Grave New World: Security Challenges in the 21st Century - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878401423 ISBN 13: 9780878401420

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Outstanding anthology exploring the full array of military and non-military factors--political, economic, historical, social, cultural, demographic, environmental, technological--that influence national and international security problems. All of the contributors are widely recognized and widely published, and all have some connection to Georgetown University--the home of the largest academic center for security studies in the United States. Highlights include John McNeill's chapter on environmental change and security, and Roy Goodson's chapter on transnational crime, corruption, and security. Michael E. Brown, director of the security studies program at Georgetown, is co-editor of the journal International Security (Harvard University Press), the leading academic journal in the security studies field. He was for several years co-editor of the leading book series on security studies, published by MIT Press, while he was teaching at Harvard. This is not simply another book about terrorism. Rather, this rich book has three objectives: to advance understanding of current threats to national and international security; to assess the prospects for the next decade or two and to derive policy lessons that will foster national and international security in the future. As Brown and the contributors make clear, security is not just a military issue.

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Review:

"It has become all to common for Americans to think the U.S. now faces a single security challenge--terrorism. This fascinating and comprehensive overview of the wide range of security issues confronting the world makes clear that the picture is actually far more complex. The chapters on demographics, media, and terrorism alone are worth the price of admission."

Synopsis:

The optimism that arrived at the end of the Cold War and marked the turn of the Millennium was shattered by September 11. In the aftermath of that event it is not unwarranted pessimism that lines the pages of "Grave New World", it is unavoidable reality. Terrorism is but one aspect of many other wider concerns for national and international security, and the contributors to this volume not only warn us, but reward us as well with the clarity of their views into - and possible solutions for - a difficult, complicated future. They speak convincingly of the numerous military and non-military challenges that create security problems-whether those are interstate, intrastate, or transnational-many of which are being dangerously overlooked in public policy debates. The challenges and complexities might seem insurmountable but the first step in solving problems is recognizing that they exist. "Grave New World" provides an eye-opening assessment of the prospects for peace and security in the 21st century. Michael E. Brown frames these issues in his Introduction, "Security Challenges in the 21st Century;" and in his summation, "Security Problems and Security Policy in a Grave New World."

About this edition

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0878401423
• ISBN 13: 9780878401420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354
• Editor: Brown Michael E.