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Contemporary Violence: Postmodern War in Kosovo and Chechnya
ISBN: 9780719095665 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contemporary Violence: Postmodern War in Kosovo and Chechnya draws on several years of field research, as well as interpretive IR theory and analysis of empirical source material so as to shed light on contemporary violence. Drawing on interpretive approaches to International Relations, the book argues that founding events and multiple contexts informed the narratives deployed by different members of each movement, illustrating why elements within the Kosovo Liberation Army and the armed forces of the Chechen republic of Ichkeria favoured regional and local strategies of war in the Balkans...
Contemporary Violence: Postmodern War in Kosovo and Chechnya draws on several years of field research, as well as interpretive IR theory and analysis ...
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102,43 |
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Iran and the Bomb 2: A New Hope
ISBN: 9780876095836 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No issue on the foreign policy agenda is more controversial than how to deal with Iran's nuclear program, and Foreign Affairs continues to dominate the debate.
This special collection, Iran and the Bomb 2: A New Hope, pulls together a broad range of pieces that illuminate Iran's turn toward negotiations, the pros and cons of the interim agreement, and the geopolitical and psychological intricacies of the crucial U.S.-Iranian-Israeli triangle. The authors include world-renowned experts from several disciplines and professional backgrounds, and their arguments span every significant... No issue on the foreign policy agenda is more controversial than how to deal with Iran's nuclear program, and Foreign Affairs continues to dominate th...
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79,62 |
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North Korea and Regional Security in the Kim Jong-Un Era: A New International Security Dilemma
ISBN: 9781137400062 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study is one of the very first to analyze North Korea and the challenges that it presents to international security and community, by looking through the prism of the first two years of the Kim Jong-un regime.
This study is one of the very first to analyze North Korea and the challenges that it presents to international security and community, by looking thr...
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229,43 |
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Tactical Nuclear Weapons and NATO
ISBN: 9781479181957 / Angielski / Miękka / 540 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. he role and future of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe are subjects that sometimes surprise even experts in international security, primarily because it is so often disconcerting to remember that these weapons still exist. Many years ago, an American journalist wryly noted that the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was "a subject that drives the dagger of boredom deep, deep into the heart"- a dismissive quip which would have remained true right up until the moment World War III broke out. The same goes for tactical nuclear weapons: compared to the momentous issues that...
he role and future of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe are subjects that sometimes surprise even experts in international security, primarily becaus...
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97,74 |
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Nuclear Politics
ISBN: 9781446282137 / Angielski / Twarda / 1664 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the Cold War ended more than two decades ago and global nuclear stockpiles have shrunk dramatically, there are still around 18,000 nuclear warheads distributed among nine nuclear armed states. Against the backdrop of continual political tensions and conflict, the nuclear issue will continue to dominate headlines for several decades into the future.
This new four-volume Major Work explores this important issue and aims to introduce readers to the key arguments and authors in the field. With such a wide variety of theoretical approaches and substantive topics under the... While the Cold War ended more than two decades ago and global nuclear stockpiles have shrunk dramatically, there are still around 18,000 nuclear warhe...
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Strategic Cultural Change and the Challenge for Security Policy: Germany and the Bundeswehr's Deployment to Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781137383785 / Angielski / Twarda / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For more than a decade, international troops have been deployed to Afghanistan. Out of all NATO members, this mission was the most difficult for Germany that had thus far never engaged in combat and offensive military activities. This book analyses how Germany's experiences in Afghanistan have changed the country's strategic culture.
For more than a decade, international troops have been deployed to Afghanistan. Out of all NATO members, this mission was the most difficult for Germa...
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402,53 |
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Analyzing the Drone Debates: Targeted Killing, Remote Warfare, and Military Technology
ISBN: 9781137393074 / Angielski / Twarda / 147 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book examines principal arguments for and against the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and 'targeted killing.' Addressing both sides of the argument with clear and cogent details, the book provides a thorough introduction to ongoing debate about the future of warfare and its ethical implications.
The book examines principal arguments for and against the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and 'targeted killing.' Addressing both sid...
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201,24 |
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The North Korean Nuclear Weapons Crisis: The Nuclear Taboo Revisited?
ISBN: 9781137386533 / Angielski / Twarda / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jina Kim investigates how North Korea rationalized its pursuit of nuclear weapons programs for more than two decades, by exploring the dialectical development of the nuclear crisis and the obstacles generated by complex internal Korean dynamics and conflicting interests amongst the major players concerned.
Jina Kim investigates how North Korea rationalized its pursuit of nuclear weapons programs for more than two decades, by exploring the dialectical dev...
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201,24 |
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Nuclear South Asia: Keywords and Concepts
ISBN: 9781138795730 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This dictionary provides a comprehensive and ready guide to the key concepts, issues, persons, and technologies related to the nuclear programmes of India and Pakistan and other South Asian states. This will serve as a useful reference especially as the nuclear issue continues to be an important domestic and international policy concern. This dictionary provides a comprehensive and ready guide to the key concepts, issues, persons, and technologies related to the nuclear programmes o... |
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754,51 |
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The Strategic Survey 2014: The Annual Review of World Affairs
ISBN: 9781857437447 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Strategic Survey 2014 is the annual review of world affairs from The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). It argues that changing patterns in international relations make it vital for the world s businesses to carry out geopolitical due diligence. The resurgence of major-power geopolitics was the striking feature of international affairs in the year to mid-2014. Russia and Europe competed for influence in Ukraine, where a revolution in support of closer integration with Europe was followed by Moscow s annexation of Crimea and a pro-Russian insurgency in... The Strategic Survey 2014 is the annual review of world affairs from The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). It argues t... |
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632,81 |
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Japan and the War on Terror: Military Force and Political Pressure in the US-Japanese Alliance
ISBN: 9781780763699 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The role of the Far East is becoming increasingly important in global geopolitics. Japan's economic might and sphere of geographical influence, between China, North Korea and the US, means it has the potential to be a major ally in the war on terror. While Japan's constitution does not allow for militarism or acts of war, in the post 9/11 world the use of the Japanese nation's 'Self-Defence Force' has become increasingly normal - a result of the exploitation of legal loopholes and political double-speak that has been used to bypass Japan's pacifist ideology. Here, Michael Penn assesses the...
