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  • How Rivalries End

    by Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, Sumit Ganguly ...
    Rivalry between nations has a long and sometimes bloody history. Not all political opposition culminates in war—the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union is one example—but in most cases competition between nations and peoples for resources and strategic advantage does lead to violence: nearly 80 percent of the wars fought since 1816 were sparked by contention between rival ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • How Rivalries End

    by Karen Rasler, William R. Thompson, Sumit Ganguly ...
    Rivalry between nations has a long and sometimes bloody history. Not all political opposition culminates in war—the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union is one example—but in most cases competition between nations and peoples for resources and strategic advantage does lead to violence: nearly 80 percent of the wars fought since 1816 were sparked by contention between rival ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • War and State Making

    The Shaping of the Global Powers

    by Karen A. Rasler, William R. Thompson ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Historical Security
    Originally published in 1989, this is an empirical study of the impact of global war on the expansion and shaping of nation-states. Individual chapters examine the effects of such wars, and the preparation for them, on debt financing, expansion, military spending, welfare spending, GNP and domestic violence. The authors conclude that by virtue of the changes they spurn, global wars are inherently ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • The Great Powers and Global Struggle, 1490-1990

    by Karen A. Rasler, William R. Thompson ...
    In The Great Powers and Global Struggle, Karen A. Rasler and William R. Thompson focus on two themes: the rise and fall as well as the relative decline of major world powers over the past five hundred years, and the way in which these processes have set the stage for the outbreak of global war. Their interdisciplinary approach encompasses political science, economics, sociology, geography, and ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Regions, Power, and Conflict

    Constrained Capabilities, Hierarchy, and Rivalry

    by William R. Thompson, Thomas J. Volgy, Paul Bezerra, Jacob Cramer, Kelly Marie Gordell, Manjeet Pardesi, Karen Rasler, J. Patrick Rhamey Jr., Kentaro Sakuwa, Rachel Van Nostrand, Leila Zakhirova ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The three main levels of analysis in international relations have been the systemic, the national, and the individual. A fourth level that falls between the systemic and the national is the region. It is woefully underdeveloped in comparison to the attention afforded the other three. Yet regions tend to be distinctive theaters for international politics. Otherwise, we would not recognize that ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Paths to State Repression

    Human Rights Violations and Contentious Politics

    by Christian Davenport, George Aditjondro, Ronald Francisco, John C. King, David Kowalewski, Drew Noble Lanier, Chris Lee, Kathleen A. Mahoney-Norris, Sandra Maline, Susan McMillan0, Will Moore1, Steven Peterson2, Steven C. Poe3, Karen Rasler4, James Scarritt5, C Neal Tate6, Linda Camp Keith7 ...
    In the last ten years, there has been a resurgence of interest in repression and violence within states. Paths to State Repression improves our understanding of why states use political repression, highlighting its relationship to dissent and mass protest. The authors draw upon a wide variety of political-economic contexts, methodological approaches, and geographic locales, including Cuba, ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Shocks and Rivalries in the Middle East and North Africa

    by Imad Mansour, William R. Thompson, Paul Bezerra, Kelly Marie Gordell, Thomas John Volgy, John Calabrese, Thomas Keith Wilson, Marwan Kabalan, Meliha Altunisik0, Karen A. Rasler1, Yahia Zoubir2 ...
    Shocks and Rivalries in the Middle East and North Africa is the first book to examine issue-driven antagonisms within groups of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) states and their impact on relations within the region. The volume also considers how shock events, such as internal revolts and regional wars, can alter interstate tensions and the trajectory of conflict.MENA has experienced more ... Read more

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    A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East

    by Kenneth Pollack ...
    “A persuasive but painful solution for dealing with the mess in the Middle East.” –KirkusThe greatest danger to America’s peace and prosperity, notes leading Middle East policy analyst Kenneth M. Pollack, lies in the political repression, economic stagnation, and cultural conflict running rampant in Arab and Muslim nations. By inflaming political unrest and empowering terrorists, these forces pose ... Read more

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  • The Future of Pakistan

    by Stephen P. Cohen ...
    With each passing day, Pakistan becomes an even more crucial player in world affairs. Home of the world's second-largest Muslim population, epicenter of the global jihad, location of perhaps the planet's most dangerous borderlands, and armed with nuclear weapons, this South Asian nation will go a long way toward determining what the world looks like ten years from now. The Future of Pakistan ... Read more

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  • The Syria Dilemma

    Edited by Nader Hashemi, Danny Postel ...
    Series series Boston Review Books
    Can we stop the bleeding in Syria without its becoming another Iraq?The United States is on the brink of intervention in Syria, but the effect of any eventual American action is impossible to predict. The Syrian conflict has killed more than 100,000 people and displaced millions, yet most observers warn that the worst is still to come. And the international community cannot agree how respond to ... Read more

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  • War and Change in World Politics

    by Robert Gilpin ...
    War and Change in World Politics introduces the reader to an important new theory of international political change. Arguing that the fundamental nature of international relations has not changed over the millennia, Professor Gilpin uses history, sociology, and economic theory to identify the forces causing change in the world order. The discussion focuses on the differential growth of power in ... Read more

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  • Taming American Power

    The Global Response to U.S. Primacy

    by Stephen M. Walt ...
    Finalist for the 2006 Gelber Prize: "A brilliant contribution to the American foreign policy debate."—Anatol Lieven, New York Times Book ReviewAt a time when America's dominance abroad was being tested like never before, Taming American Power provided for the first time a "rigorous critique of current U.S. strategy" (Washington Post Book World) from the vantage point of its fiercest opponents. ... Read more

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