CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
About the Book Series
The CSS Studies in Security and International Relations examines historical and contemporary aspects of security and conflict. The series provides a forum for new research based upon an expanded conception of security and will include monographs by the Center's research staff and associated academic partners.
Russian Energy Power and Foreign Relations: Implications for Conflict and Cooperation
1st Edition
Edited
By Jeronim Perovic, Robert Orttung, Andreas Wenger
April 08, 2010
This book examines Russia's new assertiveness and the role of energy as a key factor in shaping the country's behavior in international relations, and in building political and economic power domestically, since the 1990s. Energy transformed Russia's fortunes after its decline during the 1990s. The...
Origins of the European Security System: The Helsinki Process Revisited, 1965-75
1st Edition
Edited
By Andreas Wenger, Vojtech Mastny, Christian Nuenlist
December 21, 2009
This edited volume explores the significance of the early ‘Helsinki process’ as a means of redefining and broadening the concept of security during the latter half of the Cold War. The early Helsinki process introduced innovative confidence-building measures, and made human rights a requirement of...
Cyber-Security and Threat Politics: US Efforts to Secure the Information Age
1st Edition
By Myriam Dunn Cavelty
November 26, 2009
This book explores the political process behind the construction of cyber-threats as one of the quintessential security threats of modern times in the US. Myriam Dunn Cavelty posits that cyber-threats are definable by their unsubstantiated nature. Despite this, they have been propelled to the ...
War Plans and Alliances in the Cold War: Threat Perceptions in the East and West
1st Edition
Edited
By Vojtech Mastny, Sven S. Holtsmark, Andreas Wenger
April 18, 2006
This essential new volume reviews the threat perceptions, military doctrines, and war plans of both the NATO alliance and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, as well as the position of the neutrals, from the post-Cold War perspective. Based on previously unknown archival evidence from both East ...