Explores a number of global issues affecting international institutions, nation-states and civil societies
Addresses the twenty-first century challenges in an analytical and thought provoking manner, and sets out compelling paths for action and reform
Speaks to academics, practitioners and students, as well as professionals and practitioners interested in global security issues, from ecology and gender to biosecurity and human rights

Autorentext

Anthony Burke is Professor of International and Political studies at UNSW Australia.His books include Ethics and Global Security: A Cosmopolitan Approach (with Katrina Lee Koo and Matt McDonald), Beyond Security, Ethics and Violence: War Against the Other, and as co-editor (with Jonna Nyman), Ethical Security Studies: A New Research Agenda.
Rita Parker is a Visiting Fellow at the UNSW Canberra and former senior policy advisor to Australian Federal and State governments. She specializes in transnational challenges to security and resilience, and her work has been published in Australia, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, and the United States.

Klappentext

This innovative volume gathers some of the world s best scholars to analyse the world s collective international efforts to address globalised threats through global security governance. Addressing global and planetary forms of insecurity that include nuclear weapons, conventional arms, gender violence, climate change, disease, bio weapons, cyber-conflict, children in conflict, crimes against humanity, and refugees, this timely book critiques how they are addressed by global institutions and regimes, and advocates important conceptual, institutional, and policy reforms. This is an invaluable resource for students, scholars and policymakers in international health, security and development.