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1) The prince
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IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 7
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Need to seize a country? Have enemies you must destroy? In this handbook for despots and tyrants, the Renaissance statesman Machiavelli sets forth how to accomplish this and more, while avoiding the awkwardness of becoming generally hated and despised. "Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be...
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Acclaimed Israeli intelligence analyst Avi Melamed has spent more than thirty years interpreting Middle East affairs. His long-awaited Inside the Middle East challenges widely-accepted perceptions and provides a gripping and uniquely enlightening guide to make sense of the events unfolding in the region-to answer how the Arab world got to this point, what is currently happening, what the ramifications will be, how they will affect Israel, and what...
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Are we living under a two-tiered system of justice?
Why do the wealthy and powerful escape prosecution for their crimes?
Why is there so much pain and suffering in the world?
Is anything being done about it?
Using a combination of wit, wisdom, and gravity, an unknown intelligence insider-identified simply as "Q" has been, communicating with anonymous citizens (anons) through internet message forums since 2017. These online exchanges bear no resemblance...
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We've found ourselves pitted against one another like never before.
Why has the world suddenly, become so polarized?
Our beliefs about current events have us fighting against each other.
The anonymous intelligence insider known as "Q" says politicians and the media have created a false narrative about current events that conceal corruption from the public. Some choose to trust the media. Others choose not to. And, therein lies the root of our struggle.
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5) Putin's master plan: to destroy Europe, divide NATO, and restore Russian power and global influence
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"Vladimir Putin has a master plan to divide Europe, destroy NATO, reclaim Russian influence in the world, and most of all to marginalize the United States and the West in order to achieve regional hegemony and global power. Until now, Putin's unified strategy and vision for Europe has not been thoroughly discussed or articulated in any meaningful way. Putin's Master Plan is the first comprehensive attempt to systematically explain Putin's global strategy...
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"Securing Iran's Future" delves into the unintended geopolitical consequences of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, with a particular focus on how the ensuing power vacuum and regional upheaval inadvertently bolstered Iran's strategic position in the Middle East. Through a nuanced examination of political, military, and diplomatic dynamics, the book provides readers with a fresh perspective on the interconnectedness of regional events and their profound...
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En 2018, le journaliste allemand Emran Feroz a mené une série d'entretiens avec Noam Chomsky à l'université d'Arizona, près de la frontière avec le Mexique. Ce grand analyste de notre époque y discute notamment de ce qu'on a appelle à tort la «crise des migrants» et de l'impérialisme, du réchauffement planétaire et de la menace nucléaire, de la présidence de Donald Trump, de la responsabilité des intellectuels, des religions et de...
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Our national and global affairs are in perilous disarray, to the point where extremely sober observers are saying that we have brought imminent catastrophe upon ourselves and that it is just too late to escape. While candidly admitting the difficulty and the danger, Of Thee I Sing nonetheless insists that something enormously significant and wonderful is actually coming to pass on this planetthat like a chick (out of food and space) pecking its way...
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Le secteur minier apparaît depuis quelques années comme un élément central et fondamental dans le processus de développement de bien des pays, dont ceux de l'Asie du Sud-Est. En effet, il s'impose de plus en plus comme un atout stratégique pour les pays de la région. Sources de richesses et de rivalités, les ressources minières sont ainsi intégrées dans les politiques nationales de développement.
Cet ouvrage traite du développement du...
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Europe is in transition between independent nation states and a unified Europe. The EU's crises-financial, migrant, Brexit-are threatening the European idea. In addition to the idea of Europe as a peace project, we need more meaningful narratives to create a Europe-wide feeling of togetherness that is emotionally underpinned.
The question is this: how can we create European unity out of national diversity? European unity seems to be more important...
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The fall of the Berlin Wall, symbol of the bipolar order that emerged after World War II, seemed to inaugurate an age of ever fewer borders. The liberalization and integration of markets, the creation of vast free-trade zones, the birth of a new political and monetary union in Europe-all seemed to point in that direction. Only thirty years later, the tendency appears to be quite the opposite. Talk of a wall with Mexico is only one sign among many...
12) The Secret Ants Society and the Government Cover-Up: The Film Animation Story: Part 1 and Part 2
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The secret ants society and the government cover-up. The film animation story is about life and hardship in the UK and the struggles for people to pay there bills and feed their families, and being out of work claiming money from the state to pay bills and keep a roof over their heads. One man determination to stand up and fight for the good of the British people to write a book to expose the government leaders that is making life hard for the people...
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Se trata de la expresión propia, muy afortunada y precisa, sobre la geopolítica actual, proveniente de la experiencia y el estudio. Es el resultado del trabajo adelantado por años, en materia de seguridad, mediante la pluma de alguien que conoce a fondo las relaciones existentes entre las ideologías y creencias, por una parte y, por otra, la actividad proselitista de movimientos políticos y religiosos de distintos orígenes y en diferentes latitudes.
El...
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Este libro de divulgación científica tiene por objetivo revisar, pensar y actualizar los debates más recientes sobre las regiones en el marco del proceso globalizador. La obra aporta contenido académico con reflexiones sobre las regiones y lo regional en el contexto de la globalización en el 2021 y observa las marchas y contramar-chas de dicho proceso, cada vez más convulso con el advenimiento de la pandemia global del sars-Cov-2. Este libro...
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Neoliberals thought capitalism would bring about democracy, civil liberties, and human rights everywhere. But that is fast becoming an illusion, particularly in the East, where traditionalist and nationalist leaders are attracting religious, rural, or newly urban constituencies and ushering in an era of illiberal democracies. Peer, who was born in Kashmir and wrote with passion and intelligence about his native land in his acclaimed first book, Curfewed...
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Este libro plantea algunas concepciones alternativas presentes en los debates en torno a la integración latinoamericana, a partir de conceptos clásicos sobre el desarrollo, el liderazgo, la soberanía, el Estado y la diplomacia. Estos conceptos han replanteado y orientado las discusiones y reflexiones planteadas en el presente tomo a partir de enfoques alternativos como el ecologismo, la integración energética, la relación desarrollo-autonomía...
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On December 13, 2000, Al Gore conceded the presidency to George W. Bush a full five weeks after election night. Even more intriguing than the disputed Florida election results was the implication of Bush's win for the future of the country and the world. If the Supreme Court decision and the results of the hand recounts in four Florida counties had made Gore the winner, what would the world look like now? Gore and Bush championed exceptionally different...
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Religions are creeping back into the social, political, and economic spheres previously occupied by secular institutions and ideologies. Disillusioned with industrial progress and cut off from opportunity and wealth, many are looking to Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity to restore a sense of purpose not found in daily life. Since the 1970's, the Catholic Church has sought a "holy alliance" among the world's religions to recentralize religious...
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Why divisions have deepened and what can be done to heal them.
As one part of the global democratic recession, severe political polarization is increasingly afflicting old and new democracies alike, producing the erosion of democratic norms and rising societal anger. This volume is the first book-length comparative analysis of this troubling global phenomenon, offering in-depth case studies of countries as wide-ranging and important as Brazil, India,...
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"The Arctic Boom" delves into one of the 21st century's most profound geopolitical shifts, as melting polar ice caps have transformed the once-impassable Arctic region into a realm rife with opportunity and competition. With a particular focus on the ambitious pursuits of Canada and Russia, this meticulously researched volume offers readers a panoramic view of the evolving Arctic landscape and its economic, political, and environmental implications.The...
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