Coloniality at large : Latin America and the postcolonial debate

Table of Contents: “…Occidentalism, globalization, and the geopolitics of knowledge -- Coloniality of power, eurocentrism, and social classification / Aníbal Quijano -- The geopolitics of knowledge and the colonial difference / Walter D. …”
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Understanding contemporary Ukrainian and Russian nationalism : the Post-Soviet Cossack revival and Ukraine's national security by Hryb, Olexander

Table of Contents: “…The Heritage of Soviet Ethnography and the Revival of Ethno-Geopolitics in Russia -- 4.2. Ethno-Geopolitics of Putin's Eurasianism -- 4.2.1 What is Putin's Eurasianism? …”
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Innovation in Chin : the Dawning of the Asian Century. by MacDonald, Greg

Table of Contents: “…China and her neighbours : geopolitics and technology -- pt. 4. Education : east and west -- pt. 5. …”
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The real cyber war : the political economy of internet freedom by Powers, Shawn M., 1981-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : geopolitics and the Internet -- Information freedom and U.S. foreign policy : a history -- The information industrial complex -- Google, information, and power -- The economics of internet connectivity -- The myth of multistakeholder governance -- States, intranets, and sovereignty -- Internet freedom in a surveillance society.…”
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Resources for our future : key issues and best practices in resource efficiency by Weterings, R., Bastein, Ton, Tukker, Arnold, Rademaker, Michel, Ridder, Marjolein de

Table of Contents: “…Resource constraints -- The geopolitics of resources -- Resource strategies -- Resource efficiency in the built environment -- Resource efficiency in the food sector -- Biotic resources in the process industry -- Resource efficiency in the metal and consumer electronics industries -- Resource efficiency in fashion and furnishings -- The challenges ahead.…”
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Political mobility of Chinese regional leaders : performance, preference, promotion by Qiao, Liang (Assistant professor of political science)

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion: regional leaders under the mobility whip4 Regional leadership selections in contemporary China: qualifications and preferences; Biological and personal backgrounds; Organizational and professional backgrounds; Conclusion; 5 Fiscal revenues, geopolitical settings, and political mobility of Chinese regional leaders; Regional political importance evaluated through the levels of socioeconomic development; Previous posts and chief leadership experiences of Chinese regional leaders; Toward the political and geopolitical patterns of political mobility among Chinese regional leaders.…”
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Idolized : music, media, and identity in American idol by Meizel, Katherine

Table of Contents: “…Facing reality : American idol as reality television -- Facing the music -- Win or lose : success and failure and the American dream -- Idol worship : civil and sacral religion in American idol -- Going places -- Politics as usual -- The United Nations of pop : global franchise and geopolitics.…”
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Earthmasters : the dawn of the age of climate engineering by Hamilton, Clive

Table of Contents: “…-- 2 Sucking Carbon -- 3 Regulating Sunlight -- 4 The Players and the Public -- 5 Promethean Dreams -- 6 Atmospheric Geopolitics -- 7 Ethical Anxieties -- 8 This Goodly Frame -- Notes -- Index…”
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Woodrow Wilson and the reimagining of Eastern Europe by Wolff, Larry

Table of Contents: “…Woodrow Wilson, the eastern question, and the end of the Ottoman Empire -- "This war of emancipation" : the Wilsonian deliverance of the "enslaved" Habsburg peoples -- Wilsonian friendship : personal sympathy and geopolitical transformation -- National majorities and national minorities in Wilsonian Eastern Europe -- Conclusion : the dynamics of Wilsonian mental mapping.…”
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Oil crusades : America through Arab eyes by Zalloum, Abdulhay Y., 1936-

Table of Contents: “…The beginning of the end? -- God, geology, geopolitics, and geography: a brief history of oil -- The scramble for oil in Iraq -- Black gold and the dollar -- Inside OPEC, big oil's invisible hand -- Crusading for Israel -- Oil and God -- Future imperfect: why America must change.…”
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Strategic partnerships in Asia : balancing without alliances by Nadkarni, Vidya

Table of Contents: “…Unipolarity and its implications for Asian/Eurasian security -- Strategic partnerships in Asia and Eurasia -- The Sino-Russian partnership -- The Indo-Russian partnership -- The Sino-Indian partnership -- Geopolitics and geoeconomics : will competition derail cooperation? …”
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Colonial subjects : Puerto Ricans in a global perspective by Grosfoguel, Ramón

Table of Contents: “…Geopolitics of knowledge and coloniality of power: thinking Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans from the colonial difference -- I: The political economy of Puerto Rico -- 1. …”
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Historical dictionary of the petroleum industry by Vassiliou, M. S.

