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Author: Nicholas J. Wheeler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 0199696470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn ambitious new book by one of the world's leading International relations scholars, in which he develops a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to trust and applies this framework to the issue of building trust at the international level.
Author: Nicholas J. Wheeler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-03-09
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 0192512676
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow can two states with enemy relations transform their relationship? Nicholas Wheeler argues that the discipline of International Relations has not done a good job of answering this question because its focus has been on the state and the individual levels of analysis. In this ground-breaking book, he argues for the importance of a new level of analysis in trust research the interpersonal relationships between state leaders. In doing so, he makes two key contributions. Firstly, developing a new theory of interpersonal trust that can be applied to the international level, and secondly, showing how this theory contributes to the literature on signalling in IR. The theory of interpersonal trust developed in the book provides a novel response to the central problem identified by signalling theory in IR: whether the receivers of signals interpret them in the way intended by their senders. The author argues that, in fact, trust between two leaders is causally prior to the accurate interpretation of the signals they send with the aim of communicating peaceful intent. Trust, therefore, does away with the problem of the ambiguity of signal interpretation. He goes on to examine exactly how a new relationship of trust emerges between two leaders who represent states with enemy relations: through face-to-face interaction and the crucial process of bonding between them that this makes possible. This powerful new theory of interpersonal trust is applied to three cases: the personal interactions between US and Soviet leaders Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in ending the Cold War; the face-to-face interactions between Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in reducing conflict between India and Pakistan in 1998-1999; and the interactions in 2009-10 between Barack Obama and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that failed to achieve a breakthrough in US-Iran nuclear relations.
Author: Adam Kahane
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1626568243
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Offers practical guidance for how to work with diverse others, which is a precondition for confronting many of the complex challenges we face.” —Morris Rosenberg, President, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Collaboration is increasingly difficult and increasingly necessary. Often, to get something done that really matters to us, we need to work with people we don’t agree with or like or trust. Adam Kahane has faced this challenge many times, working on big issues like democracy and jobs and climate change and on everyday issues in organizations and families. He has learned that our conventional understanding of collaboration—that it requires a harmonious team that agrees on where it’s going, how it’s going to get there, and who needs to do what—is wrong. Instead, we need a new approach to collaboration that embraces discord, experimentation, and genuine cocreation—which is exactly what Kahane provides in this groundbreaking and timely book. “Kahane shows that people who don’t see eye-to-eye really can come together to solve big challenges. Whether in our businesses, our governments, our communities, or our personal lives, we can all benefit from this smart and timely book.” —Mark Tercek, former President, The Nature Conservancy and coauthor of Nature’s Fortune “Shows us how thinking and seeing differently can help us navigate this challenging landscape. Kahane abandons orthodoxy in taking on the most intransigent problems, showing us the path to effective action in a complex world.” —James Gimian, coauthor of The Rules of Victory “Collaborating with the Enemy belongs on the same shelf as Sun Tzu’s The Art of War and Machiavelli’s The Prince.” —Stephen Huddart, President, The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
Author: Charles A. Kupchan
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012-03-25
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 0691154384
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow nations move from war to peace Is the world destined to suffer endless cycles of conflict and war? Can rival nations become partners and establish a lasting and stable peace? How Enemies Become Friends provides a bold and innovative account of how nations escape geopolitical competition and replace hostility with friendship. Through compelling analysis and rich historical examples that span the globe and range from the thirteenth century through the present, foreign policy expert Charles Kupchan explores how adversaries can transform enmity into amity—and he exposes prevalent myths about the causes of peace. Kupchan contends that diplomatic engagement with rivals, far from being appeasement, is critical to rapprochement between adversaries. Diplomacy, not economic interdependence, is the currency of peace; concessions and strategic accommodation promote the mutual trust needed to build an international society. The nature of regimes matters much less than commonly thought: countries, including the United States, should deal with other states based on their foreign policy behavior rather than on whether they are democracies. Kupchan demonstrates that similar social orders and similar ethnicities, races, or religions help nations achieve stable peace. He considers many historical successes and failures, including the onset of friendship between the United States and Great Britain in the early twentieth century, the Concert of Europe, which preserved peace after 1815 but collapsed following revolutions in 1848, and the remarkably close partnership of the Soviet Union and China in the 1950s, which descended into open rivalry by the 1960s. In a world where conflict among nations seems inescapable, How Enemies Become Friends offers critical insights for building lasting peace.
