Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sovereignty : defining territorial integrity and jurisdiction on the West Bank -- National interests and power : competing with China -- The instruments of power : trying to end the Syrian civil war -- Diplomacy : negotiating the US-Mexican border -- Globalism, protectionism, and trade : free trade or not? -- Rising and declining powers : Iran and Russia -- Internationalism and unilateralism : evaluating the fate of NATO -- Asymmetrical warfare : the forever war in Afghanistan -- International meddling and interference : Russia in U.S. elections, the United States in Guatemala -- Nuclear proliferation : Israel, North Korea, and Iran -- Power changes and status : superpowers, pivotal states and the Middle East conflict -- Cyberwar and cybersecurity : may the force be with whom? -- Maritime chokepoints, global trade and international competition : the ever given reminder -- The evolving nature and problem of terror : the perpetual threat -- International population movement : restricting or increasing immigration in the United States, Europe, and China -- Stateless nations : the fate of the Palestinians and the Kurds -- Global climate change : Paris and beyond -- The Covid-19 pandemic : "disease knows no frontiers?"

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