National, International, and Human Security

Laura Neack is a professor in the department of political science at Miami University in Oxford, OH. She has served as the editor-in-chief of International Studies Perspectives and president of the Foreign Policy Analysis section of the International Studies Association. Her recent books include Studying Foreign Policy Comparatively: Cases and Analyses, Fourth Edition; The New Foreign Policy: Complex Interactions, Competing Interests, Third Edition; and Global Society in Transition.

Preface

Chapter 1. The Elusive Nature of Security

A First Case: China and the Uyghurs

Elusive Security: States First, People Last

What Does It Mean To Be Secure?

Defining Security

A Second Case: Australia and the Afghan Boat People

States First, International Obligations Second

National, International, and Human Security

Chapter 2. National Security

What is Security?

National Security: States, Not Nations

The Sovereign State

What Sovereignty Allows

Limits on Internal and External Security Practices

States Resurgent

Chapter 3. Internal Security

Defining Internal Security

Who is the State?

What is the Purpose of the State?

All States Tend Toward Maximalism When Threatened

Signs of Trouble

Chapter 4. The Unilateral Pursuit of External Security

The Security Dilemma

Defense and Deterrence

Preemptive Self-Defense

Preventive Force

Gray Zone and Hybrid Conflict

Preventive War

Chapter 5. International Security

International Security and Order

The Liberal International Security System

The Great Power Balance-of-Power International Security System

Competing Orders: The United States versus China

Chapter 6. Bilateral and Multilateral Security Arrangements

Security Arrangements Within the UN Security System

Liberal Security Arrangements

Imposed Security Arrangements

Transactional Security Arrangements

Chapter 7. The United Nations International Security System

Protecting International Peace and Security

The Security Council and Measures Short of Force

The Security Council and Collective Security Actions

General Assembly Emergency Meetings

United Nations Peacekeeping

UN-Approved Peace Enforcement Operations

UN-Regional Organization Hybrid Peace Operations

Chapter 8. Human Security

Defining Human Security

The Geneva Conventions

The Post-Cold War Human Security Agenda

Protecting People from Large-Scale Killing

Civilian Protection

The Future of Human Security

Chapter 9. Conclusion: Democracy, Resilience, and Imagination

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