Armed conflict

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive assessment of small arms and security-related issues in post-9/11 Afghanistan.

This is the first academic study of India's emerging maritime strategy, and offers a systematic analysis of the interplay between Western military thought and Indian maritime traditions.

This is the first academic study of India's emerging maritime strategy, and offers a systematic analysis of the interplay between Western military thought and Indian maritime traditions.

This inter-disciplinary edited volume critically examines the dynamics of the War on Terror, focusing on the theme of the politics of response.

This inter-disciplinary edited volume critically examines the dynamics of the War on Terror, focusing on the theme of the politics of response.

In response to the growth of a critical perspective on contemporary issues of terrorism, this edited volume brings together a number of leading scholars to debate the new subfield of 'critical terrorism studies'.

In response to the growth of a critical perspective on contemporary issues of terrorism, this edited volume brings together a number of leading scholars to debate the new subfield of 'critical terrorism studies'.

This book explores the ethical implications of war in the contemporary world.

Global Jihadism exposes the core doctrine and strategy of today's global Jihadist movement.

Global Jihadism exposes the core doctrine and strategy of today's global Jihadist movement.

This new volume explores the crisis in transatlantic relations and analyses the role of NATO following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

This new volume explores the crisis in transatlantic relations and analyses the role of NATO following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Political violence and instability in the Middle East is arguably the world's most important political issue.

Political violence and instability in the Middle East is arguably the world's most important political issue.

This volume examines theoretical and empirical issues relating to cyberconflict and its implications for global security and politics.

This volume examines theoretical and empirical issues relating to cyberconflict and its implications for global security and politics.

This edited volume examines the political, social, and cultural insecurities that the United States is faced with in the aftermath of its post-9/11 foreign policy and military ventures.

This edited volume examines the political, social, and cultural insecurities that the United States is faced with in the aftermath of its post-9/11 foreign policy and military ventures.

This volume seeks to understand the central role of governments in intra-state conflicts.

This edited volume is the first detailed exploration of the last phase of the Cold War, taking a critical look at the crisis of detente in Europe in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

This edited volume is the first detailed exploration of the last phase of the Cold War, taking a critical look at the crisis of detente in Europe in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

This book provides a critical analysis of the changing discourse and practice of post-conflict security-promoting interventions since the Cold War, such as disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), and security-sector reform (SSR)Although the international aid and security sectors exhibit an expanding appetite for peace-support operations in the 21st Century, the effectiveness of such interventions are largely untested.

This book provides a critical analysis of the changing discourse and practice of post-conflict security-promoting interventions since the Cold War, such as disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR), and security-sector reform (SSR)Although the international aid and security sectors exhibit an expanding appetite for peace-support operations in the 21st Century, the effectiveness of such interventions are largely untested.

This edited volume addresses one of the most significant issues in international strategic studies today: how to meet the challenge of a rising China?

This edited volume addresses one of the most significant issues in international strategic studies today: how to meet the challenge of a rising China?

This provocative and original book challenges the commonplace that contemporary international interactions are best understood as struggles for power.

This provocative and original book challenges the commonplace that contemporary international interactions are best understood as struggles for power.

This edited volume provides an overview on US involvement in Iraq from the 1958 Iraqi coup to the present-day, offering a deeper context to the current conflict.

This edited volume provides an overview on US involvement in Iraq from the 1958 Iraqi coup to the present-day, offering a deeper context to the current conflict.

This new book provides a framework for understanding the international relations of armed groups, including terrorist organizations, insurgencies and warlords, which play an increasingly important role in the international system.

This new book provides a framework for understanding the international relations of armed groups, including terrorist organizations, insurgencies and warlords, which play an increasingly important role in the international system.

This edited volume explores stability, security, transition and reconstruction operations (SSTR), highlighting the challenges and opportunities they create for the US Navy.

This edited volume explores stability, security, transition and reconstruction operations (SSTR), highlighting the challenges and opportunities they create for the US Navy.

This book analyses security strategies in the American world order, systematically comparing Russian, Middle Eastern and European policies.

This book analyses security strategies in the American world order, systematically comparing Russian, Middle Eastern and European policies.

This book offers an in-depth examination of America's nuclear weapons policy since the end of the Cold War.

This edited volume questions the widespread resort to illiberal security practices by contemporary liberal regimes since 9/11, and argues that counter-terrorism is embedded into the very logic of the fields of politics and security.

This book explores the complicity of democratic states from the global North in state terrorism in the global South.

This book explores the complicity of democratic states from the global North in state terrorism in the global South.

This book examines the relationship between women and terrorist activities in the post-World War II era.

This book examines the relationship between women and terrorist activities in the post-World War II era.

This book seeks to demonstrate how rules not only guide a variety of practices within international politics but also contribute to the chaos and tension on the part of agents in light of the structures they sustain.

This book seeks to demonstrate how rules not only guide a variety of practices within international politics but also contribute to the chaos and tension on the part of agents in light of the structures they sustain.

The term 'urbicide' became popular during the 1992-95 Bosnian war as a way of referring to widespread and deliberate destruction of the urban environment.

The term 'urbicide' became popular during the 1992-95 Bosnian war as a way of referring to widespread and deliberate destruction of the urban environment.

Genocide has emerged as one of the leading problems of the twentieth century.

Genocide has emerged as one of the leading problems of the twentieth century.

For a very large part of the world's population, poverty and war are still part of everyday life.

For a very large part of the world's population, poverty and war are still part of everyday life.

Since the end of the Cold War the number of interstate wars has remained relatively low, although whilst states may be more secure than ever this does not mean that individual human beings are too.