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This book offers a highly original analysis of world events in the light of the Iraq War. It explores the history and development of relations between major countries in the international community and the impact that successive wars and changes in the global political economy have had on the way states relate to each other today.
Tracing the liberal state structure back to the closing stages of the English Civil War and settlement in North...
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Despite Washington's military supremacy, its economic foundations have been weakening since the Vietnam war – accelerated by the great recession and credit-rating downgrade – and its global authority dented by the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This book intervenes in the debates surrounding America's status as an empire. It analyses Immanuel Wallerstein and others who argue that the US is in decline, to those who maintain that it remains...
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The killing of Osama Bin Laden highlighted the tense relationship between the US and Pakistani governments. This book considers the evolving nature of this relationship and Pakistan's place within the global order.
Whereas standard accounts focus on the US-Pakistan relationship in isolation, Pakistan: The US, Geopolitics and Grand Strategies provides a broader geopolitical perspective. It analyses Pakistan's relations with the US after a decade...
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America is at war and the stakes are huge. The fight isn't just in Iraq and Afghanistan; it's a global contest between the United States, radical Islam, a resurgent Russia, and a virulent New Left coming to power in Latin America and stalking the corridors of power around the world. These three enemies of America are separate, but still cooperate - and in his stunning new book, Shadow World, Robert Chandler shows how.
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¿Cómo sabemos si realmente podemos confiar en alguien? ¿Podemos fiarnos de nuestra intuición? ¿Cómo podemos saber si esa persona que acabamos de conocer será una buena pareja? ¿O si será un buen amigo o amiga? ¿Estamos ante un buen socio? Con la información que vas a obtener en este libro tendrás las respuestas a estas importantes preguntas.En un mundo donde las primeras impresiones se forman muchas veces incluso detrás de una pantalla,...
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North Korea's development and testing of nuclear weapons made headlines in the Western media, but is the country really a threat to the rest of the world?
This accessible introduction examines the country's history and focuses on whether the threat is realistic or exaggerated by the US in order to gain international support for the controversial missile defence system. It also shows what the EU can do to engage with North Korea and counterbalance...
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The devastating terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and America's first domestic bio-terrorism mail attacks have shifted America's attention and resources to the immediate threat of international terrorism. But we shouldn't be fooled. Since the publication of the hardcover edition of The China Threat in November of 2000, one thing remains very much the same: the People's Republic of China is the most serious long-term national...
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Journalist Jonathan Cook explores Israel's key role in persuading the Bush administration to invade Iraq, as part of a plan to remake the Middle East, and their joint determination to isolate Iran and prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons that might rival Israel's own.
This concise and clearly argued book makes the case that Israel's desire to be the sole regional power in the Middle East neatly chimed with Bush's objectives in the 'war...
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This book takes a look at China's position a range of global issues, arguing that its multipolar diplomacy offers a strategy to constrain US hegemony.
Many people assume that China will follow an imperialistic strategy and stand in direct conflict with the American empire. However, China is in fact taking a multilateral approach, offering real assistance to developing countries and helping to build the institutions required to run a multipolar...
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"A Tapestry of Change" delves deep into the wave of Color Revolutions that swept across parts of Europe in the early 21st century. These peaceful political movements, each labeled with a distinct color, marked a significant turning point in the histories of the nations where they occurred, leading to profound transformations from post-Soviet oligarchic systems to aspirations of more democratic governance.Inside the pages of this comprehensive analysis,...
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Este libro tiene por objetivo presentar propuestas de política sanitaria, ambiental y tecnológica que permitan la reactivación de la integración multidimensional latinoamericana, con base en estudios de regionalismo comparado de experiencias de Europa, de Asia, de África y de América Latina. Propuestas que permiten avanzar hacia nuevas actividades prioritarias en la integración regional latinoamericana, mediante políticas: 1) sanitarias, expresadas...
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In the endless series of United States military interventions, the 'humanitarian' bombing of Yugoslavia played a key role in gaining support of the centre left for war as an instrument of policy.
Thanks to massive deception and self-deception by media and politicians, even the anti-globalisation movement failed to grasp the implications of the aggressive military globalisation pursued by the United States, from Iraq to Afghanistan and beyond....
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The book is based on the findings, the study recommends the following to the policymakers. Firstly, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) has to rethink the vision and mission of the ministries and develop their capacities accordingly. Secondly, new strategies should be designed and introduced at different levels coupling with efficient follow-up system. Besides, practice-oriented training has to be organized on systems thinking and boundary...
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In 1804 Haiti became the world's first independent black Republic following a slave revolution. 200 years later, ravaged by colonialism and violence, it was placed under UN military occupation.
Haiti's New Dictatorship charts the country's recent history, from the 2004 coup against President Aristide to the devastating 2010 earthquake, revealing a shocking story of abuse and indifference by international forces. Justin Podur unmasks the grim...
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From the American Revolution, and the signing of the Declaration of Independence, to the waning popularity of the Iraq war, Philip Golub depicts the long American journey to global ascendancy.
Through the study of imperial identity formation, Golub shows how a culture of force and expansion has shaped American foreign policy. Taking a historical and sociological approach to his examination of the US logic of world power, he reveals how entrenched...
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¿Qué significa el protagonismo de China en la recuperación de la economía mundial pos Covid-19? ¿Cómo esto afecta la dinámica del sistema mundial y la configuración de nuevos bloques geopolíticos? ¿Cómo se redefinirá el amplio espectro de intereses entre China, Estados Unidos y las potencias intermediarias? ¿Qué desafíos tiene América Latina en este contexto? Estas son preguntas claves que este libro provoca. Más que un análisis...
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Marcelo Gullo y yo tenemos, sobre temas de nuestro común interés, las mismas ideas básicas. Así ocurre con este libro, con el cual mantengo plena concordancia. Se trata del hecho de que, ante el proceso de globalización exacerbado por el unilateralismo imperial del gobierno de George Bush, los países como la Argentina y Brasil y, con ellos, todos los de América Latina están perdiendo su espacio de "permisibilidad" internacional. De seguir...
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Este texto, además de alcanzar un extraordinario éxito en la comprensión, en tanto observador desde las alturas, del mundo de las relaciones internacionales, parece haber alcanzado la madurez que solo poseen los hombres de experiencia para realizar síntesis complejas.
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Este libro, enfocado en el estudio de los cambios contemporáneos en las relaciones internacionales, propone ideas para la formulación y el diseño de una política exterior. Una propuesta renovadora y aggiornada de estructuras que requieren estar a los desafíos del nuevo orden mundial.
Julio Lascano y Vedia expone un diagnóstico integral de los signos del nuevo orden mundial en el siglo XXI y de los fenómenos que marcaron en el pasado la historia...
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Readers will discover the relationship between nature and nurture, unveiling the genetic predispositions and environmental influences that shape our aggressive tendencies. By examining various cultural, societal, and situational factors, this book unveils how aggression manifests differently across diverse contexts.
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