New Global Dangers Changing Dimensions of International Security

Name: New Global Dangers Changing Dimensions of International Security
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ISBN: 9780262524308

ISBN-10: 0262524309

ISBN-13: 9780262524308

Edition: 2004

Authors: Michael E. Brown, Owen R. Cotï¿½, Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Steven E. Miller

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Despite growing concerns after September 11, 2001, over the global terrorist threat and the spread of weapons of mass destruction, international security no longer hinges only on arms control and the prevention of war. Nonmilitary concerns, including emerging infectious diseases, environmental degradation, demographic trends, and humanitarian catastrophes, also represent significant threats to global stability. In this book, leading analysts offer an overview of critical security dangers facing the world today. The book looks first at the relationship between weapons and security, discussing such aspects of proliferation as "nuclear entrepreneurship" in Russia and the threat of biological…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/13/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 578
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Command of the commons : the military foundation of U.S. hegemony



Why do states build nuclear weapons? : three models in search of a bomb



Never say never again : nuclear reversal revisited



Preventing nuclear entrepreneurship in Russia's nuclear cities



Pathogens as weapons : the international security implications of biological warfare



Dreaded risks and the control of biological weapons



Beyond the MTCR : building a comprehensive regime to contain ballistic missile proliferation



Human security : paradigm shift of hot air?



Environmental scarcities and violent conflict : evidence from cases



Security, stability, and international migration



A surplus of men, a deficit of peace : security and sex ratios in Asia's largest states



HIV/AIDS and the changing landscape of war in Africa



Collateral damage : humanitarian assistance as a cause of conflict



Market civilization and its clash with terror



Behind the curve : globalization and international terrorism



The NGO scramble : organizational insecurity and the political economy of transnational action



Corporate warriors : the rise of the privatized military industry and its ramifications for international security