The book focuses on the basic assumptions of U.S. foreign policy makers, their concepts of the priority interests of the United States, their assessments of the threats to those interests, and their premises about the power of the United States to affect the international situation. The substance of these assumptions is shown to be a crucial determinant of the constancy as well as the change in…
In this discerning book, Monteagle Stearns, a former career diplomat and ambassador, argues that U.S. foreign policymakers do not need a new doctrine, as some commentators have suggested, but rather a new attitude toward international affairs and, most especially, new ways of learning from the Foreign Service. True, the word strangers in his title refers to foreigners. However, it also refers t…
In 1999 the former President answers all these questions and others. He gives us the basis for understanding how the world operates and how the United States should operate in the world. As we come to the end of this century of war and wonder of unprecedented bloodshed and political turmoil 1999 is an indispensable guide for avoiding repetition of our past mistakes as a nation, and fulfilling o…
The demise of America's Cold War-era foreign policy, has transformed Southeast Asia's relationship with the United States. No longer seen in the political context of communist containment, the countries of Southeast Asia - Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and Vietnam - are becoming increasingly powerful players in the world economy. Their unparalleled economic growth w…
This book delves into the complex interplay between global, regional, and national strategic issues and explores the intricate linkages that bind them together. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the dynamic forces shaping our interconnected world, shedding light on the key challenges faced by global actors and how they resonate at regional and national levels.
In The Great Universal Embrace, Kenneth L. Adelman-President Reagan's colorful arms advisor-delivers an outspoken book on why arms talks don't reduce arms and an insider's view of how foreign and defense policies were made and misunderstood during the Reagan era. Adelman's wit and easy way with words make this enormously important topic understandable and compelling. And, for once, the message …
Muslims in the Philippines, Muslims in the Pasific, Muslims in the East Africa, Research in Progress
American defense planning and Asian security: Policy choices for a time of transition, The Sino-Soviet conflict: A search for new security strategies, Security implications of the Soviet military presence in Asia, Changing Japanese security perspectives, Security in Northeast Asia, Prospects for Korean security, Vietnam and big-power rivalry, An Indonesian perspective on security trends in East…
Buku ini mengajar anak-anak untuk belajar dunia sekitarnya. Keajaiban-keajaiban alam, laut lepas yang luas, gunung tinggi yang berasap, dan binatang-binatang yang tebaran tinggi di langit, matahari yang selalu rajin terbit setiap hari.
On the whole, economics is rather progressive in making the improvements and refinements and rather backward in accommodating itself to underlying change. Dozens of com- petent scholars have labored to show how the individual and the community react to the problem of consumer choice. Demand curves and indifference surfaces have given increas- ing precision to these ideas. The course by which, i…