This text provides a thorough overview of how states pursue security against violence, and how this pursuit paradoxically creates greater insecurity at the national, international, and individual levels. The traditional insistence that states are the primary and most important actors makes security, ultimately, elusive. This argument provides a compelling framework for students to understand the breadth and nuance of security at each level. Case studies throughout the text bring life to the concepts. This fully revised third edition includes discussion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China…mehr
This text provides a thorough overview of how states pursue security against violence, and how this pursuit paradoxically creates greater insecurity at the national, international, and individual levels. The traditional insistence that states are the primary and most important actors makes security, ultimately, elusive. This argument provides a compelling framework for students to understand the breadth and nuance of security at each level. Case studies throughout the text bring life to the concepts. This fully revised third edition includes discussion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China and the Uyghurs, the Covid-19 pandemic, the January 6th Capitol insurrection, Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election; Mexico's use of its military in internal security, the coup in Myanmar, Orbán's Hungary, China and Taiwan, India and Pakistan, US-China competition, China's Belt and Road Initiative, Russia's Wagner Group, North Korea's missile testing, refugees in Poland, and numerous other examples, large and small. The third edition features: Highlighted cases to illustrate new security threats across the globe, now listed at the start of each chapterBeginning-of-chapter Learning Objectives and End-of-chapter Discussion Questions that reinforce student learning and engagementThe unique framework arguing that security remains elusive because of the ethic insisting that states are the most important actors.
Laura Neack is a professor in the department of political science at Miami University in Oxford, OH. She has served as the editor-in-chief of International Studies Perspectives and president of the Foreign Policy Analysis section of the International Studies Association. Her recent books include Studying Foreign Policy Comparatively: Cases and Analyses, Fourth Edition; The New Foreign Policy: Complex Interactions, Competing Interests , Third Edition; and Global Society in Transition.
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Preface Chapter 1. The Elusive Nature of Security A First Case: China and the Uyghurs Elusive Security: States First, People Last What Does It Mean To Be Secure? Defining Security A Second Case: Australia and the Afghan Boat People States First, International Obligations Second National, International, and Human Security Chapter 2. National Security What is Security? National Security: States, Not Nations The Sovereign State What Sovereignty Allows Limits on Internal and External Security Practices States Resurgent Chapter 3. Internal Security Defining Internal Security Who is the State? What is the Purpose of the State? All States Tend Toward Maximalism When Threatened Signs of Trouble Chapter 4. The Unilateral Pursuit of External Security The Security Dilemma Defense and Deterrence Preemptive Self-Defense Preventive Force Gray Zone and Hybrid Conflict Preventive War Chapter 5. International Security International Security and Order The Liberal International Security System The Great Power Balance-of-Power International Security System Competing Orders: The United States versus China Chapter 6. Bilateral and Multilateral Security Arrangements Security Arrangements Within the UN Security System Liberal Security Arrangements Imposed Security Arrangements Transactional Security Arrangements Chapter 7. The United Nations International Security System Protecting International Peace and Security The Security Council and Measures Short of Force The Security Council and Collective Security Actions General Assembly Emergency Meetings United Nations Peacekeeping UN-Approved Peace Enforcement Operations UN-Regional Organization Hybrid Peace Operations Chapter 8. Human Security Defining Human Security The Geneva Conventions The Post-Cold War Human Security Agenda Protecting People from Large-Scale Killing Civilian Protection The Future of Human Security Chapter 9. Conclusion: Democracy, Resilience, and Imagination About the Author
Preface Chapter 1. The Elusive Nature of Security A First Case: China and the Uyghurs Elusive Security: States First, People Last What Does It Mean To Be Secure? Defining Security A Second Case: Australia and the Afghan Boat People States First, International Obligations Second National, International, and Human Security Chapter 2. National Security What is Security? National Security: States, Not Nations The Sovereign State What Sovereignty Allows Limits on Internal and External Security Practices States Resurgent Chapter 3. Internal Security Defining Internal Security Who is the State? What is the Purpose of the State? All States Tend Toward Maximalism When Threatened Signs of Trouble Chapter 4. The Unilateral Pursuit of External Security The Security Dilemma Defense and Deterrence Preemptive Self-Defense Preventive Force Gray Zone and Hybrid Conflict Preventive War Chapter 5. International Security International Security and Order The Liberal International Security System The Great Power Balance-of-Power International Security System Competing Orders: The United States versus China Chapter 6. Bilateral and Multilateral Security Arrangements Security Arrangements Within the UN Security System Liberal Security Arrangements Imposed Security Arrangements Transactional Security Arrangements Chapter 7. The United Nations International Security System Protecting International Peace and Security The Security Council and Measures Short of Force The Security Council and Collective Security Actions General Assembly Emergency Meetings United Nations Peacekeeping UN-Approved Peace Enforcement Operations UN-Regional Organization Hybrid Peace Operations Chapter 8. Human Security Defining Human Security The Geneva Conventions The Post-Cold War Human Security Agenda Protecting People from Large-Scale Killing Civilian Protection The Future of Human Security Chapter 9. Conclusion: Democracy, Resilience, and Imagination About the Author
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