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Author : John Arquilla
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135845254
First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : John Arquilla
Publisher : Crane Russak, Incorporated
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0844817368
First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Samuel S. Kim
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0742516954
Written by a team of leading scholars, this volume presents a variety of theoretical perspectives and case studies to offer a comprehensive analysis of the pressures that shape the policy choices of China, Russia, Japan, the United States, North and South Korea, and Taiwan.
Author : P.Bilgin, P.D. Williams, M. Sekiguchi, J. K. Galbraith, S. T. Inayatullah, J. Wiener, R. A. Schrire, I.L. Murphy
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781848263406
Global Security and International Political Economy is a component of Encyclopedia of Social Sciences and Humanities in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. This 6-volume set contains several chapters, each of size 5000-30000 words, with perspectives, issues of great relevance to our world such as: Global Security; Global Security and the International System; The Regional Dimension of Global Security; The National Dimension Of Global Security; The Societal Dimension Of Global Security; The Human Security Agenda In World Politics; History Of Empires And Conflicts; The Myth Of The Clash Of Civilizations In Dialogical-Historical Context; Causes And Prevention Of Armed Conflict; International Development Policies And Global Security; Environment And Global Security; Political Economy Of International Security; Political Issues In Human Resource Development; Globalization And The Consumer Society. These volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461636458
This book brings together some of the most influential new research from the world-systems perspective. The authors survey and analyze new and emerging topics from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, from political science to archaeology. Each analytical essay is written in accessible language so that the volume serves as a lucid introduction both to the tradition of world-systems thought and the new debates that are sparking further research today.
Author : Amos Yoder
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0844817384
Studying the history of East-West relations from 1918 to the revolutions of 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union, this volume presents an analysis of this transitory period. It reviews communism as a worldwide phenomena and the prospects for communist nations in the new era of international relations.
Author : Fred Chernoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135992408
This new study challenges how we think about international relations, presenting an analysis of current trends and insights into new directions. It shows how the discipline of international relations was created with a purpose of helping policy-makers to build a more peaceful and just world. However, many of the current trends, post-positivism, constructivism, reflectivism, and post-modernism share a conception of international theory that is inherently incapable of offering significant guidance to policy-makers. The Power of International Theory critically examines these approaches and offers a novel conventional-causal alternative that allows the reforging of a link between IR theory and policy-making. While recognizing the criticisms of earlier forms of positivism and behaviouralism, the book defends holistic testing of empirical principles, methodological pluralism, criteria for choosing the best theory, a notion of 'causality,' and a limited form of prediction, all of which are needed to guide policy-makers. This is an essential book for all students and scholars of international relations.
Author : Allan C. Stam
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0472085778
Explores the domestic factors that determine the outcomes of wars
Author : James Ciment
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1488 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317471868
Thoroughly revised to include 25 conflicts not covered in the previous edition, as well as expanded and updated information on previous coverage, this illustrated reference presents descriptions and analyses of more than 170 significant post-World War II conflicts around the globe. Organized by region for ease of access, "Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II, Second Edition" provides clear, in-depth explanations of events not covered in such detail in any other reference source. Including more than 180 detailed maps and 150 photos, the set highlights the conflicts that dominate today's headlines and the events that changed the course of late twentieth-century history.
Author : Samuel S. Kim,Tai Hwan Lee
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781461639619
A country of stark contradictions and puzzles, North Korea exhibits uncanny resilience in the face of external shocks and internal woes, raising important questions of theoretical and real-world significance. What has made it possible for North Korea to defy the classical realist axiom, 'The strong do what they have the power to do and the weak accept what they have to accept'? What is the nature of the North Korean threat in post-Cold War Northeast Asia? What kind of bargaining leverage does Pyongyang exercise in system-maintaining survival strategies? What are North Korea's prospects for sustaining such survival strategies in the uncertain years ahead? This volume offers a major reappraisal of the changing relationship between North Korea and its neighboring powers in the post-Cold War era in both theoretical and practical terms. The contributors examine the complex interplay of global, regional, and national forces that have influenced and shaped the changing patterns of conflict and cooperation in North Korea's relationships with China, Russia, and Japan and with the United States. Within the context of Northeast Asian geopolitics, the book tracks, explains, and assesses North Korea's survival strategies in both the security and economic domains, as well as the prospects of these strategies in the coming years.
Author : Christopher P. Twomey
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0801459745
In The Military Lens, Christopher P. Twomey shows how differing military doctrines have led to misperceptions between the United States and China over foreign policy—and the potential dangers these might pose in future relations. Because of their different strategic situations, histories, and military cultures, nations may have radically disparate definitions of effective military doctrine, strategy, and capabilities. Twomey argues that when such doctrines—or "theories of victory"—differ across states, misperceptions about a rival's capabilities and intentions and false optimism about one's own are more likely to occur. In turn, these can impede international diplomacy and statecraft by making it more difficult to communicate and agree on assessments of the balance of power. When states engage in strategic coercion—either to deter or to compel action—such problems can lead to escalation and war. Twomey assesses a wide array of sources in both the United States and China on military doctrine, strategic culture, misperception, and deterrence theory to build case studies of attempts at strategic coercion during Sino-American conflicts in Korea and the Taiwan Strait in the early years of the Cold War, as well as an examination of similar issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict. After demonstrating how these factors have contributed to past conflicts, Twomey amply documents the persistence of hazardous miscommunication in contemporary Sino-American relations. His unique analytic perspective on military capability suggests that policymakers need to carefully consider the military doctrine of the nations they are trying to influence.
Author : Leigh Armistead
Publisher : Academic Conferences Limited
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Computer security
ISBN : 9781905305407
Author : John J. Mearsheimer
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 731 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Acting
ISBN : 9780393978391
With insight and irreverence, Mearsheimer exposes a world where no international authority reigns, and hegemony is the only insurance of security. This book will invigorate academics, vex politicians, and excite even the casual observer of international affairs. 9 maps.
Author : Bruce Newsome
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780275998318
Why do the combat capabilities of individual soldiers vary so much? This book seeks to provide an answer to this and other questions about variability in combat performance. Some soldiers flee quickly from the battlefield, while others endure all hardships until the bitter end. Some combat units can perform numerous types of missions, while others cannot keep themselves organized during peacetime. Some militaries armed with obsolete weapons have out fought enemies with the latest weapons, just as some massively outnumbered armies have beaten back much larger opponents. In this first social scientific study of the effectiveness of combat troops, Newsome evaluates competing explanations for the varying combat capabilities and performances. There are four main explanations, each emphasizing the influence of a single factor. The first focuses on material endowments. How well funded are the troops? Do they have the latest protective gear and the most advanced weaponry? Second, some analysts claim that democracies produce better commanders, superior strategies, more motivated personnel, or better-managed personnel; others, however, associated those characteristics with more authoritarian forms of government. Third is the idea that giving more power to the troops on the ground in individual combat units empowers them with decision-making capability and adaptability to fast-changing situations and circumstances. Newsome presents evidence that decentralized personnel management does correlate with superior combat performance. Fourth, soldier capabilities and performance often are assumed to reflect intrinsic attributes, such as prior civilian values. Newsome argues that the capabilities of combat soldiers are acquired through military training and other forms of conditioning, but he does not entirely discount the role of a soldier's individual character. In the age-old nature vs. nurture argument, he finds that intrinsic qualities do count, but that extrinsic factors, such as training and environment, matter even more.
Author : Dan Reiter,Allan C. Stam
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002-02-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691089492
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