Author: Dr. Amrita Banerjee
Publisher: INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTE OF HUMAN SECURITY & GOVERNANCE
ISBN: 8196447663
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book addresses certain existing issues related to different types of security and identity and how they can be resolved by global governance in contemporary times and its peaceful dimensions including security concerns relevant to the national interest. This book is also an effort to examine the present security situation by identifying variant existing perception that leads to serious problems of vulnerability of sovereign nation- India and the World. The issues discussed here have vital implications over the region’s security that raises pertinent questions related to human security and human survival. The papers are contributed by eminent academicians and scholars and it is presenting most of the relevant topics like- Comprehensive Analysis of Traditional Security Challenges and Praxis: India and the Asia-Pacific Region’s Security Dynamics, The Changing Discourses on Hegemony and Identity and the Future of International Order, An Analytical Study of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Water and Sanitation Sectors in the Indian Economy, Identity Politics from an Indian Perspective, Displacement And Rehabilitation: A Take At G20 Summit In Delhi And Its Consequences, Assessing India-Taiwan relations in the context of the Taiwan Strait Situation, Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: Challenges and Potential solutions in Indian Perspective, The Impact of Covid-19 on Media and Society, India: Roadmap to Achieve the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by 2030, Child Security and Global Governance, Heath Crisis of Syrians since 2011: An Analysis, Drug Trafficking as Transnational and Non-traditional Threat for India’s Border Security, Child Security and Global Governance, Governance and Education, Maritime Security of India in the Indo-Pacific: Challenges, Capabilities iii and Prospects, German Diaspora In Russia: A Potential Force In International Relations, Identity Politics And Its Impact On Economy (Comparative Analysis), Understanding the Sociology of Healthcare Data Breaches and its Implications to Human Identity and Security in Contemporary Society – A Critical Study, Current South Asian Security-related Issues: Security Problems in the Emergence of the Twenty- first Century, Honour Killing and Social Death In India: A Critical Analysis.
Security, Identity and Global Governance
Author: Dr. Amrita Banerjee
Publisher: INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTE OF HUMAN SECURITY & GOVERNANCE
ISBN: 8196447663
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book addresses certain existing issues related to different types of security and identity and how they can be resolved by global governance in contemporary times and its peaceful dimensions including security concerns relevant to the national interest. This book is also an effort to examine the present security situation by identifying variant existing perception that leads to serious problems of vulnerability of sovereign nation- India and the World. The issues discussed here have vital implications over the region’s security that raises pertinent questions related to human security and human survival. The papers are contributed by eminent academicians and scholars and it is presenting most of the relevant topics like- Comprehensive Analysis of Traditional Security Challenges and Praxis: India and the Asia-Pacific Region’s Security Dynamics, The Changing Discourses on Hegemony and Identity and the Future of International Order, An Analytical Study of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Water and Sanitation Sectors in the Indian Economy, Identity Politics from an Indian Perspective, Displacement And Rehabilitation: A Take At G20 Summit In Delhi And Its Consequences, Assessing India-Taiwan relations in the context of the Taiwan Strait Situation, Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: Challenges and Potential solutions in Indian Perspective, The Impact of Covid-19 on Media and Society, India: Roadmap to Achieve the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by 2030, Child Security and Global Governance, Heath Crisis of Syrians since 2011: An Analysis, Drug Trafficking as Transnational and Non-traditional Threat for India’s Border Security, Child Security and Global Governance, Governance and Education, Maritime Security of India in the Indo-Pacific: Challenges, Capabilities iii and Prospects, German Diaspora In Russia: A Potential Force In International Relations, Identity Politics And Its Impact On Economy (Comparative Analysis), Understanding the Sociology of Healthcare Data Breaches and its Implications to Human Identity and Security in Contemporary Society – A Critical Study, Current South Asian Security-related Issues: Security Problems in the Emergence of the Twenty- first Century, Honour Killing and Social Death In India: A Critical Analysis.
