New Global Dangers : Changing Dimensions of International Security

by Brown, Michael E.; Cote, Owen R., Jr.; Lynn-Jones, Sean M.; Miller, Steven E.

• ISBN13: 9780262524308
• ISBN10: 0262524309
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

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 warfare. It then examines nonmilitary security concerns, including resource scarcity, migration, HIV/AIDS in Africa, and why humanitarian assistance sometimes does more harm than good. Finally, it looks at the role of transnational actors, including terrorist groups, nongovernmental organizations, and the privatized military industry.

Table of Contents

Command of the commons : the military foundation of U.S. hegemony	p. 3
Why do states build nuclear weapons? : three models in search of a bomb	p. 45
Never say never again : nuclear reversal revisited	p. 78
Preventing nuclear entrepreneurship in Russia's nuclear cities	p. 108
Pathogens as weapons : the international security implications of biological warfare	p. 141
Dreaded risks and the control of biological weapons	p. 180
Beyond the MTCR : building a comprehensive regime to contain ballistic missile proliferation	p. 215
Human security : paradigm shift of hot air?	p. 249
Environmental scarcities and violent conflict : evidence from cases	p. 265
Security, stability, and international migration	p. 301
A surplus of men, a deficit of peace : security and sex ratios in Asia's largest states	p. 337
HIV/AIDS and the changing landscape of war in Africa	p. 371
Collateral damage : humanitarian assistance as a cause of conflict	p. 390
Market civilization and its clash with terror	p. 423
Behind the curve : globalization and international terrorism	p. 448
The NGO scramble : organizational insecurity and the political economy of transnational action	p. 477
Corporate warriors : the rise of the privatized military industry and its ramifications for international security	p. 512
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