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Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2018
This book focuses on current key issues of international security from an actor-centered approach. The volume is divided into 3 sections: the first part analyses an array of security issues in Europe, the second one explores how those security issues play out in the Americas, and the third focuses...
EU-US Cooperation on Internal Security
Building a Transatlantic Regime
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
This book analyses the cooperation between the European Union and the United States on internal security and counter-terrorism since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
In particular, four areas of cooperation are examined: customs and supply chain security; judicial cooperation (the mutual legal assistance...
Peace, Security and Defence Cooperation in Post-Brexit Europe
Risks and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2019
Highlighting the challenges and prospects of European security cooperation, this volume examines the impact of Brexit on strategic aspects of security, peace, defence and foreign policy for both the European Union and the UK. It applies theoretical and methodological approaches from international...
by James Michel
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
“Fragility”—the combination of poor governance, limited institutional capability, low social cohesion, and weak legitimacy—leads to erosion of the social contract and diminished resilience, with significant implications for peace, security, and sustainable development. This study reviews how...
Forward Engagement
RSIS as a Think Tank of International Studies and Security in the Asia-Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
In many ways, the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) is a microcosm of the Singapore brand of government. The DNA of Singapore's policymaking is its forward-looking nature. S. Rajaratnam's trademark is taking the long view while Lee Kuan Yew articulated his wish for leadership foresight...
by Francis Maiava
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 84% (A), , course: Masters in International Security Studies with an Endorsement in Intelligence, language: English, abstract: Major historical developments continued to...
The EU's Common Security and Defence Policy
Learning Communities in International Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
This book accounts for transformations in the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)during fifteen years of operations (2001-2016), and argues that the EU evolved into a softer and more civilian security provider, rather than a military one. This learning process was driven by transnational...
Deep Currents and Rising Tides
The Indian Ocean and International Security
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
The Indian Ocean region has rapidly emerged as a hinge point in the changing global balance of power and the geographic nexus of economic and security issues with vital global consequences. The security of energy supplies, persistent poverty and its contribution to political extremism, piracy, and related...
Piracy in Southeast Asia
Trends, Hot Spots and Responses
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book combines multi-disciplinary ethnographic and theoretical approaches to examine piracy in Southeast Asia and the regional and international responses to this threat.
During the piracy boom of the early to mid-2000s, the issue of piracy in Southeast Asia received substantial academic...
India's National Security
Annual Review 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
This fourteenth volume of India’s National Security Annual Review intensively analyses India’s national security with respect to the changing internal and external dynamics.
In the global environment, the situation is characterised by rising tensions between United States and Russia, intensified...
India’s National Security
Annual Review 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
The twelfth volume in the series India’s National Security: Annual Review offers a detailed analysis of India’s complex security environment: persistence of major threats, alongside a constructive engagement with major powers based on its economic growth, military power and political stability.
Topping...
Oversight and Accountability in U.S. Security Sector Assistance
Seeking Return on Investment
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
With the range of security challenges confronting the United States in the 21st century, characterized by competition by both state and nonstate actors, the importance of working with allies and partners to address common challenges is paramount. Deeper examination of the relative effectiveness of...
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China and International Security: History, Strategy, and 21st-Century Policy [3 volumes]
History, Strategy, and 21st-Century Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
The first work of its kind, this strategic assessment of China's national security reveals the nation's intentions, capabilities, and threats—and their implications for the United States and the world.
• Offers a strategic assessment of China, past and present
• Analyzes China's...
Risk, Global Governance and Security
The Other War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2009
This book applies risk society theory to the 'War on Terror', steering the discussion away from the militaristic discourse of the Bush era towards an emphasis on global cooperation and a new cosmopolitan agenda.
The literature and rhetoric of the 'War on Terror' has been dominated by dramatic...