The Handbook of Global Security Policy -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Global Security Policy in the Twenty-First Century -- Structure and Organization of the Book -- References -- Part I Key Concepts -- Chapter 1 Global Security -- What is a Global Security Issue? Existential and Emancipatory Threats -- "Security" -- "Global" -- "Global Security Threats" -- Where Are We In History? The Paradoxes of Proximity -- Where Are We Going? The Evolving Global Securityscape and the Inconvenient Truth of the International -- Global Existential Threats -- Global Emancipatory Threats -- The Challenge: Can we Escape the "Madness of Sanity"? -- Global Consciousness -- Individual Engagement -- Global Identity Formation -- Global Institutional Reform -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Security and Social Critique -- Security Studies Meets Social Critique -- Feminism and the Critique of Violence -- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 -- After Frankfurt: Security as Emancipation -- Zuccotti Park as Security "Policy" -- The Radical Promise of Poststructuralism -- The Biometric Border -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Gender and Security -- State-Centric Security and Gendered Violences -- The Securitization of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence -- Humanizing Security, Gendering Security? -- Gender Narratives and the "War on Terror" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Security Policy and (Global) Risk(s) -- Introduction -- The Modern Invention Called "Risk" -- Security Policies and the Logic of "Risk' -- The Dynamic of the Decoupling of Political Acts from the Grounds of Actuality -- The Dynamic of a Depolitization of (Security) Policymaking -- The Dynamic of an "Internalization" of (Global) Security Issues and the Process of Responsibilization -- The Dynamic of an Expanding Process of "Securitization'.

Summary -- "Global Risks" and the Imperative to Rethink Modern (Security) Institutions -- "Global Risks" -- "Risk Society" and "Reflexive Modernity" -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 5 Human Security -- The Evolution of the Concept of Human Security -- Origins -- The Context -- The Barcelona Version of Human Security -- The Impact of the War on Terror -- The Critiques of Human Security -- What it is to be Human -- The Meaning of Security -- Biopower -- Reconstructing Human Security -- Notes -- References -- Part II Policy Arenas -- Chapter 6 Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation -- Deconstructing Nonproliferation and Disarmament -- Nuclear Nonproliferation -- History of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime -- The Causes of Nuclear Restraint -- Restraint, Hedging, or Ambiguity? -- Nuclear Disarmament -- History of Negotiations for Nuclear Disarmament -- Is Disarmament Desirable? -- Is Disarmament Achievable? -- New Frontiers in Policy and Research -- Questioning Deterrence -- Norm Entrepreneurs: Promoting Both Disarmament and Proliferation? -- The Individual: Future Plains of Research -- Comparative Conclusions: Beyond Nuclear Politics -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Terrorism and Antiterrorism -- Progress in Defining Terrorism -- The Rise of Terrorism in the Early Twenty-First Century -- Transnationalization of Terrorism -- "Global Terrorism" After 9/11: Transformation and/or Decline? -- Causes and Explanations of Terrorism -- Structural Causes -- Ideological and Organizational Asymmetry -- Facilitating Factors -- Specifics of Antiterrorism -- Confronting Manifestations of Terrorism -- Undermining Terrorists' Ideologies and Structures -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Genocide and Large-Scale Human Rights Violations -- Conceptual and Legal Parameters -- The History of Genocide in Academic Perspectives.

Historical Parameters of Global-Era Genocide -- Reasons Not To Be Cheerful -- Policies and Politics of Genocide Prevention -- Limitations of Global Genocide Policy -- References -- Chapter 9 Transnational Crime -- Transnational Groups and Enterprises -- Networks of Gangs and Cartels -- A Global TCO Sampler: AfPak, Mexico, Central America, and West Africa -- Afghanistan/Pakistan (AfPak) -- Mexico and Central America -- West Africa -- Violent Non-State Actors, Statemaking, and State Reconfiguration -- Conclusion: Illicit Networks of Crime and Disorder -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 10 Natural Resources and Insecurity -- Introduction -- Cross-Country Empirical Studies: Are Resources and Civil War Related? -- Theoretical Models and Mechanisms: the "How" of this Relationship -- More Empirics: Which Mechanism(s) do the Data Support? -- Conclusion and Policy Implications -- Note -- References -- Chapter 11 The Web of Water Security -- Not Water Secure -- Why Narrow and Deterministic is not Good Enough -- Water Resources Security, Water Links, Water Nexus -- Overconfidence in the Physical, and Ignoring the Social -- Narrow and Determinist Views -- The "Web" of Water Security -- Interdependency and Sustainable Water Security -- Analytical and Policy Implications of the "Web" of Water Security -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Further Reading -- Part III Policy Tools -- Chapter 12 Civilian Protection -- Introduction -- Normative Principles: Origins and Tensions -- Three Genres of Civilian Protection -- Civilian Protection as Acts of Omission: Avoiding Civilian Harm in Armed Conflict -- Concept -- Implementation -- Peacekeeping and the Protection of Civilians -- Concept -- Implementation -- Strategies of Civilian Protection and R2P -- Concept of R2P -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References.

