"Ever since October 1993, when 18 U.S. soldiers were killed in the Battle of Mogadishu, America's political and military policymakers have been constrained by public reaction to the images of the bodies of U.S. casualties being dragged through streets full of jubilant Somalis. T…
This book locates the origins of 9/11 in an increasingly globalized security context of the early post-Cold War period. In particular, the book seeks to illuminate the connection between the disastrous U.S.-UN humanitarian intervention in Somalia in 1992-1994 and the emergence o…
In reaction to the disastrous U.S./UN action in Somalia in 1993, the U.S. government succumbed to "Somali Syndrome"--An aversion to intervening in failed states to stop humanitarian crises. The result was America's paralysis in the face of the genocides in Rwanda in 1994, Bosnia…
"The aim of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of New Zealand's international relations. It is a country that has often shown an international presence that is out of proportion to the modest spectrum of national economic, military and diplomatic capabilities at…
"The aim of this book is to provide the reader with an overview of New Zealand's international relations. It is a country that has often shown an international presence that is out of proportion to the modest spectrum of national economic, military and diplomatic capabilities at…
As modern foreign policy and international relations encompass more and more scientific issues, we are moving towards a new type of diplomacy, known as "Science Diplomacy". Will this new diplomacy of the 21st century prove to be more effective than past diplomacy for the big iss…