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Grand strategist and founder of modern Singapore offers key insights and controversial opinions on globalization, geopolitics, economic growth, and democracy.When Lee Kuan Yew speaks, presidents, prime ministers, diplomats, and CEOs listen. Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage. Almost single-handedly responsible for transformi...

Qual è la soglia oltre la quale un conflitto diventa inevitabile? Nello scenario politico-economico contemporaneo, Cina e Stati Uniti sembrano proiettati verso una guerra che nessuno dei due vuole. Il motivo è la trappola di Tucidide: quando una potenza emergente minaccia di spodestare quella dominante, il risultato più plausibile è la guerra. Questa è la dinamica che scandisce da sempre la storia. A proposito della guerra del Peloponneso, che...

HISTORY / Military / General

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From an eminent international security scholar, an urgent examination of the conditions that could produce a catastrophic conflict between the United Statesand Chinaand how it might be prevented

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Originally designed to combat the lack of memory on nuclear issues in the US government, this book addresses the danger, effects, development, strategy and force structure of nuclear weapons as well as assessing the influence of domestic and international politics on nuclear weapons policy.

Americans in the twenty-first century are keenly aware of the many forms of terrorism: hijackings, biological attacks, chemical weapons. But, the deadliest form is almost too scary to think about - a terrorist group exploding a nuclear device in an American city. In the urgent call to action, Graham Allison, one of America's leading experts on nuclear weapons and national security, presents the evidence for two provocative, compelling conclusi...

In this new collection, sponsored by the American Assembly and the Council on Foreign Relations, a group of leading experts assesses the changing conception of national security in the 1990s and its implications for American policy at home and abroad.

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In this urgent call to action, one of America's leading experts on nuclear weapons and national security presents a Rcomprehensive but accessible treatment of this vital subject that is a major contribution to public understandingS ("The New York Times Book Review.

U.S. military forces, superbly capable of countering a defined enemy in intense combat, are not properly supported for important current roles as experienced in Kosovo and Iraq. If U.S. units and allied forces are to prevent looting and sabotage, control individuals and crowds, stop uncooperative vehicles in an urban environment, and protect themselves in stabilization and reconstruction activities, they will require new tools and proper train...

Most world leaders agree that nuclear terrorism represents the gravest international security challenge today. Many scholars and practitioners, however, argue that the United States remains ill-prepared to cope with this serious and real threat. What role should the U.S. play in confronting and combating this danger? Is nuclear terrorism preventable? What steps have the U.S. already taken to prevent a nuclear catastrophe and what future steps ...

The debate over national security and arms control has focused primarily on weapons-more or fewer weapons, different kinds of weapons. Hawks tend to see the immediate cause of war as one-sided weakness that tempts an aggressive adversary. For Doves, the primary cause of war lies in arms races that become provocative.