Social Security category: 3077 books
Security, Development and the Fragile State
Bridging the Gap between Theory and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
This book provides theoretical clarity about the concepts of failed and fragile states, which have emerged strongly since the 9/11 attacks.
Recent contributions often see the fragile state as either a problem of development or of security. This volume argues that that neither perspective on...
by James Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
This book offers a timely and compelling explanation for the deterioration of U.S.-China security relations during the Obama Presidency. The U.S.-China relationship has become one of (if not the most) vital features of contemporary world politics, and with arrival the Donald Trump to the White House...
Hyperconflict
Globalization and Insecurity
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
This book addresses two questions that are crucial to the human condition in the twenty-first century: does globalization promote security or fuel insecurity? And what are the implications for world order? Coming to grips with these matters requires building a bridge between the geoeconomics and geopolitics...
by Nur Azha Putra, Mely Caballero-Anthony
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
This book aims to introduce and discuss the policy issues and challenges surrounding the development of nuclear power energy in Southeast Asia (SEA). Nuclear energy is poised for substantial growth in a region that is in need of more sustainable and clean energy source against the background of rising...
Food Security and the Modernisation Pathway in China
Towards Sustainable Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
This book aims at providing students, experts and practitioners with a detailed overview of agricultural and food security issues in China, analyzed through the lenses of a multidisciplinary approach that enables to fully grasp the current socio-political challenges and lock-ins of agricultural transformation...
The Cyber Threat and Globalization
The Impact on U.S. National and International Security
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
The Cyber Threat and Globalization is designed for students of security studies and international relations, as well as security professionals who want a better grasp of the nature and existential threat of today’s information wars. It explains policies and concepts, as well as describes the threats...
American Power and Liberal Order
A Conservative Internationalist Grand Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2018
Paul D. Miller offers a tough minded critique of recent trends in American grand strategy. He rejects retrenchment but also the excesses of liberal internationalism. He prescribes a conservative internationalist grand strategy to preserve the American security and leadership in the world while avoiding...
Security and Climate Change
International Relations and the Limits of Realism
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
This new book explains why the international community has responded with a sense of fatalistic passivity to climate change.
It presents a distinct critique of realism through the study of this topic, commonly overlooked in international relations. The author argues that the realist view rests...
China and North Africa since World War II
A Bilateral Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
This manuscript examines Sino-North Africa 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...
World Insecurity
Interdependence Vulnerabilities, Threats and Risks
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
The world is increasingly becoming interdependent and this interdependency has raised the number of unmistakable vulnerabilities, threats and risks. The institutions of governance in weak and failing states are driving forces that often lead to environmental damage, mismanagement of natural resources,...
Adopting Biometric Technology
Challenges and Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Many types of security technologies are currently in use, with biometrics being one of the latest and most cutting-edge forms that has been produced for mass application. Biometrics, while intriguing, is often broached with hesitation and poor understanding. Adopting Biometric Technology: Challenges...
Defense 2045
Assessing the Future Security Environment and Implications for Defense Policymakers
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
In a period of budget austerity, prioritization becomes especially important for defense policymakers. In order to determine such priorities, it is first necessary to consider the nature of conflict and missions the U.S. military may face in the future. By assessing the key components, or drivers,...
by Patrick C. Coaty
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Small state behavior has been largely ignored by academics in both international relations and strategic/intelligence studies. Yet, when we analyze the root causes of war, insurrections, rebellions, revolutions and general sociological human behavior, it is the small state actors that are usually...
The Politics of Space Security
Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
For the past sixty years, countries have conducted military and civilian activities in space, often for competitive purposes. But they have not yet fought in this environment. This book examines the international politics of the space age from 1957 to the present, the reasons why strategic restraint...