A Hunter's Eye
This book closes where behavioral detection truly begins - in the field, in the moment, where awareness meets action. Every concept, method, and framework within these pages is only as valuable as the professional who applies it with discipline, integrity, and clarity of purpose.Behavioral detection is not about reading people; it is about understanding the human condition under pressure - and using that understanding to protect, prevent, and preserve life. The craft demands vigilance, humility, and continuous learning.If this work has sharpened your perception, strengthened your judgment, or reminded you of the quiet power of observation, then it has achieved its mission. The rest is up to you - out there, where behavior tells the truth first. Use the book, use the techniques, and most of all... stay safe out there
War and AI
"War and AI" tracks the lethal contradiction at the center of the AI boom: the same systems marketed as tools of progress are already being wired into kill chains, targeting systems, andautomated decisions about who lives and who dies.From Gaza to Ukraine, machine vision, autonomous drones, and algorithmic targeting are no longer speculative. They are shaping real battlefields in real time, with civilians trapped inside the margin of error.This urgent new book maps the doctrine, supply chains, and moral collapse behind algorithmic warfare, arguing that the most dangerous lie of the AI age is the claim that we can build machines to save humanity without first teaching them how to kill.
Redefining European Security in a Post COVID-19 World
How do we define resilience in the context of security? How do we build resilience? What is disinformation and how is it being used by Russia in Eastern Europe? Is it a new phenomenon or a continuation of an old one with roots in the sovietization process? Are the education policies regarding democracy helping to build resilience? Are the research programmes of the EU targeting the right key areas for increasing resilience? These are the main inquiries that the book addresses. While looking in the past and linking it to the present, the research covers the synergies between security, resilience, disinformation, education and research, and offers solutions for building resilience and combating disinformation through education.
S矇minaires sur la coop矇ration transfrontali癡re 2018-2022
Les textes issus de ce volume portent sur la coop矇ration transfrontali癡re ? partir des exemples pris le long de la fronti癡re franco-allemande et sur les fronti癡res de la Roumanie. Les contributions rassembl矇es soulignent comment dans les espaces frontaliers les soci矇t矇s civiles construisent un peu d'Europe. Cela ne va pas sans difficult矇 ni arri癡re-pens矇e, et ces laboratoires n'矇chappent pas non plus aux probl癡mes que traversent les relations bilat矇rales entre ces ?tats frontaliers. D癡s lors, si la coop矇ration frontali癡re peut 礙tre une opportunit矇 pour approfondir l'int矇gration europ矇enne, elle n'en reste pas moins travers矇e par les vicissitudes que soul癡ve ce processus. Les diff矇rents exemples pr矇sent矇s dans ce volume mettent en valeur les possibilit矇s ouvertes ou non par ces processus transfrontaliers. Ils permettent 矇galement une comparaison entre coop矇ration transfrontali癡re en Europe de l'Ouest et en Europe centrale et orientale.
The Quest for Peace
The Quest for Peace is an outgrowth of the author's previous work titled, "How Goes It With America," in which he stresses a closer look at the deficits in our educational, political, and social systems as well as economic stresses on family and community structures, which he suggests, emanates from inadequate treatment of youthful offenders in the criminal justice system. He also points out ways in which our society can move to higher ground and avoid the pitfalls of the past.
Oceana
Oceana presents a structured vision of political organization built around the idea that stability and freedom emerge when power and property are balanced across a community. The opening sections offer background on the thinker behind the work, describing an upbringing shaped by education, travel, and exposure to differing political arrangements that encouraged a lifelong interest in governance. These early experiences highlight how observation of other societies, particularly those emphasizing broad participation and disciplined civic life, helped form a perspective that questioned traditional concentrations of authority. The text introduces the belief that social disorder arises not simply from flawed institutions but from unequal distribution of material influence, suggesting that enduring harmony depends on establishing conditions where civic responsibility is widely shared. By combining reflection on personal development with early explorations of political structure, the book begins to frame a model of communal life grounded in equality, public virtue, and active citizenship. This foundation prepares readers for a detailed exploration of how a reimagined commonwealth might function with fairness and collective purpose.
The Quest for Peace
The Quest for Peace is an outgrowth of the author's previous work titled, "How Goes It With America," in which he stresses a closer look at the deficits in our educational, political, and social systems as well as economic stresses on family and community structures, which he suggests, emanates from inadequate treatment of youthful offenders in the criminal justice system. He also points out ways in which our society can move to higher ground and avoid the pitfalls of the past.
Borders and Border Spaces in the EU Volume 1
How to manage borders in European border regions before and after the COVID-19 pandemic? This Cahier Fare n簞24 presents the results of the Jean Monnet Network "Fronti癡res en mouvement: quels mod癡les pour l'UE (FRONTEM)?", which was supported by the EU's Erasmus+ program for the period between 2019-2023. The network exchanged knowledge and practices on five different models of EU border management: the border between France and Germany, the border between France and Belgium, the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, the border between Rumania and Hungary and the border between Denmark and Germany. By analysing the results of research seminars and focus groups organised in each of the 5 border regions concerned, it critically examines best practice management models of cross-border integration, of minority management and of peace facilitation. The key question addressed by the network was to assess the role of the border in the process of European integration when faced with processes of re-bordering and the re-questioning of the model of a "Europe without borders".
Borders and Border Spaces in the EU Volume 2
Which are the perceptions of the border in European border regions before and after the COVID-19 pandemic? This Cahier Fare n簞25 presents the results of the Jean Monnet Network "Fronti癡res en mouvement: quels mod癡les pour l'UE (FRONTEM)?", which was supported by the EU's Erasmus+ program for the period between 2019-2023. The network exchanged knowledge and practices on five different types of EU border perception: at the border between France and Germany, at the border between France and Belgium, at the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, at the border between Rumania and Hungary and at the border between Denmark and Germany. By analysing the results of focus groups organised in and mental maps drawn for each of the 5 border regions concerned, it critically examines the perception of the border as a place of cross-border reconciliation, of minority co-existence and of peace facilitation. The key question addressed by the network was to assess the mental perception of the border when faced with processes of re-bordering and the re-questioning of the model of a "Europe without borders".
