International Security Books

New and Published Books

1. Pakistan in National and Regional Change

   State and Society in Flux

   Edited by C. Christine Fair, Shaun Gregory

   Pakistan is one of the most important states in the international system and a key concern of western security. This collection identifies a set of national and regional/international trends which will be critical in determining the medium to long-term stability and cohesion of Pakistan, yet which...

   Published June 13th 2013 by Routledge
2. Madness in International Relations

   Psychology, Security, and the Global Governance of Mental Health

   By Alison Howell

   Series: Interventions

   Madness in International Relations provides an important and innovative account of the role of psychology and psychiatry in global politics, showing how mental health governance has become a means of securing various populations, often with questionable effects. Through the analysis of three key...

   Published June 12th 2013 by Routledge
3. Network Centric Warfare and Coalition Operations

   The New Military Operating System

   By Paul T. Mitchell

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book argues that Network Centric Warfare (NCW) influences how developed militaries operate in the same fashion that an operating system influences the development of computer software. It examines three inter-related issues: the overwhelming military power of the United States; the growing...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. The Securitization of Humanitarian Migration

   Digging moats and sinking boats

   By Scott D. Watson

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   This book examines how western liberal states are progressively restricting access to refugees and asylum seekers, even though these states have signed international agreements obliging them to offer protection to those fleeing persecution and to advocate the spread of human rights and humanitarian...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. The United States and NATO since 9/11

   The Transatlantic Alliance Renewed

   By Ellen Hallams

   Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

   The US decision not to work through NATO after 9/11 left many European members of the alliance feeling deflated. This decision reflected not only the unilateralism of the Bush Administration, but also the belief that US operational freedom and flexibility had been hampered during NATO’s two Balkans...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. The European Union's Democratization Agenda in the Mediterranean

   Edited by Michelle Pace, Peter Seeberg

   Democracy promotion in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains a central pillar of the foreign policy of the European Union (EU). Rather than concentrating on the relations between the incumbent authoritarian regimes and the opposition in the relevant countries, and on the degree to which...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. The Transformation of UN Conflict Management

   Producing images of genocide from Rwanda to Darfur and beyond

   By Touko Piiparinen

   Series: Routledge Research on International Organisations

   The world has vowed "Never again" in memory of the 800,000 Rwandans and other groups slaughtered by génocidaires. Yet, ever since the Holocaust, the international community has repeatedly betrayed its pledge, most notably in 1994 with regard to the Rwandan Tutsi, and again ten years later in Darfur...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. Risk, Global Governance and Security

   The Other War on Terror

   By Yee-Kuang Heng, Ken McDonagh

   Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

   This book applies risk society theory to the 'War on Terror', steering the discussion away from the militaristic discourse of the Bush era towards an emphasis on global cooperation and a new cosmopolitan agenda. The literature and rhetoric of the 'War on Terror' has been dominated by dramatic...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
9. The Routledge Handbook of Asian Security Studies

   Edited by Sumit Ganguly, Andrew Scobell, Joseph Liow

   The Handbook of Asian Security Studies provides a detailed exploration of security dynamics in the three distinct subregions that comprise Asia, and also bridges the study of these regions by exploring the geopolitical links between each of them. This Handbook is divided geographically into four...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
10. East German Foreign Intelligence

    Myth, Reality and Controversy

    Edited by Kristie Macrakis, Thomas Wegener Friis, Helmut Müller-Enbergs

    Series: Studies in Intelligence

    This edited book examines the East German foreign intelligence service (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung, or HVA) as a historical problem, covering politics, scientific-technical and military intelligence and counterintelligence. The contributors broaden the conventional view of East German...

    Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge