Matthew C Waxman - Böcker

New technologies, new geopolitical alignments, new interests and vulnerabilities, and other developments are changing how, why, and by whom conflict will be waged. The Future Law of Armed Conflict considers how law and institutions for creating, i...

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Coercion--the use of threatened force to induce an adversary to change its behavior--is a critical function of the U.S. military. U.S. forces have recently fought in the Balkans, the Persian Gulf, and the Horn of Africa to compel recalcitrant regi...

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This text explores the history of relations between Iraq and the US during the 1990s to derive lessons for future confrontations and for coercive diplomacy in general. It examines the nature of Iraq as an adversary, US objectives in the Gulf regio...

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This report explores how the US military might improve co-ordination with relief agencies and with European allies in such operations. It examines the dynamics of complex contingency operations, provides an overview of the relief community, and de...

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