Blind Spot
Australia has forgotten what keeps it safe. So argues Michael Wesley in this sharp and compelling essay about our place in the world.Southeast Asia is the key to our national security and prosperity. If China dominates the region, as it plans to, Australia will be very vulnerable. So why are we following an American strategy that isolates and alienates us from our neighbours?Wesley argues that the focus on AUKUS and sticking with Trump is a dangerous distraction. Whereas the United States has little at stake in Southeast Asia, Australia has everything to lose. How did our foreign policy elite become so wedded to the US worldview? What do our Southeast Asian neighbours have to tell us, if only we would listen? Blind Spot is a gripping essay about strategic folly and the future of our region."It should be clear that Australia has made the wrong bet: that relying on the US alliance to address the threat of a Chinese-centred Sphere of Deference on its northern doorstep has left it dangerously exposed and unprepared. If anything, Canberra's adherence to the US strategy has led to an increasing divergence of interests and perceptions between Australia and its neighbours. As a consequence, Australia is arguably at an all-time low in its ability to shape events and attitudes in Southeast Asia."-Michael Wesley, Blind Spot
A Complicated Inheritance
What does Papua New Guinea look like when viewed both from a village marketplace and from a Canberra briefing room?In A Complicated Inheritance, Sean Jacobs brings together more than a decade of writing on Papua New Guinea shaped not by a single discipline, but by movement across worlds. From living in Port Moresby's settlements and travelling through remote provinces, to advising at the highest levels of Australian government, Jacobs offers a rare perspective that blends lived experience with strategic analysis.These essays refuse to stay neatly "in lane". They examine PNG's everyday challenges, from its infrastructure to its policing, through to the geopolitical forces now pressing on Australia's nearest neighbour. Jacobs writes with optimism about PNG's creativity and resilience, while remaining unsparing on the failures of ownership and delivery that have constrained the country's potential.Guided by a distinctly conservative worldview, he argues for economic growth, state order, and local responsibility over fashionable abstractions, even when those views cut against prevailing orthodoxies. The result is neither a love letter nor a lament, but an honest reckoning with a nation shaped by promise and contradiction.PNG, Jacobs suggests, is not just a country to be studied, but one through which all countries can be better understood.
Zero
What if the end of war has already been designed?ZERO revives the most rigorous disarmament plan in history-the Clark-Sohn blueprint-and updates it for the AI age. It outlines a 12-year staircase to global disarmament: a verified census of all weapons, annual 10% reductions, conversion of military budgets into a worldwide Peace Dividend, and the creation of neutral institutions to keep the "nuclear garage" permanently closed.Written for ordinary readers rather than diplomats, the book translates dense treaties into clear steps, answers the skeptic's toughest questions, and closes with a two countdowns from Year 12 to Year 0: one with weapons, one without. ZERO is a field guide for anyone who wants to move from arguing about peace to actually building it.
Blood, Minerals & Double Standards
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE GREEN REVOLUTION.Are you holding a crime scene in your hand?We are told that the transition to green energy is the key to saving the planet. But for the Democratic Republic of Congo, this "revolution" has a dark price. In Blood, Minerals & Double Standards, Justin Patrice Byamungu reveals the shocking truth: the 19th-century colonial blueprint for resource theft has never been dismantled-it has simply been modernized.In this groundbreaking forensic investigation, you will discover: The Blueprint Overlap: See the undeniable visual proof that modern mining concessions mirror King Leopold II's 1885 colonial map.The Laundering Pipeline: How "conflict minerals" are cleansed through neighboring proxies like Rwanda and Uganda to reach global markets.The Suppressed Evidence: A deep dive into the findings the world wants to forget, from the UN Mapping Report to the current reality of proxy warfare.The Sovereignty Manifesto: A radical, concrete roadmap for a Sovereign Wealth Fund that returns the Congo's wealth to its people.Byamungu exposes a staggering global Double Standard: Why does the international community defend borders in Europe while allowing them to be erased in Africa?Merging academic rigor with the powerful narrative of Congolese resistance, this book is an essential read for anyone concerned with human rights, geopolitics, and the true cost of our digital age.Stop looking away. It's time to end the Double Standard.
Chokepoint Planet
At the heart of major conflicts and market shocks lies the sudden realisation that a vital link between oceans can be sealed at will. It is an unsettling prospect that raises urgent questions about security, access, and fairness. Readers who want to deepen their understanding of these issues will find a comprehensive guide here, brimming with insights into the strategic roles these corridors play worldwide. In straightforward language, this book dives into the logistics, power politics, and hidden forces driving global shipping through narrow routes. It highlights how coastal defence strategies, such as A2/ad tactics, can close off passage with minimal warning, and why chokepoint control can send ripples through energy markets and supply chain congestion scenarios overnight. Relying on case studies spanning continents, it uncovers why maritime passage has shaped entire eras of warfare and diplomacy. The journey traverses legal frameworks like international waterways laws and illuminates the role of war risk insurance in protecting tankers and freighters from threat. Readers with a stake in maritime affairs, trade, or just broad-world curiosity will gain the tools to evaluate ongoing disputes and strategise better for future disruptions. Whether you track energy flows or simply marvel at the fragile lines connecting nations on the sea, this exploration of strait security and the planet's essential routes will reshape how you view our watery world.
The Quiet Embargo
Most people picture sanctions as flags, speeches and dramatic votes. In reality, many crucial decisions are taken quietly in insurance underwriting meetings, compliance queues and trade finance teams. This book lifts the curtain on that hidden layer, showing how cautious risk models and over-compliance can slow or stop trade just as effectively as a formal embargo.Through clear explanations and grounded examples, readers discover how trade sanctions move through banks, insurers and shippers, and why an economic sanctions book needs to start with pipes and plumbing rather than slogans. You will see how insurance and compliance teams interpret lists, guidance, and news, and how shadow fleets, shipping, and evasive tactics rise in the gaps. Chapters on vessel tracking, AIS, and data show what can be seen from the outside, and where blind spots remain.The book also explores the pressures around humanitarian corridors, humanitarian trade exceptions, and the tension between the duty of care and the fear of mistakes. It explains how the Lloyd's market sanctions environment, de-risking and over-compliance, and internal corporate risk governance debates shape which routes stay open. Finally, it offers simple tools for reading geopolitical risk signals in premiums and freight rates.Designed for policy watchers, business readers and curious citizens, this is a calm, practical guide to the quiet embargoes that shape our world.
