Military and defence strategy

International Security Yearbook 1984/85 presents an empirical and objective assessment of the events of the year 1984 and 1985 as they affect U.

Balanced and comprehensive in approach, this text assembles classic statements on nuclear strategy and arms control made by Soviet and U.

This is the first comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding the potential development by the United States of a space-based laser weapons program.

This book identifies the central problems of crisis research, assesses the progress of work in the area, and discusses prospects for the future.

This book is an outcome of the conference on 'Arms Control and Conventional Defense in Europe' held in West Berlin in 1987.

This book, the final report of the Soviet Global Strategy Project, describes the USSR's basic approach to the many states in Asia and the Pacific Basin, including nations stretching from Japan to Australia.

This book is the product of a continuing joint effort by the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses and the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies to find roads to a lasting settlement of the dangerous intra-Korean confrontation.

This book contains papers presented at a conference held at the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation in 1991.

The drastically altered European security context has forced Western defence planners and analysts to reassess core assumptions, including the future role of NATO.

The contributors to this volume discuss how a West European security union would fit into the trans Atlantic and trans-European settings.

"e;It is with great pleasure that I recognize those who helped make this book possible.

This book is an exploration of the security and defense policies of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg with the specific goal of discovering opportunities for greater Benelux security cooperation which could serve as the foundation of a European Defense Community.

As Europe underwent extraordinary changes in 1989-1990, the continent's south-eastern region - the Balkans - began once again to draw attention for its ethnic rivalries, its political turmoil and its interstate disputes.

This book analyzes the military situation in Europe and the contending views about the military balance and important military variables there.

This volume assesses contemporary Soviet domestic and foreign policy and surveys the traditions, challenges, and contexts within which the Soviet leadership was operating.

This book provides a detailed overview of the debate about the institutional context of Western European security after the Cold War.

This book addresses the challenge of international narcotics control by applying "e;the Manwaring paradigm.

In this book Professor Kissinger examines the framework of our foreign policy, the stresses to which that framework is being subjected, and the prospects for world order in an era of high international tension.

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China's reform policies during the past decade have resulted in the reorganization of economic and political structures and have led to a dramatic reorientation of the nation's foreign policy.

Beginning with a look at continuity and change in French policy since de Gaulle, this book presents the evolution of French security policy in the 1970s and 1980s.

This book contains a remarkable amount of information about Soviet intelligence activities.

A widespread policy prescription among defense experts of the Atlantic Alliance is the strengthening of conventional forces to reduce dependence on the early use of nuclear weapons in the event of Soviet aggression.

Avoiding a nuclear war, or ending one if avoidance fails, is an important but relatively unexplored aspect of nuclear doctrine.

This book examines the implications of emerging security environment for missile defense.

This book is the first comprehensive examination of the U.

Nuclear-free zones, neutrality, and nonalignment are catchwords that recently have earned unprecedented international publicity for New Zealand's foreign policy.

Defending the Fringe assesses the importance of the southern flank of NATO to the Western Alliance.

Estimates of the potential costs of alternative strategic defense systems should be an intrinsic element in decisions about whether the US should develop and deploy these systems, especially because of the 'opportunity costs' 'involved-what the nation would have to forgo in other military or civilian programs or in private resources because of higher taxes or larger deficits.

This overview of world affairs provides a comprehensive assessment of the important trends and events during 1986 and the first half of 1987 that will have a decisive impact on U.

This book evaluates whether the military preparations made by US in the aftermath of Central Command's (CENTCOM) establishment, represent the kind of change in America's military relationship with the Middle East.

This book discusses the existing literature on military doctrines in general, and offensive doctrines in particular, as well as on causes of their stagnation and sources of innovation.

This book is about the Franco-German military cooperation.

The first book by a former Indian naval intelligence officer on Sino-India relations, India's Maritime Strategy provides a unique insight into the Indian Navy, tracing its post-independence growth and discussing its transformation and future in the 21st century.

This volume, Nuclear Disarmament, provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear disarmament and a critical assessment of the way forward.

This volume, Nuclear Disarmament, provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear disarmament and a critical assessment of the way forward.

This book analyzes examples of strategic engagement in order to identify the factors which contribute to the success or failure of defence diplomacy in preventing interstate conflict.

The recent Afghanistan and Iraq wars were very controversial.

What constitutes an effective and realistic strategy for dealing with non-state armed groups?

The recent Afghanistan and Iraq wars were very controversial.

What constitutes an effective and realistic strategy for dealing with non-state armed groups?

This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of South Asian foreign policy, examining the complex history and present state of South Asian foreign policy, the foreign policy of the countries of the region, as well as their relationships with their neighbors and key external players, such as China and the United States, in an effort to understand South Asia's place in the world order.

This Whitehall Paper explores the ways in which Mogadishus inhabitants try to stay out of harms way, from security officials in the presidential compound of Villa Somalia to the citys powerful district commissioners, from patrolling policemen to the women road-sweepers in the rubbish-filled alleyways of the Waberi district.

This Whitehall Paper explores the ways in which Mogadishus inhabitants try to stay out of harms way, from security officials in the presidential compound of Villa Somalia to the citys powerful district commissioners, from patrolling policemen to the women road-sweepers in the rubbish-filled alleyways of the Waberi district.

The need for freedoms of navigation in regional waters is frequently mentioned in statements from regional forums, but a common understanding of what constitutes a particular freedom of navigation or the relevant law is lacking.

This book connects findings and insights authored by famous scholars in management and organization studies with challenges the military is facing today.

This book connects findings and insights authored by famous scholars in management and organization studies with challenges the military is facing today.

China is the world's second largest economy and a key player in world politics.

China is the world's second largest economy and a key player in world politics.