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"This book investigates the drivers, tactics and strategy that propel the Trump administration's foreign policy. The key objective of this book is to look beyond the 'noise' of the Trump Presidency in order to elucidate and make sense of contemporary US foreign policy. It examines the long-standing convictions of the president and the brutal worldview that he applies to US foreign policy; and his hard-line negotiation tactics and employment of unpredictability to keep America's major foreign interlocutors off-guard, such as NATO members, China, Mexico, Canada, North Korea and Iran - each of which are considered here. In strategy terms, the book explains that the president is responding to a new multipolar structure of power by engaging a Kissingerian strategy that eschews liberal values and seeks to adjust great power relations in Washington's favour. By drawing upon a range of evidence and case studies, this book makes a number of compelling and provocative points to offer a new vector for debate about the workings, successes and failures, and ultimately the long-term implications for the world, of the Trump presidency. This book will be of much interest to students of US foreign policy, security studies and IR in general"--

"This book investigates the drivers, tactics and strategy that propel the Trump administration's foreign policy. The key objective of this book is to look beyond the 'noise' of the Trump Presidency in order to elucidate and make sense of contemporary US foreign policy. It examines the long-standing convictions of the president and the brutal worldview that he applies to US foreign policy; and his hard-line negotiation tactics and employment of unpredictability to keep America's major foreign interlocutors off-guard, such as NATO members, China, Mexico, Canada, North Korea and Iran - each of which are considered here. In strategy terms, the book explains that the president is responding to a new multipolar structure of power by engaging a Kissingerian strategy that eschews liberal values and seeks to adjust great power relations in Washington's favour. By drawing upon a range of evidence and case studies, this book makes a number of compelling and provocative points to offer a new vector for debate about the workings, successes and failures, and ultimately the long-term implications for the world, of the Trump presidency. This book will be of much interest to students of US foreign policy, security studies and IR in general"--

1 Introduction: The Catholic 'Republic' in Southeastern Congo -- 2 Pre-Colonial Politics in Kongolo to 1890 -- 3 The Halting Development of Catholic Power in Kongolo, 1891-1917 -- 4 The Failure of 'Great' Chieftainships and the Extension of Catholic Authority, 1918-1932 -- 5 Missionaries and the Formation of Colonial Chieftainship, 1933-1939 -- 6 A Marriage of Convenience: Church and State in the Late Colonial Period, 1940-1956 -- 7 Religion, Class and the Katangese Secession, 1957-1962 -- 8 Conclusion --

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Deterrence Theory, World Order and Missile Defense -- 2 The Emergence of the Missile Defense Project after 1945 -- 3 Holding the Line Against the Nuclear Warfighters? The Clinton Administration and the Containment of Rogue States -- 4 The Paradigm Shift: The George W. Bush Administration's Embrace of Missile Defense -- 5 Finding the Middle Ground? The Obama Administration's Consolidation and Expansion of Missile Defense -- 6 Destabilizing Great Power Relations: Russian and Chinese Hard Balancing against US Missile Defense -- 7 The Contours of the Missile Defense Debate in the Twenty-first Century -- 8 The Persistence of the Missile Defense Project: Domestic and Systemic Drivers -- Conclusion -- Bibliography

Invasive species are one of the greatest threats to forest, range, aquatic, and urban forest ecosystem health. They contribute to the endangerment of native species and may lead to other severe ecological and financial consequences in our Nation's wild lands and urban forests. To ensure the continued production of needed goods, services, and values from our Nation's terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, the Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), must implement a strategic systems approach for managing invasive species. This book prioritizes and guides the prevent

The Yemeni Jewish remnants have triggered so much interest on the part of so many western governments and humanitarian organizations, to an extent that is quite rare.The story of the Yemeni Jewish remnants is distinct from that of their brethren who emigrated to Israel during Operation Magic Carpet (1949-51). Before and during Operation Magic Carpet, Yemeni Jews came on their own in overwhelming numbers, many of them on foot, undeterred by the prospects of the trials and tribulations which they knew would await them in the course of their travels. In contrast, the Yemeni Jewish remnants displa