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To lead the world : American strategy after the Bush doctrine

Table of Contents: “…Legro -- A farewell to geopolitics / Stephen Van Evera -- End of dreams, return of history / Robert Kagan -- Beyond statecraft / Charles S. …”
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Designing modern Japan by Teasley, Sarah, 1973-

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Beyond Interdependence : the Meshing of the World's Economy and the Earth's Ecology. by MacNeill, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Global Environmental and Geopolitical Change; 4. Toward Global Action; 5. Challenges and Prospects for a Sustainable Future; Appendixes; Notes; About the Authors; Index.…”
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Atlantic Reverberations : French Representations of an American Presidential Election. by Adams, Paul C.

Table of Contents: “…The international echo chamber -- Geopolitical representation and its contexts -- France-US relations and the 2004 election -- Scholarly debate : the emerging motif of counterbalance -- Newspaper reporting : restraint and balance -- Television : plumbing the depths of l'Amérique profonde -- Internet : ideal speech situation or babble? …”
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Building Ho's army : Chinese military assistance to North Vietnam by Li, Xiaobing, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Vietnamese request and Chinese intention -- Ho's China connection -- Advisors and aid -- Infantry rearmament, training, and operations -- Control and campaigns -- New standards, strategy, and artillery -- Dien Bien Phu: the taste of victory -- Postwar transformation and new geopolitics -- Conclusion: conflict and cooperation: friend or foe?…”
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Representing the national landscape in Irish Romanticism by Wright, Julia M.

Table of Contents: “…The maids of Killarney : transatlantic circulation and the origins of the national tale -- "This vale of tears" : Glendalough and the Gothic -- Transatlantic movements : exile and migration -- From terror to terrorism : Gothic movements in England -- Foreign landscapes and the domestication of the national subject -- Geopolitics from Drennan to Cavour : locating Ireland in a changing Europe.…”
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Migration as a (Geo- )Political Challenge in the Post-Soviet Space : Border Regimes, Policy Choices, Visa Agendas. by Gulina, Olga R.

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Legal Framework of Migration Management in Post-Soviet States; Regulation of Migration in the 1990s; Regulation of Migration in the 2000s; Regulation of Migration 2010-2018; Chapter 2: Migration Management as a Geopolitical Tool in the Post-Soviet Space; Russia and Georgia: Neither Friends nor Enemies; Russia and Ukraine: Between Confrontation and Cooperation; Russia and Belarus: The Union State divided by Straight Lines; Chapter 3: Migration as a Geopolitical Challenge for Russia; Migration as a Demographic Challenge…”
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When the stakes are high : deterrence and conflict among major powers by Danilovic, Vesna, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Major powers and global contenders -- Deterrence and conflict -- Balance of power and power shifts : global interests at stake -- Credibility and geopolitics : regional interests at stake -- Resolve and domestic costs : internal interests at stake -- Predicting major power conflicts : high stakes or costly signals? …”
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Social Power in International Politics. by Van Ham, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series editor's preface; Preface; 1 Social power defined; 2 Geopolitics and hegemony; 3 Culture and constructivism; 4 Institutions and law; 5 Media and globalization; 6 Public diplomacy; 7 Place branding; 8 Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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The contours of America's cold war by Farish, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a history of cold war spaces -- Global views : geopolitics, science, and culture -- Regional intelligence : the militarization of geographical knowledge -- Illuminating the terrain : social science finds its targets -- The cybernetic continent : North America as defense laboratory -- Anxious urbanism : strategies for the atomic city -- Conclusion : into space.…”
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Empathy in the Global World : an Intercultural Perspective. by Calloway-Thomas, Carolyn

Table of Contents: “…A global imperative : the unveiling of empathy -- The creation of empathy : from ancients to moderns -- Geopolitics : the spoils of empathy -- Immigration : empathy's flickering flames? …”
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South America into the 1990s : evolving international relationships in a new era

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- South America in the International Political System -- South American Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy -- The Status of South American Geopolitical Thinking -- Brazil and the Southern Cone Subsystem -- U.S. …”
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Jean Baudrillard. by Hegarty, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements; Note on References; Introduction; 1 System and Exchange: From Marxism to the Symbolic; 2 Simulation and the Decay of the Real; 3 Other than Simulation; 4 Geopolitics of the Real; 5 Objects of Culture; 6 Interview with Jean Baudrillard; 7 Before and After Baudrillard; 8 Conclusion: Singularity; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Widening the scope of environmental policies in North America : towards blue approaches

Table of Contents: “…Stoett -- Saltwater geopolitics in North America / Ed Atkins -- The Law of the Sea and other instruments of international law as a framework for environmental conservation in North American waters / Howard S. …”
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The Fat Tail : the Power of Political Knowledge in an Uncertain World (with a New Preface). by Bremmer, Ian, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Dealing with Uncertainty; 3 Geopolitics; 4 Political Risk and Capital Markets; 5 Domestic Instability: Revolution, Civil War, State Failure; 6 Terrorism; 7 Expropriation; 8 Regulatory Risk; 9 Reporting and Warning; Conclusion; Notes; Index.…”
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The Transnationality of the Secular Travelling Ideas and Shared Practices of Secularism in Decolonising South and Southeast Asia. by Six, Clemens

