Description
Security is not exclusively a domestic issue. It is a transnational phenomenon; and accordingly, it should be examined through this lens. The available books on the market focus on specific transnational security threats (e.g., terrorism, organized crime, and weapons of mass destruction). Current books in this area also often provide a single-discipline approach to the field of transnational security. This book seeks to fill the void in available literature by using a multidisciplinary approach to analyze several transnational security issues, including weapons of mass destruction proliferation, terrorism, organized crime, cybercrime, natural disasters, human-made
disasters, infectious diseases, conflict societies, food security, water security, and energy security. In addition, it considers applicable international law to transnational security issues and examines key international organizations and institutions dealing with these issues.
The book is intended to serve as a comprehensive text for graduate courses on transnational security (global security, human security, or security studies) and can also be used for advanced undergraduate students. Moreover, it can be used for crisis management and disaster preparedness courses, as well as global governance courses and courses that focus on specific transnational security threats.
The book will seek to appeal to a wide range of different groups. By steering away from exclusively focusing on a single threat, it will be of interest to a much broader audience of writers and researchers working on transnational security. By providing a detailed account of most threats, countermeasures, and their implications for a number of different fields—law, public policy and administration, security, and criminology, it is likely to be an extremely useful resource for academicians, practitioners, and graduate and upper-level undergraduate students in these areas. In addition, it is an extremely useful resource for academicians, practitioners, and graduate and undergraduate students in political science, history, sociology, and psychology. Criminal justice and socio-legal scholars and professionals will also find food for thought in this work.
Given that this book covers global transnational security practices, it will be of interest to security officials, UN employees, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and researchers in the field. Specifically, this book is intended for:
• security officials who wish to expand their knowledge of current transnational security threats;
• students and professionals seeking a career in security, global affairs, or crisis management;
• UN employees and NGOs looking to gain more information on transnational security beyond their specialization;
• international relations and global affairs students who would like to learn about transnational security and its economic, political, and social consequences;
• all students, academicians, researchers, and practitioners seeking to understand the nature and extent of transnational security threats and what can be done to effectively combat them.
Probable users of the book also include government agencies. Anyone interested in learning about this field will also benefit from this book.
Contents:
- Chapter 1 Transnational Security: An Introduction
- Chapter 2 Decisions Under Uncertainty: Theories and Practice in Security Studies
- Chapter 3 Weapons of Mass Destruction and Nonproliferation
- Chapter 4 Transnational Terrorism
- Chapter 5 Transnational Organized Crime
- Chapter 6 Cybersecurity
- Chapter 7 Natural Disasters: A Forgotten Security Risk?
- Chapter 8 Human-Made Disasters
- Chapter 9 Infectious Diseases
- Chapter 10 Security Issues in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies
- Chapter 11 The Fight for Natural Resources: Seeking Food and Water Security
- Chapter 12 Energy Security: Current Issues
- Chapter 13 The Future of Transnational Security: Concluding Remarks