"An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical resource--microchip technology--with the United States and China increasingly in conflict. You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil--the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Virtually everything--from missiles to microwaves,...

Este libro ofrece una mirada comprensiva y general a los sujetos de derecho internacional y a su actuación. La dinámica cambiante de la comunidad internacional muestra una realidad plural en la que coexisten sujetos de diferente naturaleza, con mayor o menor amplitud en la extensión de su personalidad jurídica internacional. Junto a los Estados, que mantienen un notable protagonismo, se aprecia la activa labor de organizaciones internacionales...

A timely and compelling argument for a revitalized and restructured global politics. The future seems increasingly uncertain. Our democracies are failing to prevent financial crises, energy shortages, climate change, and war--so how can we look to the future with confidence? Jan Zielonka argues that it is democracy's shortsightedness that makes politics stumble in our increasingly connected world. With our governments still confined to the borders...

Hans J. Morgenthau es un autor fundamental para el estudio de las relaciones internacionales y es considerado uno de los máximos exponentes del realismo político. Este libro propone una reconstrucción de su pensamiento que permita interpretar la teoría de la política internacional de Morgenthau no solo como una herramienta al servicio del poder, sino también como una palanca a favor de la paz entre las naciones. El papel, prudente y sabio, de...

La matière douanière et commerciale internationale est connue pour sa complexité. Se « lancer à l'international » demande une bonne préparation. Il faut maîtriser nombre de notions: pays d'origine des marchandises, valeur en douane, classement tarifaire, régimes douaniers, règles Incoterms... Il faut aussi comprendre le fonctionnement des zones de libre-échange et d'unions douanières, choisir la stratégie douanière de l'entreprise,...

Jeremy A. Rabkin is Professor of Government at Cornell University, where he teaches courses on international law and American constitutional history. What authority does international law really have for the United States? When and to what extent should the United States participate in the international legal system? This forcefully argued book by legal scholar Jeremy Rabkin provides an insightful new look at this important and much-debated question. ...

"New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's Red Team Blues is a grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the world really works. Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to the beginnings of Silicon Valley. He lives and roams California in a very comfortable fully-furnished touring bus, The Unsalted Hash, that he bought years ago from a fading rock star. He knows...

¿Cómo comprender la transformación de la seguridad contemporánea desde los marcos de la guerra híbrida y la seguridad por delegación? Mercenarismo en Colombia responde a esta pregunta a través de un proceso de revisión de literatura y de análisis en busca de disrupciones frente a los clásicos enclaves sobre la seguridad en las relaciones internacionales. Se sostiene la hipótesis de que existe una intersección e imbricación analítica...

"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005" Noah Feldman is Professor of Law at New York University and, in 2003, was Senior Constitutional Adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. He is the author of After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003). What do we owe Iraq? America is up to its neck in nation building--but the public debate, focused on getting the troops home,...

"On the list for The People's Choice: Carnegie Council Top Ten for 2009" G. John Ikenberry is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. Thomas J. Knock is associate professor of history at Southern Methodist University. Anne-Marie Slaughter is director of policy planning for the U.S. State Department. Tony Smith is professor of political science at Tufts University. Was George W. Bush the true...