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Civil wars are among the most difficult problems in world politics. While mediation, intervention, and peacekeeping have produced some positive results in helping to end civil wars, they fall short in preventing them in the first place. In Incentivizing Peace, Jaroslav...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-01-24
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From the rising significance of non-state actors to the increasing influence of regional powers, the nature and conduct of international politics has arguably changed dramatically since the height of the Cold War. Yet much of the literature on deterrence and compellence...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-12-27
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All democracies have had to contend with the challenge of tolerating hidden spy services within otherwise relatively transparent governments. Democracies pride themselves on privacy and liberty, but intelligence organizations have secret budgets, gather information...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-12-01
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This book uniquely employs risk and vulnerability approaches to advocate international policy options for enhancing maritime security cooperation in the Indian Ocean region. Understanding shared risks and common vulnerabilities that impact the achievement of mutual...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-11-03
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Goetz Herrmann untersucht die theoretischen Implikationen und begrifflichen Voraussetzungen der derzeit dominierenden Verständnisse von Bedrohung und Sicherheit in der EU und deren Auswirkungen für die Bestimmung von Funktion und Aufgabe von Grenzen in und um Europa....
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-10-31
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This edited volume provides scholars and practitioners with an in-depth examination of the role of civil-military cooperation in addressing hybrid threats. As they combine the simultaneous employment of conventional and non-conventional tools and target not only...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-08-29
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This book identifies and explains the functional and ideational boundaries regarding what states and Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) both do and possess regarding land power, sea power, and air power. Whereas the mercenaries, privateers, and chartered...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-08-02
Collection :
New Security Challenges
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A stable and reliable energy supply is of critical importance and enhances resilience against political and economic pressures. As was noted during the NATO Warsaw Summit in 2016, energy developments could have significant political and security implications for the...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-07-15
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This handbook provides a detailed analysis of threats and risk in the international system and of how governments and their intelligence services must adapt and function in order to manage the evolving security environment. This environment, now and for the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-07-05
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“Over the past dozen years special operations forces (SOF) have been one of the few areas of growth and expansion in a number of militaries. This growth and expansion, however, has not been mirrored by a comparable one in academic inquiries into the subject. Special...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-05-25
Collection :
New Security Challenges
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President Obama was elected on an anti-war platform, yet targeted killings have increased under his command of the 'War on Terror'. The US thinks of itself as upholding the rule of international law and spreading democracy, yet such targeted killings have been widely...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-05-15
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One of the most pressing challenges in the fight against terror is the way in which terrorist organizations have developed uniquely effective recruitment tools. Terrorist groups such as ISIS have successfully indoctrinated followers from all over the world, expanding...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-05-15
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The term ‘foreign fighters’ describes nationals of one state who – for whatever variety of reasons and motives – travel abroad to take part in a conflict in another state without the promise of financial reward.The majority of attention has so far been focused on the...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-05-15
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At the time of its adoption in October 2000, United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) was hailed as a turning point for women involved in conflicts, peacemaking, peacekeeping and post-conflict reconstruction. Resolution 1325...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-05-15
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Never before have technological advances had so great an impact on security—not only increasing the nature and level of threats, but also for the possibility of providing the means to address the threats. Technologies that could increase security include ubiquitous and...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-03-15
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The study of strategic surprise has long concentrated on important failures that resulted in catastrophes such as Pearl Harbor and the September 11th attacks, and the majority of previously published research in the field determines that such large-scale military...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-03-03
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In common with many other parts of the world, the region of South Eastern Europe (SEE) faces a significant terrorist threat. Countering this threat represents a major security challenge for government agencies in the region and their partners, and although important...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-02-15
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This book offers a discursive analysis of the Turkish Foreign Policy on Humanitarian Interventions (HI) and the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). Across the chapters the author addresses important questions, such as: what is the position of the HI and R2P...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-07
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As the world shifts away from the unquestioned American hegemony that followed in the wake of the Cold War, the United States is likely to face new kinds of threats and sharper resource constraints than it has in the past. However, the country's alliances, military...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-11-01
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Hybrid conflicts are characterized by multi-layered efforts to undermine the functioning of the State or polarize society.
This book presents results, recommendations and best practices from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) ""Critical Infrastructure Protection...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2016-10-15
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