Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns

This book investigates what is driving Iran's nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted conflicts to explicate proliferation...

This paper looks at the details of the political rise of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran and assesses his presidency to date within the context of the dynamics of Iranian politics...

This title was first published in 2002: This innovative insight into European security policy, concentrating on Ireland through an analysis of compatibility of Irish neutrality with security integration is suitable for undergraduate and post-graduate courses in international relations, European stud..

Recognizing the role of population policies in security issues, Katrina Riddell's study takes the examples of Pakistan and Iran to examine population growth as an international security issue and to understand Muslim states' interaction with global debates on sustainability...

This book focuses on Japanese policy toward Middle East security issues, examining how policy is shaped by the need to both maintain Japan’s security alliance with the US and its oil relationship with states in the Middle East...

Based on documents and extensive interviews with Japanese policy makers, this book provides a comprehensive and detailed empirical analysis of Japan's involvement in Asia-Pacific security multilateralism after the end of the Cold War...

This timely book analyses how different nations, religions, and cultures justify the waging of war, and what limits they place on its use. The case studies shed new light on the causes and justifications of current conflicts, providing a valuable source for those wishing to understand how different ..

This timely book analyses how different nations, religions, and cultures justify the waging of war, and what limits they place on its use. The case studies shed new light on the causes and justifications of current conflicts, providing a valuable source for those wishing to understand how different ..

This book examines the question of whether justice or security is the primary virtue of 21st-century Western society...

This book examines the question of whether justice or security is the primary virtue of 21st-century Western society...

This book analyses the problems of current just war theory, and offers a more stable justificatory framework for non-intervention in international relations...

A major contribution to the debate about the reconstruction of Kosovo, and to the general discussion surrounding the revived 'trusteeship institution' model in the context of the UN internationalism of the 1990s and the War on Terror following 9/11...