Security

Student Book Features: EU Studies

Stephen McGlinchey • May 17 2013 • Features

EU studies is a field with an immense range of student-facing textbooks available, and also an ever growing number of texts dedicated to sub-areas such as EU security.

Escalation Gambit: North Korea’s Perilous Play for Security and Prosperity

Benjamin Habib • Apr 10 2013 • Articles

The hostile posturing of the North Korean leadership is decipherable if located within the context of its symbiotic national security and economic development goals.

Review – The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security

Natalia Vlas • Apr 10 2013 • Features

In a context where global religious movements cannot be separated from issues of governance, politics, or security this book fills a serious lacuna in the field of security studies.

The Power Politics Game

Dylan Kissane • Mar 18 2013 • Articles

Games allow professors to show students that knowledge does not only have to come from a lecturer, but can also be experienced. Through games, students appreciate the complexities of international politics.

Women in Combat: Rationale and Implications

David J. Armor • Mar 8 2013 • Articles

The decision to open combat roles to women in the US is historic. Yet, the military may have to reduce its sexual assault and harassment rates before women will take full advantage of these new opportunities.

Western Security and Virtual Space: Some Examples From 2013

Philip Kirby • Mar 6 2013 • Articles

Western nations are increasingly seeing virtual space as a volatile and potentially dangerous arena that requires control. The signs are that virtual space promises to be a rich research field in the future.

Thinking Systematically about China: Anti-Access, Submarines and the Security Dilemma

Robert Potter • Mar 3 2013 • Articles

China’s navy is modernizing in a security environment that is dynamic and open to systematic exploration. The nation’s modernization and expanding interests are causing feedbacks within the regional system.

Culture, Security, Identity: A Blog from Newcastle University

CSI Newcastle • Feb 9 2013 • Articles

e-IR’s latest blog will feature contributors from Newcastle University’s politics department, who will engage with the themes of culture, security and identity.

Insuring Security

Rachael Squire • Jan 17 2013 • Articles

Sandy was a catastrophe that came with a great cost. The event showed that the political economy of risk is enormous, cementing the role of actors such as Lloyds not as anomalies of geopolitics and security but as agents.

Review – National, European and Human Security

Richard Matthew • Jan 7 2013 • Features

National, European and Human Security examines whether, if at all, human security and national security have converged in the past decade, and how they currently co-exist.

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