Further Reading -- Chapter 13 Humanitarian Assistance -- Introduction -- Humanitarianism, Security, and Politics -- Classical Humanitarian Assistance -- Military Humanitarian Intervention -- The Responsibility to Protect -- Securing Humanitarian Space -- Types of Humanitarian Space -- Humanitarians in Peril -- Humanitarians in Power -- Conclusion: Humanitarian (In)coherence, or Humanitarian Purity? -- References -- Chapter 14 The Evolution of International Peacekeeping -- Introduction -- The Evolution of International Peacekeeping -- "Traditional" Peacekeeping -- Multidimensional and Multi-Actor Peacekeeping -- New and Old Peacekeeping Models -- Current Implementation Challenges -- Consent -- Protection of Civilians -- Peacekeepers as Peacebuilders -- Capabilities -- Partnerships -- Rethinking International Peacekeeping? -- Smaller, Shorter, Sharper -- Demonstrating Impact -- Authority and Leadership -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 15 State-Building, Nation-Building, and Reconstruction -- Introduction -- Definitions -- (Post-)Liberal and Critical Framings -- Dilemmas and Contradictions -- Sovereignty -- Legitimacy -- Accountability -- Ownership -- New Emerging Alternatives: Hybrid and Post-Liberal Peace, the "Local", the "Everyday", and Beyond -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16 Strengthening Democratic Governance in the Security Sector: The Unfulfilled Promise of Security Sector Reform -- What is Security Sector Reform? -- The Evolution of the Security Sector Reform Concept -- The Challenges of Implementing the SSR Agenda -- International Political and Security Climate -- Ownership -- Politics of Security Sector Reform -- Effectiveness of Donor Approaches to Security Sector Reform -- Becoming More Effective: Giving More Attention to Process -- References -- Chapter 17 Diplomacy and Mediation -- The Post-Cold War Issues.

The Tension between Accountability and Peace -- Dealing with the Past -- Managing Diversity in an Age of State Fragmentation -- Making Peace Sustainable after Intrastate Conflict -- Managing Complex, Multilayered Transitions -- Dealing with Groups Labeled as Terrorists -- The Proliferation of Would-Be Mediators -- The Post-Cold War Actors -- The United Nations Secretary-General -- Regional Organizations -- States -- Nongovernmental Organizations -- Eminent Individuals -- Post-Cold War Trends -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 18 Global Security and International Law -- A Conceptual Introduction -- Global Security, Use of Force, and International Law -- Nuclear Weapons -- Recourse to Threats and Uses of Force -- Climate Change and Other Global Challenges -- Concluding Comment -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 19 Transitional Justice -- Introduction -- The Evolution of Transitional Justice -- The Justice Dilemma and its Critics -- Beyond the State: Challenges for Scholars and Policymakers -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Global Security Actors -- Chapter 20 Reframing the Use of Force: The European Union as a Security Actor -- Introduction -- Integrated Security -- Norms and Values -- European Security Capabilities -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 21 China -- Introduction -- Part I -- Defining Security -- Challenges - Security Threats that China is Facing -- Capabilities: China as a Security Actor -- Part II: China's Role in Global Security -- Chinese Perspective and Debates -- Non-Chinese Perspectives -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 22 India as a Global Security Actor -- Introduction -- India's Worldview -- Early Foundations of Independent India's Foreign Policy -- Non-alignment 2.0: Framing India's Grand Strategy -- India as a Global Security Actor -- India in Afghanistan -- The Indian Ocean Region: Maritime Reorientations.

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