The Palgrave handbook of national security [electronic resource] / Michael Clarke, Adam Henschke, Matthew Sussex, Tim Legrand, editors
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- 8612766
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- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
- 1 online resource.
- ISBN:
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- 9783030534943 ((electronic bk.))
- 3030534944 ((electronic bk.))
- Invalid ISBN:
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- 3030534936
- 9783030534936
- Full contents:
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- Intro
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Figures
- 1 National Security: Theories, Actors, Issues
- Part I Theories
- 2 Understanding National Security: The Promises and Pitfalls of International Relations Theory
- The National Security Landscape: Changing Definitions, Themes and Processes
- Statehood, Securitisation and National Security
- National Interests
- Sovereignty and International Law
- Power, Influence and International Order
- Making National Security Policy in an Age of Globalisation and Shifting Power: Balancing Risk and Resilience
- Theories of International Relations and National Security Choices
- Realist Approaches
- Liberal Approaches
- Constructivist Approaches
- From Theory to Practice: Case Studies on Major National Security Issues
- The Global War on Terror
- Climate Change
- Shifts in Global Order: The Rise of China and the Relative Decline of the United States
- Conclusions
- 3 National Security and Public Policy: Exceptionalism Versus Accountability
- What Is Public Policy?
- A Brief History of Public Policy
- Public Policy in Liberal Democracies
- National Security and Public Policy in Liberal Democracy
- Methodological Challenges of National Security Evaluation
- Exceptionalized Policy-Making in Liberal Democracies
- Scrutiny, Accountability and Exceptionalism
- Exempting National Security from Public Policy Imperatives
- The Expanding Remit of National Security Policy
- National Security and the Shadow of Illiberalism
- Conclusions
- 4 Ethics and National Security: A Case for Reasons in Decision-Making
- Introduction
- The Problem: Ethics and National Security
- On Ethics, National Security and Liberal Democracies
- Ethics
- Nations and States16
- Security
- An Open Question: Pluralism Versus Anything Goes33
- A Dynamic Space
- Where To? A Guide for Ethical Decision Making in National Security
- Part II Actors
- 5 Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself: The National Security Policy of the United States
- Free Security
- What Are We Afraid Of? Issues and Debates in Twenty-First-Century U.S. National Security
- Traditional Threats: Peer Competitors
- Nontraditional Threats: Terrorism, Rogue, and Failed States
- Technological Threats: Nuclear, Cyber!, Killer Robots
- Nuclear Weapons States, 1988 and 2018
- Imagined Threats: Unknown Unknowns
- Structure and Insecurity
- Conclusions
- 6 Chinese National Security: New Agendas and Emerging Challenges
- The End of the Cold War and Emerging Security Challenges
- National Security: Emerging Challenges
- Reconceptualizing Security: New Structures
- Conclusion
- 7 Russia's National Security Posture
- The Roots of Russian Conduct
- Understanding Russian National Security Policy
- Constructivist Approaches
- Neoliberal Approaches
- Realist Approaches
- Power and Weakness: Enablers and Constraints
- Military Power
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 13, 2021).
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- Handbook of national security
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