International Security  (tagged articles)

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Climate Change as a Security Issue in the Indo-Pacific Region: Borders, Environmental Phenomena and Preexisting Vulnerabilities

Billie R. Trinder - In recent years, climate change has been increasingly framed as a security issue, with some theorists going so far as to call it the most important security issue of the 21st century. This paper will examine the relationship between climate change and human security... Keep Reading »
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The Political Rationality of Terror: Understanding Terrorism as the Result of Organizational Goal-Seeking

Guy Lowicz - In the early 1990s, two terrorist organizations, Hamas and the Fatah-led Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), were using terrorism to promote their political plight of Palestinian self-determination. Although both organizations vowed to use armed struggles to... Keep Reading »

Consequences of Iraqi De-Baathification

Cherish M. Zinn - Ambassador Paul Bremer of the Coalition Provisional Authority, America's interim government between Saddam's fall and the independent establishment of a new Iraqi government, issued two specific orders during his term which combined to create a power vacuum in the... Keep Reading »

The Internet as a Slippery Object of State Security: The Problem of Physical Border Insensitivity, Anonymity and Global Interconnectedness

Memphis Krickeberg - Cybersecurity is presented in the growing literature on the subject as an essentially "slippery" object for state security.1 The Internet puts a lot of stress on the conventional conception of state security as the insurance of the state's survival in the international... Keep Reading »

U.S. Policy Toward Africa: Application of U.S. Africa Command Signals Africa's Increasing Strategic Importance

James DeTemple - The formation and expansion of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) signals the increasing strategic importance of Africa to U.S. security interests, especially in light of the 2014 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on strategic relations. USAFRICOM is a U.S. geographic military... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword International Security is tagged in the following 12 articles.

Climate Change
2019, Vol. 11 No. 02
Climate Change as a Security Issue in the Indo-Pacific Region: Borders, Environmental Phenomena and Preexisting Vulnerabilities
By Billie R. Trinder
In recent years, climate change has been increasingly framed as a security issue, with some theorists going so far as to call it the most important security issue of the 21st century. This paper will examine the relationship between climate change... Read Article »
Climate Change International Security Borders Human Migration Bangladesh India China
Terrorism
2016, Vol. 8 No. 11
The Political Rationality of Terror: Understanding Terrorism as the Result of Organizational Goal-Seeking
By Guy Lowicz
In the early 1990s, two terrorist organizations, Hamas and the Fatah-led Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), were using terrorism to promote their political plight of Palestinian self-determination. Although both organizations vowed to use... Read Article »
Terrorism Comparative Politics Rational Choice Game Theory Terrorist Organizations International Security Hamas Fatah Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Middle East
2016, Vol. 9 No. 2
Consequences of Iraqi De-Baathification
By Cherish M. Zinn
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
Ambassador Paul Bremer of the Coalition Provisional Authority, America's interim government between Saddam's fall and the independent establishment of a new Iraqi government, issued two specific orders during his term which combined to create a... Read Article »
Middle East Iraq Governance Iraqi Politics International Security Civil War Islamic State
Cyber Security
2016, Vol. 2015/2016 No. 2
The Internet as a Slippery Object of State Security: The Problem of Physical Border Insensitivity, Anonymity and Global Interconnectedness
By Memphis Krickeberg
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
Cybersecurity is presented in the growing literature on the subject as an essentially "slippery" object for state security.1 The Internet puts a lot of stress on the conventional conception of state security as the insurance of the state's survival... Read Article »
Cyber Security International Security International Relations State Security Cyber Warfare Internet
Africa
2014, Vol. 8 No. 1
U.S. Policy Toward Africa: Application of U.S. Africa Command Signals Africa's Increasing Strategic Importance
By James DeTemple
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
The formation and expansion of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM) signals the increasing strategic importance of Africa to U.S. security interests, especially in light of the 2014 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on strategic relations. USAFRICOM is... Read Article »
Sub-Saharan Africa Foreign Policy International Security AFRICOM Peacekeeping United Nations
Nuclear Proliferation
2013, Vol. 4 No. 1
Denuclearization: A Models-Based Approach
By Conor Hughes
Published by Clocks and Clouds
With nuclear proliferation a major threat to International Security, this study examines the factors that led three countries to denuclearize by applying Scott Sagan's three models: security, domestic politics, and norms. Rather than only observing... Read Article »
Nuclear Proliferation Nuclear Weapons International Security International Norms Denuclearization International Relations
Somalia
2011, Vol. 3 No. 09
Somali Piracy: Causes and Consequences
By Miles G. Kellerman
Since the early 1990s, rampant piracy off the coast of Somalia has become a major issue for global trade and security, prompting strong responses from the international community. In 2010 alone, the collective cost of ransom money, military protection... Read Article »
Somalia Horn Of Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Piracy International Security International Relations International Development
Somalia
2011, Vol. 3 No. 08
Somali Refugees in Kenya: Security Deficiencies and Public Health Concerns as a Result of Ineffective Policy
By Samuel L. Aronson
Somalia is home to roughly 9 million people, the overwhelming majority of whom are ethnic Somalis (UN Statistics Division 2010). The country has been plagued with conflict and disorder beginning just years after it attained independence. Following... Read Article »
Somalia Kenya East Africa Sub-Saharan Africa International Security Terrorism Public Health Refugee Globalization
International Security
2011, Vol. 3 No. 03
Ungoverned Space, Fragile States, and Global Threats: Deconstructing Linkages
By Chloe A. Diggins
It is widely recognized that state security is no longer contingent upon a balance of power or the threat of conquering states, but global stability is now instead jeopardized by weak or fragile states. Fragile states represent chaos, disorder,... Read Article »
International Development International Security Alternative Government Ungoverned Space Sovereignty
United Nations
2008, Vol. 1 No. 2
Fixing International Security: Reforming the Security Council
By Andrew Kao
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
The United Nations Security Council is the most important organ in the United Nations, charged with determining “the existence of any threat to peace, breach of peace, or act of aggression” and to “maintain or restore international... Read Article »
United Nations Security Council International Security International Governance
Terrorism
1997, Vol. 1996/1997 No. 2
Securing the Skies: Threats to Civil Aviation From International Terrorism
By Paul Williams
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
Threats to International Security may assume many guises all of which deserve thorough analysis. Indeed, as we approach the new millennium, there are a multitude of ‘morbid symptoms’ which threaten to thwart any attempts at achieving... Read Article »
Terrorism Civil Aviation Aviation International Security Security Studies
Nuclear Proliferation
1997, Vol. 1996/1997 No. 2
Nuclear Weapons Proliferation and the Efficacy of Deterrence
By Luke Wilcock
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
Nuclear weapons were first used in anger during the Second World War against the Japanese. The Horishima and Nagasaki experience left nobody in any doubt that nuclear weapons were unique. Never before had so much destruction been meted out so... Read Article »
Nuclear Weapons Deterrence Nuclear Proliferation International Security

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