Author: Christian, Patrick James Publisher: Universal Publishers Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book was written as a source of information and instruction, primarily for government and contractor personnel engaged in the conduct of combat advising, tribal engagement, provincial reconstruct...
Author: Lebow,Richard Ned Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In this exciting new volume, Richard Ned Lebow introduces his own constructivist theory of political order and international relations based on theories of motives and identity formation drawn from th...
Author: Nakhleh, Emile Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In A Necessary Engagement, the CIA's former point man on Islam makes a vigorous case for a renewal of American public diplomacy in the Muslim world. Offering a unique balance between in-depth analysis...
Author: Walker, William Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Written by a leading scholar in the field of nuclear weapons and international relations, this book examines 'the problem of order' arising from the existence of weapons of mass destruction. This cent...
Author: Walker, William Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Written by a leading scholar in the field of nuclear weapons and international relations, this book examines 'the problem of order' arising from the existence of weapons of mass destruction. This cent...
Author: Yeo, Andrew Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Anti-U.S. base protests, played out in parliaments and the streets of host nations, continue to arise in different parts of the world. In a novel approach, this book examines the impact of anti-base m...
Author: Levine, Robert A. / Frelinger, David R. / Bartis, James T. Publisher: Rand Corporation Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The author combines macroeconomic history with a brief exposition of economic theory that stems from and explains that history and explores how that experience may apply to the future. He examines the...
Author: Guerrero, Isabel Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This article uses two analytical methodologies to understand the dynamics of inflation in Paraguay, the mark-up theory of inflation and the monetary theory of inflation. We also study the impact of di...
Author: N/A Publisher: Potomac Books Inc. Format: Adobe ePUB
Description: Africa is a continent of growing strategic importance in the global war on terrorism. Over the past decade, it has seen a significant number of terrorist attacks and operations, both north and south o...
Author: Hurd, Ian Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The politics of legitimacy is central to international relations. When states perceive an international organization as legitimate, they defer to it, associate themselves with it, and invoke its symbo...
Author: Lynch,Timothy J. / Singh,Robert S. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration has won few admirers, and many anticipate that his successor will repudiate the actions of the past eight years. In their provocative account Ly...
Author: Zarakol, Ayse Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Not being of the West; being behind the West; not being modern enough; not being developed or industrialized, secular, civilized, Christian, transparent, or democratic - these descriptions have all se...
Author: Hiro, Dilip Publisher: DaCapo Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: American corporations have to beg for capital from the cash-rich Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Persian Gulf. By invading Iraq, President George W. Bush grossly undermined American credibility in the i...
Author: Hiro, Dilip Publisher: Perseus Books, LLC Format: Adobe PDF
Description: American corporations have to beg for capital from the cash-rich Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Persian Gulf. By invading Iraq, President George W. Bush grossly undermined American credibility in the i...
Author: Keohane, Robert O. Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book is a comprehensive study of cooperation among the advanced capitalist countries. Can cooperation persist without the dominance of a single power, such as the United States after World War II...
Author: Oliker, Olga / Kauzlarich, Richard / Dobbins, James Publisher: Rand Corporation Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Description and evaluation of relief, reconstruction, humanitarian, and humanitarian-type aid efforts in Afghanistan during the most intense phase of military operations, from September 2001 to June 2...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: At the invitation of the New America Foundation and the New York University Center for Law and Security, a group of individuals regarded as authorities on international terrorism and Al Qaeda were bro...
Author: N/A Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Lending practices of commercial banks in Afghanistan were analyzed using CAMEL ratings. Statistically significant correlations were found: Banks with worse ratings (a) had more lending to domestic cli...
Author: Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede Publisher: University of Michigan Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: How does regional interdependence influence the prospects for conflict, integration, and democratization? Some researchers look at the international system at large and disregard the enormous regional...
Author: Gordon, Philip Publisher: McGraw-Hill Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Masterful ... a timely demonstration that a new transatlantic compact is both possible and necessary for our common security."--Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Ranking Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committe...
Author: N/A Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Looking at a range of themes and regions, this book provides a challenging basis for rethinking America’s international leadership. Chatham House experts assess current US policy and the country...
Author: Ryan, David Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This edited volume provides an overview on US involvement in Iraq from the 1958 Iraqi coup to the present-day, offering a deeper context to the current conflict.
Author: Crockatt, Richard Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: A response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, this work examines acts of terrorism in contemporary and historical contexts, analyzing the reasons for such violent hatred on the United States ...
Author: Toje, Asle Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book examines transatlantic security relations after the Cold War, and how this has influenced the development of an EU strategic culture.
Author: Norrlof, Carla Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: For over sixty years the United States has been the largest economy and most powerful country in the world. However, there is growing speculation that this era of hegemony is under threat as it faces ...
Author: Dobbins, James / Lesser, Ian O. / Chalk, Peter Publisher: Rand Corporation Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The post-World War II occupations of Germany and Japan set standards for postconflict nation-building that have not since been matched. Only in recent years has the United States has felt the need to ...
Author: N/A Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: With the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq, the most controversial question in world politics fast became whether the United States stands within the order of international law or outsid...
Author: Thomas, Michael Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book explains the institutionalization of nearly unconditional American support of Israel during the Reagan administration, and its persistence in the first Bush administration in terms of the co...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Invaluable to students and those approaching the subject for the first time, An Introduction to International Relations, Second Edition provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to interna...
Author: N/A Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: An Unruly World? examines how fast transnational capitalism is re-making the rules of the game throughout the world of the late twentieth century. Ranging in focus from analyses of "soft capitalism" a...
Author: N/A Publisher: Routledge Curzon Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In the post-September 11 climate, Europe's regional security environment and the role of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) states have become more than ever a focus for attention but remain ill-...
Author: Yan, Xuetong Publisher: Princeton University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for ...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This is the first book to examine Arctic defense policy and military security from the perspective of all eight Arctic states. In light of climate change and melting ice in the Arctic Ocean, Canada, R...
Author: Crawford, Neta C. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Arguments have consequences in world politics that are as real as the military forces of states or the balance of power among them. Neta Crawford proposes a theory of argument in world politics which ...
Author: Vinci, Anthony Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This new book provides a framework for understanding the international relations of armed groups, including terrorist organizations, insurgencies and warlords, which play an increasingly important rol...
Author: Fund, International Monetary Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Format: Adobe PDF
Description: As is well known, most models of credit risk have failed to measure the credit risks in the context of the global financial crisis. In this context, financial industry representatives, regulators and ...
Author: Cragin, Kim / Kirby, Sheila Nataraj / Berends, Mark Publisher: Rand Corporation Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Colombia has experienced significant political instability and violence over the past century due to a number of factors--the drug trade, a protracted insurgent conflict, internal corruption, and sma...
Author: Overholt,William H. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: American security and prosperity now depend on Asia. William H. Overholt offers an iconoclastic analysis of developments in each major Asian country, Asian international relations, and US foreign poli...
Author: Jayasuriya, Kanishka Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book looks at the changing global and domestic political economies shaping the new regionalism in Asia, and examines the relationship between regional domestic, political and economic structures ...
Author: Ruland, Jurgen Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Applying established theories to concrete phenomena, Asian-European Relations provides a comprehensive understanding of inter-regionalism and how co-operation between Asia and Europe should be fashion...
Author: Dolman, Everett C. Publisher: Frank Cass Format: Adobe PDF
Description: <P>This volume identifies and evaluates the relationship between outer-space geography and geographic position (astrogeography), and the evolution of current and future military space strategy. ...
