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Emerging Powers: Defense and Security in the Third World
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In this article, the authors examine the defense policies of and use of modern weapons by 10 emerging Third World powers that are likely to assume an important role in the international relations of their respective regions and perhaps globally.Abstract:
This book examines the defense policies of and use of modern weapons by 10 emerging Third World powers that are likely to assume an important role in the international relations of their respective regions and perhaps globally. The first book to offer a comparative examination of these nations' capabilities, Emerging Powers illuminates the implications of modern advanced weapons, and the role the U.S. must play in promoting international security by working with those states that have unusual power and influence in their respective regions.read more
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‘It's the third world stupid!’ Why the third world should be the priority of the Clinton administration
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