Patterns of Interstate Conflict from World War I to Iraq
This pioneering book explains the causes of war through a sustained combination of theoretical insights and detailed case studies from WWI to the Iraq War. Cashman and Robinson find that while all wars have multiple causes, specific factors typically combine in identifiable "dangerous patterns" that lead to bloody conflicts between countries.
This book explores how changes in the structure of the international system and technology incentivize major powers to adopt different types of military power-either the traditional threat and use of force, or "shaping" through the non-warfighting use of military organizations-to manage threats in world politics.
The Contested Politics of Post-Conflict Northern Ireland and Bosnia and
Offers a comparative study based on original readings of the peace agreements and of first-hand and academic accounts of the peacebuilding processes and post-conflict politics, up to the present period.
With the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq seemingly drawing down, and with new calls to focus on the threats of great power competition posed by states such as China and Russia on the rise, what will happen to U.S. capabilities for dealing with conflicts that occur in messy political-military environments? Irregular Soldiers and Rebellious States ......
The sixth edition begins with a brief introduction into foreign policymaking and the case study approach. Thirteen original case studies written expressly for this edited volume then follow. The cases deal with a wide range of policy areas: national security, homeland security, diplomacy, trade, immigration, epidemics, climate change, and Russian ......
With the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq seemingly drawing down, and with new calls to focus on the threats of great power competition posed by states such as China and Russia on the rise, what will happen to U.S. capabilities for dealing with conflicts that occur in messy political-military environments? Irregular Soldiers and Rebellious States ......
President George H. W. Bush and American Foreign Policy
This book brings together a distinguished collection of foreign policy practitioners - career and political - who participated in the unfolding of international events as part the Bush administration to provide insider perspective by the people charged with carrying them out.
Analysis of the FY 2021 Defense Budget from the CSIS Defense Budget Analysis program provides an in-depth assessment of the Trump administration's request for national defense funding in FY 2021.
Assassination is a tactic of contemporary terrorism that is understudied in the terrorism and political violence literatures. This book examines the use of assassination in terror campaigns and the political and societal repercussions of these political killings across target types.
