Security & Intelligence Studies

The US Military in Africa: Enhancing Security and Development?
Jessica Piombo, editor

Recent US security policy toward Africa has adopted a multidimensional approach—including the use of military assets to promote economic development and good governance—that has    More >

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: A Comprehensive Introduction to Actors and Actions
Henry Prunckun and Troy Whitford

What is terrorism? How do terrorists operate—what are their means, targets, and motivations? How can governments prevent terrorist attacks from happening? Henry Prunckun and Troy    More >

Arms Control Without Negotiation: From the Cold War to the New World Order
Bennett Ramberg, editor

Beginning with Mikhail Gorbachev's December 1988 announcement that Moscow intended to unilaterally reduce its conventional armed forces, the spotlight on arms control has turned away    More >

The Political Life of Mary Kaldor: Ideas and Action in International Relations
Melinda Rankin

Although more than a little controversial, Mary Kaldor's academic work and ideas have both stimulated and influenced debate in the Pentagon, the United Nations, the European Union, NATO,    More >

Female Militants in South Asia: Fighters and Facilitators
Ayesha Ray

Though often portrayed as lacking agency, women in South Asia, in considerable numbers, participate actively in the insurgencies that plague the region—taking up arms alongside men or    More >

Counterintelligence at Its Core: Assessing and Preventing Foreign Espionage
Kevin P. Riehle

What is the core purpose of counterintelligence? What does it involve? To answer these questions, Kevin Riehle explains in detail how counterintelligence analysis supports the mission of    More >

Warfare  in the Robotics Age
Ash Rossiter and Peter Layton

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! From artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles to human augmentation … robots are increasingly being used by the military. For what    More >

Rebuilding Arab Defense: US Security Cooperation in the Middle East
Bilal Y. Saab

After decades of US military assistance in the Middle East—providing expensive weapons systems and conducting military exercises—why are the military capabilities of US allies in    More >

US-China Nuclear Relations: The Impact of Strategic Triangles
David Santoro, editor

Though China remains a relatively weak nuclear power, it has in recent years become central to US strategic policymaking. What explains this shift? How is the US-China strategic nuclear    More >

NATO and the Middle East: In Search of a Strategy
Rolf Schwarz

Over the course of more than seven decades, NATO has sought, but not settled on, an effective strategy for interacting with its neighbors in the Middle East and North Africa. Rolf Schwarz    More >

International Security: An Analytical Survey
Michael Sheehan

Michael Sheehan provides a masterly survey of the varied positions that scholars have adopted in interpreting "security"—one of the most contested terms in international    More >

Hedging the China Threat: US-Taiwan Security Relations Since 1949
Shao-cheng Sun

The United States has never formally recognized Taiwan as a sovereign state, yet it has provided the country with security assistance since the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC)    More >

Lessons Learned from the War in Ukraine: Security Strategies for the Nordic-Baltic Five
Otto Tabuns and Olevs Nikers

In the context of Russia's war against Ukraine, the authors present crucial strategies for improving security in five NATO eastern flank states: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and    More >

Security in South America: The Role of States and Regional Organizations
Rodrigo Tavares

What types of threats and conflicts affect the countries of South America? What roles can and should states and regional organizations play in maintaining both traditional and human security    More >

Spying: Assessing US Domestic Intelligence Since 9/11
Darren E. Tromblay

Initiated in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, have the reforms of the US intelligence enterprise served their purpose? What have been the results of the creation of the    More >

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