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.

Ending Terrorism

Lessons for defeating al-Qaeda

By Audrey Kurth Cronin

Like all other terrorist movements, al-Qaeda will end. While it has traits that exploit and reflect the current international context, it is not utterly without...

Published April 30th 2008 by Routledge.

Edited by Robert J. Bunker

The United States and her allies have found themselves plunged into ‘a war over [humanity’s] future social and political organization’ with criminal challengers to the...

Published April 23rd 2008 by Routledge.

Understanding Terrorism and Political Violence

The Life Cycle of Birth, Growth, Transformation, and Demise

By Dipak K. Gupta

This book explains the lifecycle of terrorist organizations from an innovative theoretical perspective, combining economics with social psychology. It provides a new approach to understanding...

Published March 31st 2008 by Routledge.

Five Years After 9/11

Edited by Everette B. Penn

No event has shaped international events of recent years more than the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Tragically, less than four years later, Hurricane...

Published January 31st 2008 by Routledge.

Edited by Jonathan Fox, Shmeul Sandler

This new book tackles two crucial questions: First, how does religion in its various forms and manifestations influence world politics? Second, how will adding religion...

Published December 24th 2007 by Routledge.

Edited by Magnus Ranstorp, Paul Wilkinson

This book reinforces our knowledge and understanding of the problems involved in balancing human rights protection and security concerns, considering how these human rights issues...

Published December 21st 2007 by Routledge.

Challenges and Responses

Edited by Efraim Inbar, Hillel Frisch

Radical Islam poses a political challenge in the modern world which is like that of no other radical religious movement. Ideologically, it is perceived by...

Published December 6th 2007 by Routledge.

Responding to the Challenge

Edited by Ian Bellany

There is a widely held belief in the imminent probability of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons of mass destruction being used by terrorists against civilian...

Published December 6th 2007 by Routledge.

Security and the War on Terror

Edited by Alex J. Bellamy, Roland Bleiker, Sara E. Davies, Richard Devetak

The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 marked a turning point in international politics, representing a new type of threat that could not easily be...

Published November 8th 2007 by Routledge.