International Security: Politics, Policy, Prospects

This book provides an exceptionally wide-ranging introduction to international security in the 21st century. The auhor takes a distinctively systematic approach centered on how and why particular issues get onto the international security agenda and particular choices and outcomes ensue, assessing the explanatory power of contending approaches in this context.

MICHAEL E. SMITH is Professor of International Relations, University of Aberdeen, UK and was previously Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University.