Addressing the complexities of radicalisation, resilience, cyber, and homeland security, State, Society and National Security: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century aims to shed light on what has changed in recent years security discourse, what has worked (as well as what has not), and what the potential further evolutions within each domain might be.
The release of this book commemorates the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) -- a policy-oriented security think tank within the S Rajaratnam School for International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, as well as the 10th edition of CENS' annual Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO), which has developed into a premier international security conference in Southeast Asia.
Featuring contributions from practitioners, policy experts and academics closely linked to CENS, this volume is a reminder of the meaningful and impact-creating insights that 10 years' worth of thinking and talking about national security imperatives have generated.
Contributors to this volume include Professor Sir David Omand, former director of the United Kingdom's Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ), Steven R Corman, Professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Marc Sageman, former operations officer at the United States Central Intelligence Agency, Ilan Mizrahi, former Head of Israel's National Security Council and John, Lord Alderdice, Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords and Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at Harris Manchester College, Oxford.
This book has been written in a manner that makes it accessible to policymakers, security practitioners and academics, as well as interested lay readers.
Addressing the complexities of radicalisation, resilience, cyber, and homeland security, State, Society and National Security: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century aims to shed light on what has changed in recent years security discourse, what has worked (as well as what has not), and what the potential further evolutions within each domain might be.
The release of this book commemorates the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) -- a policy-oriented security think tank within the S Rajaratnam School for International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, as well as the 10th edition of CENS' annual Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior National Security Officers (APPSNO), which has developed into a premier international security conference in Southeast Asia.
Featuring contributions from practitioners, policy experts and academics closely linked to CENS, this volume is a reminder of the meaningful and impact-creating insights that 10 years' worth of thinking and talking about national security imperatives have generated.
Contributors to this volume include Professor Sir David Omand, former director of the United Kingdom's Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ), Steven R Corman, Professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Marc Sageman, former operations officer at the United States Central Intelligence Agency, Ilan Mizrahi, former Head of Israel's National Security Council and John, Lord Alderdice, Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords and Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at Harris Manchester College, Oxford.
This book has been written in a manner that makes it accessible to policymakers, security practitioners and academics, as well as interested lay readers.
Combining rigorous academic scholarship with the experience of a senior Pentagon policymaker, Mara E. Karlin explores the key national security issue of our time: how to effectively build partner militaries. Given the complex and complicated global security environment, declining U.S. defense budgets, and an increasingly connected (and often unstable) world, the United States has an ever-deepening interest in strengthening fragile states. Particularly since World War II, it has often chosen to do so by strengthening partner militaries. It will continue to do so, Karlin predicts, given U.S. sensitivity to casualties, a constrained fiscal environment, the nature of modern nationalism, increasing transnational security threats, the proliferation of fragile states, and limits on U.S. public support for military interventions. However, its record of success is thin. While most analyses of these programs focus on training and equipment, Building Militaries in Fragile States argues that this approach is misguided. Instead, given the nature of a fragile state, Karlin homes in on the outsized roles played by two key actors: the U.S. military and unhelpful external actors. With a rich comparative case-study approach that spans Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, Karlin unearths provocative findings that suggest the traditional way of working with foreign militaries needs to be rethought. Benefiting from the practical eye of an experienced national security official, her results-based exploration suggests new and meaningful findings for building partner militaries in fragile states.
Автор: Hemmer Christopher M. Название: American Pendulum: Recurring Debates in U.S. Grand Strategy ISBN: 0801454247 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801454240 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3756.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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As new presidential administrations come into power, they each bring their own approach to foreign policy. No grand strategy, however, is going to be completely novel. New administrations never start with a blank slate, so it is always possible to see similarities between an administration and its predecessors. Conversely, since each administration faces novel problems and operates in a unique context, no foreign policy strategy is going to be an exact replica of its predecessors. In American Pendulum, Christopher Hemmer examines America's grand strategic choices between 1914 and 2014 using four recurring debates in American foreign policy as lenses. First, how should the United States balance the trade-offs between working alone versus working with other states and international organizations? Second, what is the proper place of American values in foreign policy? Third, where does the strategic perimeter of the United States lie? And fourth, is time on the side of the United States or of its enemies?Offering new readings of debates within the Wilson, Truman, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations, Hemmer asserts that heated debates, disagreements, and even confusions over U.S. grand strategy are not only normal but also beneficial. He challenges the claim that uncertainties or inconsistences about the nation's role in the world or approach to security issues betray strategic confusion or the absence of a grand strategy. American foreign policy, he states, is most in danger not when debates are at their most pointed but when the weight of opinion crushes dissent. As the United States looks ahead to an increasingly multipolar world with increasing complicated security issues, Hemmer concludes, developing an effective grand strategy requires ongoing contestation and compromises between competing visions and policies.
Автор: ?rico Duarte; Manuel Correia de Barros Название: Maritime Security Challenges in the South Atlantic ISBN: 3030052729 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030052720 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9781.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This edited volume focuses on the South Atlantic regional and national issues with maritime implications: naval policy, security, transnational organized crime, and Europe's legacy and current influence. The work analyzes the positions in favor and against NATO’s extended role in the South Atlantic, the historical and current issues related to the Falklands War, the African national deficits, and initiatives to attend the regional maritime problems. Including contributions from Angolan, Brazilian, Senegalese, and US collaborators, the volume offers eclectic conceptual frameworks, rich historical backgrounds, updated data, original analysis models, and policy recommendations.
Автор: Yehezkel Dror Название: Israeli Statecraft: National Security Challenges and Responses ISBN: 0415832314 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415832311 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers a systematic examination, analysis and evaluation of Israeli national security statecraft in terms of challenges and responses.
