Challenge and Change: Global Threats and the State in Twenty-first Century International Politics - Hardcover

THIS EDITED VOLUME ADDRESSES HOW THE STATE SYSTEM, THE ORGANIZING POLITICAL INSTITUTION IN WORLD POLITICS, COPES WITH CHALLENGES OF RAPID CHANGE, UNANTICIPATED CRISES, AND GENERAL TURMOIL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. THESE DISRUPTIONS ARE OCCURRING AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF DECLINING US INFLUENCE AND THE RISING POWER OF COUNTRIES IN ASIA, AFRICA, AND LATIN AMERICA. TRADITIONAL INTER-STATE SECURITY CONCERNS COEXIST WITH NEW SECURITY PREOCCUPATIONS, SUCH AS RIVALRIES LIKELY TO ERUPT OVER THE RESOURCES OF THE GLOBAL COMMONS, THE THREAT OF CYBER WARFARE, THE EVER-PRESENT THREAT OF TERRORISM, AND THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL REPERCUSSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION.   THE CONTRIBUTORS EXPLORE THESE KEY THEMES AND THE CHALLENGES POSED BY RAPID CHANGE.