The Routledge handbook of security studies/ edited by Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Victor Mauer.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-470) and index.

Introduction / Myriam Dunn Cavelty and Victor Mauer -- Part I : Theoretical approaches to security and different 'securities' -- Realism and security studies / William C. Wohlforth -- Liberalism / David L. Rousseau and Thomas C. Walker -- The English school and international security / Barry Buzan -- Critical security studies / David Mutimer -- Constructivism and securitization studies / Thierry Balzacq -- Post-structuralism, continental philosophy and the remaking of security studies / Claudia Aradau and Rens van Munster -- Feminist security studies / Annick T.R. Wibben -- National security, culture and identity / Iver B. Neumann -- Societal security / Tobias Theiler -- Human security and diplomacy / Pauline Kerr -- Part II : Contemporary security challenges -- Terrorism / Paul Wilkinson -- Weapons of mass destruction and the proliferation challenge / James J. Wirtz -- Organized crime, drug trafficking and trafficking in women / Phil Williams -- State failure and state building / Daniel Lambach and Tobias Debiel -- Migration and security / Jef Huysmans and Vicki Squire -- Cyber-threats / Myriam Dunn Cavelty -- Old and new wars / Herfried Münkler -- The privatization of international security / Anna Leander -- Energy security / Robert W. Orttung adn Jeronim Perovic -- Resources, the environment and conflict / Nils Petter Gleditsch and Ole Magnus Theisen -- Emerging dangers of biological weapons / Barry Kellman -- Security and health in the twenty-first century / Colleen O'Manique and Pieter Fourie. Part III : Regional security challenges -- China's rise : intentions, power and evidence / David C. Kang -- The Korean peninsula : on the brink? / Scott Snyder -- Indian security policy / Sumit Ganguly -- Pakistan's security predicament : religion, economics or geopolitics? / Masooda Bano -- Afghanistan : a state in crisis / Amin Saikal -- The Middle East as a crisis region / Martin Beck -- Iran's nuclear challenge / Mark Fitzpatrick -- Intervention in Iraq : regime change and the dialectics of state-building / Gareth Stansfield -- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Mark A. Heller -- Russia's revival / Jeffrey Mankoff -- The Western Balkans : on the path to stability / Richard Caplan -- Part IV : Confronting security challenges -- The European Union : from security community towards security actor / Victor Mauer -- Alliances / Carlo Masala -- Deterrence / Richard Ned Lebow -- Coercive diplomacy : scope and limits, theory and policy / Bruce W. Jentleson -- Peace operations / Oliver Ramsbotham and Tom Woodhouse -- Humanitarian intervention / Alex J. Bellamy -- Global governance / Thomas J. Biersteker -- The study of crisis management / Arjen Boin, Magnus Ekengren, and Mark Rhinard.