Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> Geopolitics

Why do some leaders and segments of the public display remarkable persistence in confrontations in international politics, while others cut and run? The answer given by policymakers, pundits, and political scientists usually relates to issues of resolve. Yet, though we rely on resolve to explain almost every phenomenon in international politics--from prevailing at the bargaining table to winning on the battlefield--we don't understand what it is, how it works, or where it comes from. Resolve in International Politics draws on a growing body of research in psychology and behavioral...

Mike Rosen is now in his twenty-ninth year as an award-winning talk show host on 850 KOA Radio in Denver. He's an editorial-page columnist for the Denver Post, holds an MBA degree from the University of Denver, was a corporate finance executive for Samsonite and Beatrice Foods, served as Special Assistant for Financial Management to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy at the Pentagon, and is a veteran of the U.S. Army.

For many years, people have been urging me to write a book. My excuse has always been that I just don't have the time. And unlike...

This book draws on over seventy interviews, fieldwork in five countries, and a comprehensive survey of government documents, media reports and scholarly literature. It examines multilateralism, trade and security, as well as the pattern of bilateral relations in South America, the Global South, and with China and the USA to trace how Brazil formulates its transformative foreign policy agenda and works to implement it regionally and globally.

Specific focus is given to tracing how and why Brazil has moved onto the global stage, leveraging its regional predominance in South...

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TITLE: ALL HIS BRIGHT LIGHT GONE

SUBTITLE: The Death of John F. Kennedy and the Decline of America

AUTHOR: Peter McKenna

ISBN: 978-0-997132-0-0

FORMAT: soft cover

DESCRIPTION: The book explores how the United States declined after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Its premise is that Kennedy understood that this country was originally designed by the Founding Fathers to be a democratic republic, and that it must remain a democratic republic if it is to survive. In a remarkably short time, Kennedy created a modern-day version...

Previously published as Naked Diplomacy.

Who will be in power in the 21st century? Governments? Big business? Internet titans? And how do we influence the future?

Digital technology is changing power at a faster rate than any time in history. Distrust is fuelling political uncertainty; inequality is fuelling economic uncertainty; and massive technological change is fuelling existential uncertainty. The scaffolding built around the 20th century global order is fragile, and the checks and balances created over centuries to protect liberty are being tested, maybe to destruction....

The recent uncertainties over the South China Sea have become one major issue in the relations between China and Southeast Asian countries. The South China Sea issue, however, is countered by the deepening economic integration between China and Southeast Asia, which is likely to continue should China's proposal for a 21st Century Maritime Silk Road is agreed and implemented. Yet the success or not of this proposal depends also on the interactions in the political-security sphere between both sides.

Southeast Asia and China: A Contest in Mutual Socialization brings together...

Japan's new politics challenge some basic assumptions about U.S.-Japan alliance management. From the election of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in 2009 to the return of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in 2012, this new era of alternating parties in power has revealed the growing importance of Japan's domestic politics in shaping alliance cooperation. The fluidity in electoral outcomes in recent parliamentary elections reveals the extent of Japanese voter frustration with the government. A divided Diet challenged the Japanese government's ability to implement policy. Policy reform...