Non-Military Security and Global Order: The Impact of Extremism, Violence and Chaos on National and International Security / Edition 1

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Overview

The book examines the evolving nature of national and international security in the post-Cold War era, focusing on non-military threat potentials and how these may best countered. Six specific issues are discussed: terrorism, the heroin and cocaine trade, privacy, environmental degradation, the spread of disease, and uncontrolled migration. The book concludes that greater national coordination, inter-agency cooperation, and international collaboration is needed if these problems are going to be dealt with effectively.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312231675
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/02/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Peter Chalk is University Lecturer in International Relations and Security Studies, University of Queensland, Australia.

Table of Contents

Terrorism
• The Global Heroin and Cocaine Trade
• Contemporary Maritime Piracy
• Environmental Degradation
• The Transnational Spread of Disease
• Mass Unregulated Population Flows

Editorial Reviews

Chalk (policy analyst, Rand Corporation) develops a gripping and well-researched scenario for the much more varied and insidious nature of threats to security since the end of the Cold War, all of them non-military and tending not to recognize national boundaries. Many of these threats fall under the category of Grey Area Phenomena (GAP), e.g., non-state and non-governmental actors such as terrorists and drug traffickers. Six chapters examine the themes of terrorism; the global heroin and cocaine trade; maritime piracy; environmental degradation<-->the ultimate threat, as it threatens life itself; disease, including epidemics; and mass unregulated population flows. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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