Understanding Global Security: Edition 5

Specific updates include:

• A refresh of the evolving theoretical literature on security including more analysis of feminist and post-colonial thought
• Key recent international political developments- such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan - are appraised and incorporated
• A new section on hybrid warfare is included in Chapter 2, misogynistic terror is profiled in Chapter 3, whilst gun-smuggling and cybercrime are considered in more depth in Chapter 10
• Chapter 5 features analysis of the rise of ‘genocide diplomacy’
• The rise of private legal challenges to governments for failing to implement commitments to the Paris 2015 Climate Change Accords is reviewed and analysed
• Greater evaluation of global governance, in the face of populist nationalist challenges to international cooperation, is offered

User-friendly and easy to follow, this textbook is designed to make a complex subject accessible to all. Key features include:

• ‘Top ten tables’ highlighting the most destructive events or forms of death in those areas throughout history
• Boxed descriptions elaborating key concepts in the fields of security and International Relations
• ‘Biographical boxes’ of key individuals who have shaped security politics
• Further reading and websites at the end of each chapter guiding you towards classic texts and the most up-to-date information on the various topics
• Glossary of political terminology

This highly acclaimed and popular academic text will continue to be essential reading for everyone interested in security.