Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns

During the past three decades, East Asia has been more peaceful than Europe, the Americas or any continent, in terms of battle deaths per capita. When generating theories on peace and war, studies almost never look at the experiences of East Asia. Since East Asia is a spectacular case of pacificatio..

Containing essays by leading Cold War scholars, such as Wilfried Loth, Geir Lundestad and Seppo Hentilä, this volume offers a broad-ranging examination of the history of détente in the Cold War...

Containing essays by leading Cold War scholars, such as Wilfried Loth, Geir Lundestad and Seppo Hentilä, this volume offers a broad-ranging examination of the history of détente in the Cold War...

A collection of the papers from the 1995 Sandhurst conference presented by leading members of the armed forces, the media and academia...

This book considers the significant geopolitical, economic and security links between the Middle East and the wider Asian world...

Massive changes in European military techniques and technologies took place between the end of the Middle Ages and the start of the industrial age. This collection of articles on those changes includes new essays by historians such as Geoffrey Parker, Jeremy Black and I.A.A. Thompson...

Much of today's Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) literature subscribes to the idea that the information age will witness a transformation in the very nature of war. In this book, David Lonsdale puts that notion to the test...

This title was first published in 2000:  This important works look at the complexity of the challenges faced by the international system at the beginning of the new millennium...

In the twenty-first century, the United States confronts an international system of great complexity and shifting security challenges. This book’s relevance lies in its assessment of certain large-looming cases, including the possible acquisition and deployment of nuclear weapons by Iran and the con..

The book places the study of EU energy politics in the broader evolving context of global energy markets and integrates the analysis of the external and internal dimensions of energy security...

This study looks at the interpretations and effects of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and offers readings of its possible future effects...

Provides an innovative study of future war crises and transformations of the global political economy by bringing together economic and political theory, peace and conflict research and historical analogy to explore alternatives for the future...