• Introduction : security challenges in the twenty-first century / Michael E. Brown
• Technology and security / Timothy D. Hoyt
• The perils of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons / Bernard I. Finel, Brian D. Finlay, and Janne E. Nolan
• The proliferation of conventional weapons and technologies / Jo L. Husbands
• Information technology and security / Dorothy E. Denning
• Emerging technologies and security / Loren B. Thompson
• Defense economics and security / Theodore H. Moran
• Energy and security / Martha Harris
• Environmental factors and security / J.R. McNeill
• Demographic developments and security / Charles B. Keely
• Security and conflict in the developing world / Timothy D. Hoyt
• Transnational mass media organizations and security / Diana Owen
• Transnational crime, corruption, and security / Roy Godson
• Transnational terrorism and security / Audrey Kurth Cronin
• Security problems and security policy in a grave new world / Michael E. Brown.

The optimism that arrived at the end of the Cold War and marked the turn of the Millennium was shattered by September 11. In the aftermath of that event it is not unwarranted pessimism that lines the pages of "Grave New World", it is unavoidable reality. Terrorism is but one aspect of many other wider concerns for national and international security, and the contributors to this volume not only warn us, but reward us as well with the clarity of their views into - and possible solutions for - a difficult, complicated future. They speak convincingly of the numerous military and non-military challenges that create security problems-whether those are interstate, intrastate, or transnational-many of which are being dangerously overlooked in public policy debates. The challenges and complexities might seem insurmountable but the first step in solving problems is recognizing that they exist. "Grave New World" provides an eye-opening assessment of the prospects for peace and security in the 21st century. Michael E. Brown frames these issues in his Introduction, "Security Challenges in the 21st Century; " and in his summation, "Security Problems and Security Policy in a Grave New World.".
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• Introduction-- W.T.Tow & R.Kersten PART I: THE INTERPLAY OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY FACTORS Australian Foreign Policy Towards Japan: Weighing the Bureaucratic Process-- D.Walton The Koizumi-Abe Revolution in Japanese Security Policy: Normative Transformation and Democratic Maturity-- R.Kersten Japanese Domestic Politics and Security Cooperation with Australia: The Limits of 'Normalisation'-- T.Anno Japan's Misfiring Security Hedge: Discovering the Limits of Middle-power Internationalism and Strategic Convergence-- H.D.P.Envall & K.Fujiwara PART II: THE DYNAMICS OF BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION Regional Security Politics in East Asia: What Can Japan and Australia Usefully Do Together?-- K.Togo Japan-Australia Security Relations: A Tale of Timing-- M.Cook Japan-Australia Security Relations: Building a Real Strategic Partnership?-- T.S.Wilkins Japan-Australia Joint Security Statements and the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue: A Japanese Perspective-- E.Katahara PART III: REGIONAL AND GLOBAL RAMIFICATIONS OF INTENSIFIED BILATERALISM The Broader Context: how Australia-Japan Relations 'Fit' into Regional and Global Security Dynamics-- W.T.Tow Comparing Japanese, Australian and European Responses to 'Out-of-area' Security Challenges-- W.M.Vosse Japan, Australia and International Security Burden-sharing with the United States-- T.Satake Building a Foundation for Regional Security Architecture in the Asia-Pacific: Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding-- Y.Uesugi Security Arrangements in the Asia-Pacific: A Three-tier Approach-- R.Sahashi.
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Intensifying Australia-Japan bilateral security relations reflect an important trend in alliance politics. Smaller and middle power allies are cooperating with each other more directly on key strategic issues. Five years after the signing of the Australia- Japan Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation, these two US allies are collaborating on a wide array of traditional and non-traditional security issues, bilaterally, regionally and globally. This is an important trend in contemporary Asian geopolitics as historical power shifts in this region unfold. The authors assess the key factors underlying such cooperation and the policy challenges that could impede it. Australian and Japanese experts offer critical insights into why their two countries - traditionally the two key 'spokes' in the US bilateral alliance network spanning Asia - are moving towards a distinct security relationship in their own right.
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• PART I: QUESTIONS AND CONCEPTS
• 1. International Relations and International Security.-
• 2. Continuity and Change in International Security Studies.-
• 3. The Politics of International Security<.- PART II: TRADITIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
• 4. Interstate War.-
• 5. Intrastate War.-
• 6. Weapons Proliferation.-
• 7. International Terrorism.-
• 8. International Crime.- PART III: THE NEW SECURITY AGENDA
• 9. International Economic Security.-
• 10. International Environmental and Resource Security.-
• 11. International Public Health.-
• 12. International Population Trends.-
• 13. Cyber and Information Security.- Conclusion.
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This text introduces the politics of security: how and why issues are interpreted as security threats and how such threats are managed. It now includes an additional chapter on cyber security, but retains the same approach that gives readers the conceptual tools and knowledge of real-world problems required for a systematic approach to the subject.
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• 1. Understanding the design of security commitments--
• 2. A typology of third-party commitments--
• 3. Time consistency and entrapment--
• 4. Evidence of moral hazard in military alliances--
• 5. A theory of commitment design--
• 6. Testing the implications for alliance design--
• 7. Deterrent commitments in East Asia--
• 8. Constructing security in today's world.
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Constructing International Security helps policy makers and students recognize effective third-party strategies for balancing deterrence and restraint in security relationships. Brett V. Benson shows that there are systematic differences among types of security commitments. Understanding these commitments is key, because commitments, such as formal military alliances and extended deterrence threats, form the basis of international security order. Benson argues that sometimes the optimal commitment conditions military assistance on specific hostile actions the adversary might take. At other times, he finds, it is best to be ambiguous by leaving an ally and adversary uncertain about whether the third party will intervene. Such uncertainty transfers risk to the ally, thereby reducing the ally's motivation to behave too aggressively. The choice of security commitment depends on how well defenders can observe hostilities leading to war and on their evaluations of dispute settlements, their ally's security and the relative strength of the defender.
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• Foreword / John Chipman
• Introduction / Alexander Nicoll and Tim Huxley
• I. Global security dynamics. Address to the IISS 50th Anniversary Dinner / Carl Bildt
• Preventing a new age of nuclear insecurity / William Hague
• Current conflicts : Afghanistan / Francesc Vendrell
• European armies : the challenge / David Richards
• Europe and conflict resolution : isolated or engaged? / Karl Eikenberry
• Strategic Survey 2008 launch address / John Chipman
• The war in the Caucasus : causes and strategic implications / Oksana Antonenko
• II. Perspectives on Asian security. Keynote address to the 7th IISS Asia Security Summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue / Lee Hsien Loong
• Challenges to stability in the Asia-Pacific / Robert Gates
• Charting a new frontier : 'global Korea' in the twenty-first century / Han Seung-soo
• The future of East Asian security / Ma Xiaotian
• Keynote address to the 1st IISS-Citi India Global Forum / Shiv Shankar Menon
• Asian military modernisation : key areas of concern / Michael McDevitt
• Asian environmental concerns / Jeffrey Mazo
• III. The widening security agenda. Restoring peace in complex emergencies / Jakob Kellenberger
• Economics in conflict resolution / Ronald Cohen
• Assessing political risk / Nigel Inkster.

