May 2013 – Consulting-Studies.com

May 28, 2013

The 20th century was dominated by three visions of Eurasian geopolitics: ‘The World Island,’ ‘Containment,’ and ‘Prometheism.’ “The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West” posits a fourth vision of Eurasian geopolitics: the 21st-century Geopolitical Strategy for Eurasia. Through an original and comprehensive analysis and synthesis of the ideas of Sir Halford […]

May 28, 2013

What do City speculators, Gulf oil sheikhs, Chinese entrepreneurs, big-name financiers like George Soros and industry titans like Richard Branson buy when they go shopping? Land. Parcels the size of Wales are being snapped up across the plains of Africa, the paddy fields of Southeast Asia, the jungles of the Amazon and the prairies of […]

May 28, 2013

The United States is in the throes of two unfolding energy revolutions, and partisans – convinced that only their side holds the key to American prosperity, security, and safety – are battling over which side should prevail. In The Power Surge, Michael Levi takes readers inside these revolutions to find out what’s really happening—and which […]

May 27, 2013

An important book on a topic that has been neglected for too long, “Geopolitics: A Guide to the Issues” will provide readers with an enhanced understanding of how geography influences personal, national, and international economics, politics, and security. The work begins with the history of geopolitics from the late 19th century to the present, then […]

May 27, 2013

Since the late 1980s, critical geopolitics has gone from being a radical critical perspective on the disciplines of political geography and international relations theory to becoming a recognised area of research in its own right. Influenced by poststructuralist concerns with the politics of representation, critical geopolitics considers the ways in which the use of particular […]

May 25, 2013

Foreign aid remains a crucial policy tool of donor countries, and many countries throughout the world have been or continue to be recipients of aid. In this two-volume set, Professor Milner and Professor Tingley bring together the key published articles from a variety of disciplines which explore and elucidate the geopolitics of foreign aid. The […]

May 24, 2013

In this outstanding volume, the editor has assembled an all-star cast to provide an up-to-date assessment of the causes and consequences of the security challenges facing the Persian Gulf states. The text provides important historical and regional context, including the legacy of border disputes that continue to bedevil the region.”—Lawrence G. Potter, Deputy Directory, Gulf/2000 […]

May 24, 2013

Since its seminal origins in the European Coal and Steel Community, EU market integration has been advancing in the field of energy as in the wider economy. However, Russian gas cutoffs to Europe in 2006 and 2009 served as a stark reminder that many member states remain vulnerable in terms of the physical security of […]

May 5, 2013

Fully revised to incorporate recent developments in world politics, the second edition of Understanding Global Security analyzes the variety of ways in which people’s lives are threatened and/or secured in contemporary global politics. The traditional focus of Security Studies texts – war, deterrence and terrorism – are analyzed alongside non-military security issues such as famine, […]

Month: May 2013

The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West (Praeger Security International)

The Landgrabbers: The New Fight Over Who Owns The Earth

The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America’s Future

Geopolitics: A Guide to the Issues (Contemporary Military, Strategic and Security Issues)

The Ashgate Research Companion to Critical Geopolitics (Ashgate Research Companions)

Geopolitics of Foreign Aid (Elgar Mini)

The International Politics of the Persian Gulf (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)

Geo-Politics of the Euro-Asia Energy Nexus: The European Union, Russia and Turkey (New Security Challenges)

Understanding Global Security

Libya hit by apocalyptic floods

شهادات صادمة لمهاجرين والسلطات التونسية

The Senegalese authorities investigate videos of armed civilians during the protests

A site in Zawiya city has been bombed with the use of drones

Libyan Court Sentences 23 Jihadists to Death for involvement with Islamic State

Libya hit by apocalyptic floods

The Senegalese authorities investigate videos of armed civilians during the protests

A site in Zawiya city has been bombed with the use of drones