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People, states & fear: an agenda for international security studies in the po…
This widely acclaimed book examines how states and societies pursue freedom from threat in an environment in which competitive relations are inescapable across the political, economic, military, societal and environmental landscapes. Throughout, attention is placed on the interplay of threats and vulnerabilities, the policy consequences of overemphasising one or the other, and the existence of …
- Edition
- 25th anniversary
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780955248818
- Collation
- 1 online resource (318 pages).
- Series Title
- ECPR classics
- Call Number
- 327.11 BUZ p
Globalization and national security
In this book, top scholars of international relations assess the consequences of globalization for national security, identifying three distinct ‘processes’ of globalization - the intensification of economic exchange, the flow of information, and marketization (the expansion of the set of social relations governed by market forces)-exploring how they can affect the capacity and power of sta…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780415955119
- Collation
- v, 361 p. ; 23 cm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- [POL-LIB-546]
Seeing the invisible: national security intelligence in an uncertain age
Intelligence is critical to ensuring national security, especially with asymmetric threats making up most of the new challenges. Knowledge, rather than power, is the only weapon that can prevail in a complex and uncertain environment awash with asymmetric threats, some known, many currently unknown. This book shows how such a changing national security environment has had profound implications …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789812704825
- Collation
- xvi, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- [POL-LIB-542]
Striking first : preemptive and preventive attack in U.S. national security p…
RAND Project AIR FORCE studied the post-9/11 shift in US defense policy emphasis toward preemptive and preventive attack, asking under what conditions preemptive or preventive attack is worth considering as a response to perceived threats. It considered the role such first-strike strategies are likely to play in future US national security policy.
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0833038818
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 311 p.)
- Series Title
- Rand Corporation monograph series
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-62]
Security strategy and transatlantic relations
Tackles key questions such as: how much do security strategies signal convergence or divergence in US and EU foreign and security policy doctrine? What tangible political and policy impacts can be attributed to security strategies? What are the implications for US and EU policies towards specific regions?
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0415401909
- Collation
- xii, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-46]
Security communities and their neighbours : regional fortresses or global int…
There are two types of security community: those that create a political community between themselves by institution building (such as the EU); and those that are pluralistic and are aligned through shared values, responsiveness to each others needs and policy goals by their political elites (such as the UK and Ireland or the USA and Canada). Bellamy seeks to examine the impact of the developme…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 140390622X
- Collation
- x, 221 p. ; 23 cm.
- Series Title
- Security communities and their neighbors
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-43]
Security and strategy in the new Europe
The thawing of the Cold War has brought new concerns over the nature of European security to the fore and uncovered major differences in the approaches of individual states to changed circumstances. This book clarifies the options for a new European security order and contribute to the growing debate. It adopts a medium-term analytical approach and uses a three-tier format, covering the nature…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0415071208
- Collation
- xv, 250 p. ; 23 cm.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-41]
Ontological security in international relations : self-identity and the IR state
Asserts that states pursue social actions to serve self-identity needs, even when these actions compromise their physical existence. This book analyzes three forms of social action, sometimes referred to as 'motives' of state behavior (moral, humanitarian, and honor-driven) through an ontological security approach.
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780415772761
- Collation
- xiv, 215 p. ; 24 cm.
- Series Title
- New international relations
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-36]
Making twenty-first-century strategy : an introduction to modern national sec…
"This new work defines national security strategy, its objectives, the problems it confronts, and the influences that constrain and facilitate its development and implementation in a post-Cold War, post-9/11 environment. The authors note that making and implementing national strategy centers on risk management and present a model for assessing strategic risks and the process for allocating limi…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1585661600
- Collation
- 1 online resource (xviii, 268 p.)
- Series Title
- Making 21st century strategy : Introduction to modern national security processes and problems
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-33]
The week the world stood still : inside the secret Cuban Missile Crisis
a good bit about the crisis already but this book thanks to the fact it's based on real transcripts gives great insight. Hard not to respect Kennedy for what he did in facing down so many hawks in his administration who wanted a more hostile course of action that likely would have ended civilisation as we know it.
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0804750769
- Collation
- 238 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Series Title
- Stanford nuclear age series.
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-29]
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