• Abstracts
• Rethinking human security / Pierre Sané
• Human security and human rights interaction / Wolfgang Benedek
• Conceptualising the environmental dimension of human security in the UN / Hans Günter Brauch
• The ethical challenges of human security in the age of globalisation / J. Peter Burgess
• Building the agenda of human security : Policy and practice within the human security network / Keith Krause
• Gender aspects of human security / Ghada Moussa
• Basic elements of a policy framework for human security / Paul Oquist
• The uncertain future of human security in the UN / Taylor Owen.

This book provides seven studies that address major issues such as the human rights and human security nexus, gender aspects of human security, ethical and environmental challenges, human security as a basic element for a policy framework, the human security agenda developed by the Human Security Network, and debates on human security within the United Nations. Building on its variety of themes, the book takes account of the complexity and scope of the concept of human security, and proposes thereby to refresh and enrich discussion. Contributors are internationally renowned experts in the different subfields of human security. This title offers an overview of current trends and insights on what is at stake if the international community is to maintain the momentum created a few years ago when the concept of human security emerged. It is designed to help both newcomers and experts in the field of human security. Readers will find inspiration in the new developments of a concept that aims to shape practical action to meet the needs of the most vulnerable.
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Human security is about everyday realities of violent conflict and poverty, humanitarian crises, epidemic diseases, injustice and inequality. It is about freedom from fear and freedom from want. It is much different from state-related security with its emphasis on military force, territory and sovereignty. Human security places the security of individuals, communities and global humanity ahead of the security concerns of the state. How does human security relate to international security? Can human security still be advanced in a global climate of intrastate conflict, the war on terror and increasing nuclear tensions? This book challenges prevailing security thinking and explores basic standards of humanity.This multi-authored book deals with the origins and developments of human security as a concept and how it is used in policy practice. It presents new approaches by focusing on alternative discourses, the actors involved, and the new forms of governance that are required. It outlines the challenges human security faces in different parts of the world due to conflict, terrorism and new wars; globalisation and the resurgence of religion; development cooperation, environmental problems and the role of science. Facing the challenges, this book aims to raise human security out of the status of a contemporary 'problematique' by bringing it closer to a 'resolutique'. 'I am convinced that this book provides an original contribution and a further impetus to developing well-grounded academic and policy responses to world-wide problems that so urgently require solutions' - M.S. Swaminathan, PresidentPugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.
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• 1. Introduction: The Challenge of the New Security Agenda.
• Part 1: Analytical Framework.2. Thinking about Security after the Cold War.3. Theorizing about Security after the Cold War.
• Part 2: Environment, Resources and Migration.4. Environmental Security.5. The Struggle for Resources: Oil and Water.6. People on the Move: Migration and Demography as a Security Issue.
• Part 3: The "New Wars" and Intervention.7. Understanding Contemporary War and Insecurity.8. Dilemmas and Challenges of Intervention.
• Part 4: Asymmetric Power and Asymmetric Threats.9. International Terrorism and the Impact of 9/11.10. Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.11. Conclusion: The Challenges for the Future.
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"International Security: The Contemporary Agenda" is a cutting-edge introduction to key security challenges and developments in the post-Cold War world. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary examples, it is an essential guide for students seeking to understand the theoretical and empirical debates over the fast-changing nature of international security today. The book is clearly organized into four main sections. Section 1 provides an analytical framework for the book, identifying the most significant post-Cold War shifts in international security and recent theoretical developments in security studies.Section 2 looks at environmental security, including the threat of resource-based conflict, most notably over oil and water, and the perceived security challenges of international migration. Section 3 analyses the root causes of the so-called new wars, and the broader insecurity found in many regions of the South. Dilemmas and problems of intervention, including the controversial debate over humanitarian intervention, are examined in detail. Section 4 discusses new security challenges posed by international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. It explores the strategies and policies adopted by the United States, particularly in the aftermath of 9/11. This book will be valuable reading for students of international relations, international security and strategic studies.
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• An introduction to security in international relations
• The problem of war in international politics
• The appropriate distribution of power
• Seeking cheap victories
• Deterrence and arms control
• The great-power concert
• Wilsonian collective security
• Complex multilateralism and integration
• Negotiation and mediation
• Peacekeeping
• Peace enforcement and peace imposition
• Peacebuilding
• Conclusion.