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Book examines ‘hot-spot’ global issues

Dispatches from the Frontlines: Studies in Foreign Policy, Comparative Politics and International Affairs
By Howard J. Wiarda with assistance of Ann P. Kryzanek
University Press of America
Paperback and e-book: $36.99

Dispatches from the Frontlines analyzes some of the world’s most contentious hot spots. It focuses on such global issues as Third World development, the role of the state, corporatism and foreign aid.

Written by UGA faculty member Howard J. Wiarda, Dispatches from the Frontlines is a thought-provoking book for anyone interested in foreign policy, comparative politics and international affairs. The book draws on Wiarda’s academic research and background working for foreign policy think-tanks in Washington, D.C.

Wiarda is the Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations in UGA’s School of Public and International Affairs. He also is senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a Department of Defense consultant.