International Security: Threats, Theories, and Transformation

International Security: Threats, Theories, and Transformation maps out security studies, the subdiscipline of discipline of International Relations (IR), which has strong topics and dynamic structure, but this, and almost everything in the globalization process is changing or transforming rapidly. This situation also affects the field of IR and security studies. New concepts are entering literature, traditional thought patterns are not enough to understand and make sense of the IR discipline. In addition to traditional security issues such as terrorism and war, new security areas emerging with the process of globalization are also comprehensively analyzed in this book. These include energy security, cyber security, environmental security, health security, economic security, food security, demographic security and irregular migration.

Bilal Karabulut is professor of International Relations at Ankara HBV University.