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Analyzes the strategies that different states have used to engage a rising India, their successes and failures, as well as India's responses. This book also assesses India's own strategies to engage with Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Central Asian republics.

Presents a range of viewpoints about whether and how the US should alter its diplomatic and military strategies for this region. This book concludes with a comparative assessment of these options and a discussion of their implications for US policymakers.

What role should human dignity play in guiding the mission of international institutions? This book concludes with a final section that lays out a path for a cross-cultural dialogue on human dignity that could successfully achieve the transformation of global politics into service of the individual.

What role should human dignity play in guiding the mission of international institutions? This book concludes with a final section that lays out a path for a cross-cultural dialogue on human dignity that could successfully achieve the transformation of global politics into service of the individual.

Examines the question of whether the US Department of Defense (DOD) has assumed too large a role in influencing and implementing US foreign policy while confronting the challenges arising from terrorism, Islamic radicalism, insurgencies, ethnic conflicts and failed states.

Includes scholarly articles and reviews that advance the study, research, and teaching of Arabic language, linguistics, literature, and pedagogy.

Brings together the rhetorical traditions of the communications field and the best practices of adult second language instruction to facilitate superior-level proficiency in the Russian language.

Analyzes the strategies that different states have used to engage a rising India, their successes and failures, as well as India's responses. This book also assesses India's own strategies to engage with Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Central Asian republics.

Suitable for all those interested in international careers in the US government, multi-national corporations, banks, consulting companies, international and non-governmental organizations, universities, and more, this book includes insightful testimonies about what these careers are really like from junior and senior professionals in these fields.

Challenging several longstanding notions about the American way of war, this book examines US strategic and operational practice from 1775 to 2014. It surveys all major US wars from the War of Independence to the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, and most smaller US conflicts to determine what patterns, if any, existed in American uses of force.

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Universal health care was on the national political agenda for nearly a hundred years until a comprehensive health care reform bill supported by President Obama passed in 2010. This title assesses the impact of interest groups to determine if they are capable of shaping policy in their own interests or whether they influence policy at the margins.

Presents an overview of how the politics and policy decisions in the Islamic Republic of Iran have developed since the 1979 revolution and how they are likely to evolve in the near future. This title is suitable for undergraduates and the general public seeking to understand a country and regime that has mystified many outsiders for decades.

A collection of essays that meets the challenge that everyone faces: that of becoming a whole person in both their personal and professional lives.

Examines the checkered history of program budgeting (PPB) as a means of rationalizing the allocation of resources within and across government agencies. This book includes a study of the adoption and effects of PPB at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Pashto, designated a critical language by the US Department of Defense, is one of two official languages of Afghanistan and is also spoken in parts of Pakistan. This textbook provides learners and instructors with a wide selection of task-oriented, communicative language materials to facilitate the development of language learning.

A once-in-a-generation event held every twenty years, the Minnowbrook conference brings together the top scholars in public administration and public management to focus on the state of the field and its future. This book examines the ideas of previous Minnowbrook conferences, which are reflective of the 1960s and 1980s.

Presents definitions of grammatical and linguistic terms for spoken Egyptian Arabic in dictionary form from 'active participles' through 'writing system'. This title includes various entries that feature definitions and examples of various grammatical features including phonology, morphology, and syntax.

Addresses topics such as partial-birth abortion law, embryonic stem cell research, infant euthanasia in The Netherlands, Vatican statements on feeding tubes, organ donation after cardiac death, developments in artificial hearts, clinical trials developed by pharmaceutical companies to market new drugs, and HIV/AIDS research in Africa.

Tells the story of how women's organizations got savvy - framing the issues strategically, seizing political opportunities in the international environment, and taking advantage of mobilizing structures - and overcame the cultural opposition of many UN-member states to broadly define the issues in women's rights as an international cause.

Integrating grammar and composition, this title guides the student through complex types of writing by organizing the grammar lessons on a functionalist basis around the needs of composition.

An examination of the changes that the Arabic language has undergone in its transition from its roots in classical Arabic to a language able to meet the demands of twentieth-century life. Noting the changes in grammar and semantics, it illustrates how literary Arabic has become a more flexible language.

According to a Institute of Medicine report, as many as 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of medical error - a figure higher than deaths from automobile accidents, or breast cancer. This book examines how conventional structures of accountability in law and medical structure should be replaced by ethically informed institutional policies.

Explains how DNA works, what the Human Genome Project is, what these genetic technologies are and what they promise, and how they could disrupt our democratic society. This book is of interest to those who wish to learn more about the Human Genome Project and the genetic revolution that it may create.

Explores the aftermath of the Franco era in Spain. This title presents an objective and nonpartisan view of the important aspects of contemporary Spanish history and society. It covers such topics as: the transition to democracy; regionalism and nationalism; key players in current affairs; and, politicized approaches to Spanish history.

A collection of essays (1988-92) that examines key issues in normative morality. Identifying two strains, one based on natural law and a more situational one based on the Golden Rule, it explores the need for plurality in both individual and societal ethics, and the problem of universal versus only general validity.

Presents essays by some of the leading figures in the vanguard of theoretical linguistics within the framework of universal grammar. This book includes a central essay by Noam Chomsky on the minimalist program and covers a range of topics in syntax and morphology.

Bridging the gap between theoretical linguistics and language teaching, this title explores what theoretical advances suggest about learning a language after childhood and the implications for the design and execution of a foreign language program.

A collection of essays on linguistics and language education. It features contributors who take up longstanding debates about language diversity, language standardization, and language policy. It tackles such issues as the Official English movement, bilingual education, and ideological struggles over African American Vernacular English.