wyszukanych pozycji: 15
The Information Revolution and the Arab World: Its Impact on State and Society
ISBN: 9781860642098 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Academics and representatives of government and business have co-operated to produce this multi-layered exploration of the current state of the information and communication revolution and its effect on Arab states and societies. The book offers an analysis of a variety of technological themes. These themes include global telecommunications trends and policies and their implications for national development; the information superhighway and education, business, the media, and finance; cultural imperialism and the widening of the information gap; and the impact of satellite DBS TV on...
Academics and representatives of government and business have co-operated to produce this multi-layered exploration of the current state of the inform...
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149,35 zł |
Africa and the Arab Spring: A New Era of Democratic Expectations
ISBN: 9781974364527 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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124,09 zł |
From Riches to Rags and from Rags to Riches
ISBN: 9781607914372 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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61,25 zł |
Privatization and Deregulation in the Gulf Energy Sector
ISBN: 9781860644115 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Leading industry specialists and scholars here assess the principal issues associated with the privatization and deregulation of the energy sector. Topics explored include oil production and refining, gas and electricity production, and their transmission and distribution. The book assesses the arguments for and against deregulation of the energy sector and highlights the political, legal, institutional, and resource requirements for successful implementation of a privatization program.
Leading industry specialists and scholars here assess the principal issues associated with the privatization and deregulation of the energy sector. To...
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121,68 zł |
The Balance of Power in South Asia
ISBN: 9781850433859 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume, the first of its kind, discusses the rationale behind the decision to conduct nuclear tests and the subsequent impact on the South Asian region and the Gulf. It offers the perspectives of India, Pakistan, China, and the Gulf countries, and examines the theoretical framework of balance of power politics. These questions are of enormous significance given the current levels of tension in the Indian sub-continent.
This volume, the first of its kind, discusses the rationale behind the decision to conduct nuclear tests and the subsequent impact on the South Asian ...
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121,68 zł |
Privatization and Deregulation in the Gulf Energy Sector
ISBN: 9781860644108 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Privatization of industries within the energy sector has been spreading globally since its small and uncertain beginnings in Britain in the early 1980s. Today, states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are actively examining the privatization of a number of key energy industries and energy-related infrastructure projects. This book provides both a practical and scholarly approach to the major issues relating to the privatization and deregulation of the energy sector. It includes discussions on oil, gas and electricity production, transmission and distribution. Assessing the arguments for...
Privatization of industries within the energy sector has been spreading globally since its small and uncertain beginnings in Britain in the early 1980...
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276,68 zł |
Leadership and Management in the Information Age
ISBN: 9781860647772 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume address the crucial issue of leadership and management in the context of globalization, information knowledge, and human resource and information management. Contributors explore the paradigms of successful leadership, implementing organizational change in public and private spheres, new techniques in human resource management, effective management of genetic engineering and biotechnology advances, emerging trends shaping the world economy, and the nature of defense and national security in a fluid global environment.
This volume address the crucial issue of leadership and management in the context of globalization, information knowledge, and human resource and info...
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138,29 zł |
The Gulf: Future Security and British Policy
ISBN: 9781850433828 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Defense policy makers from Britain and the Gulf analyze different aspects of British policy and its repercussions for Gulf security. Seeking to nurture defense and security dialogue, contributors examine both immediate and potential threats to Gulf security and underline the need for the Gulf countries to develop a greater range of consultative mechanisms. This book offers valuable perspectives on some of the more critical issues involved and provides interesting insight on the views held by prominent decision-makers, including Lord Robertson, General Sir Charles Guthrie, HH Sheikh Salman of...
Defense policy makers from Britain and the Gulf analyze different aspects of British policy and its repercussions for Gulf security. Seeking to nurtur...