"By examining everyday life in Venezuela's post-colonial period, Reuben Zahler provides a broad perspective on conditions throughout the Americas and the tension between traditional norms and new liberal standards during Venezuela's transformation from a Spanish colony to a modern republic"--Provided by publisher

"A systematic critical survey of American strategic thinking and the strategic culture in which it is formed. In particular, this book seeks to interrogate the theory and strategy of nuclear deterrence, and its relationship to the concept of missile defence. Drawing widely on the theoretical literature in international relations and strategic studies, it identifies the key groups that have competed over America's nuclear policy post-1945 and examines how the concept of missile defence went through a process of gestation and intellectual contestation, leading to its eventual legitimization in the late 1990s. Steff sheds light on the individuals, groups, institutions and processes that led to the decision by the Bush administration to deploy a national missile defence shield. Additionally, Steff systematically examines the impact deployment had on the calculations of Russia and China. In the process he explains that their reactions under the Bush administration have continued into the Obama era, revealing that a new great power security dilemma has broken out. This, Steff shows, has led to a decline in great power relations as a consequence."--Publisher's description.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- PREFACE -- CHARTS -- TABLES -- INTRODUCTION -- I. FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMERSHIP! ISSUES OF THEORY AND RESEARCH DESIGN -- II. THE FAMILIES STUDIED! THREE GENERATIONS OF THE SAME FAMILY LINES -- III. INTERDEPENDENCE AMONG THE GENERATIONS -- PART ONE-PLANNING CAREERS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE TIMING OF ACTIONS -- IV. CHANGES IN FAMILY COMPOSITION AND OCCUPATIONAL CAREER PATTERNS -- V. PLANNING RESIDENTIAL LOCATION AND HOME IMPROVEMENTS -- VI. FINANCIAL PLANNING -- VII. ACQUISITION OF THE F AM IL Y 'S DURABLE GOODS INVENTORY -- VIII. THE INTERCONTINGENCY OF PLANNING CAREERS -- PART TWO-EXPLANATIONS OF FAMILY CONSUMERSHIP PLANNING AND ACTION -- IX. CORRELATES OF FAM ILY CONSUMERSHIP -- X. THE PAYOFF OF CONSUMERSHIP I SATISFACTION WITH THE OUTCOME OF DECISIONS MADE -- XI. A COMPARISON OF THE CHARACTERISTIC PATTERNS OF CONSUMERSHIP AND THEIR CORRELATES -- XII. LINKAGE OF PLANNING CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS, AND CONSUMERSHIPS -- PART THREE-IMPLICATIONS OF FINDINGS -- XIII. IMPLICATIONS FOR A THEORY OF F AM IL Y DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY CONSUMERSHIP -- APPENDIX A: SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX B: SAMPLES OF DATA COLLECTION -- Index

"There is a large body of literature documenting both a preference for immediacy and a tendency to procrastinate. O'Donoghue and Rabin (1999a,b, 2001) and Choi et al. (2005) model these behaviors as the two faces of the same phenomenon. In this paper, we use a combination of lab, field, and survey evidence to study whether these two types of behavior are indeed linked. To measure immediacy we had subjects choose between a series of smaller-sooner and larger-later rewards. Both rewards were paid with a check in order to control for transaction costs. To measure procrastination we use the subjects' actual behavior in cashing the check and completing tasks on time. Our results lend support to the hypothesis that subjects who have a preference for immediacy are indeed more likely to procrastinate"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site

In public good provision, privileged groups enjoy the advantage that some of its members find it optimal to supply a positive amount of the public good. However, their inherent asymmetric nature may make the enforcement of cooperative behavior through informal sanctioning harder to accomplish. In this paper we experimentally investigate public good provision in normal and privileged groups with and without decentralized punishment. We find that compared to normal groups, privileged groups are relatively ineffective in using costly sanctions to increase everyone's contributions. Punishment is less targeted towards strong free-riders and they exhibit a weaker increase in contributions after being punished. Thus, we show that privileged groups are not as privileged as they initially seem.