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Lee Kuan Yew
CNN “Book of the Week” Featuring a foreword by Henry Kissinger The grand strategist and founder of modern Singapore offers key insights and opinions on globalization, geopolitics, economic growth, and democracy in a series of interviews with the author of Destined for War, and others “If you are interested in the future of Asia, which means the future of the world, you’ve got to read this book.” —Fareed Zakaria, CNN When Lee Kuan Yew speaks, presidents, prime ministers, diplomats, and CEOs listen. Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage. Almost single-handedly respo...
Destined for War
China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides’s Trap, a deadly pattern of structural stress that results when a rising power challenges a ruling one. This phenomenon is as old as history itself. About the Peloponnesian War that devastated ancient Greece, the historian Thucydides explained: ‘It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made war inevitable.’ Over the past 500 years, these conditions have occurred sixteen times. War broke out in twelve of them. Today, as an unstoppable China approaches an immovable America, and both Xi Jinping and Donald Trump promise to make their countries ‘great again’, the...
Take Back Your Weekends
Working for the weekend? Don't remember what a restful weekend feels like? When plugging away 24/7 is your reality and burnout looms - it's time to Take Back Your Weekends! Can you relate to my clients' stories? "I'm scared that I'm missing my kids' childhood. I work every Saturday and Sunday. It's still not enough." "I feel guilty when I work because I'm not spending time with my family and vice versa. The work doesn't stop." "I didn't enjoy my holidays because I worried about the office, the team and an upcoming project." If these stories resonate, then this book is for you! Typical productivity hacks will not free days each month. The solution is found much deeper. In this short, power-packed book, I share... how to find a feeling of control during uncertain times how to leverage good stress for optimal performance how to problem-solve effectively to amplify your capacity how to recognize and troubleshoot barriers to performance how to emotionally detach from the to-do list ✓ You deserve time to recharge and relax ✓ Your family deserves more of your attention ✓ Your work life deserves focus Take Back Your Weekends. Take Back Your Power. Take Back Your Life.
Framing the South
What patterns emerge in media coverage and character depiction of Southern men and women, blacks and whites, in the years between 1954 and 1976? Allison Graham examines the ways in which the media, particularly television and film, presented Southerners during the civil rights revolution.
Nuclear Terrorism
A leading strategist opens our eyes to the greatest terrorist threat of all-and how to prevent it before it's too late Americans in the twenty-first century are keenly aware of the many forms of terrorism: hijackings, biological attacks, chemical weapons. But rarely do we allow ourselves to face squarely the deadliest form of terrorism, because it is almost too scary to think about-a terrorist group exploding a nuclear device in an American city. In this urgent call to action, Graham Allison, one of America's leading experts on nuclear weapons and national security, presents the evidence for two provocative, compelling conclusions. First, if policy makers in Washington keep doing what they a...
Avoiding Nuclear Anarchy
Nuclear materials have never been more plentiful or more accessible to rogue states and terrorists. In this study, the authors analyze the consequences of such nuclear leakage for United States national security and argue that it is possibly the nation's h
Foreign Policy
This major new textbook introduces students to the dynamic and evolving field of foreign policy. The book opens with a consideration of different theoretical and historical perspectives; it then focuses on a range of actors and the goals they seek to advance; and it ends with a series of case studies involving issues and crises relating to a wide range of different countries Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases is timely given the growing significance of foreign policyin the post-9/11 world. It will be essential reading for all students new to foreign policy.The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre.Student resources:TimelineWeb linksFlashcard glossaryInstructor resources:Three case studiesPowerPoint slides
From Business Cards to Business Relationships
Want to supercharge your life? Effective networking is theanswer and this book will teach you how. Professionals of all stripes and ages are told to 'get outthere' and network so they can build their careers, grow theirbusinesses and elevate their influence in the community, but theyare rarely taught the skills to do that. Most people are lost,intimidated by the idea of presenting their own personal brand, andfrustrated when it comes to networking. Despite long hours atevents and attempts to make the right connections, theyaren’t seeing their desired results. From Business Cards to Business Relationships is astart-to-finish guide that demystifies the networking process andteaches readers h...
The Image
Our lives are God's masterpiece - and He deeply enjoys the process of relational development us that reveals it. He is passionate for us to perceive clearly the beautiful and powerful image of our true identity in Christ that already His reality. But far too often, we've settled for a less valuable, inauthentic copy of the life we think God is asking of us. Difficult experiences, poor histories and a host of other negatives have defined us in ways that are not an accurate image of what God sees when He looks at you.For many years, Allison Bown and Graham Cooke have partnered together in exploring this lifestyle, teaching and training people in their true identity in Christ - seeing astonishing, lasting transformation. In The Image, Allison translates these discoveries, along with her own experience and wisdom, into writing that will allow you to have a greater encounter of life from God's perspective.
