by John J. Mearsheimer (2001)
The foundational text of offensive realism. University of Chicago scholar John Mearsheimer explains why great powers are trapped in relentless structural competition for regional hegemony in an anarchic world system.
Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger provides a profound reflection on the concept of global balance of power, examining how the Westphalian peace, Islamic order, Chinese Middle Kingdom concept, and American idealism collide in the 21st century.
John R. Bradley
"When popular revolutions erupted in Tunisia and Egypt, Western pundits were quick to hail the stirrings of an Arab Spring and draw parallels between the resulting upheaval in the Middle East and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. In The Tunisian Tsunami John R. Bradley offers a sober counternarrative to this outlook. It is not liberalism, democracy, and pluralism that will emerge triumphant, he argues, but instead radical Islam. Bradley illustrates how, in a region awash with extremist Wahhabi ideology, intertribal rivalries, and Sunni-Shia divisions, the idea that liberal and progressive trends will prevail is little more than wishful thinking"--
Andrés Serbín, Joseph Tulchin (compiladores
"Most complete study available includes extensive coverage of Cuban-Caribbean relations from different perspectives. Ranges from issues of regime transition in the area to migration. Top experts in the field contributed chapters"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Sally Percival Wood and Baogang He
"This book illustrates the extent of the Australia-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership since its inception in 1974. It examines the networks of engagement that have shaped relations across three areas: regionalism, non-traditional security, and economic engagement. An understanding of the nature of the Australia-ASEAN partnership is often overshadowed by occasional shocks that test the relationship, such as people smuggling or terrorism, but beneath the surface of these extremes are deep and steady currents of partnership and cooperation that have flowed over four decades. This volume does not seek to merely commemorate or celebrate 40 years of Australia-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership; it is intended to establish a more sophisticated and balanced understanding around which we can accurately identify the Australia-ASEAN dynamic - historically, culturally and theoretically. The volume not only maps where we have been but also where the Australia-ASEAN partnership might be headed as Southeast Asian economic dynamism and strategic influence expand"--