1 Elusive Security = 1
Defining Security = 3
Organization of This Book = 5
Whose Security? Or, "What We Seek to Protect Reflects What We Value" = 7
2 National Security = 13
Internal versus External Security = 13
Protecting the State's Core Values = 15
Sovereignty = 18
Origins of the Sovereign State = 20
States, Not Nations = 23
The Components of a State = 24
Building Internally Secure States = 29
Violence as Integral to the State-Building Process = 30
Extended Discussion Box 2.1 The U.S. Justice Department Takes on the Branch Davidians = 36
Extended Discussion Box 2.2 The Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes Region of Africa = 38
3 Terrorism = 45
Defining Terrorism = 46
The Internationalization of Terrorism = 50
The Increasing Lethality of Terrorism = 54
Defending the Homeland against Terrorism = 57
Extended Discussion. Box 3.1 Chechen?Russian Relations and International Terrorism = 62
4 Identifying External Security Threats = 69
International Anarchy and the Security Dilemma = 71
Balancing Power, Balancing Threats = 75
Accommodation = 80
Bandwagoning = 83
Alliances and Coalitions = 84
5 Defending against External Security Threats = 89
The Defense Dilemma: Trading Off National Values = 91
Deterrence and Nuclear Weapons = 92
Containment = 100
Defensive Defense = 106
Extended Discussion Box 5.1 The Central Intelligence Agency Ponders the Futures of India and Pakistan = 112
6 Going on the Offensive = 115
The Bush Doctrine = 117
Preemptive and Preventive War = 121
Military Intervention = 124
"New Wars" = 131
7 International Security = 137
A Focus on Power and Order in Interstate Relations = 139
Constructing Global Security Organizations = 143
Why States Would Bind Themselves = 146
8 The United Nations and International Security = 149
The Security Council as a Rigid Great Power System = 151
The UN Charter and International Peace and Security = 154
Collective Security: From Korea to the 1991 Gulf War = 159
Extended Discussion Box 8.1 Selected Security Council Resolutions That Avoid Sanctioning the Big Five for Their Use of Force = 166
Extended Discussion Box 8.2 Emergency Special Sessions of the UN General Assembly = 169
9 Keeping the Peace = 171
UN Peacekeeping = 175
The 1990's?Combining Peacekeeping with Peace Enforcement = 181
Improving UN Peace Operations = 190
10 Human Security = 197
Civilians Come Last?The Geneva Conventions = 199
The Post-Cold War Human Security Agenda = 202
Protecting People from Large-Scale Violence = 209
Reality Check = 213
Conclusion: Reimagining Our Choices = 219
Notes = 225
Index = 249
About the Author = 263
Defining Security = 3
Organization of This Book = 5
Whose Security? Or, "What We Seek to Protect Reflects What We Value" = 7
2 National Security = 13
Internal versus External Security = 13
Protecting the State's Core Values = 15
Sovereignty = 18
Origins of the Sovereign State = 20
States, Not Nations = 23
The Components of a State = 24
Building Internally Secure States = 29
Violence as Integral to the State-Building Process = 30
Extended Discussion Box 2.1 The U.S. Justice Department Takes on the Branch Davidians = 36
Extended Discussion Box 2.2 The Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes Region of Africa = 38
3 Terrorism = 45
Defining Terrorism = 46
The Internationalization of Terrorism = 50
The Increasing Lethality of Terrorism = 54
Defending the Homeland against Terrorism = 57
Extended Discussion. Box 3.1 Chechen?Russian Relations and International Terrorism = 62
4 Identifying External Security Threats = 69
International Anarchy and the Security Dilemma = 71
Balancing Power, Balancing Threats = 75
Accommodation = 80
Bandwagoning = 83
Alliances and Coalitions = 84
5 Defending against External Security Threats = 89
The Defense Dilemma: Trading Off National Values = 91
Deterrence and Nuclear Weapons = 92
Containment = 100
Defensive Defense = 106
Extended Discussion Box 5.1 The Central Intelligence Agency Ponders the Futures of India and Pakistan = 112
6 Going on the Offensive = 115
The Bush Doctrine = 117
Preemptive and Preventive War = 121
Military Intervention = 124
"New Wars" = 131
7 International Security = 137
A Focus on Power and Order in Interstate Relations = 139
Constructing Global Security Organizations = 143
Why States Would Bind Themselves = 146
8 The United Nations and International Security = 149
The Security Council as a Rigid Great Power System = 151
The UN Charter and International Peace and Security = 154
Collective Security: From Korea to the 1991 Gulf War = 159
Extended Discussion Box 8.1 Selected Security Council Resolutions That Avoid Sanctioning the Big Five for Their Use of Force = 166
Extended Discussion Box 8.2 Emergency Special Sessions of the UN General Assembly = 169
9 Keeping the Peace = 171
UN Peacekeeping = 175
The 1990's?Combining Peacekeeping with Peace Enforcement = 181
Improving UN Peace Operations = 190
10 Human Security = 197
Civilians Come Last?The Geneva Conventions = 199
The Post-Cold War Human Security Agenda = 202
Protecting People from Large-Scale Violence = 209
Reality Check = 213
Conclusion: Reimagining Our Choices = 219
Notes = 225
Index = 249
About the Author = 263