Publisher: INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTITUTE OF HUMAN SECURITY & GOVERNANCE
ISBN: 8196447663
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book addresses certain existing issues related to different types of security and identity and how they can be resolved by global governance in contemporary times and its peaceful dimensions including security concerns relevant to the national interest. This book is also an effort to examine the present security situation by identifying variant existing perception that leads to serious problems of vulnerability of sovereign nation- India and the World. The issues discussed here have vital implications over the region’s security that raises pertinent questions related to human security and human survival. The papers are contributed by eminent academicians and scholars and it is presenting most of the relevant topics like- Comprehensive Analysis of Traditional Security Challenges and Praxis: India and the Asia-Pacific Region’s Security Dynamics, The Changing Discourses on Hegemony and Identity and the Future of International Order, An Analytical Study of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Water and Sanitation Sectors in the Indian Economy, Identity Politics from an Indian Perspective, Displacement And Rehabilitation: A Take At G20 Summit In Delhi And Its Consequences, Assessing India-Taiwan relations in the context of the Taiwan Strait Situation, Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: Challenges and Potential solutions in Indian Perspective, The Impact of Covid-19 on Media and Society, India: Roadmap to Achieve the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) by 2030, Child Security and Global Governance, Heath Crisis of Syrians since 2011: An Analysis, Drug Trafficking as Transnational and Non-traditional Threat for India’s Border Security, Child Security and Global Governance, Governance and Education, Maritime Security of India in the Indo-Pacific: Challenges, Capabilities iii and Prospects, German Diaspora In Russia: A Potential Force In International Relations, Identity Politics And Its Impact On Economy (Comparative Analysis), Understanding the Sociology of Healthcare Data Breaches and its Implications to Human Identity and Security in Contemporary Society – A Critical Study, Current South Asian Security-related Issues: Security Problems in the Emergence of the Twenty- first Century, Honour Killing and Social Death In India: A Critical Analysis.
Global Governance and Biopolitics
Author: David Roberts
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1848136897
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This seminal work is the first fully to engage human security with power in the international system. It presents global governance not as impartial institutionalism, but as the calculated mismanagement of life, directing biopolitical neoliberal ideology through global networks, undermining the human security of millions. The book responds to recent critiques of the human security concept as incoherent by identifying and prioritizing transnational human populations facing life-ending contingencies en mass. Furthermore, it proposes a realignment of World Bank practices towards mobilizing indigenous provision of water and sanitation in areas with the highest rates of avoidable child mortality. Roberts demonstrates that mainstream IR's nihilistic domination of security thinking is directly responsible for blocking the realization of greater human security for countless people worldwide, whilst its assumptions and attendant policies perpetuate the dystopia its proponents claim is inevitable. Yet this book presents a viable means of achieving a form of human security so far denied to the most vulnerable people in the world.
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1848136897
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
This seminal work is the first fully to engage human security with power in the international system. It presents global governance not as impartial institutionalism, but as the calculated mismanagement of life, directing biopolitical neoliberal ideology through global networks, undermining the human security of millions. The book responds to recent critiques of the human security concept as incoherent by identifying and prioritizing transnational human populations facing life-ending contingencies en mass. Furthermore, it proposes a realignment of World Bank practices towards mobilizing indigenous provision of water and sanitation in areas with the highest rates of avoidable child mortality. Roberts demonstrates that mainstream IR's nihilistic domination of security thinking is directly responsible for blocking the realization of greater human security for countless people worldwide, whilst its assumptions and attendant policies perpetuate the dystopia its proponents claim is inevitable. Yet this book presents a viable means of achieving a form of human security so far denied to the most vulnerable people in the world.
