Social Security category: 3077 books
Geo-economics and Power Politics in the 21st Century
The Revival of Economic Statecraft
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Starting from the key concept of geo-economics, this book investigates the new power politics and argues that the changing structural features of the contemporary international system are recasting the strategic imperatives of foreign policy practice.
States increasingly practice power politics...
Worldwide Secret Service and Intelligence Agencies
That delivers unforgettable customer service Tome II of III
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to the information gathering (known in the context as "intelligence") for purposes of national security and defense. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation...
Nuclear Authority
The IAEA and the Absolute Weapon
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
Once dismissed as ineffectual, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has in the past twenty years emerged as a powerful international organization. Member states allow the IAEA to render judgment on matters vital to peace and security while nations around the globe comply with its rules and commands...
Arms and Influence
U.S. Technology Innovations and the Evolution of International Security Norms
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2016
Arms and Influence explores the complex relationship between technology, policymaking, and international norms. Modern technological innovations such as the atomic bomb, armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and advanced reconnaissance satellites have fostered debates about the boundaries of international...
Combating Proliferation
Strategic Intelligence and Security Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2007
The intelligence community's flawed assessment of Iraq's weapons systems—and the Bush administration's decision to go to war in part based on those assessments—illustrates the political and policy challenges of combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In this comprehensive assessment,...
Mercenaries
The History of a Norm in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2007
The main aim of this book is to argue that the use of private force by states has been restricted by a norm against mercenary use. The book traces the evolution of this norm, from mercenaries in medieval Europe through to private security companies in modern day Iraq, telling a story about how the...
Civil-Military Relations in Europe
Learning from Crisis and Institutional Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
This new book illustrates how democracy cannot develop or endure unless military and security forces are under the full control of democratic institutions and all the necessary safeguards, checks and balances are in place.
The contributors show how contemporary European states manage the following...
International Approach to Conflict Management
Discuss three reasons why an international approach to conflict management might be more successful than a regional or state approach.
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,0, Free University of Berlin (Center for Global Politics), course: Conflict Management, language: English, abstract: In many cases, actors on the international level can...
by Natalie Züfle
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 2,0, Free University of Berlin (Center for Global Politics), course: International Security, language: English, abstract: Warfare patterns have changed in a number of aspects which make it more difficult for regular state armies to defeat a non-state opponent. A
by Natalie Züfle
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,3, Free University of Berlin (Center for Global Politics), course: International Security, language: English, abstract: Peacekeeping should not go 'back to basics'. The...
China and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute
Escalation and De-escalation
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
This book examines the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute from a foreign policy perspective, focusing on three key stakeholders: China, Japan and the United States.
The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute is a prominent territorial dispute between China and Japan. This book critically assesses that...
Tearing Apart the Land
Islam and Legitimacy in Southern Thailand
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Since January 2004, a violent separatist insurgency has raged in southern Thailand, resulting in more than three thousand deaths. Though largely unnoticed outside Southeast Asia, the rebellion in Pattani and neighboring provinces and the Thai government's harsh crackdown have resulted in a full-scale...
Explorations of True Freedom and Global Balance
A Philosophical Adventure for Our Times
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
EXPLORATIONS OF TRUE~FREEDOM & GLOBAL~BALANCE {A philosophical adventure for our times...}
By:
Daniel John.
Copyright 2007 by Daniel John.
This work is an empowering philosophical adventure for our times...
We are going, here, on a robust, analytical, creative, and frequently...
The Cosmopolitan Military
Armed Forces and Human Security in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
What role should national militaries play in an increasingly globalised and interdependent world? This book examines the often difficult transition they have made toward missions aimed at protecting civilians and promoting human security, and asks whether we might expect the emergence of armed forces that exist to serve the wider human community.