The Concept of Russia

The Concept of Russia
Author: Katlijn Malfliet
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9789058673459

How can we best define Russias long-term national interests in the field of political sovereignty, sustainable economic development and military security? How will Russia view its federal state structure, as it finds itself confronted with a centuries-old tension between national and regional identity? Does Russia have to make a choice between East and West? All these questions relate to the centuries-old debate on the Russian Idea. The contributors to this book seek to study the quest for Russian identity, approaching this multi-layered and diffuse problem from a historical, political, cultural and economic perspective.

Russian "Hybrid Warfare"

Russian
Author: Ofer Fridman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2018-08-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0190934735

During the last decade, 'Hybrid Warfare' has become a novel yet controversial term in academic, political and professional military lexicons, intended to suggest some sort of mix between different military and non-military means and methods of confrontation. Enthusiastic discussion of the notion has been undermined by conceptual vagueness and political manipulation, particularly since the onset of the Ukrainian Crisis in early 2014, as ideas about Hybrid Warfare engulf Russia and the West, especially in the media. Western defense and political specialists analyzing Russian responses to the crisis have been quick to confirm that Hybrid Warfare is the Kremlin's main strategy in the twenty-first century. But many respected Russian strategists and political observers contend that it is the West that has been waging Hybrid War, Gibridnaya Voyna, since the end of the Cold War. In this highly topical book, Ofer Fridman offers a clear delineation of the conceptual debates about Hybrid Warfare. What leads Russian experts to say that the West is conducting a Gibridnaya Voyna against Russia, and what do they mean by it? Why do Western observers claim that the Kremlin engages in Hybrid Warfare? And, beyond terminology, is this something genuinely new?

Conflict Management and “Whole of Government”: Useful Tools for U.S. National Security Strategy (Enlarged Edition)

Conflict Management and “Whole of Government”: Useful Tools for U.S. National Security Strategy (Enlarged Edition)
Author: Volker C. Franke
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2013-05-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1304052648

Today, America faces security challenges that are exceedingly dynamic and complex, in part because of the ever changing mix and number of actors involved and the pace with which the strategic and operational environments change. To meet these new challenges more effectively, the Obama administration advocated strengthening civilian instruments of national power and enhancing America's whole-of-government (WOG) capabilities. Although the need for comprehensive integration and coordination of civilian and military, governmental and nongovernmental, national and international capabilities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of post-conflict stabilization and peacebuilding efforts is widely recognized, Washington has been criticized for its attempts at creating WOG responses to international crises and conflicts for overcommitment of resources, lack of sufficient funding and personnel, competition between agencies, ambiguous mission objectives, ..

Safe for Democracy

Safe for Democracy
Author: John Prados
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2006-09-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1615780114

From its founding in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency has been discovered in the midst of some of the most crucial-and most embarrassing-episodes in United States relations with the world. Safe for Democracy for the first time places the story of the CIA's covert operations squarely in the context of America's global quest for democratic values and institutions. National security historian John Prados offers a comprehensive history of the CIA's secret wars that is as close to a definitive account as is possible today.

Ex-Prodigy

Ex-Prodigy
Author: Norbert Wiener
Publisher: Mit Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 1964-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780262730082

Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy

Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy
Author: Mark A. Drumbl
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2012-01-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199592659

Child soldiers are generally perceived as faultless, passive victims. This ignores that the roles of child soldiers vary, from innocent abductee to wilful perpetrator. This book argues that child soldiers should be judged on their actions and that treating them like a homogenous group prevents them from taking responsibility for their acts.

The Rise of Moscow's Power

The Rise of Moscow's Power
Author: Henryk Paszkiewicz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 544
Release: 1983
Genre: History
ISBN:

This is the English translation of the classic study on the rise of the power of Moscow by Henryk Paszkiewicz.