This book began as a personal effort to comprehend the effect of nuclear weapons on the current era and its international system. Nuclear weapons have not merely revolutionized the military sphere bu …

The US-led war against Iraq in 2003 represented the most dramatic shake-up of regional politics in the Gulf for more than a decade. This book contains an up-to-date analysis of central questions affe …

This timely and pertinent collection looks at the variety of questions involved in the operation of Commissions of Inquiry (Co Is). Traditionally existing as pure fact-finding bodies, in recent times …

Negotiations and ratification of the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties were major events in the making and conduct of U.S. foreign policy. Beginning in 1973, the negotiations spanned three administrations, …

Political humor has been a staple of late-night television for decades. The Trump White House, however, has received significantly greater attention than that of past presidents, such as Barack Obama …

Global military expenditure reached an estimated $1, 822 billion in 2018 and this book questions what that spending responds to and indeed what that entails in terms of global security. The book draw …

Africa is increasingly becoming an arena for geopolitical competition over its resources and, in the last two decades, has seen many emerging powers such as China, India, Russia, Japan and Brazil att …

In June 2014 Islamic State launched an astonishing blitzkrieg which saw them seize control of an area in the Middle East the size of Britain. The news was soon filled with their relentless acts of sa …

War games for all levels.’Contact Front!’ is a compendium of war games for all levels for beginner to experienced players with a ‘get you going’ set of rules for modern wargames. It’s designed to be …

Local Government is an area where management skills are tested to the extreme. With political considerations evident both locally and nationally, managing resources can be complex and subject to chan …