Nuclear Proliferation in South Asia

Crisis Behaviour and the Bomb

Edited by Sumit Ganguly, S. Paul Kapur

This edited volume explores competing perspectives on the impact of nuclear weapons proliferation on the South Asian security environment.

The spread of nuclear weapons is one...

Published August 6th 2008 by Routledge.

Selective Security

War and the United Nations Security Council since 1945

By Adam Roberts, Dominik Zaum

In contrast to the common perception that the United Nations is, or should become, a system of collective security, this paper advances the proposition that...

Published July 31st 2008 by Routledge.

Handbook of Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Edited by Dennis J.D. Sandole, Sean Byrne, Ingrid Sandole-Staroste, Jessica Senehi

This major new Handbook comprises cutting-edge essays from leading scholars in the field of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (CAR).

The volume provides a comprehensive overview...

Published July 31st 2008 by Routledge.

Building Peace after Mass Atrocities

By Majbritt Lyck

This new volume provides the first thorough examination of the involvement of peace enforcement soldiers in the detention of indicted war criminals.

The book firstly...

Published July 29th 2008 by Routledge.

Rethinking Insecurity, War and Violence

Beyond Savage Globalization?

Edited by Damian Grenfell, Paul James

Rethinking Insecurity, War and Violence: Beyond Savage Globalization? is a collection of essays by scholars intent on rethinking the mainstream security paradigms.

Overall, this collection is...

Published July 28th 2008 by Routledge.

Global Jihadism

Theory and Practice

By Jarret M. Brachman

Global Jihadism exposes the core doctrine and strategy of today’s global Jihadist movement.

The first half of the book explores the ideas upon which groups...

Published July 24th 2008 by Routledge.

Women in International Perspective

By Elisabeth Porter

This book clarifies some key ideas and practices underlying peacebuilding; understood broadly as formal and informal peace processes that occur during pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict...

Published July 24th 2008 by Routledge.

Viewing Contemporary Conflict

By James Gow, Milena Michalski

This book examines how image affects war and whether image affects our understanding of war. Crucially, how can moving-image representation of conflict affect the legitimacy,...

Published July 14th 2008 by Routledge.

Edited by Jan Angstrom, Isabelle Duyvesteyn

Bringing together leading contributors in the field, this new volume analyzes how victory and defeat in modern war can be understood and explained.

It does so...

Published July 7th 2008 by Routledge.

Fear, Failure and the Future of American Insecurity

By Frank P. Harvey

This book explores the paradox of the ‘security dilemma’ in International Relations, as applied to the post-9/11 context of homeland security.

The book's central argument can...

Published July 4th 2008 by Routledge.