In 2011, the United States government declared a cyber attack as equal to an act of war,
punishable with conventional military means. Cyber operations, cyber crime, and other …

Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility To Protect considers who should
undertake humanitarian intervention in response to an ongoing or impending humanitarian …

War is about individuals maiming and killing each other, and yet, it seems that it is also
irreducibly collective, as it is fought by groups of people and more often than not for the sake …

There is a growing realization among international relations scholars and practitioners that
religion is a critical factor in global politics. The Iranian Revolution, the September 11 …

Increasingly, the United States has come to rely on the use of drones to counter the threat
posed by terrorists. Drones have arguably enjoyed significant successes in denying …

The increased use of private military and security companies (PMSCs) is often said to be
one of the most significant changes to the military in recent times. The Morality of Private …

The private provision of security services has attracted a great deal of recent attention, both
professional and popular. Much of that attention suggests the questioned moral legitimacy of …

Butler sheds light on how American political leaders sell the decision to intervene with
military force to the public and how a just war frame is employed in US foreign policy. He …

Who are the vulnerable, and what makes them so? Through an innovative application of
English School theory, this book suggests that people are vulnerable not only to natural …

States have recently agreed that there is a responsibility to protect populations threatened
by genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. The international …