Politics Of Separatism
Author: Dr. Nandini Basistha
Publisher: K.K. Publications
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This book tries to theorize the evolution of identity politics leading to separatist mentalities in India. Constructed ideas of identity have been posing a threat to humanity in the name of separatism. It is now one of the biggest threats to the Indian nation-building process. The Indian government has invested crores of rupees to secure the unity of India. In spite of that, many parts of India are now demanding separate statehood or sovereign nation-state. Demands vary according to the motif, mode and magnitude. But behind every demand for full or partial political autonomy, their remains some unequal treatment which occurs in the eco-socio-political sphere and separatist movements often take place. This Study revolves around two movements led by Rajbanshis and Gorkhas in the Northern part of West Bengal. In the tiny and strategically important North Bengal region, numerous movements are ongoing for getting separate statehood, some notables of which are 'Gorkhaland', 'Kamtapur', and 'Greater Cooch Bihar' movements. Why and how this area is facing this kind of activism is the main thrust of this study. With statistical data and historical references, the authenticity of the claim of 'marginalization' tried to validate. The question of Bengali hegemony and backwardness of North Bengal is also discussed elaborately. This book thus can be an ideal reference copy for the social scientists as well as administrative officials working in/on North Bengal/Northeast India/ ethno-regional separatist movements. This book covers the hundred-year history of movements of two important ethnic groups (Rajbanshis and Gorkhas) of India and touched three most crucial issues–viz. identity, marginality and separatism.
Publisher: K.K. Publications
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This book tries to theorize the evolution of identity politics leading to separatist mentalities in India. Constructed ideas of identity have been posing a threat to humanity in the name of separatism. It is now one of the biggest threats to the Indian nation-building process. The Indian government has invested crores of rupees to secure the unity of India. In spite of that, many parts of India are now demanding separate statehood or sovereign nation-state. Demands vary according to the motif, mode and magnitude. But behind every demand for full or partial political autonomy, their remains some unequal treatment which occurs in the eco-socio-political sphere and separatist movements often take place. This Study revolves around two movements led by Rajbanshis and Gorkhas in the Northern part of West Bengal. In the tiny and strategically important North Bengal region, numerous movements are ongoing for getting separate statehood, some notables of which are 'Gorkhaland', 'Kamtapur', and 'Greater Cooch Bihar' movements. Why and how this area is facing this kind of activism is the main thrust of this study. With statistical data and historical references, the authenticity of the claim of 'marginalization' tried to validate. The question of Bengali hegemony and backwardness of North Bengal is also discussed elaborately. This book thus can be an ideal reference copy for the social scientists as well as administrative officials working in/on North Bengal/Northeast India/ ethno-regional separatist movements. This book covers the hundred-year history of movements of two important ethnic groups (Rajbanshis and Gorkhas) of India and touched three most crucial issues–viz. identity, marginality and separatism.
Private Security and Identity Politics
Author: Jutta Joachim
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317268555
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This book examines the self-representation and identity politics of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). PMSCs have become increasingly important over the past few decades. While their boom is frequently explained in functional terms, such as their cost-efficiency and effectiveness, this book offers an alternative explanation based on an analysis of the online self-presentations of forty-two US- and UK-based companies. PMSCs are shaping how they are perceived and establishing themselves as acceptable and legitimate security actors by eclectically appropriating identities more commonly associated with the military, businesses and humanitarian actors. Depending on their audience and clients’ needs, they can be professional hero warriors, or promise turn-key security solutions based on their exceptional expertise, or, in a similar way to humanitarians, reassure those in need of relief and try to make the world a better place. Rather than being merely public relations, the self-referential assertions of PMSCs are political. Not only do they contribute to a normalization of private security and reinforce an already ongoing blurring of lines between the public and private sectors, they also change what we deem to be ‘security’ and a ‘security actor’. This book will be of much interest to students of private military companies, critical security studies, military studies, security studies and IR.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317268555
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
This book examines the self-representation and identity politics of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). PMSCs have become increasingly important over the past few decades. While their boom is frequently explained in functional terms, such as their cost-efficiency and effectiveness, this book offers an alternative explanation based on an analysis of the online self-presentations of forty-two US- and UK-based companies. PMSCs are shaping how they are perceived and establishing themselves as acceptable and legitimate security actors by eclectically appropriating identities more commonly associated with the military, businesses and humanitarian actors. Depending on their audience and clients’ needs, they can be professional hero warriors, or promise turn-key security solutions based on their exceptional expertise, or, in a similar way to humanitarians, reassure those in need of relief and try to make the world a better place. Rather than being merely public relations, the self-referential assertions of PMSCs are political. Not only do they contribute to a normalization of private security and reinforce an already ongoing blurring of lines between the public and private sectors, they also change what we deem to be ‘security’ and a ‘security actor’. This book will be of much interest to students of private military companies, critical security studies, military studies, security studies and IR.
Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century
Author: Augusto Lopez-Claros
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108476961
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
Identifies the major weaknesses in the current United Nations system and proposes fundamental reforms to address each. This title is also available as Open Access.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108476961
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
Identifies the major weaknesses in the current United Nations system and proposes fundamental reforms to address each. This title is also available as Open Access.
Global Governance and the New Wars
Author: Mark Duffield
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1780329822
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
In this hugely influential book, originally published in 2001 but just as - if not more - relevant today, Mark Duffield shows how war has become an integral component of development discourse. Aid agencies have become increasingly involved in humanitarian assistance, conflict resolution and the social reconstruction of war-torn societies. Duffield explores the consequences of this growing merger of development and security, unravelling the nature of the new wars and the response of the international community, in particular the new systems of global governance that are emerging as a result. An essential work for anyone studying, interested in, or working in development or international security.
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1780329822
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
In this hugely influential book, originally published in 2001 but just as - if not more - relevant today, Mark Duffield shows how war has become an integral component of development discourse. Aid agencies have become increasingly involved in humanitarian assistance, conflict resolution and the social reconstruction of war-torn societies. Duffield explores the consequences of this growing merger of development and security, unravelling the nature of the new wars and the response of the international community, in particular the new systems of global governance that are emerging as a result. An essential work for anyone studying, interested in, or working in development or international security.
Humanitarian NGOs, (In)Security and Identity
Author: Andrea Schneiker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317119533
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Increasingly humanitarian NGOs operate in the context of armed conflicts where the security risks are higher than in contexts of natural disaster. Working in Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka is particularly dangerous for humanitarians. This existential threat affects the physical existence of aid workers and the implementation of humanitarian programs, and the core beliefs of humanitarians and the underlying principles of humanitarian action. For NGOs it is difficult to accept that they are attacked despite their good intentions, sometimes even by the very communities they seek to help. For these reasons, humanitarian NGOs have to change their approaches to security by not only adapting their policies, procedures and structures to the changing environment, but also reviewing the underlying principles of their work. This book contributes to debates by demonstrating how issues of (in)security affect humanitarian NGOs and the humanitarian identity, situating the structural changes within the humanitarian NGO community in the context of conflict aid governance and explains how non-state actors establish their own governance structures, independent from state-sponsored solutions, and contributes to the emerging literature on the redefinition of the concept of epistemic communities.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317119533
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Increasingly humanitarian NGOs operate in the context of armed conflicts where the security risks are higher than in contexts of natural disaster. Working in Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Pakistan and Sri Lanka is particularly dangerous for humanitarians. This existential threat affects the physical existence of aid workers and the implementation of humanitarian programs, and the core beliefs of humanitarians and the underlying principles of humanitarian action. For NGOs it is difficult to accept that they are attacked despite their good intentions, sometimes even by the very communities they seek to help. For these reasons, humanitarian NGOs have to change their approaches to security by not only adapting their policies, procedures and structures to the changing environment, but also reviewing the underlying principles of their work. This book contributes to debates by demonstrating how issues of (in)security affect humanitarian NGOs and the humanitarian identity, situating the structural changes within the humanitarian NGO community in the context of conflict aid governance and explains how non-state actors establish their own governance structures, independent from state-sponsored solutions, and contributes to the emerging literature on the redefinition of the concept of epistemic communities.
