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This book seeks to understand the role of regions in the provision
of security (and insecurity) practices across the globe.
Specialists with expertise in the regions they examine present
eight case studies and analyses of the Americas, Africa and the
Middle East, South and East Asia, and Europe. Discussing both The
State and people in the context of security, this book examines
four categories; inter-state security, transnational criminal
practices (the drugs trade, human trafficking migration),
proliferation issues (both nuclear and non-nuclear), and issues of
domestic/state collapse. The book uses an inclusive definition of
security to include traditional and non-traditional conceptions,
and incorporates the use of force and the threat of the use of
force, as well as issues related to the integrity of peoples. The
chapters weave theory and case studies to provide a rich
description of a variety of regional governance forms; and, where
applicable, the absence of them to move beyond regionalism to
consider the key determining features of regional governance.
Comparative Regional Security Governance will be of interest to
students and scholars of international security, international
relations and governance.
This book seeks to understand the role of regions in the provision
of security (and insecurity) practices across the globe.
Specialists with expertise in the regions they examine present
eight case studies and analyses of the Americas, Africa and the
Middle East, South and East Asia, and Europe. Discussing both The
State and people in the context of security, this book examines
four categories; inter-state security, transnational criminal
practices (the drugs trade, human trafficking migration),
proliferation issues (both nuclear and non-nuclear), and issues of
domestic/state collapse. The book uses an inclusive definition of
security to include traditional and non-traditional conceptions,
and incorporates the use of force and the threat of the use of
force, as well as issues related to the integrity of peoples. The
chapters weave theory and case studies to provide a rich
description of a variety of regional governance forms; and, where
applicable, the absence of them to move beyond regionalism to
consider the key determining features of regional governance.
Comparative Regional Security Governance will be of interest to
students and scholars of international security, international
relations and governance.
This book argues that we can understand and explain the EU as a
security and peace actor through a framework of an updated and
deepened concept of security governance. It elaborates and develops
on the current literature on security governance in order to
provide a more theoretically driven analysis of the EU in security.
Whilst the current literature on security governance in Europe is
conceptually rich, there still remains a gap between those that do
'security governance' and those that focus on 'security' per se. A
theoretical framework is constructed with the objective of creating
a conversation between these two literatures and the utility of
such a framework is demonstrated through its application to the
geospatial dimensions of EU security as well as specific cases
studies in varied fields of EU security. This book was originally
published as a special issue of European Security.
Bringing the subject of arms control into the arena of complex,
multi-polar international relations, this text traces the history
of agreements over weapons back to ancient times. The author puts
forward a typology of arms control: it occurs at the end of major
conflicts, stabilizes balances between states, develops norms of
behaviour, manages weapons proliferation, and acts as a tool of
international organizations. He examines the evolution of five
qualitatively different strategies, and applies the arms control
typology to agreements in the post-Cold War world. -- .
The contributors to this overview of the changes in security
studies reflect critically on the past decades since the 1980s and
consider what the future holds, in a select few areas of security
studies. In spite of the individuality of the approaches and spread
of topics, the authors conclude that analysts and policy-makers
have not been able to respond well to the changes that have
occurred and that they must revise their approach is they are to
meet the challenges of the future.
This book, first published in 1991, examines Britain's defence and
foreign policy of the 1980s , and explores a variety of alternative
roles for Britain in the radically changed circumstances of the
1990s. The authors analyse the full range of major British security
issues and developments, including the use of force and the role of
conventional forces, the significance of the Anglo-American special
relationship, relations with Europe, the Third World and the Soviet
Union, and the unique problem of Northern Ireland. They
particularly address the question of whether international policy
in 'the Thatcher years' has marked a decisive break with earlier
post-war policy or has rather been marked by shifts of emphasis
within an essentially stable framework.
This book, first published in 1992, examines the changing post-Cold
War changing patterns of security in Europe by analysing the major
themes, the primary security organisations and the policies of
countries at the forefront of the security debate. Leading experts
discuss the problems of nationalism, the difficulties of
peacekeeping in Europe, and the future of NATO.
This book, first published in 1992, examines the changing post-Cold
War changing patterns of security in Europe by analysing the major
themes, the primary security organisations and the policies of
countries at the forefront of the security debate. Leading experts
discuss the problems of nationalism, the difficulties of
peacekeeping in Europe, and the future of NATO.
This book, first published in 1991, examines Britain's defence and
foreign policy of the 1980s , and explores a variety of alternative
roles for Britain in the radically changed circumstances of the
1990s. The authors analyse the full range of major British security
issues and developments, including the use of force and the role of
conventional forces, the significance of the Anglo-American special
relationship, relations with Europe, the Third World and the Soviet
Union, and the unique problem of Northern Ireland. They
particularly address the question of whether international policy
in 'the Thatcher years' has marked a decisive break with earlier
post-war policy or has rather been marked by shifts of emphasis
within an essentially stable framework.
This text provides a concise thematic introduction to the evolution
of British defence policy since the end of the second world war
This book examines British defense policy since 1945 on a thematic basis, thereby offering both an international relations perspective and a domestic viewpoint.
Since the infamous events of 9/11, the fear of terrorism and the
determination to strike back against it has become a topic of
enormous public debate. The 'war on terror' discourse has developed
not only through American politics but via other channels including
the media, the church, music, novels, films and television, and
therefore permeates many aspects of American life. Stuart Croft
suggests that the process of this production of knowledge has
created a very particular form of common sense which shapes
relationships, jokes and even forms of tattoos. Understanding how a
social process of crisis can be mapped out and how that process
creates assumptions allows policy-making in America's war on terror
to be examined from new perspectives. Using IR approaches together
with insights from cultural studies, this book develops a dynamic
model of crisis which seeks to understand the war on terror as a
cultural phenomenon.
Securitizing Islam examines the impact of 9/11 on the lives and
perceptions of individuals, focusing on the ways in which
identities in Britain have been affected in relation to Islam.
'Securitization' describes the processes by which a particular
group or issue comes to be seen as a threat, and thus subject to
the perceptions and actions which go with national security. Croft
applies this idea to the way in which the attitudes of individuals
to their security and to Islam and Muslims have been transformed,
affecting the everyday lives of both Muslims and non-Muslims. He
argues that Muslims have come to be seen as the 'Other', outside
the contemporary conception of Britishness. Reworking
securitisation theory and drawing in the sociology of ontological
security studies, Securitizing Islam produces a theoretically
innovative framework for understanding a contemporary phenomenon
that affects the everyday lives of millions.
The contributors to this overview of the changes in security
studies reflect critically on the past decades since the 1980s and
consider what the future holds, in a select few areas of security
studies. In spite of the individuality of the approaches and spread
of topics, the authors conclude that analysts and policy-makers
have not been able to respond well to the changes that have
occurred and that they must revise their approach is they are to
meet the challenges of the future.
Since the infamous events of 9/11, the fear of terrorism and the
determination to strike back against it has become a topic of
enormous public debate. The 'war on terror' discourse has developed
not only through American politics but via other channels including
the media, the church, music, novels, films and television, and
therefore permeates many aspects of American life. Stuart Croft
suggests that the process of this production of knowledge has
created a very particular form of common sense which shapes
relationships, jokes and even forms of tattoos. Understanding how a
social process of crisis can be mapped out and how that process
creates assumptions allows policy-making in America's war on terror
to be examined from new perspectives. Using IR approaches together
with insights from cultural studies, this book develops a dynamic
model of crisis which seeks to understand the war on terror as a
cultural phenomenon.
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