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Nevertheless, enough time has passed to try to make sense of what has happened so far and, perhaps, gain NEW IN PAPERBACK an inkling of where the region is headed.”—from the Introduction Deadly Embrace A Saban Center book Pakistan, America, and the Future 2011 / 381 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-2226-7 $26.95 of the Global Jihad Revised edition NEW IN PAPERBACK Bruce Riedel Arming without Aiming “Riedel lucidly provides an overview of the last India’s Military Modernization thirty years of Pakistan’s internal politics, its Stephen P. Cohen & Sunil Dasgupta relationship with the United States, as well as “Anyone with an interest in the growing rivalry the various insurgent and terrorist groups with between India and China, or in the impact which it has had close association. The book is informed by his own that a stronger, although still extraordinarily experiences over most of this period as an intelligence analyst for the outdated, India military will mean for U.S.– U.S. government. 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It is the best for cooperation in finding energy solutions account of the Obama foreign policy that I to spur growth of regional economies.” have read.”—Fareed Zakaria, CNN, host of —Gulfaraz Ahmed, former chairman, Oil and Gas Development “Fareed Zakaria GPS” Corporation (Pakistan) and National Electric Power Regulatory A Brookings FOCUS book Authority (Pakistan) 2012 / 345 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-2182-6 $29.95 2011 / 224 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-0411-9 $26.95 Campaign 2012 Twelve Independent Ideas for The Foreign Policy of the Improving American Public Policy European Union Benjamin Wittes, ed. Assessing Europe’s Role in the World Second edition An indispensable guide to the key questions Federiga Bindi & Irina Angelescu, eds. facing White House hopefuls in 2012. Among the Brookings scholars offering their expertise: In this revised edition, Federiga Bindi, Irina Michael O’Hanlon discusses America’s next Angelescu, and their contributors address moves in South Asia and Kenneth Pollack and the EU’s relations with particular geographic Shadi Hamid analyze the Middle East, particu- regions and its policies on specific topical larly the Arab Spring. issues such as security and defense, as well as economic competitiveness. May / 250 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-2198-7 $26.95 May / 385 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-2252-6 $29.95 Many Brookings titles are now available as e-books in formats 1 such as Kindle, Nook, Google eBooks, and others. The Future of Pakistan Managing the China Challenge Stephen P. Cohen & others How to Achieve Corporate Success Home of the world’s second-largest Muslim in the People’s Republic population, epicenter of the global jihad, loca- Kenneth G. Lieberthal tion of perhaps the planet’s most dangerous Foreword by Dominic Barton borderlands, and armed with nuclear weap- “At once a hands-on users guide for the busi- ons, Pakistan will go a long way toward deter- ness practitioner and indispensable reference mining what the world looks like ten years work for the more academic or policy-focused from now. This book presents and evaluates observer of China, Kenneth Lieberthal’s several scenarios for how the country will Managing the China Challenge is essential develop, evolve, and act in the near future, as reading for anybody trying to understand this well as the geopolitical implications of each. most critical of nations.”—Edward S. Steinfield, MIT, author of Playing Our Game: Why China’s Rise Doesn’t Threaten the West 2011 / 311 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-2180-2 $29.95 2011 / 149 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-2204-5 $26.95 In the Name of Justice Striving for the Rule of Law in China FORTHCOMING He Weifang Mr. Putin Foreword by John L. Thornton Introduction by Cheng Li Operative in the Kremlin Fiona Hill & Clifford Gaddy A critical assessment of the state of Chinese legal reform by He Weifang, the country’s Vladimir Putin is a man of many identities. The leading liberal law scholar. In addition to a authors concentrate on five essential ones: selection of the author’s academic writings, the Putin the Statist, Putin the Survivalist, Putin the volume also includes many of Professor He’s Outsider, Putin the Free Marketeer, and Putin public speeches, media interviews, and open the Case Officer. For each of these identities, letters, which provide more insight into his dual roles as thinker and they explain what it is and why it is important practitioner in the Chinese legal world. for understanding Putin and trace its roots and evolution. Thornton Center Series on Chinese Thinkers A Brookings FOCUS book August / 150 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-2376-9 $24.95 July / 230 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-2290-8 $34.95 NEW IN PAPERBACK Obama and China’s Rise Journey into America An Insider’s Account of America’s The Challenge of Islam Asia Strategy Jeffrey A. Bader Akbar Ahmed “Ambassador Bader has produced a fascinat- A Choice Outstanding Academic Title ing description of the complexity of daily A 2011 American Book Awards winner decision making required of the national secu- “Readers unfamiliar with Islam will walk away rity team. Anyone interested in foreign with a much firmer grasp of its nuances, and policy, particularly regarding Asia, will find everyone will likely learn a great deal about this highly readable account fascinating.” American self-perception.”—Publishers Weekly —Carla Hills, Hills and Company International 2011 / 530 pp. / paper 978-0-8157-2217-5 $24.95 Consultants, former U.S. Trade Representative 2012 / 188 pp. / cloth 978-0-8157-2242-7 $26.95 The Lingering Conflict Israel, the Arabs, and the Middle East, 1948–2011 Saving Europe How National Politics Nearly Itamar Rabinovich Destroyed the Euro “With its informed analysis of the conse- Carlo Bastasin quences of the Arab Spring, this book makes a Bastasin reveals how the nexus of international major contribution toward understanding the economics and national politics pushed European tangled issues that stand in the way of Middle monetary union to the brink of extinction, how East peace.”—Dr. Henry A. 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Topics include terrorism, attitudes of Muslims who live in the United America’s next moves in South Asia, and States, coupled with America’s under- effects of the Arab Spring on Middle East policy. standing of Islam.”—Current History See page 1 for additional description.