Non-military security and global order

"As the international system approaches the new millennium, it is the non-military, so-called 'soft' dimension of security that is increasingly at the forefront of national and international agendas. Globalization, unsustainable development, arms proliferation and heightened imperatives of economic and ethno-religious self-identity have all given increased salience to dangers as diverse as terrorism, the drug trade, piracy, environmental degradation, the spread of disease and uncontrolled migration. The book makes a comprehensive examination of each of these threat potentials, analysing th...