Social Security category: 3077 books
by James Giermanski
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
In this timely work, James Giermanski describes the advent and development of security operations in the global supply chain, outlining the respective contributions of governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders to this worldwide concern. Global Supply Chain Security explores the potential impact...
China and the Middle East Since World War II
A Bilateral Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
This book examines Sino-Middle Eastern relations on a bilateral level since World War II. It highlights the depth of China’s involvement in the region with each country on a five dimensional approach: energy security, trade relations, political relations, arms sales/security cooperation, and cultural...
European Security in the Twenty-First Century
The Challenge of Multipolarity
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2007
Combining a sophisticated theoretical analysis with detailed empirical case-studies, this book provides an original view of the challenges and threats to a stable peace order in Europe.
The end of Cold War bipolarity has transformed Europe. Using structural realist theory, Adrian Hyde-Price...
NATO
From Regional to Global Security Provider
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
The purpose of NATO: From Regional to Global Security Provider is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Alliance’s new vision (the new Strategic Concept) and common security impact – associated tasks to be undertaken within a short and longer term time horizon. The book serves as a relevant...
by Panos Koutrakos
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Presenting the first analytical overview of the legal foundations of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), this book provides a detailed examination of the law and practice of the EU's security policy. The European Union's security and defence policy has long been the focus of political...
Regional Resurgence in Africa
Prospects and Challenges of African Union
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Regional Resurgence in Africa: Prospects and Challenges of African Union perceives the AU as a Pan-African entity with its mandate for 'comprehensive security' in the continent, implying its pursuit of three security objectives: resolution of armed conflicts, political stability and economic security....
India's National Security
Annual Review 2015–16
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
The last two years have witnessed deterioration in the global security situation characterised by increasing tensions among major powers. The threat perceptions of the US, China and Russia vis-à-vis each other have sharpened. There is stiff competition among them to dominate the strategic space in...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
This book seeks to understand the role of regions in the provision of security (and insecurity) practices across the globe. Specialists with expertise in the regions they examine present eight case studies and analyses of the Americas, Africa and the Middle East, South and East Asia, and Europe.
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China and Africa
Building Peace and Security Cooperation on the Continent
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
This book investigates the expanding involvement of China in security cooperation in Africa. Drawing on leading and emerging scholars in the field, the volume uses a combination of analytical insights and case studies to unpack the complexity of security challenges confronting China and the continent....
Threat Perceptions
The Policing of Dangers from Eugenics to the War on Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2010
Threat Perceptions: The Policing of Dangers from Eugenics to the War on Terrorism is a study of the legal, scientific and social constructions of danger and risk of crime in the United States since the late nineteenth century. Governance of risk has emerged as an intrinsic part of the legislative...
Private Security Companies during the Iraq War
Military Performance and the Use of Deadly Force
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
This book explores the use of deadly force by private security companies during the Iraq War.
The work focuses on and compares the activities of the US companies Blackwater and Dyncorp. Despite sharing several important characteristics, such as working for the same client (the US State Department)...
The New Era in U.S. National Security
An Introduction to Emerging Threats and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
The New Era in U.S. National Security focuses on the emerging threats of the second decade of the twenty-first century, well after 9/11, and well into the age of globalization. It is a thorough, technically competent survey of the current arena of conflict and the competition for political and economic...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
This two-volume work offers a comprehensive examination of the distressing topics of transnational crime and the implications for global security.
• Represents global collaboration among contributors including scholars from respected universities in Europe, North America, and Australia; professionals...
China Turns to Multilateralism
Foreign Policy and Regional Security
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
China’s recent rapid economic growth has drawn global attention to its foreign policy, which increasingly has had an impact on world politics. In contrast with China’s long-standing preference for bilateralism or unilateralism in foreign policy, recent decades have seen changes in the PRC’s...