Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index.
Security and securitization -- Military threats to security from states -- Military threats to security from non-state actors -- Economic threats to security -- Social identity as a threat to security -- Environmental threats to security -- Health threats to security -- Natural threats to security -- Accidental threats to security -- Criminal threats to security -- Towards global security.
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Understanding Global Security provides an introduction to both the conventional 'hard' security issues which dominated international relations during the Cold War and the 'soft' security issues which have emerged in the post-Cold War era.