Andrew Jenkinson, "Stuxnet to Sunburst"
English | ISBN: 1032068493 | 2021 | 198 pages | EPUB | 536 KB
Stuxnet to Sunburst: 20 Years of Digital Exploitation and Cyberwarfare takes the reader on a journey from the terrorist attacks of 9/11 onwards and the massive insatiable appetite, focus and investment by the Five Eyes agencies, in particular the U.S., to build the capability of digital eavesdropping and industrial espionage. With tens of trillions of dollars moving throughout hundreds of thousands of staff, and many contractors draining the country of intelligence and technical capability, the quest was simple and the outcome horrifying. No one in the world has connected the dots, until now.

Harold Joseph Laski, "Studies in the Problem of Sovereignty"
English | ISBN: 1230348697 | 2013 | 72 pages | EPUB | 278 KB
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV THE POLITICAL THEORY OF THE CATHOLIC REVIVAL1 ▼ ▼ Relief Act of 1829, a body of men who had been for too long excluded from political privilege became once more citizens of the State.8 The grounds for their exclusion had been, for the most part, based upon a single fact. 'The modern theory,' writes Lord Acton,8 'which has swept away every authority except that of the State, and has made the sovereign power irresistible by multiplying those who shared it, is the enemy of that common freedom in which religious freedom is included. It condemns, as a State within the State, every inner group and community, class or corporation, administering its own affairs; and, by proclaiming the abolition of privileges, it 1 The best general work on the Catholic Revival in England is that of M. Thureau-Dangin: 'La Renaissance Catholique en Angleterre au XIXme siecle.' This has been translated. To M. Thureau-Dangin, however, the movement is entirely non-political. 2 The story of the emancipation may now be consulted in Monsignor Bernard Ward's Eve of Catholic Emancipation. It is, however, weak on the non-religious side. s History of Freedom, p. 151. I Roman Catholic emancipates the subjects of every such authority, in order to transfer them exclusively to its own.' The divine right of kings, was, in fact, replaced by a right divine inherent in the State; and it was argued that men owed to it an allegiance that should be undivided. But the Pope was a temporal sovereign, and to him, as the head of their Church, the Catholics owed a full allegiance. They were a close and united body, the typical imperium in imperio of which Lord Acton wrote; and it was perhaps logical, even if it was ungenerous, that men should deem it impossible for...

John Dinan, "State Constitutional Politics: Governing by Amendment in the American States"
English | ISBN: 022653281X | 2018 | 368 pages | EPUB | 568 KB
Since the US Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended just twenty-seven times, with ten of those amendments coming in the first two years following ratification. By contrast, state constitutions have been completely rewritten on a regular basis, and the current documents have been amended on average 150 times. This is because federal amendments are difficult, so politicians rarely focus on enacting them. Rather, they work to secure favorable congressional statutes or Supreme Court decisions. By contrast, the relative ease of state amendment processes makes them a realistic and regular vehicle for seeking change.

Johannes Leitner, "State Capture, Political Risks and International Business: Cases from Black Sea Region Countries"
English | ISBN: 1138233773 | 2016 | 238 pages | EPUB | 1035 KB
In the OECD-area states provide security business to be conducted through a legal-institutional framework where state institutions, working in a legal-rational, predictable and effective manner, are often taken for granted. Worldwide, however the situation is very different. Private actors seize public institutions and processes accumulating ever more power and private wealth by systematically abusing, side-stepping, ignoring and tailoring formal institutions to fit their interests. Such forms of 'state capture' are associated with specific political risks international businesses are confronted with when operating in these countries, such as institutional ambiguity, systematic favouritism and systemic corruption.

Roberto Belloni, "Stabilization as the New Normal in International Interventions: Low Expectations? "
English | ISBN: 0367856573 | 2020 | 122 pages | EPUB | 772 KB
Stabilization as the New Normal in International Interventions provides the first comprehensive analysis of stabilization, which constitutes the new reference point for international intervention in unruly parts of the Global South.

Ana Pararajasingham, "Sri Lanka A Victor's Peace: 2009 to 2019"
English | ISBN: 0648672204 | 2019 | 220 pages | EPUB | 179 KB
In Sri Lanka A Victor's Peace, Ana Pararajasingham, provides a perspective on events as they unfolded following the end of Sri Lanka's civil war in May 2009.

Thomas Juneau, "Squandered Opportunity: Neoclassical Realism and Iranian Foreign Policy"
English | ISBN: 0804793050 | 2015 | 296 pages | EPUB | 710 KB
The Islamic Republic of Iran faced a favorable strategic environment following the US invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. Its leadership attempted to exploit this window of opportunity by assertively seeking to expand Iran's interests throughout the Middle East. It fell far short, however, of fulfilling its long-standing ambition of becoming the dominant power in the Persian Gulf and a leading regional power in the broader Middle East.

Susannah Verney, "Southern Europe and the Financial Earthquake: Coping with the First Phase of the International Crisis "
English | ISBN: 1138803103 | 2014 | 127 pages | EPUB | 871 KB
Following the outbreak of the international financial crisis, Southern Europe became an epicentre of economic instability and international concern. The prospect of a sovereign debt default in the eurozone's 'flaky fringe' sent shock waves through the European and global economies. Examining the crucial initial phase, when the financial crisis was just beginning to spill over into the real economy, the volume surveys the impact of the September 2008 Lehman Brothers' collapse across the EU's southern periphery. The six South European eurozone members - Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta - are viewed in comparative perspective with EU candidate state and non-eurozone member, Turkey. In an era before the spectacular EU/IMF bailouts, the picture that emerges is one of national differentiation, illuminating these countries' different starting points and varying policy responses in the face of the gathering financial storm.

Socio-Environmental Dynamics along the Historical Silk Road by Liang Emlyn Yang
English | EPUB | 2019 | 535 Pages | ISBN : 3030007278 | 159.7 MB
This book discusses socio-environmental interactions in the middle to late Holocene, covering specific areas along the ancient Silk Road regions. Over twenty chapters provide insight into this topic from various disciplinary angles and perspectives, ranging from archaeology, paleoclimatology, antiquity, historical geography, agriculture, carving art and literacy.

Maya Angelou, "Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 081298031X | EPUB | pages: 320 | 1.9 mb
In this third self-contained volume of her autobiography, which began with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou moves into the adult world. Maya struggles to support herself and her son through a series of odd jobs and weathers a failed marriage to a white man before landing a gig singing in one of the most popular nightclubs on the San Francisco coast. From there, she is called to New York to join the cast of Porgy and Bess. Maya soon finds herself on a joyous and dramatic adventure, touring abroad through Italy, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, and Egypt with spirited cast members, and performing for large, enthusiastic audiences. The exciting experience is dampened only by Maya's nagging guilt that she has abandoned the person she loves most in life, her son, whose reentrance into her world reveals to Maya the healing power of devotion and love.