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This book offers a reconceptualisation of conventional deterrence theory, and applies it to enduring rivalries in the Middle East.

This book examines the moral dilemmas of nuclear dissemination, and the justifications of both nuclear pursuit and avoidance by contemporary states.

This book examines the moral dilemmas of nuclear dissemination, and the justifications of both nuclear pursuit and avoidance by contemporary states.

This book examines the methodology of qualitative research in military studies.

This book examines the methodology of qualitative research in military studies.

This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor.

This new Handbook brings together key experts on European security from the academic and policy worlds to examine the European Union (EU) as an international security actor.

This book examines US hegemony and international legitimacy in the post-Cold War era, focusing on its leadership in the two wars on Iraq.

This book examines the concept of new public diplomacy against empirical data derived from three country case studies, in order to offer a systematic assessment of policy and practice in the early 21st century.

This book examines the concept of new public diplomacy against empirical data derived from three country case studies, in order to offer a systematic assessment of policy and practice in the early 21st century.

This volume examines the explanatory nesting approach in the analysis of international relations and its continuing relevance in the 21st century.

This volume examines the explanatory nesting approach in the analysis of international relations and its continuing relevance in the 21st century.

Analysing the relationship between civil society and the state, this book lays bare the assumptions informing peacebuilding practices and demonstrates through empirical research how such practices have led to new dynamics of conflict.

Analysing the relationship between civil society and the state, this book lays bare the assumptions informing peacebuilding practices and demonstrates through empirical research how such practices have led to new dynamics of conflict.

This book contributes to contemporary debates on the effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) in regulating or prohibiting inhumane weapons, such as landmines.

This book contributes to contemporary debates on the effectiveness of international humanitarian law (IHL) in regulating or prohibiting inhumane weapons, such as landmines.

This book investigates governance practiced by non-state actors.

This book investigates governance practiced by non-state actors.

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the development and operations of the navies of South-East Asia since the end of World War II.

This book provides a comprehensive survey of the development and operations of the navies of South-East Asia since the end of World War II.

This volume offers an overview of the methodologies of research in the field of military studies.

This volume offers an overview of the methodologies of research in the field of military studies.

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the important security issue of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe.

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the important security issue of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe.

This book examines responsibility in grave humanitarian crises, focusing on the international community's collective responsibility to take action in such cases as genocide or ethnic cleansing.

This book examines responsibility in grave humanitarian crises, focusing on the international community's collective responsibility to take action in such cases as genocide or ethnic cleansing.

This book aims to reinvigorate realist international relations theory by developing a catalogue of micro-mechanisms able to explain security policy decision-making.

This book aims to reinvigorate realist international relations theory by developing a catalogue of micro-mechanisms able to explain security policy decision-making.

The aim of this book is to provide readers with the tools to understand the historical evolution of terrorism and counterterrorism over the past 150 years.

The aim of this book is to provide readers with the tools to understand the historical evolution of terrorism and counterterrorism over the past 150 years.

This book uses a comparative analysis to examine foreign policy discourses and the dynamics of the 'War on Terror'.

This book uses a comparative analysis to examine foreign policy discourses and the dynamics of the 'War on Terror'.

This book discusses the role of time in peace negotiations and peace processes in the post-Cold War period, making reference to real-world negotiations and using comparative data.

This book discusses the role of time in peace negotiations and peace processes in the post-Cold War period, making reference to real-world negotiations and using comparative data.

This book explores attempts to develop a more acceptable account of the principles and mechanisms associated with humanitarian intervention, which has become known as the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P).

This book investigates why some societies defer transitional justice issues after successful democratic consolidation.

This book investigates why some societies defer transitional justice issues after successful democratic consolidation.

This book traces the evolution of the EU's fight against terrorism from the late 1970s until the end of the first decade after 9/11.

This book traces the evolution of the EU's fight against terrorism from the late 1970s until the end of the first decade after 9/11.

This book seeks to refine our understanding of transitional justice and peacebuilding, and long-term security and reintegration challenges after violent conflicts.

This book seeks to refine our understanding of transitional justice and peacebuilding, and long-term security and reintegration challenges after violent conflicts.

This book offers a state-of-the-art examination of peacemaking, looking at its theoretical assumptions, empirical applications and its consequences.

This book offers a state-of-the-art examination of peacemaking, looking at its theoretical assumptions, empirical applications and its consequences.

This volume examines the lessons and legacies of the U.

This volume examines the lessons and legacies of the U.

This book explores and compares the contemporary military cultures of the United States and the United Kingdom.

This book explores and compares the contemporary military cultures of the United States and the United Kingdom.

This book examines the online memory wars in post-Soviet states - where political conflicts take the shape of heated debates about the recent past, and especially World War II and Soviet socialism.

This book examines the online memory wars in post-Soviet states - where political conflicts take the shape of heated debates about the recent past, and especially World War II and Soviet socialism.

Northern interventions into African countries at war are dominated by security concerns, bolstered by claims of shared returns and reinforcing processes of development and security.