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US National Defense for the Twenty-first Century: Grand Exit Strategy
by Edward A. OlsenThis provocative critique of Washington's current security policies, draws on the arguments made by an array of non-interventionist and conservative-nationalist scholars. It provides a blueprint for a more restrained and unilateral US role in global affairs.
US National Security Concerns in Latin America and the Caribbean
by Gary Prevost Harry E. Vanden Carlos Oliva Campos Luis Fernando AyerbeThe concepts of 'ungoverned spaces' and 'failed states' where the limited presence of the state is seen as a challenge to global security have generated a rich intellectual debate in recent years. In this edited volume, scholars from Latin America and the United States will analyze how US foreign policy making circles have applied the concepts to the creation of new US security initiatives in the Latin American region during the post September 11, 2001 era. The extension of concepts to Latin America has been significant because it has meant that during the past thirteen years US policy in the Hemisphere has shifted away from the primarily economic emphasis of the 1990s, the era of the Free Trade Area of the Americas project, back to a security focus reminiscent of the Cold War era. The last decade has witnessed a significant increase in US military presence in the region highlighted by the re-launching of the Caribbean-based Fourth Fleet, the militarization of drug fighting efforts in Mexico, and the establishment of several new military bases in Colombia, the staunchest US ally in the region.
US National Security, Intelligence and Democracy: From the Church Committee to the War on Terror (Studies In Intelligence Ser.)
by Russell MillerThis volume examines the investigation by the 1975 Senate Select Committee ( Church Committee ) into US intelligence abuses during the Cold War, and considers its lessons for the currentwar on terror. This report remains the most thorough public record of America‘s intelligence services, and many of the legal boundaries operating on US intelligence.
US National Security Reform: Reassessing the National Security Act of 1947 (Routledge Global Security Studies)
by Heidi B. Demarest Erica D. BorghardThis collection of essays considers the evolution of American institutions and processes for forming and implementing US national security policy, and offers diverse policy prescriptions for reform to confront an evolving and uncertain security environment. Twelve renowned scholars and practitioners of US national security policy take up the question of whether the national security institutions we have are the ones we need to confront an uncertain future. Topics include a characterization of future threats to national security, organizational structure and leadership of national security bureaucracies, the role of the US Congress in national security policy making and oversight, and the importance of strategic planning within the national security enterprise. The book concludes with concrete recommendations for policy makers, most of which can be accomplished under the existing and enduring National Security Act. This book will be of much interest to students of US national security, US foreign policy, Cold War studies, public policy and Internationl Relations in general.
The US, NATO and Military Burden-Sharing (Contemporary Security Studies)
by Stephen J. Cimbala Peter ForsterThis study establishes that the political, economic and military-technological changes that transform the international system also alter the way in which a state views its and others' responsibilities and burdens for responding to international crises. It assesses the distribution of the costs of raising and supporting arms of service, the risks of deploying them overseas and using them in combat or peace operations, and the extent to which members have a responsibility for maintaining international order in the context of three instances of multinational military intervention: the Multinational Force deployment in Lebanon in 1982-83; the first Persian Gulf War in 1990-91; and the UN and NATO intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
US Naval Strategy and National Security: The Evolution of American Maritime Power (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History)
by Sebastian BrunsThis book examines US naval strategy and the role of American seapower over three decades, from the late 20th century to the early 21st century. This study uses the concept of seapower as a framework to explain the military and political application of sea power and naval force for the United States of America. It addresses the context in which strategy, and in particular US naval strategy and naval power, evolves and how US naval strategy was developed and framed in the international and national security contexts. It explains what drove and what constrained US naval strategy and examines selected instances where American sea power was directed in support of US defense and security policy ends – and whether that could be tied to what a given strategy proposed. The work utilizes naval capstone documents in the framework of broader maritime conceptual and geopolitical thinking, and discusses whether these documents had lasting influences in the strategic mind-set, the force structure, and other areas of American sea power. Overall, this work provides a deeper understanding of the crafting of US naval strategy since the final decade of the Cold War, its contextual and structural framework setting, and its application. To that end, the work bridges the gap between the thinking of American naval officers and planners on the one hand and academic analyses of Navy strategy on the other hand. It also presents the trends in the use of naval force for foreign policy objectives and into strategy-making in the American policy context. This book will be of much interest to students of naval power, maritime strategy, US national security and international relations in general.
