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This book offers a timely and compelling explanation for the
deterioration of U.S.-China security relations during the Obama
Presidency. The U.S.-China relationship has become one of (if not
the most) vital features of contemporary world politics, and with
arrival the Donald Trump to the White House in 2017, this vital
geopolitical relationship sits at a precarious and dangerous
crossroads. This book assesses a wide array of sources to
systematically unpack the policy rhythms, drivers, and dynamics
that defined the course of Sino-American security relations during
the Obama-era. It fills several gaps in the literature on
international security and conflict and offers a nuanced and
innovative comparative approach to examine individual military
domains. The case study chapters draw on recent Chinese and English
sources - on military doctrine, capabilities, and defense strategy
- to build a clear understanding the main sources of U.S.-China
misperceptions, and highlight the problems these assessments can
create for the conduct of statecraft across strategically
competitive geopolitical dyads. The book builds a sobering picture
of U.S.-China relations that will appeal to specialists and
generalists alike with an interest in future warfare, emerging
military-technologies, military studies, arms control, and foreign
policy issues in the Asia-Pacific region more broadly.
This book offers a timely and compelling explanation for the
deterioration of U.S.-China security relations during the Obama
Presidency. The U.S.-China relationship has become one of (if not
the most) vital features of contemporary world politics, and with
arrival the Donald Trump to the White House in 2017, this vital
geopolitical relationship sits at a precarious and dangerous
crossroads. This book assesses a wide array of sources to
systematically unpack the policy rhythms, drivers, and dynamics
that defined the course of Sino-American security relations during
the Obama-era. It fills several gaps in the literature on
international security and conflict and offers a nuanced and
innovative comparative approach to examine individual military
domains. The case study chapters draw on recent Chinese and English
sources - on military doctrine, capabilities, and defense strategy
- to build a clear understanding the main sources of U.S.-China
misperceptions, and highlight the problems these assessments can
create for the conduct of statecraft across strategically
competitive geopolitical dyads. The book builds a sobering picture
of U.S.-China relations that will appeal to specialists and
generalists alike with an interest in future warfare, emerging
military-technologies, military studies, arms control, and foreign
policy issues in the Asia-Pacific region more broadly.
The slug test can provide valuable information for hydrogeologic
investigations ranging from assessments of sites of groundwater
contamination to the monitoring of well deterioration through time.
Inappropriate procedures in one or more phases of a test program,
however, can introduce considerable error into the resulting
parameter estimates. The Design, Performance, and Analysis of Slug
Tests, Second Edition remedies that problem by explaining virtually
all there is to know regarding the design, performance, and
analysis of slug tests. The first edition has become the standard
reference for all aspects of slug tests; this revised edition
updates the earlier material and expands the topical coverage with
new developments that have come to the fore in the intervening
years between editions. Features: Describes and demonstrates the
eight key steps for the performance and analysis of slug tests
Presents new methods for the analysis of tests in unconfined
aquifers and in highly permeable settings Expands topical coverage
of LNAPL baildown tests and slug tests in small diameter wells
Includes numerous flow charts that illustrate easy-to-use
strategies for selection of analysis methods, and field examples
demonstrate how each method should be used to get the most out of
test data Offers straightforward practical guidelines that
summarize the major points of each chapter Written for practicing
groundwater consultants and engineers, The Design, Performance, and
Analysis of Slug Tests, Second Edition will enable readers to get
more reliable information from slug tests and increase the utility
of this widely-used field method.
This volume offers an innovative and counter-intuitive study of how
and why artificial intelligence-infused weapon systems will affect
the strategic stability between nuclear-armed states. Johnson
demystifies the hype surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) in
the context of nuclear weapons and, more broadly, future warfare.
The book highlights the potential, multifaceted intersections of
this and other disruptive technology - robotics and autonomy,
cyber, drone swarming, big data analytics, and quantum
communications - with nuclear stability. Anticipating and preparing
for the consequences of the AI-empowered weapon systems are fast
becoming a critical task for national security and statecraft.
Johnson considers the impact of these trends on deterrence,
military escalation, and strategic stability between nuclear-armed
states - especially China and the United States. The book draws on
a wealth of political and cognitive science, strategic studies, and
technical analysis to shed light on the coalescence of developments
in AI and other disruptive emerging technologies. Artificial
intelligence and the future of warfare sketches a clear picture of
the potential impact of AI on the digitized battlefield and
broadens our understanding of critical questions for international
affairs. AI will profoundly change how wars are fought, and how
decision-makers think about nuclear deterrence, escalation
management, and strategic stability - but not for the reasons you
might think. -- .
