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1) World order
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Kissinger offers his analysis of the twenty-first century's ultimate challenge: how to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historic perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism.
Series
Publisher
Wiley Blackwell
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
This Handbook brings together 30 state-of-the-art essays covering the essential aspects of global security research and practice for the 21st century. Embraces a broad definition of security that extends beyond the threat of foreign military attack to cover new risks for violence Offers comprehensive coverage framed around key security concepts, risks, policy tools, and global security actors Discusses pressing contemporary issues including terrorism,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The teenage son of an U.S. MIA in Afghanistan hires Sean King and Michelle Maxwell--former Secret Service agents turned private investigators--to solve the mystery surrounding his father. But their investigation quickly leads to deeper, more troubling questions. Could Tyler's father really still be alive? What was his true mission? Could Tyler be the next target?
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Investigates how climate change impacts resource scarcity, migration, and conflict through the lens of US national security and global stability. Distinguished admirals, generals and military veterans take us beyond the headlines--unpacking how drought, extreme weather, and sea-level rise can all function as "accelerants of instability or conflict." These Pentagon insiders make the compelling case that, if left unchecked, these threats and risks will...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 195 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rising China, climate change, terrorism, a nuclear Iran, a turbulent Middle East, and a reckless North Korea present serious challenges to our national security. But the biggest threat to the United States comes not from abroad-but from within. Burgeoning deficit and debt, crumbling infrastructure, second class schools, and an outdated immigration system have resulted in a country less competitive and far more vulnerable than it should be. In Foreign...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 293 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on previously obscure reports and government documents, renowned security expert Klare shows that the U.S. military sees the climate threat as imperiling the country on several fronts at once.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
179 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
An argument that a strong, interventionist America remains the world's best hope against the return of international chaos. Kagan, who served in the State Department during the 1980s, sees the U.S. in retreat from its responsibility at a time when its leadership is needed most. "If Obama's policies put a dent in the liberal world order, Trump's statements and actions have been driving a stake through it," he writes. The 20th century elevated America...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
xix, 440 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Senior adviser and military analyst Barnett tells us how we get to the future he envisioned in The Pentagon's New Map. In this pragmatic, thought-provoking, and optimistic book, he explores both the long- and short-term pathways for governments, institutions, and individuals alike. Paying particular attention to such nations and regions as Iran, Iraq, and the Middle East, China, North Korea, Latin America, and Africa, he outlines the strategies to...
Author
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource#x1E
Language
English
Description
This book will raise awareness on emerging challenges of AIempowered cyber arms used in weapon systems and stockpiled in the global cyber arms race. Based on real life events, it provides a comprehensive analysis of cyber offensive and defensive landscape, analyses the cyber arms evolution from prank malicious codes into lethal weapons of mass destruction, reveals the scale of cyber offensive conflicts, explores cyber warfare mutation, warns about...
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