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“john garofano”

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  • Deep Currents and Rising Tides

    The Indian Ocean and International Security

    by John Garofano, Andrea J. Dew, Sarah A. Emerson, Vivek S. Mathur, John Martin, Clive Schofield, Robin Warner, Michael Richardson, Andrew C. Winner0, Moeed Yusuf1, Jing-dong Yuan2, James R. Holmes3, Toshi Yoshihara4, James Kraska5, Emrys Chew6, Timothy D. Hoyt7 ...
    The Indian Ocean region has rapidly emerged as a hinge point in the changing global balance of power and the geographic nexus of economic and security issues with vital global consequences. The security of energy supplies, persistent poverty and its contribution to political extremism, piracy, and related threats to seaborne trade, competing nuclear powers, and possibly the scene of future clashes ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Resource Wars

    The New Landscape of Global Conflict

    by Michael T. Klare ...
    This sobering look at the future of warfare predicts that conflicts will now be fought over diminishing supplies of our most precious natural resources.From the barren oilfields of Central Asia to the lush Nile delta, from the busy shipping lanes of the South China Sea to the uranium mines and diamond fields of sub-Saharan Africa, Resource Wars looks at the growing impact of resource scarcity on ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Restraint

    A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy

    by Barry R. Posen ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
    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, it has pursued a grand strategy that he calls "liberal hegemony," one that Posen sees as unnecessary, counterproductive, costly, and wasteful. Written for policymakers and observers alike, Restraint explains precisely why this ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon

    Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace

    by Shannon D. Beebe, Mary H. Kaldor ...
    The twenty-first century has seen millions unemployed. It has seen livelihoods undermined by environmental degradation. Middle-class cities in Europe, Asia, and Africa have become cauldrons of violence and resentment. Tribalism, ethnic nationalism, and religious fundamentalism have flared dangerously, from Russia to Spain. The use of force is unlikely to help. What works when counter-insurgency ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Maritime Private Security

    Market Responses to Piracy, Terrorism and Waterborne Security Risks in the 21st Century

    Edited by Patrick Cullen, Claude Berube ...
    Series series Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
    This book examines the evolution, function, problems and prospects of private security companies in the maritime sector.The private security industry continues to evolve after its renaissance over the past few decades, first in Africa, and later in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite this, little academic work has been done to date on the role of private security in the maritime environment. This lacuna ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The End of Grand Strategy

    US Maritime Operations in the Twenty-First Century

    by Simon Reich, Peter Dombrowski ...
    In The End of Grand Strategy, Simon Reich and Peter Dombrowski challenge the common view of grand strategy as unitary. They eschew prescription of any one specific approach, chosen from a spectrum that stretches from global primacy to restraint and isolationism, in favor of describing what America's military actually does, day to day. They argue that a series of fundamental recent changes in the ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The Future of Land Warfare

    by Michael E. O'Hanlon ...
    Series series Geopolitics in the 21st Century
    What happens if we bet too heavily on unmanned systems, cyber warfare, and special operations in our defense?In today's U.S. defense policy debates, big land wars are out. Drones, cyber weapons, special forces, and space weapons are in. Accordingly, Pentagon budget cuts have honed in on the army and ground forces: this, after the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, seems like an appealing idea. No ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Global Security in the Twenty-First Century

    The Quest for Power and the Search for Peace

    by Sean Kay ...
    This thoroughly updated edition of Global Security in the Twenty-First Century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas throughout the world. Sean Kay assesses the impact of the global economic crisis on international security and considers how the range of thinking about power and peace has evolved in relation to major flashpoints including in the Middle East, Asia, and ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Asian Maritime Strategies

    Navigating Troubled Waters

    by Bernard D Cole USN (Ret.) ...
    This book is concerned with both the national security concerns of Asian maritime nations and the security of the Asian maritime commons. These are defined as the Pacific and Indian Oceans and associated seas, bays, and gulfs, with their included sea lines of communication (SLOCs). The most useful geographical designation for maritime Asia is the “Indo-Pacific.” Bernard Cole provides both a survey ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Violence at Sea

    Piracy in the Age of Global Terrorism

    by Peter Lehr ...
    Violence at Sea is an overview of maritime piracy, examining threats that piracy poses to global security and commerce, as well as measures and policies to mitigate the threat. The essays analyze piracy activities in key shipping lanes (including the African coast, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Straits of Malacca-South China Sea); piratical groups and their capabilities; case studies ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Naval Strategy and Security

    Edited by Joachim Krause, Sebastian Bruns ...
    This new handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the issues facing naval strategy and security in the twenty-first century.Featuring contributions from some of the world’s premier researchers and practitioners in the field of naval strategy and security, this handbook covers naval security issues in diverse regions of the world, from the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean to the Arctic and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Nuclear Weapons and International Security

    Collected Essays

    by Ramesh Thakur ...
    Series series Routledge Global Security Studies
    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 ... Read more

    $63.99 USD