This book investigates the geopolitics and strategic dimensions of US-American foreign policy during George W. Bush's and Barack Obama's presidential terms. Based on a vast amount of empirical and historical sources, the author offers deep insights into the recent political developments ('Arabellions') along the axis of Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, situating them in the context of the global geopolitical and geo-economical Great Game, either latent or overt, between USA/NATO and Russia. The author also analyses the influence of the US on these historical and political processes in the last two decades.

This book offers a historical analysis of the geopolitical and geoeconomic competition between the USA and Russia, which has recently heated up again due to the eastward expansion of NATO. The analysis departs from an exploration of the USA's foreign policy and geopolitical ambitions by illustrating the influence of Wall Street and the military-industrial complex on the country's political decision-making. The historical review covers a wide timespan, from the Second World War and the birth of NATO, to the wars against Iraq and Afghanistan, to the rebellions that erupted in Eurasia, Northern Africa and the Middle East in the 2010's, as well as the wars in the Ukraine and in Syria. By doing so, it reveals the influence of US neocons, the US intelligence services and the military complex on the Arab Spring, the Color Revolutions and the armed conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. Ultimately, the book depicts a new era of worldwide instability and disorder, dominated by violence and arbitrariness.

This book investigates the geopolitics and strategic dimensions of US-American foreign policy during George W. Bush's and Barack Obama's presidential terms. Based on a vast amount of empirical and historical sources, the author offers deep insights into the recent political developments ('Arabellions') along the axis of Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, situating them in the context of the global geopolitical and geo-economical Great Game, either latent or overt, between USA/NATO and Russia. The author also analyses the influence of the US on these historical and political processes in the last two decades.

Als funftgrosster Staat der Erde zahlt Brasilien zu den Top Ten der weltweit grossten Volkswirtschaften. Die inlandische Wirtschaft weist hohe Wachstumsraten auf, und aussichtsreiche Zahlen bei Aussenhandel, Investitionen und Beschaftigungszuwachs erhohen das wirtschaftspolitische Interesse an Brasilien. Auch Deutschland befindet sich in einer vielseitigen Handelsbeziehung mit dem sudamerikanischen Land. Basis dieser Verbindung ist die Nachkriegszeit der 1950er Jahre, in denen Brasilien die eigene Verhandlungsposition gegenuber den USA starken wollte. Zu diesem Zweck forcierte Brasilien den Handel mit der aufstrebenden Industriemacht aus Europa und nutzte zunehmend Kapital und technologisches Know-how aus Deutschland. Entstanden ist eine fruchtbare okonomische und politische Beziehung, die dieses Buch historisch und analytisch bis zur zeitnahen Gegenwart aufarbeitet. Der Autor Prof. Dr. Luiz Alberto Moniz-Bandeira gibt einen einmaligen und umfassenden Einblick in die gemeinsame Geschichte der beiden Lander."