“…El propósito del libro es poner el foco en esta segunda ola de movilizaciones populares registradas en el último lustro en Oriente Próximo y el Magreb a través del análisis de la situación en nueve países de la región: Marruecos, Argelia, Túnez, Egipto, Sudán, Palestina, Líbano, Iraq e Irán…”

“…His other works include Alanbrooke War Diaries: Field Marshall Lord Alanbrooke, The Iraq War and Democratic Politics and On Art and War and Terror. …”

“…•Empieza a conectar con el pasado—identifica con claridad los períodos, mientras conoces a los Neanderthales, piensas en Homero, levantas la Atlántida y proteges a los faraones•Toma conciencia de las consecuencias globales de la guerra—cabalga con los griegos y los romanos, ármate con la caballería, cava las trincheras y sigue los caminos que llevaron a los humanos a hacer la guerra•Conoce a los agitadores—desde los grandes líderes y los valientes revolucionarios hasta los tiranos despiadados y los héroes ignorados•Adéntrate en los grandes momentos del siglo XXI—desde el atentado contra las Torres Gemelas, a las guerras de Iraq y Afganistán, el 11-M en Madrid y el cambio climático, hasta el crecimiento económico de China, la India y el Brasil…”

“…As one of the most experienced trainers in Navy SEAL history, “Iron Ed” Hiner reveals how to: Develop your personal leadership brand—and make it your credo Create mission-aligned teams that operate as true comrades Establish and communicate crystal-clear goals Enhance team innovation and problem solving under pressure Combat the enemies of copious bureaucracy and inadequate resources Rise to the call of leadership when it counts most You may not be facing jihadists in the mountains of Afghanistan and the streets of Iraq like Hiner did. But just as his SEALs depended on him to lead them on successful missions and safe passage home, your people are counting on you to empower them, defeat the competition, and forge paths to greater success. …”

“…Anthony Arnove is the editor of Terrorism and War by Howard Zinn, and Iraq Under Siege. An activist and regular contributor to ZNet, his writing has appeared in The Nation, The Financial Times and Mother Jones. …”
Sumario

“…Emphasizing new and unpublished data, the book’s diverse contributions tackle holistically party life in six countries that have adopted very different political pathways: Yemen, Bahrain, Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria and Iraq. All the studies approach the decline or the revival of the parties from a long term historical perspective mainly with regard to political institutions in those six countries. …”

“…Thinking anew, then, about how we account for war to each other and ourselves, Torgovnick ultimately, and movingly, shows how these anxieties and fears have prepared us to think about September 11 and our current war in Iraq…”

“…Si Turquía ingresa en la Unión, limitaría con países como Irán, Iraq y Siria. En este nuevo contexto es importante valorar por qué la UE no ha logrado intervenir activamente en la búsqueda de una solución al conflicto chipriota, a pesar de haber recibido la potestad de hacerlo bajo su política de ampliación…”

“…The revolutionary wave of demonstrations, protests, riots and civil wars in the Arab world starting in 2010 (Arab spring); the waves of human asylum seekers as a direct consequence of this reality; the so-called colour revolutions that overthrew governments in Georgia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Lebanon; the territorial conflict between Russia and Ukraine; the intensification of the anti-globalisation movements; the outraged protests around the world; the conflict between Israel and Palestine, one of the hardest and longest conflicts to date that has been reactivated over and over; the terrorist attacks in Madrid, London, Boston and Paris; or the recent global threat created by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS); all this leads societies to an unprecedented present in the realm of political communication. …”

“…Thinking anew, then, about how we account for war to each other and ourselves, Torgovnick ultimately, and movingly, shows how these anxieties and fears have prepared us to think about September 11 and our current war in Iraq…”
Sumario

“…A graduate of Texas A&M University, an Eagle Scout, and an Iraq war veteran, Jeffrey holds his share of certifications, has published many magazine articles, and has written two books. …”

“…Per identificar-lo es tenen en compte aspectes com ara el lideratge, els processos de conformació de l'opinió pública, la legitimitat o la diplomàcia.La investigació indaga i aprofundeix en els elements que van conformar la construcció dels storytellings que van fer emergir la política exterior com a element rellevant de la identitat partidista a Espanya a partir del 2003, és a dir, la retirada de les tropes espanyoles de l'Iraq; la legitimació del servei exterior a través de la potenciació de la diplomàcia comercial; la posició espanyola davant la fallida transició política a Egipte (2011-2015); i l'estudi de la coalició de govern entre PSOE i Unidas Podemos (2019) pel que fa a la política exterior. …”
Accés lliure

“…Army's ingenious approach to counterinsurgency operations that led to the dramatic turnaround in Iraq. Fast paced and as entertaining as it is illuminating, Little Bets offers a whole new way of thinking about how to break away from the narrow strictures of the methods of analyzing and problem solving we were all taught in school and unleash our untapped creative powers…”

“…--Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Swarthmore College "Katrina, 9/11, and the War in Iraq-all demonstrate the costliness of failing to anticipate worst-case scenarios. …”

“…It was tech's age of innocence: the old establishment might have been discredited by the Iraq War, but digital news would facilitate the spread of truth. …”

“…L'ouvrage s'attarde aussi sur la pratique des dérogations humanitaires aux sanctions, qui tend à réduire les effets des sanctions sur la population civile de l'État-cible, en analysant la nature juridique de cette pratique et son évolution à travers le temps, dont le programme « pétrole contre nourriture » en Iraq. L'ouvrage considère enfin les moyens de prévention des effets secondaires dont l'ampleur a amené les États à préciser l'objectif intrinsèque des sanctions et, partant, à les affiner au niveau de leur conception, de leur maintien et de leur levée. …”

“…Molti analisti considerano l’elezione di Trump come un ripudio della politica estera americana degli ultimi due decenni, in particolare dell’intervento in Iraq del 2003 — deciso da Bush jr per abbattere il regime di Saddam Hussein —, considerato a ragione come la causa di molte sciagure che in seguito hanno sconvolto quella regione. …”

“…However, the creative energies released by the end of the Cold War, the rise of the postcolonial novel, and the terrible recent conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Africa, which the collapse of the Soviet Union helped to engender, contributed to a remarkable renaissance of significant fiction which engaged once more with the Greeks. …”

“…A questo quadro si aggiunga che la rivalità tra Qatar e sauditi s’intreccia anche con l’inimicizia tra l’Arabia Saudita e l’Iran: come conseguenza dei conflitti tra la Siria e l’Iraq, per Teheran sono diventati necessari degli stretti legami – anche economici – con il Qatar, a causa dell’intensificarsi dei conflitti con i sauditi. …”