International Security category: 2908 books
Gender as Category of Analysis in Conflict and Peace Mediation
Literature review for research paper 'Gender and Conflict: Genocide in Rwanda'
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Literature Review from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: A-, Central European University Budapest, course: Gender, Politics and Intersectionality in Europe , language: English, abstract: The purpose of this literature...
Commercial Satellite Imagery and United Nations Peacekeeping
A View From Above
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This book examines the possibilities for the use of satellite imagery in support of UN peacekeeping operations, and also to protect the national security of Canada. Experts in the field discuss the needs of peacekeeping operations, the requirements for the use of such imagery and the capabilities...
by Alison Lawlor Russell
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
Cyber Blockades is the first book to examine the phenomena of blockade operations in cyberspace, large-scale attacks on infrastructure or systems that aim to prevent an entire state from sending or receiving electronic data. Cyber blockades can take place through digital, physical, and/or electromagnetic...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
What kind of peace is possible in the post-9/11 world? Is sustainable peace an illusion in a world where foreign military interventions are replacing peace negotiations as starting points for postwar reconstruction? What would it take to achieve durable peace in contexts as different as Afghanistan,...
Imagined Enemies
On Crusaders and Terrorists in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,0, East Tennessee State University (History Department), course: Origins of Problems in the Middle East, language: English, abstract: In September 2001, shortly...
Jihadism
Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Jihad (struggle) is a holy war to defend Islam against non-believers and non-Muslims. Jihadists are holy warriors. The intellectual father of jihadist Islamism, Sayyid Qutb, who was executed in Cairo in 1966, made the message crystal clear: Jihadism (jihadist terrorism) is a “permanent Islamic world...
by Terry Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, Chapman University (Brandman/Chapman University, California), language: English, abstract: Conflict in the present is compared to and understood to us from the lens of the past....
by Terry Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, Counterinsurgency Training Center Kabul, language: English, abstract: This paper looks at the recent conflict in Georgia. Shaping operations are critical to military success. A...
Restraint
A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
The United States, Barry R. Posen argues in Restraint, has grown incapable of moderating its ambitions in international politics. Since the collapse of Soviet power, it has pursued a grand strategy that he calls "liberal hegemony," one that Posen sees as unnecessary, counterproductive, costly, and...
The Politics of Weapons Inspections
Assessing WMD Monitoring and Verification Regimes
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Given recent controversies over suspected WMD programs in proliferating countries, there is an increasingly urgent need for effective monitoring and verification regimes—the international mechanisms, including on-site inspections, intended in part to clarify the status of WMD programs in suspected...
Terrorism, Radicalisation & Countering Violent Extremism
Practical Considerations & Concerns
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2019
This book brings together research that covers perspectives and case studies on terrorism, radicalisation and countering violent extremism (CVE). Written by experts involved in these issues at the grassroots, the book bridges the academic-practitioner gap in the field. The proliferation of academic...
by Ehud Eilam
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Israel’s military doctrine was aimed at defeating powerful Arab militaries, mostly those of Egypt, Syria and Jordan. In the years 1948-1982 Israel and Arab states had a series of wars i.e. high intensity wars. Israel, since 1948, also dealt with guerrilla and terror attacks. Since 1982 and mostly...
Jihadist Infiltration of Migrant Flows to Europe
Perpetrators, Modus Operandi and Policy Implications
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2019
This book explores one of the most topical and controversial issues of recent years –jihadist terrorist infiltration of irregular migrant flows to Europe. Utilizing robust sampling criteria, more than a hundred such cases are identified and rigorously assessed. The analysis reveals the characteristics...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
This volume of case studies examines the rise in violent extremism, terrorism and insurgency in South and South East Asia, and subsequent state responses.
The South and South East of Asia has experienced various forms of extremism and violence for years, with a growing demand for academic or...