Cables Under Fire
Most people picture the internet as signals in the air, not glass threads on the seabed. Yet those hidden lines decide whether your payments clear, your calls connect, and your governments coordinate. When they are damaged, by accident or design, there is no obvious backup and very little public debate.This book walks you through that neglected world of submarine cables and undersea internet infrastructure. It explains how routes are chosen, why landing stations cluster where they do, and how a single cut can ripple across borders. Drawing on the language of critical national infrastructure, it shows how cables have quietly become frontline assets in an era of rivalry, coercion and digital geopolitics. Along the way, you will learn to read a global cable map with a more critical eye and to spot where your own life touches these fibres.For readers interested in defence, technology policy, risk, or simply how things really work, this is an infrastructure security book with its attention firmly on the physical layer. It unpacks maritime security and data, explores the logic of internet resilience, and sets out how subsea cable sabotage fits into wider patterns of pressure and signalling. By the end, you will not think of the seabed as empty space again. You will see it as a crowded, contested arena whose quiet stability underpins almost everything else.
The Proxy Century
In every headline conflict, there is usually another war running in the shadows. States' arm movements, they do not admit to backing, deny casualties they quietly caused, and call disasters "local disputes" when everyone knows better. This book opens up that hidden layer, explaining why so many contests between great powers are now fought as proxy wars rather than open invasions.Across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, cold war proxy conflicts, modern proxy conflicts, and small wars, big empires have quietly redrawn borders and strained treasuries. Drawing on strategy, economics, and political science, this book shows how hybrid warfare strategy actually works in practice, how patrons manage clients, and why seemingly cheap interventions so often spiral into expensive quagmires for both states and societies.Written for policy watchers, journalists, and readers of security studies, it also speaks to anyone trying to understand the international relations of war without jargon or romanticism. You will see how private military companies fit into this ecosystem, how sanctions and covert money flows enable covert interventions book-style operations, and how to read today's crises with a clearer eye. By the end, you will know which questions to ask when the next conflict flares on your screen, which trade-offs leaders are trying to hide, and how ordinary people pay the price even when their country is not officially at war.
The Gray Zone Playbook
Off-the-record sabotage, hidden naval fleets, and targeted cyber intrusions: these escalating assaults remain shadowy enough to dodge headlines, yet potent enough to destabilise nations and organisations. As the dividing line between peace and active hostility thins, learning how to recognise and respond to these tactics becomes vital. Enter this deep dive into modern coercion. Through real-life examples and accessible guidance, it explains how actors use grey-zone conflict, deniable proxies, and maritime militias to challenge others without declaring open war. It illustrates how escalation strategies and plausible deniability complicate defensive measures, while offering a view of the role PMCs and cyber ops can play in today's strategic environment. Tactics such as economic pressure and lawfare are dissected in practical terms, showing how they can squeeze adversaries beneath the veneer of normality. Anyone seeking to preserve stability or security, whether in government, the private sector, or the wider public sphere, will find balanced insight here. You will learn how to parse incomplete signals, plan flexible responses, and reduce the risk of turning a tense face-off into a costly confrontation. Equip yourself to navigate concealed moves that seek to exploit weaknesses, so that winning without war remains a real possibility in our increasingly uncertain world.
Energy Politics In The Middle East
Energy Politics in the Middle East: Navigating the Global Transition is a strategic evaluation of the radical changes in the structure of the major energy-producing region of the world. This book, published by the GEW Intelligence Unit, is not a shallow reporting on the subject, but rather a report that explains the complex issues and opportunities presented by the global requirements of sustainability and decarbonisation.The research is critical to the international business, academic and policy analysts, as it provides a detailed understanding of the systematic elimination of historical hydrocarbon dependence. Some of the key areas of concern are a discussion of natural gas as a bridging fuel, the complex geopolitical alliances and divisions brought about by pipeline politics and a cyclical analysis of the economic booms and busts that have characterised regional stability.The book pays much attention to the way forward and thoroughly examines the process of integrating renewable energy, namely large-scale solar and wind programmes, and the technological foundation required. The application of smart grid technologies and energy storage solutions and the revolutionary potential of artificial intelligence and blockchain in energy trading and efficiency optimisation are detailed.Moreover, the strong framework of economic diversification, based on the Vision 2030 of Saudi Arabia, will serve as a prime example to be used by policymakers, with the important social consequences of employment and equity in perspective. The document ends with the necessary policy recommendations focused on regulatory harmonisation, innovation promotion, and the establishment of international cooperation to guarantee the low-carbon, resilient future. The work is placed in such a way that it will be used to make strategic decisions in the decades to come.
The Quiet Embargo
Most people picture sanctions as flags, speeches and dramatic votes. In reality, many crucial decisions are taken quietly in insurance underwriting meetings, compliance queues and trade finance teams. This book lifts the curtain on that hidden layer, showing how cautious risk models and over-compliance can slow or stop trade just as effectively as a formal embargo.Through clear explanations and grounded examples, readers discover how trade sanctions move through banks, insurers and shippers, and why an economic sanctions book needs to start with pipes and plumbing rather than slogans. You will see how insurance and compliance teams interpret lists, guidance, and news, and how shadow fleets, shipping, and evasive tactics rise in the gaps. Chapters on vessel tracking, AIS, and data show what can be seen from the outside, and where blind spots remain.The book also explores the pressures around humanitarian corridors, humanitarian trade exceptions, and the tension between the duty of care and the fear of mistakes. It explains how the Lloyd's market sanctions environment, de-risking and over-compliance, and internal corporate risk governance debates shape which routes stay open. Finally, it offers simple tools for reading geopolitical risk signals in premiums and freight rates.Designed for policy watchers, business readers and curious citizens, this is a calm, practical guide to the quiet embargoes that shape our world.
Cables Under Fire
Most people picture the internet as signals in the air, not glass threads on the seabed. Yet those hidden lines decide whether your payments clear, your calls connect, and your governments coordinate. When they are damaged, by accident or design, there is no obvious backup and very little public debate.This book walks you through that neglected world of submarine cables and undersea internet infrastructure. It explains how routes are chosen, why landing stations cluster where they do, and how a single cut can ripple across borders. Drawing on the language of critical national infrastructure, it shows how cables have quietly become frontline assets in an era of rivalry, coercion and digital geopolitics. Along the way, you will learn to read a global cable map with a more critical eye and to spot where your own life touches these fibres.For readers interested in defence, technology policy, risk, or simply how things really work, this is an infrastructure security book with its attention firmly on the physical layer. It unpacks maritime security and data, explores the logic of internet resilience, and sets out how subsea cable sabotage fits into wider patterns of pressure and signalling. By the end, you will not think of the seabed as empty space again. You will see it as a crowded, contested arena whose quiet stability underpins almost everything else.
