Social Security category: 3077 books
Homeland Security in Europa - Ein mögliches Konzept oder Utopie?
Ein mögliches Konzept oder Utopie?
Language: German
Release Date: December 27, 2006
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Thema: Frieden und Konflikte, Sicherheit, Note: Sehr Gut, Universität Wien (Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Forschungsseminar, 19 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Nach den Anschlägen...
Russia's Foreign Security Policy in the 21st Century
Putin, Medvedev and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2010
This book examines Russia’s external security policy under the presidencies of Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev and beyond.
The Russian Federation has developed from a neglected regional power into a self-declared resurgent superpower. Russia’s background in the former Soviet Union as well...
The Fight
A Secret Service Agent's Inside Account of Security Failings and the Political Machine
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
The New York Times bestseller!
"The Fight shines a much needed light on the troubling games DC politicians and insiders play with the American people." -Sean Hannity
"The Fight is a lesson plan for fighting back against the Washington DC political machine." - Mark...
An Introduction to Non-Traditional Security Studies
A Transnational Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
With the end of the Cold War, threats to national security have become increasingly non-military in nature. Issues such as climate change, resource scarcity, infectious diseases, natural disasters, irregular migration, drug trafficking, information security and transnational crime have come to the...
Asia-Pacific Security Dynamics in the Obama Era
A New World Emerging
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
This book examines the critical changes to the Asia-Pacific security architecture emerging in the context of shifts in the global order as the Obama Administration’s major strategic innovation and likely legacy unfold. The author reviews the state of the international security system during the...
Emerging Security Threats in the Middle East
The Impact of Climate Change and Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Increasingly the Middle East and its growing population face a highly complex and fragile security system. The rich deposits of natural resources, such as oil and gas, suffer from a strained renewable resource base that includes water and arable land. This leads to water scarcity, desertification,...
Security Surveillance Centers
Design, Implementation, and Operation
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Unlike current books on the market that focus primarily on the technical aspects of surveillance and protection, Security Surveillance Centers: Design, Implementation, and Operation focuses on the operation of a security surveillance center. This text explains in detail the role of security surveillance,...
The Afghan War in 2013: Meeting the Challenges of Transition
Security and the Afghan National Security Forces
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
After more than a decade of fighting in Afghanistan, the United States and its allies are set to transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces in 2014. This transition poses many challenges, and much will depend on the future of Afghan politics, governance, corruption, development, security,...
Cyber Security and Policy
A substantive dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
A world without the advantages and convenience provided by cyberspace and the internet of things is now unimaginable. But do we truly grasp the threats to this massive, interconnected system? And do we really understand how to secure it? After all, cyber security is no longer just a technology problem;...
by Elizabeth L. Chalecki
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Issues of climate change, dwindling resources, natural disaster, and disease that comprise environmental security are at the forefront of global politics and the media today. Environmental Security: A Guide to the Issues is a primer for anyone attuned to these threats. This well-reasoned, thought-provoking...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
This collection of papers rigorously examines the current place of deterrence in international security relations, delivering the best of contemporary thinking. This is a special issue of the leading journal Contemporary Security Policy.
It shows how and why nuclear deterrence was the central...
Environmental Security
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
This student-friendly textbook offers a survey of the competing conceptions and applications of the increasingly prominent notion of environmental security.
The book is divided into three sections. In the first, the key theoretical and practical arguments for and against bringing together environmental...
by David Omand
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Governments recognise that national security in the turbulent conditions of the early twenty-first century must centre on the creation of public confidence that normal life can continue even in the face of threats such as terrorism and proliferation, and of natural hazards such as pandemics and climate...
Safety, Liberty, and Islamist Terrorism
American and European Approaches to Domestic Counterterrorism
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, produced a revolution in domestic security in the United States. The Bush administration responded quickly by aggressively enforcing existing laws, sponsoring new legislation, overhauling domestic intelligence, and employing the president's executive power...