Author: Raymond Kuo
Publisher: Westphalia Press
ISBN: 9781637237045
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
China is engaged in a widespread assertion of sovereignty in the South and East China Seas. It employs a "gray zone" strategy: using coercive but sub-conventional military power to drive off challengers and prevent escalation, while simultaneously seizing territory and asserting maritime control. Contests of Initiative: Confronting China's Gray Zone Strategy provides three courses of action for the US and its Asian security partners to preserve regional peace, uphold freedom of the seas, and deter conflict. Building on theories of escalation dominance, Dr. Kuo casts gray zone strategies as "contests of initiative." States that direct the operational tempo and choice of engagements can exploit gaps in political commitment to seize objectives. Once lost, their opponents face much higher costs to reestablish control. Using case analysis backed by statistical methods, the three courses of action reach different balances between American leadership, allied costs, and Chinese responses. Ultimately, the book recommends the U.S. employ an "extended deterrence" approach. Washington should foster a regional sovereignty settlement, establish a political-military coordinating institution, and attain dominance in sub-conventional capabilities using unmanned ISR and strike platforms to contest and break Beijing's control. The study will be of great value to those in the national security community with responsibility for US policies in East Asia, but it also provides important insights for strategic planners and analysts who will be grappling with the larger strategic dimensions of US-China relations, certain to be the paramount issue in global politics for the foreseeable future. Dr. Raymond Kuo is an independent political scientist focused on international security and East Asia. In addition to this book, he authored Following the Leader: International Order, Alliance Strategies, and Emulation (Stanford University Press, forthcoming 2021), explaining how military alliance strategies generate international order. Dr. Kuo's other research has appeared in International Security, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, The National Interest, and The Diplomat, among others. He previously served in the United Nations, the National Democratic Institute, and the Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan). Dr. Kuo holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from Princeton University, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.
Contests of Initiative
Cobbey's Compiled Statutes of Nebraska
Author: Nebraska
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 2398
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Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 2398
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Cobbey's Annotated Statutes of Nebraska
Author: Nebraska
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1258
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1258
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Proxy Contests, Institutional Investor Initiatives, Management Responses 1990
Author:
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Category : Institutional investments
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
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Publisher:
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Category : Institutional investments
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
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Educated by Initiative
Author: Daniel A. Smith
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472024256
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
"This body of research not only passes academic muster but is the best guidepost in existence for activists who are trying to use the ballot initiative process for larger policy and political objectives." --Kristina Wilfore, Executive Director, Ballot Initiative Strategy Center and Foundation Educated by Initiative moves beyond previous evaluations of public policy to emphasize the educational importance of the initiative process itself. Since a majority of ballots ultimately fail or get overturned by the courts, Smith and Tolbert suggest that the educational consequences of initiative voting may be more important than the outcomes of the ballots themselves. The result is a fascinating and thoroughly-researched book about how direct democracy teaches citizens about politics, voting, civic engagement and the influence of special interests and political parties. Designed to be accessible to anyone interested in the future of American democracy, the book includes boxes (titled "What Matters") that succinctly summarize the authors' data into easily readable analyses. Daniel A. Smith is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. Caroline J. Tolbert is Associate Professor of Political Science at Kent State University.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472024256
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
"This body of research not only passes academic muster but is the best guidepost in existence for activists who are trying to use the ballot initiative process for larger policy and political objectives." --Kristina Wilfore, Executive Director, Ballot Initiative Strategy Center and Foundation Educated by Initiative moves beyond previous evaluations of public policy to emphasize the educational importance of the initiative process itself. Since a majority of ballots ultimately fail or get overturned by the courts, Smith and Tolbert suggest that the educational consequences of initiative voting may be more important than the outcomes of the ballots themselves. The result is a fascinating and thoroughly-researched book about how direct democracy teaches citizens about politics, voting, civic engagement and the influence of special interests and political parties. Designed to be accessible to anyone interested in the future of American democracy, the book includes boxes (titled "What Matters") that succinctly summarize the authors' data into easily readable analyses. Daniel A. Smith is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. Caroline J. Tolbert is Associate Professor of Political Science at Kent State University.
Proposed Amendments to Constitution, Referendum Measures and Proposed Law ...
Amendments to the Constitution and Proposed Statutes : with Arguments Respecting the Same
Statement of Vote, General Election
Statement of Vote at General Election Held on ... in the State of California
Amendments to Constitution and Proposed Statutes with Arguments Respecting the Same
Author: California
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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