Target Supply Chain
Everyone praises efficiency until a port closes, a licence is pulled, or a single missing component holds an entire product line hostage. In that moment, it becomes painfully clear who really controls the routes, warehouses, and approvals your business depends on. This book is for leaders who suspect that what looks lean on paper may in fact, be dangerously exposed.It shows how modern logistics has turned into a contested field of power, where states and firms use ports, data, and regulations to shape who can trade and who must wait. You will learn how to build supply chain resilience without simply throwing money at excess stock, and how a sharper logistics strategy can protect growth plans rather than quietly undermine them. Through clear explanations and grounded examples, it demystifies freight markets and the way capacity disappears just when you need it most.Chapters walk you through mapping supplier networks, spotting chokepoints and routes, and understanding how export controls, sanctions, and trade dynamics can alter your options overnight. You will see how supplier risk management and smarter warehousing and inventory decisions can reduce dependence on ultra-fragile just-in-time risk models. Along the way, you will also learn how emerging geopolitical supply chain pressures are reshaping what counts as a safe bet.The result is a practical, sober playbook for organisations that want to stay in the game when the easy assumptions of globalisation no longer hold. It will not remove uncertainty, but it will give you a clearer map, stronger options, and fewer surprises when the next disruption hits.
Zero
What if the end of war has already been designed?ZERO revives the most rigorous disarmament plan in history-the Clark-Sohn blueprint-and updates it for the AI age. It outlines a 12-year staircase to global disarmament: a verified census of all weapons, annual 10% reductions, conversion of military budgets into a worldwide Peace Dividend, and the creation of neutral institutions to keep the "nuclear garage" permanently closed.Written for ordinary readers rather than diplomats, the book translates dense treaties into clear steps, answers the skeptic's toughest questions, and closes with a two countdowns from Year 12 to Year 0: one with weapons, one without. ZERO is a field guide for anyone who wants to move from arguing about peace to actually building it.
Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles
Smoke drifts over Caribbean waters, warships cut through the dawn, and the fate of empires hangs in the balance-such is the crucible from which the lessons of naval warfare and imperial ambition are forged. In this compelling collection of historical essays, the pivotal conflicts and strategies of the late nineteenth century are brought into sharp relief, illuminating how the United States Navy rose from regional force to a dominant maritime power. Drawing on first-hand analysis and incisive commentary, the book explores the Spanish-American War not only as a military history milestone but as a turning point in global politics, where questions of imperialism and conflict reshaped national destinies. Each essay delves into the intricacies of naval warfare analysis, examining the evolution of tactics and technology that forever altered the conduct of war at sea. Academic research reference and classic-collection buyers alike will find themselves immersed in the intellectual rigour and clarity that has made these writings foundational for military historians and students of maritime power studies. The arguments, meticulously restored for today's and future generations, remain strikingly relevant as debates on global power projection and strategic deterrence continue to echo through the corridors of modern defence policy. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions, ensuring that its insights are no longer confined to the archives. More than a mere reprint, this edition is not just a collector's item and a cultural treasure-it is a testament to the enduring significance of thoughtful analysis in times of upheaval. Whether you are a casual reader drawn to the drama of historical turning points or a scholar seeking a vital academic research reference, this restored volume offers a vivid window into the forces that shaped the United States Navy and, by extension, the world order itself.
The World Court (Vol. I, No. 1, Aug. 1915)
In the shadow of a world torn asunder by unprecedented conflict, a singular voice emerges-urgent, reasoned, and unafraid to question the very foundations of diplomacy. When the guns thundered across Europe in the early 1900s, few publications dared to imagine a different future, yet within these pages, the vision of international peace and global conflict resolution was not only debated but demanded. This early 20th century periodical stands as a testament to those who believed that international dispute resolution and the establishment of a world court could offer humanity a path out of chaos, harnessing both economic pressure for peace and the power of moral standards in diplomacy. Restored for today's and future generations, this edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Alpha Editions brings back to life a work that was out of print for decades, inviting readers to witness the intellectual ferment of a time when international law discussions were not mere academic exercises, but matters of life and death. Here, the sharp analysis of world war one is interwoven with broader reflections on international relations, offering rare insights into the hopes and anxieties that shaped an era. The vivid reportage and impassioned essays capture the spirit of an early 1900s political magazine at the height of its relevance, challenging both leaders and citizens to reimagine the mechanisms of peace. For classic-collection enthusiasts, historians, and anyone drawn to the roots of modern diplomacy, this volume offers a window into the soul of an age grappling with the consequences of war and the possibilities of unity. As a revived international peace journal, it speaks across the decades, reminding us that the quest for justice and order on the global stage is as urgent today as it was over a century ago.
What America did
Shellfire and hope, sacrifice and ingenuity-across the Atlantic, a nation once distant from the thunder of battle became a driving force in shaping the outcome of the First World War. In these pages, the intricate mosaic of the American war effort is laid bare, revealing how a young twentieth-century power marshalled its resources, spirit, and resolve to meet the gravest challenge of its age. Drawing on meticulous records and firsthand accounts, this historical non-fiction book offers a vivid analysis of wartime achievements, from the mobilisation of industry and the transformation of society to the pivotal contributions on the battlefield. For readers captivated by world war one history or the sweeping narrative style of Barbara W. Tuchman's The Guns of August, this work provides an indispensable perspective on the United States' emergence as a global actor. Educators teaching history and students alike will discover a wealth of insight into early 1900s United States, exploring not only military strategy but also the profound social and economic shifts that defined the era. The text serves as both a compelling account of the American experience and a vital resource for those seeking to understand the roots of modern military history. Its relevance endures, offering context for contemporary discussions about national identity, international responsibility, and the enduring consequences of conflict. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations, ensuring that the lessons and legacies of the world war one era remain accessible to all. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure, ideal for classic-collection buyers and anyone passionate about the layered history of wartime achievements and the forging of modern America.
