Contemporary Security Studies

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1. Aggression, Crime and International Security

   Moral, Political and Legal Dimensions of International Relations

   By Page Wilson

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   Aggression, Crime and International Security examines the concept of aggression in international relations and how it has been dealt with by international law and collective security organisations. This book analyses the evolution of the concept of aggression in international relations from World...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
2. Multipolarity in the 21st Century

   A new world order

   Edited by Donette Murray, David Brown

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book seeks to help shape the debate surrounding power and polarity in the twenty-first century, both by assessing the likelihood of US decline and by analysing what each of the so-called 'rising powers' can do. As the twenty-first century moves out of its first decade, American supremacy...

   Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge
3. Legitimacy and the Use of Armed Force

   Stability Missions in the Post-Cold War Era

   By Chiyuki Aoi

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book examines the concept of legitimacy as it may be used to explain the success, or failure, of key stability operations since the end of the Cold War. In the success of stability operations, legitimacy is key. In order to achieve success, the intervening force must create a sense of...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
4. European Security Governance

   The European Union in a Westphalian World

   Edited by Charlotte Wagnsson, James Sperling, Jan Hallenberg

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   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. The EU approach to security governance has been successful in its immediate neighbourhood: it has successfully...

   Published October 31st 2011 by Routledge
5. Private Security Contractors and New Wars

   Risk, Law, and Ethics

   By Kateri Carmola

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book addresses the ambiguities of the growing use of private security contractors and provides guidance as to how our expectations about regulating this expanding ‘service’ industry will have to be adjusted. In the warzones of Iraq and Afghanistan many of those who carry weapons are not...

   Published August 31st 2011 by Routledge
6. Russia's Foreign Security Policy in the 21st Century

   Putin, Medvedev and Beyond

   By Marcel De Haas

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book examines Russia’s external security policy under the presidencies of Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev and beyond.The Russian Federation has developed from a neglected regional power into a self-declared resurgent superpower. Russia’s background in the former Soviet Union as well as close...

   Published August 31st 2011 by Routledge
7. Global Biosecurity

   Threats and Responses

   Edited by Peter Katona, John P. Sullivan, Michael D. Intriligator

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book explores a range of biohealth and biosecurity threats, places them in context, and offers responses and solutions from global and local, networked and pyramidal, as well as specialized and interdisciplinary perspectives. Specifically covering bioterrorism, emerging infectious diseases,...

   Published June 29th 2011 by Routledge
8. International Law, Security and Ethics

   Policy Challenges in the post-9/11 World

   Edited by Aidan Hehir, Natasha Kuhrt, Andrew Mumford

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book examines the different ways in which the laws governing the use of force and the conduct of warfare have become subject to intense scrutiny and contestation since the initiation of the war on terror. Since the end of the Cold War, the nature of security challenges has changed radically...

   Published April 18th 2011 by Routledge
9. US Counter-Terrorism Strategy and al-Qaeda

   Signalling and the Terrorist World-View

   By Joshua A. Geltzer

   Series: Contemporary Security Studies

   This book examines the communicative aspects and implications of US counter-terrorist policies towards al-Qaeda. Recent US counter-terrorist strategy has been largely based upon projecting certain perceptions of America as an actor to those drawn to al-Qaeda, and this book investigates in what...

   Published April 14th 2011 by Routledge
10. Transitional Justice, Peace and Accountability

    Outreach and the Role of International Courts after Conflict

    By Jessica Lincoln

    Series: Contemporary Security Studies

    The book looks at the outreach and communication strategies employed by internationalised courts to try to understand the wider impact of international justice. This book critically examines the role of outreach within international justice focusing specifically on the role of outreach at the...

    Published March 23rd 2011 by Routledge