International Security category: 2908 books
Wartime Sexual Violence
From Silence to Condemnation of a Weapon of War
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Reports of sexual violence in armed conflict frequently appear in political discussions and news media, presenting a stark contrast to a long history of silence and nonrecognition. Conflict-related sexual violence has transitioned rapidly from a neglected human rights issue to an unambiguous security...
While America Sleeps
Self-Delusion, Military Weakness, and the Threat to Peace Today
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
In While England Slept Winston Churchill revealed in 1938 how the inadequacy of Britain's military forces to cope with worldwide responsibilities in a peaceful but tense era crippled its ability to deter or even adequately prepare for World War II.
In While America Sleeps, historians Donald...
by Zaryab Iqbal
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2010
Assessments of the costs of war generally focus on the financial, political, military, and territorial risks associated with involvement in violent conflict. Often overlooked are the human costs of war, particularly their effects on population well-being. In War and the Health of Nations, Zaryab Iqbal...
Israel under Siege
The Politics of Insecurity and the Rise of the Israeli Neo-Revisionist Right
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Raffaella A. Del Sarto examines the creation of Israel's neo-revisionist consensus about security threats and regional order, which took hold of Israeli politics and society after 2000 and persists today. The failed Oslo peace process and the trauma of the Second Palestinian Intifada triggered this shift...
Societal Security and Crisis Management
Governance Capacity and Legitimacy
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
This book studies governance capacity* and governance legitimacy *for societal security and crisis management. It highlights the importance of building organizational capacity by focusing on the coordination of public resources and underscores the relevance of legitimacy by emphasizing the importance...
by Manan Dwivedi, Devaditya Chakravarty
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
The book is a latest and informative addition to the literature on South Asia with the ministrations of the great powers such as United States, with the focus being upon the notion of internal security in the region. The internal security scenario in each of the nations in South Asia has been zeroed...
Japan in a Dynamic Asia
Coping with the New Security Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2006
Japan in a Dynamic Asia examines a new phenomenon in Japanese foreign policy: Japan's increasing activism under the Koizumi administration. Behind this policy shift are the end of the Cold War, drastic growth of China, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and new transnational security threats....
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Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Now updated and expanded for its second edition, this book investigates the role intelligence plays in maintaining homeland security and emphasizes that effective intelligence collection and analysis are central to reliable homeland security.
• Addresses the most recent changes in homeland...
Security, Development and the Fragile State
Bridging the Gap between Theory and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
This book provides theoretical clarity about the concepts of failed and fragile states, which have emerged strongly since the 9/11 attacks.
Recent contributions often see the fragile state as either a problem of development or of security. This volume argues that that neither perspective on...
by Amit Gupta
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
India is poised to join the major nations of the world as one of the next superpowers in the multi-polar, 21st-century world. At the same time, it still faces significant domestic problems such as widespread poverty and public health issues, and faces considerable security threats posed by China and...
Chinese Foreign Relations with Weak Peripheral States
Asymmetrical Economic Power and Insecurity
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
This book examines China’s relations with its weak peripheral states through the theoretical lens of structural power and structural violence.
China’s foreign policy concepts toward its weak neighbouring states, such as the ‘One Belt, One Road’ strategy, are premised on the assumption...
by James Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
This book offers a timely and compelling explanation for the deterioration of U.S.-China security relations during the Obama Presidency. The U.S.-China relationship has become one of (if not the most) vital features of contemporary world politics, and with arrival the Donald Trump to the White House...
Geopolitics, Security and Bilateral Relations
Perspectives from India and South Korea
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
India-South Korea bilateral relations achieved a critical landmark with the upgrade of a fast growing relationship to a ‘Strategic Partnership’. As a timely initiative intended to contribute to the process of this upgrade, two premier strategic think tanks, namely the United Services Institution...
The European Union as an Actor in Security Sector Reform
Current Practices and Challenges of Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
This book critically analyzes the European Union’s role in Security Sector Reform (SSR), a topical issue with regards to European security. While the literature on SSR has increased significantly in the past decade, too little remain in the way of comparative analyses of SSR case studies that are...