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During the Cold War, many believed that the superpowers shared a
conception of strategic stability, a coexistence where both sides
would compete for global influence but would be deterred from using
nuclear weapons. In actuality, both sides understood strategic
stability and deterrence quite differently. Today's international
system is further complicated by more nuclear powers, regional
rivalries, and nonstate actors who punch above their weight, but
the United States and other nuclear powers still cling to old
conceptions of strategic stability. The purpose of this book is to
unpack and examine how different states in different regions view
strategic stability, the use or non-use of nuclear weapons, and
whether or not strategic stability is still a prevailing concept.
The contributors to this volume explore policies of current and
potential nuclear powers including the United States, Russia,
China, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. This volume
makes an important contribution toward understanding how nuclear
weapons will impact the international system in the twenty-first
century and will be useful to students, scholars, and practitioners
of nuclear weapons policy.
This book seeks to explore the new frontiers in counter-terrorism
research, analyses and practice, focusing on the imperative to
rehabilitate terrorists. The post-9/11 world is in a very early
stage of global rehabilitation both of terrorists and criminals.
Nonetheless, some correctional rehabilitation programs have led
convicted and suspected terrorists to express remorse, repent, and
recant their violent ideologies and re-enter mainstream politics,
religion and society. Although operational counter-terrorism
initiatives have received both investment and attention, strategic
counter-terrorism initiatives that ultimately end violence
including terrorism but require patience and sustained efforts have
been neglected by governments and received inadequate public
coverage. This book is an early attempt to examine a few case
studies both by practitioners and scholars. This book provides a
better understanding of the process of deradicalization, and will
be the first step towards exploring the development of tools
necessary to examine and address challenges faced by practitioners.
This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and
political violence, radical Islam, conflict resolution, war and
conflict studies and IR/Security Studies.
This book seeks to explore the new frontiers in counter-terrorism
research, analyses and practice, focusing on the imperative to
rehabilitate terrorists. The post-9/11 world is in a very early
stage of global rehabilitation both of terrorists and criminals.
Nonetheless, some correctional rehabilitation programs have led
convicted and suspected terrorists to express remorse, repent, and
recant their violent ideologies and re-enter mainstream politics,
religion and society. Although operational counter-terrorism
initiatives have received both investment and attention, strategic
counter-terrorism initiatives that ultimately end violence
including terrorism but require patience and sustained efforts have
been neglected by governments and received inadequate public
coverage. This book is an early attempt to examine a few case
studies both by practitioners and scholars. This book provides a
better understanding of the process of deradicalization, and will
be the first step towards exploring the development of tools
necessary to examine and address challenges faced by practitioners.
This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism and
political violence, radical Islam, conflict resolution, war and
conflict studies and IR/Security Studies.
During the Cold War, many believed that the superpowers shared a
conception of strategic stability, a coexistence where both sides
would compete for global influence but would be deterred from using
nuclear weapons. In actuality, both sides understood strategic
stability and deterrence quite differently. Today's international
system is further complicated by more nuclear powers, regional
rivalries, and nonstate actors who punch above their weight, but
the United States and other nuclear powers still cling to old
conceptions of strategic stability. The purpose of this book is to
unpack and examine how different states in different regions view
strategic stability, the use or non-use of nuclear weapons, and
whether or not strategic stability is still a prevailing concept.
The contributors to this volume explore policies of current and
potential nuclear powers including the United States, Russia,
China, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. This volume
makes an important contribution toward understanding how nuclear
weapons will impact the international system in the twenty-first
century and will be useful to students, scholars, and practitioners
of nuclear weapons policy.
Islam in the Balance: Ideational Threats in Arab Politics is an
analysis of how ideas, or political ideology, can threaten states
and how states react to ideational threats. It examines the threat
perception and policies of two Arab Muslim majority states, Egypt
and Saudi Arabia, in response to the rise and activities of two
revolutionary "Islamic states," established in Iran (1979) and
Sudan (1989). Using these comparative case studies, the book
provides important insight about the role of religious ideology for
the international and domestic politics of the Middle East and, in
doing so, advances our understanding of how, why, and when ideology
affects threat perception and state policy. Rubin makes clear that
transnational ideologies may present a greater and more immediate
national security threat than shifts in the military balance of
power: first because ideology, or ideational power, triggers threat
perception and affects state policy; second because states engage
in ideational balancing in response to an ideological threat. The
book has significant implications for international relations
theory and engages important debates in comparative politics about
authoritarianism and Islamic activism. Its findings about how an
Islamist regime or state behaves will provide vital insight for
policy creation by the US and its Middle East allies should another
such regime or state emerge.
"Islam in the Balance: Ideational Threats in Arab Politics" is an
analysis of how ideas, or political ideology, can threaten states
and how states react to ideational threats. It examines the threat
perception and policies of two Arab, Muslim majority states, Egypt
and Saudi Arabia, in response to the rise and activities of two
revolutionary "Islamic states," established in Iran (1979) and
Sudan (1989).
Using these comparative case studies the book provides important
insight about the role of religious ideology for the international
and domestic politics of the Middle East and, in doing so, advances
our understanding of how, why, and when ideology affects threat
perception and state policy.
Rubin makes clear that transnational ideologies may present a
greater and more immediate national security threat than shifts in
the military balance of power: first because ideology, or
ideational power, triggers threat perception and affects state
policy; second because states engage in ideational balancing in
response to an ideological threat.
The book has significant implications for international relations
theory and engages important debates in comparative politics about
authoritarianism and Islamic activism. Its findings about how an
Islamist regime or state behaves will provide vital insight for
policy creation by the US and its Middle East allies should another
such regime or state emerge.
Using the authors' clinical practices and their teaching
experiences, along with a series of quotes from movies, TV,
advertising and music, this book will help the reader navigate
real-world issues. For instance, "Show me the money," from Jerry
Maguire, offers sound financial advice, and "Frankly, my dear, I
don't give a damn," from Gone with the Wind, provides insight about
love and loss. These references from popular culture help clarify
and instruct; they also explain that the prevalence of images,
sounds, and words that surround us have something to offer. Indeed,
the book allows the authors to come from behind their couches and
give direct practical advice, as well as information about
ourselves, from the everyday echoes of popular
culture.http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/popular-culture-meets-psychology/200907/self-help-through-popular-culture-i-money
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