AI Nation
A clear-eyed guide to governing with algorithms, this book explains how AI is reshaping the state from the inside out. Instead of hype or doom, it offers a practical lens to judge when code should decide, when people must, and how to keep public power accountable. You will learn the simple but rigorous framework at the heart of the book - mandate, data, model, oversight, remedy - and how to apply it to real services such as benefits, licensing, housing allocation, and public safety. Drawing on political science, law, sociology, technology studies, and design, the chapters show how data choices become policy, how models quietly make rules, and how legitimacy must come before accuracy. You will see how to build explainable interfaces citizens can challenge, write contracts that prevent vendor lock-in, run sandboxes without risking harm, and develop safety cases that stand up in scrutiny. Throughout, the focus is on durable concepts, not regulatory minutiae, so teams can act with confidence across shifting contexts. For policymakers, technologists, service designers, journalists, and engaged citizens, this is a field manual for the digital state. It replaces slogans with templates, checklists, and scenarios you can use tomorrow: registers and audits that matter, due process in a digital queue, resilient operations for crisis conditions, metrics that measure public value instead of vanity. If you need to build or oversee AI-enabled institutions that are fast, fair, and contestable, this book gives you the language, patterns, and guardrails to do it well.
Belarus
Recent events have thrust Belarus into the international spotlight, but for years after declaring independence in 1991, Belarus remained a little-known republic in the West, despite its important geostrategic position between Poland and Russia, and as a conduit for Russian energy supplies to central Europe. In the late Soviet period, it was best known as a victim of the 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl, which covered its territory in dangerous radionuclides of cesium, strontium, and iodine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022; the unprecedented mass demonstrations after President Alexander Lukashenka declared himself the victor in his 2020 presidential race against challenger Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the ensuing mass repression, imprisonment, and torture of civilians thrust the country into international attention. This book probes the deep background to these tumultuous events even long before the collapse of the Soviet Union and Lukashenka's merciless dictatorship. Belarus: What Everyone Needs to Know(R) explains Belarus to outsiders, tracing its development, history, and formation of a modern identity. Marples and Laputska look at its place in contemporary Europe and its relations with Russia, Ukraine, China, and other states; and argue that the image of Belarus as a Soviet theme park or offshoot of Putin's Russian World are far-fetched and misguided.
Germany's Jewish Problem
A leading German-Jewish peace activist dissects Germany's authoritarian crackdown after Gaza.Since October 2023, the Frankfurt-based Jewish composer and activist Wieland Hoban has traveled the globe rallying opposition to the Gaza genocide. Now, in an urgent collection of writings at once blistering and revelatory, Hoban unravels the cultural neuroses and political cynicism that have made Germany an outlier in its support for Israeli crimes.From German gentiles confidently charging Israeli Jewish expats with antisemitism, to the German state's decades-long project to stifle free speech under the guise of combating "antisemitism," to German officials mobilising their historical responsibility for one genocide to justify participating in another-Hoban guides us through the grotesqueries of German "memory culture" and shows their lethal consequences.As the chair of a German-Jewish peace group whose bank accounts were repeatedly frozen and whose members have been arrested on Gaza solidarity protests, Hoban is uniquely placed to expose the oddities and outrages of Germany's authoritarian turn. He also warns that what begins in Germany doesn't stay there. From sabotaging international support for a Gaza ceasefire, to deporting foreign nationals on political grounds, to spearheading censorship laws across the EU, Hoban's diagnosis of German pathologies demonstrates where the ideological weaponisation of "antisemitism" can lead.
Blitzkrieg Begins
The invasion of Poland in 1939 is often reduced to a slogan about lightning war. This book slows events down, showing what blitzkrieg in practice meant for soldiers on the roads, commanders with incomplete maps, and families staring up at incoming bombers. It asks how a messy, improvised campaign turned into a polished legend that still shapes how we talk about force and speed.Drawing on battle narratives and diplomatic moves alike, the narrative follows the German-Polish campaign from the first shots near Danzig to the soviet invasion of Poland from the east. Readers see how the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact carved the map in advance, how Stukas made Stuka dive bombing a new kind of terror, and why the Polish Bzura counterattack briefly upset German plans. Alongside generals and foreign ministers, the book keeps returning to civilian life under occupation, tracing refugees on the roads and communities caught between two regimes.For readers who want to understand the origins of World War II beyond a few famous dates, this is a clear, grounded guide. It explains why British and French guarantees mattered, why they did not save Poland, and how the phrase' invasion of Poland 1939 'became shorthand for a whole style of warfare. The result is a tightly focused history that replaces myth with detail and helps readers think more clearly about how modern wars really begin.
Asia in Flames
Most histories still tell the story of Asia's war as if it suddenly erupted over Hawaii in 1941. Long before that morning, cities in China had burned, civilians had fled into caves, and diplomats had watched a supposed regional dispute turn into a test of global will. This book asks what the Second World War would look like if you start not at Pearl Harbour but at the Second Sino-Japanese War.Step by step, it follows the Japanese invasion of China, from the Marco Polo Bridge to the Nanjing massacre history, the bombing of Chongqing, and the struggle to keep supplies flowing along the Burma Road history. It shows how the failures of collective security at Geneva became a textbook example of the League of Nations' failure, how Soviet aid to China and the battles of Khalkhin Gol reshaped Japanese strategy, and how U.S.-China relations in the 1940s moved from sympathy to hard calculation. Along the way, readers see why the Chongqing bombing campaign mattered to planners in London and Washington, and how the Asia-Pacific War's origins cannot be understood without China at the centre.For readers of serious history who want a clear, narrative guide rather than myth or nostalgia, this book offers a new mental map of Asia's long war and its place in the global conflict.
