A New Global Geometry?
A New Global Geometry?

Author: Greg Albo

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2024-06-18

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1685900402

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Scrutinizes possibilities for an equalised global order, in light of recent conflicts between the world’s major powers The “post-Cold War era is definitively over,” asserted US President Joe Biden as he launched the new National Security Strategy, warning in late 2022 that “a competition is underway between the major powers to shape what comes next.” American leadership, the document declared, would be more necessary than ever to define "the future of the international order,” insisting that the US must marshal its unparalleled economic, military, and diplomatic resources to confront its geopolitical rivals. Socialist Register 2024: A New Global Geometry? takes stock of momentous changes on the horizon: Even if these geopolitical shifts do not spell the end of globalization, how might they alter its historical trajectory? While it is it premature to speak of the end of the liberal economic order, let alone the development of a multipolar international system, can we begin to assess the dimensions of a new global geometry? And, how might we assess the potential vulnerabilities of socialist movements worldwide, alongside the potential resistance our movements might manage to present, grounded in our historical demands for a democratic and equalizing world order?

NATO 2030
NATO 2030

Author: Jason Blessing

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1947661116

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is the world’s largest, most powerful military alliance. The Alliance has navigated and survived the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the post-9/11 era. Since the release of the 2010 Strategic Concept, NATO’s strategic environment has again undergone significant change. The need to adapt is clear. An opportunity to assess the Alliance’s achievements and future goals has now emerged with the Secretary General’s drive to create a new Strategic Concept for the next decade—an initiative dubbed NATO 2030. A necessary step for formulating a new strategic outlook will thus be understanding the future that faces NATO. To remain relevant and adjust to new circumstances, the Alliance must identify its main challenges and opportunities in the next ten years and beyond. This book contributes to critical conversations on NATO’s future vitality by examining the Alliance’s most salient issues and by offering recommendations to ensure its effectiveness moving forward. Written by a diverse, multigenerational group of policymakers and academics from across Europe and the United States, this book provides new insights about NATO’s changing threat landscape, its shifting internal dynamics, and the evolution of warfare. The volume’s authors tackle a wide range of issues, including the challenges of Russia and China, democratic backsliding, burden sharing, the extension of warfare to space and cyberspace, partnerships, and public opinion. With rigorous assessments of NATO’s challenges and opportunities, each chapter provides concrete recommendations for the Alliance to chart a path for the future. As such, this book is an indispensable resource for NATO’s strategic planners and security and defense experts more broadly.

Defense Positioning and Geometry
Defense Positioning and Geometry

Author: Raj Gupta

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780815707264

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With the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact in Europe and the end of the Cold war, many of the long-standing political and ideological obstacles to minimizing force levels have been removed. The overriding issue is no longer who commands the greatest force divisions; rather, the immediate concern is to establish a minimum threshold to which nations may reduce their force levels and still retain a meaningful defense. In this book, Raj Gupta examines the geometry and positioning of conventional forces, especially at low force levels. Defense Positioning and Geometry uncovers certain spatial relationships that the defending commander must abide by for an effective defense and shows how they can be exploited to construct stable military balances and reduce forces to minimum levels. The author considers a number of important questions that must be addressed to establish a new order of low force levels, such as: What is the absolute minimum force density necessary for a coherent and robust defense? How deep can mutual cuts go without irreparably damaging defense capability and upsetting conventional stability? How should an arms control treaty that cuts deployed forces by 50 percent or more be structured? There is an urgency to develop general, universally applicable principles that dictate how conventional forces should be optimally structured. Such principles, once defined, are certainly applicable directly on the battlefield—in the civil wars in Yugoslavia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and in the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent response. However, as the author demonstrates, these fundamental defense positioning rules can be employed more constructively in the task of dismantling the redundant firepower amassed by NATO, the Warsaw Pact countries, the Middle East, North and South Korea, and the China-India-Pakistan axis. The book shows how knowledge of the ideal force geometry at low force levels makes it possible to dete

