Nydell Margaret K. Understanding Arabs: A Guide for Modern Times

Most attempts to theorize the religious resurgence rest on assumptions that reveal more about the social and cultural foundations of contemporary international relations than they do about the phenomenon under study. These assumptions encourage scholars to see religion as either an irrational force to be expelled from modern public life or as the foundation of entrenched competition between rival civilizations. I present an alternative theorizati...

Routledge, 2005. 253 p. The field of international relations arose from the desire to assist and guide policy-makers to create a better and more peaceful world. However, many of the current trends, post-positivism, constructivism, reflectivism and postmodernism share a conception of international theory that undercuts the possibility of offering significant guidance to policy-makers. The Power of International Theory critically examines these ap...

Contents Priorities and Prospects mperial Grand Strategy The New Era of Enlightenment Dangerous Times The Iraq Connection Dilemmas of Dominance Cauldron of Animosities Terrorism and Justice: Some Useful Truisms A Passing Nightmare? Книга повествует о внешней политике США, ее приоритетах и направлениях, а также рассказывает о войне США против террористов в Ираке и по всему миру.

JTB Publications, 2005. 191 pages. This is Mark Glenn's controversial book No Beauty In The Beast - Israel Without Her Mascara (2005) where this Lebanese-born author reveals that the modern day Judeo-ethnocentrism is the main culprit responsible for the bulk of mankinds present troubles and exposes Zionism for the bloodthirsty animal that it is as well as debunking the lies told about the adherents of the Islamic religion have appeared on as man...

Routledge, 2008. 407 p. A guide for anyone interested in international affairs. It introduces the important themes in international relations in the post 9/11 era. The key areas cover international criminal law, human rights, the developing world (the Arab League, African Union), globalization and strategic studies.

Modern science has two inseparable components, the empirical and theoretical. The empirical component is concerned primarily with observation; the theoretical component is concerned with the interpretation and explanation of observation. If a deduction is in genuine disagreement with the observation, the postulate must either be abandoned or so modified that it implies no such conflicting statement. If, however, the deductions and the observation...

Carnes Lord The Modern Prince What leaders need to know now Yale University press Copyright 2003 by Carnes Lord. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Designed by Sonia Shannon Set in Bulmer type by Achorn Graphic Service...

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - 208 p. Globalization and changes to statehood challenge our understanding of space and territory. This book argues that we must understand that both the modern state and globalisation are based on a cartographic reality of space. In consequence, claims that globalization represents a spatial challenge to state territory are deeply problematic.

Publisher: Doubleday; 1St Edition edition (June 28, 2007). Language: English. 735 pages. Is the Central Intelligence Agency a bulwark of freedom against dangerous foes, or a malevolent conspiracy to spread American imperialism? A little of both, according to this absorbing study, but, the author concludes, it is mainly a reservoir of incompetence and delusions that serves no one's interests well. Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times corresponde...

Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 204 p. International Relations and the Philosophy of History examines the concept of civilization in relation to international systems through an extensive use of the literature in the philosophy of history. A. Nuri Yurdusev demonstrates the relevance of a civilizational approach to the study of contemporary international relations by looking at the multi-civilizational nature of the modern international system, the com...