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Hybrid warfare has almost become new orthodoxy in the defense community. The term is regarded as a new phenomenon that allegedly interprets the characteristics of contemporary warfare. Furthermore, within the international community, ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict is almost unanimously referred to as a model for hybrid warfare. However, hybrid warfare as a term itself or the referring Russia's war to a model for hybrid warfare might lead analysts, defense planners, and policymakers down an unhelpful path. There is a risk of rediscovering old ideas in the efforts of defining the parameters of modern warfare, which might fall short of expectations.

"April 2004." ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-71). ; The biological weapons threat -- The worried well -- Detection systems -- Surge capabilities -- Triage -- Engaging the public : information and education -- Additional insight into risk communication -- Lessons learned : natural disease outbreaks -- Simulations and exercises -- Emergency response to infectious disease : quarantine -- Emergency response to infectious diseases or other BW crises : shielding -- Preparedness and mental health management -- Complex relationships between levels of government and other actors -- Preparedness : military installations and local communities -- Strategies for engaging the public -- Leadership. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"May 2000." ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-66). ; Mode of access: Internet.

"July 2000." ; Shipping list no.: 2000-0364-P. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Issues of post-Cold War deterrence, arms control, counter-proliferation and national security organization for an emerging generation of military academics / James M. Smith -- Assured vulnerability paradigm: can it provide a useful basis for deterrence in a world of strategic multipolarity / Willie Curtis -- Defending against new dangers: arms control of weapons of mass destruction in a globalized world / John A. Nagl -- US counter-proliferation strategy for a new century / Gwendolyn M. Hall, Stephen P. Lambert and John T. Cappello -- The National Security Act of 1947 and biological and chemical weapons: a mid-century mechanism for new millennium threats / Russell D. Howard. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"November 2002." ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Final rept. Jul-Sep 86 ; This study deals with three cases where the regional security aspect of Soviet decision-making was important. Firstly, the Baltic region will be considered. The Soviet strategy for promoting stability in the Baltic republics has been that of integration. The three republics have become politically and economically firmly integrated with the rest of the Soviet Union. Secondly, Soviet Central Asia will be analyzed. Here, the Soviet leaders decided that an intervention of Afghanistan would be the best measure to counteract alleged foreign influence. The third case deals with Soviet-Polish relations. During the Polish crisis of 1980-81 there was a definite possibility of the Soviet military invasion. One motive for an intervention would have been the destabilizing effects of the Western parts of the USSR that the Polish development had. However, another strategy was chosen, a strategy of non-intervention, namely that of martial law. The concerns for regional security could be studied both at the central and regional level. The republic level first party secretaries who supervise the political stability of their regions constitute an especially interesting source when studying the regional component in the Soviet decision-making. During the Brezhnev period the regional party secretaries became far more active in foreign policy matters than earlier. This fact has largely been overlooked in Western research on the Soviet Union.

In this paper we discuss how an innovative audio-visual project was adopted to foster active, rather than declarative learning, in critical International Relations (IR). First, we explore the aesthetic turn in IR, to contrast this with forms of representation that have dominated IR scholarship. Second, we describe how students were asked to record short audio or video projects to explore their own insights through aesthetic and non-written formats. Third, we explain how these projects are understood to be deeply embedded in social science methodologies. We cite our inspiration from applying a personal sociological imagination, as a way to counterbalance a 'marketised' slant in higher education, in a global economy where students are often encouraged to consume, rather than produce knowledge. Finally, we draw conclusions in terms of deeper forms of student engagement leading to new ways of thinking and presenting new skills and new connections between theory and practice.

"February 2001." ; Not distributed to depository libraries in a physical form. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Emerging issues and innovative approaches to deterrence, nuclear policy, and strategic posture for the United States / James M. Smith -- Triad 2025: the evolution of a new strategic force posture / John T. Cappello, Gwendolyn M. Hall, Stephen P. Lambert -- Shrimp or barracuda? Contemplating a unified and nuclear capable Korea / Susan F. Bryant, Russel D. Howard -- Implications of ballistic missile defenses for the security and stability of northeast Asia / Michael J. Finnegan -- The European Union and a nuclear security and defense policy / Patrick Donley, Charles A. Krupnick. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"July 1999." ; Shipping list no.: 99-0356-P. ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-84). ; Mode of access: Internet.

"On March 30-31, 2007, the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS) held a colloquium on 'Global Climate Change: National Security Implications'. This edited volume is based on this event. It reflects, as closely as possible, the form and content of the conference"--Pref. ; "May 2008." ; Includes bibliographical references. ; 1. Defining the problem -- A National Security Issue? How People Tried to Frame Global Warming -- Spencer R. Weart -- The Science of Climate Change / Robert W. Corell -- A Threat Assessment / Richard A. Matthew -- Commentator, James A. Rotenberg -- Discussion -- 2. Human security -- Water, Climate Change, and Human Security Erika Weinthal -- On Climate Change and Infectious Disease: Implications for Political Destabilization and Conflict / Andrew Price-Smith -- Climate Change, Population Movements, and Conflict / Timothy J. McKeown -- Commentator, David Gilmartin -- Discussion -- 3. U.S. National Defense -- Climate Change: Complicating the Struggle against Extremist Ideology / Kent Hughes Butts -- Under What Conditions Could Climate Change Pose a Threat to U.S. National Security? / Joshua Busby -- The "Perfect Storm" / John T. Ackerman -- Commentator, Gregory M. Douquet -- Discussion -- 4. Meeting the challenge -- International Diplomacy / Dennis Tanzler -- Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change: The Role of the Corporation / Simon Rich -- Climate Change in the American Mind / Anthony Leiserowitz -- Commentator, Marvin S. Soroos -- Discussion -- 5. Preparing for a changed environment -- Achilles' Other Heel: Early Warning Systems / Michael H. Glantz -- Good Governance and Stability / Robert H. Dorff -- Defense Planning / Henry H. Gaffney, Jr. -- Commentator, William Schlesinger -- Discussion -- 6. Opportunities or obstacles for the military -- Climate, Energy, and Security: a Related Set of Challenges / E. Thomas Morehouse, Jr. -- Military Technology and Renewable Energy / David A. Sheets -- Warfare and Climate Change / Karen Lesley Hulme -- Commentator, Christopher H. Schroeder -- Discussion -- 7. The U.S. Military: Planning for the future -- The Role of the Military in Civil Support / Bert B. Tussing -- Peace Operations / William L. Nash -- The Strategic Challenges of the U.S. Army in the Face of Global Climate Change / Douglas V. Johnson II -- Commentator, Richard J. Kilroy, Jr. -- Discussion -- 8. Keynote and summation -- Keynote Address / Paul J. Kern -- Synopsis and Concluding Remarks / Richard Weitz -- General Wrap Up -- About the Contributors. ; "On March 30-31, 2007, the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (TISS) held a colloquium on 'Global Climate Change: National Security Implications'. This edited volume is based on this event. It reflects, as closely as possible, the form and content of the conference"--Pref. ; Mode of access: Internet.