Philosophy of the Center of Civilization
Philosophy of the Center of Civilization by Baruch MenachePhilosophy of the Center of Civilization by Baruch Menache is a sustained philosophical investigation into the foundations of human identity, social organization, and the nature of conscious experience. Rather than remaining at the level of abstraction, the work grounds philosophical inquiry in real social conditions, personal relationships, and the lived realities that shape moral and psychological life.Menache examines how identity emerges through the constant negotiation between inner experience and external social forces. He explores how individuals come to understand themselves within systems of expectation, tradition, and cultural meaning, and how philosophical grounding influences everyday decision making, responsibility, and personal agency.The book also confronts the tension between individual freedom and social norms, questioning how societies maintain coherence without dissolving personal autonomy. Through discussions of perception, cognition, and consciousness, Menache analyzes how substances, culture, and symbolic structures shape the way reality itself is experienced and interpreted.What you will discover insidePersonal identity and self awareness through psychological and social interactionExistential philosophy in practice and its relevance to daily life and moral choiceRelationships and collective identity including intimacy, boundaries, and cultural meaningPerception and cognition with philosophical analysis of substance influenced experienceSocial and political philosophy examining norms, authority, freedom, and responsibilityWho this book is forPhilosophers and students seeking deeper engagement with identity and existential thoughtSociologists and social theorists studying the relationship between individuals and institutionsPsychologists and cognitive thinkers interested in consciousness and perceptionCultural theorists examining norms, relationships, and social meaningReaders drawn to serious philosophical reflection on human behavior and society
Landslide
The 2025 Australian federal election saw an unexpected landslide victory for the Labor Party, the Liberal Party's worst ever result and the continued rise of the non-major-party vote. In this book, Australia's leading election analysts explore what contributed to this outcome, including the effectiveness of party and third-party campaigns, the changing demography of the electorate and external factors such as the 'Trump effect'.Baby boomers were outnumbered in 2025 by Gen Z and Millennials, who related to politics in a different way. Those pursuing their votes needed to do so through social media; influencers and podcasts became central to campaigning, as did humour appropriating popular culture with the help of AI. Increased cultural and linguistic diversity was also important, and there were new efforts to mobilise Muslim voters over the war in Gaza. Overshadowing it all was Trump. While populist themes seemed attractive at first, association with Trump quickly became a liability, and contributors here examine the difficulty of changing discourses mid-campaign.This authoritative study is indispensable in understanding the new political landscape: polls and voting behaviour, misinformation, gender issues and competing leadership styles. Richly illustrated, the role of visual politics also receives close scrutiny.Landslide is the nineteenth book in the ANU Press Australian Federal Election series. The series is sponsored by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
Narcoterrorism 3.0
Narcoterrorism 3.0 is a strategic and analytical examination of how organized crime, terrorism, corruption, and fragile state structures have converged into a new global system of power.This book moves beyond traditional narratives of crime and violence to explore how narcotrafficking has evolved from an illicit economic activity into a geopolitical force capable of reshaping governance, undermining institutions, and destabilizing entire regions.Drawing from decades of field experience, intelligence analysis, and geopolitical research, Johan Obdola maps the transformation of criminal networks into transnational power actors - and explains how these networks now intersect with extremist movements, corrupt elites, and global financial systems.Rather than treating terrorism, organized crime, and political corruption as separate phenomena, Narcoterrorism 3.0 shows how they function as a single, integrated system - a hybrid architecture of power that operates across borders, institutions, and legal frameworks.The book addresses critical questions such as: - How do criminal networks evolve into political and strategic actors? - Why do fragile states become platforms for transnational power? - How do illicit financial flows undermine governance and accountability? - Why are traditional institutions struggling to respond to these threats?Narcoterrorism 3.0 is written for policymakers, security professionals, analysts, journalists, and institutional leaders seeking to understand one of the most consequential and least understood transformations of the modern world.This is not a book about crime. It is a book about power.
Outsider Rules
Dedicated staffer, Nick Taft, exits the halls of Congress for an eye-opening journey through Washington's lobbying world awash in money and bereft of morality. Joining the ACC, a well-connected communications coalition, he learns through Kale McDermott, a seasoned lobbyist, the ways of survival in Washington's power grid. Along the way he discovers how well-intentioned politicians are so often persuaded against their better judgment: money. Assigned to cover Montana for his coalition, he befriends powerful Senator Clarence Waters, whose staffers' antics quickly place him on the edge of criminal activity. But Nick needs their boss's support, and the embattled third-term incumbent needs help from every financial source, including Nick. Desperate to secure his own career and guarantee the reelection of Senator Waters, Nick is swept into a gold mining company's campaign finance scheme. But the miners' lawyer manipulates a twisted strategy by engaging a Mexican drug cartel that leads Nick into the middle of the vast and often dangerous Crow Reservation.In his second novel, Roger Fleming takes on the dual beasts of DC lobbying and the dark side of campaign finance. His insider's view alternates between the ethically threadbare lobbying world of the 1990s to a meth-addled campaign trail in 2006 that together determine the outcome of one of America's closest and most consequential U.S. Senate elections of the early 21st Century. Roger Fleming, who is also the author of Majority Rules, was born and raised in Florida. He served as Legislative Director to U.S. Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr., as Majority and Minority Counsel on the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, and as a political appointee in the Administration of President George H.W. Bush. Roger is a graduate of Emory University and lives in Alexandria, Virginia
Security challenges in humanitarian assistance
Political, social and climatic changes in the world are accelerating, resulting in man-made industrial disasters, wars, natural disasters, epidemic emergencies and population migrations. As societies are ageing in many countries around the world, there are more and more people in need of social, health and humanitarian assistance.Humanitarian aid in a natural disaster or war zone is not a harmless mission, not forgetting and underestimating the security risks for those who carry out social tasks in the "peaceful and normal" daily life. When performing a task in such a high-risk area, the primary goal of the aid worker cannot be other than to stay alive, because only then will they be able to carry out their mission of helping others. Indeed, would you know what to do in a case of emergency at home or abroad? Do we know what to do when an unexpected event occurs? Can we recognize and manage the security risks realistically?This book will help you to develop or further improve your security mind-set by highlighting various aspects of personal security and safety. However, the tips and guides listed in the book do not deal with a single situation, because each one is going to be different, so it is not possible to list all the different types and the corresponding answers.This literature is recommended alongside humanitarian workers to all emergency workers (police, military, private security, rescue unit and media workers, etc.) who, in the course of their work, happen to find themselves in a critical situ-ation at home or abroad, in a disaster area or in a post-war zone.
