Roland Dannreuther

International Security

The Contemporary Agenda

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"International Security: The Contemporary Agenda" is a cutting-edge introduction to key security challenges and developments in the post-Cold War world. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary examples, it is an essential guide for students seeking to understand the theoretical and empirical debates over the fast-changing nature of international security today. The book is clearly organized into four main sections. Section 1 provides an analytical framework for the book, identifying the most significant post-Cold War shifts in international security and recent theoretical developments in security studies. Section 2 looks at environmental security, including the threat of resource-based conflict, most notably over oil and water, and the perceived security challenges of international migration. Section 3 analyses the root causes of the so-called new wars, and the broader insecurity found in many regions of the South. Dilemmas and problems of intervention, including the controversial debate over humanitarian intervention, are examined in detail. Section 4 discusses new security challenges posed by international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. It explores the strategies and policies adopted by the United States, particularly in the aftermath of 9/11. This book will be valuable reading for students of international relations, international security and strategic studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polity Press
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 748g
• ISBN-13: 9780745653761
• ISBN-10: 0745653766
• Artikelnr.: 37245828

Autorenporträt

Roland Dannreuther is head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: The Challenge of
the New Security Agenda Part I Analytical Framework 1 Thinking about
Security after the Cold War 2 Theorizing about Security after the Cold War
Part II The 'New Wars' and Intervention 3 Understanding Contemporary War
and Insecurity 4 Dilemmas and Challenges of Intervention 5 Collective
Security, Alliances and Security Cooperation Part III Environment,
Resources and Migration 6 Environmental Security 7 The Struggle for
Resources: Oil and Water 8 People on the Move: Migration as a Security
Issue Part IV Asymmetric Power and Asymmetric Threats 9 International
Terrorism and the Impact of 9/11 10 Proliferation of Weapons of Mass
Destruction 11 Cyber Warfare and New Spaces of Security Conclusion: The
Challenges for the Future References Index