Globalization and the National Security State

✍ Scribed by Norrin M. Ripsman, T.V. Paul

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 294
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In the past two decades, many have posited a correlation between the spread of globalization and the decline of the nation-state. In the realm of national security, advocates of the globalization thesis have argued that states' power has diminished relative to transnational governmental institutions, NGOs, and transnational capitalism. Initially, they pointed to declines in both global military spending (which has risen dramatically in recent years) and interstate war. But are these trends really indicative of the decline of nation-state's role as a guarantor of national security? In Globalization and the National Security State, T.V. Paul and Norrin M. Ripsman test the proposition against the available evidence and find that the globalization school has largely gotten it wrong. The decline in interstate warfare can largely be attributed to the end of the Cold War, not globalization. Moreover, great powers (the US, China, and Russia) continue to pursue traditional nation-state strategies. Regional security arrangements like the EU and ASEAN have not achieved much, and weak states--the ones most impacted by the turmoil generated by globalization--are far more traditional in their approaches to national security, preferring to rely on their own resources rather than those of regional and transnational institutions. This is a bold argument, and Paul and Ripsman amass a considerable amount of evidence for their claims. It cuts against a major movement in international relations scholarship, and is sure to generate controversy.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Introduction: National Security State in the Era of Globalization......Page 12
CHAPTER 1 Globalization and National Security: Key Propositions......Page 29
CHAPTER 2 The Global Security Environment......Page 45
CHAPTER 3 The Major Powers......Page 63
CHAPTER 4 States in Stable Regions......Page 91
CHAPTER 5 States in Regions of Enduring Rivalry......Page 124
CHAPTER 6 Weak and Failing States......Page 145
Conclusion: State Adaptation to a New Global Environment......Page 170
Notes......Page 190
Select Bibliography......Page 252
A......Page 282
C......Page 283
D......Page 284
F......Page 285
H......Page 286
L......Page 287
M......Page 288
P......Page 289
S......Page 290
T......Page 292
W......Page 293
Z......Page 294