Theory of warfare and military science

Why have the European Union and the Russian Federation encountered severe difficulties in developing their relationship?

Soviet Success (1947) deals with Soviet Russia after the Second World War.

This book aims to explain air power to both military and civilian audiences in an accessible manner, approaching the topic in a balanced and systematic way.

This book offers an interdisciplinary insight into the key debates around information warfare in the digital age and argues that transnational cooperation can mitigate the threat.

This book investigates the underlying reasons for the longevity of detente and its impact on East-West relations.

This book, first published in 1982, addresses the problem of assessing the central and regional balance of power.

'I pray that words spoken at this conference may carry beyond walls and reach thousands of ears hitherto deaf to warnings of the final catastrophe.

This book analyzes when, how, why, and to what effect China has used its armed forces in recent decades to coerce other actors in the international system.

Commonwealth and Independence in Post-Soviet Eurasia (1998) examines the various attempts to create new forms of integration by the new states of Eurasia.

Soviet Geography (1935) presents a comprehensive account of the economic development of the USSR as it stood at the time.

The Routledge Handbook of Political Risk explores the context, analysis, and management of political risk arising from recent tectonic geopolitical challenges to the world order posed by pandemics, nationalist policy interventions, changing supply chains, technological transformation, and the climate crisis.

This book sets out the major social scientific approaches to the study of Special Operations Forces.

In mid-1980 a second conference for the review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) would take place in Geneva.

The rise or resurgence of revisionist, repressive and authoritarian powers threatens the Western, US-led international order upon which Germany's post-war security and prosperity were founded.

This book provides an empirical understanding of how EU-level defence industrial cooperation functions in practice.

This book examines the military histories of the regions beyond Western Europe in the pre-modern era.

Indian Ocean studies, which once lagged behind studies of the Atlantic and the Pacific, is an important emerging academic field which has come into its own.

Analyzing both historical contexts and geographical locations, this volume explores the continuous reformation of state power and its potential in situations of violent conflict.

This handbook examines key aspects of the development of the global history of warfare and the changing patterns of warfare over time.

This book, first published in 1984, analyses the contribution of the American military presence to the security of Western Europe; examines the advantages and shortcomings of proposals for strengthening NATO's conventional capacity; and considers the consequences to the Cold War balance of power of a reduction in the American troop contingent.

This collection of essays examines the moral, psychological and philosophical dilemmas posed by war.

This book is organized to examine the major subjects taught in American politics through the lens of twenty-five hot button issues affecting American politics and policy today.

Air power for warfighting is a story that's been told many times.

As scholars and publics look for alternatives to what is understood as a violent Western world order, many claim that China can provide such an alternative through the Chinese dream of a harmonious world.

This book addresses the relationship between the 'liberal' values of Anglo-Saxon cultures and the way that they conduct themselves when they are fighting - or preparing to fight - wars.

Strategic Survey 2022: The Annual Assessment of Geopolitics provides objective, in-depth analysis of the events that have shaped relations between major powers, region by region, over the past year, and highlights the pressing geopolitical and geo-economic challenges that will shape the international agenda in 2023.

Rapid developments in information technology and precision weaponry are said to herald a 'revolution in military affairs' (RMA), making possible quick and decisive victories with minimal casualties and collateral damage.

This edited volume provides a systematic analysis of the missile threat and proliferation issue in the Middle East region.

This book examines the effect of economic power on a state's strategic autonomy.

This book offers a unique and scholarly perspective on a little-studied subject: maritime crime and policing.

Despite recent attempts by scholars to examine the absolute prohibition of threats of force under Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, threats remain a largely un-chartered area in international law when compared with actual uses of force.

First published in 1990, Richard Clutterbuck's fascinating analysis of European security confronts the problems of internal European community frontiers and technological aids in combating terrorism and international crime.

This book examines the interplay between energy policy and security policy under Vladimir Putin, and his drive to re-establish Russia's 'greatness'.

The Routledge Handbook of Russian Security offers a comprehensive collection of essays on all aspects of Russian security and foreign policy by international scholars from across the world.

Why is the problem of terrorism-and the emergence of more extreme and more brutal terrorist groups-one that cannot be solved, even after decades of trying?

Sun Tzu and other classical Chinese strategic thinkers wrote in an era of social, economic and military revolution, and hoped to identify enduring principles of war and statecraft.

This book investigates the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and politicized debates held there.

This book provides a comprehensive history of the modern Chinese navy from 1840 to the present.

Archive-based historical analysis of UK military aerospace collaboration.

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In 2002 the Bush administration completed a Nuclear Posture Review that introduced a 'new triad' based on offensive-strike systems, defences and a revitalized defence infrastructure.

Analysing US foreign policy towards Angola during the Ford administration, this book provides an intriguing insight into one of the most avoidable and unfortunate episodes in Cold War history and explores the impact on Henry Kissinger's much vaunted reputation for being guided by realist principles.

Shortly after it was founded in 1947, the CIA launched a secret effort to win the Cold War allegiance of the British left.

America has been at war for most of the 20th and 21st centuries and during that time has progressively moved towards a vicarious form of warfare, where key tasks are delegated to proxies, the military's exposure to danger is limited, and special forces and covert instruments are on the increase.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of international diplomacy, covering both theory and practice.

The Second Five-Year Plan of the Development of the U.

This is the first scholarly book to look at the role of the 'warrior' in modern war, arguing that warriors' actions, and indeed thoughts, are increasingly patrolled and that the modern battlefield is an unforgiving environment in which to discharge their vocation.

This book, first published in 1981, examines the broader aspects of international strategic relations, and analyses Cold War developments within particular nations, fields of warfare and areas of political-military interaction.

This book examines the challenges that military forces will face in multinational operations in the 21st century.

The Soviet World, first published in 1965, examines both the domestic society of the Soviet Union under Khrushchev and its foreign relations with the capitalist world.