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127,22 zł |
The Eastern Dimension of America's New European Allies
ISBN: 9781312298910 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 197 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This monograph provides a set of recommendations to the United States, NATO allies, and EU institutions in promoting a more consequential Eastern Dimension. Above all, the U.S. administration needs to clearly make the argument that progress toward stable states and secure democracies in a widening Europe and an expanding trans-Atlantic community that encompasses the Black Sea zone is in America's national interests and serves its strategic goals. The eventual inclusion of all East European states that are currently situated outside NATO and the creation of a wider Alliance would help expand...
This monograph provides a set of recommendations to the United States, NATO allies, and EU institutions in promoting a more consequential Eastern Dime...
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109,26 zł |
Nuclear Weapons in a Transformed World
ISBN: 9780312162023 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Nuclear Weapons in a Transformed World sets out to examine one of the most pressing issues of the twenty-first century: the future of nuclear weapons. Acknowledging the growing consensus that pushing nuclear weapons to the margins of world politics would represent the wisest political and moral choice for the United States, a stellar group of scholars has been assembled in this volume to analyze one solution to the problem: virtual nuclear arsenals. First proposed by Jonathan Schell in his 1984 book The Abolition, this option involves removing all nuclear weapons from operational status and...
Nuclear Weapons in a Transformed World sets out to examine one of the most pressing issues of the twenty-first century: the future of nuclear weapons....
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391,77 zł |
Toward an Understanding of Russia: New European Perspectives
ISBN: 9780876093108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) If Russia veers toward instability or a more severe dictatorship under President Vladimir Putin, the threat to its neighbours could be severe. Such a scenario would also present serious challenges for European integration and derail the process of rapprochement with the United States. To understand Russia's unsteady evolution, the Council on Foreign Relations organized an innovative international conference with analysts from the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe.
If Russia veers toward instability or a more severe dictatorship under President Vladimir Putin, the threat to its neighbours could be severe. Such a ...
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140,85 zł |
The Future of Oil as a Source of Energy
ISBN: 9789948000105 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. What is the future of oil as a primary source of energy? Is the world moving inexorably towards the end of the oil era? This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the future of oil by assessing the present realities and prospects of the oil sector, tracing the growth of alternative and renewable energy sources and examining the impact of environmental concerns. The volume also focuses on aspects of energy quality in the ongoing energy transition, highlights new technological developments in the oil industry and suggests ways to ensure price stability in the oil market.
What is the future of oil as a primary source of energy? Is the world moving inexorably towards the end of the oil era? This book provides a comprehen...
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709,67 zł |
Civil Wars: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780197575864 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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56,88 zł |
Adaptation under Fire: How Militaries Change in Wartime
ISBN: 9780197661703 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A critical look into how and why the U.S. military needs to become more adaptable. Every military must prepare for future wars despite not really knowing the shape such wars will ultimately take. As former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates once noted: "We have a perfect record in predicting the next war. We have never once gotten it right." In the face of such great uncertainty, militaries must be able to adapt rapidly in order to win. Adaptation under Fire identifies the characteristics that make militaries more adaptable, illustrated through historical examples and the recent wars in...
A critical look into how and why the U.S. military needs to become more adaptable. Every military must prepare for future wars despite not really kno...
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168,82 zł |
Crisis Stability and Nuclear Exchange Risks on the Subcontinent: Major Trends and the Iran Factor
ISBN: 9781505548709 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Since the mid-1970s, and especially since 1998, volumes have been written about nuclear weapons proliferation in Pakistan and India and the impact of this proliferation on stability and security on the Subcontinent. Other literature has focused on the manner in which decisions about strategic force structures in Pakistan, India, China and the United States connect to one another in discrete nuclear proliferation chains, driving decisions that impact an interconnected set of paired security dilemmas (Pakistan-India and India-China, India-China and China-U.S.). Over the past decade, a legion of...
Since the mid-1970s, and especially since 1998, volumes have been written about nuclear weapons proliferation in Pakistan and India and the impact of ...
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68,73 zł |