Product Description: North Korea tested its first nuclear weapon in October 2006, after more than three years of sporadic multilateral diplomacy and negotiations aimed at forestalling its emergence as a new nuclear state in Northeast Asia. Convincing North Korea it would be better off without such weapons and related programs is fraught with challenges, but the situation has mobilized North Korea’s neighbors and the United States to begin to create a regional security and economic framework that can reconcile their conflicting priorities and threat perceptions...read more

Product Description: In cooperation with the Kokkalis Foundation, this volume is the fourth in the IFPA-Kokkalis Series on Southeast European Policy. The book explores Bulgaria's progress in the realms of economic and political reform, as well as its overall strategic and foreign policy priorities, within the context of its desires to contribute as a new NATO member, to join the European Union, and to play a leading role within and beyond Southeast Europe...read more

Product Description: The unprecedented series of six-party talks to resolve the standoff over North Korea's nuclear activities heralded a new and indelibly regional dynamic in Northeast Asia. Even if the process does not achieve all its objectives, the multilateral legacy that it leaves behind should not be squandered...read more

Product Description: As the United States and its allies increasingly turn their focus to the global war on terrorism and on stanching WMD proliferation, strategic interest has risen significantly in parts of the so-called “new Europe” close to areas of potential terrorist and proliferation activities (such as Central Asia and the Middle East)...read more

Product Description: The U.S.-South Korean alliance faces significant challenges caused by transitions in both countries, including political and demographic change in South Korea and fast-paced adjustments to America’s national security strategy in the face of a new global and regional strategic landscape...read more

Product Description: This is a comprehensive assessment of current and evolving air and missile threats confronting the GCC countries, highlighting the impact of missile and weapons of mass destruction proliferation trends on the balance of power in the Gulf region...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Rather than simply view it as a zone of stability, U.S. and European policymakers ought to see the Nordic-Baltic region as a microcosm of Europe's post-Cold War security problems. Whether it is a question of stabilizing U.S. and alliance relations with Russia, adapting and enlarging Europe's primary security institutions, or restructuring military forces, what happens in the Nordic-Baltic region over the next several years can serve as a predictor for all of Europe as to whether it will see peace and stability...read more

Product Description: The essays in this volume are based on presentations originally delivered at a workshop entitled "Air/Missile Defense, Counter-proliferation and Security Policy Planning: Implications for Collaboration Between the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Countries...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The authors of this pathbreaking study argue that bombers and carriers, which have been viewed as competitors for decades, should be used in conjunction with each other to provide American defense planners with unprecedented global reach, flexibility, and responsiveness...read more

Product Description: Book by Perry, Charles M.