Автор: Dror Yehezkel Название: Israeli Statecraft: National Security Challenges and Responses ISBN: 0415616301 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415616300 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22968.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book offers a systematic examination, analysis and evaluation of Israeli national security statecraft in terms of challenges and responses.
Описание: PART 1 Food security as a global issueChapter 1 Climate change and food security: A glance on principles and strategic road map
Mostafa Jafari and Vahideh Jafari Italy/Iran
Chapter 2 Commentary on evolution of policy and operationalization of action to make "food security" the first priority
within the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
MH Emadi and M. Rahmanian Italy/Iran
Chapter 3 Agricultural productivity and food security: Land degradation and changes over time
Victor R. Squires, Australia
Chapter 4 A Comprehensive Overview of Water and Food Security crisis influencing Human Mobility patterns
Nidhi Nagabhatla, Rupal Brahmbhatt, Cameron Fioret and Nancy Doubleday, Canada
PART 2 Climate variability and food security
Chapter 5 The critical role of Smallholders in Survival food security
Victor R .Squires and Mahesh Gaur, Australia/India
Chapter 6 Climate change and food security in the Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon
Suiven John Paul Tume, Cameroon
Chapter 7 Building capacities for agricultural disaster risk reduction in the Western Balkan Countries
Anna Maria Augustynand Tamara van t'Wout Estonia
Chapter 8 Commentary on China's current food security status, future trends and responses under climate variability
V.R. Squires and HaiYing Feng Australia/China
PART 3 Food Security and Livelihoods
Chapter 9Leaving No One Behind from farm to fork; Building resilience along smallholder value chain in the context of climate change
Felix Kwabena Donkor, Enokenwa Ojong Baa, Henry Bikwibili Tantoh, Eromose Ebhuoma, Hadisu Abubakar, Sibusisiwe Mavuso, Philip Mbewe, Christopher Mabeza, Arianne Leclerc, South Africa
Chapter 10 Establishing Multi-Partnerships in Environmental Governance in Indonesia: Case of "DesaMakmurPerduliApi" (Prosperous and Fire Free Villages) Program
Joni Jupesta, AnselmusAchmad Supriyanto, Goetz Martin, Junaidi Piliang, Susanto Yang, Agus Purnomo, Anita Neville, Jean-Pierre Caliman, Indonesia
Chapter 11 From Zero-Acreage Farming to Zero Hunger in African Cities: Some Possibilities and Opportunities
Aliyu Barau, Nigeria
Chapter 12 Organic Farming Practices can combat Drought and Land Degradation through efficient use of Land and Water
Md. Shafiqul Islamand Samiya A Selim, Bangladesh
Part 4 Concluding thoughts and reflections
Chapter 13 Reality and Consequence for Livestock Production, Human Nutrition, Health and Food Security under the impact of climate change
Suhubdy, V.R. Squires and M.K. Gaur, Indonesia/ Australia/ India
Chapter 14Changes in Agricultural Land Use and Food Security: Challenges.
M.K. Gaur, India and Victor R. Squires, Australia
Chapter 15Diversification and land use management practices for food and nutritional security under climate change scenario in arid and semi-arid regions.
P.K. Pankaj, M.K. Gaur, G. Nirmala, V. Maruthi, Push
Описание: The book examines today`s Middle East security challenges and opportunities in light of the upheavals throughout the region. Established experts, former diplomats, and emerging scholars offer a broad range of fresh perspectives on promoting a sustainable regional security community based on relevant aspects of the historic Helsinki Process in Europe.
Название: New Challenges to Food Security ISBN: 0415822556 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415822558 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Food security is high on the political agenda. Fears about societal insecurity due to food price increases and hunger, grave scenarios regarding the effects of climate change and general uncertainty about the impacts of investments in biofuels and so-call "land grabbing" on food prices and availability have meant that food security is now recognised as being a multifaceted challenge. This book is unique in that it will bring together analyses of these different factors that impact on food security.
This volume will describe a range of different perspectives on food security, with an emphasis on the various meanings that are applied to food security "crisis". The challenges to be reviewed include market volatility, climate change and state fragility. Analyses of responses to food security crises and risk will cover rural and urban contexts, arenas of national policy formation and global food regimes, and investment in land and productive technologies.
This book is unique in two respects. First, it takes a step back from the normative literature focused on specific factors of, for example, climate change, agricultural production or market volatility to look instead at the dynamic interplay between these new challenges. It helps readers to understand that food security is not one discourse, but is rather related to how these different factors generate multiple risks and opportunities. Second, through the case studies the book particularly emphasises how these factors come together at local levels as farmers, entrepreneurs, consumers, local government officials and others are making key decisions about what will be done to address food security and whose food security will be given priority. The book will explore how food production and consumption is embedded in powerful political and market forces and how these influence local actions.
Описание: Within the context of regional integration, comparative regionalism, organizational change, and regional security literatures, this book investigates three cases wherein regional economic organizations were confronted with conventional security threats: the 1978-91 Association of Southeast Asian Nations-Vietnam Standoff, the 1990 Economic Community of West Africa-Liberian Civil War Challenge, and the 1990-91 European Communities-Balkans Crisis. While the literature suggests multiple possible explanations for regional economic organizations' response to these security challenges, including systemic and power-related factors, organizational factors and functional needs, and cognitive and social factors, the author argues that the decision to transform a regional economic organization into a conventional security actor is most influenced by decision makers' perceptions of threat and functional necessity.
