Sean Kay

Global Security in the Twenty-First Century (eBook, PDF)

The Quest for Power and the Search for Peace

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This thoroughly updated edition of Global Security in the Twenty-First Century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas throughout the world. Sean Kay assesses the impact of the global economic crisis on international security and considers how the range of thinking about power and peace has evolved in relation to major flashpoints including in the Middle East, Asia, and Eurasia. Kay builds on the first and second edition's emphasis on the roles of trade and technology, the militarization of space, the privatization of security, the use of sanctions, ethnic conflict, and transnational crime. This edition goes even farther to incorporate traditional thinking about national security in the context of human rights, democracy, population, health, environment, energy, and especially education. The author includes full updates on emerging challenges out of Iraq, Russia, and viral diseases in the context of larger strategic questions like the rise of China and America's "pivot" to rebalance its priorities toward Asia. Writing in an engaging style, Kay integrates traditional and emerging challenges in one easily accessible study that gives readers the tools they need to develop a thoughtful and nuanced understanding of global security.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765173695
• Artikelnr.: 74845183

Autorenporträt

Sean Kay is Robson Professor of Politics and Government at Ohio Wesleyan University, where he is also director of the Arneson Institute for Practical Politics and chair of the International Studies Program. He is also an associate of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at the Ohio State University and a fellow at the Eisenhower Institute in Washington, D.C.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Preface 1. Dynamics of Global Security Globalization of Security
The New Distribution of Power The Nation-State Soft Power Asymmetric Power
The Power of Nature Overview of the Book Suggested Reading 2. The Quest for
Power The Traditions of Realism The Security Dilemma and Incentives for War
Misperception, Coercion, and Credibility Offensive Realism The Realist Path
to Security Deterrence Alliances and Concerts Hegemonic Stability and
Offshore Balancing Realism Revised Global Security Primacy and the New
Balancing Alliances, Dissuasion, and Strategic Partnerships Asymmetric
Threats, Ethnic Conflict, and Identity Realism Clash of Civilizations
Economic Realism Realists as Optimists Summary Suggested Reading 3. The
Search for Peace Liberalism Neoliberal Institutionalism Cooperative
Security Peace through Commerce Democratic Peace and Security Communities
Emerging Security Paradigms Constructivism Transnational Civil Society
Pacifism and Peace Movements Postmodernism Feminism and Gender
Revolutionary Approaches Summary Suggested Reading 4. Great Powers and
Grand Strategy The United States Russia China The European Union Summary
Suggested Reading 5. Regional Flash Points India and Pakistan The Balance
of Power and Nuclear Weapons Limited Deterrence Nuclear Dangers The Korean
Peninsula The North Korean Threat The Nuclear Environment Averting
Conflict-or a Nuclear Chain Reaction? Taiwan One China or Two?
Unconventional War and Strategic Consequences Taiwan's Security Dilemma
Interdependence and the Case against War The Persian Gulf and the Middle
East American Primacy and the Iraq Conundrum Iran, Israel, and the
Geopolitical Balance The Saudi Question An Uncertain Future Eurasia Russian
Hegemony and Balancing Great Power Alignments Beyond the Status Quo Summary
Suggested Reading 6. Technology and the Business of Security Revolution in
Military Affairs The Limits of Technology in War From Science Fiction to
Modern War The Dilemma of Advanced Technology Information and Security
Information Power Knowledge and Power The Military Use of Space Spacepower
Space Dominance The Space Race Strategic Dilemmas in Space: Missile Defense
and Antisatellite Weapons The Business of Security The A. Q. Khan Nuclear
Shopping Center Security Privatization Private Security Companies
Outsourcing War The New Agenda Setters Sanctioning Security The Sanctions
Dilemma Are Sanctions Better Than Nothing? Summary Suggested Reading 7.
Asymmetric Conflict Strategy and Tactics of Asymmetric Conflict Genocide
and Ethnic Cleansing The Balkans Rwanda Never Again? Terrorism and
Insurgency The Meaning and Use of Terror The Evolution of Modern Terrorism
Al Qaeda The Globalization of Terror Terrorism and Weapons of Mass
Destruction Defensive Dilemmas Summary Suggested Reading 8. Human Security
What is Human Security? Human Rights and Democracy Contemporary Challenges
to Human Rights Degrees of Democracy Population and Demographic Change
Population Trends and Demographic Developments Migration and Refugees Food
and Health The Human Costs of War The Impact of War on Individuals The
Social Effects of War The Impact of War on the Environment Summary
Suggested Reading 9. The Environment and Energy Security What is
Environmental Security? The Environment as a Source of Conflict An Evolving
Environmental Security Paradigm Beyond Environmental Security
Conceptualizing Energy Security Security Energy Resources and Flows
Economic Development and Energy Security Environmental Dangers Climate
Change Deforestation and Land Use Water Security Energy Scarcity and Safety
Nuclear Energy Summary Suggested Reading 10. Meeting the Challenges of
Power and Peace Applying Global Security Concepts The Quest for Power The
Search for Peace From Theory to Practice: Education and Global Security
Education and Global Security Education and National Power Education in
Peace and Conflict What Can You Do? Conclusion Suggested Reading