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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778025003321

Autore

Jones Bruce D

Titolo

Power & responsibility [[electronic resource] ] : building international order in an era of transnational threats / / Bruce Jones, Carlos Pascual, and Stephen John Stedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-13126-5

9786612131264

0-8157-0183-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PascualCarlos

StedmanStephen John

Disciplina

355/.033

Soggetti

Security, International

Sovereignty

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-346) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword I; Foreword II; Preface; Acknowledgments; Sovereignty's Last Best Chance; Interests and Order; Power and Institutions; Arresting Climate Change; The Second Nuclear Ages; Security in the Biological Century; Managing Civil Violence and Regional Conflict; Combating Transnational Terrorism; Strengthening the Pillars of Economic Security; The Hardest Case; Urgency and Choice; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"Makes the case for forming new international partnerships and revitalizing instruments of cooperation to address global challenges that post-WWII multilateral security systems cannot. Establishes a new conceptual foundation for international security: 'responsible sovereignty,' which entails obligations and duties and attitudinal changes toward other states as well one's own"--Provided by publisher.