International Security Books

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41. Security Challenges in the Euro-Med Area in the 21st Century

    Mare Nostrum

    By Stephen Calleya

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    This book examines and assesses the main security factors influencing Euro-Mediterranean relations at the start of the twenty-first century. Developing a theoretical framework based on the security complex, this book provides an empirical analysis of security challenges in the Euro-Mediterranean...

    Published October 23rd 2012 by Routledge
42. Political Economy of Statebuilding

    Power after Peace

    Edited by Mats Berdal, Dominik Zaum

    Series: Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding

    This volume examines and evaluates the impact of international statebuilding interventions on the political economy of conflict-affected countries over the past 20 years. It focuses on countries that are emerging, or have recently emerged, from periods of war and protracted conflict. The...

    Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
43. Armed Groups and Contemporary Conflicts

    Challenging the Weberian State

    Edited by Keith Krause

    Armed groups operating beyond the state have become the most important actors in most contemporary wars and violent conflicts, from Iraq and Afghanistan to Colombia and Somalia. They come in a dizzying array of forms: some informally linked to the state and state power, others in opposition to the...

    Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
44. Energy Security in Asia

    Edited by Michael Wesley

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    This book explores the various dimensions of energy security in Asia – which has become an increasingly important geopolitical issue. Reputable international contributors look at the roles played by each of the major energy importers: the United States, China, Japan and India, as well as the main...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
45. Chinese Space Policy

    A Study in Domestic and International Politics

    By Roger Handberg, Zhen Li

    Series: Space Power and Politics

    This volume explains the beginnings and expansion of China's space program, analyzing how China is now able to hold such ambitions and how the interaction between technology, politics and economics has influenced the Chinese space program. It opens by tracing out the earlier development of the...

    Published September 12th 2012 by Routledge
46. European Security Governance and the European Neighbourhood after the Lisbon Treaty

    Edited by Christian Kaunert, Sarah Léonard

    The EU has often been considered to be a weak security actor. However, any assessment of the EU’s role in international security is underpinned by a specific understanding of security. This book is based on a broad understanding of security. We consider that security concerns are increasingly...

    Published August 30th 2012 by Routledge
47. Routledge Handbook of International Criminal Law

    Edited by William A. Schabas, Nadia Bernaz

    International criminal law has developed extraordinarily quickly over the last decade, with the creation of ad hoc tribunals in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the establishment of a permanent International Criminal Court. This book provides a timely and comprehensive survey of emerging and...

    Published August 20th 2012 by Routledge
48. Leadership and Policy Innovation – From Clinton to Bush

    Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

    By Joseph R. Cerami

    Series: Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy

    Throughout the Cold War there were longstanding efforts to control the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) through extensive arms control, deterrence, and defense programs. Since then counterproliferation efforts by the U.S. and international community have accelerated. Given the attention...

    Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
49. The Routledge Handbook of European Security

    Edited by Sven Biscop, Richard Whitman

    This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor. In the two decades since the end of the Cold War, the EU has gradually emerged as an autonomous actor in the field of...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge
50. The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security

    Edited by Chris Seiple, Dennis R. Hoover, Pauletta Otis

    This Handbook breaks new ground by addressing global security through the lens of religion and examining the role religion plays in both war and peace. In recent years there has been a considerable upsurge of public concern about the role of religion in contemporary violence. However, other than...

    Published August 5th 2012 by Routledge