Secrets in Global Governance
Author: Allison Carnegie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108809693
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Scholars have long argued that transparency makes international rule violations more visible and improves outcomes. Secrets in Global Governance revises this claim to show how equipping international organizations (IOs) with secrecy can be a critical tool for eliciting sensitive information and increasing cooperation. States are often deterred from disclosing information about violations of international rules by concerns of revealing commercially sensitive economic information or the sources and methods used to collect intelligence. IOs equipped with effective confidentiality systems can analyze and act on sensitive information while preventing its wide release. Carnegie and Carson use statistical analyses of new data, elite interviews, and archival research to test this argument in domains across international relations, including nuclear proliferation, international trade, justice for war crimes, and foreign direct investment. Secrets in Global Governance brings a groundbreaking new perspective to the literature of international relations.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108809693
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Scholars have long argued that transparency makes international rule violations more visible and improves outcomes. Secrets in Global Governance revises this claim to show how equipping international organizations (IOs) with secrecy can be a critical tool for eliciting sensitive information and increasing cooperation. States are often deterred from disclosing information about violations of international rules by concerns of revealing commercially sensitive economic information or the sources and methods used to collect intelligence. IOs equipped with effective confidentiality systems can analyze and act on sensitive information while preventing its wide release. Carnegie and Carson use statistical analyses of new data, elite interviews, and archival research to test this argument in domains across international relations, including nuclear proliferation, international trade, justice for war crimes, and foreign direct investment. Secrets in Global Governance brings a groundbreaking new perspective to the literature of international relations.
Global Governance
Author: Sagarika Dutt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781536129694
Category : International cooperation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book deals with a range of topics related to global governance. It begins with an introduction to the theoretical literature in order to provide a framework for the individual chapters written by the authors contributing to this book. There are many global challenges that the global community, which includes state and non-state actors, has to deal with. International institutions like the United Nations are trying to meet some of these challenges, for example, in the field of sustainable development. One of the chapters in the book discusses the United Nations assessment of the Millennium Development Goals. Another chapter discusses the post-2015 sustainable development agenda and highlights the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations member states in December 2015. A related topic is climate change, which led to the Paris Agreement that states were encouraged to sign up for. Rising sea levels are threatening the existence of some low-lying atoll states of the Pacific region. The challenges they face are discussed by Roy Smith in his chapter, Maintaining Sovereign Identity among States Facing Existential Threats. There are other threats to our security and well-being posed by terrorism, for example, that require the adoption of appropriate counterterrorism measures. This issue is discussed by Natasha Underhill in her chapter Counterterrorism in a Globalized World: Threats and Ways Forward. Kunal Mukherjees chapter, The Rise of Islamism in the Contemporary World: A South Asian Perspective, discusses a related issue. The book argues that international co-operation is essential to solve problems and make progress in different areas, ranging from international security to international trade. But progress may be slow when states feel that it is not a positive sum game, which is what Chris Farrands argues in his chapter, Global Governance, Multilateralism and the Management of International Trade. Finally, the book addresses the issue of global governance and world order. One way forward is by reforming the United Nations and giving more recognition to regional organisations, as is discussed by Spyros Blavoukos and Dimitris Bourantonis in their chapter, Principled Multilateralism and the United Nations. But as the concluding chapter, Global Governance and World Order: Perspectives, Challenges and Outlook argues, ultimately, global governance has to be conceived as self-governance and not act as an imposition from above based on an international hierarchy; it requires a political commitment from all stakeholders if it is to be successful in maintaining world order.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781536129694
