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The morality of peacekeeping / Daniel H. Levine.

Author: Levine, Daniel H.
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
xiii, 362 p. 24cm.
Studies in global justice and human rights

SAFTI MI Library - (SAFTI MI) - Lending - JZ6374 LEV - 2014 - Available - B28365981I

The Tommy Koh Reader [electronic resource] : Favourite Essays and Lectures

Professor Tommy Koh is Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rector of Tembusu College, Special Adviser of the Institute of Policy Studies, and Chairman of the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. In his distinguished career, Prof Koh has served as Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, as Ambassador to the United States of America, as President of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea and Chairman of the Preparatory Committee and the Main Committee of the UN Conference on Environment and Development. He was.
Author: Koh, Tommy T. B.
Published: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2013.
1 online resource (640 pages)
Available online: EBSCOhost

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U.S. policy and strategy toward Afghanistan after 2014 / Larry P. Goodson, Thomas H. Johnson.

As the United States continues to withdraw troops from and prepares to leave Afghanistan, Afghanistan faces multifaceted and significant challenges of governance, economy, security, and regional dynamics. These are all occurring within the context of the potential for an expanded civil war when international forces leave the country. It is time to refocus from the conflict itself and ask hard, but realistic, strategic and policy questions as to the future of Afghanistan, and what role, if any, the United States should play in shaping that future. The authors' answers to these questions provide the foundation for recommendations to U.S. policy and strategy in order to achieve current and future national security interests in the regions that Afghanistan straddles.
Author: Goodson, Larry P.
Published: Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2014.
xiv, 42 pages; 23cm
Available online: Available in PDF, Mobi and epub versions

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Routledge handbook of contemporary Malaysia / [edited by] Meredith L. Weiss.

Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2015.
xxii, 457 p. 26cm.

SAFTI MI Library - (SAFTI MI) - Lending - DS597.2 ROU - 2015 - Available - B28366168G

Deterrence : rising powers, rogue regimes, and terrorism in the twenty-first century / edited by Adam B. Lowther.

"With many scholars and analysts questioning the relevance of deterrence as a valid strategic concept, this volume moves beyond Cold War nuclear deterrence to show the many ways in which deterrence is applicable to contemporary security. It examines the possibility of applying deterrence theory and practice to space, to cyberspace, and against non-state actors. It also examines the role of nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century and reaches surprising conclusions"-- Provided by publisher.
1st ed.
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
xiii, 244 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Action and reaction in the world system : the dynamics of economic and political power / Thierry de Montbrial.

This book occupies the same niche as Raymond Aron's 1962 classic, Peace and War. While Aron wrote during the Cold War, Thierry de Montbrial writes about the post-Soviet international system, a system that is multipolar, ideologically heterogeneous, and thus highly unstable. In this book, he lays the foundation for a praxeology, or a "science of action, " to facilitate a better understanding of the dynamics of international problems and a more systematic approach to policy making. A major contribution to international relations theory and winner of the 2002 Georges Pompidou Prize, this book offers the necessary keys to decrypt the international system in the 21st century.
Author: Montbrial, Thierry de
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2013.
xx, 352 p. ; 24 cm.

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The return of geopolitics in Europe? : social mechanisms and foreign policy identity crises / edited by Stefano Guzzini.

"The end of the Cold War demonstrated the historical possibility of peaceful change and seemingly showed the superiority of non-realist approaches in International Relations. Yet in the post-Cold War period many European countries have experienced a resurgence of a distinctively realist tradition: geopolitics. Geopolitics is an approach which emphasises the relationship between politics and power on the one hand; and territory, location and environment on the other. This comparative study shows how the revival of geopolitics came not despite of, but because of, the end of the Cold War. Disoriented in their self-understandings and conception of external roles by the events of 1989, many European foreign policy actors used the determinism of geopolitical thought to find their place in world politics quickly. The book develops a constructivist methodology to study causal mechanisms and its comparative approach allows for a broad assessment of some of the fundamental dynamics of European security"-- Provided by publisher.
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
xii, 322 pages ; 24 cm.
Cambridge studies in international relations ; 124.

