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  • - Military Strategy, Politics and Economics
     
    787

    Presents an analysis of the key issues facing Chinese policy makers in their approach towards Taiwan. This book examines and explains the driving forces behind, the methods and the consequences of China using force against Taiwan. It is useful for students and scholars of military and security studies, and international relations.

  • - The Impact of Secrecy on Decision Making, 1980-2010
    av Gaurav Kampani
    637 - 1 971

  • - Crisis Behaviour and the Bomb
     
    657

    This edited volume explores competing perspectives on the impact of nuclear weapons proliferation on the South Asian security environment.

  • - Global Perspectives
     
    2 141

    Offers insights into some of the questions surrounding China's grand strategy and its potential effects on to the international order. This approaches the subject from a variety of angles, including realist, offensive realist, institutional, power transition, interdependence, and constructivist perspectives.

  • - Disrupting Violence
     
    787

    This is a major new contribution to comparative and multidisciplinary scholarship on the alignment of religion and violence in South and Southeast Asia.

  • - Lessons Learned
     
    2 191

    Focuses on India's experiences waging counterinsurgency campaigns since its independence in 1947. This book addresses the pressing military and civilian needs in the counterinsurgency arena. It is suitable for students of counterinsurgency and irregular warfare, Indian politics, Asian Security Studies and Strategic Studies in general.

  • - The Last Maoist War
    av Edward C. O'Dowd
    837 - 2 101

  • - Nuclear Weapons and Conflict in Comparative Perspective
    av Rajesh M. (Nanyang Technological University & Singapore) Basrur
    787 - 2 037

    Offers an analysis of the India-Pakistan nuclear confrontation as a form of 'cold war' - that is, a hostile relationship between nuclear rivals. This book draws on nuclear rivalries between similar pairs, and examines the rise and the process of the Cold War between India and Pakistan.

  • - Institutional Incentives, Myths and Counter-Balancing
    av Brian Shoup
    757 - 2 071

    Interethnic competition in plural societies is often characterized by a 'counterbalance' of political and economic strength between different groups. This book develops a model that explains how and why interethnic bargains between rival groups can erode given different institutional configurations.

  • - Counter-Insurgency, Politics and Internal Security
    av Martin I. (National Defense University, USA) Wayne & Washington DC
    837 - 1 967

    Investigates China's counter insurgency effort, highlighting the success of an approach centred on reshaping local society and government institutions. This book raises the question of what the United States may be able to learn from China's approach, and argues that a case as Xinjiang needs to be examined in order for terrorism to be defeated.

  • - Confucianism, Leadership and War
    av Huiyun (Utah State University & USA) Feng
    677 - 1 967

    Examining the major academic and policy debates over China's rise and related policy issues, this book looks into the motivations and intentions of a rising China. This work studies the beliefs of contemporary Chinese leaders and their strategic interactions with other states since 1949 when the communist regime came to power.

  • - Crisis Behaviour and the Bomb
     
    2 037

    Explores competing perspectives on the impact of nuclear weapons proliferation on the South Asian security environment. This volume creates a dialogue between scholars who believe that nuclear weapons have stabilized the subcontinent, and those who believe that nuclear weapons have made South Asia more conflict prone.

  • - More than Words
     
    2 377

    Traces the origins, evolution and the state of Indo-US strategic cooperation. This volume analyzes the strategic convergence of the world's two largest democracies, whilst explaining why important differences do remain. It is of interest to students of South Asian politics, Asian security, US foreign policy and security studies in general.

  • - America and Asia Respond
     
    2 201

    Offers diverse and comprehensive views of China's rise and its implications to the East Asian region and beyond. This book integrates geopolitical and domestic political analysis of China with a set of transnational security issues, and includes a diversity of regional views.

  • - Third-party Mediation in Regional Conflict
     
    1 967

    This edited volume examines the sources, manifestations and management of conflict in East Asia, which contains many of the world's conflict flashpoints, such as the Korean Peninsula and the China-Taiwan Strait.

  • - The Transformation of the People's Liberation Army
    av Nan Li
    941

    This edited volume looks at contemporary Chinese civil-military relations, emphasising that the PLA is shifting from political to military tasks.

  • - Tradition and Transformation for the 21st Century
    av Dennis J. Blasko
    761 - 2 381

  • - Alternate Paths to Global Power
    av Canada) Lanteigne & Marc (McGill University
    787 - 2 031

    The book examines a new approach to Chinese foreign policy development in the post-cold war international order.

  • - The Case of India-Pakistan
    av Canada) Khan & Saira (McGill University
    557 - 1 252,99

    Explores what the acquisition of nuclear weapons means for the life of a protracted conflict. This book argues that the acquisition of nuclear weapons by states keeps conflicts alive indefinitely, as they are maintained by frequent crises and low-to-medium intensity violence, rather than escalating to full-scale wars.

  • - The Transformation of the People's Liberation Army
     
    2 037

    Looks at Chinese civil-military relations, emphasizing that the PLA is shifting from political to military tasks.

  • - The PLA Navy's Submarine Challenge
    av Australia) Howarth & Peter (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    787 - 1 967

    Provides an understanding of China's strategic abilities and ambitions, probing the real depths of its plans for the twenty-first century. This work explores similarities between China's strategic outlook and that of continental powers whose submarine fleets challenged dominant maritime powers for regional hegemony.

  • - Military Strategy, Politics and Economics
     
    2 037

    An analysis of the key issues facing Chinese policy makers in their approach towards Taiwan. This book explains succinctly the impetus, the methods and the consequences if China is to use force, a prospect that has become greater following the return of President Chen Shui-bian to power in Taiwan for a second term in 2004.

  • - History and Prospects
    av USA) Cole & Bernard (National War College
    791 - 2 277

    Offering an evaluation of Taiwan's defence forces and infrastructure, this book also examines Taiwan's armed forces, its Ministry of National Defence, personnel issues, and civil-military relations. It is useful for students of East Asian security and Sino-American relations and for international and security studies in general.

  • - The ASEAN Regional Forum
     
    1 967

    Offers a study of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which is the multilateral vehicle of cooperative security bringing together all the world's major powers: the United States, China, Japan, India, Russia, and the European Union. This book offers an account of the relevance of the ARF in Asia-Pacific regional security.

  • - Trends, causes and implications
    av Andrew T. H. Tan
    757 - 2 171

  • - Beyond Espionage
     
    2 047

    This book analyses Chinäs foreign technology acquisition activity and how this has helped its rapid rise to superpower status.

  • - Beyond Espionage
     
    587

    This book analyses Chinäs foreign technology acquisition activity and how this has helped its rapid rise to superpower status.

  • - Technology Acquisition and Military Modernisation
    av Anna B Puglisi, James C. Mulvenon & William C. Hannas
    671 - 1 967

  • - Asymmetrical Economic Power and Insecurity
    av Jeffrey (Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies & USA) Reeves
    707 - 2 037

  • - Non-ASEAN Stakeholders
    av See Seng Tan
    837 - 2 281

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