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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813873303321

Titolo

Global flashpoints 2016 / / editors, Craig Cohen, Melissa Dalton ; contributors, Jon B. Alterman [and forty-two others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Washington, District of Columbia : , : Rowman & Littlefield : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-5190-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Collana

CSIS Reports

Disciplina

355.033

Soggetti

Security, International

World politics - 21st century

International economic relations - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Global Flashpoints 2016 ; Contents ; Introduction ; I. Geostrategy ; 1. Reconnecting of Asia; II. U.S. Strategy; 2. America's Changing Role in the World; 3. Seeking the Right Strategy for Our Time; 4. The Challenge to U.S. Leadership; III. Middle East; 5. ISIS (Re)Writes History; 6. Wanted: A U.S. Strategy for Syria and Iraq; 7. Iran After the Agreement; 8. U.S.-Israel Ties After the Agreement; IV. Russia, Europe, and Eurasia; 9. Putin's Europe; 10. Inside the Kremlin; 11. A NATO Strategy for the Eastern Flank; 12. Sino-Russian Cooperation; V. Northeast, Southeast, and South Asia

13. Reform Cold, Politics Hot: President Xi Jinping at Mid-Term14. Economic Consequences of China's Slowdown; 15. Geopolitical Consequences of China's Slowdown; 16. Beyond TPP: Shaping an Economic Strategy in Asia; 17. Interested in India's Geopolitical Future? Look to Its States; 18. North Korean Vulnerability; VI. Africa; 19. Rising Africa Faces a Critical Test; 20. Terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa; VII. Inside the Pentagon; 21. Fiscal Futures, U.S. Forces, and Strategic Choices; 22. The Battle Over How to Save Defense Acquisition; VIII. Evolving Threats and Capabilities

23. Space and Security24. Nuclear Deterrence in a Disordered World; 25. The Need for Global Zero; 26. Missile Defense and Deterrence; 27.



Disrupting the Cyber Status Quo; IX. Energy and Security; 28. Implications of Sustained Low Oil Prices; 29. Implications of a Low-Carbon Future; 30. Efficacy of Sanctions Against Energy-Producing Countries; X. Human Rights, Human Security, and Public Diplomacy; 31. Responding to the Closing of Democratic Space; 32. Soft Power and Security; 33. After the Ebola Catastrophe; 34. Food Insecurity, Conflict, and Stability

35. Normalization and Human Rights in Cuba36. Winning the War of Ideas; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) looks ahead in this annual volume at the "flashpoints" that will likely arise in 2016, how best to deal with them, and what lasting effects they might leave for the next American administration and its allies around the world.