US Nuclear Weapons Policy After the Cold War: Russians, 'Rogues' and Domestic Division (Routledge Global Security Studies)
by Nick RitchieThis book offers an in-depth examination of America‘s nuclear weapons policy since the end of the Cold War. Exploring nuclear forces structure, arms control, regional planning and the weapons production complex, the volume identifies competing sets of ideas about nuclear weapons and domestic political constraints on major shifts in policy. It provi
US-Pakistan Relations: Pakistan's Strategic Choices in the 1990s (Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics)
by Talat FarooqUS foreign policy-making from the end of the Cold War to after 2001 is crucial to understanding the years of strong US engagement with Pakistan that would follow 9/11. This book explains Pakistan’s strategic choices in the 1990s by examining the role of the United States in the shaping of Islamabad’s security goals. Drawing upon a diverse range of oral history interviews as well as available written sources, the book explains the American contribution to Pakistani security objectives during the presidency of Bill Clinton (1993-2001). The author investigates and explains the dynamics which drove Islamabad’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, its support for the Taliban and its approach towards the indigenous uprising in Indian Kashmir. She argues that Clinton’s foreign policy contributed to the hardening of Islamabad’s security perspectives, creating space for the Pakistani military establishment to pursue its regional security goals. The book also discusses the argument that US-Pakistan relations during this period were driven by a Cold War mindset, causing a fissure between US global and Pakistan’s regional security goals. The Pakistani military and civilian leadership utilized these divergent and convergent trends to protect Islamabad’s India-centric strategic interests. The book addresses a gap in the relevant literature and moves beyond the available mono-causal explanations often distorted by a mixture of intellectual obfuscation and political rhetoric. It adds a Pakistani perspective and is a valuable contribution to the study of US-Pakistan relations.
US-Pakistan Relationship: Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan (US Foreign Policy and Conflict in the Islamic World)
by A.Z. HilaliHilali provides an excellent study into the US-Pakistan partnership under the Reagan administration. The book explores the causes of Pakistan's involvement in the Afghanistan war and the United States' support to prevent Soviet adventurism. It shows that Pakistan was the principal channel through which assistance was provided to Afghan freedom fighters; it also provided access to its military bases to use against the Soviet Union. The study looks at the consequences of the war on Pakistan and explains how it became enmeshed within its domestic politics. Furthermore, it evaluates the role of Pakistan as a key partner in the global coalition against terrorism and discusses how General Pervez Musharraf brought about Pakistan's development towards a progressive, moderate and democratic society. Ideally suited to courses on foreign policy.
The US Pivot and Indian Foreign Policy: Asia's Evolving Balance of Power
by H. Pant Y. Joshi SowerbuttsChina's exponential rise and America's relative decline have led to a transition of power in contemporary Asia. The US pivot towards Asia is the most evident manifestation of such a transition, and Indian foreign policy shows signs of a hedging strategy, with attempts to strengthen ties with both China and the US.
The US Pivot and Indian Foreign Policy: Asia's Evolving Balance of Power
by Harsh V. Pant Yogesh JoshiThe US Pivot and Indian Foreign Policy.
US Poetry in the Age of Empire, 1979–2012
by Piotr K. GwiazdaExamining poetry by Robert Pinsky, Adrienne Rich, and Amiri Baraka, among others, this book shows that leading US poets since 1979 have performed the role of public intellectual through their poetic rhetoric. Gwiazda's argument aims to revitalize the role of poetry and its social value within an era of global politics.
US Policies in Central Asia: Democracy, Energy and the War on Terror
by Ilya LevineDemocracy promotion, security and energy are the predominant themes of US policy in Central Asia after the Cold War. This book analyses how the Bush administration understood and pursued its interests in the Central Asia states, namely Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan. It discusses the shift in US interests after September 11 and highlights key ideas, actors and processes that have been driving US policy in Central Asia. The author examines the similarities between the Bush and Obama administrations’ attitudes towards the region, and he points to the inadequacy of the personality focused, partisan accounts that have all too often been deployed to describe the two presidential administrations. To understand US Central Asian policy, it is necessary to appreciate the factors behind its continuities as well as the legacies of the September 11 attacks. Using case studies on the war on terror, energy and democracy, drawing on personal interviews with Americans and Central Asians as well as the fairly recent releases of declassified and leaked US Government documents via sources like the Rumsfeld Papers and Wikileaks, the author argues that the US approached Central Asia as a non-unitary state with an ambiguous hierarchy of interests. Traditionally domestic issues could be internationalised and non-state actors were able to play significant roles. The actual relationships between its interests were neither as harmonious nor as conflicted as the administration and some of its critics claimed. Shedding new light on US relations with Central Asia, this book is of interest to scholars of Central Asia, US Politics and International Relations.
