As the world's dominant political force and military power, he says, we are the only nation that will actually go into the world and strike down evil. And we must not shirk that responsibility - especially because we cannot rely on our so-called allies to defend our freedoms. Alexander tells the dramatic and sometimes surprising story of how, from the American Revolution to the War on Terror, A…
How does one predict the future course a country should take to achieve its "vision" in a globalizing world that is very dynamic? It is important to understand the nature of the global order in order to be able to craft a foreign policy that serves, Nigeria's national interest.
This book examines political concepts and processes in relation to principles of behaviour. It discusses ethical concept and principles which underlie and validate political law and constitution. Discussions about moral behavior politics include conduct of population census, electoral process, political language, crises and violence.
This account of US foreign policy reveals the story of the covert activity in Indonesia undertaken by President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in the late 1950s
For more than three decades, the multifaceted alliance between the United States and Japan has contributed significantly to the security of Japan and the maintenance of peace and security in the Far East.
The central objective of this study is to describe and analyse the politics of security policy change in Japan and its significance to the Asia-Pacific region as a whole.
Keith Payne begins by asking, "Did we really learn how to deter predictably and reliably during the Cold War?" He answers cautiously in the negative, pointing out that we know only that our policies toward the Soviet Union did not fail. What we can be more certain of, in Payne's view, is that such policies will almost assuredly fail in the Second Nuclear Age―a period in which direct nuclear t…
By examining ethnic tensions in Southeast Asia the book provides an analysis of one of the security dilemma's most recent utilisations. In particular, the book adds to the growing literature on the security dilemma and ethnic conflict by locating the analysis of ethnic tensions in Burma and Malaysia, among others, within the security literature of the Third World. In intra-ASEAN relations the…
This is an inquiry into the arms build-up in Southeast Asia and the measures that can be taken to control the proliferation of conventional arms in the region. It is not a plea for arms control or disarmament as much as an attempt to highlight the armament policies of countries in the region.
This book gathers a dozen rising scholars and analysts of Indonesian foreign policy to examine the conditions and extent to which “independent and active principle” - first articulated by Vice President Mohammad Hatta in 1948 - has been used and abused in various strategic policy issues. The book launch event aims to introduce this book to the public, especially stakeholders related to the…