In seeking to provide for the safety of local communities in the global south, there has been an apparent policy focus on making early warning systems more robust, and improving the operation of disaster management programmes. However, the critical security studies literature has highlighted the ways in which security practices, including those nominally implemented on behalf of local communities can have negative impacts on peoples. Human security literature, in particular, highlights the ways in which the state security apparatus, which is often relied upon to notify and enforce evacuations, may often be perceived as a serious risk to communities. At the same time individuals live within complex security situations where daily threats to peoples' lives may outweigh geological hazards. Grounded within critical literature on the social construction of risk (Lupton; Beck, Douglas), the ways in which volcanic risk is calculated, communicated, and enacted upon, will be assessed in relation to the local communities' security dilemmas. Drawing on field work in communities at risk from lahars generated from Cotopaxi in Sangolqui, Ecuador, explores the ways in which competing claims of what constitutes security challenge the operating assumptions in emergency preparedness. In June 2012, 158 primary interviews were undertaken as a part of the EU funded VUELCO project in Ecuador. The findings were analyzed using quantitative and qualitative methodologies, drawing most heavily on interpretive methodologies to argue that the scientific representation of volcanic hazards, and the resultant disaster management strategies, do not account for local context. Indeed, the majority of interviewees indicated a lack of trust in either scientific expertise or government representatives, on questions of security. By incorporating a broader narrative of security beyond a narrow focus on natural hazards, disaster preparedness and communication plans can be more effective.

Attempts to integrate feminist security studies (FSS) and feminist global political economy (GPE) were first meticulously studied in the Critical Perspectives sections of the June 2015 and December 2017 issues of this journal. Although the debate has gained presence in workshops, at international conferences, and even on dedicated websites, the diverse contributions have remained rather theoretical (e.g., Bergeron, Cohn, and Duncanson 2017; Hudson 2015). The aim of these Critical Perspectives essays is to take the integration of FSS and GPE one step further by presenting empirically grounded contributions that help us contextualize the existing theoretical debates. By focusing on postwar contexts, the pieces here take seriously the material conditions of women's empowerment from a perspective attuned to the gendered and racialized logics structuring social orders in postwar states. We believe that these are the spaces where war economies and peace economies meet and where (gendered) structural transformation of societies is possible. Like the two previous collections, we do not understand FSS and GPE as additive (Chisholm and Stachowitsch 2017). Rather, we understand them as traditions that share a common goal, namely, to undermine the racialized neoliberalism and patriarchal capitalism underpinning international intervention and postwar reconstruction projects.

"November 1997." ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-76). ; Mode of access: Internet.

Thinking on war, violence and security has always been associated with concepts of femininity and masculinity. Similarly, wars and political transformations also change the notions of the roles of women and men in society. This article shows how the links between gender identities and threat construction, understanding of aggression, or social sensitivity to different types of victims of violence can be studied academically. It introduces feminist security studies, embeds it in the research of international relations and security, and encourages its development in the Czech academic environment. The article introduces key concepts and methods of studying gender in (international) security, identifies key themes in feminist security research, and explains various approaches and types of questions that can be investigated in this area.

Sigurnost je temeljni preduvjet opstanka, djelovanja i razvoja čovjeka, države i društva. Suvremene studije sigurnosti uključuju vojno, političko, socijetalno, gospodarsko i ekološko područje. Unatoč bitnom proširenju i produbljenju interesa, sigurnosne studije u područje interesa nisu uključile socijalnu sigurnost. U radu se propituju razlozi za teorijsko (ne)uključenje socijalne sigurnosti u suvremene sigurnosne studije. Analiza empirijskog činjeničnog obilja upućuje na zaključak o potrebi preispitivanja takvog stajališta. Socijalna sigurnost jest »sigurnosno područje«. Teorijski, analitički i empirijski u radu se dokazuje da socijalna sigurnost i njezini akteri imaju sigurnosne dimenzije zbog čega socijalna sigurnost treba biti dio sigurnosnih studija. ; Security is a fundamental prerequisite for existence, functioning and development of the human, state and society. The contemporary security studies include political, military, societal, economic and environmental sectors. In spite of the substantial widening and deepening of the approaches to security, social security is not included into security studies. This article critically examines the issues and reasons for the lack of inclusion of social security in the contemporary security studies. The analysis of abundant empirical facts suggests the need to reassess this view. This article theoretically, analytically and empirically proves that social security and its actors have a security dimension. Social security should be incorporated into security studies.