International Security category: 2908 books
by Kavoy Ashley
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: A, , language: English, abstract: To what extent has security moved from a more individualistic concern to one of commonality for sates within the international community?...
Practical Aviation Security
Predicting and Preventing Future Threats
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
Practical Aviation Security: Predicting and Preventing Future Threats, Third Edition is a complete guide to the aviation security system, from crucial historical events to the policies, policymakers, and major terrorist and criminal acts that have shaped the procedures in use today, as well as the...
International Security Studies
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
This new textbook provides students with a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the subject of security studies, with a strong emphasis on the use of case studies.
In addition to presenting the major theoretical perspectives, the book examines a range of important and controversial...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2010
The new millennium has brought with it an ever-expanding range of threats to global security: from cyber attacks to blue-water piracy to provocative missile tests. Now, more than ever then, national security and prosperity depend on the safekeeping of a global system of mutually supporting networks...
Transformations of Security Studies
Dialogues, Diversity and Discipline
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
This volume brings together a group of distinguished scholars to engage in a dialogue on key developments in the study of security.
The book provides a comprehensive overview of theoretical, empirical and methodological developments within security studies, whose political and societal importance...
Visual Security Studies
Sights and Spectacles of Insecurity and War
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
The present volume engages visuality in security from a variety of angles and explores what the subfield of Visual Security Studies might be.
To structure this experimentation, and to encourage a more careful and multifaceted approach to visuality and security, the main conceptual move in this...
Cultural Security
Evaluating the Power of Culture in International Affairs
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
Over the past two centuries, abuse of antiquities and fine art has evolved from the “spoils of war” into a medium for conducting terrorism which strives to erase the cultural heritage of “the other”. At the same time, the growth of the art market over the past fifty years has created opportunities...
EU-Japan Security Cooperation
Trends and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
This book assesses EU-Japan security relations, examining how they have developed in individual security sectors and how they could be affected by international developments.
The conclusions of the Economic Partnership Agreement and the Strategic Partnership Agreement in 2017 demonstrate the...
The UN Security Council and Domestic Actors
Distance in international law
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
This book analyses the exercise of authority by the UN Security Council and its subsidiary organs over individuals. The UN Security Council was created in 1945 as an outcome of World War II under the predominant assumption that it exercises its authority against states. Under this assumption, the...
Regional Powers and Security Orders
A Theoretical Framework
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
This book presents a new theoretical framework through which to understand the role of regional powers in creating and maintaining regional security orders.
As a result of the retreat of the global powers since the end of the Cold War, it has become clear that international security dynamics...
Critical Security Studies
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Critical Security Studies introduces students to the sub-field through a detailed yet accessible survey of evolving approaches and key issues. This new edition contains two new chapters and has been fully revised and updated.
Written in an accessible and clear manner, Critical Security Studies:
offers...
A Global Security Triangle
European, African and Asian interaction
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
This book considers the interactions between Africa, Asia and Europe, analysing the short and long term strategies various states have adopted to external relations.
The urgency attached to the agenda of international terrorism and human and drugs- trafficking has forced the European Union...
Gender, Peace and Security
Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
This volume explores the implementation of key gender policies in international peace and security, following the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 in October 2000, the first thematic resolution on Women, Peace and Security.
How should we understand women’s participation in...
Antarctic Security in the Twenty-First Century
Legal and Policy Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
The Antarctic Treaty (1959) was adopted for the purpose of bringing peace and stability to Antarctica and to facilitate cooperation in scientific research conducted on and around the continent. It has now been over fifty years since the signing of the treaty, nevertheless security continues to drive...