Contemporary Security Studies
About the Book Series
This series focuses on new research across the spectrum of international peace and security, in an era where each year throws up multiple examples of conflicts that present new security challenges in the world around them.
Democracy and Security: Preferences, Norms and Policy-Making
1st Edition
Edited
By Matthew Evangelista, Harald Muller, Niklas Schoernig
January 26, 2010
It has become generally accepted wisdom that democracies do not go to war against each other. However, there are significant differences between democratic states in terms of their approach to war and security policy in general. This edited book offers a broad examination of how democratic ...
The Homeland Security Dilemma: Fear, Failure and the Future of American Insecurity
1st Edition
By Frank P. Harvey
January 26, 2010
This book explores the paradox of the ‘security dilemma’ in International Relations, as applied to the post-9/11 context of homeland security. The book's central argument can be summed up by the following counterintuitive thesis: the more security you have, the more security you will need. It ...
Cyber-Conflict and Global Politics
1st Edition
Edited
By Athina Karatzogianni
December 21, 2009
This volume examines theoretical and empirical issues relating to cyberconflict and its implications for global security and politics. Taking a multidimensional approach to current debates in internet politics, the book comprises essays by leading experts from across the world. The volume includes...
Globalisation and Defence in the Asia-Pacific: Arms Across Asia
1st Edition
Edited
By Geoffrey Till, Emrys Chew, Joshua Ho
December 21, 2009
This edited volume examines the impact of globalisation on the economies, security policies and military-industrial complexes of the Asia-Pacific region. The work is structured into three main parts. The first explores globalization and its general effects on the policy-making of the nation-state; ...
Peace Operations and International Criminal Justice: Building Peace after Mass Atrocities
1st Edition
By Majbritt Lyck
December 21, 2009
This new volume provides the first thorough examination of the involvement of peace enforcement soldiers in the detention of indicted war criminals. The book firstly addresses why peace enforcement missions need to be involved in detaining indicted war criminals. This discussion includes an ...
Russian Energy Policy and Military Power: Putin's Quest for Greatness
1st Edition
By Pavel K. Baev
December 08, 2009
This book examines the interplay between energy policy and security policy under Vladimir Putin, and his drive to re-establish Russia’s ‘greatness’. Assessing the internal contradictions of this policy, the book argues that Russia’s desire to strengthen its role of ‘energy security’ provider is ...
Causes and Consequences of International Conflict: Data, Methods and Theory
1st Edition
Edited
By Glenn Palmer
November 26, 2009
Investigation into the causes of international conflict has in many ways formed the central locus of the early work in the scientific investigation of world politics. This edited volume contains the most recent quantitative work in this area, reflecting the current state of the field in the topics ...
Disease and Security: Natural Plagues and Biological Weapons in East Asia
1st Edition
By Ahmed S. Hashim
November 20, 2009
Focusing on East Asia, this book sets out a framework for analyzing infectious disease threats in security terms. It covers the security significance of naturally occurring disease outbreak events such as SARS and avian influenza, the development and use of biological weapons by state and non-state...
Punishment, Justice and International Relations: Ethics and Order after the Cold War
1st Edition
By Anthony F. Lang Jr.
November 16, 2009
This book examines the international political order in the post-Cold War era, arguing that this order has become progressively more punitive. This is seen as resulting from both a human-rights regime that emphasizes legal norms and the aggressive policies of the United States and its allies in the...
European Union and Strategy: An Emerging Actor
1st Edition
Edited
By Kjell Engelbrekt, Jan Hallenberg
June 29, 2009
This edited volume sets out to explore the paradox that the European Union (EU) produces policies with strategic qualities, but lacks the institutions and concepts to engage in strategic reasoning and action proper. The book has a two-fold agenda, exploring current EU external policies that are, or...
Information Strategy and Warfare: A Guide to Theory and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By John Arquilla, Douglas A. Borer
June 29, 2009
This volume develops information strategy as a construct equal in importance to military strategy as an influential tool of statecraft. John Arquilla and Douglas A. Borer explore three principal themes: the rise of the ‘information domain’ and information strategy as an equal partner alongside ...
Military Forces in 21st Century Peace Operations: No Job for a Soldier?
1st Edition
By James V. Arbuckle
April 29, 2009
A major new study of the realities of contemporary warfare, which presents a range of fresh insights and is essential reading for all students and professionals engaged in the field. This book clearly shows us that: neither military nor civilian agencies can act effectively alone in resolving ...