level course material, usually with few references to the theoretical paradigms taught in introductory classes. This volume seeks to bridge the gap between what is taught in early undergraduate education and what is created by scholars, uniting abstract theoretical principles with practical contemporary policy and testable empirical questions.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Foreword Preface About the Authors Chapter 1 A Hierarchical Approach Chapter 2 Concepts and Measures Part 1: Conflict Chapter 3 International Conflict Chapter 4 Rivalries and Alliances Chapter 5 Intrastate Conflicts Chapter 6 The Cold War Part 2: Cooperation Chapter 7 Organizational Formation & Evolution Chapter 8 Regionalization and Trade Chapter 9 Development and Globalization Chapter 10 Contemporary Regional Orders in the American Imperium Part 3: Key Issues Confronting the 21st Century Chapter 11 Deterrence and the Potential for Great Power War Chapter 12 Liberalism and the Democratic Peace Chapter 13 Lessons for the American Imperium in the Decline of the British Empire Chapter 14 American Decline, Chinese Rise, and the Unexpected Future Glossary Bibliography Index
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Rowman & Littlefield The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship
Book SynopsisThe Battle for Pakistan showcases a marriage of convenience between unequal partners. The relationship between Pakistan and the United States since the early 1950s has been nothing less than a whiplash-inducing rollercoaster ride. Today, surrounded by hostile neighbors, with Afghanistan increasingly under Indian influence, Pakistan does not wish to break ties with the United States. Nor does it want to become a vassal of China and get caught in the vice of a US-China rivalry, or in the Arab-Iran conflict.Internally, massive economic and demographic challenges as well as the existential threat of armed militancy pose huge obstacles to Pakistan's development and growth. Could its short-run political miscalculations in the Obama years prove too costly? Can the erratic Trump administration help salvage this relationship?Based on detailed interviews with key US and South Asian leaders, access to secret documents and operations, and the author’s personal relationships and deep knowledge of the region, this book untangles the complex web of the US-Pakistani relationship and identifies a clear path forward, showing how the United States can build better partnerships in troubled corners of the world.Trade ReviewNawaz has produced a book essential to anyone’s South Asia library. . . . [In] writing with serious intent, Nawaz has created, perhaps, inadvertently, another dark, tragic comedy of duplicity, chaos, misunderstanding, miscommunication, backstabbing, and betrayal. . . . [As] his book illustrates, Pakistan has yet to make [the right] choices and is today as was once described of late 19th century Prussia—not a country with an army but an army with a country. * South Asia Journal *This book should stimulate a much-needed debate among policy circles in Washington and Islamabad. It is a must-read for policy makers, top military officers, diplomats, academics and scholars, not just in the two countries that are its focus, but throughout the globe. * Naya Daur *In this seminal work . . . Shuja Nawaz explores what Pakistan’s war against itself means for the new version of the Great Game now being played in Central Asia, for Pakistan, the US, and the alliance between them. . . . It is a remarkable work by an acclaimed writer on the Pakistani military. . . . It also sheds light on the deep involvement of the US and UK in Pakistan’s internal political battles. The horizontal and vertical fragmentation of the society along political, religious and ethnic lines, which has intensified since 9/11, poses the most serious problem for Pakistan. . . . What makes The Battle For Pakistan substantive and authoritative is that it is based on interviews with senior Pakistani and US military officials directly involved in policymaking during that period. The author has unique access to the centres of power in the US and Pakistan, both of which he considers home. That makes the book extremely objective, covering all sides and dimensions of a roller-coaster relationship. * Dawn *A must read for anyone who seeks to understand the complexities of forming and executing foreign policy any place, but especially in South Asia. Written with insight, detailed knowledge, keen