This is a timely book on political transition to civil rule in Nigeria. The socio-political and economic ramifications of the transfer of power to ...

If America can be called the land of the scam, then international con artists from Nigeria are hard at work trying to catch up. Although their pitc...

The woman who first brought the issue of spousal abuse to the forefront in Canada presents her memoirs in this interesting, informative, entertaini...

Based on an extensive research in primary sources, this book shows the straight line from the Swedish extreme right party the Sweden Democrats and ...

It was rare, if not impossible, to find in the 1980's and 90's a Muslim cleric who spoke in favor of democracy, integration with the Western world,...

In its 2004 report, the 9/11 Commission identified what it perceived were shortcomings in the appointment process during presidential transitions. ...

The so-called 'war on terror' has gone badly for the West, playing directly into the strategy of al-Qa'ida and the rest of the terrorist network. W...

Federal law bars aliens residing without authorisation in the United States from most federal benefits; however, there is a widely held perception ...

When an existing contract is set to expire but the follow-on contract is not ready to be awarded, the government can extend the existing contract o...

This book analyses recent advances in non-linear state estimation and application of such estimation schemes to industrial systems control. This bo...

Congress passed the Nunn-Lugar amendment, authorizing U.S. threat reduction assistance to the former Soviet Union, in November 1991, after a failed...

This book examines some of the economic, political and social issues facing the Scandinavian countries of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. Topi...

The Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are frequently considered a distinct group of countries in political science stud...

The authors begin by presenting that the precursors of an intense coupled system of an African easterly wave and a mesoscale convective system over...

This book presents and discusses important political and economic changes in North America. Topics discussed herein include the federal government ...

Economic motivations are generally the major driving force for the formation of free trade agreements among countries, but there are other reasons ...

North Korea's increasingly reckless behaviour represents an immediate and growing threat not only on the Korean peninsula but to the entire Asia-Pa...

This book explores current foreign relations and economic ties with North Korea. Topics discussed in this compilation include foreign assistance to...

North Korea has been among the most vexing and persistent problems in U.S. foreign policy in the post-Cold War period. The United States has never ...

North Korea has been among the most vexing and persistent problems in U.S. foreign policy in the post-Cold War period. The United States has never ...

This book provides information on the political, economic and social issues of North Korea. Chapter One examines the satellite and missile programm...

This book provides background and salient analyses dealing with North Korea -- a country nobody seems to love but which all seem to court just the ...

Hopes for denuclearization in North Korea were raised with the holding of three inter-Korean summits and the first ever North Korea-United States s...

North Korea is officially described as a socialist republic governed according to the ideology of Juche (loosely, "self-reliance"). Kim Il-Sung, th...