Africa
Across Africa, a storm is gathering. The abandoned youth-excluded from governance, profiled as threats rather than partners-are striking back through insurgencies, kidnappings, protests, and migration. But why has a generation once full of talent and promise turned so desperate? Africa: Vengeance of the Abandoned traces this crisis to the continent's rupture with its indigenous leadership traditions. Before colonisation, societies anchored youth in responsibility and service through age grades, initiation, and communal structures. Philosophies like Ubuntu in the South, Ibu Anyi Danda in the West, and Ujamaa in the East fostered inclusion and collective strength. Their dismantling left a vacuum still unfilled today. Both a lament and a call to action, this book draws on African folklore, proverbs, and parables to argue for a Pan-African renewal. By returning to ancestral wisdom-restoring dialogue, inclusion, and indigenous problem-solving-we may yet calm the storm and reclaim the abandoned. The question remains: will Africa act in time, or will the storm prevail?Steve Okey Onwuka is a seasoned diplomat with almost two decades of service and an MBA in Global Leadership. At the frontline of African diplomacy since 2008, he has been a pioneer Chief of Protocol of the ECOWAS Commission, shaping diplomacy with integrity and finesse. His blend of practical statecraft and academic grounding in leadership studies informs this urgent call for a return to Africa's indigenous wisdom as a path to renewal.
The Chauvinist Threat
Many attempts have been made to explain Russia's fateful decision to invade Ukraine, but the argument of the distinguished political scientist Sabine Fischer is that we can fully understand Russia's foreign policy and its aggressive war of annihilation against Ukraine only by putting Russian chauvinism at the heart of our analysis. Fischer argues that Putin's regime has long been driven by a mixture of aggressive nationalism, sexism and autocracy: taken together, these three elements constitute the chauvinist threat that stems from Moscow and that led to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. An internationally renowned expert on Russia and Eastern Europe with decades of experience in EU-Russia relations, Fischer enriches her analysis with observations and conversations conducted in Russia and Eastern Europe over the past thirty years, including conversations with senior Russian politicians and colleagues in the run-up to and aftermath of the invasion. She also shows that the chauvinist threat stemming from Moscow is a threat not just to Ukraine but also to liberal democracies and to the liberal, rules-based world order, and she outlines steps that liberal democracies should take to counter the chauvinist threat. By bringing into sharp focus the sexism of Putin's regime and its explosive blending together with nationalism and autocracy, this book makes an important contribution to understanding both the brutal war in Ukraine and the serious threats faced by all liberal democracies today.
The Journey From The Center To The Page
For decades, the European Union set the world standard for protecting farmed animals. Today, that leadership has stalled, even though 84 percent of EU citizens say they want stronger protections for animals currently raised for food. The Compassion Mandate: Remaking the European Union's Leadership on Farmed Animal Welfare explains how Europe arrived at this turning point and what it must do to recover its role as a global leader.Political scientist Dr. Neil Dullaghan traces the long arc of EU farmed animal policy, from early pioneering reforms to the current era of delay and retreat. He shows how ambitious legislation, public opinion, and market trends briefly aligned to deliver major gains for animals, then fell out of sync. Drawing on original research, case studies, and public opinion data, he explains why broad voter support has not translated into sustained political action, and how institutional gridlock, trade rules, and industry lobbying have blocked change.The Compassion Mandate offers a clear roadmap for renewed progress. Dr. Dullaghan outlines how the EU can improve enforcement of existing laws, close loopholes that allow low-welfare imports, and create transparent conditions for consumers who want higher welfare products. He argues that a coordinated EU-level strategy will achieve far more than scattered national reforms, securing meaningful welfare gains for billions of chickens, pigs, cows, and fish while positioning European producers for long term economic advantage.Readers will learn why Brexit placed billions of animals at risk, how fish and other aquatic animals are central to the welfare debate, and what the stalled update to the EU's animal welfare legislation reveals about the future of the Green Deal and related reforms. Policymakers, advocates, analysts, and concerned citizens will find both a diagnosis of Europe's current failures and a practical agenda for change.Written by a researcher whose work has informed leading NGOs and decision makers, The Compassion Mandate is a timely call to close the democratic gap between citizens and institutions and to restore Europe's credibility as a champion of humane progress.
Q Chronicles Book 2
We've found ourselves pitted against one another like never before.Why has the world suddenly become so polarized?Our beliefs about past and current events have us fighting against each other. The anonymous intelligence insider known as "Q" says the general public has unknowingly believed deceptive narratives which sought to conceal corruption from the masses. Some choose to trust the media and their favorite politicians. Others choose not to. And therein lies the root of our struggle.In this second book of the Q Chronicles series, Dave Hayes takes readers on another journey to unlock the truths hidden in the cryptic messages from the Q clearance patriot. As Q's messages are explained, readers are given a behind the scenes glimpse at how events unfold on the world stage.We'll explore the genesis of social media platforms and ask whether they arose out of government programs. We'll look at posts suggesting that Q is part of a military intelligence operation. And we'll follow the trail of breadcrumbs that hint at a plot to start World War 3.Q's mission is to make the public aware of the truth of history and current events. The awareness of truth will bring about a great awakening - an era when society will reject deceptive narratives and see the world as it really is.As we comprehend the truth, we'll understand that the real battle has never been about conservative versus liberal, black versus white. Those are merely distractions that keep us divided and controlled. The real conflict has always been about good versus evil.Isn't it time we stopped fighting one another and focused our attention on the real battle and work to expose the forces of darkness?
Satellites and Shadows
When power moves off the map, the rules you rely on stop working. This is the quiet shift changing war, trade, and truth: the decisive infrastructure now circles above us.This book explains how satellites became the backbone of navigation, finance, and command, and why control of orbit is fast becoming the new frontline. It decodes space militarization without hype, showing how dual-use satellites blur civilian and military aims, how anti-satellite weapons escalate risk, and how space law struggles to keep pace. Drawing on real cases, it maps orbital warfare from jamming to debris, and shows how the private space sector is reshaping public strategy through contracts and service terms. You will learn a practical lens for space deterrence and global defence strategy, and how to read constellations like critical infrastructure. For policymakers, operators, investors, and informed citizens, it offers clarity on satellite espionage and the emerging norms of space domain awareness.If you want an accessible, rigorous guide to the battleground above your head, this is it: physics made legible, incentives laid bare, and choices evaluated by resilience rather than rhetoric.
