Contents -- Illustrations -- Textboxes and Figures -- Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Human Security in a Globalized World -- Case Study: Landmines and Human Security -- 2 The Evolution of Peacekeeping -- Case Study: Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone -- Case Study: The Challenge of Microdisarmament -- 3 Peacebuilding in Postconflict Societies -- Case Study: Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Case Study: Haiti -- Case Study: Guatemala -- 4 Humanitarian Military Intervention -- Case Study: The Kosovo Air Campaign -- 5 Protecting the Most Vulnerable: War-Affected Children -- Case Study: The Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict -- 6 The Evolution of International Humanitarian Law -- Case Study: The International Criminal Court -- 7 Resources, Greed, and the Persistence of Violent Conflict -- Case Study: Angola Sanctions -- 8 Transnational Crime in a Borderless World -- Case Study: Terrorism -- 9 The New Multilateralism -- Case Study: The Security Council and the Protection of Civilians -- Case Study: The Human Security Network -- 10 Human Security, Connectivity, and the New Global Civil Society -- Conclusion: International Relations and the New Diplomacy -- Postscript: Reflections on the Ghana Conference and the Freetown Visit -- Timeline: Human Security in Canadian Foreign Policy -- Contributors.