The Criminology Theory Reader
The Criminology Theory Reader

Author: Stuart Henry

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 637

ISBN-13: 0814735509

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An anthology of theoretical essays on causes of crime published in the American Society of Criminology's journal Criminology. Articles have been edited into concise, student-friendly readings, capturing the essence and diversity of thinking about crime from major theoretical perspectives including classical and rational choice, biological and psychological, strain, subculture, social learning, neutralization, and Marxist and critical theory. Also contains cutting-edge thinking on feminist theory and on postmodernist, constitutive, and integrated approaches. Includes an overview and section introductions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Women, War, and Violence
Women, War, and Violence

Author: Mariam M. Kurtz

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2015-08-28

Total Pages: 722

ISBN-13: 1440828814

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This set of original articles probes the breadth of vital issues surrounding the impact of war and violence on women globally—and examines what is being done to mitigate their effects. The story of men's roles in war and violence fills headlines and history books, but the women's narrative too often goes unnoticed. This two-volume work brings women's voices to the fore, highlighting new scholarship and journalism to offer a realistic understanding of this timely topic. Including both historical context and contemporary issues, the volumes explore types of violence affecting women and girls—as victims of war and as combatants in and perpetrators of war. Equally important, it provides an in-depth look at resistance movements and peacemaking efforts, examining how these issues can—and should—be addressed. The two volumes bring together a wide range of articles by experts from various fields and backgrounds to provide the first all-inclusive overview of women, war, and violence. Other works on the subject tend to be focused on Western nations, offering a narrow view of a global issue. This compendium, in contrast, takes a truly international approach. It provides general readers, policymakers, students and scholars with a compelling collection of insights from around the world, exposing the varied experiences women have had—and continue to have—with violence and war.

Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age
Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age

Author: Gregory D. Koblentz

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0876096119

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The world has entered a second nuclear age shaped by rising nuclear states and military technologies. Gregory Koblentz argues that the United States should work with the other nuclear-armed states to manage threats to nuclear stability in the near term and establish processes for multilateral arms control efforts over the longer term.

The Essential Criminology Reader
The Essential Criminology Reader

Author: Stuart Henry

Publisher:

Published: 2009-04-29

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0786738359

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Initially designed to accompany Mark Lanier and Stuart Henry’s best-selling Essential Criminology textbook, this new reader is an up-to-date companion text perfect for all students of introductory criminology and criminological theory courses. The Essential Criminology Reader contains 30 original articles on current developments in criminological theory. Commissioned specifically for The Reader, these short essays were written by leading scholars in the field. Each chapter complements one of 13 different theoretical perspectives covered in Lanier and Henry’s Essential Criminology text and contains between two and three articles from leading theorists on each perspective. Each chapter of The Reader features: a brief summary of the main ideas of the theory the ways the author’s theory has been misinterpreted/distorted criticisms by others of the theory and how the author has responded a summary of the balance of the empirical findings the latest developments in their theoretical position policy implications/practice of their theory

Tipping Point
Tipping Point

Author: David Poyer

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2015-12-08

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1466857420

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Embark on a Thrilling Naval Adventure in Tipping Point Facing pressure both at the helm and in the political arena, Captain Lenson finds himself combating an array of formidable challenges. From defending his controversial command decisions before Congress to managing a divided crew aboard the antiballistic-missile accommodative USS Savo Island, Lenson's resilience and resolve are constantly tested. As Lenson steers his ship across the pirate-infested waters of the Indian Ocean, a darker threat looms large on board: an unknown perpetrator assaulting female crew members. However, the stakes escalate significantly when an imminent theater nuclear war between India and Pakistan draws him into an explosive showdown. With the Savo Island's unique but nascent missile interception capabilities as their only shield, Lenson and his crew stand on the frontlines of a seesawing balance of power. Tipping Point brilliantly captures the dynamics of military confrontation and the indomitable spirit of camaraderie among soldiers, creating an unforgettable experience for fans of maritime narratives and thrillers alike.