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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The history of Pakistan's nuclear program is the history of Pakistan. Fascinated with the new nuclear science, the young nation's leaders launched a nuclear energy program in 1956 and consciously interwove nuclear developments into the broader narrative of Pakistani nationalism. Then, impelled first by the 1965 and 1971 India-Pakistan Wars, and more urgently by India's first nuclear weapon test in 1974, Pakistani senior officials tapped into the country's...
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Published just days before the ink was dry on the treaty with Iran, author Mehdi Sarram holds a postgraduate degree from the University of Michigan, a professional engineer with 47 years of nuclear experience and has traveled to 38 countries with nuclear programs. He was a US Atomic Energy Commission Senior Reactor Operator in 1965. Mr. Sarram was a professor at the University of Tehran 1968-1974 and one of eight directors of the Atomic Energy Organization...
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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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Despite the fact that arms manufacturing in most Western nations ultimately represents vast fortunes of public funds flowing into private coffers for products that deal in injury or death, the industry is usually represented as a source of national pride. So pervasive is its influence that when it comes to matters of spending on arms, the tail often wags the dog, with the requirements of the industry being put before effective strategy. In this easy-to-read...
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With tensions between Iran, Israel, and Western powers reaching new highs over the Islamic Republics nuclear enrichment program, the tenth edition of the Munk Debates investigates how the world should respond to Iran's nuclear ambitions. For some, the case for a pre-emptive strike on Iran is ironclad. An Iranian bomb would flood the volatile Middle East with nuclear weapons and trap Israel in a state of perilous insecurity along with much of the...
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Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "SEAD0212 - VIGILANCIA, SEGURIDAD PRIVADA Y PROTECCIÓN DE EXPLOSIVOS". Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
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