International Security category: 2908 books
South Asia's Weak States
Understanding the Regional Insecurity Predicament
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
South Asia, which consists of eight states of different sizes and capabilities, is characterized by high levels of insecurity at the inter-state, intra-state, and human level: insecurity that is manifest in both traditional and non-traditional security problems—especially transnational terrorism...
by United States Government US Army
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
This pamphlet, DA Pam 11-31, describes how the Army supports achievement of geographic combatant command (GCC) and functional combatant command (FCC) campaign plan intermediate military objectives and strategic end states through security cooperation (SC) activities conducted by, with, or through...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
At a time of geopolitical tension and mutual distrust, the United States and Russia must work together in those areas where coordination is critical to global security, both to help stabilize the relationship and to buffer against conflict in the future. The analyses in this volume examine prospects...
by Nadja Douglas
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
The volume deals with the fundamentals of the contemporary relations between civic actors and state power structures. The main focus lies on public control of armed forces and the question of why civilians should have a vigilant eye on the military institution as well as the civilian authority that...
America's Search for Security
The Triumph of Idealism and the Return of Realism
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
This book details the ways in which America’s ascendancy to global superpower status was the result of its dueling foreign policy philosophies and forces: an historically expansive idealism balanced with an equally constant realist restraint.
In America's Search for Security, Sean Kay surveys...
by Christian Kreß
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2005
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,0, University of Tubingen, course: Course 'Normative Theories of International Relations', 18 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Somalia,...
India - Security Scope 2006
The New Great Game
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2006
The present work of the author seeks to analyse the happenings of the past few years to prognosticate the security threats in 2006 in all their dimensions – terrorism, conventional and nuclear. Thus this is an all encompassing work that looks at India’s security challenges in the current year...
The United Nations Security Council and War : The Evolution of Thought and Practice since 1945
The Evolution of Thought and Practice since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2008
This is the first major exploration of the United Nations Security Council's part in addressing the problem of war, both civil and international, since 1945. Both during and after the Cold War the Council has acted in a limited and selective manner, and i
Peace and Security in the Postmodern World
The OSCE and Conflict Resolution
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Preface Acknowledgements Glossary Foreword Alice Ackermann, OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre 1. Violent Postmodern Conflict: A Need to Go Beyond Symptoms 2. A Framework for Analyzing Violent Postmodern Conflict 3. A Model for Responding to Violent Postmodern Conflict 4. Eliciting the Wisdom of CSCE/OSCE...
Wither Power Politics?
A Study of the United States' Approach to the Caspian Sea Region 1991-2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, , course: US Foreign Policy, International Relations in the Caspian Sea Region, language: English, abstract: The New Great Game in the Caspian Sea Region received moderate...
Peace Operations and Organized Crime
Enemies or Allies?
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Peace operations are increasingly on the front line in the international community’s fight against organized crime; this book explores how, in some cases, peace operations and organized crime are clear enemies, while in others, they may become tacit allies.
The threat posed by organized crime...
Strategic Intelligence Management
National Security Imperatives and Information and Communications Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Strategic Intelligence Management introduces both academic researchers and law enforcement professionals to contemporary issues of national security and information management and analysis. This contributed volume draws on state-of-the-art expertise from academics and law enforcement practitioners...
by E. Brunner
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Differentiation from the Self has been a unifying feature of war stories since they were first told highlighting that war stories are about the production of identity. Based on analysis of military documents, this book aims to unravel some of the gendered ideologies that underpin the link between state identity and foreign security policy
The Markets for Force
Privatization of Security Across World Regions
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
The Markets for Force examines and compares the markets for private military and security contractors in twelve nations: Argentina, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, China, Canada, and the United States. Editors Molly Dunigan and Ulrich...