This book examines traditional balance of power theory from a political-economic perspective, using historical examples, to draw out distinctions between the liberal and realist approach and how this affects grand strategy. The realist view of the balance of power theory includes implicit assumptions that economic assets can be turned quickly into power, and that states always respond to threats quickly and only with a view to the 'short-run'. These assumptions drive many of the expectations generated from traditional balance-of-power theory, discouraging realists from looking at domestic...
This book examines traditional balance of power theory from a political-economic perspective, using historical examples, to draw out distinctions betw...
This book offers a novel approach to understanding the puzzle of nuclear proliferation by examining how leaders' beliefs and perceptions about the international system influence states' decisions to acquire nuclear weapons. The catalyst for this book is the persisting dilemma the spread of nuclear weapons presents for both practitioners and scholars of international affairs. Uncertainty remains whether determined proliferators can be stopped, as shown the cases of North Korea and Iran. These instances of proliferation raise questions about regional stability, the potential use of pre-emptive...
This book offers a novel approach to understanding the puzzle of nuclear proliferation by examining how leaders' beliefs and perceptions about the int...
This book explores whether the new capabilities made possible by precision-strike technologies are reshaping approaches to international intervention. Since the end of the Cold War, US technological superiority has led to a more proactive and, some would argue, high risk approach to international military intervention. New technologies including the capacity to mount precision military strikes from high-level bombing campaigns - and more recently the selective targeting of individuals from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - have facilitated air campaigns, supported by Special Forces, without...
This book explores whether the new capabilities made possible by precision-strike technologies are reshaping approaches to international intervention....
Written by a group of leading experts, this book offers a historically informed and comprehensive study of the geopolitics and security challenges of the Arctic. The work aims to reach beyond simple description and prediction in order to explore in depth some of the main factors that will determine the future of international relations in the Arctic. It addresses the following key questions: * What is the geopolitical significance of the Arctic? * Who are the key actors and what are their interests and strategies? * What characterizes the maritime legal order, and how robust is it? * How...
Written by a group of leading experts, this book offers a historically informed and comprehensive study of the geopolitics and security challenges of ...
Marked changes in the balance of power between states in the international system are generally seen by IR scholars as among the most common causes of war. This book explains why such power shifts lead to war breaking out in some cases, but not in others.
In contrast to existing approaches, this book argues that the military strategy of declining states is the key determinant of whether power shifts result in war or pass peacefully. More specifically, Dong Sun Lee argues that the probability of war is primarily a function of whether a declining state possesses a 'manoeuvre...
Marked changes in the balance of power between states in the international system are generally seen by IR scholars as among the most common causes...
This book argues that Network Centric Warfare (NCW) influences how developed militaries operate in the same fashion that an operating system influences the development of computer software. It examines three inter-related issues: the overwhelming military power of the United States; the growing influence of NCW on military thinking; and the centrality of coalition operations in modern military endeavours. Irrespective of terrorist threats and local insurgencies, the present international structure is remarkably stable - none of the major powers seeks to alter the system from its present...
This book argues that Network Centric Warfare (NCW) influences how developed militaries operate in the same fashion that an operating system influence...
This volume brings together more than three decades of research and writings by Professor Ramesh Thakur on the challenges posed by nuclear weapons.
Following an introduction to the current nuclear state of play, the book addresses the challenge of nuclear weapons in three parts. Part I describes the scholar-practitioner interface in trying to come to grips with this challenge, the main policy impact on security strategy, and the various future nuclear scenarios. Part II addresses regional nuclear challenges from the South Pacific to East, South and West Asia and thereby highlights...
This volume brings together more than three decades of research and writings by Professor Ramesh Thakur on the challenges posed by nuclear weapons....
This volume examines mechanisms for regional peacemaking and conflict management in Europe and the Middle East.
To date little research has been devoted to uncovering the conditions for peace, and the factors that contribute to stabilizing the state of peace. This volume assesses the factors that contribute to regional pacification, the incentives that motivate states in establishing peaceful relations, and most importantly, how regions become peaceful. It discusses the conditions under which various types of 'peace' might emerge on a regional level and the factors most likely to...
This volume examines mechanisms for regional peacemaking and conflict management in Europe and the Middle East.
This volume examines mechanisms for regional peacemaking and conflict management in Europe and the Middle East.
To date little research has been devoted to uncovering the conditions for peace, and the factors that contribute to stabilizing the state of peace. This volume assesses the factors that contribute to regional pacification, the incentives that motivate states in establishing peaceful relations, and most importantly, how regions become peaceful. It discusses the conditions under which various types of peace might emerge on a regional level and the factors most likely to...
This volume examines mechanisms for regional peacemaking and conflict management in Europe and the Middle East.
This book investigates how states in both the West and Asia have responded to multi-dimensional security challenges since the end of the Cold War, focusing on military transformation.
Looking at a cross-section of different countries, this volume assesses how their armed forces have responded to a changing international security context. The book investigates two main themes. First, how the process of military 'transformation'- in terms of technological advances and new ways of conducting warfare - has impacted on the militaries of various countries. These technologies are hugely...
This book investigates how states in both the West and Asia have responded to multi-dimensional security challenges since the end of the Cold War, ...
