Abstract Despite their disagreements, proponents of deep engagement and offshore balancing share an optimistic but unrealistic assessment of U.S. military power. In particular, both sides…
Country or Region: United States
Abstract Technology has been long understood to play a central role in limiting the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Evolving nuclear technology, increased access to information,…
Summary On May 11, 1998, India began testing nuclear weapons. The world will never be the same. The Indian test of five atomic bombs, and…
Summary A leading international security strategist offers a compelling new way to “think about the unthinkable.” The cold war ended more than two decades ago,…
Summary The U.S. today faces the most complex and challenging security environment in recent memory— even as it deals with growing constraints on its ability…
Summary Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States has enjoyed unparalleled military power. The international system is therefore unipolar. A quarter of…
Summary The United States, Barry R. Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power,…
Abstract In the first decade of the 21st century China has been able to enter political, military and commercial deals with countries of the asean community, the…
Summary With particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this book examines the rise and fall of sea powers. In the Asia-Pacific region there has been…
Summary This book analyses North Korea’s foreign policy towards the United States during the Kim Jong Il era. Throughout these years, North Korea sought but…
Summary This book reconstructs and explains the arms relationship that successive U.S. administrations developed with the Shah of Iran between 1950 and 1979. This relationship…
Summary The Basel Accord – now commonly referred to as “Basel I” – has exerted a profound influence on international financial politics and domestic prudential…
Summary Twenty-five years after the Chernobyl explosion, disaster struck once again after a tsunami overwhelmed the considerable safety measures at the Fukushima nuclear power plant…
Summary The oil industry is the world’s largest commercial enterprise. Its extent is global; international issues are consistently influenced by considerations of oil production and…
Abstract Established military organizations, such as the U.S. military services, have many things – revered service traditions, stable bureaucratic structures, standard operating procedures, and of…
