Culture and Security : Multilateralism, Arms Control and Security Building

ISBN-13: 9780714648859 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 264 str.

Keith R. Krause;Keith R. Krause

Opis

The increasingly multilateral and regional nature of security building has given great prominence to cross-cultural aspects of international dialogue. The case studies in this collection examine how and when cultural elements affect arms control and security-building negotiations and policies. They treat issues such as religious, communal and normative orientations towards war and peace; the impact of legacies of conflict, colonialism and state building; attitudes towards regional and multilateral relations; cultural styes of diplomacy and negotiation; the nature of civil-military relations; the societal outlooks on authority, violence and conflict management. Discussing a range of states and regions - the East-West experience, Latin America, China, Southeast Asia, India and the Arab-Israeli conflict - the contributors elaborate a concept of security culture that draws together the diplomatic, political, strategic and social elements athat influence seurity policy-making.

A comprehensive and empirically rich set of case studies that examine the impact of socio-cultural influences on multilateral arms control and security-building processes around the world.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Multilateral Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Dialogues: An Overview, Keith Krause; Chapter 2 Constructing Non-Proliferation and Arms Control: The Norms of Western Practice, Keith Krause, Andrew Latham; Chapter 3 Culture, Security, Multilateralism: The ‘ASEAN Way’ and Regional Order, Amitav Acharya; Chapter 4 Culture Matters: Chinese Approaches to Arms Control and Disarmament, Jing-Dong Yuan; Chapter 5 Constructing National Security: Culture and Identity in Indian Arms Control and Disarmament Practice, Andrew Latham; Chapter 6 Cross-Cultural Dimensions of the Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Dialogue in Latin America, Hal Klepak; Chapter 7 Regional Culture and the NACD in the Middle East, Gabriel Ben-Dor; Chapter 8 Conclusions: Security Culture and the Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Agenda, Keith Krause;

O autorze

Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva