Bücher der Reihe Routledge Global Security Studies

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Offers a coherent model of a unipolar world order.