Handbook of Defence Politics: International and Comparative Perspectives

Issues of defence politics and policy have long been at the forefront of political agendas and defining of international affairs. However, the dramatic changes to the global system that have taken place over the past 16 years (since the end of the Cold War) and parrticularly since the terror attacks on the U.S. homeland on September 11 th 2001 have amplified the world's attention toward political and policy issues of national, regional and global security. The focus of this volume is on examining the fundamental causes of and defence policy responses to this new "post-9/11" security environment. The volume will be international in scope, offering a collection of up-to-date and balanced insights on key contemporary issues of concern to defence policymakers. Many of these chapters will incorporate a "second image reversed" (Gourevitch 1979) analytical framework, allowing for a consideration of contemporary defence policy issues and challenges from a dynamic (systems approach) process perspective. Approximately 12-15 essays of 5,000 to 8,000 words in length will be organized in the following manner: Section 1: International Dimensions globalization and issues relating to defence industrial policy nuclear proliferation and treaties international peace-keeping organizations and operations defence policy from a "nonstate actor" perspective post-cold war international security issues international law and defence issues politics of collaboration in the fight against terrorism Section 2: Regional and Domestic Dimensions politics of defence in The Americas politics of defence in the "Old" and "New" Europe politics of defence in Asia politics of defence in The Middle East American Defence Policymaking in 21 st century perspective 3-4 other country-specific case studies Section 3: The Future of Defense Politics and Policy A-Z glossary (about 50,000 words) of terms, theories, organizations, issues, etc. maps and statistics, extensive bibliography listing further relevant reading material.Europa Publications Staff is the author of 'Handbook of Defence Politics: International and Comparative Perspectives', published 2009 under ISBN 9781857434439 and ISBN 1857434439.