International Security: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780415550376 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 256 str.

Adrian Hyde-Price

Opis

This textbook aims to introduce students to the study of contemporary international security. It is aimed at second and third year undergraduates as well as postgraduate students undertaking a taught Masters degree programme. The style will be clear and accessible, with a minimum of jargon, and the book will include pedagogical features, such as boxes, key points, further reading and student questions.

Key theories and concepts will be presented in the introductory chapters, and applied to the case-studies and empirical examples in subsequent chapters. It will have a strong empirical dimension, in order to illustrate contemporary International security problems and issues.

The book will be essential reading for upper-level students of international or global security studies, and recommended reading for students of strategic studies, war and conflict studies, terrorism studies and IR in general.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: Theories and Approaches  2. Theories about International Security  3. Globalisation and International Security  Part 2: Contemporary Security Issues  4. Humanitarian Intervention  5. International Terrorism  6. Nuclear Proliferation  Part 3: Regional Security  7. The Middle East  8. Russia, Eurasia and Energy Security  9. China and East Asia  10. Human Security and ‘New Wars’  Part 4: Conclusion  11. Conflict and Cooperation in the Twenty-First Century