Global Flashpoints 2015 : Crisis and Opportunity.
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- 9781442246317
- 327.1705
- JZ5588 -- .G563 2015eb
Global Flashpoints 2015 -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: IS AMERICA IN RETREAT? -- PART I: WHAT ROLE WILL DETERRENCE PLAY IN AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY? -- 1. The Case for Deterrence -- 2. Rebuilding Credibility: Regional Perspectives -- 3. Why Deterrence Failed to Prevent Syrian Use of WMD -- 4. A Nuclear Deterrent for the 21st Century -- 5. Deterrence in the Cyber Age -- 6. The Role of Conventional Forces in Deterrence -- 7. The Challenge of Deterring ISIS -- PART II: WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF PUTIN'S NEW RUSSIA? -- 8. Russia's Influence on Europe -- 9. Putin's Dilemma -- 10. The Calculations of Russia's Neighbors -- 11. Ukraine's Transition -- 12. A Test of Wills on Sanctions -- 13. Energy Codependency -- 14. NATO's Eastern Front -- PART III: HOW CAN THE UNITED STATES BEST EXERT INFLUENCE IN TODAY'S MIDDLE EAST? -- 15. Acting and Reacting in the Middle East -- 16. The Need for Better Civil-Military Planning -- 17. The Challenge of Non-state Actors -- 18. Counterterrorism Success and Failings -- PART IV: IS THE REBALANCE TO ASIA SUSTAINABLE? -- 19. Asian Perceptions of the Rebalance -- 20. Keeping Focus on Korea -- 21. Economic Imperative in Southeast Asia -- 22. The Long View on India -- 23. Maintaining the U.S.-Japan Alliance -- 24. Recalibrating on China -- PART V: IS A COMPETING ECONOMIC ORDER EMERGING? -- 25. The Evolving Institutional Landscape -- 26. Strengthening the Existing Order -- 27. The Evolution of the Global Trading System -- 28. Geopolitical Instability and Energy Markets -- 29. Divergent Perspectives of the Democratic BRICS -- PART VI: WILL EBOLA EVOLVE FROM A HEALTH CRISIS TO AN ECONOMIC AND GOVERNANCE CRISIS? -- 30. The Trajectory of Ebola and Our Response -- 31. The Economic Impact of the Ebola Outbreak -- Index -- Contributors.
Maintaining international security and pursuing American interests is more difficult now than perhaps at any time in history. The security environment that the United States faces is more complex, dynamic, and difficult to predict. At the same time, no domestic consensus exists on the purposes of American power and how best to pursue them. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will look ahead in this annual volume at the "flashpoints" that will likely arise in 2015, how best to deal with them, and what lasting effects they might leave for the next American administration and its allies around the world.
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