Abstract Convincing the Pakistani military to focus its attention on the Afghan Taliban and associated groups has so far proved unsuccessful. The Obama administration’s reliance…
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Summary The emergence of China on the world scene constitutes the most significant event in world politics since the end of World War II. Given…
Abstract Since the mid-1990s, much has been written about the potentially disruptive impact of China if it emerges as a peer competitor challenging the United…
Abstract The United States faces multiple national security challenges, but in the longer sweep of history it is our response to the rise of Chinese…
Abstract Conventional wisdom argues that President Obama inherited a U.S. reputation that was badly damaged around the world. While this may hold true in Europe,…
Abstract In East Asia the United States cultivated a “hub and spokes” system of discrete, exclusive alliances with the Republic of Korea, the Republic of…
Abstract The continued relevance of the U.S. bilateral alliance system in Asia appears most tested by questions of regional architecture. International relations and areas studies…
Summary World Out of Balance is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the constraints on the United States’ use of power in pursuit of its…
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Summary The United States’ nuclear energy industry is in decline. Low natural gas prices, financing hurdles, failure to find a permanent repository for high-level nuclear…
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Abstract The maintenance of safe and secure sea lanes, particularly those that link the United States with its partners in the Indian and Pacific Oceans,…
Summary Through market excesses and shortages, complicated by periodic anxiety over the exhaustion of fossil fuel sources, balancing the international quest for oil with reduction…
Summary Energy plays a vital role in Americans’ lives and in the U.S. economy as a whole, particularly in the provision of electricity, transportation, heating…
Summary Since the 1990s, the American government has under prioritized the North Korean threat to global security, according to Bruce Bechtol, an associate professor of…
Summary In Red Rogue, Bruce Bechtol analyzes the changing nature of North Korea’s national defense, foreign policy, and illicit economic activities in the post–9/11 era. He…
Summary North Korea’s foreign policy behavior has long intrigued scholars, puzzled laymen, frustrated negotiators, and aggravated policy-makers. This book brings together the work of ten…
