Allies, Contacts, Enemies and Rivals continues Spica Publishing's fine tradition of producing high-quality supplementary material for the Traveller RPG, presenting over 60 fully detailed NPCs to help and hinder your players, a PsiTac team, individual Patrons, complete Free Trader, Scout/Courier, and Mercenary Cruiser starship crews and a marine striker platoon! Also included are 48 quick NPC statblocks to use as 'redshirts' in combat situations. Requires the Traveller core rulebook, available from Mongoose Publishing.
Since its founding, the United States has allied with unsavory dictatorships to thwart even more urgent security threats. How well has the United States managed such alliances, and what have been their consequences for its national security? In this book, Evan N. Resnick examines the negotiating tables between the United States and its allies of convenience since World War II and sets forth a novel theory of alliance bargaining. Resnick’s neoclassical realist theory explains why U.S. leaders negotiate less effectively with unfriendly autocratic states than with friendly liberal ones. Since policy makers struggle to mobilize domestic support for controversial alliances, they seek to cast those allies in the most benign possible light. Yet this strategy has the perverse result of weakening leverage in intra-alliance disputes. Resnick tests his theory on America’s Cold War era alliances with China, Pakistan, and Iraq. In all three cases, otherwise hardline presidents bargained anemically on such pivotal issues as China’s sales of ballistic missiles, Pakistan’s development of nuclear weapons, and Iraq’s sponsorship of international terrorism. In contrast, U.S. leaders are more inclined to bargain aggressively with democratic allies who do not provoke domestic opposition, as occurred with the United Kingdom during the Korean War. An innovative work on a crucial and timely international relations topic, Allies of Convenience explains why the United States has mismanaged these “deals with the devil”—with deadly consequences.
Explores U.S. foreign policy with regard to nations such as Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Libya, uncovering the reasons why these countries are so menacing to the United States.
In Reliability and Alliance Interdependence, Iain D. Henry argues for a more sophisticated approach to alliance politics and ideas of interdependence. It is often assumed that if the United States failed to defend an ally, then this disloyalty would instantly and irrevocably damage US alliances across the globe. Henry proposes that such damage is by no means inevitable and that predictions of disaster are dangerously simplistic. If other allies fear the risks of military escalation more than the consequences of the United States abandoning an ally, then they will welcome, encourage, and even praise such an instance of disloyalty. It is also often assumed that alliance interdependence only constrains US policy options, but Henry shows how the United States can manipulate interdependence to set an example of what constitutes acceptable allied behavior. Using declassified documents, Henry explores five case studies involving US alliances with South Korea, Japan, the Republic of China, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand. Reliability and Alliance Interdependence makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of how America's alliances in Asia function as an interdependent system.
A challenge to long-held assumptions about the costs and benefits of America’s allies. Since the Revolutionary War, the United States has entered into dozens of alliances with international powers to protect its assets and advance its security interests. America’s Entangling Alliances offers a corrective to long-held assumptions about US foreign policy and is relevant to current public and academic debates about the costs and benefits of America’s allies. Author Jason W. Davidson examines these alliances to shed light on their nature and what they reveal about the evolution of American power. He challenges the belief that the nation resists international alliances, showing that this has been true in practice only when using a narrow definition of alliance. While there have been more alliances since World War II than before it, US presidents and Congress have viewed it in the country’s best interest to enter into a variety of security arrangements over virtually the entire course of the country’s history. By documenting thirty-four alliances—categorized as defense pacts, military coalitions, or security partnerships—Davidson finds that the US demand for allies is best explained by looking at variance in its relative power and the threats it has faced.
The technologically advanced Guardians of Capital launch a vicious attack on the League of Planets using deadly biological weapons, and it falls to Mac and Joslyn Larson to stop them
This book is an interpretive analysis of transatlantic security relations from the preparation of the North Atlantic Treaty to the Obama administration.
Discover the pivotal role of international organizations in global politics with "International Organization," a comprehensive volume in the "Political Science" series. It examines how these institutions shape diplomacy, peacekeeping, and international cooperation. Chapters Overviews 1: International Organization – Explore the evolution, purpose, and impact of international organizations. 2: Human Rights – Understand how these organizations promote and protect global human rights. 3: Intergovernmentalism – Delve into decision-making principles within international organizations. 4: UN Economic and Social Council – Examine its role in addressing global socio-economic issues. 5: International Relations – Discover how international organizations influence global diplomacy. 6: Multilateralism – Understand how multilateralism promotes cooperation and resolves conflicts. 7: European Integration – Analyze European integration's influence on politics and economics. 8: Supranational Union – Learn how these unions affect member states' sovereignty and policy-making. 9: International Law – Explore international organizations' role in enforcing global law and order. 10: Regional Organization – Understand the function of regional organizations in global cooperation. 11: World Government – Investigate the idea of world government and its role in international organizations. 12: Vienna Convention – Examine its significance in governing treaties and agreements. 13: European Communities – Explore the role of European Communities in regional integration. 14: Continental Union – Delve into their influence on regional and global politics. 15: UN Parliamentary Assembly – Learn about its goals and potential impact on global governance. 16: International Federation for Human Rights – Discover its advocacy for global human rights. 17: Intergovernmental Organizations – Review a list of key intergovernmental organizations. 18: UN Specialized Agencies – Understand the roles of specialized UN agencies in global affairs. 19: U.S. International Organization Membership – Explore the U.S.'s involvement in international organizations. 20: Sovereign State – Examine sovereignty and its relation to international organizations. 21: Canada's International Organization Membership – Analyze Canada’s influence on global affairs. Closing Remarks "International Organization" provides a clear and engaging look into the mechanisms behind global cooperation and governance. Perfect for professionals, students, or political science enthusiasts, this book offers deep insights into the world of international organizations. Its invaluable perspectives make it a worthy addition to any political science library.
When life hands you a starship, take it! Experience has taught smuggler Natasha Orlov one thing —the universe will kick you when you’re down. Why does nothing ever come easy? Not friends, not jobs, and certainly not money. So when she stumbles onto a starship buried in a sea of sand, she’s not about to let it slip through her fingers. This is her shot at climbing out of the black hole of her past. Too bad her past is a moving target. A ghostly mercenary with muscles and brains stakes a claim, blowing her plan to smithereens and forcing her into a battle of wits and wills that tests her courage. And her patience. Then the Feds start sniffing around. The clock is ticking, but abandoning ship isn’t an option. Which means trusting the one person guaranteed to stab her in the back. Why does the universe have such a wicked sense of humor? If you like pulse-pounding interstellar adventures, sailing the black with rogues and rascals, and scrappy pilots who just won't quit, then you’ll love meeting Nat and her ragtag crew. Perfect for fans of Michelle Diener, K. Gorman, and R.M. Olson. STARHAWKE ROGUE Arch Allies Marked Mercenaries Resurgent Renegades
