International security has once again become a crucial issue in the post-September 11th
world. This textbook introduces students to the core issues of both 'hard' security, which …

… to social science, for the account of global security found in this book arose out of an …
transforms our understanding of global security and the complex picture of global security that …

… global security governance. Therefore, the interrogation of the cognitive structures that shape
and influence our understanding of security and its governance on a global … global security …

… about global security. It builds on and updates the data on the major global security trends
in … , surveys the major conceptual frameworks for understanding the quest for power and the …

… first three all together within the context of a discussion of contemporary global security:
globalization. Having attained varied understandings of these concepts, we will be able to see …

… understand global security and to anticipate the potential threats and crises, he argues that
a holistic understanding … become a recipe for a major global catastrophe. This book will be of …

… In order to understand the security consequences of being in the periphery during the first
decade of the twenty-first century, one first needs some sense ofthe changes at the centre. At …

… Maintaining global security in the twenty-first century calls for a reconfiguration of basic
relationships among historical opponents, as well as revisions in military practices. This visionary …

… The problem with the alternative line of inquiry linked to notions of ‘securitization’ is that
while it opens up our understanding of the power relations that underpin and shape …

… Workshops at the University of California, San Diego in 2002, and at the United Nations
University in Bruges in 2003 contributed to our understanding of which questions should be …