This book aims to explore how the Central Asian Republics have managed their relations with small and major powers during the 25 years following the collapse of the USSR. The authors identify and discuss the questions like: what are the Central Asian states' interests and how ...
Explores the history and practice of Lisu Christianity in southwest China, describing how the Lisu maintained their Christian faith through China's tumultuous twentieth century and into the present.
"Political and sociological analysis of the Naxalite movement, beginning with its 1967 armed peasant uprising in Naxalbari, at the foot of the Indian Himalayas, and continuing into the present as the world's longest-running revolutionary "people's war," based in Maoist resistance."--Provided by publisher.
La France : histoire, societe, culture est le premier ouvrage qui encourage les etudiants a adopter une perspective comparative et transculturelle leur permettant de reflechir a leur propre culture d'origine tout en decouvrant l'histoire, la societe et la culture de la France. Edward Ousselin guide les etudiants a travers des sujets tels que les ......
Revolutionary Changes, Power Dynamics, and Regional Rivalries Since theArab Spring
The Middle East is a center of ceaseless global attention. Since 2011, the long awaited and much celebrated Arab Spring uprisings portended a major shift in the politics of the Arab World. Notably, a number of Arab states witnessed institutional and constitutional shifts that put them on the path of transition to liberalization and democracy. ......
Israel's Long War with Hezbollah is both the first complete military history of the decades-long conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and an analysis of military innovation and adaptation. The book is based on unique fieldwork in Israel and Lebanon, extensive research into Hebrew and Arabic primary sources, and dozens of original interviews.
Driving Regional Fracture in Post-Communist Eurasia and Beyond
Russia Abroad introduces a theory of regional fracture to explain how and why regions come apart and examines how Russia employs regional fracture as a strategy to keep states on its periphery in Eurasia and the Middle East weak and dependent.
Although the 1967 revolutionary armed peasant uprising in Naxalbari, at the foot of the Indian Himalayas, was brutally crushed, the insurgency gained new life elsewhere in India. In fact, this revolt has turned out to be the world's longest-running "people's war," and Naxalbari has come to stand for the road to revolution in India.
The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as Farce
The Russians Are Coming, Again is a red flag to restore our historical consciousness about U.S.-Russian relations, and how denying this consciousness is leading to a repetition of past follies.
