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Following the Arab Spring, some Arab autocrats are seeking to promote reform. Looking at Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and Algeria, the chapters describe the political situation, the major players, the trends in media activity, the (limited) role of the US in the political and media landscape, and the opportunities for action.

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Following the Arab Spring, some Arab autocrats are seeking to promote reform. Looking at Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and Algeria, the chapters describe the political situation, the major players, the trends in media activity, the (limited) role of the US in the political and media landscape, and the opportunities for action.

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These are extraordinary times in U.S. national security policy. America remains engaged in both Iraq and Afghanistan while facing a global economic downturn.

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In the wake of the Taliban nightmare, Afghanistan must tackle serious problems before it can emerge as a confident, independent nation. Security in this battered state continues to deteriorate; suicide bombings, convoy ambushes, and insurgent attacks are all too common.

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Two decades of steady progress have transformed ASEAN into a permanent component of world politics and a model for Third World cooperation. Their conclusion maintains that the success of ASEAN is due largely to the individual achievements of member nations rather than to ASEAN as an institution.

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Two decades of steady progress have transformed ASEAN into a permanent component of world politics and a model for Third World cooperation. Their conclusion maintains that the success of ASEAN is due largely to the individual achievements of member nations rather than to ASEAN as an institution.

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This book examines Russias emergence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its creation of a security architecture in the post-Soviet space. It explores how through building this security architecture, Russia and the other states in the post-Soviet space are better able to achieve their strategic goals and provide for their own security.

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This book examines Russias emergence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its creation of a security architecture in the post-Soviet space. It explores how through building this security architecture, Russia and the other states in the post-Soviet space are better able to achieve their strategic goals and provide for their own security.

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This concise text provides a balanced introduction to international relations theory. An invaluable resource for teaching theory to undergraduates, it brings together a wide range of perspectivesincluding realism, liberalism, Marxism, social constructivism, feminism, and post-modernismin a single comprehensive and easily readable text.

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This concise text provides a balanced introduction to international relations theory. An invaluable resource for teaching theory to undergraduates, it brings together a wide range of perspectivesincluding realism, liberalism, Marxism, social constructivism, feminism, and post-modernismin a single comprehensive and easily readable text.

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The first edition of Bureaucratic Politics and Foreign Policy is one of the most successful Brookings titles of all time. This thoroughly revised version updates that classic analysis of the role played by the federal bureaucracy civilian career officials, political appointees, and military officers and Congress in formulating U.

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When Edward's father goes missing in a remote region of Uganda while investigating rumors of a massacre, President Idi Amin's corrupt, dictatorial regime is exposed to the world in all its brutality.Nearly three decades later, Edward, now a world-renowned American forensics expert, returns to Uganda to solve the mystery surrounding his father's life and murder.

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Part III examines the fate of libraries when there is war and a resulting power vacuum.

The book concludes with a discussion of the events in Iraq in 2003, and the responsibility of American war strategists for the widespread pillaging that ensued after the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

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This collection of essays from international experts examines the economic interests of armed actors ranging from military businesses in Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Jordan, Sudan, and Yemen to retired military officers economic endeavors and the web of funding of non-state armed groups in Syria and Libya.

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A frank and honest memoir by Britains former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique, high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan.

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This provocative analysis of U.S. relations with Cambodia from the 1950s to the present illuminates foreign policy issues that remain especially pertinent in the aftermath of the Cold War, as we attempt to formulate new approaches to a changed but still threatening international situation.

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This book examines the trends and dynamics associated with CameroonNigeria relations. It offers rich perspectives for understanding the objectives and drivers of diplomatic relations between both countries.

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In September 1978, William Quandt, a member of the White House National Security Council staff, spent thirteen momentous days at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, where three world leaders were holding secret negotiations. When U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin eme

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Historically, Canada's Central American policy is in some ways substantially different from U.S. policy in the region.

The book begins with a look at Canada's transition from a country that until recently had little interest in Central America to its present position as a supplier of economic aid to the region.

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The conceptual view of the dichotomy between space and time in Canada's history presented here is unique. Canada's reduction to a strategic and military pawn can only be understood in relation to the conservatism of space as opposed to the imported liberalism of time.

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This text examines the policies and practices of the major arms-supplying nations.