The Human Security Agenda: How Middle Power Leadership Defied U.S. Hegemony / Edition 1

by Ronald M. Behringer

Overview

Middle power states, such as Canada or Denmark, are often thought of as "followers" of great powers rather than significant actors in global security. Challenging this view, this book highlights how middle powers have in fact showed great leadership by developing a "human security" agenda that focuses on countering threats to human beings rather than to nation-states.

The work examines how coalitions of middle powers have performed through five case studies: the formation of the Multinational Standby High Readiness Brigade for United Nations Operations (SHIRBRIG), the realization of the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty, the establishment of the International Criminal Court, the regulation of the legal trade in small arms and light weapons, and the adoption of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle. Furthermore, the book explores how the human security initiatives were shaped by the middle powers' choices of diplomatic strategy, and how they were affected by the reactions of the hegemonic United States.

The Human Security Agenda will appeal to those studying international relations and global security, as well as foreign policy and international organizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441182999
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/12/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ronald M. Behringer is a specialist in international security and human security from Montreal, Canada. He has held faculty positions at Concordia University, James Madison University, the University of Florida, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
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1? Introduction
2? Human Security and the Middle Powers: A Theoretical Background3? The SHIRBRIG Initiative in Rapidly Deployable Peacekeeping 4 Banning Anti-Personnel Landmines: The Ottawa Process 5 Establishing the International Criminal Court 6 Regulating the Legal Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
7? The Responsibility to Protect
8? Conclusion
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List of References