International relations

What is driving political extremism in Pakistan?

Safe from the battlefields of Europe and Asia, the United States led the postWorld War II global economic recovery through international assistance and foreign direct investment.

Since becoming president of China and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping has emerged as China's most powerful and popular leader since Deng Xiaoping.

This book moves scholarly debates beyond the old question of whether or not international institutions matter in order to examine how they matter, even in a world of power politics.

At the end of the nineteenth century, the United States emerged as an economic colossus in command of a new empire.

The most comprehensive history of Canadian military intelligence and its influence on key military operationsCanadian intelligence has become increasingly central to the operations of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).

This is the essential resource and job-hunting guide for all those interested in international careers in the US government, multinational corporations, banks, consulting companies, international and nongovernmental organizations, the media, think tanks, universities, and more.

Biosecurity Dilemmas examines conflicting values and interests in the practice of biosecurity, the safeguarding of populations against infectious diseases through security policies.

How do we frame decisions to use or abstain from military force?

NATOs 2010 Strategic Concept officially broadened the alliances mission beyond collective defense, reflecting a peaceful Europe and changes in alliance activities.

An all-new edition of the candid insiders guide to the US Foreign Service as an institution, a profession, and a careerCareer Diplomacy takes readers inside the world of American diplomats in the US Foreign Service.

Throughout history and across cultures, the spy chief has been a leader of the state security apparatus and an essential adviser to heads of state.

A fresh perspective on statecraft in the cyber domainThe idea of cyber war has played a dominant role in both academic and popular discourse concerning the nature of statecraft in the cyber domain.

During combat, soldiers make life-and-death choices dozens of times a day.

In December 2010 an out-of-work Tunisian street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire and precipitated the Arab Spring.

Only recently have international relations scholars started to seriously examine the influence of collective memory on foreign policy formation and relations between states and peoples.

Are NATOs mutual security commitments strong enough today to deter all adversaries?

This book presents a collective mediation on writing, methods, violences, and un/becomings in global politics.

North Korea is perilously close to developing strategic nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States and its East Asian allies.

During the Cold War, the political leadership of the Soviet Union avidly sought intelligence about its main adversary, the United States.

How domestic constraints hamper Indias foreign policy and its potential as a superpowerOne of the most important developments in todays changing international system is the emergence of India as a rising power.

Success in war ultimately depends on the consolidation of political order.

This book examines how decisions made by the Conservative government during the COVID19 pandemic have increased economic inequality in the UK.

The Indian Ocean, with its critical routes for global commerce, is a potentially volatile location for geopolitical strife.

China is today regarded as a major player in world politics, with growing expectations for it to do more to address global challenges.

How are refugee crises solved?

Now available in a new second edition, Working World: Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development offers an engaging guide for cause-oriented people dedicated to begin or enhance careers in the now burgeoning fields of international affairs.

Andrew Mumford challenges the notion of a special relationship between the United States and United Kingdom in diplomatic and military affairs, the most vaunted and, he says, exaggerated of associations in the post-1945 era.

Are nuclear arsenals safe from cyber-attack?

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As the aspirations of the two rising Asian powers collide, the China-India rivalry is likely to shape twenty-first-century international politics in the region and far beyond.

In this original and provocative book, Nahed Artoul Zehr explores the theological underpinnings of al-Qaeda and related Islamic movements such as ISIS.

Decisions about war have always been made by humans, but now intelligent machines are on the cusp of changing things with dramatic consequences for international affairs.

Analyzing Intelligence, now in a revised and extensively updated second edition, assesses the state of the profession of intelligence analysis from the practitioner's point of view.

Indias Rise as an Asian Power examines Indias rise to power and the obstacles it faces in the context of domestic governance and security, relationships and security issues with its South Asian neighbors, and international relations in the wider Asian region.

This sweeping history of the development of professional, institutionalized intelligence examines the implications of the fall of the state monopoly on espionage today and beyond.

A history of Americans who spied against their country and what their stories reveal about national securityWhat's your secret?

A comprehensive challenge to prevailing understanding of international implications of oil wealth that shows why it can create bad actorsIn a world where oil-rich states are more likely to start war than their oil-dependent counterparts, its surprising how little attention is still paid to these so-called petrostates.

The post-Cold War era has been difficult for Japan.

Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nations borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability.

A challenge to long-held assumptions about the costs and benefits of Americas allies.

Can you keep a secret?

Intelligence agencies spend huge sums of money to collect and analyze vast quantities of national security data for their political leaders.

An eye-opening account of the perils of Americas techno-spy empireEver since the earliest days of the Cold War, American intelligence agencies have launched spies in the sky, implanted spies in the ether, burrowed spies underground, sunk spies in the ocean, and even tried to control spies minds by chemical means.

A unique overview of the United States current nuclear command, control, and communications system and its modernization for the digital ageConcerns about the security of nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) systems are not new, but they are becoming more urgent.

Mission Creep: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy?

How the US is losing the counterintelligence war and what the country should do to better protect our national security and trade secretsThe United States is losing the counterintelligence war.

Moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict scholars, and nuclear experts imagine a world free from nuclear weaponsAt a 2017 Vatican conference, Pope Francis condemned nuclear weapons.

Pakistan, which since 9/11 has come to be seen as one of the worlds most dangerous places and has been referred to as the epicenter of international terrorism, faces an acute counterterrorism (CT) challenge.

Today's protracted asymmetrical conflicts confuse efforts to measure progress, often inviting politics and wishful thinking to replace objective evaluation.