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  • Unraveling Internal Conflicts in East Asia and the Pacific

    Incidence, Consequences, and Resolution

    by Jacob Bercovitch, Paul Bellamy, Alethia Cook, Terry Genet, Susannah Gordon, Barbara Kemper, Marie Lall, Marie Olson Lounsbery, Frida Möller, Alice Mortlock, Sugu Nara, Claire Newcombe, Leah M. Simpson, Peter Wallensteen, Karl DeRouen Jr. ...
    Civil wars and internal conflicts pose the greatest threat to international peace and security in the twenty-first century. Nowhere is this problem more acute than in East Asia and the Pacific, which has far more of its share of such conflicts.Unraveling Internal Conflicts in East Asia and the Pacific: Incidence, Consequences, and Resolution, edited by Jacob Bercovitch and Karl DeRouen, Jr., is a ... Read more

    $129.99 USD

  • Terrorist Organizations and Weapons of Mass Destruction

    U.S. Threats, Responses, and Policies

    by Alethia H. Cook ...
    Series series Weapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies
    Weapons of Mass Destruction are diverse and pose unique challenges to governments attempting to keep them out of the wrong hands and preparing to respond to an attack. This text analyzes Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) weapons and terrorist groups with a known interest in them. It presents accessible information about the technical challenges posed by each type of weapon, ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Conflict Dynamics

    Civil Wars, Armed Actors, and Their Tactics

    by Alethia H. Cook, Marie Olson Lounsbery, David Wasserboehr ...
    Series series
    Conflict Dynamics presents case studies of six nation-states: Sierra Leone, the Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, and Peru. In the book, Alethia H. Cook and Marie Olson Lounsbery examine the evolving nature of violence in intrastate conflicts, as well as the governments and groups involved, by focusing on the context of the relationships involved, the capacities of the conflict’s ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Drawing a Line in the Sea

    The Gaza Flotilla Incident and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

    by Thomas E. Copeland, Lisa M. McCartan, Deane-Peter Baker, Jeanette Fregulia, Christos Frentzos, Susan Jellissen, Spencer Meredith, Eric Metchik0, Carmine Scavo1, Richard Spence2, Joseph Spoerl3, Samuel Stanton4, David Walker5 ...
    The deadly May 31, 2010 Gaza flotilla incident has been misunderstood. This book explores the incident in more detail than mainstream media coverage has allowed-explaining the background, key players, and the incident itself-enriched by the authors having had unique access to senior Israeli officials in the immediate aftermath of the event. The incident is a microcosm of the struggle between ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

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    Asia's Rise and America's Decline From Obama to Trump and Beyond

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  • Winning the War on War

    The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide

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  • The Power of Place

    Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape

    by Harm de Blij ...
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  • World Report 2011

    Events of 2010

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    Human Rights Watch is increasingly recognized as the world’s leader in building a stronger awareness for human rights. Their annual World Report is the most probing review of human rights developments available anywhere.Written in straightforward, non-technical language, Human Rights Watch World Report prioritizes events in the most affected countries during the previous year. The backbone of the ... Read more

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  • The Contest of the Century

    The New Era of Competition with China--and How America Can Win

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    From the former Financial Times Beijing bureau chief, a balanced and far-seeing analysis of the emerging competition between China and the United States that will dominate twenty-first-century world affairs—an inside account of Beijing’s quest for influence and an explanation of how America can come out on top.The structure of global politics is shifting rapidly. After decades of rising, China has ... Read more

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  • Asian Juggernaut

    The Rise of China, India, and Japan

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    In Asian Juggernaut, the revelatory and important International Bestseller by Brahma Chellaney, a renowned authority on Asia's political and economic development offers an incisive and insightful analysis of the region's pivotal role on the world stage. Examining the rise of China, India, and Japan as preeminent powers and their key position in the global future, Asian Juggernaut is a book that ... Read more

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  • The US vs China

    Asia's new Cold War?

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    This book addresses the most important question in geopolitics today - the future of relations between the US and China. Concerned that the rise of China will challenge the its hegemony in world affairs, the US has decided to reassert its influence in Asia to counteract any challenge. Examining and challenging the dominant causal explanations for and professed intentions of this shift in US policy ... Read more

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