Elusive Security States First, People Last

by Neack, Laura

• ISBN13: 9780742528659
• ISBN10: 0742528650
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-27
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This clear and concise text offers a comprehensive comparison of national, international, and human security concepts and policies. Laura Neack argues that security remains elusive because of a centuries-old ethic that insists that states are the primary and most important international actors, can rely ultimately only on themselves for protection, and must keep all options on the table for national security. The author compellingly demonstrates how a state-first security ethic ultimately fails to secure states, the international community andmost importanthuman beings. In this state-first world, we only can choose between degrees of insecurity; true security remains elusive.

Author Biography

Laura Neack is Rejai Professor of Political Science at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
1 Elusive Security	1	(12)
Defining Security	3	(2)
Organization of This Book	5	(2)
Whose Security? Or, "What We Seek to Protect Reflects What We Value"	7	(6)
2 National Security	13	(32)
Internal versus External Security	13	(2)
Protecting the State's Core Values	15	(3)
Sovereignty	18	(2)
Origins of the Sovereign State	20	(3)
States, Not Nations	23	(1)
The Components of a State	24	(5)
Building Internally Secure States	29	(1)
Violence as Integral to the State-Building Process	30	(6)
Extended Discussion Box 2.1 The U.S. Justice Department Takes on the Branch Davidians	36	(2)
Extended Discussion Box 2.2 The Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes Region of Africa	38	(7)
3 Terrorism	45	(24)
Defining Terrorism	46	(4)
The Internationalization of Terrorism	50	(4)
The Increasing Lethality of Terrorism	54	(3)
Defending the Homeland against Terrorism	57	(5)
Extended Discussion. Box 3.1 Chechen—Russian Relations and International Terrorism	62	(7)
4 Identifying External Security Threats	69	(20)
International Anarchy and the Security Dilemma	71	(4)
Balancing Power, Balancing Threats	75	(5)
Accommodation	80	(3)
Bandwagoning	83	(1)
Alliances and Coalitions	84	(5)
5 Defending against External Security Threats	89	(26)
The Defense Dilemma: Trading Off National Values	91	(1)
Deterrence and Nuclear Weapons	92	(8)
Containment	100	(6)
Defensive Defense	106	(6)
Extended Discussion Box 5.1 The Central Intelligence Agency Ponders the Futures of India and Pakistan	112	(3)
6 Going on the Offensive	115	(22)
The Bush Doctrine	117	(4)
Preemptive and Preventive War	121	(3)
Military Intervention	124	(7)
"New Wars"	131	(6)
7 International Security	137	(12)
A Focus on Power and Order in Interstate Relations	139	(4)
Constructing Global Security Organizations	143	(3)
Why States Would Bind Themselves	146	(3)
8 The United Nations and International Security	149	(22)
The Security Council as a Rigid Great Power System	151	(3)
The UN Charter and International Peace and Security	154	(5)
Collective Security: From Korea to the 1991 Gulf War	159	(7)
Extended Discussion Box 8.1 Selected Security Council Resolutions That Avoid Sanctioning the Big Five for Their Use of Force	166	(3)
Extended Discussion Box 8.2 Emergency Special Sessions of the UN General Assembly	169	(2)
9 Keeping the Peace	171	(26)
UN Peacekeeping	175	(6)
The 1990's—Combining Peacekeeping with Peace Enforcement	181	(9)
Improving UN Peace Operations	190	(7)
10 Human Security	197	(22)
Civilians Come Last—The Geneva Conventions	199	(3)
The Post-Cold War Human Security Agenda	202	(7)
Protecting People from Large-Scale Violence	209	(4)
Reality Check	213	(6)
Conclusion: Reimagining Our Choices	219	(6)
Notes	225	(24)
Index	249	(14)
About the Author	263