Social Security category: 3077 books
by Norrin M. Ripsman, T.V. Paul
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
In the past two decades, many have posited a correlation between the spread of globalization and the decline of the nation-state. In the realm of national security, advocates of the globalization thesis have argued that states' power has diminished relative to transnational governmental institutions,...
The Invisible Soldiers
How America Outsourced Our Security
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
The urgent truth about the privatization of America’s national security that exposes where this industry came from, how it operates, where it's heading—and why we should be concerned.
Thirty years ago there were no private military and security companies (PMSCs); there were only mercenaries....
International Aviation and Terrorism
Evolving Threats, Evolving Security
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
This book examines terrorism's impact on the international aviation security regime, with a focus on the role of the United States.
Tracing the historical development of the international civil aviation system, the volume examines how it has dealt with the evolving security environment caused...
by Seung-Whan Choi
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
When American jihadists join such international terrorist organizations as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and Al Qaeda, the danger to security and stability is often magnified on both global and domestic fronts. The global rise of terrorism in turn causes a deterioration in the quality of human...
Sustainable Security
Rethinking American National Security Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
As the world shifts away from the unquestioned American hegemony that followed in the wake of the Cold War, the United States is likely to face new kinds of threats and sharper resource constraints than it has in the past. However, the country's alliances, military institutions, and national security...
Corporate Soldiers and International Security
The Rise of Private Military Companies
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2006
This book traces the history of private military companies, with a special focus on UK private forces.
Christopher Kinsey examines the mercenary companies that filled the ranks of many European armies right up to the 1850s, the organizations that operated in Africa in the 1960s and early 1970s,...
by Patrick Wagner
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2004
Master's Thesis from the year 2004 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 2 (B), University of Kent (Brussels School of International Studies), 64 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Although the world stood united...
by Dan Caldwell, Robert E. Williams Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
This revised edition of Seeking Security in an Insecure World provides a thorough, accessible introduction to contemporary security studies.
All chapters are updated and a wide range of new topics are discussed, including the Syrian civil war, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its intervention...
Nuclear Weapons and International Security
Collected Essays
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
This volume brings together more than three decades of research and writings by Professor Ramesh Thakur on the challenges posed by nuclear weapons.
Following an introduction to the current nuclear state of play, the book addresses the challenge of nuclear weapons in three parts. Part I describes...
Exporting Security
International Engagement, Security Cooperation, and the Changing Face of the US Military, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2016
In this thoroughly updated second edition, Derek S. Reveron provides a comprehensive analysis of the shift in US foreign policy from coercive diplomacy to cooperative military engagement. The US military does much more than fight wars; it responds to humanitarian crises and natural disasters, assists...
Security and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Dealing with Fighters in the Aftermath of War
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
This book provides a critical analysis of the changing discourse and practice of post-conflict security-promoting interventions since the Cold War, such as disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), and security-sector reform (SSR)
Although the international aid and security sectors...
by Don Philpott
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Understanding the Department of Homeland Security — the largest and the newest department of government —discusses why the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established and then takes a detailed look at the role of the 22 different federal departments and agencies that were incorporated...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
This book examines India’s naval strategy within the context of Asian regional security.
Amidst the intensifying geopolitical contestation in the waters of Asia, this book investigates the growing strategic salience of the Indian Navy. Delhi’s expanding economic and military strength has...
by Russell Ong
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007
The collapse of communism in Europe, the quest for economic security and the War on Terror have all affected China's view of security matters. Ong provides a comprehensive study of the new policy and security challenges China faces in the coming years. Covering all of China's current security interests...