Exploring the profound connection between music and emotion, this book invites readers to embrace the transformative power of rhythm. Through vivid storytelling and personal anecdotes, it highlights how music can serve as a healing force, fostering empathy and understanding. Themes of vulnerability and openness are woven throughout, encouraging readers to listen deeply and engage with their own feelings. The narrative celebrates the universal language of music, making it accessible and relatable for all.
An economic and military superpower with 20 percent of the world's population, China has the wherewithal to transform the international system. Xi Jinping's bold calls for China to "lead in the reform of the global governance system" suggest that he has just such an ambition. But how does he plan to realize it? And what does it mean for the rest of the world? In this compelling book, Elizabeth Economy reveals China's ambitious new strategy to reclaim the country's past glory and reshape the geostrategic landscape in dramatic new ways. Xi's vision is one of Chinese centrality on the global stage, in which the mainland has realized its sovereignty claims over Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the South China Sea, deepened its global political, economic, and security reach through its grand-scale Belt and Road Initiative, and used its leadership in the United Nations and other institutions to align international norms and values, particularly around human rights, with those of China. It is a world radically different from that of today. The international community needs to understand and respond to the great risks, as well as the potential opportunities, of a world rebuilt by China.
Economy traces the economic and political roots of China's environmental
challenge and the evolution of the leadership's response. She argues that
China's current approach to environmental protection mirrors the one embraced
for economic development.
By integrating lessons from various fields such as economics, politics, and climate science, the book critically examines the contentious debate over American energy. It challenges extreme viewpoints, arguing that both energy revolutions present significant opportunities for economic growth, enhanced security, and environmental protection. Through this analysis, the author highlights the potential for a balanced approach to energy policy that can benefit the nation as a whole.
In The Third Revolution, Elizabeth Economy, one of America's leading China
scholars, provides an authoritative overview of contemporary China that makes
sense of all of the seeming inconsistencies and ambiguities in its policies
and actions.
Nuclear terrorism is such a disturbing prospect that we shy away from its details. Yet as a consequence, we fail to understand how best to defeat it. Michael Levi takes us inside nuclear terrorism and behind the decisions a terrorist leader would be faced with in pursuing a nuclear plot. Along the way, Levi identifies the many obstacles, large and small, that such a terrorist scheme might encounter, allowing him to discover a host of ways that any plan might be foiled. Surveying the broad universe of plots and defenses, this accessible account shows how a wide-ranging defense that integrates the tools of weapon and materials security, law enforcement, intelligence, border controls, diplomacy, and the military can multiply, intensify, and compound the possibility that nuclear terrorists will fail. Levi draws from our long experience with terrorism and cautions us not to focus solely on the most harrowing yet most improbable threats. Nuclear terrorism shares much in common with other terrorist threats--and as a result, he argues, defeating it is impossible unless we put our entire counterterrorism and homeland security house in order. As long as we live in a nuclear age, no defense can completely eliminate nuclear terrorism. But this book reminds us that the right strategy can minimize the risks and shows us how to do it.
This Council Speical Report concludes that if Congress does not approve the U.S.-India nuclear deal, " it would have a real and negative effect on the bilateral relationship." Congress should adopt a two-stage approach, formally endorsing the deal's basic framework, while delaying final approval until it is assured that critical nonproliferation needs are met. " Patience and a few simple fixes would address major proliferation concerns while ultimately strengthening the strategic partnership, " says the report. The authors, Michael A. Levi and Charles D. Ferguson, both Council fellows for science and technology, argue that " the Bush administration has stirred deep passions and put Congress in the seemingly impossible bind of choosing between approving the deal and damaging nuclear nonproliferation or rejecting the deal and thus setting back an important strategic relationship." But this is a false choice, they argue. Levi and Ferguson advise Congress to " reserve the bulk of its political capital for a handful of top-tier objectives. It should focus on preventing Indian nuclear testing, and fundamental changes in Indian nuclear strategy, rather than on blocking simple growth in the Indian nuclear stockpile. It should prioritize obtaining cooperationnot only from Indiain controlling the spread of sensitive nuclear technologies, over measures that would shape the development on nuclear technology in India itself."
Focusing on the rise of white-collar crime since its first publication in 1987, this book examines the treatment of fraudsters and the societal implications of their actions. Utilizing research from North America and Britain, it integrates insights from Economics, Law, Politics, and Sociology to highlight the prevalence and consequences of various fraud types, making it a comprehensive exploration of a pressing contemporary issue.
Exploring the motivations behind long-firm fraud, this book delves into the connections between bankruptcy fraud and organized crime. It examines the tactics employed by fraudsters and the intricate social and commercial networks that facilitate these schemes. By analyzing the interplay between different types of crime, the work sheds light on the broader implications of planned bankruptcy fraud within the criminal landscape.
