The Second Cold War: Geopolitics and the Strategic Dimensions of the USAThis book investigates the geopolitics and strategic dimensions of US-American foreign policy during George W. Bush's and Barack Obama's presidential terms. Based on a vast amount of empirical and historical sources, the author offers deep insights into the recent political developments ('Arabellions') along the axis of Northern Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, situating them in the context of the global geopolitical and geo-economical Great Game, either latent or overt, between USA/NATO and Russia. The author also analyses the influence of the US on these historical and political processes in the last two decades. |
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The Second Cold War Under the Sign of Oil and Gas | 27 |
From Bush ́s Freedom Agenda to the Color Revolutions | 43 |
The Cold Revolutionary War ́ ́ and the NATO Expansion Towards the East | 57 |
The Xinjiang Issue and Washington ́s China Strategy | 67 |
The Invasion of Iraq Open and Latent Purposes | 79 |
The Military Occupation of the Middle East and the Crash of 2008 | 93 |
Terror and Antiterror in North Africa | 225 |
The Uprising in Syria | 239 |
Real and Psychological War in Syria as a Pivot Country | 255 |
Great Syria as the EndofDays Scenario | 273 |
Global Power Shift and Military Outsourcing | 291 |
Great Israel Israel and Palestina | 303 |
Israel ́s Vulnerability and Iran ́s Nuclear Program | 321 |
Israel on the Eve of Apocalypse? | 337 |
USA Afghanistan Iraq Economic Constraints and Tragedy | 105 |
The Technological War on Terror | 123 |
Drones and KillCapture Campaign in Pakistan | 135 |
Multiplication of War and Conflict from Tunisia to the Middle East | 145 |
The Uprising in Libya | 157 |
NATO Intervention as an Answer to Gaddafi ́s Goodwill Measures | 169 |
US and NATO Attempts to Maintain World Domination | 181 |
Humanitarian Intervention and the Credibility Issue in Libya | 197 |
Religious Antagonism and Islamic Uprising from Tunisia to SaudiArabia | 209 |
Arab Spring ́ ́ Democracy Chaos and Terror | 351 |
A Short History of Islam From Muhammad to the War on Terror | 369 |
Memorandum of the National Security Council for Zbigniew Brzezinski | 403 |
Finding by Jimmy Carter 03071979 | 404 |
CIA 06082001 Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US | 405 |
Z Brzezinski ́s Memorandum for the President Reflections on Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan | 406 |
Bibliography | 413 |
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The Second Cold War: Geopolitics and the Strategic Dimensions of the USA Luiz Alberto Moniz Bandeira No preview available - 2017 |
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