Security & Intelligence Studies

Enlarging NATO: The National Debates
Gale A. Mattox and Arthur R. Rachwald, editors

Thoroughly examining the deliberations over NATO enlargement in twelve countries—five current members of the alliance; three invited to join in the first round of enlargement; two    More >

US Missile Defense Strategy: Engaging the Debate
Michael Mayer

Why has the United States continued to develop ballistic missile defenses in an era of irregular warfare and asymmetric terrorist threats? How does missile defense contribute to US global    More >

Russia’s Path to the High-Tech Battlespace
Roger N. McDermott

Roger McDermott traces the origins and trajectory of Moscow's modernization of its armed forces to exploit technology and adopt new approaches to warfare. Drawing extensively on    More >

Spectator-Sport War: The West and Contemporary Conflict
Colin McInnes

Following a century dominated by global conflict—and despite the unchanging nature of the human suffering it causes—the nature of war itself, argues Colin McInnes, has been    More >

EU Security Policy: What It Is, How It Works, Why It Matters
Michael Merlingen

What is the European Union's security and defense policy (CSDP)? How does it work? Does it make a difference in international security affairs? How do other global actors react to    More >

Common Security and Nonoffensive Defense: A Neorealist Perspective
Bjorn

Bjorn Møller explores the implications of switching to a new type of defense structure, nonoffensive defense (NOD), that would maintain an undiminished—or even    More >

Terrorism, Security, and Human Rights: Harnessing the Rule of Law
Mahmood Monshipouri

Scholars and policymakers disagree on the most effective way to counter transnational terrorism, generating debate on a range of questions: Do military interventions increase or decrease the    More >

Homeland Security Intelligence: Where We Are, How We Got Here, What Lies Ahead
Wesley R. Moy and Kacper T. Gradoń

What is the role of intelligence in the homeland security enterprise? How have its practice and function evolved since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security more than two    More >

The Weapons State: Proliferation and the Framing of Security
David Mutimer

The proliferation of all kinds of weapons (nuclear, chemical, biological, and even conventional) is emerging as a focal point for international security. This book shows how both the    More >

Baltic Security Strategy Report: What the Baltics Can Offer for a Stronger Alliance
Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns, editors

This in-depth security review of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania assesses current challenges pertaining to defense and deterrence, societal security and resilience, economic security, and    More >

Baltic Sea Security: Regional and Sectoral Perspectives
Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns, editors

Baltic Sea Security offers a multifaceted discussion of the complex security issues affecting the Baltic region—with important implications for the cohesion of the wider transatlantic    More >

Between Brussels and Beijing: The Transatlantic Response to China’s Presence in the Baltic Sea Region
Olevs Nikers and Otto Tabuns, editors

China's growing presence in the strategically important Nordic-Baltic region has implications not only for the region itself, but also for general transatlantic relations. Within that    More >

From Nuclear Weapons to Global Security: 75 Years of Research and Development at Sandia National Laboratories
Justin Quinn Olmstead and Leland Johnson

Sandia National Laboratories is one of the primary providers of the science, technology, and engineering capabilities needed to ensure both US and global security. Its mandate has moved far    More >

Policing and Politics in Nigeria: A Comprehensive History
Akali Omeni

Close to the center of politics since the nineteenth century, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has grown to become the country’s main security agency. Akali Omeni traces the checkered    More >

Governance, Grievance, and Violent Extremism in West Africa: From the Caliphates to Great Power Competition
Zacharias P. Pieri and Kevin S. Fridy

What happens when external forces are brought to bear on domestic grievances and governance institutions? In environments profoundly affected by both violent extremist organizations and    More >

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