International Security category: 2908 books
Citizens in Training
Conscription and Nation-building in the United Arab Emirates
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
The U.S. Marines made famous their search for “a few good men.” The United Arab Emirates (UAE), however, wants all its men—from the ages of 18 to 30—to experience the discipline and rigors of military life. To that end, for reasons of national security, nation-building, and societal development,...
When Proliferation Causes Peace
The Psychology of Nuclear Crises
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Does state acquisition of nuclear weapons lead to stability and peace or instability and crises? This is one of the great debates in international relations scholarship. Michael D. Cohen argues that nuclear weapons acquisition often does dangerously embolden the acquiring state to undertake coercion...
by Sebastian Plappert
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2010
Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: Distinction, Macquarie University, course: IRPG 840 The International System, language: English, abstract: This paper will argue, that the decision to intervene or not, depends...
Playing the Identity Card
Surveillance, Security and Identification in Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
National identity cards are in the news. While paper ID documents have been used in some countries for a long time, today's rapid growth features high-tech IDs with built-in biometrics and RFID chips. Both long-term trends towards e-Government and the more recent responses to 9/11 have prompted the...
Civilian or Military Power?
European Foreign Policy in Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This text critically examines the belief that the EU not only has an impact on the international system but also a ‘normative’, ‘civilian’ and ‘civilizing’ power. The contributors question whether this assertion fits with the empirical record or is merely based on anecdotal evidence and...
by Todd Harrison, Zack Cooper, Kaitlyn Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. Six decades later, space-faring nations face a much different space environment, one that’s more diverse, disruptive, disordered, and dangerous. Today’s space domain presents a number of asymmetries...
by R. Bitzinger, Haris Vlavianos
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
The proliferation of advanced militarily relevant technologies in the Asia-Pacific over the past few decades has been a significant, and perhaps even alarming, development. This volume addresses how such technologies may affect military capabilities and military advantage in the region.
by Zaryab Iqbal, Harvey Starr
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
State failure is seen as one of the significant threats to regional and international stability in the current international system. State Failure in the Modern World presents a comprehensive, systematic, and empirically rigorous analysis of the full range of the state failure process in the post-World...
The European Neutrals and NATO
Non-alignment, Partnership, Membership?
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
This book provides the first detailed comparative analysis of the unusual partnership between the main European neutral states and NATO. Neutrality and alliance membership are fundamentally incompatible, but through the vehicle of NATO’s post-Cold War partnerships the European neutral states and...
Courting Science
Securing the Foundation for a Second American Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
In Courting Science, Damon Coletta offers a novel explanation for the decline of American leadership in world affairs. Whether the American Century ends sooner rather than later may depend on America's capacity for self-reflection and, ultimately, self-restraint when it comes to science, technology,...
The Soul of Armies
Counterinsurgency Doctrine and Military Culture in the US and UK
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
For both the United States and United Kingdom counterinsurgency was a serious component of security policy during the Cold War and, along with counterterrorism, has been the greatest security challenge after September 11, 2001. In The Soul of Armies Austin Long compares and contrasts counterinsurgency...
by Gregory F. Treverton
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
The Intelligence Community does not lag far behind the private sector in using collaborative tools; indeed, it has developed an impressive array. However, the most used tools, like instant messaging (IM), are employed primarily within agencies for peer-to-peer communication and hence are neither widely...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
This edited volume argues that producers of analysis need to shift from producing static, narrative products to much more dynamic, digitally-based platforms in order to remain competitive and relevant.
by Stephanie Sanok Kostro, Rhys McCormick
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
This report focuses on the institutional foundations that enable—or, at times, hinder—federated approaches to defense. Successful defense collaboration in a budget-constrained environment is predicated on the ability and willingness of the United States to provide assistance and/or equipment to...