Bücher der Reihe Routledge Global Security Studies

Adopting an analytical approach that seeks to incorporate theories of risk, global governance and security, this book intends to explore the overlapping multi-level and multi-lateral dynamics of the global security architecture which have remained neglected and unmapped thus far in the war on terror.

This volume presents the best contemporary scholarly thinking about why the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, a pivotal event in modern US foreign policy and international politics.

This volume presents the best contemporary scholarly thinking about why the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, a pivotal event in modern US foreign policy and international politics.

Offers a coherent model of a unipolar world order.

Examines NATO's transition from a Cold War mutual defence organization into a global alliance, and puts the crisis over the Afghanistan mission in the context of long-standing debates over out-of-area interventions.

Examines the state of the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the issues it faces in the early 21st century. This book is suitable for students of nuclear proliferation, international security, war and conflict studies and IR in general.

This book addresses the issue of grand strategic stability in the 21st century, and examines the role of the key centres of global power - US, EU, Russia, China and India - in managing contemporary strategic threats.

Analyses four major long-standing and intractable conflicts in the Asia-Pacific region - the Korean Peninsula; the Taiwan Strait; the South China Sea (Spratly Islands); and, India-Pakistan. This book is of interest to students of international conflict management, Asian politics, security studies and IR in general.

Analyses the strategic dimensions of energy security, particularly where energy resources have become the object of military competition. This volume examines the role of the United States as the chief guarantor of the global economy, and the challenge this poses for its exercise of military power.

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.

This book outlines the construction, interpretations and understanding of US strategy towards Africa in the early twenty-first century.

Iran's nuclear weapons program has alarmed the international community since the 1990s, but has come to the forefront of international security concerns since 2000. This book argues that Iran's hostility with the United States remains the major causal factor for its proliferation activities.

Looks at the prospects for international cooperation over nuclear weapons proliferation in the 21st century.

This book examines the use of military force as a coercive tool by the United States, using lessons drawn from the post-cold war era (1991-2018).

Simply defined, threat inflation is the effort by elites to create concern for a threat that goes beyond the scope and urgency that disinterested analysis would justify, such as in the build up to the Iraq war and over Iran's nuclear ambitions since mid-2007. This work addresses threat inflation in American foreign policy and domestic politics.

Offers an examination of America's nuclear weapons policy since the end of the Cold War. Exploring nuclear forces structure, arms control, regional planning and the weapons production complex, this volume identifies sets of ideas about nuclear weapons and domestic political constraints on major shifts in policy.

Examines the potential of expanding the three 'classical' arms control treaties in order to combat the threat posed by smaller terrorist groups. This volume draws conclusions as to the strengths and weaknesses of the suggestion of strengthening international prohibitions against state- level acquisition of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons.

Considers the extent and nature of the global revival in the use of nuclear energy in the coming decades and its likely impact on global nuclear governance.

Explores the Fourth-Generation Warfare thesis in detail and its implications for security planning in the twenty-first century through a series of essays written by top international security scholars and military professionals.

Explores the Fourth-Generation Warfare thesis in detail and its implications for security planning in the twenty-first century through a series of essays written by top international security scholars and military professionals.

Nuclear weapons remain an essential part of the security policies of leading states. This volume assesses contemporary efforts to stem nuclear proliferation with a view to recommending better non-proliferation tools and strategies. It is of interest to students of nuclear proliferation, arms control, and international security in general.

This book provides a critical analysis of the changing discourse and practice of post-conflict security-promoting interventions since the Cold War.

This book discusses the systematic expansion of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) across the continent of Africa.

This volume examines the explanatory nesting approach in the analysis in International Relations and its continuing relevance in the 21st century.

This book examines the use of military force as a coercive tool by the United States, using lessons drawn from the post-cold war era (1991-2018).