Preface

Acknowledgments

Part IConceptual Framework

1Sovereignty: Defining Territorial Integrity and Jurisdiction on the West Bank

2National Interests and Power: Competing with China

3The Instruments of Power: Trying to End the Syrian Civil War

4Diplomacy: Negotiating the US-Mexican Border

Part IIMethods and Mechanics

5Globalism, Protectionism, and Trade: Free Trade or Not?

6Rising and Declining Powers: Iran and Russia

7Internationalism and Unilateralism: Evaluating the Fate of NATO

8Asymmetrical Warfare: The Forever War in Afghanistan

9International Meddling and Interference: Russia in U.S. Elections, The United States in Guatemala

Part IIISystemic Problems

10Nuclear Proliferation: Israel, North Korea, and Iran

11Power Changes and Status: Superpowers, Pivotal States and the Middle East Conflict

12Cyberwar and Cybersecurity: May the Force Be with Whom?

13Maritime Chokepoints, Global Trade and International Competition: The Ever Given Reminder

Part IVGlobal Crises

14The Evolving Nature and Problem of Terror: The Perpetual Threat

15International Population Movement: Restricting or Increasing Immigration in the United States, Europe, and China

16Stateless Nations: The Fate of the Palestinians and the Kurds

17Global Climate Change: Paris and Beyond

18The Covid-19 Pandemic: "Disease Knows No Frontiers?"

Index