Non-Military Security and Global Order

The book examines the evolving nature of national and international security in the post-Cold War era, focusing on non-military threat potentials and how these may best be countered. Six specific issues are discussed: terrorism, the heroin and cocaine trade, piracy, environmental degradation, the spread of disease and uncontrolled migration. The book concludes that greater national coordination, inter-agency cooperation and international collaboration is needed if these problems are going to be dealt with effectively.

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PETER CHALK is an analyst with the National Security Division of the RAND Corporation in Washington, DC, working closely on issues related to terrorism, organised crime and international drug trafficking. He has acted as a security consultant in Australia, Canada and the US and is author of West European Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: The Evolving Dynamic.

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List of Tables List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Preface Introduction Terrorism The Global Heroin and Cocaine Trade Contemporary Maritime Piracy Environmental Degradation The Transnational Spread of Disease Mass Unregulated Population Flows Conclusion Appendix 1: Statistical Tables Appendix 2: Major International Conventions against Terrorism, Illicit Drugs, Production and Trafficking, Piracy and Environmental Degradation Appendix 3: The Maastricht Third Pillar of Judicial and Home Affairs Cooperation Notes Bibliography Index