Il volume raccoglie una serie di saggi sul tema delle guerre di aggressione scatenate nell'ultimo ventennio dalle potenze occidentali in violazione del diritto internazionale. Le guerre umanitarie - dai Balcani all'Iraq, all'Afghanistan - sono state presentate come lo strumento …
Analyzes the growing use of children as soldiers in global conflicts, explaining how youngsters are recruited and abducted, indoctrinated, trained, and utilized as warriors; how changes in weapons technology and a breakdown of global order have led to the phenomenon; and how Wes…
"The first comprehensive textbook on political psychology, this user friendly volume explores the psychological origins of political behavior. Using psychological concepts to explain types of political behavior, the authors introduce readers to a broad range of theories and case…
Security studies: an introduction
"Security Studies: An Introduction, 3rd edition is the most comprehensive textbook available on the subject, providing students with an essential grounding in the debates, frameworks and issues on the contemporary security agenda. This new edition has been comprehensively revise…
In early 2011, the heart of the Muslim world roiled in protest, consumed with the upheaval of the Arab Spring. The governments of Tunisia and Egypt had already fallen; those of Libya and Yemen would soon follow. Watching the chaos from his hideout in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden sa…
From its birth in the late 1990s as the jihadist dream of terrorist leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the Islamic State (known by a variety of names, including ISIS, ISIL, and al Qaeda in Iraq) has grown into a massive enterprise, redrawing national borders across the Middle East and…
A historian and anthropologist use demographic and economic factors to explain the waning hegemony of the United States.
The inside story of how America's enemies launched a cyber war against us-and how we've learned to fight back With each passing year, the internet-linked attacks on America's interests have grown in both frequency and severity. Overmatched by our military, countries like North K…