The US Policy Making Process for Post Cold War China
by Wenzhao TaoCombining a study of American Think Tanks and a study of American diplomatic policy on China following the Cold War, this book explores in detail the policy-making process, procedures and mechanisms, as well as the roles of various interest groups in the policy-making process for China-related policies. Further, it dissects the policy-making process with regard to selected sensitive policies, such as the US diplomatic policy on Taiwan, China; US trade policy on China; US human rights policy on China; and US environmental and energy policy on China; and analyzes the function and influence of the American Think Tanks in the policy debates. Characterized by its high theoretical value, wealth of historical materials and painstaking analysis, the book is not only of important academic value but also offers a valuable reference guide to support the practical work of related departments in the Chinese government.
US Policy on the UN Command: Analysis on the UNC Dismantlement Decision and Its Reversal (1969-1978)
by Jeongho NamThis book investigates the history and role of the United Nations Command (UNC), which is important not only for the Korean Peninsula but also for East Asian security. The UNC has played a crucial role in maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula divided by South and North Korea for the past 70 years. However, little is known about how the U.S. administration has perceived the role of the UNC and what policies it has implemented. It is known that the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations tried to dismantle the UNC in the 1970s, but eventually decided to reduce it rather than eliminate it. In this context, this study greatly helps us understand the true importance of the UNC by finding out the decisive reason why the U.S. did not remove it. According to the study, past official documents confirmed that the U.S. has recognized the UNC as the basis for maintaining the regime of the armistice on the Korean Peninsula. Historically, no studies have tracked U.S. policy on the UNC through primary data.Currently, the U.S. is implementing a policy to revitalize the UNC, which had been reduced, in order to stabilize the East Asian region. Some say that the U.S. is trying to establish a kind of regional security system centered on the UNC. In any case, the study is crucial to understanding the true role of the UNC, which has recently attracted immense attention. Therefore, this book would be intriguing for experts around the world who are interested in the security in the Korean Peninsula.
US Policy Towards Afghanistan, 1979-2014: 'A Force for Good' (Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy)
by Anthony TeitlerProviding a study of US policy towards Afghanistan from the Soviet intervention of 1979 to the exit of US/International Security Assistance Forces combat troops at the end of 2014, this book examines how the United States’ construction of its interests has shaped its long-term involvement with that country. Recognising that there is a particular focus on the United States’ representation and justification of its Afghan policy, this work demonstrates how the intertwining of language and social practices provided policymakers’ with a shared meaning on selling policy. In this way, Washington justified its practices – including covert operations, diplomacy, counterterrorism and war – as essential in ensuring that ‘good’ prevailed over ‘evil’. Teitler’s argument contrasts with the existing literature, which predominantly argues the United States has been motivated by self-interest in its dealings with Afghanistan. Teitler deploys a constructivist approach to elucidate US–Afghan relations in this critical historical juncture. Through its particular use of constructivism, the work aims to contribute more broadly to international relations and US foreign policy scholarship. This book will be of interest to academics and students in various fields, including US foreign and security policy, international relations theory, the Greater Middle East, Afghanistan, American exceptionalism, constructivism and discourse analysis.
US Policy Towards Cuba: Since the Cold War (Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy)
by Jessica GibbsUS Policy Towards Cuba is a comprehensive examination of U.S. policy towards Cuba after the Cold War, from 1989-2008. It discusses the competition between Congress and the executive for control of policy, and the domestic interests which shaped policymaking and led to the passage of two major pieces of legislation (the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992 and the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996, better known as the Helms-Burton Act) which tightened the embargo on Cuba and were fiercely resisted by U.S. allies. There is also a strong focus on migration as an issue in U.S.-Cuban relations. The book then moves on to examine U.S. policy during the second Clinton administration, when the interest group environment altered for two principal reasons. Firstly the case of the small Cuban rafter boy, Elian Gonzalez, attracted huge media coverage and led to public questioning of the wisdom of current policy, and secondly the agricultural lobby, keen to export to Cuba, lobbied for the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act, which finally passed in 2000. The final section of the book analyses democracy promotion efforts under President George W. Bush. Seeking to cast light upon the US policymaking process, Gibbs demonstrates that U.S. Cuba policy represents a rather extreme example of the influence of domestic politics on policymaking, and provides a significant contribution to this important and under-researched aspect of U.S. foreign policy.
US Politics Annual Update 2019
by Anthony J Bennett-Review all the key developments in US politics from the last year, with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams-Go beyond your textbooks to build a bank of up-to-date examples and data, helping you develop knowledgeable and persuasive arguments-Know how to hit the highest grades with guidance from experienced teacher and author, Anthony J. BennettChapters include:-The 2018 midterm elections-The Trump presidency after two years-The Brett Kavanaugh nomination-Where does power reside in Congress today?Anthony J. Bennett has taught, examined and written on US politics for many years. He is the author of US Government and Politics for A-level (now in its fifth edition) and is an editor of Politics Review.
