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The third edition of Contemporary Security Studies provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the rapidly developing field of security studies. Bringing together leading scholars in the field, it covers a broad range of approaches and issues, from terrorism and inter-state armed conflict to security issues centring on the environment, health, and transnational crime. This edition includes a new chapter on cyber-security, as well as introducing more material on international organizations and institutions, private military companies, and nuclear proliferation and deterrence.
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Of the many challenges that society faces today, possibly none is more acute than the security of ordinary citizens when faced with a variety of natural or man-made disasters arising from climate and geological catastrophes, including the depletion of natural resources, environmental degradation, food shortages, terrorism, breaches of personal security and human security, or even the global economic crisis. States continue to be faced with a range of security issues arising from contested territorial spaces, military and maritime security and security threats relating to energy, infrastructure and the delivery of essential services. The theme of the book encompasses issues of human, political, military, socio-economic, environmental and energy security and raises two main questions. To what extent can international law address the types of natural and man-made security risks and challenges that threaten our livelihood, or very existence, in the twenty-first century? Where does international law fall short in meeting the problems that arise in different situations of insecurity and how should such shortcomings be addressed?
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Security, International --- National security --- Security, International. --- International cooperation. --- Africa, North.
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Security, International --- Security, International. --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization. --- Europe.
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Strategy. --- Security, International. --- International relations.
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Strategy. --- Security, International. --- International relations.
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International institutions constitute the basis of global order. As they struggle to accommodate shifts in power and emerging threats, their legitimacy - their political authority and right to govern - often comes under fire, at times fuelling perceptions of crisis. Yet scholars seldom ask why some institutions are replaced while others are not. Blending theory with history, M. Patrick Cottrell examines some of the world's landmark security institutions, arguing that the possibility of replacement hinges on the sources of institutional legitimacy and the nature and timing of the challenges to it. The analysis not only reveals different pathways to replacement, but also offers a window into the future, including a potential dark side of too much legitimacy. Indeed, as global society becomes ever more dynamic, the fault lines of conflict with the most significant implications for order will not occur over territory, but rather over the legitimacy of international institutions.
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Globalization. --- Security, International. --- National security --- International trade.
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Security, International --- International relations --- European Union countries
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Comment construire un ordre international commun dans un monde marqué par des perspectives historiques divergentes, des conflits violents, la prolifération des technologies et l’extrémisme idéologique ? C’est le défi ultime du xxie siècle, auquel Henry Kissinger tente ici de répondre. Son constat de départ est qu’il n’a jamais existé de véritable «ordre mondial». Tout au long de l’histoire, chaque civilisation, se considérant comme le centre du monde et regardant ses principes comme universellement pertinents, a défini sa propre conception de l’ordre. Aujourd’hui, ces diverses conceptions entrent en confrontation, et il n’existe pas de consensus entre les principaux acteurs sur les règles d’action et leurs limites, ni sur le but ultime poursuivi. La conséquence en est une forte montée des tensions. S’appuyant sur sa longue expérience, Kissinger raconte de l’intérieur plusieurs épisodes cruciaux de l’histoire mondiale – les délibérations internes à l’administration Nixon lors de la guerre du Vietnam, les relations entre Reagan et Gorbatchev pendant la glasnost – et offre une analyse fascinante d’événements plus récents – les négociations nucléaires avec l’Iran, les printemps arabes, les tensions avec la Russie en Ukraine, l’apparition de Daech… Limpide et provocant, mêlant analyse historique et prospective géopolitique, cet ouvrage unique ne pouvait être écrit que par un homme ayant consacré sa vie à la politique et à la diplomatie.
World politics --- Security, International --- International relations --- Geopolitics
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