International Security category: 2908 books
U.S.-India Security Cooperation
Progress and Promise for the Next Administration
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
The U.S.-India relationship has fluctuated from mutual suspicion to the current high-water mark of cooperation embodied in the seemingly close relationship between U.S. president Barack Obama and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. This study seeks to identify the opportunities to deepen security...
Strategic Culture, Securitisation and the Use of Force
Post-9/11 Security Practices of Liberal Democracies
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
This book investigates, and explains, the extent to which different liberal democracies have resorted to the use of force since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The responses of democratic states throughout the world to the September 2001 terrorist attacks have varied greatly. This book analyses...
Building Hegemonic Order Russia's Way
Order, Stability, and Predictability in the Post-Soviet Space
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
This book examines Russia’s emergence after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its creation of a security architecture in the post-Soviet space. Many scholars argue that Russia is a coercive power in the region that forces states to act in only its own interests. While acknowledging Russia’s...
Enhanced Deterrence in the North
A 21st Century European Engagement Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Twenty-five years of relative calm and predictability in relations between Russia and the West enabled European governments largely to neglect their military capabilities for territorial defense and dramatically redraw Northern Europe’s multilateral, regional, and bilateral boundaries, stimulating...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2018
This book examines changing international dynamics through the lens of some of the leading think tanks from the emerging powers in the world. Through twelve case studies, the authors explore how security and international affairs think tanks in emerging powers collaborate with their policy makers...
by Mohamad Ghazi Janaby
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
This book investigates the modern privatisation of war. It specifically focuses on the legal regime regulating private military and security company (PMSC) personnel in armed conflicts. The law regulating PMSC personnel is analysed from two perspectives. Firstly, can one of the three following legal...
The Games of July
Explaining the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
"Frank C. Zagare combines a deep command of historical scholarship and the sophisticated skills of an applied game theorist to develop and test a theory of why deterrence failed, catastrophically, in July 1914. . . . Zagare concludes with sage advice on how to avoid even more cataclysmic breakdowns...
Security/Mobility
Politics of movement
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Mobility and security are key themes for students of international politics in a globalised world. This book brings together research on the political regulation of movement - its material enablers and constraints. It explores aspects of critical security studies and political geography in order to...
Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military
An International Comparison
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military compares the integration of women, gender perspectives, and the women, peace, and security agenda into the armed forces of eight countries plus NATO and United Nations peacekeeping operations. This book brings a much-needed crossnational analysis of how...
Democracy Declassified
The Secrecy Dilemma in National Security
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Recent scandals like WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden's disclosure of NSA documents have brought public debates over government accountability and secrecy bubbling to the surface. How can modern democracies balance the need for privacy in delicate foreign policy matters with the necessity of openness...
No Place for Russia
European Security Institutions Since 1989
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
The optimistic vision of a “Europe whole and free” after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 has given way to disillusionment, bitterness, and renewed hostility between Russia and the West. In No Place for Russia, William H. Hill traces the development of the post–Cold War European security...
by Erdoan A. Shipoli
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
This book argues that Islam has been securitized in US foreign policy, especially during the W. Bush administration when it was increasingly portrayed as the ultimate “other.” This securitization was realized through the association of Islam with unique security threats in speeches of foreign...
by Sopheada Phy
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2010
Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: A, University for Peace (United Nations-mandated University for Peace), language: English, abstract: Traditional international law considered the...
Peace Through Entrepreneurship
Investing in a Startup Culture for Security and Development
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Joblessness is the root cause of the global unrest threatening American security. Fostering entrepreneurship is the remedy.
The combined weight of American diplomacy and military power cannot end unrest and extremism in the Middle East and other troubled regions of the world, Steven Koltai...