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Peaceland : conflict resolution and the everyday politics of international intervention / Séverine Autesserre.

"This book suggests a new explanation for why international peace interventions often fail to reach their full potential. Based on several years of ethnographic research in conflict zones around the world, it demonstrates that everyday elements - such as the expatriates' social habits and usual approaches to understanding their areas of operation - strongly influence peacebuilding effectiveness. Individuals from all over the world and all walks of life share numerous practices, habits, and narratives when they serve as interveners in conflict zones. These common attitudes and actions enable foreign peacebuilders to function in the field, but they also result in unintended consequences that thwart international efforts. Certain expatriates follow alternative modes of thinking and acting, often with notable results, but they remain in the minority. Through an in-depth analysis of the interveners' everyday life and work, this book proposes innovative ways to better help host populations build a sustainable peace"-- Provided by publisher.
Author: Autesserre, Séverine, 1976-
Published: New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
xiii, 329 pages ; 23 cm

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NATO in Afghanistan : fighting together, fighting alone / David P. Auerswald, Stephen M. Saideman.

"Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to cooperate as allies or coalition partners. Yet as the war in Afghanistan has made abundantly clear, multilateral cooperation is neither straightforward nor guaranteed. Countries differ significantly in what they are willing to do and how and where they are willing to do it. Some refuse to participate in dangerous or offensive missions. Others change tactical objectives with each new commander. Some countries defer to their commanders while others hold them to strict account.NATO in Afghanistan explores how government structures and party politics in NATO countries shape how battles are waged in the field. Drawing on more than 250 interviews with senior officials from around the world, David Auerswald and Stephen Saideman find that domestic constraints in presidential and single-party parliamentary systems--in countries such as the United States and Britain respectively--differ from those in countries with coalition governments, such as Germany and the Netherlands. As a result, different countries craft different guidelines for their forces overseas, most notably in the form of military caveats, the often-controversial limits placed on deployed troops.Providing critical insights into the realities of alliance and coalition warfare, NATO in Afghanistan also looks at non-NATO partners such as Australia, and assesses NATO's performance in the 2011 Libyan campaign to show how these domestic political dynamics are by no means unique to Afghanistan"-- Provided by publisher.
Author: Auerswald, David P.
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
xvi, 260 p. 24cm.

SAFTI MI Library - (SAFTI MI) - Lending - DS371.412 AUE - 2014 - Available - B28365932E

Reconceptualizing deterrence : nudging toward rationality in Middle Eastern rivalries / Elli Lieberman.

Author: Lieberman, Elli, 1951-
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
xiv, 310 p. ; 24 cm.
Routledge global security studies

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China goes global : the partial power / David Shambaugh.

"Most global citizens are well aware of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy. Indeed, China has famously become the "workshop of the world." Yet, while China watchers have shed much light on the country's internal dynamics--China's politics, its vast social changes, and its economic development--few have focused on how this increasingly powerful nation has become more active and assertive throughout the world. In China Goes Global, eminent China scholar David Shambaugh delivers the book that the world has been waiting for--a sweeping account of China's growing prominence on the international stage. Thirty years ago, China's role in global affairs beyond its immediate East Asian periphery was decidedly minor and it had little geostrategic power. As Shambaugh charts, though, China's expanding economic power has allowed it to extend its reach virtually everywhere--from mineral mines in Africa, to currency markets in the West, to oilfields in the Middle East, to agribusiness in Latin America, to the factories of East Asia. Shambaugh offers an enlightening look into the manifestations of China's global ambitions: its extensive commercial footprint, its growing military power, its increasing cultural influence or "soft power, " its diplomatic activity, and its new prominence in global governance institutions. But Shambaugh is no alarmist. In this balanced and well-researched volume, he argues that China's global presence is more broad than deep and that China still lacks the influence befitting a major world power--what he terms a "partial power." He draws on his decades of China-watching and his deep knowledge of the subject, and exploits a wide variety of previously untapped sources, to shed valuable light on China's current and future roles in world affairs"-- Provided by publisher.
"In China Goes Global, eminent China scholar David Shambaugh delivers the book that the world has been waiting for--a sweeping account of China's growing prominence on the international stage. Thirty years ago, China's role in global affairs beyond its immediate East Asian periphery was decidedly minor and it had little geostrategic power. As Shambaugh charts, though, China's expanding economic power has allowed it to extend its reach virtually everywhere--from mineral mines in Africa, to currency markets in the West, to oilfields in the Middle East, to agribusiness in Latin America, to the factories of East Asia. Shambaugh offers an enlightening look into the manifestations of China's global ambitions: its extensive commercial footprint, its growing military power, its increasing cultural influence or "soft power, " its diplomatic activity, and its new prominence in global governance institutions. But Shambaugh is no alarmist. In this balanced and well-researched volume, he argues that China's global presence is more broad than deep and that China still lacks the influence befitting a major world power--what he terms a "partial power." "-- Provided by publisher.
Author: Shambaugh, David L.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
xvi, 409 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Japan in crisis : what will it take for Japan to rise again? / edited by Bong Young shik & T.J. Pempel