The role of the Far East is becoming increasingly important in global geopolitics. Japan's economic might and sphere of geographical influence, betwee...
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666,12 |
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Nuclear Weapons and International Security: Collected Essays
ISBN: 9781138787551 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume brings together more than three decades of research and writings by Professor Ramesh Thakur on the challenges posed by nuclear weapons. Following an introduction to the current nuclear state of play, the book addresses the challenge of nuclear weapons in three parts. Part I describes the scholar-practitioner interface in trying to come to grips with this challenge, the main policy impact on security strategy, and the various future nuclear scenarios. Part II addresses regional nuclear challenges from the South Pacific to East, South and West Asia and thereby highlights... This volume brings together more than three decades of research and writings by Professor Ramesh Thakur on the challenges posed by nuclear weapons.... |
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730,17 |
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Contrasting Perspectives on Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe: Understanding the Current Debates: Unoda Occasional Papers No.24
ISBN: 9789211422955 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This series of ad hoc publications deals with topical issues in the field of arms limitation, disarmament and international security and are intended primarily for those concerned with these matters in Government, civil society and in the academic community. This issue focuses on tactical nuclear weapon (TNW) reduction, both in the US and Europe. Despite the many debates, little has been done in recent years to reduce or eliminate the forward-deployed NATO nuclear weapons. This paper presents an overview of relevant discussion points ranging from a brief historic outline, theoretical and...
This series of ad hoc publications deals with topical issues in the field of arms limitation, disarmament and international security and are intended ...
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58,37 |
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Civil Society and Disarmament 2013: Ngo Presentations to the Open-Ended Working Group on Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations
ISBN: 9789211422962 / Angielski / Miękka / 69 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This publication contains the statements by representatives of non-governmental organizations that were delivered from 14 to 23 May 2013 during the informal thematic discussions at the meeting, held in Geneva, of the Open-ended Working Group to develop proposals to take forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations for the achievement and maintenance of a world without nuclear weapons.
This publication contains the statements by representatives of non-governmental organizations that were delivered from 14 to 23 May 2013 during the in...
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58,37 |
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The Abm Treaty: To Defend or Not to Defend?
ISBN: 9780198291237 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Among the measures employed to stabilize the strategic relationship between the East and the West in the nuclear age, the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty is of profound importance. This cooperative agreement to limit offensive and defensive strategic forces has recently been challenged by the allure of new technology, including the proposed Space-based Defense System (SDI). Coinciding with the third ABM Treaty Review Conference, this study by an international roster of renowned scholars and policy-makers--including two negotiators of the 1972 Treaty--gives insight into the...
Among the measures employed to stabilize the strategic relationship between the East and the West in the nuclear age, the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile ...
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114,63 |
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De Truman a Obama: Poder, Militarismo y Estrategia Antimisil de los EEUU
ISBN: 9780976207085 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work, focused on the hegemonic power and exacerbated militarism that represent projects and realities like the anti-missile "defense" conceived by different administrations in the US after World War II, is a thorough investigation into this problem. The author searched on the origins of the American military project and the evolution of military science and technology during the four decades of the so-called "Cold War" and in the context of the landscape of contemporary international politics and the great confrontation with the then Soviet adversary. The research is framed within the...
This work, focused on the hegemonic power and exacerbated militarism that represent projects and realities like the anti-missile "defense" conceived b...
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115,74 |
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Sleepwalking with the Bomb
ISBN: 9781936599189 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this updated and expanded second edition, Sleepwalking with the Bomb shows how we can forestall nuclear catastrophe. It offers familiar faces, cases and places to illustrate how the civilized world can face the most pressing nuclear dangers. Drawing from both history and current events, John Wohlstetter assembles in one place an integrated, coherent and concise picture that explains how best to avoid the "apocalyptic trinity"--suicide, genocide and surrender--in confronting emerging nuclear threats.
In this updated and expanded second edition, Sleepwalking with the Bomb shows how we can forestall nuclear catastrophe. It offers familiar faces, case...
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99,57 |
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Russian Foreign Policy Toward Missile Defense: Actors, Motivations, and Influence
ISBN: 9780739183847 / Angielski / Twarda / 390 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is devoted to one of the central issues in U.S.-Russian and NATO-Russian relations--ballistic missile defense. Drawing on more than 2,000 primary sources, interviews with Russian and NATO officials, and a variety of Russian and Western publications, this book offers an unparalleled, in-depth analysis of the reasons behind Russia's policy towards the construction of a U.S ballistic missile defense in Europe. It provides a critical assessment of the decision-making mechanisms that shape Russia's position on ballistic missile defense, as well as Russia's strategic relations with the...
This book is devoted to one of the central issues in U.S.-Russian and NATO-Russian relations--ballistic missile defense. Drawing on more than 2,000 pr...
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608,48 |
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Nuclear Desire: Power and the Postcolonial Nuclear Order
ISBN: 9780816680986 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
In Nuclear Desire, Biswas proposes that pursuit and production of nuclear power...
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107,05 |
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President John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Grand and Global Alliance: World Order for the New Century
ISBN: 9781497338722 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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