New Global Dangers: Changing Dimensions of International Security

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Michael Edward Brown
MIT Press, 2004 - 552 pages

An analysis of new global security concerns in the post-September 11 world, including weapons of mass destruction, nonmilitary dangers, and transnational actors.

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.

 

Contents

Why Do States Build Nuclear Weapons? Scott D Sagan
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Building a Comprehensive Dinshaw Mistry
215
Thomas F HomerDixon
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301
341
Security Stability and International Migration Myron Weiner
371
The Rise of the Privatized P W Singer
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About the author (2004)

Michael E. Brown is Dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.

Bibliographic information

TitleNew Global Dangers: Changing Dimensions of International Security
International security readers
EditorMichael Edward Brown
Editionreprint
PublisherMIT Press, 2004
ISBN0262524309, 9780262524308
Length552 pages
  
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