Author: edited by Bong Young shik & T.J. Pempel
Published: Publisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. ©2012
302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Transnational dynamics of civil war / edited by Jeffrey T. Checkel, Simon Fraser University, Peace Research Institute, Oslo.

"Civil wars are the dominant form of violence in the contemporary international system, yet they are anything but local affairs. This book explores the border-crossing features of such wars by bringing together insights from international relations theory, sociology and transnational politics with a rich comparative-quantitative literature. It highlights the causal mechanisms - framing, resource mobilisation, socialisation, among others - that link the international and transnational to the local, emphasising the methods required to measure them. Contributors examine specific mechanisms leading to particular outcomes in civil conflicts ranging from Chechnya, to Afghanistan, to Sudan, to Turkey. Transnational Dynamics of Civil War thus provides a significant contribution to debates motivating the broader move to mechanism-based forms of explanation, and will engage students and researchers of international relations, comparative politics and conflict processes"-- Provided by publisher.
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
xv, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Modern governments and political systems / edited by S.L. Kaushik, Rama Patnayak.

Published: New Delhi : Mittal Pub., 1995.
5 v.

Singapore's foreign policy : coping with vulnerability / Michael Leifer.

Singapore's Foreign Policy is the first full length English language study of this subject and is an essential resource for all those interested in Singapore's international role.
Author: Leifer, Michael
Published: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2000.
177 p. ; 25 cm.
Politics in Asia series

SAFTI MI Library - (SAFTI MI) - Lending - DS610.7 LEI - Available - B13983828I

Realism and interdependence in Singapore's foreign policy / N. Ganesan.

Author: Ganesan, N. (Narayanan), 1958-
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Politics in Asia series
Available online: View e-Book via Dawsonera (Login required)

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Politics in a changing world : a comparative introduction to political science / Marcus E. Ethridge, Howard Handelman.

Author: Ethridge, Marcus E.
3rd ed.
Published: Belmont, Calif. : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2004.
xv, 560 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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International relations at LSE : a history of 75 years / edited by Harry Bauer, Elisabetta Brighi.

Published: London : Millennium Pub. Group, 2003.
xii, 185 p. ; 22 cm.

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Racism, nationalism, and nation-building in Malaysia and Singapore; a functional analysis of political integration / by Tae Y. Nam.

Author: Nam, Tae Y.
Published: Meerut, Sadhna Prakashan [1973]
iii, 142 p. 23 cm.
International humanistic studies & social science monograph series

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Understanding international conflicts : an introduction to theory and history / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. ; with foreword by Stanley Hoffmann.

Author: Nye, Joseph S.
5th ed.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Pearson/Longman, c2005.
xii, 276 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Longman classics in political science

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International relations : critical concepts in political science / edited by Andrew Linklater.

Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
5 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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Conflict in world politics : advances in the study of crisis, war and peace / edited by Frank P. Harvey and Ben D. Mor.

