In 2017, the world watched as President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traded personal insults and escalating threats of nuclear war amid unprecedented shows of military force. Former Pentagon insider and Korean security expert Van Jackson traces the origins of the first American nuclear crisis in the post-Cold War era, and explains the fragile, highly unpredictable way that it ended. Grounded in security studies and informed analysis of the US response to North Korea's i...

A new history of Asian peace since 1979 that considers America’s paradoxical roleAfter more than a century of recurring conflict, the countries of the Asia-Pacific region have managed something remarkable: avoiding war among nations. Since 1979, Asia has endured threats, near-miss crises, and nuclear proliferation but no interstate war. How fragile is this “Asian peace,” and what is America’s role in it? Van Jackson argues that because Washington takes for granted ...

A new history of Asian peace since 1979 that considers America’s paradoxical roleAfter more than a century of recurring conflict, the countries of the Asia-Pacific region have managed something remarkable: avoiding war among nations. Since 1979, Asia has endured threats, near-miss crises, and nuclear proliferation but no interstate war. How fragile is this “Asian peace,” and what is America’s role in it?Van Jackson argues that because Washington takes it fo...

Why are progressives often critical of US foreign policy and the national security state? What would a statecraft that pulls ideas from the American left look like? Grand Strategies of the Left brings the progressive worldview into conversation with security studies and foreign policy practice. It argues that American progressives think durable security will only come by prioritizing the interconnected conditions of peace, democracy, and equality. By conceiving of grand strategy as worldma...

Charting the turbulent history of US-North Korean affairs from the 1960s through to 2010, Rival Reputations explores how past incidents and crises can be relied upon to help determine threat credibility and the willingness of an adversary to resort to violence. Using reputation as the framework, this book answers some of the most vexing questions regarding both US and North Korean foreign policy. These include how they have managed to evade war, why North Korea - a much weaker power - has ...

In 2017, the world watched as President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traded personal insults and escalating threats of nuclear war amid unprecedented shows of military force. Former Pentagon insider and Korean security expert Van Jackson traces the origins of the first American nuclear crisis in the post-Cold War era, and explains the fragile, highly unpredictable way that it ended. Grounded in security studies and informed analysis of the US response to North Korea’s i...

Ontmoet nu ook de Wild-broers: vier zondig sexy, superalfa broers die halsoverkop verliefd worden op hun leading ladies.Alles is stouter in het donker...Een huwelijksaanzoek van haar grote liefde zou iedere vrouw gelukkig moeten maken. Maar wanneer Erica "Laney" Lane een perfect huwelijksaanzoek ontvangt van haar perfecte vriend, op de vooravond van de jaarlijkse kampeertrip met haar beste vriend Jackson Wild, is het eerste wat ze doet het...

In dit kleine stadje is meer te beleven dan je in eerste instantie zou denken… Deel 1 Intens Visagiste Grace Barrett heeft schoon genoeg van het glamourwereldje in Hollywood. Dus wanneer een oudtante in Jackson Hole toevallig een appartement heeft leegstaan, grijpt ze haar kans om helemaal opnieuw te beginnen op het platteland. Daar kan ze tenminste rustig nadenken over haar toekomst. Denkt ze. Want na een paar dagen blijkt al dat er in het duffe Wyoming heel wat meer te beleven is dan ze ...

Deel 3 Ademloos Waar wás Charlie met haar gedachten toen ze een relatie begon met haar baas? Die haar ook nog eens liet opdraaien voor zijn witwaspraktijken? Nu ligt haar carrière aan diggelen en zit er niets anders op dan teruggaan naar Jackson Hole, waar een oude schoolvriendin een baan en onderdak voor haar heeft. Helaas valt dat vies tegen. Haar 'vriendin' gaat al haar gangen na, doodsbenauwd dat ze iets met haar man zal beginnen. Alsof Charlie zo'n mannenverslindster is! Dus is ze dol...

How the U.S. policy of competition with China is detrimental to democracy, peace, and prosperity—and how a saner approach is possibleFor close to a decade, the U.S. government has been preoccupied with the threat of China, fearing that the country will “eat our lunch,” in the words of Joe Biden. The United States has crafted its foreign and domestic policy to help constrain China’s military power and economic growth. Van Jackson and Michael Brenes argue that great-...

How the US policy of competition with China is detrimental to democracy, peace, and prosperity—and how a saner approach is possibleFor close to a decade, the US government has been preoccupied with the threat of China, fearing that the country will "eat our lunch," in the words of Joe Biden. The United States has crafted its foreign and domestic policy to help constrain China's military power and economic growth. Van Jackson and Michael Brenes argue that great-powe...

North Korea is perilously close to developing strategic nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States and its East Asian allies. Since their first nuclear test in 2006, North Korea has struggled to perfect the required delivery systems. Kim Jong-un’s regime now appears to be close, however. Sung Chull Kim, Michael D. Cohen, and the volume contributors contend that the time to prevent North Korea from achieving this capability is virtually over; scholars and policymakers must turn th...