International Security Studies: Theory and Practice

509 Pages·2015·2.3 MB·English

by  Peter Hough

International Security Studies
This new textbook provides students with a comprehensive and accessible introduction
to the subject of Security Studies, with a strong emphasis on the use of case studies.
In addition to presenting the major theoretical perspectives, the book examines a
range of important and controversial topics in modern debates, covering both
traditional military and non-military security issues such as proliferation, humanitarian
intervention, food security and environmental security. Unlike most standard
textbooks, the volume also offers a wide range of case studies – including chapters on
the US, China, the Middle East, Russia, Africa, the Arctic, Europe and Latin America
– providing detailed analyses of important global security issues.
The thirty-four chapters contain pedagogical features such as textboxes, summary
points and recommended further reading, and are divided into fi ve thematic sections:
– Conceptual and Theoretical
– Military Security
– Non-Military Security
– Institutions and Security
– Case Studies
This textbook will be essential reading for all students of Security Studies and highly
recommended for students of Critical Security Studies, Human Security, peace and
confl ict studies, foreign policy and International Relations in general.
Peter Hough is Associate Professor in International Politics at Middlesex University,
and author of Understanding Global Security (3rd edn, Routledge 2013) and
Environmental Security (Routledge 2014).
Shahin Malik is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at London Metropolitan
University and co-author of World Politics (2011).
Andrew Moran is Associate Professor of International Relations and a University
Teaching Fellow at London Metropolitan University.
Bruce Pilbeam is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at London
Metropolitan University and author of Conservatism in Crisis? (2003).
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International Security Studies
Theory and practice
Peter Hough, Shahin Malik, Andrew Moran
and Bruce Pilbeam
First published 2015
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
International security studies : theory and practice / [edited by] Peter
Hough, Shahin Malik, Andrew Moran, Bruce Pilbeam.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-415-73435-6 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-0-415-73437-0 (paperback)
-- ISBN 978-1-315-81681-4 (ebook) 1. Security, International. 2. Food
security. I. Hough, Peter, 1967-
JZ5588.I585 2015
355(cid:2).033--dc23
2014036439
ISBN: 978-0-415-73435-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-415-73437-0 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-81681-4 (ebk)
Typeset in Baskerville
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Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables x
List of Boxes xi
List of Contributors xiv
SECTION 1
Conceptual and theoretical 1
1 Framing a discipline 3
SHAHIN MALIK
2 The traditional routes to security: Realism and Liberalism 12
EDWARD SMITH
3 Challenging orthodoxy: Critical Security Studies 31
SHAHIN MALIK
4 Feminist Security Studies 44
WENDY STOKES
5 Human Security 57
SHAHIN MALIK
6 Constructing security 72
SHAHIN MALIK
SECTION 2
Military security 85
7 Refl ecting on war and peace 87
BRUCE PILBEAM
vi Contents
8 New wars, globalisation and failed states 104
BRUCE PILBEAM
9 Nuclear proliferation 119
ANDREW MORAN
10 The international arms trade in conventional weapons 133
BRUCE PILBEAM
11 Terrorism 150
ANDREW MORAN
12 Religion and international confl ict 164
JEFFREY HAYNES
13 Intelligence and security 178
ANDREW MORAN
14 The rise of private military and security companies 191
BRUCE PILBEAM
SECTION 3
Non-military security 209
15 Environmental security 211
PETER HOUGH
16 Crime and security 225
PETER HOUGH
17 Food security 239
PETER HOUGH
18 Health and security 254
PETER HOUGH
19 Disasters and security 267
PETER HOUGH
Contents vii
SECTION 4
Institutions and security 285
20 The United Nations and the responsibility to protect 287
BRUCE PILBEAM
21 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: continuity and change 306
ANDREW MORAN
22 Regional security organisations 319
PETER HOUGH
SECTION 5
Case studies 337
23 The United States: fi nding a role in the post-cold war
and post-9/11 eras 339
ANDREW MORAN
24 Russia, the Black Sea region and security 348
TUNC AYBAK
25 China: security and threat perceptions 358
PETER HOUGH AND SHAHIN MALIK
26 Security in Europe: the triumph of institution-building? 366
DERMOT McCANN
27 Security in Africa 374
PETER HOUGH
28 The Arctic 383
PETER HOUGH
29 The Arab Spring and democracy: problems and prospects 393
JEFFREY HAYNES
30 The Israeli–Palestinian confl ict 401
RONALD RANTA
31 Human, national and environmental security in Latin America:
Bolivia and Brazil 410
LLOYD PETTIFORD AND NEIL HUGHES
viii Contents
32 Korea opportunities: human, environmental and national security
in the ROK and the DPRK 419
LLOYD PETTIFORD AND FELIX ABT
33 Space and security 427
IAN SHIELDS
34 Conclusion: where to next? 437
SHAHIN MALIK
Glossary 443
Bibliography 449
Index 473
Figures
7.1 The declining trend in battle deaths 96
7.2 Types of war, 1950–2012 98
19.1 Global deaths by natural disaster: 1975–2010 268
20.1 The United Nations System 291
22.1 Overlapping membership of security IGOs in Europe 323
28.1 The Arctic 383