Author: Will Witt
Publisher:
Published: 2022-09-20
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781546000686
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInstant National Best Seller! Political commentator and media personality Will Witt gives young conservatives the ammunition they need to fight back against the liberal media. Popular culture in America today is dominated by the left. Most young people have never even heard of conservative values from someone their age, and if they do, the message is often bland and outdated. Almost every Hollywood actor, musician, media personality, and role model for young people in America rejects conservative values, and Gen Zs and millennials are quick to regurgitate these viewpoints without developing their own opinions on issues. So many young conservatives in America want to stand up for their beliefs in their classrooms, at their jobs, with their friends, or on social media, but they don't have the tools to do so. In How to Win Friends and Influence Enemies, Will Witt arms Gen Zs and millennials with the knowledge and skills to combat the leftist narrative they hear every day.
Author: Ryan Holiday
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2016-06-14
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 069819215X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe instant Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and international bestseller “While the history books are filled with tales of obsessive visionary geniuses who remade the world in their image with sheer, almost irrational force, I’ve found that history is also made by individuals who fought their egos at every turn, who eschewed the spotlight, and who put their higher goals above their desire for recognition.” —from the prologue Many of us insist the main impediment to a full, successful life is the outside world. In fact, the most common enemy lies within: our ego. Early in our careers, it impedes learning and the cultivation of talent. With success, it can blind us to our faults and sow future problems. In failure, it magnifies each blow and makes recovery more difficult. At every stage, ego holds us back. Ego Is the Enemy draws on a vast array of stories and examples, from literature to philosophy to history. We meet fascinating figures such as George Marshall, Jackie Robinson, Katharine Graham, Bill Belichick, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who all reached the highest levels of power and success by conquering their own egos. Their strategies and tactics can be ours as well. In an era that glorifies social media, reality TV, and other forms of shameless self-promotion, the battle against ego must be fought on many fronts. Armed with the lessons in this book, as Holiday writes, “you will be less invested in the story you tell about your own specialness, and as a result, you will be liberated to accomplish the world-changing work you’ve set out to achieve.”
Author: Mark Tier
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-02-09
Total Pages: 788
ISBN-13: 9781470023058
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA POLITICAL THRILLER A story of power and corruption, love and betrayal—and moral redemption “Fascinating read. Politics, sex, scandal, blackmail, corruption—a real page-turner”—Marby Villaceran, La Trobe University, Melbourne Prepare to be initiated into the dirty, seamy side of politics. A world where no one is a friend, where the only people you can really trust are your enemies; where beliefs you take for granted are turned on their heads. “BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...” As “The Power Behind the Throne” of Australia's next Prime Minister, Alison McGuire is just one step from the pinnacle of power and the achievement of her every dream—when she's ensnared in a web of political intrigue and corruption. Her adversary: the powerful, Machiavellian Senator Frank McKurn—who plans to use her for his own twisted ends. In a frantic race for survival, she must dig up a knockout blow to demolish McKurn before he destroys her. But McKurn holds all the cards. And crossing him is an invitation to wear concrete boots. “I'm hooked from page one”—Jo Ann Skousen, writer and critic, New York In desperation, Alison seeks the support of an acerbic-tongued newspaper columnist—who ends up in hospital in a coma. A police sergeant asks too many pointed questions—and is “reassigned.” A politician with a heart of gold—who shows his true nature when push comes to shove. A secretive computer hacker who digs up priceless information on McKurn's web of corruption—and is forced into hiding to save his life. “The way you describe Alison McGuire makes her the sexiest woman I can imagine”—Kirsten Perucci, investor, Sydney Who else can she trust? Certainly not Derek Olsson, her former lover, the man who betrayed her, now her bitter antagonist—who's nowhere to be found. “Trust Your Enemies is a blockbuster! I loved it. One thing I really liked was no typecasting. The people in government, the Christians, the cops, the Muslims—even the bad guys—are all human beings, not 2D cutouts. And the hero wasn't perfect either—hallelujah!”