analysis, and true conviction. -- Amitai Etztoni, The George Washington University, author of Reclaiming PatriotismShuja Nawaz's important book is as timely as tomorrow's headlines. He's delivering vital guidance to US policy makers―surprisingly misinformed about ties with Pakistan―while, for general readers, he's telling a suspenseful story of diplomacy and intrigue in the toughest of neighborhoods. No one is more authoritative than Mr. Nawaz on the US–Pakistani political-military relationship, and that makes the choices he lays out vital for all of us to understand. -- Derek Leebaert, author of Grand Improvisation: America Confronts the British Superpower, 1945–1957Packed with inside information from the ruling circles in both Pakistan and the United States, this book is essential reading for everyone trying to understand the international community’s most tortuous bilateral relationship. -- Owen Bennett-Jones, journalist and author of The Bhutto Dynasty
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Rowman & Littlefield National, International, and Human Security:
Book SynopsisNeack provides a thorough overview of how states pursue security against violence, how this pursuit puts those same states and others in the international system into more or less constant threat of violence, and the implications of state-security practices for human beings who are, always, the victims of this violence. Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. The Elusive Nature of SecurityA First Case: China and the UyghursElusive Security: States First, People LastWhat Does It Mean To Be Secure?Defining SecurityA Second Case: Australia and the Afghan Boat PeopleStates First, International Obligations SecondNational, International, and Human SecurityChapter 2. National SecurityWhat is Security?National Security: States, Not NationsThe Sovereign StateWhat Sovereignty AllowsLimits on Internal and External Security PracticesStates ResurgentChapter 3. Internal SecurityDefining Internal SecurityWho is the State?What is the Purpose of the State?All States Tend Toward Maximalism When ThreatenedSigns of TroubleChapter 4. The Unilateral Pursuit of External SecurityThe Security DilemmaDefense and DeterrencePreemptive Self-DefensePreventive ForceGray Zone and Hybrid ConflictPreventive WarChapter 5. International SecurityInternational Security and OrderThe Liberal International Security SystemThe Great Power Balance-of-Power International Security SystemCompeting Orders: The United States versus ChinaChapter 6. Bilateral and Multilateral Security ArrangementsSecurity Arrangements Within the UN Security SystemLiberal Security ArrangementsImposed Security ArrangementsTransactional Security ArrangementsChapter 7. The United Nations International Security SystemProtecting International Peace and SecurityThe Security Council and Measures Short of ForceThe Security Council and Collective Security ActionsGeneral Assembly Emergency MeetingsUnited Nations PeacekeepingUN-Approved Peace Enforcement OperationsUN-Regional Organization Hybrid Peace OperationsChapter 8. Human SecurityDefining Human SecurityThe Geneva ConventionsThe Post-Cold War Human Security AgendaProtecting People from Large-Scale KillingCivilian ProtectionThe Future of Human SecurityChapter 9. Conclusion: Democracy, Resilience, and ImaginationAbout the Author
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Rowman & Littlefield Toward a U.S.-Japan Technology Alliance: Competition and Innovation in New Domains
Book SynopsisAs economic strategy and national security become increasingly intertwined, Japan and the United States are aligned on the importance of protecting critical and emerging technologies to manage strategic competition with China. As the technology policy debate advances rapidly in both countries, there is great potential for bilateral cooperation to enhance competitiveness and coordinate approaches with other regional allies and partners. This edited volume is an anthology of nine essays from Japanese and U.S. scholars examining the technology policy landscape with an eye toward developing recommendations for bilateral cooperation in the years ahead. Topics include U.S. and Japanese technology strategy, economic security, and rulemaking for the digital economy. The conclusion synthesizes the authors’ recommendations and outlines an agenda for a U.S.-Japan technology alliance to manage competition in new domains and underwrite norms for economic security in the digital economy.
