Counter This book examines the internal and external dynamics - Iranian polity, foreign policy and the capabilities of the Iranian military - which affect and often determine the policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It acknowledges the important role that Iran plays in Gulf affairs - particularly in the area of security - and looks at the evolution of Iranian foreign policy in recent years
Critical geopolitics presents a brilliant and radical analysis of the ideas which have driven nations to attempt to remap the globe in their own image. The essays-ranging across British colonialism to Nazi geopolitics, from America's ambitions to the bloodshed of Bosnia and Ireland-unearth a new political history of the struggle for space and power in the West, and revision the geographies of g…
This volume clearly shows that we are a long way from a postterritorial world. Through a set of fascinating case studies on interstate conflict in different parts of the world.
An important book on a topic that has been neglected for too long, Geopolitics: A Guide to the Issues will provide readers with an enhanced understanding of how geography influences personal, national, and international economics, politics, and security. The work begins with the history of geopolitics from the late 19th century to the present, then discusses the intellectual renaissance the dis…
This book contains: 1. Revisiting the history of geopolitics 2. Geopolitics in contemporary times 3. Bangladesh and the futures of geopolitcs
This new edition of the dictionary contains political and international conferences, complete with a complete index of French terms.
The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World provides readers with the depth of coverage, the historical contexts, and the richness of interpretation needed to come to terms with today's volatile international scene. Drawing on the insights of nearly 500 authors from more than 40 countries, the volume provides comprehensive coverage of international affairs and domestic politics throughout the…
Indonesia was in a parlous condition in 1998. Only a few years earlier, in of the Third World's the mid-1990s, it had often been portrayed as one of success stories.¹ President Soeharto's military-backed New Order was certainly authoritarian but it had underwritten political stability for almost three decades since the bloody upheaval surrounding the collapse of President Soekarno's Guided Dem…
Contents: 1. Blowback 2. OILYgarchy 3. Drilling and killing : Chevron and Nigeria's oil dictatorship 4. Crackdown 5. Smackdown 6. Lockdown 7. Lies of our times 8. State media, American style, etc.
Digital technology is changing power at a faster rate than any time in history. Distrust and inequality are fuelling political and economic uncertainty. The scaffolding built around the global order is fragile, and the checks and balances created over centuries to protect liberty are being tested, maybe to destruction. Tom Fletcher, the youngest senior British ambassador for two hundred years, …