Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
How is critical thinking taught? How will the next generation cope with an ever-changing and increasingly complex world? These are questions that the Grand Strategy program at Yale seeks to address. The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy seeks to revive the study and practice of grand strategy by devising methods to teach that subject at the graduate and undergraduate levels, by training future leaders to think about and implement grand strategies...
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Cold War's Turning Points" offers a riveting exploration of two of the most critical events during the Kennedy presidency: the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. These consecutive events, spanning a tumultuous year and a half, would come to define the trajectory of the Cold War, test the resolve of the Kennedy administration, and reshape global geopolitics.Key aspects addressed in the book include:Prelude to Invasion: A deep dive...
Author
Language
English
Description
Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy is a biography of Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons written by Thomas Legh, Baron Newton, who served as a member of Lord Lyons's staff at the Paris Embassy. Newton collected Lord's carefully preserved correspondence and draw upon his own diary and recollections to compile this biography of an eminent British diplomat, the favourite of Queen Victoria. Lyons was the most influential British diplomat during each...
Author
Language
English
Description
Does America, as George W. Bush has proclaimed, have a special mission, derived from God, to bring liberty and democracy to the world? How much influence does the Christian right have over U.S. foreign policy? And how should America deal with violent Islamist extremists? Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of state and bestselling author of Madam Secretary, offers a thoughtful and often surprising look at the role of religion in shaping America's...
Author
Language
English
Description
Mediation has become a common technique for terminating violent conflicts both within and between states; while mediation has a strong record in reducing hostilities, it is not without its own problems. In The Mediation Dilemma, Kyle Beardsley highlights its long-term limitations. The result of this oft-superficial approach to peacemaking, immediate and reassuring as it may be, is often a fragile peace. With the intervention of a third-party mediator,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Driving Factors" delves into the intricate world of European mini-states, offering a nuanced exploration of the economic and political forces that shape their foreign policy decisions. Despite their diminutive size and populations, these mini-states, such as Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino, and Andorra, wield significant influence in specific areas of global affairs, driven by unique motivations and historical contexts.Key insights covered in the...
Author
Language
Español
Description
Esta es la primera publicación del recién fundado Instituto de Estudios Europeos (IEE) de la Universidad del Norte en Barranquilla. el objetivo de esta compilación es propiciar un acercamiento a la comprensión de las relaciones políticas y económicas entre Colombia y la Unión Europea.
Author
Language
English
Description
Depicted as an insular and forbidding police state with an "insane" dictator at its helm, North Korea-charter member of Bush's "Axis of Evil"-is a country the U.S. loves to hate. Now the CIA says it possesses nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, as well as long-range missiles capable of delivering them to America's West Coast. But, as Bruce Cumings demonstrates in this provocative, lively read, the story of the U.S.-Korea conflict is more complex...
Author
Language
English
Description
How did the world's most warlike continent become its most peaceful one? Mehta argues that the process of political integration through the European Union has eliminated the reasons for conflict, and that this same model can be exported to Africa, The Americas, Asia, Australasia, and the Middle East and North Africa region, providing a promising glimpse of world peace.
Author
Language
English
Description
We are living in times of unprecedented globalisation. Instead of making the world multipolar, history is being repeated as corporates blur the sovereign boundaries and indulge in the cartelization of resources. The world has always been at war over resources behind the façade of trade, politics, religion and ideology. Though the global order has evolved, the key has always been geography for "he who controls the geography, controls the resources...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842, which led to the settlement of the Canadian boundary dispute, was instrumental in maintaining peace between Great Britain and the United States. Jones analyzes the events that aggravated relations to show the affect of America's states' rights policy, and he concludes that the two countries signed the treaty because they considered it the wisest alternative to war, not because of the often-claimed strategic distribution...
Author
Language
English
Description
Wages of Appeasement explores the reasons why a powerful state gives in to aggressors. It tells the story of three historical examples of appeasement: the greek city-states of the fourth century b. c., which lost their freedom to Philip II of Macedon; England in the twenties and thirties, and the failure to stop Germany's aggression that led to World War II; and America's current war against Islamic jihad and the 30-year failure to counter Iran's...
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Sin desconocer la trascendencia de las condicionantes externas, los autores de El modelo de desarrollo peruano en la integración al Asia-Pacífico plantean que los cambios producidos en el Perú entre 1990 y 2008, durante cuatro gobiernos distintos, constituyen un determinante interno que permite comprender el acercamiento del país al Asia-Pacífico, región clave para el afianzamiento económico del Perú. Así, este libro amplía la discusión...
Author
Language
English
Description
Income levels have risen sharpley in China during the last two decades. Although just 2% of all Chinese have hot, running water, virtually all households have televisions. This personal, intelligent book addresses these sweeping changes and how they are forming modern China.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Unveiling the Tapestry" takes readers on a riveting journey through the African continent, unraveling the intricate web of borders that today define its nations. At the heart of this exploration is the profound and often contentious legacy of European colonialism, which, through arbitrary divisions and geopolitical maneuverings, laid down borders that continue to shape Africa's politics, cultures, and identities.Highlighted components of the book...
Author
Language
English
Description
Korean Peninsula, A Pawn on the Geopolitical Chessboard is Asian Warrior's second book after gaining critical acclaim for The New Global Order. The book authored by Naveen Tomar, Navroop Singh and Himja Parekh focuses on the Korean Peninsula which has been divided between North and South Korea. The world has always been at war over resources behind the façade of trade, politics, religion and ideology. Though the global order has evolved, the key...
Author
Language
English
Description
Soon after the American Revolution, the United States began to recognize the strategic significance of Asia and the Pacific and its vast material and cultural resources. Many asked whether the United States should partner with China, which operates at the center of Asia, or Japan, which is located in the middle of the Pacific. Where should the United States draw its defensive line, and how should it export democratic principles? In a history that...
Author
Language
English
Description
This in-depth analysis goes behind the headlines to understand why crucial negotiations fail. The author argues that diplomats often enter negotiations with flawed assumptions about human behavior, sovereignty, and power. Essentially, the international community is using a model of European diplomacy dating back to the 18th century to solve the complex problems of the 21st century. Through numerous examples, the author shows that the key failure in...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Yasser Arafat's incremental conquest of Israel was learned at the feet of the North Vietnamese in 1970. The Vietnamese told the Arab leadership that they accepted the fact that victory in Vietnam would take many years, during which it would be necessary to temporarily accept the division of the country into two states, while they worked for a shift in the balance of power. In this, the Vietnamese were smart enough to permit the Americans to save...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Cuban Revolution was a catalyst in shaping American foreign policy over the past generation. Welch's study is the first detailed evaluation of U.S. policy toward Cuba in the early years of the Castro regime and the first effort to analyze public sentiment during that crucial period. Our response to Cuba was a mirror of our Cold War assumptions and frustrations--and of our apprehensions concerning revolutionary movements abroad.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request