Published: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
xvii, 366 p. : ill.
Advances in political science (New York, N.Y.)

SAFTI MI Library - (SAFTI MI) - Lending - JX1391 CON - Available - B13926381K

International relations in Southeast Asia : the struggle for autonomy / Donald E. Weatherbee.

This fully revised and updated edition of Donald Weatherbee's widely praised text offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to the international relations of contemporary Southeast Asia. The author analyzes the Southeast Asian states' efforts to adaptto a regional international environment that is characterized by the security demands of the war on terrorism; the economic demands of globalism; and the political demands of nontraditional issues such as democracy, human rights, the environment, and gender. These shifting dynamics take place in a broader framework of diminished U.S. power and.
Author: Weatherbee, Donald E.
2nd ed.
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
1 online resource (xx, 323 pages) : maps.
Asia in world politics

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Understanding international conflicts : an introduction to theory and history / Joseph S. Nye, Jr.

"Written by renowned scholar and former policymaker Joseph Nye, this text is a brief and penetrating introduction to the study of world politics. It deftly applies a combination of history and theory to evaluate conflict and cooperation among international actors, thus providing students a framework for understanding contemporary issues. From World War I to modern terrorism and information revolutions to global governance, Understanding International Conflicts is a highly readable survey that answers as well as raises compelling questions about the future of international relations." -- SAF Professional Reading Programme Fourth Edition - STAGE I: OCT to CPT 1 & 1WO-2WO
Author: Nye, Joseph S.
7th ed.
Published: New York : Pearson Longman, c2009.
xviii, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Longman classics in political science

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Non-state actors in world politics / edited by Daphne Josselin and William Wallace.

Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave, 2001.

SAFTI MI Library - (SAFTI MI) - Recommended Reading (02) - JZ1305 NON - Available - B13983712A

Rationality and the analysis of international conflict / Michael Nicholson.

This book is both an exposition and a defence of a social scientific approach to conflict in international relations. Professor Nicholson addresses two central questions. To what extent can we usefully discuss behaviour in violent or potentially violent international conflict as rational? How do we formulate and test theories in international relations so that we can rationally believe in them? After outlining social scientific approaches to international relations, the author describes the problems of rational decision making in conflict situations. He shows how rationality is in many strategic situations hard to define and often leads to paradoxes such as the prisoners' dilemma. Psychological stress can further result in the distortion of decision processes in times of crisis. Professor Nicholson pays particular attention to such distortions and also analyses how unconscious motivation relates to the rational choice framework. In the following part, the author explores rational beliefs about the international system. He examines theories of arms races, alliances and the international problems of ecology. Here he is critical of the classical school of international relations for a lack of rigour in dealing with the problems of evidence and belief. Finally, he discusses the philosophy of science, policy and ethics. With its emphasis on social scientific approaches, theory building and testing--and above all its clarity and accessibility--Rationality and the analysis of international conflict provides students with a key to understanding the complex field of conflict analysis. This book will therefore be core reading for courses on international relations, and it will also be read by students and specialists of political science and economics.
Author: Nicholson, Michael, 1933-
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1992.
xvi, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Cambridge studies in international relations ; 19.

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The future of American landpower : does forward presence still matter? : the case of the Army in Europe / John R. Deni.

This monograph explores the utility of forward presence in Europe, placing the recent decisions -- and, in particular, the arguments against forward presence -- in the context of a decades-long tradition on the part of many political leaders, scholars, and others to mistakenly tie the forward-basing of U.S. forces to more equal defense burden sharing across the entire North Atlantic alliance. In assessing whether and how forward presence still matters in terms of protecting U.S. interests and achieving U.S. objectives, the author bridges the gap between academics and practitioners by grounding his analysis in political science theory while illuminating how forward-basing yields direct, tangible benefits in terms of military operational interoperability. Moreover, this monograph forms a critical datapoint in the ongoing dialogue regarding the future of American landpower, particular in this age of austerity.
Author: Deni, John R.
Published: [Carlisle, PA] : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2012]
viii, 43 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
SSI monograph
Strategic Studies Institute monograph

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