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This latest and final report in the Kremlin Playbook series explores how the United States and its European allies can protect the religious beliefs and values of their citizens from malign influence at a time when transatlantic societies are grappling...

In the past five years, Russia, China, and others have accelerated their development of hypersonic missiles to threaten U.S. forces in the homeland and abroad. The current Ballistic Missile Defense System, largely equipped to contend with legacy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815761013Author Janne E. NolanFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...

The U.S. Army Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PMACWA) is charged with disposing of chemical weapons as stored at two sites: Pueblo, Colorado, and Blue Grass, Kentucky. In accordance with congressional mandates, technologies...

Powerful nations have often assumed a leadership role in international relations by becoming involved in ethnic conflict arising within small states. Recently however, their willingness to do so, at least unilaterally, has diminished. This study focuses...

There is a fundamental paradox in counter-terrorism: while Muslim state elites insist that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism, the way Muslim states deal with terrorism has everything to do with Islam. In countries like Morocco and Tunisia, terrorism...

What motivates states to protect populations threatened by mass atrocities beyond their own borders? Most often, states and their representatives appeal to the principle of common humanity, acknowledging a conscience-shocking quality that demands a moral...

The construction, control and preservation of the Official Record is inherently contested. Those seeking greater openness and (democratic) accountability argue 'sunlight is [...] the best of disinfectants’, while others seek stricter information control...

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In 2021, a sexual misconduct scandal struck the Canadian military, leading to a profound crisis in leadership. While some more recent allegations came to light before the #MeToo movement, these latest revelations have historical roots in the 1990s, an...

Examines how and why nations have persuaded North Korea to cooperate on topics such as nuclear policy.How the world deals with North Korea and its nuclear capability will have ramifications for both regional and global stability. Engagement with North...

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Safeguarding the minerals supply chains for advanced technologies in strategic industries is an economic and national security imperative. Yet significant vulnerabilities continue to exist in the supply chain, despite the ongoing efforts by government...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307386021Author Norman PodhoretzFormat PaperbackPage Count 261Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 299g

This book explores Pakistan’s internal and external political dynamics within the framework of its post-colonial strategic culture. Since gaining independence, Pakistan has charted a course distinct from India’s, shaped by unique geopolitical challenges...

Why do some issues and threats-diseases, weapons, human rights abuses, vulnerable populations-get more global policy attention than others? How do global activist networks decide the particular causes for which they advocate among the many problems in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942586432Author Ed WallFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Little Creek PressPublisher Little Creek PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 145mm...

Assessments of China's importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension of China's increasing power, rather than on the multiple sources of China's rise, including its economic might and the continuing modernization of its military. This...

Many of the world's states-from Algeria to Ireland to the United States-are the result of robust national movements that achieved independence. Many other national movements have failed in their attempts to achieve statehood, including the Basques, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935982173Author Laila El-HaddadFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Just World BooksPublisher Just World BooksWeight(grams) 639gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Abusive leaders are now held accountable for their crimes in a way that was unimaginable just a few decades ago. What are the consequences of this recent push for international justice? In The Justice Dilemma, Daniel Krcmaric explains why the "golden...

More than a decade has passed since the end of the Cold War, but Asia still faces serious security challenges. These include the current security environment in the Korean peninsula, across the Taiwan Strait, and over Kashmir, the danger of nuclear and...

This book addresses two questions that are crucial to the human condition in the twenty-first century: does globalization promote security or fuel insecurity? And what are the implications for world order? Coming to grips with these matters requires...

In this book, Ariel Ahram offers a new perspective on a growing threat to international and human security-the reliance of 'weak states' on quasi-official militias, paramilitaries, and warlords. Tracing the history of several "high profile"...

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This book tackles essential questions about weapons governance: How do different discourses generate different practices? How are weapons governance practices put into use? What effects do these differing practices have? And how do these discourses...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of North Korea's nuclear strategies and of the decisions which explain its strategic motivations.The existence of two separate Koreas is an accepted outcome of the current international system. However, in...

This book examines the interplay between sanctions and nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.The volume aims to tackle three separate but closely intertwined issues:It aims to revisit the debate on, and deconstruct the concept of, sanctions; to...

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This book formulates a conceptual framework to analyse the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. It examines the strategies of the Baltic states and the attitudes of the societies of the Baltic Sea basin, directed not only towards limiting the consequences of the...

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Recent decades have seen an increasing reliance on private military contractors (PMCs) to provide logistical services, training, maintenance, and combat troops. In Outsourcing War, Amy E. Eckert examines the ethical implications involved in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826516435Author David N. GibbsFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University PressWeight(grams)...

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