Works by
Thomas P.M. Barnett
(Writer)
[1962 - ]

Operation Desert Shield: The View From America's Newspapers (1991)

Redefining U.S.-Soviet Naval Ties In the 1990s (1991)

Answering the 9-1-1 Call: U.S. Military and Naval Crisis Response Activity, 1977-1991 (1992)

Romanian and East German Policies in the Third World: Comparing the Strategies of Ceausescu and Honecker (1992)
This book is a unique comparison of the Third World policies of the two East European regimes that were most active in the South during the 1970s and 1980s. The study examines why Romania's and East Germany's high activity levels in the South cannot be explained away as mere surrogacy for Moscow, and shows that those attempts represented the particular agendas of Honecker and Ceausescu in their efforts to alter their ties with the Soviet Union. Barnett concludes that Romania and East Germany saw opportunities in the Third World in the 1970s to forge strong diplomatic and security profiles within the Warsaw Pact's overall presence. Romania sought to lessen its economic and ideological dependence on the Soviet Union by expanding its trade ties and political relations with the Third World. In the case of East Germany, detente opened up new opportunities for relations with West Germany that were both lucrative in terms of trade and dangerous in terms of ideological "pollution." Scholars of the Soviet bloc will find this book of interest.

Tracking Russian Foreign Policy Into the 21st Century (1992)

Foreign Direct Investment: Decision Event Report II of the New Rule Sets. Project (2001)

The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-first Century (2004)
Building upon the works of Thomas Friedman, Samuel Huntington, and Francis Fukuyama, The Pentagon's New Map describes recent U.S. military history and strategy, discusses where America's forces will likely be heading in the near future, outlines the crucial role the nation needs to play in establishing international stability, and provides much needed hope at one of the most difficult times in American history.

Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating (2005)
In civilian and military circles alike, The Pentagon's New Map became one of the most talked-about books of the year. The Pentagon's New Map combined security, economic, political, and cultural factors to provide a fundamental reexamination of war and peace in the post-9/11 world, and a compelling vision of the future. Now, senior adviser and military analyst Barnett tells us how we get to that future. In a book at once pragmatic, thought-provoking, and optimistic, he explores both the long- and short-term pathways for governments, institutions, and individuals alike. Paying particular attention to such nations and regions as Iran, Iraq, and the Middle East, China, North Korea, Latin America, and Africa, he outlines the strategies to pursue, the entities to create, the pitfalls to overcome.