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"Navigating the Caspian Sea" offers an illuminating journey into the geopolitics, economics, and history of one of the world's most significant, yet often overlooked, inland bodies of water. As the largest enclosed inland body of water by area, the Caspian Sea has long served as a nexus of both cooperation and contention among the littoral states that border it.Key elements explored in the book include:Historical Overview: An examination of the Caspian's...
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Global Economic Governance" offers an in-depth exploration into the world's leading intergovernmental economic forums - the G-7, G-8, and G-20. These entities, consisting of the world's major advanced and emerging economies, play a crucial role in international economic policy coordination, ensuring that the global economy functions smoothly and fairly in an era of increasing interconnectivity.Key chapters and themes of the book include:Historical...
3) Navigating the Foreign Policy Landscape: A Diplomat's Guide to the Five "Tan" ex-Soviet Republics
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In "Navigating the Foreign Policy Landscape," the author offers an in-depth analysis and guide to understanding the intricate dynamics of the five "Tan" ex-Soviet Republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Set against the backdrop of their shared Soviet past, this book deftly explores the unique challenges, aspirations, and geopolitical significance of each of these Central Asian nations in the post-Soviet era.Dennison,...
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"Boundaries of Discord" delves into the longstanding territorial disputes that have shaped global geopolitics and continue to influence contemporary international relations. Drawing from historical records, diplomatic correspondence, and firsthand accounts, the book offers an in-depth exploration of unresolved territorial conflicts that span continents and centuries.Key components of the book include:Historical Background: A comprehensive introduction...
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"Brothers at War" provides a detailed and nuanced examination of the bitter and complex rivalry between India and Pakistan, two nations that emerged from the British colonial yoke in 1947. Born out of a turbulent partition, these South Asian neighbors have been embroiled in a series of conflicts and tensions that have had significant implications for regional and global peace.Key facets of the book include:Roots of Partition: An exploration of the...
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"Water Scarcity Diplomacy" delves into the intricate and often contentious diplomatic interactions centered around one of the world's most iconic waterways: the Nile River. As an essential life source for over a dozen nations, the Nile has become a focal point of cooperation, competition, and sometimes conflict, especially as the specter of water scarcity looms larger with each passing year.Key facets of the book include:Historical Significance: Tracing...
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The Middle East is a swirling cauldron of instability, insecurity and unrest. And right in the middle of this turmoil, the threats posed to smaller groups like Greeks of Cyprus and Azeri Armenians are growing by the day.In this book, author Aris Petasis asks the question – do hard-pressed small groups have a viable future in the Middle East?The Middle East in Turmoil is a thoughtful examination of how foreign interference and poor leadership have...
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Contemporary foreign policy refers to the strategies, principles and actions that a country's government uses to interact with other nations in the present day. It encompasses a wide range of diplomatic, economic, security and cultural initiatives aimed at advancing a nation's interests, maintaining peaceful relations and addressing global challenges. In today's interconnected world, contemporary foreign policy often focuses on issues such as international...
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History and geography delineate the operation of power, not only its range but also the capacity to plan and the ability to implement. Approaching state strategy and policy from the spatial angle, Jeremy Black argues that just as the perception of power is central to issues of power, so place, and its constraints and relationships, is partly a matter of perception, not merely map coordinates. Geopolitics, he maintains, is as much about ideas and perception...
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Cassella-Blackburn and Langone provide an account of the ways in which the small group of zealots known as the China Lobby conspired to create a hysterical fear of the threat of Soviet imperialism and the dangers of communism in the minds of the American public and Western leaders. The China Lobby included business leaders, publishers, and members of the United States congress, state department, and military as well as Chinese nationalists. Their...
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