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The Taliban and Afghanistan
India’s and Pakistan’s Strategies in Afghanistan
Author: Larry Hanauer
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2012-08-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780833076625
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →India and Pakistan have very different visions for Afghanistan, and they seek to advance highly disparate interests through their respective engagements in the country. This paper reviews the countries' interests in Afghanistan, how they have tried to further their interests, how Afghanistan navigates their rivalry, and the rivalry's implications for U.S. and Indian policy.
Afghanistan and Its Neighbors
The Security of the Caspian Sea Region
Author: Gennadiĭ Illarionovich Chufrin
Publisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780199250202
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Published in association with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Rousseau: 'The Social Contract' and Other Later Political Writings
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997-07-24
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780521424462
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is presented in two volumes, together forming the most comprehensive anthology of Rousseau's political writings in English. Volume II contains the later writings such as The Social Contract and a selection of Rousseau's letters on important aspects of his thought. The Social Contract has become Rousseau's most famous single work, but on publication was condemned by both the civil and the ecclesiastical authorities in France and Geneva. Rousseau fled and it is during this period that he wrote some of his autobiographical works as well as political essays such as On the Government of Poland. This 1997 volume, like its predecessor, contains a comprehensive introduction, chronology and guide to further reading, and will enable students to obtain a full understanding of the writings of one of the world's greatest thinkers.
Things Fall Apart
Author: Daniel L. Byman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2008-03-01
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0815713800
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Iraq is rapidly descending into all-out civil war. Unfortunately, the United States probably will not be able to just walk away from the chaos. Even setting aside the humanitarian nightmare that will ensue, a full-scale civil war would likely consume more than Iraq: historically, such massive conflicts have often had highly deleterious effects on neighboring countries and other outside states. Spillover from an Iraq civil war could be disastrous." Thus begins this sobering analysis of what the near future of Iraq could look like, and what America can do to reduce the threat of wider conflict. Preventing spillover of the Iraqi conflict into neighboring states must be a top priority. In explaining how that can be accomplished, Daniel Byman and Kenneth Pollack draw on their own considerable expertise as well as relevant precedents. The authors scrutinize several recent civil wars, including Lebanon, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Bosnia. After synthesizing those experiences into lessons on how civil wars affect other nations, Byman and Pollack draw from them to produce recommendations for U.S. policy. Even while the Bush Administration attempts to prevent further deterioration of the situation in Iraq, it needs to be planning how to deal with a full-scale civil war if one develops.
The Search for a Common European Foreign and Security Policy
Author: A. Malici
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008-03-31
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 0230611222
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When Kissinger lamented, 'When I want to call Europe, I cannot find a phone number', the implication was clear. Since then, the momentum of the EU towards a common foreign and security policy has increased. Yet, the viability of this institutionalization effort is questionable. This book advances a new perspective on this paradox.
U.S. Strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan
Author: Richard Lee Armitage
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 83
ISBN-13: 0876094795
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Council on Foreign Relations sponsors Independent Task Forces to assess issues of current and critical importance to U.S. foreign policy and provide policymakers with concrete judgments and recommendations. Diverse in backgrounds and perspectives, Task Force members aim to reach a meaningful consensus on policy through private and non-partisan deliberations. Once launched, Task Forces are independent of CFR and solely responsible for the content of their reports. Task Force members are asked to join a consensus signifying that they endorse "the general policy thrust and judgments reached by the group, though not necessarily every finding and recommendation." Each Task Force member also has the option of putting forward an additional or a dissenting view. Members' affiliations are listed for identification purposes only and do not imply institutional endorsement. Task Force observers participate in discussions, but are not asked to join the consensus. --Book Jacket.
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