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"This book develops an "empirical realist" theory to enable the United States to respond effectively to rising security threats and to seize new opportunities for global governance more successfully than have past policies. A synthesis of peace research and security studies shows that...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Studies in strategic peacebuilding
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"This book develops an "empirical realist" theory to enable the United States to respond effectively to rising security threats and to seize new opportunities for global governance more successfully than have past policies. A synthesis of peace research and security studies shows that a global grand strategy for human security, with U.S. national security folded into it, is likely to produce more security for the United States than a grand strategy for national security pursued as an end in itself. More security advantages are likely to result from maximizing the "causes" or correlates of peace than from maximizing U.S. military power. Peace reigns when these correlates are present: all nations' security fears are addressed; people can meet basic needs; nations enjoy reciprocal rights and duties; they are treated equitably; their lives are predictable because the international system is governed by the rule of law; and they participate in the decisions that affect their lives through fair representation in democratic global governing processes. This approach revolutionizes thinking about national security policy by transforming it into human security policy. Evidence suggests that the anarchic, militarized balance-of-power system can be gradually changed with help from enhanced international lawmaking and enforcing capacities. To promote change, concerned policymakers and citizens could withdraw their support from U.S. policies that do not serve the common good and work to implement a global grand strategy for human security that would simultaneously serve U.S. security interests and uphold the value of human dignity for all"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xxii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-399) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780197586648 0197586643 9780197586655 0197586651 |
| Index Number: | UA23 |
| CLC: | E712.1 |
| Call Number: | E712.1/J652 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Are peace and security really possible? -- Understanding new global realities -- Conceiving a security-enhancing theory -- Watching national policies fail -- Recognizing structural breakdown -- Developing a security-enhancing strategy -- Fostering system change -- Designing life-enhancing architecture -- Building human security. |