Globalization and Conflict: National Security in a 'New' Strategic Era(Contemporary Security Studies)

The conventional wisdom since the suicide attacks of September 11 is that the world will never be the same again. According to President George W. Bush, "September 11 changed the strategic thinking" of the US. But despite proclaiming a "new war" against terrorism, it is not clear that the US, the world's only superpower, has fundamentally changed its thinking on international security. A Cold War phenomenon known as the national security state, in which defence and foreign policy interests essentially merged, remains largely intact. Indeed, the ideas of global primacy and pre-emptive war, articulated in President Bush's new National Security strategy of September 2002, have reinvigorated and extended the idea of the national security state.However, President Bush's distinctively national approach to security, especially with respect to Iraq, does not sit comfortably with the broader requirement that international problems like terrorism need multilateral responses to be effective. This book examines the changing parameters of the national security state. Key themes are: globalization and the new security environment; the political economy of internal conflicts; specific security challenges of the contemporary period; and the instrumentalities of managing the 'new conflicts'.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Introduction 1. Globalization, the End of the Cold War and the Doctrine of National Security Robert G. Patman Part II: Globalization and the New Security Environment 2. The Concept of Security in a Globalizing World Steve Smith 3. Globalization and Violent Political Dissent in Developing Countries Philip Nel Part III: Challenges of ‘The Unipolar Moment’ 4. Globalization, American Exceptionalism and Security James Gibney 5. The Impact of the 'Vietnam Syndrome' on US Foreign Policy in a Post-Cold War World David A. Welch 6. Afghanistan, the ‘War on Terror’, and the Continuing Quest for Security Najibullah Lafraie Part IV: New Conflicts in the Post-Cold War Era 7. Russia, America and the New Conflicts in Central Asia Rouben Azizian 8. Globalization and the ‘New Wars’: The Case of Chechnya Jim Headley 9. Globalization, Power and Reform in the Middle East: Arab Responses to September 11 and its Aftermath Leanne Piggott 10. Humanitarian Intervention in East Timor: Some Ingredients for Building Sustainable Security? Anthony Hayward Part V: Managing the New Security Environment 11. Globalization, Peace Operations and the New Wars of the 1990s: Operational Challenges and Lessons Learned Peter Viggo Jakobsen 12.Requirements for Effective Military Intervention Rupert Smith 13. Managing Civil Conflicts in Eastern Africa Gilbert Khadiagala Part VI: Conclusion 14. The Future of National Security Robert Ayson