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The second Cold War : geopolitics and the strategic dimensions of the USA
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This book investigates the geopolitics and strategic dimensions of US-American foreign policy under the presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Based on a vast amount of empirical and historica...
This book investigates the geopolitics and strategic dimensions of US-American foreign policy under the presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Based on a vast amount of empirical and historical sources, the author offers deep insights into the recent political developments such as the 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 how US politics has influenced these historical and political processes in the last two decades.--
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- Creator
- Luiz Alberto Moniz Bandeira ; foreword by Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães
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- English
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- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017
- ©2017
- Physical Details
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- xxvii, 465 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9783319548876, 3319548875, 3319548883, 9783319548883
- OCLC
- ocn971350398
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Foreword: US, Geopolitics, Rebellions: Overview; Preface; Contents; About the Author; Chapter 1: The Geopolitical Great Game in Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa; 1.1 Eurasia, a Historical Pivot Region; 1.2 Mackinderś Theory; 1.3 Nicholas Spykmanś Rimland Theory; 1.4 Brzezinskiś Strategy for a Third Front Against the Soviet Union; 1.5 The `Arc of Crisis ́as the New Theater of the Great Game; 1.6 The Great Game from the Caucasus to the Middle East and North Africa; 1.7 Operation Cyclone in Afghanistan and the Role of Saudi Arabia
- 1.8 End of the `Red Scare ́and Beginning of the `Green ThreatĆhapter 2: The Second Cold War: A First Panoramic View; 2.1 Protests in China and Repression in Tiananmen Square; 2.2 Invasion of Kuwait: Saddam Hussein Back on the US Agenda; 2.3 Islamic Radicalism and the Civil War in Algeria; 2.4 Operation Restore Hope in Somalia; 2.5 Private Military Corporations; 2.6 NED and Subversion in Yugoslavia; 2.7 Access to Oil and Gas, a Matter of US National Security; Chapter 3: The Second Cold War Under the Sign of Oil and Gas
- 3.1 Oil Potential of the Caspian Sea and US Penetration in the Heartland of Eurasia3.2 The Silk Road Strategy; 3.3 Oil: The Priority of George W. Bushś Administration; 3.4 Operation Against the Taliban Planned Before 9/11; 3.5 The Warning of Agent Phoenix; 3.6 NATO in Afghanistan to Clear the Way for Business; Chapter 4: From Bushś Freedom Agenda to the Color Revolutions; 4.1 George W. Bushś ``Freedom Agenda ́́and the Regime Change Policy in the Caucasus, the Middle East and Africa: The Middle E...; 4.2 The Subversive Role of the NED, USAID, CIA and of NGOs such as Freedom House
- 4.3 The ``Color Revolutions ́́in Serbia, Georgia and the Ukraine4.4 Plan to Invade and Fund the Opposition in Syria; Chapter 5: The ``Cold Revolutionary War ́́and the NATO Expansion Towards the East; 5.1 Gene Sharpś Subversion Strategy; 5.2 The ``Cold Revolutionary War ́́with Protests, Strikes, Boycotts, Marches, Car Parades, Processions, etc.; 5.3 Mercenaries to Protect Oil Fields and Pipelines in the Caspian Sea; 5.4 Russiaś Recovery; 5.5 Putinś Reaction to the NATO Expansion Towards the East; 5.6 The Invasion of South Ossetia
- Chapter 6: The Xinjiang Issue and Washingtonś China Strategy6.1 The Xinjiang Issue; 6.2 Strategy to Break Up China Through Covert Operations; 6.3 Training of Islamic Uyghurs in Afghanistan; 6.4 The Role of Turkey and the Connection with Terrorism; 6.5 Washingtonś Double Standard vis-à-vis Xinjiang; 6.6 Port of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea; 6.7 Chinaś Maritime Lines of Communication; 6.8 Resources of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) to the Uyghur Separatists; 6.9 The CIAś Secret War in Tibet Since the 1950s; 6.10 The Dalai Lamaś Allowance from the CIA