The Handbook of Global Security Policy

Security policy has changed dramatically since the end of the Cold War. It can no longer be thought of in terms of securing one country against the military attack of another. Security is now a global concept that crosses traditional state boundaries and faces threats of many shapes and sizes. This Handbook brings together 30 state–of–the–art essays covering the essential aspects of global security research and practice for the 21st century. Edited by two of the field’s leading scholars, this volume embraces a broad new definition of security, and examines the risks and challenges posed by new forms of violence. The coverage, which is organized around key concepts, risks, policy tools, and global security actors, is comprehensive yet accessible. The editors have brought together leaders in security policy and practice from around the world to discuss the most pressing contemporary issues, including terrorism, disarmament, genocide, sustainability, international peacekeeping, state–building, natural disasters, energy and food security, climate change, and cyber warfare. Insightful and indispensable, these essays will appeal to a broad base of scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers who are studying and solving the key global security challenges of the future.

Mary Kaldor is Professor of Global Governance and Director of the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the London School of Economics. She is the author of many books, including New & Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era (2013) and The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the Changing Rules of War and Peace (2010). She was a founding member of European Nuclear Disarmament and of the Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly. Iavor Rangelov is Global Security Research Fellow at the Civil Society and Human Security Research Unit at the London School of Economics. He is co–chair of the London Transitional Justice Network and author of Nationalism and the Rule of Law: Lessons from the Balkans and Beyond (2013).