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Investigating 20th century Chinese ideology through the two main
elements of passionate belief and cultivation of rage, this timely
book examines how Maoist thinking has influenced Western politics.
Tracing the origins of Maoist ideas in Western politics, David
Martin Jones and M.L.R. Smith expertly apply the principles of
strategic theory to provide an understanding of how Mao's ideas
made their way from China into Western societies where they exert a
profound and little understood impact on contemporary political
conduct. The book offers critical insights into key theoretical
discourses and their practical applications, including: Maoism,
Orientalism and post-colonial discourse theory, Maoism and the
mind, and Maoism and the politics of passion. Forward-thinking in
its approach, it addresses the important question of where Maoism
will end, analysing the trajectory that Maoism is likely to take
and what the cumulative impact of it upon Western societies may be.
This invigorating read will be a fascinating resource for scholars
of political theory and history wishing to gain an insight into the
impact of Maoist ideas in the West. It will also provide students
of international politics and international studies with a much
greater understanding of China's revolutionary thinking in world
politics. 'This insightful volume exposes the influence of Maoism
on left wing intellectuals in the West. Jones and Smith reveal how
not just Mao's thought but the anti-democratic and often inhumane
practices that came to be associated with China's Cultural
Revolution are today being rehabilitated in woke form. This superb
book is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand what lies
behind today's dominant political trends.' - Joanna Williams,
Founder and Director of Cieo, UK
Academic and accepted orthodoxy maintains that Southeast Asia, and
Asia generally, is evolving into a distinctive East Asian regional
order. This book questions this claim and reveals instead
uncertainty and incoherence at the heart of ASEAN, the region's
foremost institution. The authors provide a systematic critique of
ASEAN's evolution and institutional development, as well as a
unified understanding of the international relations and political
economy of ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific. It is the first study to
provide a sceptical analysis of international relations orthodoxies
regarding regionalization and institutionalism, and is based on
wide-ranging and rigorous research. Students of international
relations, the Asia-Pacific, Southeast Asia, regional studies,
international history and security and defence studies will find
this book of great interest, as will scholars, policy makers and
economic forecasters with an interest in long-term Asia-Pacific
trends.
The events of 9/11 gave rise to a new epoch in world history. This
Handbook examines how the world order and our understanding of war
and peace has been transformed since the global war on terror
began. Bringing together expert commentators and academics from
Asia, US, Europe and the Middle East, the Handbook of Terrorism and
Counter Terrorism Post 9/11 assesses regional responses to
terrorism and evaluates the emergence of new threats. This timely
reflection on the consequences of the global war on terror
considers the future of asymmetric conflict in the context of the
fourth industrial revolution, and the evolution of cyber warfare.
Providing an analysis of terrorism since 2001, from Al Qaeda to
Daesh, and a critical evaluation of counter terrorism and counter
insurgency, this Handbook is an essential primer for students, at
all levels, researching terrorism, insurgency, global warfare and
international relations. It will also benefit defence and security
personnel enrolled on postgraduate courses in military academies.
Contributors include: B. Ahlhaus, R. Basra, B. Blair, B. Clifford,
J. Cook, R. Dellios, C. Duncombe, H. Edwards, P.G. Faber, Z. Gold,
M. Groppi, A. Guillaume-Barry, K. Hammerberg, J. Holland-McCowan,
S. Hughes, K.E. Irwin, D.M. Jones, I. Kfrir, A. Kiss, D.L. Knoll,
B.J. Lutz, J.M. Lutz, P. Mahadevan, J. Maszka, J. McDonald, J.
McQuaid, A. Meleagrou-Hitchens, M.-M. Muller, N. Musgrave, A.
Powell, W. Rosenau, J. Rovner, N. Sahak, J. Schroden, P. Schulte,
M.L.R. Smith, T. Stevens, A.T.H. Tan, C. Ungerer, G. Vale, J.R.
Woodier, A. Zingerle
Academic and accepted orthodoxy maintains that Southeast Asia, and
Asia generally, is evolving into a distinctive East Asian regional
order. This book questions this claim and reveals instead
uncertainty and incoherence at the heart of ASEAN, the region's
foremost institution. The authors provide a systematic critique of
ASEAN's evolution and institutional development, as well as a
unified understanding of the international relations and political
economy of ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific. It is the first study to
provide a sceptical analysis of international relations orthodoxies
regarding regionalization and institutionalism, and is based on
wide-ranging and rigorous research. Students of international
relations, the Asia-Pacific, Southeast Asia, regional studies,
international history and security and defence studies will find
this book of great interest, as will scholars, policy makers and
economic forecasters with an interest in long-term Asia-Pacific
trends.
