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"An exceptional book. A detailed personal account of recent, very impressive, French combat operations in central Africa and long term thinking on the military and political challenges of similar campaigns, in Africa and elsewhere." --John Scarlett KCMG OBE, former Chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), United Kingdom. "Commanding a battlegroup composed of legionnaires and mountain troops, Dirou's mission was broader and more complex than the pure use of military force against the armed groups terrorising the population. His book, combines story-telling power with the insights of a seasoned soldier whose battlegroup conducted itself with expertise and distinction in an often inhospitable terrain. It is an important contribution to our understanding of today's conflicts". -- Jon Swain, war reporter and author of "River of Time", United Kingdom. "This is a grippingly told story and a brilliant analysis of an operation contradicting the claim that Western military interventions are always in pursuit of narrow national self-interests, commercial or of the "it's all about oil" variety. Here an entire operation - admittedly woefully understaffed - was designed exclusively to pacify a state and save the lives of thousands of civilians threatened directly by inhumane insurgents. An amazing success, this case study needs to be considered when generalising about motivations and results of great power interventions in the early 21st century." ---Professor Beatrice Heuser, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. The book explains in practical terms the theoretical teachings of African politics, international relations, and war studies experts, based on operational experiences. The evolution of military engagement and related international legal concepts has profoundly modified the approach to combat and its conduct in the field. The author argues that war studies and the African political landscape have changed significantly in recent years. Therefore, the author asks the question of whether true, enduring, and decisive victory is still possible in contemporary conflicts. Even if the response is positive, is it possible for political and development leaders to understand how best to take advantage of victory for the people of that country? Armel Dirou is Researcher and Military Attaché in the UK and Non-Resident Defence Attaché in Ireland.

International relations. Foreign policy --- Afrikaans --- politiek --- North Africa --- Africa --- Security, International. --- Africa, Central --- Politics and government.

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“In an era when violence in Latin America remains widespread, we still lack a sufficient understanding of military crime fighting in the region. Anais M. Passos’s well written and richly detailed study helps fill the gap. This is an excellent study that deserves to be widely read and debated.” —David Pion-Berlin, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of California, Riverside, USA This book provides an in-depth account of military operations against drug gangs and organizations in two of the biggest countries in Latin America: Brazil and Mexico. Recent studies on drug wars have detailed case studies on the war on drugs but do not focus on the role of the army in such policies. Publications that do drive attention to the military in such situations are usually from human rights organizations or the press and are therefore not scholarly works. There are therefore no recent academic books dealing with the role of the military in the fight against drugs in Latin America. This book aims to fill this gap. It also offers an empirical and theoretical examination of the issue of the role of the military (rather than the police) on national soil—the army being generally devoted to interventions abroad, and the police, to law enforcement on the national ground. The book is also the first work to look at high-level negotiations between military and civilian elites that define the conditions for the use of force during military operations. It provides a theoretically informed understanding of contemporary security politics in Brazil and Mexico. Anaís Medeiros Passos is Associate Professor of Political Science in Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil. .

International relations. Foreign policy --- Criminology. Victimology --- Law --- veiligheid (mensen) --- internationale betrekkingen --- International relations. --- Security, International. --- International Relations Theory. --- International Security Studies.

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This book argues that the welfare state system should be adopted globally, not only for the purpose of achieving equality and justice within nations, but also for security between states. Using Finland, Sweden and Canada as case studies, it theorises that the welfare state system and the common security system, which are mutually reinforcing peace structures, should be utilised worldwide as the best method of attaining peace and prosperity. It demonstrates the feasibility of the welfare state in the past, whilst also showing how these historical experiences can be translated into socio-political action to address contemporary global challenges. Operating in the fields of political theory, international relations, and social philosophy, it will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, the welfare state, and sociology, as well as state policymakers. B. Vivekanandan is former Professor and Chairman of the Centre for American and West European Studies at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. He has been Visiting Professor at Carleton University and the University of Helsinki, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Konstanz, Germany.

Economic policy and planning (general) --- Criminology. Victimology --- Law --- Social security law --- veiligheid (mensen) --- welvaartsstaat --- Political planning. --- Welfare state. --- Security, International. --- Public Policy. --- Welfare. --- International Security Studies.

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"This book analyses the collective security system as it now stands, focusing on strategic and normative frameworks. The old system of international collective security is based on assumptions that are inadequate in relation to current challenges. Against the backdrop of changed geopolitical constellations, democracies under siege and the challenges posed by new types of warfare, critical analysts hold that not a single multilateral institution today is fully up to the task it was created for. The UN, from its founding to the Sustained Peace Approach, represents a fascinating global process of vision-building and adaptation to reality. Based on this understanding, the dynamics of the UN peace and security architecture are examined along with major agendas, from peacebuilding to development. In turn, reform proposals in the post-COVID-19 era are discussed. The book examines whether a regionalization of security structures within the UN framework may offer a way out of global fragility and growing instability factors, a question of utmost importance for conflict prevention and crisis management in the next few decades. In turn, the author discusses a normative positioning of a new intervention logic as the lowest common denominator between collaborative regional orders. Reinvented multilateralism will return as a 'must'"--Publisher's description.

Law of armed conflicts. Humanitarian law --- International law --- Criminology. Victimology --- Law --- Polemology --- veiligheid (mensen) --- internationaal recht --- internationale organisaties --- vrede --- Security, International. --- Balance of power. --- Geopolitics.

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This book examines the interactions between trade policy and foreign and security policy in EU external action as a nexus of practices. Drawing on the rich empirical material of over 50 in-depth interviews with EU officials, members of the European Parliament and member state diplomats, the book reconstructs and analyses the distinctive institutional cultures of the Directorate-General for Trade and the European External Action Service, their policy practices and the effect on EU external action. It appeals to scholars of political science and international relations.

Politics --- Foreign trade. International trade --- Criminology. Victimology --- Law --- veiligheid (mensen) --- wereldeconomie --- Europese politiek --- internationale economie --- Europe --- Security, International --- European Union countries --- Commercial policy. --- Foreign relations