Regional and Global Security – Page 10

September 12, 2013

This digital book is based around the three main players who took part in the 2012/2013 conflict in Mali: the Tuareg, Islamist rebels, and the Malian government. Tuareg rebels want their own state, or at least greater autonomy and political and economic opportunities; yet, there are many rivalries in the north between and even among […]

September 9, 2013

Algeria sits at the crossroads of the Atlantic, European, Arab, and African worlds. Yet, unlike the wars in Korea and Vietnam, Algeria’s fight for independence has rarely been viewed as an international conflict. Even forty years later, it is remembered as the scene of a national drama that culminated with Charles de Gaulle’s decision to […]

September 5, 2013

Dirk Vandewalle is one of only a handful of scholars who have made frequent visits to Libya over the last four decades. His formidable knowledge of the region is encapsulated in his history of Libya which was first published in 2006. The history – based on original research and interviews with Libya’s political elite – […]

May 24, 2013

Since its seminal origins in the European Coal and Steel Community, EU market integration has been advancing in the field of energy as in the wider economy. However, Russian gas cutoffs to Europe in 2006 and 2009 served as a stark reminder that many member states remain vulnerable in terms of the physical security of […]

May 5, 2013

Fully revised to incorporate recent developments in world politics, the second edition of Understanding Global Security analyzes the variety of ways in which people’s lives are threatened and/or secured in contemporary global politics. The traditional focus of Security Studies texts – war, deterrence and terrorism – are analyzed alongside non-military security issues such as famine, […]

April 30, 2013

Few relationships have been as misunderstood as the “strategic partnership” between Russia and China. Official rhetoric portrays it as the very model of international cooperation: Moscow and Beijing claim that ties are closer and warmer than at any time in history. In reality, however, the picture is highly ambiguous. While both sides are committed to […]

April 25, 2013

‘Fear’ has greater currency in western societies than ever before. Through scares ranging from cot death, juvenile crime, internet porn, asylum seekers, dirty bombs and avian flu, we are bombarded with messages about emerging risks. In response, patterns of living and working are increasingly regulated. This book takes stock of the range of issues of […]

April 20, 2013

China is rising. But how should the West – and the United States in particular – respond? This could be the key geopolitical question of the twenty-first century, according to strategic expert Hugh White, with huge implications for the future security and prosperity of the West as a whole. The China Choice confronts this fundamental […]

April 18, 2013

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has developed into a key regional security group in Asia, its member states representing no less than “half of humanity”. Alarmists believe that the SCO is making itself into a NATO of the East, thus posing a long-term threat to the West. Moreover, several members are key players in economic […]

February 2, 2013

The updated edition of Secret Affairs covers the momentous events of the past year in the Middle East. It reveals the unreported attempts by Britain to cultivate relations with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt after the fall of Mubarak, the military intervention on the side of Libyan rebel forces which include pro-al-Qaeda elements, and the […]

Category: Regional and Global Security

Understanding Mali: Connections and Confrontations between the Tuareg, Islamist Rebels, and the Government

A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria’s Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era

A History of Modern Libya

Geo-Politics of the Euro-Asia Energy Nexus: The European Union, Russia and Turkey (New Security Challenges)

Understanding Global Security

Axis of Convenience: Moscow, Beijing, and the New Geopolitics

Fear: Critical Geopolitics and Everyday Life (Re-materialising Cultural Geography)

The China Choice: Why We Should Share Power

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Eurasian Geopolitics: New Directions, Perspectives, and Challenges

Secret Affairs: Britain’s Collusion with Radical Islam

Israel - Gaza conflict - a short retrospective of the

Libya hit by apocalyptic floods

شهادات صادمة لمهاجرين والسلطات التونسية

The Senegalese authorities investigate videos of armed civilians during the protests

A site in Zawiya city has been bombed with the use of drones

Libya hit by apocalyptic floods

The Senegalese authorities investigate videos of armed civilians during the protests

A site in Zawiya city has been bombed with the use of drones