This book argues that domestic politics and political pressures determine the extent of the U.S. role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from the emergence of containment strategy against the Soviet Union to the Russian war in Ukraine. NATO has evolved in the domestic politics of U.S. foreign policy from a conventional military alliance to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War to an important instrument in the competition against China and Russia. This book examines Am...

This book argues that critical international and domestic crises, such as the U.S. war in Iraq and the Great Recession, forced President Barack Obama to readjust U.S. foreign policy after over 70 years of American hegemony and defending the global status quo. It examines the range of external pressures and challenges brought on by an increasingly multipolar international system, shifting domestic political forces, and limited foreign policy choices. The book provides an overview of the ext...

This is one of the first books on U.S. foreign policy and NATO in the international system published in the immediate wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The book assesses the extent to which the Russian invasion of Ukraine pushed both the U.S. and NATO into making necessary changes to contend with a multipolar world structured in terms of Cold War 2.0 great power competition. The North Atlantic space is now a complex and complicated strategic environment. In addition to the persisten...

There is a long-standing tradition in Western culture of differentiating between 'just' and 'unjust' wars. 11 September 2001 has stimulated a debate in the West which holds that although people who are opposed to war in principle may disagree that any such distinction can possibly be made, the basic ideas involved seem to present a plausible argument that there are times when war is, at the very least, just and politically necessary. These and other issues are addressed in this study. The ...

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Rien ne prépare la substitut du procureur Maddy Shannon à ce qui l’attend dans le parc de Kelvingrove, en ce matin de printemps frais et fleuri. En jupe et talons aiguilles, encore endormie, elle a bien du mal à enfiler la combinaison réglementaire pour pénétrer sur la scène du crime : deux ados morts qui se tendent les mains, le visage affreusement mutilé, en survêtement Le Coq Sportif.Mi-italienne, mi-irlandaise, pourvue d’une solide ascendance catholique et d’une famille envahis...

A wide-ranging volume featuring contributions from some of today's leading thinkers and practitioners in the field of men, masculinities and development.Together, contributors challenge the neglect of the structural dimensions of patriarchal power relations in current development policy and practice, and the failure to adequately engage with the effects of inequitable sex and gender orders on both men's and women's lives.The book calls for renewed engagement in efforts to c...

Elspeth Baillie, jeune actrice écossaise, est choisie par Lord Coak, un énigmatique imprésario, pour jouer dans la troupe de théâtre qu’il veut créer dans l’île de la Barbade. Après un accueil flatteur de la part de l’aristocratie coloniale, sa vie dans les Caraïbes est bouleversée par le passage meurtrier d’un ouragan.Elspeth est contrainte d’endosser un rôle ambigu dans le monde fermé d’une lointaine plantation de sucre. L’intendant, le Capitaine Shaw, s’emploie à construire une ...

Get the most from your table saw and router while displaying your craftsmanship wth these 26 ingenious projects from the pages of Woodworker's Journal.

This book proposes that paradox, as a theoretically rich and historically enduring concept, has significant potential for researchers in the field of critical leadership studies. By enriching its general form and infusing it with added complexity and theoretical influence, it is argued that paradox can be legitimately applied as a lens for examining and as a pedagogy for realising new learning possibilities.The book takes paradoxes as formed out of the constitutive practices of dis...

Brings together some of the world’s leading experts on the breeding and cultivation of particular fruitsComprehensive coverage of key stone, pome and berry fruitsReviews key advances across the value chain for particular crops that collectively optimise sustainable production

“Amy Pease proves herself a master of modern literary crime fiction.” —Danielle Trussoni, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the award-winning author of the “riveting debut” (People) Northwoods, a mother-son law enforcement team confront buried secrets in their small town as they work to expose a conspiracy that goes far beyond the tight-knit community.Deputy Sheriff Eli North ...