Category Security studies

Historical methods in defence and war studies: The case of historical defence studies in France

This chapter’s main goal is to map and survey the researchers, facilities and methods in the field of defence history in the French case.

Defence studies and geographic methodology: From the practical to the critical approach

This chapter discusses the methodology by presenting a genealogy of the links between geography and defence studies and show how intertwined geography and military issues

Why methods matter in defence studies

The introduction of this edited volume explains the intention and scope of the book. It then explains why defence issues tend to raise specific methodological challenges

Research Methods in Defence Studies: A Multidisciplinary Overview

This textbook provides an overview of qualitive and quantitative methods used in different social sciences to investigate defence issues.

Climate Change, Policy and Security: State and Human Impacts

This book will be of much interest to students of human security, climate change, foreign policy, and International Relations.

Women’s Rights in the USA: Policy Debates and Gender Roles

Women’s Rights in the USA is a rigorous examination of the intersection of gender roles and public policy and the implications for feminist activists.

Policing in France

This book is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners working in and around French policing, as well as students of international law enforcement.

Non-Western International Relations Theory: Perspectives On and Beyond Asia

Given that the world has moved well beyond the period of Western colonialism, and clearly into a durable period in which non-Western cultures

From Arab Spring to Islamic Winter

The world is watching with uncertainity as the “Arab Spring” unfolds. Optimistically named by international media sources

The Politics of Algeria Domestic: Issues and International Relations

This book brings together Algerian-based scholars and Algerians in the diaspora to address the many, salient issues facing Algeria, the largest country in Africa and the Middle East.

The Algerian War Retold Of Camus’s Revolt and Postwar Reconciliation

The Algerian War Retold: Of Camus’s Revolt and Postwar Reconciliation focuses on specific aspects of Albert Camus’s ...

Foreign countries have vital interests in our Arab countries and there is no point in allying with them to overcome internal conflicts

It is clear that the Arab citizen does not need an expert opinion in political science in order to explain to him that the internal conflicts in the Arab countries have the approval of Western countries