This is the first book to set out a comprehensive framework by
which to understand terrorism as strategy. It contends that even
terrorism of the supposedly nihilist variety can be viewed as a
bona fide method for distributing means to fulfil the ends of
policy, that is, as a strategy.
The main purpose of the work is to describe the dynamics of
terrorism and evaluate their effectiveness, as well as to theorize
upon, and clarify the correlation between, political ends and
terrorist means. The text explains the modus operandi of terrorism,
and demonstrates how terrorism relies on manipulating the
psychological impact of (usually) relatively small-scale attacks.
Using a variety of case studies, The Strategy of Terrorism shows
how many campaigns of terrorism end in failure when they lose their
power to terrify. The authors spell out what a proper understanding
of terrorism as a strategy implies for those who want to make
terrorism ineffective, and offer a number of policy recommendations
derived directly from their critique.
This is the first contribution of strategic studies to the study of
terrorism, and will be of much interest to students of terrorism,
strategy and security studies, as well as military professionals
and policy makers.
This is the first book to set out a comprehensive framework by
which to understand terrorism as strategy. It contends that even
terrorism of the supposedly nihilist variety can be viewed as a
bona fide method for distributing means to fulfil the ends of
policy, that is, as a strategy. The main purpose of the work is to
describe the dynamics of terrorism and evaluate their
effectiveness, as well as to theorize upon, and clarify the
correlation between, political ends and terrorist means. The text
explains the modus operandi of terrorism, and demonstrates how
terrorism relies on manipulating the psychological impact of
(usually) relatively small-scale attacks. Using a variety of case
studies, The Strategy of Terrorism shows how many campaigns of
terrorism end in failure when they lose their power to terrify. The
authors spell out what a proper understanding of terrorism as a
strategy implies for those who want to make terrorism ineffective,
and offer a number of policy recommendations derived directly from
their critique. This is the first contribution of strategic studies
to the study of terrorism, and will be of much interest to students
of terrorism, strategy and security studies, as well as military
professionals and policy makers.
Fighting for Ireland? is the first in-depth account of the evolution of Irish Republican strategy. It is highly topical in the light of the faltering peace process and the growing speculation over the IRA's next move: further violence or a new non-violent strategy? This new, updated paperback edition is essential reading for those who wish to disentangle the complex issues and motives behind IRA violence. M.L.R. Smith challenges many assumptions about the IRA, pinpointing the organisation's successes as well as its missed opportunities. He demonstrates the tension the movement has experienced between ideology and strategic reality regarding the use of force, illustrating how doctrinal purity has sometimes hampered the IRA in the pursuit of its goals. Contrary to the Irish Republican movement's vigorous and assertive public face Smith uncovers an organisation characterised more by a sense of chronic insecurity than by certainty and continuity. eBook available with sample pages: 0203445147
Fighting for Ireland? is the first in-depth account of the
evolution of Irish Republican strategy. It is highly topical in the
light of the faltering peace process and the growing speculation
over the IRA's next move: further violence or a new non-violent
strategy? This new, updated paperback edition is essential reading
for those who wish to disentangle the complex issues and motives
behind IRA violence.
M.L.R. Smith challenges many assumptions about the IRA, pinpointing
the organisation's successes as well as its missed opportunities.
He demonstrates the tension the movement has experienced between
ideology and strategic reality regarding the use of force,
illustrating how doctrinal purity has sometimes hampered the IRA in
the pursuit of its goals. Contrary to the Irish Republican
movement's vigorous and assertive public face Smith uncovers an
organisation characterised more by a sense of chronic insecurity
than by certainty and continuity.
David Martin Jones, Nicholas Khoo, M. L. R. Smith
Twenty years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center
and Pentagon, we can now see that the War on Terror profoundly
affected Western self-understanding and the secular liberal image
it sought to project onto a global canvas at what was widely
assumed to be the end of history. The dramatic change in awareness
that 9/11 brought about was particularly vivid, this book
maintains, in the media that sustained and displayed the West's
self-image. In particular, fiction, film, drama, the visual arts,
and popular music have all struggled to come to grips with the
phenomena of terror, asymmetrical warfare, home grown jihadist
activism, and the moral and political dilemmas they evoke. The book
further argues that the evolving progressive response to 9/11
assumed an increasingly ideological character via the critical and
normative international relations theories that came to dominate
Western campuses after 2001. These perspectives gave substance to
an increasingly critical depiction of the West's War on Terror and
its popular promotion through works of literature, film, music, and
the visual arts. Promoted through these popular genres, it combined
the ingredients that formed "woke" ideology in an accessible
formula that subsequently dominated both the mainstream media,
academia, and, in time, government agencies.
