Introduction : global security policy in the 21st century / Mary Kaldor and Iavor Rangelov -- Global security / Ken Booth -- Security and social critique / David Mutimer -- Gender and security / Natasha Marhia -- Security policy and (global) risk(s) / Sabine Selchow -- Human security / Mary Kaldor -- Nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation / Maria Rost Rublee -- Terrorism and antiterrorism / Ekaterina Stepanova -- Genocide and large-scale human rights violations / Martin Shaw -- Transnational crime / John P. Sullivan -- Natural resources and insecurity / Anouk S. Rigterink -- The web of water security / Mark Zeitoun -- Civilian protection / Sarah Sewall -- Humanitarian assistance / Henry Radice -- The evolution of international peacekeeping / Renata Dwan -- State-building, nation-building and reconstruction / Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Denisa Kostovicova and David Rampton -- Strengthening democratic governance in the security sector : the unfulfilled promise of security sector reform / Nicole Ball -- Diplomacy and mediation / Alvaro de Soto -- Global security and international law / Richard Falk -- Transitional justice / Iavor Rangelov and Ruti Teitel -- Reframing the use of force : the European Union as a security actor / Mary Martin -- China / May-Britt U. Stumbaum and Sun Xuefeng -- India as global security actor / Jivanta Schuttli and Markus Pauli -- Security agenda in Russia : academic concepts, political discourses and institutional practices / Andrey Makarychev -- Contextualizing global security : the case of Turkey / Asl� Calk�vik -- The United States / Adam Quinn -- Society in fragile contexts / Willemijn Verkoren and Mathijs van Leeuwen -- Protest and politics : how peace movements shape history / David Cortright -- Corporate actors / Shantanu Chakrabarti.