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This is a collection of 20 essays on contemporary topics in world peace and security. The essays feature a globalist perspective on problems and issues in world politics - arguing that global problems can only be solved through international cooperation. The collection also encompasses non-military issues, such as the global environment, human rights and the international political economy. Other topics covered include global violence against women, the future of the former Soviet states and population growth.

Preface. About the Contributors. 1. Seyom Brown, "World Interests and the Changing Dimensions of Security" 2. James N. Rosenau, "The Dynamism of a Turbulent World" 3. Daniel N. Nelson, "Threats and Capacities: Great Powers and Global Insecurity" 4. Michael T. Klare, "The Era of Multiplying Schisms: World Security in the Twenty-First Century" 5. Karen Dawisha, "The Imperial Impulse: Russia and the "Near Abroad" 6. Barry Buzan and Gerald Segal, "Rethinking East Asian Security" 7. Michael C. Hudson, "The United States and the Middle East" 8. Zachary S. Davis, "Nuclear Proliferation and Nonproliferation Policy in the 1990s" 9. Michael T. Klare and Lora Lumpe, "Fanning the Flames of War: Conventional Arms Transfers in the 1990s" 10. Michael E. Brown, "The Causes of Internal Conflict" 11. Margaret P. Karns and Karen A. Mingst, "The Evolution of UN Peacekeeping and Peacemaking: Lessons from the Past and Challenges for the Future" 12. Charlotte Bunch and Roxanna Carillo, "Global Violence against Women: The Challenge to Human Rights and Development" 13. Phil Williams, "Transnational Criminal Organizations and International Security" 14. Michael Renner, "The Global Divide: Socioeconomic Disparities and International Security" 15. Vincent Ferraro, Ana Cristina R. Santos, and Julie Ginocchio, "The Global Trading System and International Politics" 16. Janet Welsh Brown, "International Environmental Cooperation as a Contribution to World Security" 17. Thomas Homer-Dixon, "Environmental Scarcity and Intergroup Conflict" 18. Dennis Pirages, "Demographic Change to World Security" 19. Robert C. Johansen, "Building World Security: The Need for Strengthened International Institutions" Index.