International Security category: 2908 books
by J. Lloyd Mecham
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Of the several regional arrangements that function within the United Nations, the most elaborate in organization and function is the Organization of American States. Although the United Nations holds the primary responsibility for preserving international peace, its charter concedes virtual autonomy...
Private Security and Identity Politics
Ethical Hero Warriors, Professional Managers and New Humanitarians
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2018
This book examines the self-representation and identity politics of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs).
PMSCs have become increasingly important over the past few decades. While their boom is frequently explained in functional terms, such as their cost-efficiency and effectiveness,...
The Evolution of the US-Japan Alliance
The Eagle and the Chrysanthemum
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
The US-Japan alliance has contributed significantly towards the development of the Japanese security strategy. The Evolution of the US-Japan Alliance explores developments in the alliance between the US and Japan and analyzes the transformation of the Japanese security strategy from 1960 to 2013....
by Nora Görne
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1, Utrecht University (Roosevelt Academy), course: Security in the Post-Cold War Era, language: English, abstract: Although it seems that everyone has a basic similar...
by Clifford Bragdon
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2011
Insecure transportation systems are costing our worldwide mobility-based economy as much as 6% of GDP annually. The effectiveness of security measures vary widely. In the United States, depending on the mode of transportation, it ranges from “medium effectiveness for airports to “low effectiveness...
The Future of Violence
Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones-Confronting A New Age of Threat
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Two legal scholars explore the security and political implications of revolutionary new technologies from drones to 3-D printers, and explain how governments must adapt to our brave new world of dispersed threats.
From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the National Security...
Geopolitics and Security in the Arctic
Regional dynamics in a global world
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Written by a group of leading experts on Artic affairs, this book offers a historically informed and comprehensive study of the geopolitics and security challenges of the Arctic.
The key aim of the work is to identify the conditions for cooperation, stability and peace in the Arctic and to...
Beyond Security, Ethics and Violence
War Against the Other
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2007
In a world plagued by war and terror, Beyond Security, Ethics and Violence sounds a warning: not only are global patterns of insecurity, violence and conflict getting ever more destructive and out of hand, but the ways we understand and respond to them will only prolong the crisis. When security is...
by Chidiebere C. Ogbonna
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
Scientific Study from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 10, University of Jaume I (UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace, Jaume I University, Spain), course: Master of Philosophy in Peace, Conflict and Development, language:...
Normative Change and Security Community Disintegration
Undoing Peace
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
This book develops a theoretical and empirical argument about the disintegration of security communities, and the subsequent breakdown of stable peace among nations, through a process of norm degeneration. It draws together two key bodies of contemporary IR literature – norms and security communities...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book examines Gulf Security in a holistic way seeing past the narrow military aspect and also trying to debunk the conventional narratives propagated by regional and external actors. In particular, the emphasis is be on the historical legacy of Gulf security and the fundamental domestic and international...
The Baltic Security Puzzle
Regional Patterns of Democratization, Integration, and Authoritarianism
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
International experts assess the components of the Baltic security puzzle by placing the security and political interests of the states of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania within the historical, economic, and political narratives of the greater Baltic region. They first reevaluate Baltic history as...
Security, the Environment and Emancipation
Contestation over Environmental Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
This book offers an examination of the role of emancipation in the study and practice of security, focusing on the issue of environmental change.
The end of the Cold War created a context in which traditional approaches to security could be systematically questioned. This period also saw a...
Ballistic Missile Defence and US National Security Policy
Normalisation and Acceptance after the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
This book examines the transformation in US thinking about the role of Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) in national security policy since the end of the Cold War.
The evolution of the BMD debate after the Cold War has been complex, complicated and punctuated. As this book shows, the debate and...