Sacred Violence and Religious Violence examines the place that
ideology or political religion plays in legitimizing violence to
bring about a purer world. In particular, the book examines
Islamism and the western secular, liberal democratic responses to
it.
Over the last decade, the notion of counter-insurgency (COIN) has
risen to prominence as the dominant paradigm in American and
British thinking about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite
the high level of attention paid to the subject by military
analysts, the broader theoretical and historical factors which
underpin counter-insurgency have received comparatively little
critical scrutiny. This volume addresses the gap in existing
scholarship by exploring and challenging several critical aspects
of the prevailing orthodoxy on COIN.This critical reappraisal of
counter-insurgency thinking and practice brings together a number
of international academics and practitioners, providing a
pluralistic insight on the effectiveness of counter-insurgency
operations from military, academic, media and civilian
administrative perspectives. It also combines US and British
insights into the theory and practise of twenty-first century COIN.
With the continuing relevance of 'big third party' COIN to Western
engagement in future wars of choice, this book provides an
important and timely analysis of an issue which will continue to
impact American and British security policy and future
interventions.This book will appeal to scholars of Military
Studies, Strategic Studies, Security Studies and International
Relations and to practitioners and policy-makers working in the
field of counter-insurgency.
The notion of counter-insurgency has become a dominant paradigm in
American and British thinking about the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan. This volume brings together international academics
and practitioners to evaluate the broader theoretical and
historical factors that underpin COIN, providing a critical
reappraisal of counter-insurgency thinking.
Sacred Violence and Religious Violence examines the place that
ideology or political religion plays in legitimizing violence to
bring about a purer world. In particular, the book examines
Islamism and the western secular, liberal democratic responses to
it.
East Asia is currently emerging as a central site of economic,
political and security significance. This book offers an overview
and assessment of the international politics of the Asia-Pacific
region since the end of the Cold War, seeking to address the
overarching question of how we can most convincingly explain the
central dynamics of Asia's international relations.
The counterinsurgency (COIN) paradigm dominates military and
political conduct in contemporary Western strategic thought. It
assumes future wars will unfold as "low intensity" conflicts within
rather than between states, requiring specialized military training
and techniques. COIN is understood as a logical, effective, and
democratically palatable method for confronting insurgency-a
discrete set of practices that, through the actions of
knowledgeable soldiers and under the guidance of an expert elite,
creates lasting results. Through an extensive investigation into
COIN's theories, methods, and outcomes, this book undermines
enduring claims about COIN's success while revealing its hidden
meanings and effects. Interrogating the relationship between
counterinsurgency and war, the authors question the supposed
uniqueness of COIN's attributes and try to resolve the puzzle of
its intellectual identity. Is COIN a strategy, a doctrine, a
theory, a military practice, or something else? Their analysis
ultimately exposes a critical paradox within COIN: while it ignores
the vital political dimensions of war, it is nevertheless the
product of a misplaced ideological faith in modernization.
A worldwide surge in poaching and wildlife trafficking is
threatening to decimate endangered species. This crisis also
threatens the security of human beings in ways ignored until
recently by decision-makers slow to begin to treat what is
typically viewed as a 'conservation issue' as serious crime. Over
the past decade, as the scale and profitability of poaching and
wildlife trafficking have grown, politicians, journalists and
campaigners throughout the world have begun to take notice - they
are offering striking appraisals of the threat posed not only to
endangered species but also to human populations. Many of these
appraisals, however, are made in the absence of a detailed body of
empirical research and analysis to underpin them. The result is the
growth of a range of myths and misperceptions around the security
threats posed, particularly as they relate to Africa. Poaching,
Wildlife Trafficking and Security in Africa examines the most
common narratives on poaching, wildlife trafficking and security.
It critically analyses the dominant discourses on poaching and
wildlife trafficking as threats to human security, as drivers of
conflict, as funders of terrorism and as a focus for organised
crime. In doing so, it seeks to sort myth from reality, to clarify
how poaching and wildlife trafficking, as much cited threats to
security, can most accurately be conceived. Such a study is crucial
to the efforts of stakeholders now rightly looking to respond not
just to the threat posed to endangered species, but also to the
security and wellbeing of human beings.
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