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Rowman & Littlefield Globalization in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisThe fate of globalization in the 21st century hangs in the balance. Although recent data show that most global integration has been on the rebound after the 2008-9 global financial meltdown and the COVID-19 pandemic, public sentiments about globalization have soured. The neoliberal glorification of globalization as beneficial market integration is running out of steam, while national-populist visions of “deglobalization” exert significant mass appeal. Today’s ostensible globalization backlash scenario seems to be confirmed by soaring inflation rates, global supply chain disruptions, accelerating climate change and ecological deterioration, lagging transitions to greener forms of energy, escalating economic inequality, and rising geopolitical competition among the Great Powers, especially the United States-China rivalry and the protracted Russian-Ukrainian war. On the flipside, however, such grim scenarios reinforce the fact that most of today’s problems are global in nature. This book provides an accessible assessment of 21st-century globalization that draws on global theory and history to engage pressing issues such as digitization, ideological polarization, higher education, demographics, human development, and the environment. Assembling such a big picture of globalization in this young century supports the practical efforts of setting the globe on a more equitable and sustainable path.Table of ContentsPreface & AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesPART I: HISTORIES & THEORIES A Genealogy of “Globalization”The Four Meaning Branches of the Family Tree Called “Globalization”The Neoliberal Revolution and the “Globalization of Markets”Concluding Reflections on the Meaning of “Globalization” in this BookFour Ages of Globalization Periodizing Globalization: Perilous PitfallsPeriodizing Globalization: Alternative ModelsThe Age of the Embodied Globalization (10000BCE–3000BCE)The Age of Institutional Globalization (3000BCE – 1600CE)The Age of Objectified Globalization (1600–1914)The Age of Disembodied Globalization (1914–2000)Concluding ReflectionsA Critical Appraisal of Globalization TheoryGlobalization Theory: The BasicsThe Dominant Framework of Globalization TheoryAn Alternative Framework of Globalization TheoryThe Generalizing ModeThe Domain ModeThe Complexity ModeConcluding RemarksPART II: IDEOLOGIES & MOVEMENTSContending GlobalismsPolitical Ideologies and Social ImaginariesIdeological Struggles of the 21st CenturyConcluding ReflectionsThe Challenge of Antiglobalist PopulismThe Significance of Global CrisesWhat Is National-Populism?Mapping Trump’s Antiglobalist PopulismThe Populist ParadoxConcluding Reflections of the Future of Antiglobalist PopulismPART III: ISSUES & PROBLEMSThe Rise of Global Studies in Higher EducationThe Institutional Evolution of Global StudiesThe Global Studies Story at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB)The First Pillar of Global Studies: GlobalizationThe Second Pillar of Global Studies: TransdisciplinarityThe Third Pillar of Global Studies: Space & TimeThe Fourth Pillar of Global Studies: Critical ThinkingConcluding Remarks: Critiques of Global StudiesDigital Globalization in the COVID-19 EraFour Social Formations of GlobalizationDigitization and Disjunctive GlobalizationThe Production of the Unhappy ConsciousnessConcluding Reflections on the Impact of COVID-19Globalization in 2040: Environment, Population, DevelopmentEnvironmentPopulationDevelopmentConcluding ReflectionsNotesIndexAbout the Author
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Rowman & Littlefield Southeast Asia Views the United States
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Little, Brown & Company Fandango at the Wall: Creating Harmony Between
Book SynopsisIt's a history that has involved periods of great friendship with robust trade and loose immigration policies. But the US-Mexican relationship has also been beset by wars, drug trade, and human trafficking. And with the latest Trump-induced xenophobia towards Mexico this book contextualizes how it is the latest swing in the up-and-down two-hundred-year history between these countries. THROUGH THESE WALLS also addresses how the broken relationship between these countries have been repaired in the past and will provide clarity to the current debate regarding building the wall and America's posture towards immigrants.
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PublicAffairs,U.S. We May Dominate the World: Ambition, Anxiety, and
Book SynopsisWhat did it take for the United States to become a global superpower? The answer lies in a missing chapter of American foreign policy with stark lessons for todayThe cutthroat world of international politics has always been dominated by great powers. Yet no great power in the modern era has ever managed to achieve the kind of invulnerability that comes from being supreme in its own neighbourhood. No great power, that is, except one-the United States.In We May Dominate the World, Sean A. Mirski tells the riveting story of how the United States became a regional hegemon in the century following the Civil War. By turns reluctant and ruthless, Americans squeezed their European rivals out of the hemisphere while landing forces on their neighbours' soil with dizzying frequency. Mirski reveals the surprising reasons behind this muscular foreign policy in a narrative full of twists, colourful characters, and original accounts of the palace coups and bloody interventions that turned the fledgling republic into a global superpower.Today, as China makes its own run at regional hegemony and nations like Russia and Iran grow more menacing, Mirski's fresh look at the rise of the American colossus offers indispensable lessons for how to meet the challenges of our own century.
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Black Rose Books Mind Abuse: Media Violence in an Information Age
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Black Rose Books Mind Abuse: Media Violence in an Information Age
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Black Rose Books Afghanistan and Canada: Is There an Alternative
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