Global Dangers: Changing Dimensions of International Security - Paperback

by Sean M. Lynn-Jones (Editor), Steven E. Miller (Editor)

The essays collected in Global Dangers provide both conceptual analysis and empirical assessment of the environment, migration, and nationalism as sources of conflict. The East-West confrontation that dominated the international security agenda during the Cold War has largely receded from view. Revealed in its wake is a different set of dangers, not really new but previously overshadowed by Cold War preoccupations. Global Dangers examines three such potential threats to peace: environmental problems, including access to scarce resources and population pressures; international migration; and nationalism. These issues are global in scope, persistent in nature, and potent in their implications. It is tragically clear that they can give rise to political dispute and to violent conflict.

Contributors
V. P. Gagnon, Peter H. Gleick, Thomas F. Homer-Dixon, F. Stephen Larrabee, Miriam R. Lowi, Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Steven E. Miller, Barry R. Posen, Richard H. Ullman, Stephen Van Evera, Myron Weiner

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'Global Dangers' presents theoretically innovative and empirically rich analyses of some of the new issues that are raising the temperature of contemporary world politics. The selections are thought-provoking and accessible, and offer tantalizing directions for future research. Like other 'International Security' readers, it offers useful insights for scholars and will be a valuable collection for graduate and undergraduate courses.' --Stephen M. Walt, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago