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A selection of writing from Australia's funniest, most incisive political commentator. Rise of the Ruddbot presents the distilled highlights of Annabel Crabb's writing on the political events of the last few years, featuring Godwin Grech, Peter Garrett, Tony 'People Skills' Abbott, the Ruddbot, and more.

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By studying the actions of the rising powers in relation to the ArabIsraeli conflict since 1947, this book identifies active and passive approaches to conflict management. Through them, this book examines the extent to which these actions help or hinder aspirations to greater global influence.

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This book deals with the current Arctic policy of Russia in its domestic and foreign dimensions in global epoch. It offers the first comprehensive examination of Russia's arctic interests, approaches, and strategy in different areas: from political issues to social policy, and main difficulties and challenges in the modern Russian Arctic.

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This book consists of short essays on approximately fifty American political films. It explores the extent to which films take on the political issues of the day and their influence on public perceptions of politics.

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Australia is the land of the 'fair go'. But does this attitude extend to freedom of speech Katharine Gelber shows why many of Australia's laws and policies, supported by the wider public, are actually harmful to democratic participation in politics. Gelber investigates a wide range of political expression to see how we value free speech.

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The Suez crisis of 1956 offers a master class in statecraft. Like an illustration that uses an exploded view of an object to show how it works, this book uses an unprecedented design to deconstruct the Suez crisis. The story is broken down into three distinct phases. In each phase, the reader sees the issues as they were perceived by each country involved.

Argues that television has profoundly altered the nature of presidential debates, that the demands of television have dictated the structure and formats of contemporary debates, and that the visual content of presidential debates plays an important role in the way candidates exercise influence.

A provocative new look at an important security topic examines terrorist threats and attacks on shipping and portsand provides strategies for safety.

Terror on the High Seas: From Piracy to Strategic Challenge is a provocative look at maritime security and the steps that must be taken if terrorist threats are to be nullified.

Recounts the changing political orientation of the terrorist enemy, the growing viciousness of their attacks and the blundering responses of the US government to terrorism. This title highlights the challenges that face America in putting terrorists out of business without adopting their tactics.

The most comprehensive source of global terrorist information is now up to date with the latest events, including the devastating attack of September 11, 2001, its aftermath, and the mysterious anthrax letters.

It includes informative updates on earlier terrorist events and an exhaustive bibliography of the literature on terrorism published over the past 50 years.

The most up-to-date, comprehensive, and authoritative reference source on global terrorism brings Mickolus's coverage of political violence around the world up to the end of 2004.

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If you want to be a successful leader in todays business world, you need to think like an activist.

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Mohamed ElBaradei was deeply involved in the UN in the run-up to the Iraq War. Now, for the first time, he tells the story of what happened behind the scenes, and assesses the threat that nuclear weapons pose to our future.

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This book constructively criticizes and objectively analyzes the present American political strategy in the Middle East. It argues that the United States has no coherent policy in place to address ongoing challenges and highlights the need for creative thinking, flexibility, systematic understanding, cultural awareness, and effective strategy.

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Its hard to imagine the American dream without American road trips. This book takes readers on a journey through American road trip stories, revealing that they involve more than mere escapismthat they are an important and long-neglected source of American political thought.

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"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.

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What do we really know about the Greens in Australia Is the party really just an extension of the environment movement, or has it matured to a professional party, capable of taking on the big boys This book represents an important effort to come to grips with this question, by talking to the people who make the party tick.

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This book is the first in a series entitled A New History of the KGB'. Written by an acknowledged expert on the subject.