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  • Defection Denied

    A Study of Civilian Support for Insurgency in Irregular War

    by David S. Siroky, Valery Dzutsati, Lenka Bustikova ...
    Series series Elements in Experimental Political Science
    How can researchers obtain reliable responses on sensitive issues in dangerous settings? This Element elucidates ways for researchers to use unobtrusive experimental methods to elicit answers to risky, taboo, and threatening questions in dangerous social environments. The methods discussed in this Element help social scientists to encourage respondents to express their true preferences and to ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Clients, Rivals, and Rogues

    Why Great Powers Intervene in Revolutionary Civil Wars

    by Erin K. Jenne, Milos Popovic, David S. Siroky ...
    Why do great powers intervene militarily in revolutionary civil wars? This pivotal question in international relations is answered though a new theory of security hierarchies that emphasizes the role of clients, rivals and rogues in world politics. Employing a mixed-methods approach, integrating statistical analysis with comprehensive case studies of Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria, this book ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

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  • Coercion

    The Power to Hurt in International Politics

    Edited by Kelly M. Greenhill, Peter Krause ...
    From the rising significance of non-state actors to the increasing influence of regional powers, the nature and conduct of international politics has arguably changed dramatically since the height of the Cold War. Yet much of the literature on deterrence and compellence continues to draw (whether implicitly or explicitly) upon assumptions and precepts formulated in-and predicated upon-politics in ... Read more

    $62.09 USD

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  • Small Wars, Big Data

    The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict

    by Eli Berman, Joseph H. Felter, Jacob N. Shapiro ...
    How a new understanding of warfare can help the military fight today’s conflicts more effectivelyThe way wars are fought has changed starkly over the past sixty years. International military campaigns used to play out between large armies at central fronts. Today's conflicts find major powers facing rebel insurgencies that deploy elusive methods, from improvised explosives to terrorist attacks. ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • A World in Disarray

    American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order

    by Richard Haass ...
    **“A valuable primer on foreign policy: a primer that concerned citizens of all political persuasions—not to mention the president and his advisers—could benefit from reading.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesAn examination of a world increasingly defined by disorder and a United States unable to shape the world in its image, from the president of the Council on Foreign Relations**Things fall ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Right to Maim

    Debility, Capacity, Disability

    by Jasbir K. Puar ...
    Series series ANIMA
    In The Right to Maim Jasbir K. Puar brings her pathbreaking work on the liberal state, sexuality, and biopolitics to bear on our understanding of disability. Drawing on a stunning array of theoretical and methodological frameworks, Puar uses the concept of “debility”—bodily injury and social exclusion brought on by economic and political factors—to disrupt the category of disability. She shows how ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

  • Inside the Situation Room

    The Theory and Practice of Crisis Decision-Making

    Edited by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Keren Yarhi-Milo ...
    Combining decades of diplomacy and world-renowned scholarship, Inside the Situation Room bridges the gap between politics and academia to illuminate how world leaders make decisions in times of crisis. For decades, people have sought to understand how and why decisions are made in times of crisis, but very few get the opportunity to witness leaders' decision-making process. The result has been a ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • Understanding Deradicalization

    Methods, Tools and Programs for Countering Violent Extremism

    by Daniel Koehler ...
    Series series Contemporary Terrorism Studies
    This book provides a comprehensive guide to the different aspects of deradicalization theories, programs and methods.It analyzes the practical and theoretical aspects of deradicalization programs and the methods being employed to bring extremists and terrorist back to a non-violent life. The book includes in-depth case studies on programs and former extremists, including interviews with former ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Contemporary Debates on Terrorism

    Edited by Richard Jackson, Daniela Pisoiu ...
    Contemporary Debates on Terrorism is an innovative textbook, addressing a number of key issues in terrorism studies from both traditional and 'critical' perspectives. This second edition has been revised and updated to cover contemporary issues such as the rise of ISIL and cyberterrorism.In recent years, the terrorism studies field has grown in quantity and quality, with a growing number of ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • The New Foreign Policy

    Complex Interactions, Competing Interests

    by Laura Neack ...
    Series series New Millennium Books in International Studies
    Integrating theory and case studies, this cogent text explores the processes and factors that shape foreign policy. In her thoroughly revised and updated edition, Laura Neack considers both old and new lessons, drawing on a rich array of real foreign policy choices and outcomes. In new cases, Neack explores decision making in the Eurozone crisis, increasing nationalism in Germany and Japan and ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • Countering Violent Extremism

    The International Deradicalization Agenda

    by Tahir Abbas ...
    Terrorism, radicalization and violent extremism dominate sociological, political and cultural concerns in today's polarized social and political world. However, the role of governments and issues relating to state terrorism and the counter-terror state remain important considerations. This book presents an understanding of the concept of Countering Violent Extremism from a critical terrorism ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Strategic Narratives, Public Opinion and War

    Winning domestic support for the Afghan War

    Edited by Beatrice De Graaf, George Dimitriu, Jens Ringsmose ...
    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    This volume explores the way governments endeavoured to build and maintain public support for the war in Afghanistan, combining new insights on the effects of strategic narratives with an exhaustive series of case studies.In contemporary wars, with public opinion impacting heavily on outcomes, strategic narratives provide a grid for interpreting the why, what and how of the conflict. This book ... Read more

    $65.99 USD