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The U.S. Pre-Eminence in Post-Cold War Europe: 1990-1991
After the end of the Cold War, Washington envisioned American leadership in Europe as a means for stability; both for the future of Europe and for the international system.
Nuclear Proliferation Through Critical Security Studies
The apparent threat from continued proliferation both within and outside the NPT framework remains a widely shared concern among all actors—from states to non-state actors.
The Protection of Fundamental Rights in the EU Post-Lisbon
Although, at first sight, it may appear otherwise – the EU’s Lisbon Treaty has made a huge step towards a more sophisticated and improved security of fundamental rights.
The Securitisation Epidemic
The intentions of biological weapons are to cause damage to the social and economic order of society. Infectious disease also causes damage to this order and thus constitutes a security threat.
Mitigating Civilian and Military Bureaucratic Tensions
With intertwining roles but blurring boundaries between them, civilian and military bureaucrats have a hard time cooperating, especially in the contemporary security context of a nation-state.
Are Economic Motives Relevant to Military Intervention in Africa?
The ‘proxy wars’ in Africa during the 1970s were unique forms of military intervention, where the heightened significance of ideology was reflected in the main foreign policy objectives .
Comparing Domestic Terrorist Threats in the US and UK
Radicalized Islamic terrorism does not necessarily pose the greatest risk to national security, but rather non-Islamic extremist organizations are an increasingly imminent danger.
Is the War On Terror Over? If So, Who Won?
Empirical and rhetorical evidence within the context of America’s prosecution of the War on Terror ultimately supports the contention that it is not over. ‘Who won?’ then becomes hypothetical.