Category : International cooperation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book deals with a range of topics related to global governance. It begins with an introduction to the theoretical literature in order to provide a framework for the individual chapters written by the authors contributing to this book. There are many global challenges that the global community, which includes state and non-state actors, has to deal with. International institutions like the United Nations are trying to meet some of these challenges, for example, in the field of sustainable development. One of the chapters in the book discusses the United Nations assessment of the Millennium Development Goals. Another chapter discusses the post-2015 sustainable development agenda and highlights the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations member states in December 2015. A related topic is climate change, which led to the Paris Agreement that states were encouraged to sign up for. Rising sea levels are threatening the existence of some low-lying atoll states of the Pacific region. The challenges they face are discussed by Roy Smith in his chapter, Maintaining Sovereign Identity among States Facing Existential Threats. There are other threats to our security and well-being posed by terrorism, for example, that require the adoption of appropriate counterterrorism measures. This issue is discussed by Natasha Underhill in her chapter Counterterrorism in a Globalized World: Threats and Ways Forward. Kunal Mukherjees chapter, The Rise of Islamism in the Contemporary World: A South Asian Perspective, discusses a related issue. The book argues that international co-operation is essential to solve problems and make progress in different areas, ranging from international security to international trade. But progress may be slow when states feel that it is not a positive sum game, which is what Chris Farrands argues in his chapter, Global Governance, Multilateralism and the Management of International Trade. Finally, the book addresses the issue of global governance and world order. One way forward is by reforming the United Nations and giving more recognition to regional organisations, as is discussed by Spyros Blavoukos and Dimitris Bourantonis in their chapter, Principled Multilateralism and the United Nations. But as the concluding chapter, Global Governance and World Order: Perspectives, Challenges and Outlook argues, ultimately, global governance has to be conceived as self-governance and not act as an imposition from above based on an international hierarchy; it requires a political commitment from all stakeholders if it is to be successful in maintaining world order.
Regional Security and Global Governance
Author: Kennedy Graham
Publisher: ASP / VUBPRESS / UPA
ISBN: 905487404X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
A compelling study of the interaction between regional agencies and the UN Security Council that includes a proposal for a regional-global security mechanism, which should be of interest to policy makers worldwide. This ground-breaking exploration into how peace and security might best be attained in the 21st century, its central message is the importance of realizing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of a "regional-global security mechanism" within the next decade. The book reviews the historical tussle between universalism and regionalism as the cornerstone of international security over the past century, culminating in the "new regionalism" that has characterised international relations in recent decades. The complexities of contemporary regional, sub-regional and other organizations, blessed and burdened with overlapping membership, evolving mandates, and even shifting "focal areas" are analysed. The "multidimensional phenomenon" of regional security is explored--cultural, political and legal--with a view to understanding how regional organizations work today. This book is one of those rare offerings--a policy-oriented prescription for peace and security that is based on factual analysis and creative reasoning. It is a must for national diplomats, regional officials, and international civil servants.
Publisher: ASP / VUBPRESS / UPA
ISBN: 905487404X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
A compelling study of the interaction between regional agencies and the UN Security Council that includes a proposal for a regional-global security mechanism, which should be of interest to policy makers worldwide. This ground-breaking exploration into how peace and security might best be attained in the 21st century, its central message is the importance of realizing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of a "regional-global security mechanism" within the next decade. The book reviews the historical tussle between universalism and regionalism as the cornerstone of international security over the past century, culminating in the "new regionalism" that has characterised international relations in recent decades. The complexities of contemporary regional, sub-regional and other organizations, blessed and burdened with overlapping membership, evolving mandates, and even shifting "focal areas" are analysed. The "multidimensional phenomenon" of regional security is explored--cultural, political and legal--with a view to understanding how regional organizations work today. This book is one of those rare offerings--a policy-oriented prescription for peace and security that is based on factual analysis and creative reasoning. It is a must for national diplomats, regional officials, and international civil servants.