Security Studies - Military & Strategic

Starting with the premise that population change at home and abroad is among the greatest security and defence challenges of the twenty-first century, this book draws on theory and practice to exemplify means by which diversity is a key asset to defence and security._x000D_ It was published as a spe..

Starting with the premise that population change at home and abroad is among the greatest security and defence challenges of the twenty-first century, this book draws on theory and practice to exemplify means by which diversity is a key asset to defence and security._x005F_x000D_ It was published as..

Better democratic control of security services is essential to long-term collective security in a world of Weapons of Mass Destruction and terrorism, both state-sponsored and otherwise. This book compares the challenges of democratic governance for intelligence agencies in a range of countries eithe..

Better democratic control of security services is essential to long-term collective security in a world of Weapons of Mass Destruction and terrorism, both state-sponsored and otherwise. This book compares the challenges of democratic governance for intelligence agencies in a range of countries eithe..

Like all other terrorist movements, al-Qaeda will end. While it has traits that exploit and reflect the international context, it is not utterly without precedent: some aspects of al-Qaeda are unusual, but many are not. This paper explains five typical strategies of terrorism and why Western thinker..

This Adelphi Paper comparatively examines the waning days of terrorist groups, to understand crucial points where a critical mass of factors developed and led toward their demise...

This book examines cross-border environmental security within the context of human security and regional integration. The originality of the book is its comparative research design which includes cases from Europe, Asia and the Americas. The chapters originally published as a special issue in Global..

This book will be the first systematic examination of the role that ethics plays in international security in both theory and practice, and offers the reader a concrete ethics for global security...

Explaining the origins and dynamics crises that shocked the world, this new analysis details atrocities committed in Rwanda, Bosnia, Chechnya and elsewhere that led to hundreds of thousands of victims_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_..

This book assesses the EU and NATO's tools to prevent conflicts and manage international crises. It offers insight into European security policy and questions the realism of the political goals. It argues for more co-ordination among European states, and an enhancement of the EU's strategic decision..

This book focuses on the problems of, and prospects for, strengthening the global system of security governance in a manner consistent with the aspirations and practices of the EU...

_x000D_ This new edited volume examines contemporary European security from three different standpoints. It explores security dynamics, first, within Europe; second, the interaction patterns between Europe and other parts of the world (the United States, Africa, the Middle East, China and India); an..