Grave New World

Brown and his knowledgeable contributors present a comprehensive, multifaceted, up-to-date tour of today's international security challenges, ranging from weapons of mass destruction to transnational crime-and everything in between. -- Jack Snyder, Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations, Columbia University It has become all too common for Americans to think the U.S. now faces a single security challenge-terrorism. This fascinating and comprehensive overview of the wide range of security issues confronting the world makes clear that the picture is actually far more complex. The chapters on demographics, media and terrorism alone are worth the price of admission. -- Michael J. Mazarr, professor of national security strategy, U.S. National War College Grave New World is a useful-and welcome-reminder of the many security challenges confronting all of us aside from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. And it underscores the need for nations to work together to meet the challenges we all face. -- Ivo Daalder, Brookings Institution Michael Brown has pulled together a volume that thoughtfully and comprehensively surveys the security challenges of the 21st century. Those seeking an overview of the new security agenda would do well to start with this book. -- Steven Miller, director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Michael E. Brown is dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs and professor of international affairs and political science at The George Washington University, and coeditor of the journal International Security.

Introduction: Security Challenges in the 21st CenturyMichael E. Brown Part I: Weapons, Technology, and Security 1. Technology and SecurityTimothy D. Hoyt 2. The Perils of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical WeaponsBernard I. Finel, Brian D. Finlay, and Janne E. Nolan 3. The Proliferation of Conventional Weapons and TechnologiesJo L. Husbands 4. Information Technology and SecurityDorothy E. Denning 5. Emerging Technologies and SecurityLoren B. Thompson Part II: Non-Military Aspects of Security 6. Defense Economics and SecurityTheodore H. Moran 7. Energy and SecurityMartha Harris 8. Environmental Factors and SecurityJ.R. McNeill 9. Demographic Developments and SecurityCharles B. Keely 10. Security and Conflict in the Developing WorldTimothy D. Hoyt Part III: Transnational Actors and Security11. Transnational Mass Media Organizations and SecurityDiana Owen 12. Transnational Crime, Corruption, and SecurityRoy Godson 13. Transnational Terrorism and SecurityAudrey Kurth Cronin Conclusion 14. Security Problems and Security Policy in a Grave New WorldMichael E. Brown