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"North Korea remains a puzzle to Americans. Seen primarily through images of its eccentric leaders and goose-stepping soldiers, it makes the front pages when it test launches its missiles or conducts a nuclear test as it did with two spectacular successes in the latter part of 2017. It is difficult for the general reader to assess the real danger North Korea and its current enigmatic leader, Kim Jong Un, pose. Does he have a nuclear button that could...
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With clarity and expertise, Joseph Cirincione presents an even-handed look at the history of nuclear proliferation and an optimistic vision of its future, providing a comprehensive survey of the wide range of critical perspectives.
Cirincione begins with the first atomic discoveries of the 1930s and covers the history of their growth all the way to current crisis with Iran. He unravels the science, strategy, and politics that have fueled the development...
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"After decades of campaigning, with the help of activists and diplomats, in 2017 the United Nations in New York signed the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty. This book covers the story of their collective activism-a story of courage and hope, as well as lessons learned, that will inform and inspire others working for social justice"--
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Arms control and nonproliferation treaties are among the fingers in the dike preventing the unthinkable nuclear, biological, and chemical catastrophe. For decades the ability to ascertain whether states are hiding germ weapons programs has been nonexistent because the 1975 bioweapons ban has no inspection measures. Yet, in 1995 a small United Nations inspection corps pulled off a spectacular verification feat in the face of concerted resistance from...
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A former nuclear weapons designer, Stephen M. Younger understands, as few others can, humankind's potential for violence. He knows that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction means that any nation, group, or even individual could cause unimaginable carnage-and the accelerating pace of communications and transportation means that things can happen faster than we can think about them. In Endangered Species, Younger peers into the heart of...
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Drawn from presentations at the Hoover Institution's conference on the twentieth anniversary of the Reykjavik summit, this collection of essays examines the legacy of that historic meeting between President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. The contributors discuss the new nuclear era and what the lessons of Reykjavik can mean for today's nuclear arms control efforts.
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Depuis une trentaine d'années, on a tendance à amplifier, parfois grossièrement, la portée de la mondialisation et à en déformer la réalité. Selon plusieurs, l'accélération de la mondialisation conduit à l'avènement d'un monde « sans frontières », exacerbant la concurrence entre les nations.
Ces critiques face à la mondialisation sont-elles justifiées? C'est en examinant les données sur la performance économique et sociale des...
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Para afianzar la guerra en el mercado, ésta fue convertida en algo permanente, total, preventivo; con un enemigo interno y difuso que pudiera ser cualquiera y estar en todas partes. Bajo la concepción y estrategia norteamericana, este sistema ha adquirido una dimensión violenta con la que se definen a conveniencia las amenazas y se construye cada tanto la concepción mundial de enemigo. No obstante, lo que impulsa a la economía estadounidense...
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objetivos y estrategias utilizadas por un actor no estatal (las FARC-
EP) para insertarse internacionalmente durante y después de la
guerra fría? La investigación surge a raíz de la constatación de una
ausencia de trabajos académicos que exploren, analicen o expliquen
la actividad internacional de un actor no estatal como las FARC-EP, y
los factores de orden nacional e internacional que han posibilitado
dicha actividad, especialmente al terminar...
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Nuclear-armed adversaries India and Pakistan have fought three wars since their creation as sovereign states in 1947. They went to the brink of a fourth in 2001 following an attack on the Indian parliament, which the Indian government blamed on the Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist organizations. Despite some attempts at rapprochement in the intervening years, a new standoff between the two countries was precipitated when...
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Más conocida por su guerra civil, Colombia es un país diestro en buscar negociaciones con guerrillas, paramilitares y narcos, pero ha sido mucho menos diestra en la construcción de unas instituciones políticas eficaces, de un territorio integrado y de una sociedad decente.
Este ensayo recorre la historia de esos múltiples intentos de paz "tan antiguos como el conflicto armado". Está escrito por quien ha sido testigo del último gran intento...
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temas como la problemática ambiental, la creación de mecanismos para procesar a excombatientes acogidos a procesos de paz, la búsqueda del equilibrio contractual y social en supuestos de corrupción privada, la necesidad de proteger a la mujer de la violencia de género, la administración de justicia y el acceso a esta, los distintos mecanismos extrajurídicos para la solución de conflictos, la justicia constitucional, la justicia en el plano...
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The book shows that from the last two decades of the twentieth century and the end of the Cold War in 1991, a shift occurred in inter-American geopolitics as the United States emerged as the dominant global structural power. The post-Cold War international relations and new geopolitics are predominantly driven by geoeconomic rationales and outclass the old Cold War geopolitics overwhelmingly dominated by state politics and security strategies. The...
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In every decade of the nuclear era, one or two states have developed nuclear weapons despite the international community's opposition to proliferation. In the coming years, the breakdown of security arrangements, especially in the Middle East and Northeast Asia, could drive additional countries to seek their own nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) weapons and missiles. This likely would produce greater instability, more insecure states, and further...
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In November 1983, Soviet nuclear forces went on high alert. After months nervously watching increasingly assertive NATO military posturing, Soviet intelligence agencies in Western Europe received flash telegrams reporting alarming activity on U. S. bases. In response, the Soviets began planning for a countdown to a nuclear first strike by NATO on Eastern Europe. And then Able Archer 83, a vast NATO war game exercise that modeled a Soviet attack on...
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"Few issues in international affairs and energy security animate thinkers more than the classic topic of hegemony, and the case of the Persian Gulf presents particularly fertile ground for considering this concept. Since the 1970s, the region has undergone tumultuous changes, with dramatic shifts in the diplomatic, military, and economic roles of the United States, China, and Russia. In this book, Steve A. Yetiv and Katerina Oskarsson offer a panoramic...
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Was there ever a window of opportunity for successful negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons program? Negotiation Dynamics to Denuclearize North Korea brings together country experts with negotiation specialists to apply negotiation theory to the North Korea denuclearization process. Country expert chapters provide a detailed assessment of the goals, motives, and strategies of the six parties-North Korea, South Korea, the United States, China,...
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En mars 2013, une coalition hétéroclite de groupes armés, la Séléka, renverse le président Bozizé de la République centrafricaine (RCA), au pouvoir depuis 2003. Ce coup d'État réduit à néant plus de quinze années d'effort de consolidation de la paix et confirme l'extrême fragilité des institutions centrafricaines. Il force également la communauté internationale à s'interroger sur la pertinence de ces interventions, dont celles des...
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The mortal danger of nuclear weapons is unique in its terrifying potential for devastation on an unprecedented and unimaginable scale. In this book, Sidney D. Drell and James E. Goodby-each with more than twenty years' experience in national security issues both in public and private capacities-review the main policy issues surrounding nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. They address the specific actions that the community of nations-with American...
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In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the prime minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, launched a new defense and security strategy for Australia. This strategy reset puts Australia on the path of enhanced defense capabilities. The change represents a serious shift in its policies towards China, and in reworking alliance relationships going forward. "Joint by Design" is focused on Australian policy, but it is about preparing liberal democracies around...
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