A discerning Washington bureaucrat (there are a few) once professed that an accurate appraisal of government policies, laws, and procedures requires a thorough examination of the intent and context surrounding their enactment in the first place.
The CIA has been accused of a massive intelligence failure in the run-up to the 9/11 attacks -- the result, it is said, of a moralistic and bureaucratic approach to information-gathering.
Pacific Book Review StarAwarded to Books of Excellent MeritSome of the best history is personal that which is collected from participants in great events and movements.
In the aftermath of terrorist attacks by ISIS (ISIL or Daesh) in Paris, Beirut and on the Russian jet over the Sinai Peninsula, the US and much of the world is focused on crushing the Islamic State.
SWAT teams, GSG9, EKO Cobra, SCO 19 these elite police units are used to dealing with dangerous situations, particularly in the fight against global terrorism.
Regime Change provides in-depth insights into President Bush's handling of national security and terrorism issues pre- and post-9/11 and guidelines for the Democratic presidential candidate's strategic "e;war on terrorism"e; that includes: restructuring the Intelligence Community and national security decision-making in the White House; rejuvenating the trans-Atlantic alliance and expanding global collaboration; nation-building in postwar Iraq and Afghanistan; fostering the Israeli-Palestinian peace process; democratization in the Middle East; defusing antagonisms with Muslim nations; nuclear disarmament in Iran and North Korea; dismantling Pakistan's nuclear black market operation; developing economic and security relationships with China in Central Asia; and more.
Slavoj Žižek, einer der weltweit bedeutendsten Philosophen, wirft in seiner Streitschrift so wichtige wie gewagte Fragen auf, die sich nach dem Anschlag auf das Satiremagazin "Charlie Hebdo" mehr denn je stellen.
La presente obra, en su primer capítulo, analiza la problemática del terrorismo de corte islamista radical, también llamado terrorismo yihadista, sus implicancias y posibles riesgos para la Argentina.
En 'Indivisible' Martín Plot lee la política norteamericana, de Bush a Obama, bajo la luz que le provee al autor su mirada doblemente descentrada: de argentino largamente radicado en los Estados Unidos, y de teórico de la política 'de la carne', en clave merleau-pontyana, en el mundo de una política que se pretende descarnada.
A leading strategist opens our eyes to the greatest terrorist threat of all-and how to prevent it before it's too lateAmericans in the twenty-first century are keenly aware of the many forms of terrorism: hijackings, biological attacks, chemical weapons.
This study analyses Kurdish Hizbullah as a social movement, charting Hizbullah's development from its origins in violent militancy to its move towards a more ambiguous 'civic' mode of engagement.
In The Prince of Counterterrorism, Brookings Senior Fellow Bruce Riedel tells the story of Saudi Arabias Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad bin Nayef (MBN) and his contributions to the security of the kingdom and the Arab world.
Leon Witt hat es geschafft: Obwohl menschengemachte Kunst eigentlich kaum noch eine Rolle spielt und die meisten Werke von Algorithmen geschaffen werden, ist das 39-jährige Genie zum Superstar aufgestiegen.
Este es un libro que narra una historia por medio de otras muchas historias, un libro en que el autor, conscientemente, pasa a un segundo plano para dejar que sea la voz de sus protagonistas la quellegue directamente a los oídos del lector.
The terrorist attacks on the eleventh of September 2001 are a pivotal turning point that changed the features of the whole world, highlighting the issue of terrorism and pushing it to the forefront of global political interests, which led to the outbreak of the war on Iraq and interference in Afghanistan.