US Politics Annual Update 2020
by Anthony J Bennett Sarra JenkinsTopical, up-to-date reading with close links to the specification, essential for exam success.This course companion offers you all the information, analysis and topical material you need to draw on for tasks throughout your course, and for answering examination questions.- Review all the developments relevant to A-level specifications in US politics from the last year, with examples linked closely to specification points- Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams- Enhance your knowledge to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays- Learn to hit the highest grades with guidance from Anthony J Bennett and experienced author, teacher and examiner Sarra Jenkins.Chapters include coverage on:- The Trump administration in 2019- The journey to the 2020 elections- The Supreme Court 2018-19- The Mueller Report
US Politics Annual Update 2021
by Anthony J Bennett Sarra JenkinsYou can use this Annual Update for tasks throughout your course and for help with examination questions.- Review all the relevant developments in US politics from the last year, with examples linked closely to A-level specification points- Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams- Enhance your knowledge to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays- Research up-to-date political topics like the 2020 US Presidential elections and the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic- Make connections between the latest developments and the political context of the US, with our focused links between the topic, the context and the exam contentUS Update 2021 - Table of Contents1. US election - primaries 2. US election - campaigns 3. US election - the result 4. Supreme Court 5. Covid-19 and presidential power6. Civil Rights: Race and Voting Rights in the US7. Congress: Hyper-partisanship: is it effective?8. Constitution - is it out-dated?
US Politics Annual Update 2021
by Anthony J Bennett Sarra JenkinsYou can use this Annual Update for tasks throughout your course and for help with examination questions.- Review all the relevant developments in US politics from the last year, with examples linked closely to A-level specification points- Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams- Enhance your knowledge to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays- Research up-to-date political topics like the 2020 US Presidential elections and the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic- Make connections between the latest developments and the political context of the US, with our focused links between the topic, the context and the exam contentUS Update 2021 - Table of Contents1. US election - primaries 2. US election - campaigns 3. US election - the result 4. Supreme Court 5. Covid-19 and presidential power6. Civil Rights: Race and Voting Rights in the US7. Congress: Hyper-partisanship: is it effective?8. Constitution - is it out-dated?
US Politics Annual Update 2023
by Sarra Jenkins Emma Kilheeney McSherry- Review all the developments relevant to A-level specifications in US politics from the last year, with strong links between topics and focused suggestions for further reading- Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams- Enhance your knowledge of the news to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays- Use our updated exam skills feature to clarify how to use the information you have just learned in your exam Chapters:- The January 6 Committee - 'The legislative branch': does Congress fulfil its legislative role adequately?- 'I control foreign policy': has the president retained primacy? - The Supreme Court 2021-22: has Chief Justice Roberts lost control of his Court? - Abortion in the USA
US Politics Annual Update 2023
by Sarra Jenkins Emma Kilheeney McSherry- Review all the developments relevant to A-level specifications in US politics from the last year, with strong links between topics and focused suggestions for further reading- Develop your confidence with expert analysis you can draw on both throughout your course and in the exams- Enhance your knowledge of the news to build a bank of up-to-date examples linked to the specifications, helping you to develop persuasive arguments for your essays- Use our updated exam skills feature to clarify how to use the information you have just learned in your exam Chapters:- The January 6 Committee - 'The legislative branch': does Congress fulfil its legislative role adequately?- 'I control foreign policy': has the president retained primacy? - The Supreme Court 2021-22: has Chief Justice Roberts lost control of his Court? - Abortion in the USA
US Politics in an Age of Uncertainty: Essays on a New Reality
by Sharon Smith Charlie Post Kim Moody Mike Davis Neil Davidson Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Elizabeth Schulte Martin Deepa Kumar Justin Akers Chacón Nancy Fraser&“This collection contains everything we need to understand the world that gave us Trump, and to arm ourselves for the battles to come&” (Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt). The Democratic Party and mainstream liberal organizations have shown themselves to be completely inadequate to address the key questions facing working people today. The corporate-friendly wing of the party, especially in the aftermath of the Great Recession in 2008, has created conditions that led to the Trump phenomenon in the international context of rising right-wing populism. These essays from a wide variety of thinkers delve into topics of economic inequality and exploitation, gender and cultural identity, and how the neglect of the working class by establishment politicians has had consequences that urgently need to be addressed.
US Power and the Internet in International Relations: The Irony of the Information Age
by M. CarrDespite the pervasiveness of the Internet and its importance to a wide range of state functions, we still have little understanding of its implications in the context of International Relations. Combining the Philosophy of Technology with IR theories of power, this study explores state power in the information age.