—Ellen Young, editor, Vermont Derek Olsson is on the run. Wanted by the police—for a murder he claims is the perfect frame-up ...by a Triad king who has offered a reward for his head—without the body...by a powerful politician who must shut his mouth permanently—or spend the rest of his life in jail. Little do Alison and Derek know that only by joining forces do they have a chance to survive But Alison must first swallow her anger and bury the hatchet—except their time is running out. A shadowy contract hit man is now hot on their trail. Known only as “The Assassin,” he has yet to fail. “Wow! In Trust Your Enemies you'll meet the woman you want to be—the woman you hope your boyfriend NEVER meets!”—Raquel Narca, teacher, Manila Trust Your Enemies weaves the contentious issues of religion, abortion, terrorism and drugs into a spine-tingling drama and heart-throbbing romance with something to inspire (and offend) everyone. A parable for our time that plumbs depths of moral depravity and soars to the pinnacle of human achievement. “Trust Your Enemies is an intense drama where two lone individuals fight for their lives—because they're fighting for their principles—against the overwhelming odds of corrupt politicians more concerned with power and glory than principles and ideals. “In a cliff-hanging climax that will have you holding on to the edge of your seat, they craftily elude 'The Assassin' sent to silence them forever, bring calamity on the head of the country's most corrupt politician—and bring down the government as a mere side effect.”—Michael Morrison, editor, Chattanooga
Author: Michael Thompson, PhD
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2001-10-24
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 0345449452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFriends broaden our children’s horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but for parents as well. In this wise and insightful book, psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., and children’s book author Catherine O’Neill Grace, illuminate the crucial and often hidden role that friendship plays in the lives of children from birth through adolescence. Drawing on fascinating new research as well as their own extensive experience in schools, Thompson and Grace demonstrate that children’s friendships begin early–in infancy–and run exceptionally deep in intensity and loyalty. As children grow, their friendships become more complex and layered but also more emotionally fraught, marked by both extraordinary intimacy and bewildering cruelty. As parents, we watch, and often live through vicariously, the tumult that our children experience as they encounter the “cool” crowd, shifting alliances, bullies, and disloyal best friends. Best Friends, Worst Enemies brings to life the drama of childhood relationships, guiding parents to a deeper understanding of the motives and meanings of social behavior. Here you will find penetrating discussions of the difference between friendship and popularity, how boys and girls deal in unique ways with intimacy and commitment, whether all kids need a best friend, why cliques form and what you can do about them. Filled with anecdotes that ring amazingly true to life, Best Friends, Worst Enemies probes the magic and the heartbreak that all children experience with their friends. Parents, teachers, counselors–indeed anyone who cares about children–will find this an eye-opening and wonderfully affirming book.
Author: Shelby Bach
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-06-30
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1442497890
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRory and her friends are determined to stop the Snow Queen once and for all in this thrilling conclusion to the Ever Afters series, which Kirkus Reviews calls a “fast-paced combination of middle school realism and fairy-tale fantasy.” How will this tale end? The whole fairy-tale world is on high alert. The Snow Queen and her minions are targeting Characters, and Ever After School is the only safe refuge left. Rory Landon knows a final confrontation is inevitable, and she worries about the safety of her family and friends—particularly Chase, who has been acting very strange lately. Will Rory be able to count on Chase when she needs him most? Is she strong enough to put an end to the Snow Queen’s terrible reign once and for all? Only one thing is certain: it’s time for Rory to find out if her tale ends in happily-ever-after.
Author: Frederick K. Price
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9780892749201
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