Supply Chain Wars
A single obstruction can silence factories on the other side of the ocean. This book reveals how power now flows through containers, contracts, standards, and code-and why mastering supply chain strategy increasingly determines who sets the terms. If you want to read the world without waiting for headlines, start with the map of flows.Across industries and borders, you will learn how maritime chokepoints, semiconductor supply chains, and rare earth security create quiet leverage. You will see how logistics technology and alliances can harden weak links, how strategic autonomy is scoped rather than shouted, and how economic warfare is prosecuted through pricing power, payment rails, and insurance clauses. This is for executives, policymakers, operators, and curious citizens who need a sober framework for resilient operations amid geoeconomic competition and rising trade weaponisation.Clear models, grounded cases, and practical checklists help you spot dependencies, price fragility, and design route and supplier portfolios that cannot be coerced overnight. No hype, no fatalism - just a craft for reading and shaping the infrastructures that shape us.
The Arctic Game
A corridor is opening at the top of the world. It promises faster trade, new minerals, and fresh lines on the map. It also brings fragile ecosystems, high-stakes patrols, and decisions that cannot be undone. This book is a field guide to the Arctic as it really works: ice as infrastructure, law as leverage, and logistics as strategy. It decodes Arctic geopolitics without romance or alarm, showing how icebreaker fleets, northern sea route experiments, and Arctic Council politics shape what happens next.You will learn how shipping risks are priced, why NATO Arctic debates matter, and how indigenous rights Arctic frameworks alter projects on the ground. Clear scenarios make sense of Russia's Arctic strategy and China's polar policy, while case studies explain when cooperation beats confrontation. Throughout, the lens is practical: what choices face governments, firms, and communities as climate forces collide with markets and militaries.For readers in policy, business, and the curious public, it offers a durable mental model of climate security in the far north: who decides, who pays, and who benefits when the map itself is melting.
Weaponized Weather
A storm does not need to strike to change a nation's choices. Influence can flow through forecasts, drought schedules, and rumours about who "controls" the rain. This book shows how environmental knowledge becomes leverage, and why citizens should understand the playbook before fear fills the gaps.You will learn what physics permits, what remains myth, and how climate security increasingly hinges on data, models, and trust. From weather manipulation claims to real disaster prediction advantages, it explains dual-use tools without sensationalism. It clarifies geoengineering ethics, environmental coercion, and the politics of rivers, dams, and insurance. For strategists, policy leaders, journalists, and curious readers, it offers a disciplined method for assessing risk, mapping escalation, and identifying grey-zone tactics targeting supply chains, infrastructure, and public confidence.Instead of an alarm, you will gain a vocabulary for decisions: when to share data, when to demand verification, and when to draw lines. With climate intelligence, strategic forecasting, and pragmatic water politics, the goal is stewardship over panic, resilience over rivalry, and clarity over conspiracy.
The Arctic Game
A corridor is opening at the top of the world. It promises faster trade, new minerals, and fresh lines on the map. It also brings fragile ecosystems, high-stakes patrols, and decisions that cannot be undone. This book is a field guide to the Arctic as it really works: ice as infrastructure, law as leverage, and logistics as strategy. It decodes Arctic geopolitics without romance or alarm, showing how icebreaker fleets, northern sea route experiments, and Arctic Council politics shape what happens next.You will learn how shipping risks are priced, why NATO Arctic debates matter, and how indigenous rights Arctic frameworks alter projects on the ground. Clear scenarios make sense of Russia's Arctic strategy and China's polar policy, while case studies explain when cooperation beats confrontation. Throughout, the lens is practical: what choices face governments, firms, and communities as climate forces collide with markets and militaries.For readers in policy, business, and the curious public, it offers a durable mental model of climate security in the far north: who decides, who pays, and who benefits when the map itself is melting.
Supply Chain Wars
A single obstruction can silence factories on the other side of the ocean. This book reveals how power now flows through containers, contracts, standards, and code-and why mastering supply chain strategy increasingly determines who sets the terms. If you want to read the world without waiting for headlines, start with the map of flows.Across industries and borders, you will learn how maritime chokepoints, semiconductor supply chains, and rare earth security create quiet leverage. You will see how logistics technology and alliances can harden weak links, how strategic autonomy is scoped rather than shouted, and how economic warfare is prosecuted through pricing power, payment rails, and insurance clauses. This is for executives, policymakers, operators, and curious citizens who need a sober framework for resilient operations amid geoeconomic competition and rising trade weaponisation.Clear models, grounded cases, and practical checklists help you spot dependencies, price fragility, and design route and supplier portfolios that cannot be coerced overnight. No hype, no fatalism - just a craft for reading and shaping the infrastructures that shape us.
Weaponized Weather
A storm does not need to strike to change a nation's choices. Influence can flow through forecasts, drought schedules, and rumours about who "controls" the rain. This book shows how environmental knowledge becomes leverage, and why citizens should understand the playbook before fear fills the gaps.You will learn what physics permits, what remains myth, and how climate security increasingly hinges on data, models, and trust. From weather manipulation claims to real disaster prediction advantages, it explains dual-use tools without sensationalism. It clarifies geoengineering ethics, environmental coercion, and the politics of rivers, dams, and insurance. For strategists, policy leaders, journalists, and curious readers, it offers a disciplined method for assessing risk, mapping escalation, and identifying grey-zone tactics targeting supply chains, infrastructure, and public confidence.Instead of an alarm, you will gain a vocabulary for decisions: when to share data, when to demand verification, and when to draw lines. With climate intelligence, strategic forecasting, and pragmatic water politics, the goal is stewardship over panic, resilience over rivalry, and clarity over conspiracy.
Satellites and Shadows
When power moves off the map, the rules you rely on stop working. This is the quiet shift changing war, trade, and truth: the decisive infrastructure now circles above us.This book explains how satellites became the backbone of navigation, finance, and command, and why control of orbit is fast becoming the new frontline. It decodes space militarization without hype, showing how dual-use satellites blur civilian and military aims, how anti-satellite weapons escalate risk, and how space law struggles to keep pace. Drawing on real cases, it maps orbital warfare from jamming to debris, and shows how the private space sector is reshaping public strategy through contracts and service terms. You will learn a practical lens for space deterrence and global defence strategy, and how to read constellations like critical infrastructure. For policymakers, operators, investors, and informed citizens, it offers clarity on satellite espionage and the emerging norms of space domain awareness.If you want an accessible, rigorous guide to the battleground above your head, this is it: physics made legible, incentives laid bare, and choices evaluated by resilience rather than rhetoric.
