The Blue Helmets: A Review of United Nations Peace-keeping (Third Edition) provides a comprehensive overview of the history, development, and operations of United Nations peacekeeping missions around the world. Published by the United Nations Department of Public Information, this edition documents key peacekeeping activities, mandates, challenges, and outcomes from various UN missions. It high…
This volume examines the relationship between the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and global efforts toward nuclear disarmament. Compiled and edited by Govind Narain Srivastava, it analyzes NAM’s political stance on nuclear weapons, the advocacy for disarmament, and the movement’s influence on international peace negotiations. The book provides insights into the strategic, moral, and diplomatic …
In this book, Noam Chomsky argues that the United States increasingly exhibits the characteristics of a “failed state”—one that disregards international law, undermines democratic principles, and relies on military force to pursue global dominance. Chomsky examines U.S. foreign policy after 2001, focusing on unilateral actions, the Iraq War, counterterrorism strategies, and the erosion of…
This book provides a clear introduction to the issues surrounding nuclear proliferation and the global dangers posed by the spread of nuclear weapons. It explains the development of the nuclear arms race, the political and strategic motivations behind nations seeking nuclear capability, and the challenges faced by the international community in preventing further expansion. Molander and Nichols…
The authors argue that security is a particular type of politics applicable to a wide range of issues. Answering the traditionalist charge that this model makes the subject incoherent, they offer a constructivist operational method for distinguishing the process of securitization from that of politicization. Their approach incorporates the traditionalist agenda and dissolves the artificial boun…
The quest for oil can be seen as a defining principle of global US foreign policy, an imperative which has shaped and redefined the practice of American diplomacy, especially in the wake of 9/11, which raised questions about the stability of global oil resources. In "Energy and US Foreign Policy", Ahmed Mahdi relates the military expansion of the world's biggest superpower to its quest to gain …
The contents of this book: Part 1 Intermediate States, Regional Leadership and Security: Analytical Frameworks Part 2 IBSA in the Context of Global Security: National Perspective Part 3 Regional Security Contexts Part 4 Defence Policies and Prospects for Cooperation
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The mandate 3. Preamble 4. Article 1: Basic obligation 5. Article 2: The organization 6. Article 3: National implementation measures etc.
Fully revised to incorporate recent developments in world politics, the second edition of Understanding Global Security analyzes the variety of ways in which people's lives are threatened and/or secured in contemporary global politics. The traditional focus of Security Studies texts - war, deterrence and terrorism - are analyzed alongside non-military security issues such as famine, crime, dise…