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Somalia: State Collapse and the Threat of Terrorism
This work explores Somalia's state collapse and the security threats posed by Somalia's prolonged crisis. Communities are reduced to lawlessness, and the interests of commercial …
China's Strong Arm
China has long adhered to a principle of ‘non-interference’ in other states’ affairs. However, as more of its companies have been investing in projects overseas, and millions of …
Harsh Lessons
The recent Afghanistan and Iraq wars were very controversial. The conflicts’ casualties, intractability and the apparent failure of the US and its allies to achieve their …
Fuelling War
A generous endowment of natural resources should favour rapid economic and social development. The experience of countries like Angola and Iraq, however, suggests that resource …
Iraq's Sunni Insurgency
From 2003 to 2008, the Sunni Arab insurgency in Iraq posed a key challenge to political stability in the country and to Coalition objectives there. This paper explains the onset, …
Nuclear Politics and the Non-Aligned Movement
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is the largest and most diverse political grouping of states engaged on issues related to nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. Drawing on the …
Building Peace After War
The widespread practice of intervention by outside actors aimed at building ‘sustainable peace’ within societies ravaged by war has been a striking feature of the post-Cold War …
Disintegrating Indonesia?
Since the collapse of President Suharto's New Order regime in 1998 and the international intervention in East Timor in 1999, there has been much speculation in South-east Asia and …
Deterrence During Disarmament
There is a broad sense in both Russia and the United States that deep nuclear reductions—a goal endorsed by both governments—would constitute a risky step into the unknown and …
Regional Disorder
China‘s rise casts a vast and uncertain shadow over the regional balance of power in the Asia Pacific, and nowhere is this clearer than in the South China Sea. The significance of …
Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Order
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Asia's Latent Nuclear Powers
If the nuclear weapons club were to further expand, would America?s democratic allies in Northeast Asia be among the next entrants? Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all have robust …