International Security category: 2908 books
The Politics and Security of the Gulf
Anglo-American Hegemony and the Shaping of a Region
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Since the 19th century the Gulf region has been an area of intense interest, having been influenced first by the British and more recently by the Americans. This book charts the changing security and political priorities of these two powers and how they have shaped the region.
Adopting a narrative...
Afghanistan, Arms and Conflict
Armed Groups, Disarmament and Security in a Post-War Society
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2008
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive assessment of small arms and security-related issues in post-9/11 Afghanistan. It includes case studies which reveal the findings of in-depth field research on hitherto neglected regions of the country, and provides a distinctive balance of thematic...
Chasing Ghosts
The Policing of Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015
Since 2001, the United States has created or reorganized more than two counterterrorism organizations for every apprehension it has made of Islamists apparently planning to commit terrorism within the country. Central to this massive enterprise is what the FBI frequently calls "ghost-chasing"-the...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Civil society plays an increasingly powerful role in the global landscape, emerging as key actors in preventing and managing conflict, and building more peaceful and sustainable societies . The multiple case studies featured in this volume illustrate the growth of civil society involvement in national,...
Resolving International Conflict
Dynamics of Escalation, Continuation and Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
Resolving International Conflict rethinks the dynamics of conflict escalation and continuation by engaging with research from the wide range of subfields in this area.
The book suggests a new framework for understanding conflict as a particular form of situation, interaction and tension. It...
The 'Responsibility to Protect' - Time to put things back into perspective
Time to put things back into perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2009
Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 8,5, University of Amsterdam, course: Human Security & Foreign Intervention, language: English, abstract: At the turn of the 21st century, the world - meaning policymakers,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
This edited volume introduces the reader to the role of space in military and defense strategy, and outlines some of the major foreign and domestic actors in the space arena, as well as constraints of law and treaties on activities in space. It also addresses science and technology as they relate...
Risk and Hyperconnectivity
Media and Memories of Neoliberalism
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Risk and Hyperconnectivity brings together for the first time three paradigms: new risk theory, neoliberalization theory, and connectivity theory, to illuminate how the kaleidoscope of risk events in the opening years of the new century has recharged a neoliberal battlespace of media, economy, and...
by Fidelis Etah Ewane
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: '-', University of Freiburg, language: English, abstract: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the greatest conflicts of our time, especially as no peace effort...
The Polythink Syndrome
U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions on 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and ISIS
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
Why do presidents and their advisors often make sub-optimal decisions on military intervention, escalation, de-escalation, and termination of conflicts? The leading concept of group dynamics, groupthink, offers one explanation: policy-making groups make sub-optimal decisions due to their desire for...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
High-security organizations around the world face devastating threats from insiders—trusted employees with access to sensitive information, facilities, and materials. From Edward Snowden to the Fort Hood shooter to the theft of nuclear materials, the threat from insiders is on the front page and...
Civil-Military Relations in Lebanon
Conflict, Cohesion and Confessionalism in a Divided Society
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
This volume examines Lebanon’s post-2011 security dilemmas and the tenuous civil-military relations. The Syrian civil war has strained the Lebanese Armed Forces’ (LAF) cohesion and threatens its neutrality – its most valued assets in a divided society. The spill-over from the Syrian civil war...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
This handbook offers a critical assessment of the African agenda for conflict prevention, peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding; the challenges and opportunities facing Africa’s regional organisations in their efforts towards building sustainable peace on the continent; and the role of external...
Strategic Cultural Change and the Challenge for Security Policy
Germany and the Bundeswehr's Deployment to Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
For more than a decade, international troops have been deployed to Afghanistan. Out of all NATO members, this mission was the most difficult for Germany that had thus far never engaged in combat and offensive military activities. This book analyses how Germany's experiences in Afghanistan have changed the country's strategic culture.