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- The Transnationality of the Secular: Travelling Ideas and Shared Practices of Secularism in Decolonising South and Southeast Asia -- Abstract -- Keywords -- Introduction: The Possibility of Global Secularism Studies -- 1 Transnational Discourses on Secularism -- 2 Social Networks for a Secular State -- 3 Circuits of Expertise and Geopolitics -- 4 Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- References…”
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New security frontiers : critical energy and the resource challenge

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 Energy Security and the Revival of Geopolitics; 4 Global Energy Governance Post-2012; 5 An Economic and National Security Perspective on Critical Resources in the Energy Sector; 6 Hydropolitics in South American International Relations; 7 A Need for New Institutions?…”
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Cape Town after apartheid : crime and governance in the divided city by Samara, Tony Roshan

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : urban geopolitics, neoliberalism, and the governance of security -- Security and development in post-apartheid South Africa -- Children in the streets : urban governance in Cape Town city center -- Gangsterism and the policing of the Cape Flats -- The weight of policing on the fragile ground of transformation -- The production of criminality on the urban periphery -- Conclusion : apartheid, democracy and the urban future.…”
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The global village myth : distance, war, and the limits of power by Porter, Patrick, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : strife in the village -- So near, so far : physical and strategic distance -- Wars for the world : the rise of globalism: 1941, 1950, 2001 -- Lost in space : Al Qaeda and the limits of netwar -- Access denied : technology, terrain and the barriers to conquest -- Wide of the mark : drones, cyber and the tyrannies of distance -- Conclusion : the geopolitics of hubris.…”
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Between Rome and Byzantium : the golden age of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's political culture : second half of the fifteenth century to first half of the seventeenth century by Kiaupienė, Jūratė

Table of Contents: “…The geopolitical and geocultural space of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania -- A sociopolitical and sociocultural portrait of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania -- The mythological space of the political culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania -- Union : the idea and reality of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's political culture -- The state in the political and legal culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania -- The Grand Duchy's culture of parliamentarism.…”
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Intervention narratives : Afghanistan, the United States, and the Global War on Terror by Bose, Purnima, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Intervention narratives and geopolitical fetishism -- The premature withdrawal narrative -- Hegemonic masculinities and the liberal humanist subject -- The capitalist rescue narrative -- Afghan women and micro-entrepreneurship -- The canine rescue narrative and post humanist humanitarianism -- The retributive justice narrative -- Osama bin Laden as simulacra -- Post-script : three presidents, one policy.…”
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America's Strategic Choices. by Miller, Steven E.

Table of Contents: “…Grand Strategy -- Come Home, America -- From Preponderance to Offshore Balancing -- Geopolitics Updated -- Cooperative Security in the United States -- Concerts, Collective Security, and the Future of Europe: A Retrospective -- The Stability of a Unipolar World -- Preserving the Unipolar Moment -- Suggestions for Further Reading…”
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Why geography matters : three challenges facing America : climate change, the rise of China, and global terrorism by De Blij, Harm J.

Table of Contents: “…Why geography matters -- Reading maps and facing threats -- Earth's changeable environments -- Climate and civilization -- A future geography of human population -- The mesh of civilizations -- Red star rising: China's geopolitical gauntlet -- Terrorism's widening circle -- From terrorism to insurgency -- European superpower? …”
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Solidarity : Hidden Histories and Geographies of Internationalism. by Featherstone, David

Table of Contents: “…ConclusionPart III: Solidarity and Cold War geopolitics; 5 'No trade with the junta': political exile and solidarity after the Chilean coup; Constructing solidarities and the geopolitics of the Cold War; 'Now the generals rule Chile / And the British have their thanks / For they rule with Hawker Hunters / And they rule with Chieftain Tanks'; Folk music has no borders; Conclusion; 6 'Beyond the barbed wire': European nuclear disarmament and non-aligned internationalism; Solidarity 'beyond the Cold War'; END and the spatial politics of non-alignment; Constructing non-aligned solidarities.…”
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Geography of Survival : Ecology in the Post-Soviet Era. by Wolfson, Ze'ev

Table of Contents: “…Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of Maps ; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; 1. The New Geopolitics; 2. The Northern Front; 3. The Southern Front, or The Emergence of an Asian Sahara; 4. …”
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India rising : emergence of a new world power

Table of Contents: “…Cover; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Part 1 Introduction; INDIA CAUGHT THE WORLD BY SURPRISE; Part 2 The 10 Pillars forSustainable Growth; ECONOMIC REFORMS; FINANCIAL REFORMS; GEOPOLITICS; MANUFACTURING; TRADE AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT; ENERGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE; SOCIAL ISSUES; Part 3 Conclusions; ENVISIONING THE FUTURE; INDEX.…”
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Pandemonium : saving Europe by Middelaar, Luuk van, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…A public theatre -- 5. Geopolitics: between China and the United States -- Notes -- Index…”
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