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Barbarians are back. These small, highly mobile, and stateless groups are no longer confined to the pages of history; they are a contemporary reality in groups such as the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIL. This book re-examines the threat of violent non-state actors throughout history, revealing key lessons that are applicable today. From the Roman Empire and its barbarian challenge on the Danube and Rhine, Russia and the steppes to the nineteenth-century Comanches, the author shows how these groups have presented peculiar, long-term problems that could rarely be solved with a finite war or clearly demarcated diplomacy. To succeed and survive, states were often forced to alter their own internal structure, giving greater power and responsibility to the communities most directly affected by the barbarian menace. Understanding the barbarian challenge, and strategies employed to confront it, this book offers new insights into the contemporary security threats facing the Western world.
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Through conversations with State Department officials, ambassadors, public relations executives, public policy experts, and academics, this book explores what it means to be innovative in foreign policy and diplomacy. These leading experts explain the new dynamics, developments, trends, and theories in diplomacy brought on by the digital revolution in which non-state actors play an active role. Such access now provides diplomats the means to influence the countries they work in on a massive scale, not just through elites. This book's focus on innovative approaches shows how both public and traditional diplomacy have been transforming foreign policy in the twenty-first century, highlighting new means and trends in conducting diplomacy and implementing foreign policy.
International relations. Foreign policy --- Political sociology --- Non-state actors (International relations) --- Diplomacy --- Digital media --- International relations --- History --- International relationsHistory --- Non-state actors (International relations) - History - 21st century --- Diplomacy - History - 21st century --- Digital media - History - 21st century --- International relations - History - 21st century
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