The regime in Tehran, traditionally ruled by the Shia clergy, is transforming into a military dictatorship dominated by the officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). The rise of the IRGC is bound to challenge the interests of the United States in the Middle East…
An analysis of the dynamics of proxy warfare from the Cold War through to the War on Terror, this book investigates issues relating to the rise of China, as well as the Arab Spring.
"Gray Work is an unprecedented, first-hand look into the life of America's private paramilitary warriors and their highly secretive work around the world ... and is written by Jamie Smith, one of the most successful and respected men in the business."
Conventional political theory holds that the sovereign state is the legitimate source of order and provider of public services in any society, whether democratic or not. But Hezbollah and ISIS in the Middle East, pirate clans in Africa, criminal gangs in South America, and milit…
Conventional political theory holds that the sovereign state is the legitimate source of order and provider of public services in any society, whether democratic or not. But Hezbollah and ISIS in the Middle East, pirate clans in Africa, criminal gangs in South America, and milit…
