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  • Reconceptualizing Total Defense

    Strategy and Security in the Greater Baltic Sea Region

    Edited by Viljar  Veebel, Eden Elizabeth Armstrong ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This Open Access book examines how Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland have adjusted their security strategies in response to increasing geopolitical threats. Moving beyond traditional deterrence, these states have adopted a Total Defence approach as an inclusive strategy that unites the military and civilian sectors to bolster national resilience.Drawing on insights from scholars and military ... Read more

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  • Russian "Hybrid Warfare"

    Resurgence and Politicization

    by Ofer Fridman ...
    During the last decade, 'Hybrid Warfare' has become a novel yet controversial term in academic, political and professional military lexicons, intended to suggest some sort of mix between different military and non-military means and methods of confrontation. Enthusiastic discussion of the notion has been undermined by conceptual vagueness and political manipulation, particularly since the onset of ... Read more

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  • Russia-China Relations

    Emerging Alliance or Eternal Rivals?

    Edited by Sarah Kirchberger, Svenja Sinjen, Nils Wörmer ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book examines Russia-China relations across a variety of civilian and military areas of cooperation. Leading experts in the field present empirical case studies covering a wide range of strategic cooperation areas between Russia and China, such as technological, military, economic and political cooperation. The contributing authors shed new light on Chinese and Russian strategic ... Read more

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  • Canada and the Ukrainian Crisis

    by Bohdan S. Kordan, Mitchell C.G. Dowie ...
    Since 1991, Canada has provided Ukraine with ongoing political and economic assistance. Never was this policy pursued with more urgency than in 2014, when Russian aggression prompted the Canadian government to elevate its support for Ukraine to a foreign policy priority. Although the move is often described as a radical departure, Bohdan Kordan and Mitchell Dowie contend that it was consistent ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • China's Rising Foreign Ministry

    Practices and Representations of Assertive Diplomacy

    by Dylan M.H Loh ...
    Series series Studies in Asian Security
    China's rise and its importance to international relations as a discipline-defining phenomenon is well recognized. Yet when scholars analyze China's foreign relations, they typically focus on Beijing's military power, economic might, or political leaders. As a result, most traditional assessments miss a crucial factor: China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). In China's Rising Foreign Ministry, ... Read more

    $84.99 CAD

  • Resourceful Civil Society

    Navigating the Changing Landscapes of Civil Society Organizations

    Edited by Zhanna Kravchenko, Lisa Kings, Katarzyna Jezierska ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book examines how civil society organizations in Poland, Russia, and Sweden (re)act to transformations of opportunities and limitations in access to various forms of resources. The volume’s contributions discuss the constraints associated with different types of resources as well as organizations’ capacities to generate resources—or compensate for their lack—as they negotiate and ... Read more

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  • Preparing for Hybrid Threats to Security

    Collaborative Preparedness and Response

    Edited by Odd Jarl Borch, Tormod Heier ...
    This book examines hybrid threats within the broader context of a security crisis in Europe.As geopolitical tensions increase and great power rivalries intensify, can states protect their communities? While conventional wars are fought, parallel battles take place by more subtle and non-violent means. This multi-disciplinary book examines how hybrid threats undermine political governance and ... Read more

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  • Status in World Politics

    Edited by Deborah Welch Larson, William C. Wohlforth, T. V. Paul ...
    Rising powers such as Brazil, China, India, Russia, and Turkey are increasingly claiming heightened profiles in international politics. Although differing in other respects, rising states have a strong desire for recognition and respect. This pioneering volume on status features contributions that develop propositions on status concerns and illustrate them with case studies and aggregate data ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Military Alliances in the Twenty-First Century

    by Alexander Lanoszka ...
    Alliance politics is a regular headline grabber. When a possible military crisis involving Russia, North Korea, or China rears its head, leaders and citizens alike raise concerns over the willingness of US allies to stand together. As rival powers have tightened their security cooperation, the United States has stepped up demands that its allies increase their defense spending and contribute more ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • European Strategic Autonomy and Small States' Security

    In the Shadow of Power

    Edited by Giedrius Česnakas, Justinas Juozaitis ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy
    This book analyses whether the EU’s drift towards European strategic autonomy presents a challenge or a window of opportunity for its small member states to advance their security interests.The volume presents small states’ perceptions of European strategic autonomy, highlighting their expectations and concerns. The chapters focus on the depth and breadth of European strategic autonomy, national ... Read more

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  • The New Cold War and the Remaking of Regions

    by T.V. Paul, Markus Kornprobst, Manjeet Pardesi, Amitav Acharya, Anders Wivel, Thierry Balzacq, Vera Grantseva, Mark R. Brawley, Jonathan Paquin0, Xiaoyu Pu1, Vinod Aggarwal2, Andrew W. Reddie3, Deborah Welch Larson4, Selina Ho5, Seçkin Köstem6, Andrej Krickovic7, Jaeyoung Kim8 ...
    A compelling examination of how secondary states are preserving their strategic autonomy and are resisting spheres of influenceRussia's invasion of Ukraine and the deteriorating United States–China relationship signify the onset of the New Cold War. Unlike the original Cold War, this competition is multipolar and "multiplex," with secondary powers, small states, and even nonstate actors ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Bordering and Mobilities in Ukraine

    Inconvenient People in the Time of War

    by Irina Kuznetsova, Oksana Mikheieva ...
    Series series BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
    This book analyses how war and bordering impact daily life and mobility and immobility tactics. It brings to light the memories of people who were displaced from Ukraine’s eastern regions because of Russian aggression against Ukraine started in 2014.Based on extensive in-depth research including interviews with individuals who were direct witnesses, participants, and victims of the events in ... Read more

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