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The control of man's violence against man presents to modern society its greatest problem. A capacity to deal with the most devastating type of conflict -- international war -- is crucial to human welfare and even to the survival of civilization. Nations have become interdependent in technology and economy, but world political organization is based on a system of sovereign states now divided into hostile camps armed with absolute weapons.This book is a study of the development of collective security, or international cooperative action for the maintenance of peace. The approach is based upon t

Globalization, crisis and security : what will be the map of global rivalries in the horizon 2030? / José Félix Ribeiro -- Global governance failure / Rafael García Pérez -- Population dynamics : demography matters / Teresa Ferreira Rodrigues -- International migrations, security and identity / Miguel Requena -- Reconceptualizing the human rights heritage : challenges and prospects on the responsibility to protect / Ana Isabel Xavier -- Climate risks : theory, data and the global governance of climate change / Lara Lázaro Touza and Michel Zoghby -- Fight for natural resources : the geography of wars / Américo Zuzarte Reis -- Energy security : concepts, shifting energy landscape and main players in the 21st century / Catarina Mendes Leal -- Cyber threats, strategic impact and legal framework of conflicts in cyberspace / Paulo Fernando Viegas Nunes -- Transnational terrorism and diffused risks in a globalized world / Susana de Sousa Ferreira -- Globalization and the threats of weapons of mass destruction proliferation / Ffrancisco Galamas and Francisco Proença Garcia -- Globalization and challenges for intelligence analysis / Helena Rêgo.

What does it mean to be secure? In the global news, we hear stories daily about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, about domestic-level conflicts around the world, about the challenges of cybersecurity and social security. This broad list highlights the fact that security is an idea with multiple meanings, but do we all experience security issues in the same way? In this book, Nicole Detraz explores the broad terrain of security studies through a gender lens. Assumptions about masculinity and femininity play important roles in how we understand and react to security threats. By examining issues of militarization, peacekeeping, terrorism, human security, and environmental security, the book considers how the gender-security nexus pushes us to ask different questions and broaden our sphere of analysis. Including gender in our analysis of security challenges the primacy of some traditional security concepts and shifts the focus to be more inclusive. Without a full understanding of the vulnerabilities and threats associated with security, we may miss opportunities to address pressing global problems. Our society often expects men and women to play different roles, and this is no less true in the realm of security. This book demonstrates that security debates exhibit gendered understandings of key concepts, and whilst these gendered assumptions may benefit specific people, they are often detrimental to others, particularly in the key realm of policy-making.

Security agendas and international law : the case of new technologies / Nigel D White -- Human security and international law : the potential scope for legal development within the analytical framework of security / Hitoshi Nasu -- Human security versus environmental security : at legal loggerheads / John Pearson -- Regional security and international law / Julia Schmidt -- International criminal justice and security / Olympia Bekou -- Security and international law : the "responsibility to protect" / Alexandra Bohm -- International law and the iranian nuclear crisis : lessons for international security and arms control / Tom Coppen -- Contemporary maritime piracy as a threat to international peace and security / Alexandros XM Ntovas -- Terrorism : a threat to security? / Lydia Davies-Bright -- Abusive governments as a threat / Jure Vidmar -- Protecting security interests in international investment law / Prabhash Ranjan -- Securing the polar regions through international law / Jill Barrett -- Climate change as a threat to international security / Mattia Fosci -- Cyber-threats and international law / Nicholas Tsagourias and Russell Buchan.