Non-Traditional Security Challenges in Asia

Approaches and Responses
Herausgeber: Dadwal, Shebontiray

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Produktbeschreibung

This unique edition brings together the Non-Traditional Security (NTS) challenges in the Asian context and shows how NTS impacts policymaking in a globalized world. Within this context, the essays deal with diverse themes such as climate change, water concerns, transnational crimes, and energy and financial security.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781138892538
• ISBN-10: 113889253X
• Artikelnr.: 41852747

Autorenporträt

Shebonti Ray Dadwal is Fellow and Head of the Non-Traditional Security Centre at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, and Member of the Editorial Board, Strategic Analysis (Routledge). Prior to rejoining IDSA in 2005, she worked as Deputy Secretary at the National Security Council Secretariat. She has been a member of the CSCAP Study Group on Asia-Pacific Cooperation for Energy Security as well as the Confederation of Indian Industry's Steering Committee on Energy. Her published books are The Geopolitics of America's Energy Independence: Implications for China, India and the Global Energy Market (2013) and Rethinking Energy Security in India (2002). Uttam Kumar Sinha is Fellow at IDSA and holds an adjunct position at the Malaviya Centre for Peace Research, Banaras Hindu University. At IDSA, he is the Managing Editor of Strategic Analysis (Routledge). He has been a Chevening Gurukul Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a CSCAP-India representative for the Study Group on Water Resources Security, and the Chair of Near East and South Asia Regional Network on Water Dispute Resolution Mechanism, National Defense University, Washington. His research areas focus on non-traditional aspects of security, especially climate change and transboundary water issues, and he has published widely.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Shebonti Ray Dadwal and Uttam Kumar Sinha 1. Traditional and
Non-Traditional Issues: Conceptual Framework P.K. Gautam 2. Traditional and
Non-Traditional Security: Exploring Practical and Conceptual Challenges J.
Jackson Ewing 3. Environmental Change: A Very Traditional Threat Cleo
Paskal 4. Adaptation to Climate Change: Conflict Prevention through
Expanded Vulnerability Assessments Dennis Taenzler 5. Food Security and
Climate Change: Vulnerability in Indonesia/Bali Takeshi Takama 6.
Prospects and Challenges of Hydro Diplomacy: Examining South Asia Uttam
Kumar Sinha 7. River Diplomacy in Himalayan Asia: On the Way to Calamity?
Robert G. Wirsing 8. Enhancing Water Security in Southeast Asia: The Case
of the Mekong River Le Dinh Tinh 9. Transnational Crime Ali Jalali 10.
Fighting Terrorism and Crime: A Human Security Perspective Arabinda Acharya
11. Are We Nearer to a Major CBRN Terrorism Threat? Ely Karmon 12.
Management of Transnational Organised Crime: Towards Contextualization
Molly Charles 13. India's Role in the International Oil Market Vivek S.
Mathur 14. Gulf's Role in India's Energy Security: Exploring Policy Options
Samir Pradhan 15. Energy Security: The Eastern Mediterranean Case Yiorghos
Leventis 16. Reforming the International Monetary System: An East Asian
Perspective Meibo Huang and Aizong Xiong 17. The Evolving Multi-layered
Global Financial Safety Net: Asia's and India's Role Pradumna B. Rana.
Notes on Contributors. Index