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The globalizing world is increasingly confronting a new category of security issues related to resource availability. The resource environment contains both traditional categories, such as energy, foodstuffs, and water, as well as new technologically related resources, such as rare earth minerals. The essays in this volume emphasize both the uniqueness and the magnitude of these new challenges, while simultaneously acknowledging that cooperation and competition in response to these security concerns occur within the context of both the historical and contemporary international power configurations. Moreover, these challenges are of a global nature and will require global perspectives, global thinking, and innovative global solutions.Krishna-Hensel brings together a wide range of topics focusing on critical resource availability impacting upon global security and the geopolitical ramifications of resource competition. The volume addresses the development of strategic thinking on these issues and underscores the increasing awareness that this is a critical area of concern in the twenty-first century global landscape.

The media is often viewed as a primary gauge which reflects the changing political landscape as societies transition from authoritarian regimes to democracies. Chronicling the process through media analysis provides deeper insights into the relationship between technology, the state, and social forces that are reflected in the public's communications. This volume explores the challenges and political conditions that have shaped the media in several representative studies of the media in the Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa. The contributors analyse the legacy of the past on the development of the media in post-authoritarian regimes and explore the relationships between media, communication industries (public relations), and politics. The use of new communications technologies to manipulate the media and the public introduce a novel use of social media by populists as well as authoritarian regimes and their proxies. This book presents a comparative and global investigation of the role of the media in the realignment from established policies to an emerging milieu of new channels of communication that challenge traditional media practices.

1. Different trajectories of post-communist media systems / Jukka Pietilainen -- 2. Media uses in Ukraine's war with itself / Mikhail A. Molchanov -- 3. The belated and bedeviled media transition in Serbia / Rade Veljanovski and Dragan Stavljanin -- 4. Comrades to the rescue : Czechoslovakia in 1968 and Ukraine in 2014 through the lens of Izvestia / Katarina Koleva -- 5. Romanian advertising during the transition period : recovering national brands / Madalina Moraru -- 6. Interaction networks of the Hungarian media / Gabriella Szabo and Marton Bene -- 7. The role of gatekeepers in the social construction of reality in the Albanian news media : impact on the representation of children in the news / Emiljano Kaziaj -- 8. Covering domestic violence against women in Georgian print media, and problems of journalism ethics / Dali Osepashvili.

1. Technology, change, and the international system / Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel -- 2. Shaping the world order by force / Irma Slomczynska -- 3. Actors and tools in the post-Westphalian world : the targeted sanctions of the European Union / Francesco Giumelli -- 4. International order and global leadership / Tian Jia-Dong -- 5. One world, many 'orders'? / Pawel Frankowski -- 6. State failure in the contemporary international system : new trends, new threats / Natalia Piskunova -- 7. NATO's first mission to Africa : Darfur / Glen Segell -- 8. Between shadows and hopes : discursive representations of female suicide bombings and the global order / Tanya Narozhna -- 9. Burying sovereignty in its birthplace : back to the middle ages / Erdem Ozluk and Murat Cemrek.

1. Global governance, Islamism, and authority in the Middle East / Alise Coen -- 2. Modernity, Islam and religious activism / Deina Abdelkader -- 3. The interrelated dynamics of culture, religion and nation in the United Arab Emirates / Vania Carvalho Pinto -- 4. Lebanon's quest for independence : between fragmentation, political instability and foreign intervention / Benedetta Berti -- 5. Challenging the Hashemites : Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Action Front in Jordan / Kursad Turan -- 6. The micro-foundations of religious party moderation : religious party supporters and ideological changes / Sultan Tepe -- 7. Politics of religious education in Turkey / Yusuf Sarfati -- 8. Uncertainty in the governance processes : political economy of biosafety policies in Turkey / Ebru Tekin.

CONTENT: List of Contributors -- Introduction / Sai Felicia Krishna-Hensel -- 1. Global Governance, Islamism, and Authority in the Middle East / Alise Coen -- 2. Modernity, Islam and Religious Activism / Deina Abdelkader -- 3. The Interrelated Dynamics of Culture, Religion and Nation in the United Arab Emirates / Vania Carvalho Pinto -- 4. Lebanon's Quest for Independence: Between Fragmentation, Political Instability and Foreign Intervention / Benedetta Berti -- 5. Challenging the Hashemites: Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic Action Front in Jordan / Kürsad Turan -- 6. The Micro-foundations of Religious Party Moderation: Religious Party Supporters and Ideological Changes / Sultan Tepe -- 7. Politics of Religious Education in Turkey / Yusuf Sarfati -- 8. Uncertainty in the Governance Processes: Political Economy of Biosafety Policies in Turkey / Ebru Tekin -- Epilogue.

New Security Frontiers brings together a wide range of topics focusing on critical resource availability impacting upon global security and the geopolitical ramifications of resource competition. The volume addresses the development of strategic thinking on these issues and underscores the increasing awareness that this is a critical area of concern in the twenty-first century global landscape.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 The Reassertion of the State: Governance and the Information Revolution -- 2 Digital Democracy and Its Application to the International Arena - From 'Deliberation' to 'Decision' -- 3 The Information Revolution and the Rules of Jurisdiction in Public International Law -- 4 Between Transnational Take-off and National Landing: Jurisdictional Dynamics in the Domain Name Area -- 5 The Return of the State in Cyberspace: The Hybrid Regulation of Global Data Protection -- 6 Conclusion -- Index

The large-scale movements of refugees and economic migrants from conflict zones to more stable societies have resulted in challenges, both for new entrants and their hosts. This fascinating volume brings together a collection of media analyses focused on immigration issues to examine how migration has been represented to the public. Case studies exploring media coverage of migrants and refugees in Europe enable the reader to better understand the complexity of the process through a range of unique and unexplored dimensions of immigration analysis, including strategic framing theory, game structure analysis, migration maps and routes, television narratives, rumour-based communication, and state-bred campaigns. The insights into the perspective of migrants, the general public and policy makers provide innovative methodological and theoretical analysis on population movements which will be of interest to scholars, students, and policy makers working in the fields of migration studies, international relations, peace and security studies, and social and public policy.

Dr. Larivé questions whether there is such a thing as a European defense and security policy. This book analyzes the integration process by clearly illustrating to the reader the two sides of the argument in order to understand the complexity of the problems in the different stages of the creation and implementation of the European defense policy. In doing so, this study asks the question of why has the process been so halting and of such limited scope? Structured in three parts: Theories, analyzing the theoretical debates raised by the positivist paradigms of neorealism, liberalism and constructivism on European security; History, reflecting on the impacts of the Cold War, American foreign policy, the 2008 economic crisis, and the evolution of European strategy; and, Actors, by looking at the role of European institutions, Member States, and the CSDP on the transformation of the European defense policy since 1998. Each chapter is composed of sub questions allowing the reader to grasp the different forces explaining the deepening or lack of the deepening process of the CSDP. Ultimately, this book offers a unique base for fostering discussion, understanding and critical thinking on the CSDP