'As an exploration of the social fabric of Afghan life, this book takes some beating' Daily Telegraph'A valuable addition to the canon of literature on Afghanistan .
NOW IN PAPERBACKwith a new preface by the authorAn insider's account of why the CIA is ill-prepared to protect America, and why it must be replaced without delay*';A devastating portrait of the agency's culturewith details that only an insider would know.
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) encompasses the various disciplines of wireless interception, cryptanalysis, communications intelligence, electronic intelligence, direction-finding, and traffic analysis.
The last decade has seen a huge amount of change in the area of sexually transmitted infection control and prevention, including the development of high-profile vaccines for preventing the spread of cervical cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV), novel control methods for HIV and AIDS, and even the discussion of more widespread use of controversial abstinence-only sex education programs.
Conversations with Milosevic is a firsthand portrayal of the so-called Butcher of the Balkans, the Serbian president whose ambitions sparked the Bosnian conflict.
As Britain and France became more powerful during the eighteenth century, small states such as Geneva could no longer stand militarily against these commercial monarchies.
From a celebrated military historian, a ';searingpersuasive' (Kirkus Reviews) exploration of why the mighty United States military has repeatedly failed in irregular wars and military campaigns from Vietnam to Afghanistan.
Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia that has been under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbayev since independence in 1991, has proven that a mostly Muslim nation can be active on the international scene.
This revised and updated edition of the classic Cold War novel Team Yankee reminds us once again might have occurred had the United States and its Allies taken on the Russians in Europe, had cooler geopolitical heads not prevailed.
A Congressional Medal of Honor AccountExtraordinary Valor is the story of Special Forces Major John Duffy's Medal of Honor gallantry at Firebase Charlie, and the heroism of South Vietnamese paratrooper, Major L Vn M, who fought by his side.
How social networks shaped the imperial Chinese stateChina was the world's leading superpower for almost two millennia, falling behind only in the last two centuries and now rising to dominance again.
Looking beyond Putin to understand how today's Russia actually worksMedia and public discussion tends to understand Russian politics as a direct reflection of Vladimir Putin's seeming omnipotence or Russia's unique history and culture.
Das ultimative Leitfadenbuch zur Politik, Medien und GesellschaftTauchen Sie ein in das Ergebnis eines jahrzehntelangen, tiefgreifenden Studiums der Tagespresse, und entdecken Sie die verborgenen Verbindungen und Wechselwirkungen zwischen Mensch, Medien und Politik.
Survival, the bi-monthly publication from The International Institute for Strategic Studies, is a leading forum for analysis and debate of international and strategic affairs.
La necesidad de superar la polarización político-ideológica en la región, establecer vínculos con otras regiones, contribuir en conjunto a la gobernanza global y definir una institucionalidad propia desde distintos modelos de desarrollo constituyen temas centrales de la integración regional latinoamericana en el siglo xxi, los cuales necesitan ser discutidos y comprendidos para poder enfrentar el futuro.
El océano como paisaje: Pageant of the Pacific (Esplendor del Pacífico) es un estudio sobre los mapas murales que Miguel Covarrubias haría para la Golden Gate International Exhibition de 1939.
'Ground-breaking' - Daily Mail'In explaining the rise to power of Kim Yo Jong, Lee displays his deep knowledge and understanding of North Korea's extreme, ruthless and self-obsessed dynastic autocracy, the creators and rulers of a de-facto nuclear weapon state.
POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENTA portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leadersAung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and crusader for democracyin Myanmar, is once again behind bars.
Wir stecken momentan in der größten Krise seit dem zweiten Weltkrieg: Corona, Impfdesaster, Ukrainekrieg, Nahostkrieg, Inflation, Rezession – all das hängt miteinander zusammen.
El presente Cuaderno de Estudios Regionales tiene el objetivo de aportar algunos elementos de análisis sobre el tema de la Seguridad Humana desde una doble perspectiva.
La historia del surgimiento y vida del Estado de Israel, ha estado constantemente ligada a fuertes dinámicas de conflicto, en las cuales el factor militar ha tenido un peso decisivo.
Durante las últimas décadas han proliferado en el mundo una gran red de mecanismos para la promoción y fomento del comercio e inversión con base en los principios de la liberalización económica, los signatarios de los mismos, sea de tipo bilateral o regional, acuerdan una serie de acciones para permitir el flujo de mercancías y capital.
Los ataques piratas y secuestros perpetrados contra buques tanque y cargueros frente a las costas de Somalia desde mediados de noviembre de 2008, hicieron posible que el tema de la inestabilidad en la zona recuperara los primeros planos de atención para la comunidad internacional.
El presente trabajo aborda la relación triangular entre Líbano, Siria e Israel en la geopolítica regional del Medio Oriente, en particular desde el surgimiento de Líbano y Siria como Estados independientes (1943y 1946 respectivamente), y la creación del Estado de Israel en 1948.
The Cold War was a sophisticated conflict fought by the west, principally the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with support from NATO, CENTO and SEATO, to confront the Kremlin and its Warsaw Pact satellites.
Las Compañías Generales de Comercio o Sogo Sosha (en japonés) han representado una pieza clave en el desarrollo económico y en las estrategias comerciales de Japón desde su proceso de modernización a finales del siglo XIX.
Tras el suicidio de un inspector de policía belga que había avisado de la posibilidad de los ataques yihadistas de París, los servicios de seguridad del Estado movilizan todos sus esfuerzos para evitar algo similar en España, la denominada Operación Protector, con ramificaciones entre terroristas, las mafias de la Costa del Sol y los traficantes de armas.
Jonathan Kirshner here examines how states can and have used international currency relationships and arrangements as instruments of coercive power for the advancement of state security.
An exciting and richly detailed new history of the Silk Road that tells how it became more important as a route for diplomacy than for tradeThe King's Road offers a new interpretation of the history of the Silk Road, emphasizing its importance as a diplomatic route, rather than a commercial one.
Bruce Berkowitz and Allan Goodman draw on historical analysis, interviews, and their own professional experience in the intelligence community to provide an evaluation of U.
This book provides an answer to the mystery of why no peace treaty has yet been signed between Japan and Russia after more than sixty years since the end of World War Two.
In September 1985, emissaries of the world's five leading industrial nations-the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Japan-secretly gathered at the Plaza Hotel in New York City and unveiled an unprecedented effort to correct the largest set of current account and exchange rate imbalances that had ever threatened the world economy.
A touching memoir of life with an alcoholic father who secretly works with the CIA, a dark pilgrimage through the valley of depression and addiction, and finding a faith to redeem and a strength to forgive.
The A to Z of British Intelligence offers insight into the history and operations of British Intelligence through its more than 1,800 entries, covering a vast and varied cast of characters: the spies and their handlers, the moles and defectors, the political leaders, the top brass, the techniques and jargon, and the many different offices and organizations.
Interest in nuclear energy has surged in recent years, yet there are risks that accompany the global diffusion of nuclear power-especially the possibility that the spread of nuclear energy will facilitate nuclear weapons proliferation.
In 2008, the iconic doomsday clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientistswas set at five minutes to midnight-two minutes closer to Armageddon than in 1962, when John F.
A frank and refreshing evaluation of several Chief Executives, their Directors of Central Intelligence, and even some lower in the hierarchy, Executive Secrets shines light on the development and execution of foreign policy through the understanding of the tools available, of which covert action may be least known and understood.
