Global Dangers

by Lynn-Jones, Sean M.; Miller, Steven E.

• ISBN13: 9780262620970
• ISBN10: 0262620979
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-27
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

The essays collected in Global Dangersprovide both conceptual analysis and empirical assessment of the environment, migration, and nationalism as sources of conflict. The East-West confrontation that dominated the international security agenda during the Cold War has largely receded from view. Revealed in its wake is a different set of dangers, not really new but previously overshadowed by Cold War preoccupations. Global Dangersexamines three such potential threats to peace: environmental problems, including access to scarce resources and population pressures; international migration; and nationalism. These issues are global in scope, persistent in nature, and potent in their implications. It is tragically clear that they can give rise to political dispute and to violent conflict. Contributors: V. P. Gagnon, Peter H. Gleick, Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, F. Stephen Larrabee, Miriam R. Lowi, Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Steven E. Miller, Barry R. Posen, Richard H. Ullman, Stephen Van Evera, Myron Weiner. An International Securityreader

Table of Contents

The Contributors
Acknowledgments
Rethinking Security
Introduction
Redefining Security	p. 15
Environmental Issues and International Security
On the Threshold: Environmental Changes as Causes of Acute Conflict	p. 43
Water and Conflict: Fresh Water Resources and International Security	p. 84
Bridging the Divide: Transboundary Resource Disputes and the Case of West Bank Water	p. 118
Environmental Scarcities and Violent Conflict: Evidence from Cases	p. 144
Migration and International Security
Security, Stability, and International Migration	p. 183
Down and Out in Warsaw and Budapest: Eastern Europe and East-West Migration	p. 219
Nationalism and International Security
Hypotheses on Nationalism and War	p. 251
Nationalism, the Mass Army, and Military Power	p. 286
Ethnic Nationalism and International Conflict: The Case of Serbia	p. 331
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 369
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