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In this ambitious and masterful study, Johansen advances a set of sweeping principles and strategies for peace-building and security in the twenty-first century. * G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs *

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Contents Tables Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Are Peace and Security Really Possible? Chapter 1: Understanding New Global Realities 1.1: War: Declining Utility 1.2: Non-State Actors: Rising Power 1.3: Non-Military Threats: Increasing Insecurity 1.4: National Military Competition: Growing Vulnerabilities 1.5: Nonviolent Campaigns: Offering Possibilities 1.6: The Rule of Law: Seeking Traction 1.7: Global Governance: Needing Nurture Chapter 2: Conceiving a Security-Enhancing Theory 2.1: Respecting Empirical Reality 2.2: Respecting Human Dignity 2.3: Expanding Peacebuilding Theory 2.4: Recognizing Nationalism's Help and Hindrance 2.5: Cosmopolitanizing Nationalism 2.6: Open Questions Chapter 3: Watching National Policies Fail 3.1: Misaligning Military Power and Security 3.2: Misaligning Economic Assets and Abolition of Poverty 3.3: Misaligning Economic Competition and Cooperation 3.4: Misaligning Environmental Assets and Environmental Needs 3.5: Misaligning the Power of Law and Global Security Chapter 4: Recognizing Structural Breakdown 4.1: Bringing the Tragedy of the Commons 4.2: Forgetting the Reciprocity of Nuremburg 4.3: Missing Opportunities for a "New Era" 4.4: Ignoring Deficiencies of the Nation-State 4.5: Recognizing the Desirability and Impossibility of World Government 4.6: Considering a New System 4.7: Hanging onto Diplomatic Habits 4.8: Considering a Global Grand Strategy Chapter 5: Developing a Security-Enhancing Strategy 5.1: Reducing Fears 5.2: Emphasizing Human Security 5.3: Respecting Reciprocity 5.4: Implementing Equity 5.5: Strengthening Legal Muscles 5.6: Growing Global Governance 5.7: Signs of Hope Chapter 6: Fostering System Change 6.1: Transcending Hyper-Independence 6.2: Enlarging the Security Community 6.3: Delivering More than National Governments 6.4: Disciplining Sovereignty 6.5: Enlivening Peace Chapter 7: Designing Life-Enhancing Architecture 7.1: Strengthening International Law 7.2: Expanding Global Monitoring 7.3: Establishing Multinational Police Enforcement 7.4: Beginning Global Legislative Conversations 7.5: Achieving Economic Well-being for the Poor 7.6: Improving Environmental Health Chapter 8: Building Human Security 8.1: Bolstering U.S. Democracy 8.2: Cosmopolitanizing National Interests Chapter 9: Where the Evidence Leads 9.1: Weighing National Security and Human Security 9.2: Universalizing Respect for Human Dignity 9.3: Finding Empowerment in Human Rights 9.4: Increasing Transnational Cooperation 9.5: Seeking Quality Peace 9.6: Exerting Influence for Human Security 9.7: "Working Toward a World Without War" 9.8: Realizing the Vision Endnotes Bibliography Index

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    Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
    Publication Date: 18/01/2022
    ISBN13: 9780197586655, 978-0197586655
    ISBN10: 0197586651

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    Book Synopsis


    Trade Review
    In this ambitious and masterful study, Johansen advances a set of sweeping principles and strategies for peace-building and security in the twenty-first century. * G. John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs *

    Table of Contents
    Contents Tables Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Are Peace and Security Really Possible? Chapter 1: Understanding New Global Realities 1.1: War: Declining Utility 1.2: Non-State Actors: Rising Power 1.3: Non-Military Threats: Increasing Insecurity 1.4: National Military Competition: Growing Vulnerabilities 1.5: Nonviolent Campaigns: Offering Possibilities 1.6: The Rule of Law: Seeking Traction 1.7: Global Governance: Needing Nurture Chapter 2: Conceiving a Security-Enhancing Theory 2.1: Respecting Empirical Reality 2.2: Respecting Human Dignity 2.3: Expanding Peacebuilding Theory 2.4: Recognizing Nationalism's Help and Hindrance 2.5: Cosmopolitanizing Nationalism 2.6: Open Questions Chapter 3: Watching National Policies Fail 3.1: Misaligning Military Power and Security 3.2: Misaligning Economic Assets and Abolition of Poverty 3.3: Misaligning Economic Competition and Cooperation 3.4: Misaligning Environmental Assets and Environmental Needs 3.5: Misaligning the Power of Law and Global Security Chapter 4: Recognizing Structural Breakdown 4.1: Bringing the Tragedy of the Commons 4.2: Forgetting the Reciprocity of Nuremburg 4.3: Missing Opportunities for a "New Era" 4.4: Ignoring Deficiencies of the Nation-State 4.5: Recognizing the Desirability and Impossibility of World Government 4.6: Considering a New System 4.7: Hanging onto Diplomatic Habits 4.8: Considering a Global Grand Strategy Chapter 5: Developing a Security-Enhancing Strategy 5.1: Reducing Fears 5.2: Emphasizing Human Security 5.3: Respecting Reciprocity 5.4: Implementing Equity 5.5: Strengthening Legal Muscles 5.6: Growing Global Governance 5.7: Signs of Hope Chapter 6: Fostering System Change 6.1: Transcending Hyper-Independence 6.2: Enlarging the Security Community 6.3: Delivering More than National Governments 6.4: Disciplining Sovereignty 6.5: Enlivening Peace Chapter 7: Designing Life-Enhancing Architecture 7.1: Strengthening International Law 7.2: Expanding Global Monitoring 7.3: Establishing Multinational Police Enforcement 7.4: Beginning Global Legislative Conversations 7.5: Achieving Economic Well-being for the Poor 7.6: Improving Environmental Health Chapter 8: Building Human Security 8.1: Bolstering U.S. Democracy 8.2: Cosmopolitanizing National Interests Chapter 9: Where the Evidence Leads 9.1: Weighing National Security and Human Security 9.2: Universalizing Respect for Human Dignity 9.3: Finding Empowerment in Human Rights 9.4: Increasing Transnational Cooperation 9.5: Seeking Quality Peace 9.6: Exerting Influence for Human Security 9.7: "Working Toward a World Without War" 9.8: Realizing the Vision Endnotes Bibliography Index

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