Social Security category: 3077 books
by Menandro Abanes
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
Internship Report from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: A, University for Peace, course: International Peace Studies, language: English, abstract: Internship bridges the gap between the theory and practice in the field...
Cyberspace
Risks and Benefits for Society, Security and Development
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
This book covers many aspects of cyberspace, emphasizing not only its possible ‘negative’ challenge as a threat to security, but also its positive influence as an efficient tool for defense as well as a welcome new factor for economic and industrial production. Cyberspace is analyzed from quite...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The United States and her allies have found themselves plunged into ‘a war over [humanity’s] future social and political organization’ with criminal challengers to the nation-state form. These new wars are currently being fought globally with Al Qaeda, in Iraq with shifting coalitions of criminal...
India's Rise as an Asian Power
Nation, Neighborhood, and Region
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
India’s Rise as an Asian Power examines India’s rise to power and the obstacles it faces in the context of domestic governance and security, relationships and security issues with its South Asian neighbors, and international relations in the wider Asian region. Instead of a straight-line projection...
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...
U.S. National Security Law
An International Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
The rise of international terrorism in today’s globalized world has focused attention on the degree to which international law should shape U.S. national security law and policy. This unique textbook of readings explores how international law relates to U.S. constitutional and statutory law in terms...
The Swedish Presence in Afghanistan
Security and Defence Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2016
This book delivers on two analytical levels. First, it is a broad study of Sweden as an international actor, an actor that at least for a brief period tried to play a different international role than that to which it was accustomed. Second, the book problematizes the role of international military...
NATO and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Regional Alliance, Global Threats
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2009
NATO was hugely successful in facing off the Soviet Union during the Cold War. But has it been equally successful in addressing the "new threats" of the post-Cold War era?
This new study assesses the organization’s political and military initiatives, and how its outreach to Russia,...
The Value of Resilience
Securing life in the twenty-first century
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
The Value of Resilience represents one of the first systematic studies of resilience in the field of security studies. At the turn of the twenty-first century, resilience has become a ‘buzz-word’ within fields as diverse as network engineering, ecosystems management, child psychology and military...
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...
Nuclear Energy and Global Governance
Ensuring Safety, Security and Non-proliferation
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
The book considers the implications of the nuclear energy revival for global governance in the areas of safety, security and non-proliferation.
Increased global warming, the energy demands of China, India and other emerging economic powerhouses and the problems facing traditional and alternative...
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...
The De-Radicalization of Jihadists
Transforming Armed Islamist Movements
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
This book is the first detailed study of the causes of de-radicalization in armed Islamist movements. It is based on frontline research that includes interviews with Jihadist leaders, mid-ranking commanders, and young sympathizers, as well as former security and intelligence officers and state officials.
Additionally,...