Datasets are growing not just in size but in complexity, creating a
demand for rich models and quantification of uncertainty. Bayesian
methods are an excellent fit for this demand, but scaling Bayesian
inference is a challenge. In response to this challenge, there has
been considerable recent work based on varying assumptions about
model structure, underlying computational resources, and the
importance of asymptotic correctness. As a result, there is a zoo
of ideas with a wide range of assumptions and applicability.
Patterns of Scalable Bayesian Inference seeks to identify unifying
principles, patterns, and intuitions for scaling Bayesian
inference. It examines how these techniques can be scaled up to
larger problems and scaled out across parallel computational
resources. It reviews existing work on utilizing modern computing
resources with both MCMC and variational approximation techniques.
From this taxonomy of ideas, it characterizes the general
principles that have proven successful for designing scalable
inference procedures and addresses some of the significant open
questions and challenges.
Pragmatism and its consequences are central issues in American
politics today, yet scholars rarely examine in detail the
relationship between pragmatism and politics. In "The Priority of
Democracy," Jack Knight and James Johnson systematically explore
the subject and make a strong case for adopting a pragmatist
approach to democratic politics--and for giving priority to
democracy in the process of selecting and reforming political
institutions.
What is the primary value of democracy? When should we make
decisions democratically and when should we rely on markets? And
when should we accept the decisions of unelected officials, such as
judges or bureaucrats? Knight and Johnson explore how a commitment
to pragmatism should affect our answers to such important
questions. They conclude that democracy is a good way of
determining how these kinds of decisions should be made--even if
what the democratic process determines is that not all decisions
should be made democratically. So, for example, the democratically
elected U.S. Congress may legitimately remove monetary policy from
democratic decision-making by putting it under the control of the
Federal Reserve.
Knight and Johnson argue that pragmatism offers an original and
compelling justification of democracy in terms of the unique
contributions democratic institutions can make to processes of
institutional choice. This focus highlights the important role that
democracy plays, not in achieving consensus or commonality, but
rather in addressing conflicts. Indeed, Knight and Johnson suggest
that democratic politics is perhaps best seen less as a way of
reaching consensus or agreement than as a way of structuring the
terms of persistent disagreement.
Will AI make accidental nuclear war more likely? If so, how might
these risks be reduced? AI and the Bomb provides a coherent,
innovative, and multidisciplinary examination of the potential
effects of AI technology on nuclear strategy and escalation risk.
It addresses a gap in the international relations and strategic
studies literature, and its findings have significant theoretical
and policy ramifications for using AI technology in the nuclear
enterprise. The book advances an innovative theoretical framework
to consider AI technology and atomic risk, drawing on insights from
political psychology, neuroscience, computer science, and strategic
studies. In this multidisciplinary work, James Johnson unpacks the
seminal cognitive-psychological features of the Cold War-era
scholarship, and offers a novel explanation of why these matter for
AI applications and strategic thinking. The study offers crucial
insights for policymakers and contributes to the literature that
examines the impact of military force and technological change.
Pragmatism and its consequences are central issues in American
politics today, yet scholars rarely examine in detail the
relationship between pragmatism and politics. In The Priority of
Democracy, Jack Knight and James Johnson systematically explore the
subject and make a strong case for adopting a pragmatist approach
to democratic politics--and for giving priority to democracy in the
process of selecting and reforming political institutions. What is
the primary value of democracy? When should we make decisions
democratically and when should we rely on markets? And when should
we accept the decisions of unelected officials, such as judges or
bureaucrats? Knight and Johnson explore how a commitment to
pragmatism should affect our answers to such important questions.
They conclude that democracy is a good way of determining how these
kinds of decisions should be made--even if what the democratic
process determines is that not all decisions should be made
democratically. So, for example, the democratically elected U.S.
Congress may legitimately remove monetary policy from democratic
decision-making by putting it under the control of the Federal
Reserve. Knight and Johnson argue that pragmatism offers an
original and compelling justification of democracy in terms of the
unique contributions democratic institutions can make to processes
of institutional choice. This focus highlights the important role
that democracy plays, not in achieving consensus or commonality,
but rather in addressing conflicts. Indeed, Knight and Johnson
suggest that democratic politics is perhaps best seen less as a way
of reaching consensus or agreement than as a way of structuring the
terms of persistent disagreement.
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